Hello Family. If you haven’t watched any episodes of the PBS Special Great Migrations: A People On The Move” narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr., you need to check it out. Very interesting story of how and why many of our ancestors left the South from about 1910 to 1970 and are now returning.
Author: Marvin Turner
Have a Blessed Christmas Family
Hello Family. I hope you all enjoy the holidays! Remember the REASON for the SEASON! As our cousin Jacqueline Turner Robinson reminds us in this soulful rendition…JESUS IS MISSING. Love to you all.

Martha Elizabeth Lambert Armstrong – RIP

So sad to announce another cousin has gone to join the ancestors. Martha Elizabeth Lambert Armstrong of Fort Wayne, Indiana, peacefully passed away on June 25, 2024, surrounded by her family. Martha was born on February 9, 1942, in Florence, Alabama, the ninth of twelve children born to Martha Johnson Lambert and L.B. Lambert, Sr. She is survived by her brother, Louis (Velma) Lambert; her sister, Jeanette (Charles) Jackson; her sisters-in-law, Geraldine Lambert, Tiny Covington, and Louise Oliphant; her four children, Therena Hooks, Gary (Angela) Armstrong, Brenda Merriweather, and Debrah Armstrong; Two adopted children, Tamiika Armstrong Patterson and Martha Armstrong. May her memory be a blessing to all who knew her.
2024 Family Reunion – Registration Deadline June 5th
2024 Family Reunion Information Packet

This year’s reunion is in Memphis, Tennessee on July 25-28. The hotel will be at the Holiday Inn at 7730 Centennial Drive, Memphis, TN 38125 . Reservations can be made at (866) 306-0942. Use code LAM and reserve your room prior to June 5, 2024.
Download the Information Packet Below for more details and how to register. See you there!
Merry Christmas Family!

SAVE THE DATE – 2024 FAMILY REUNION

THE LAMBERT HARVEY TURNER GOVAN FAMILY REUNION WILL BE HELD JULY 25-28, 2024 IN MEMPHIS, TN.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION. PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS:
HAPPY 69th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY! 🎊
Happiest 69th wedding anniversary to our cousin Thelma Stewart Hill and husband Walter of Memphis, Tennessee! What a wonderful gift from God these two have been to each other! ❤️

Happy Mother’s Day
Miss Mississippi USA – Vote!

Support your Rhodes Scholar and Yale University Law Student and cousin Arielle Hudson as she competes for Miss Mississippi USA. Vote for the People’s Choice contestant.
The contestant with the most votes gets a guaranteed spot in the MISS MISSISSIPPI USA Semifinals. Votes are $5 per vote and a portion of the proceeds will go to Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Children and Family Services. You can vote as many times as you would like. Voting will end at 9:00am on April 1st.
VOTE HERE: http://www.missmississippiusa.com/msusa2023/
