Garris Family
I see now why I have had to drag so much out of so many families. A few have come forth wanting to add their genealogy. Too many have seemed to not really want anything to do with it. The rewards have come from the orphan who now has a family and others as far away as Alaska that now have a family. Looking back the same ones have not really contributed family names but have sat back looking for something to criticize. I have found a lot of Good Garris family, unfortunately I have found some that poisoned one another, shot one another etc. A great deal of this has had to come from intermarriages rather than from family. There seems to be this undercurrent of toughness. That is why I undertook this anyway. As an All American Football player with a 3rd degree black belt in Karate that bench presses #400 and taught karate as an Army Officer after playing professional baseball I relize there is little respect in the Garris family. Some have even "Done everything they could to keep others from being as successful as the can be" in NC and other states, when ones worked hard to get National Merit Scholarships. There are many others who have seemingly in spite of non encouragement gone on and gotten Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate Degrees that seem to be unappreciated in the Garris family and many have little to say of their accomplishments because of it. It was exilarating to find a Garris that had Polio, overcame it, found a Saint for a wife, has super children, some with Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering. Many are accomplished singers, some in New York and London, others just as good in churches, and country and western forums. I am going on with the family tree for my children and the ones who appreciate it. The ones who don't can KMA.
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