Russell King Homer's History

The Homer Family

Dear old Russell King Homer who lived so long ago,
He lived right here in Clarkston and the folks all loved him so,
We’re here today in memory of that man we loved so well
So of the Homer family to you I’ll try to tell
Though some have changed their names and moved so far away,
We know that each and every one are glad they’re here today,
We hope they’ll have a jolly time and sing and dance and eat,
And get acquainted while you’re here so you’ll know each other when you meet. Uncle Will and Uncle King their hair almost as white as snow, We meet some of their posterity most everywhere you go.

And Aunt Mary Boram so loving and so kind, I am sure a better woman would be very hard to find.
Aunt Lovisa and Rebecca, aunt Rett and Sarah too,
They’re always up and doing when there is anything to do.
Then there’s one girl in particular to me a nearer kin,
But to almost everybody, she is just “Aunt Gin.”
And there is lots of other Homers, great and grand and small,
It would take to long to tell you something of them all Oh: What a grand reunion will be on that Golden shore,
When we meet with all our loved ones who have gone before.

Verses composed and read by Laura Buttars, age 9, granddaughter of Emily Homer Jardine, at the Homer family reunion, held June 15, 1929, Clarkston, Cache County,