Dunagan Family Reunion

When your relative is the First Lady of Georgia, your family reunion is held at the Governor's Mansion.  This isn't a family reunion that you go to and expect to know everyone.  I think it's impossible!  Ezekiel Dunagan was my great great great grandfather and he had 19 children.  This reunion consisted of anyone that could come from any of the 19 children.  Our family is descendants of Joseph Ellis Dunagan (my great great grandfather) and probably had the most descendants in attendance.  I even found out that my 3rd grade teacher is a descendant of Ezekiel Dunagan...crazy!  Most family reunions don't have business meetings either, but this one did.  So it wasn't like any reunion I've been to before, but it was interesting none the less!

 Governor's Mansion

When we arrived we were greeted by Sandra Deal and then we went on a tour of the main floor.  The house was opened in 1968.  The first room we went into had these cabbage patch replicas of Nathan and Sandra Deal.  Too cute!

 Formal Dining room

 Family sitting room with the Olympic torch Muhammed Ali carried in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

 Lots of books!

 An original signed copy of Gone With the Wind!  (Mandy, thought you'd like this!)

 Raleigh being shown the kitchen.  There's a button under the rug that Nathan or Sandra Deal can step on to let the cooks know when they are seated or if they need anything.

 Lunch by the pool

 Nathan & Sandra Deal...they are so down to earth!  Behind them is a painting of the original governor's mansion in Milledgeville.

 Garner enjoyed a nap during the business meeting portion.  :)

 Our family with the Governor (glad Raleigh made it into the picture!)

 Ready for the large group picture

 With Sandra Deal (Her assistant is Ember Bishop that went to Shorter with me and took this picture for us)

The large group...all descendants of Ezekiel Dunagan in attendance

 Joseph Ellis Dunagan descendants

In front of the Governor's Mansion