Word: varn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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George W. Varn '76-4 says his interest in geneology originated at a 1974 family reunion in Collins, Miss. Varn encountered relatives there he never knew about, including sveral who had traced their family tree back to John Terrell, a physician who practiced there a century...
Some time later, driving along a Georgia road, Varn noticed he was in Terrell County and learned its namesake was a second Dr. John Terrel, from Sparta, Ga. Varn, who can trace his paternal lineage back to the late 1600s, wondered if there was any connections between the Georgia and the Mississippi Terrells and this Christmas he says he hopes to find...
...Varn will go to Sparta, searching through birth and death certificates, marriage licenses, deeds, wills and other documents. Although the work is tedious and may yield few results, Varn says he enjoys...
Although the ancestral search has not yet unearthed the proverbial skeleton, Varn says he did chance upon a few colorful progenitors, a group of roguish "banditti" who cavorted along the Mexican border during the Civil...
...first games last season. Pete Varney was playing fullback. Varney came lumbering through the line and decided to plant his foot on top of mine. Crushed my arch. If it would have been a little guy like Steve Harrison, I wouldn't have minded so much. But when Varn steps on you, you know you've been stepped...