Lewisburg
Annual meeting group photographs by Harry Livesey.
News & Gatherings
Where history became fellowship.
For decades, national reunions brought Livesay and Livesey relatives together to learn, remember, celebrate, and strengthen family connections.
Future gathering
A new reunion date has not yet been announced.
When plans are confirmed, the date, location, lodging information, and registration instructions will appear here. Members may join the Society free to receive infrequent updates.
A tradition worth restoring
National reunions connected generations.
The former Livesay Historical Society held annual meetings in cities tied to members, research, and family history. Programs combined historical speakers, Society business, shared meals, local tours, music, dancing, awards, and long conversations among cousins meeting for the first time or renewing old friendships.
The reunion photographs preserve something that records alone cannot: family history as a living relationship. The renewed Society honors that tradition while future plans are developed.
Preserved reunion record
Gatherings represented in the DVD archive
Kingsport, Tennessee
Meeting photographs credited to Ralph Sweeney.
Kansas City, Missouri
Annual meeting program, museum visit, banquet, speakers, awards, music, and dancing.
Roanoke, Virginia
The Society’s Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting at Hotel Roanoke, July 13-15.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Annual meeting photographs by Mike Evans.
Rogersville, Tennessee
The archived invitation welcomed all Livesay descendants, July 26-28.
Fiftieth Anniversary
Roanoke, July 13-15, 2006
The preserved anniversary page lists Dr. Neal Testerman, Cranston Williams Jr., George Kegley, Dr. J. Francis Amos, and President Johanna Livesey among the speakers and participants. Joan and David Livesay, the Old Dominion Cloggers, and the Blue Grass All Stars were also featured.
Group portraits, performances, tours, and banquet photographs document a milestone gathering nearly fifty years after the Society’s founding.
Reunion life
Meals, music, stories, and family
“Are you in the picture? Come to the next meeting and be in the picture!”
This invitation appeared on the former Society photo album. It captures the warmth of the reunion tradition and the hope that family members would continue to gather.
Preserved records
Original gathering pages from the former website
These archival pages remain in their original format and are provided for historical reference. Dates, prices, addresses, telephone numbers, and registration instructions are no longer current.
Help complete the reunion record
Do you have photographs or programs?
Send reunion photographs, programs, name lists, recollections, or corrected captions. Please include the year, location, and names of people shown whenever possible.