And it came to pass......The Lindsey Family Reunion
As a child in the house of Yvonne Lindsey-Ware there were conversations about family members; this cousin, that cousin, aunts and uncles, which led Yvonne to ask her mother Josephine Lindsey, about all these people with a name, but not a face. This seed was planted in Yvonne's mind. She wanted to know the family members on her fathers side of the family, "The twelve tribes of Henry and Lula Lindsey".
After many years of yearning and having the desire to meet and know her family members, in the year of 1979 Yvonne came home and wrote the vision for the Lindsey Family Reunion. She drew up plans and shared them with her sister Willie Lindsey-Rankins. Together the planning began: the telephone calls, the letters, the menu, the place and the music. The rumors of a family reunion spread throughout the United States and abroad. Yvonne, Willa and their friends organized and began the first Lindsey Family Reunion. Yvonne's dream and vision became a reality.
In 1979 the first Lindsey Family Reunion was held in Detroit Michigan. In 1980 the second family reunion was held in Jersey City, New Jersey. The late Ester Drummond of Chicago, Illinois also wanted to know "where are all my people", so in 1981 we had the third reunion in Chicago, Illinois. This legacy to know my people continues to evolve even today.
-Edith Wright
1979 Detroit, Michigan
1980 Jersey City, New Jersey
1981 Chicago, Illinois
1982 Baltimore, Maryland
1983 Swan Lake, New York
1984 Pensacola, Florida
1985 Raleigh, North Carolina
1986 Hartford, Connecticut
1987 Houston, Texas
1988 Evergreen, Alabama
Voted to Have the Reunion Every Other Year
1990 Atlantic City, New Jersey
1992 Pensacola, Florida
1994 Cruise to Mexico
1996 Biloxi, Mississippi
1998 Atlanta, Georgia
2000 Cruise in Caribbean
2002 Anaheim, California
2004 Washington, DC
2006 Atlantic City, New Jersey
2008 Chicago, Illinois
2010 New Brunswick, New Jersey
2012 Raleigh, North Carolina
2014 Hartford, Connecticut
2016 Las Vegas, Nevada
2018 Detroit, Michigan
Skipped for COVID-19
2023 Pensacola, Florida
2025 DALLAS,TEXAS
2027 Chicago, Illinois