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Self Gathering 2004 Westmoreland, VA
The 7th Annual Gathering of Self Family researcher / descendants was held on April 23rd to the 25th, 2004, in Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia, with the main program on the 24th. This yearly event was open to all Self – Selph family descendants who were interested in researching, sharing, and the preservation of Self / Selph family history and records.

This years planning committee included: David Selph (VA), Diane Taylor (VA), Paula-Jo Cahoon (CA), Wayne Self (VA), Jed Selph (VA), and Daniel McCarthy (GA).

April 23, 2004 PM, the early birds got together at Lowrey’s Restaurant in Tappahannock.

April 24, 2004 – The Gathering
10:30 AM - Program at the Yeocomico Church (near Hague, VA.), adjacent to the Robert Selfe patent of 300 acres, was again proudly presented by John Morrow of the Yeocomico Church . This Church and its history was a must as the Yeocomico Church is the second longest continual use Church in North America. Ask anyone who visited this Church – it was awesome.

11:15 AM - Dedication of the Robert Selfe Memorial. This event took place at the Yeocomico Church Cemetery, to the east (right) side of the building and fence, in the Cemetery plot of the early unknown burials, Section 28A. Here descendants of the early Self family in America dedicated a bronze plaque mounted upon a granite stone that commemorates Robert Selfe, his wives, and his known children, the first known Selfs in America. See details of the monument in Volume 14 Issue #3, and the plat map of the area presented in Volume 1 of the Newsletter. As of April 15, 2004, over 80 Self – Selph descendants had donated to this project. The names of contributors are posted on the Self family website and in the Self Family Newsletter in the near future. See also the Robert Selfe Memorial page on this site.

12:30 PM - 4:00 PM. The family meal was held at the Fire and Rescue Building in Montross, VA., with Grace provided by Carolyn Self, and a big thanks goes to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Montross Fire and Rescue Service who prepared and presented this great meal. At our awards program we honored various members of our group, and gave out door prizes well exceeding a value of $1,300.00. The annual awarding of the Thelma Cornfeld Scholarship for the year 2004 did not take place this year as we had zero applications. A photo session was also held later in the afternoon.

From 6:30 PM to about 10:00 PM, we got together for supper at Romas Italiano Restaurant in Tappahannock, where we also held our annual family meeting. See notes on this at the Self-Family@yahoogroups.com archives.

April 25, 2004 - Farewells were held at and after Breakfast.

Those who attended this years event were:

Sue Ferguson (Genesis Award) - ID., Steve Ferguson – ID., (both winners of the Hopaki Nowa Award); Kay Stevens (Genesis Award)– MN., Ed Stevens – MN., (both runner-up winners of the Hopaki Nowa Award); Joseph Brown – IN., Jane Self - FL., LeRoy Self (Appreciation Award) - FL.; D. Richard Self – FL.; Madeline Nichols – TN., Del Nichols – TN., Paul Ramsey - AL., Nancy Ramsey - AL., Col. Daniel McCarthy - GA., Cheryl McCarthy - GA., Maureen McCarthy - GA., Sean Patterson - GA., James Howard - GA., Doris Howard (winner of Appreciation Award and Attendance Award) - GA., Pamela Self Reynolds – SC., Corey Reynolds – SC., Megan Reynolds – SC., Zachary Reynolds – SC.; Sid Arnold - NC., Annie Arnold – NC., Ann Taylor – NC. , Greta Taylor – NC., Kathie Self – MD., Joy Pierlioni – MD., Mary Lou Meccariello – MD., Capt. William Self (Appreciation Award) – MD.and Carolyn Self – MD. (both winners of the Senior Couple Award); David E. Self – VA., Jeanine Self – VA.; Richard Self – VA., Ann Cathey – VA., Wahnetah Selph - VA., (Winner of Senior Researcher Award) ; David Selph (Appreciation Award) – VA., Jed Selph (Appreciation Award) – VA., Wayne Self -VA.and Rose Marie Self - VA. (Appreciation Award), Andrew Selph – VA., Doris Selph – VA.; Fred Schultz – VA., Kathy Schultz – VA., Barbara Jones Self – VA.; Sue Agan - VA.; Special Guest Attendees: Father John F. Wall - VA.; Priest, Yeocomico Church; John Morrow, Yeocomico Church Board, the presenter of the Yeocomico Church history.
Totals: 49 from 11 States.

Various door Prizes with a listed value exceeding $1,300.00. were donated by:
LeRoy and Jane Self
Kay and Ed Stevens
Steve and Sue Ferguson
Dan and Cheryl McCarthy
Paul and Nancy Ramsey
Lanny and Diane Taylor
The Closson Press. See www.Clossonpress.com
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. See: www.Genealogical.com
The National Genealogical Society. See: www.NGSgenealogy.org
Moorshead Magazines, Ltd. See: www.Familychronicle.com
Higginson Book Company. See: www.Higginsonbooks.com
Dan-D Development
Self Family Newsletter: See: www.self-family.com

All attendees received a souvenir gold engraved “Robert Selfe Memorial Dedication” pen from Dan-D Development, and gold engraved book marker from LeRoy and Jane Self.