Reunion History

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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