The Charlie Ambers and Lula McFarland Davis family reunion will be Sunday, June 25, at the Blackgum Community Center on Hwy 100, 1 mile east of Tenkiller Dam.

Lunch will be served at 12:30 (please bring a covered dish). Come early to visit. Family photos will be after lunch.

Charlie Ambers was born October 1884 and died May 1973 at 89-years-old. Lula was born March 1891 and died October 1944 at age 53. They lived in Tennessee before coming to Oklahoma in a wagon train.

Charlie and Lula Davis were the parents of 18 children, all born and raised in the Blackgum Community. Charlie was a farmer, merchant, owned a gin mill, made brooms, was an agent for the Indians, a county road surveyor until Oklahoma became a state, district commissioner, and a Holiness minister.

He was the first county commissioner after Oklahoma became a state. He was on the school board at the Blackgum School.

Their home was always open to neighbors or strangers. During the Depression he would butcher a cow or pig and have a barbecue for the community, even though he had a large family to feed.

Charlie had a store at Blackgum Landing where there was a ferry barge to cross the river. There are 63 living first cousins who remain close, considering all the different states they live in.

There will be a pancake breakfast Monday morning, June 26, from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Blackgum Community Center to wish all the traveling relatives a safe trip home. The Blackgum Fire Department has generously offered to come in to cook. All friends and family are welcome, $10 per person for a delicious breakfast.

Please join us.