12 June 2012 Signing of Emmala Reed Miller United Daughters of the Conferdacy Charter

 The Emmala Reed Miller Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy signed formal chartering applications on Tuesday, 12 June 2012, at the Confederate Museum in Greenville, SC. Division President Eloise Verdin of Laurens presided over the meeting and gave guidance on the process of forming the new chapter. The new officers of the Emmala Reed Miller chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy were installed that evening, at the Confederate Museum in Greenville. The chapter, which meets in Anderson County on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 PM, signed chartering papers.The chapter has plans for a Children of the Confederacy chapter, and Forrest Thompson of Honea Path was there to represent the group.

Regina Power and  Division President Eloise Verdin signing charter papers!

Members of several Piedmont District UDC chapters had representatives present Shown left to right are: Bitsy McHugh (Greenville #51), Helen Moore (Robert Thompson Chapter, Westminster), Julia Barnes (Belton 1843), Shirley Pace, Regina Orzechowski Power, Barbara Stanton Davis, Gale Waters, President Eloise Verdin (Kershaw chapter, Laurens), Dianne Chastain Lollis, Hope Kateman (Hunley chapter), Tina Scott, Forrest Thompson, and Carol Hightower Leake (Oliver Thompson chapter, Fountain Inn).

Signing our Applications and Charter Application

10 June 2012

We all met at Panera for the signing of the applications and Emmala Reed Miller Charter application.

Helen Mulholland

Dianne Lollis

Gale Waters

Janice King

Mary Jane Coffee

Mendy Fuller

Shirley Pace

Teresa Reed

Tina Scott signed at an earlier date.

Not everyone was able to be with us.

Emmala Reed Miller Memorial 10 June 2012

It was a rainy Sunday afternoon, but that did not stop The Emmala Reed Miller United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter from honoring Emmala Reed Miller. We all met at the grave site located at Anderson First Baptist Church. Regina Power led the memorial and lay the wreath on Mrs. Miller's grave. The rain wouldn't keep these ladies away. Thanks to all who attended.

 Tina Scott, Teresa Reed, Mendy & Ashley Fuller, Regina Power, Gale Waters, Helen Mulholland, Mary Jane Coffee, Janice King, Dianne Lollis, and Julia Barnes was taking the picture.

 Regina Power and Ashley Fuller (CoC)

 President Regina Power

Emmala Reed Miller's headstone

 Hopewell Plantation, Hopewell Treaty Site,   The Silk House, and the Old Stone Church & Cemetery Field Trip

9 June 2012, Emmala Reed Miller Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy  took a field trip to Hopewell Plantation, Hopewell Treaty Site, The Silk House, and Old Stone Church along with other Piedmont District UDC Chapters, and SCV camps.
 
 Built about 1785 initially as a log structure, Hopewell Plantation is representative of a rural house type, which was common in the late 18th and early 19th century in the South Carolina backcountry. Beginning with a small log structure as a frontier pioneer home for Gen. Andrew Pickens (ca. 1785), Hopewell was substantially enlarged by General Pickens and was his plantation home for about 20 years, (ca. 1785-1815). The general retired to Tomassee Red House and his son Andrew owned Hopewell.
The historical significance of Hopewell rests on the national stature of General Pickens, who will be remembered in American history for his significant contributions as a Revolutionary War General and later as a Native-American negotiator. While General Pickens’ heroics at the Battle of Cowpens are well known, his decades of negations with the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks and Chickamauga’s were monumental in peaceful treaties and cohabitation with Native-Americans following the Revolution. Most notably, the Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokees, Choctaws and Chickasaws still today provides civil liberties to First Peoples.

Our Guides

  Left:

Tim Drake

 

Right:

Will Hiott, director of Clemson University Historic Properties.

 View of the rear

 What a great group!

Emmala Reed Miller Chapter: Tina Scott, Helen Moore, Regina Power, Janice King, Mendy Fuller, Teresa Reed, and Julia Barnes, Piedmont District Director

 Taking a ride in the back of a pickup truck. We will do what we need, to get where we need to go

View of Lake Hartwell from the Treaty Site 

The Silk House

 

Old Stone Church Wikipedia 

Andrew Pickens' Headstone in the cemetery

 Tour group of Old Stone Church

Tim, Julia, Mendy, Janice, Regina, and Tina

Memorial Service For Emory T. Cooley

"They are Not Forgotten"

On 3 June 2012 at the Rice Cemetery in Belton, SC, the Emmala Reed Miller Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confedracy in conjunction with the Anderson County Chapters of the United Daughters of the Confedracy and the Anderson County SCV Camps dedicated Mr. Cooley's Confederate Veteran headstone. Emmala Reed Miller Chapter President, Regina Power, welcomed the UDC chapters and SCV camps present as well as the family members. Ist VP EMR UDC and Descendant, Dianne Lollis, read the dedication ritual.Undraping of headstone and prayer ended the service.

Deep appreciation is expressed to Dr. Julia Barnes for the research and application implementation needed for obtaining the headstone from the VA and to the John Thomas Camp #43 for placing the headstone in the cemetery for the family.

Emmala Reed Miller Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy 

 Children of the Confederacy

Forrest Thompson, Tina Scott, Janice King, Mendy Fuller, Regina Power, Terry Welborn, Ashley Fuller, and Teresa Reed.

Cemeteries and Hat Shops, What a Combination! We Love It

On May 26 some of the ladies of the Emmala Reed Miller Chapter took off for a wonderful field trip. They visited the grave of Wade Childs in Westview Cemetery in Anderson, SC. He was a black confederate veteran. We will be having the dedication service on 30 June 2012.

  The next stop on the field trip was a visit to "Edna for Hats" in Due West, SC. We must have the hats.

 

Julia Barnes posted this on Facebook:

When you wear a hat, it is like medicine for the soul. The hat is the expression of who you are as a women in every moment! The hat is your dreams of who you can be. It facilitates the different parts of who you are: With the wave of the hat, voila! You are mysterious...no, you are sexy...now proper...now playful.You cannot hide in a hat; you will be noticed, especially by men. To men, you become a lady when you don a hat--one who they rush to open doors for. To women, you become an inspiration, reminding them that they have a closet full of hats they have not had the courage to wear.

 

 When you wear a hat, you become the dream that started when the hat was conceived. The original energy that was put into the hat doesn't die; it only changes forms and owners. The dream doesn't die; it is passed on, sometimes from generation to generation. 

 

And when you see a women in a hat in the next car on the freeway, the dream grows. We as women acknowledge each other's growth. It is the symbol of the feminine which is so needed for us and our earth to heal. So let's share this gift with as many as we wish to share such a vision. For...this is how you will 'Go Ahead and Bloom.' "

Hats anyone?

What an awesome group!
Shirley Pace, Dianne Lollis, Mendy Fuller, Ashley Fuller, Janice King, Regina Power, and Tina Scott

Confederate Memorial Service

Springwood Cemetery  Greenville, SC

6 May 2012

 Julia Barnes, Regina Power, Teresa Reed, and Marlane Fletcher

 Laying of the Wreaths

 16th SCV Honor Honor Guard

 2nd SCVI Butler Guard

 Regina Power, President of the Emmala Reed Miller UDC Chapter

The Confederate Memorial Service Program