From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:03 AM To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYF] NEWS: Gathering of the Moses Clan, 1978, Whitley Co. Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson The Whitley Republican, Williamsburg, KY - Thurs., Oct. 24, 1978 heads or tales/Gene Siler, Sr. The gathering of the Moses clan Tall, green mountains reach upwards toward the white cloud banks. Shimmering fogs cluster and linger upon the hillsides as if reluctant to leave such a pretty valley. Green pastures seem to tell us this is just where the Good Shepherd may have led his sheep. A creek gurgles its song of happiness as it meanders towards the sea hundred of miles way out yonder somewhere. Three quiet cemeteries continually mourn for dead folks and all of these cemeteries keep quiet vigil for some Moseses, Davenports, Ellisons, Lambdins, Coxes and Silers. But by far both the living and dead in this valley are mainly Moses people. You guessed it. This is Wolf Creek and the Moses Reunion is at hand. The crowd gathers each year -- the lame, the halt, the babies, the old men and women with walking sticks, the young frisky boys and charming girls. Certainly they are all here. They came in singing their songs and picking guitars. At midday, they stop for pies, cakes, fried corn, chicken, meat loaf and cornbread. In fading afternoon they hug one another, shake hands and take their leave -- 200 of them -- going back to Cincinnati, Detroit, Florida, Arizona, and Chicago. Once each year I tell them, "I am Gene Siler Moses" and they whoop and holler as I repeat this one-day title of mine. What a great people to take me into their clan in this manner. God said to Moses, "The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms." These Moses people seem to believe it. ______________________________