Georgia National Cemetery

Wednesday was a memorable day. W&MC dropped the girls off at our house. Then it didn’t take the girlies 5 minutes to get markers all over their clothes, hands, and faces. Cleaned them up a bit before leaving.

Then there were no pacifiers for little Millie, and the girls were having a breakdown right when we were trying to leave. We had to get on the road because we couldn’t be late. The Georgia National Cemetery in Canton was an hour away. I’d told C we needed to leave at 1245. We didn’t leave until 125.

Ceil got the girlies there on time. I had to drive separately, and had to stop off to buy some pacifiers. Bought extras to have here at the house for future emergencies.

The cemetery is located on top of a mountain. Right at 3 pm the procession started. A short drive from the marshaling center to where the service would take place. Less than 40 in attendance, mostly family. Taps was played by a bugeler, and rifles were fired. MC’s mother had prepared a speech, praising her late husband.

Shivonne and Millie were sitting with W&MC but were antsy. W&MC let them come back to me and C, and we let them roam around the pathways of the cemetery. A beautiful, cloudless day.

Will’s brother-in-law Thomas and sister-in-law Holly were home from San Francisco. They’d attended the Monday Night Football game in SF. Holly works there at Levi’s Stadium, and will be working on the upcoming Super Bowl and World Cup.

Ceil and I drove back home. Lots of people out on the roads. Ate at Moxie Burger. Ceil fixed an eggy boy for breakfast on Thursday morning.

Dishes for Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, dressing, gravy, green beans, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, an apple dessert, M made a pie, vanilla ice cream, ambrosia, French bread, homemade cranberry sauce, cinnamon rolls.

JOE SEWELL  [SABR Bio] had two brothers and a cousin who played in the majors. Sewell was born in Titus, Alabama in 1898 and played 14 years. His brother, Luke Sewell was a catcher who played 20 years, and was an All-Star in 1937. Their brother Tommy Sewell had only one pinch at-bat for the Cubs in 1927. A ”Cub of coffee” if you will. Cousin Rip Sewell compensated for a battlefield injury by inventing the “eephus” pitch. Joe was the second player to play more than 1000 consecutive games. His streak lasted 1103 games, beginning on 13-Sep-1922 when he pinch-hit for his brother Luke. It lasted until 30-Apr-1930. From 1931-1933 Sewell played for the Yankees and was a teammate of Lou Gehrig. The player whose record Gehrig broke (Everett Scott played 1307 straight games), was also briefly a teammate of the Iron Horse. Joe once said of his consecutive games streak, “No one made a big fuss about playing streaks 50-60 years ago. At that time, my straight games plus a dime would be good for a cup of coffee.”

Separated at birth: nate bargatze and GT QB Haynes King.