Bill Rieth
We just did some digging and found that Gaynell had passed nearly a year ago. We exchanged Christmas letters ever since our Mom passed in 1998 until Gaynell stopped sending them in 2016. Our mom, Elizabeth Ann Fitzpatrick Rieth was Gaynell's 1st cousin. Their parents were siblings. Thurman Mallory and Oma Mallory Fitzpatrick. Beth, whose father was Catholic, ended up in Goshen, Indiana, married to a Methodist, Bill Rieth. I am her son, Bill Rieth II, and I was a pastor in the Missionary Church for years. We never met Gaynell, but sent her old photos of herself as a baby, etc. We have an antique globe lamp that was broken, but we restored, that we heard from Mom was in Elizabeth & Thurman's home - which we have stopped at several times, there in Lexington/Georgetown, KY on the T of the old Ironworks Road. A beautiful farmhouse. We also had a latch hook rug that was in the front hall of that house - but it was in pretty bad shape. Our condolences on Gaynell's passing. We heard a bit of all the loss in her life, and we always enjoyed the letters. Mom died of cancer at 72 in 1998 - and we can imagine that your grandma was a lovely southern gracious woman like our Mom. Bill & Karla Rieth, Goshen, Indiana