Christmas Reflections In The Mirror ~

Sarah Isabella Barber Neely~ Milas Neely

Sister to Nannie Barber.  Husband was Milas Hance Neely.
Daughter of William M. Barber and Margaret Ann McCarter Barber.

Buried at Woodside Cemetery in Clover, South Carolina.

Christmas on the Square ~ Dallas, N.C. ~

Lamp on the Square

Old Dallas Courthouse

Dallas was incorporated in 1863 and is the oldest incorporated town in Gaston County, N.C. It served as the original county seat for Gaston County from 1846 until 1911. The old Gaston County courthouse, renovated in 1868 after a fire, still stands in the main square of the town and serves as the Police Department.


The Dallas Historic District, bounded by Holland, Main, Gaston and Trade Streets, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.










The District consists of eight buildings, including the former Gaston County Courthouse (built in 1848), former Gaston County Jail (1848), the Smyre-Pasour House (1850), Rhyne Store (1850), and the Hoffman Hotel (1852).

The Hoffman Hotel is now home to the Gaston County Museum.

Thanksgiving at Grandma's ~

We always gathered at my Grandma's house for Thanksgiving. Her potato salad was the BEST! She would fuss and muss over the cooking and finally sit after everyone else had started to eat. She would be tired but satisfied that she had done her best.

I sure miss gathering around that large table spread with good eats. But, most of all, I miss sharing that day with my grandparents. Grandpa smiling and saying funny things and Grandma scowling at his antics.

That smell of a fine Thanksgiving meal is unmistakable. It hangs in my memories like a turkey filled mist.

I am thankful this day, of those precious memories of my childhood days spent at Grandma's.

Thanksgiving ~

Forever on Thanksgiving Day, The heart will find the pathway home.~Wilbur D. Nesbit