Members of four generations of the William Bussell family, numbering 41, attended a family reunion held in the East Basin home of Loyd and Aline Bussell Sunday, May 25. Catfish caught in nearby Lake Keystone provided a main course of the dinner served.
All Mr. Bussell's sisters and one of two brothers were able to attend. Coming from Rockford, Ill., were his twin sisters who married brothers, Aline and Charlene Lundstrom, with their husbands, Pete and Roy Lundstrom; sister, Berniece Mayfield of Mounds was there as was brother, J. R. Bussell and his wife, Lane Faye, of Russellville, Ark. Wayne Bussell, Rochelle, Ill., could not attend because he had been here earlier.
In had been almost four years since this group had been together at their mother's funeral.
Five of the six living children of Loyd and Aline Bussell, along with their children and grandchildren, also attended. These included sons Kenneth, Billy and Darrell (a twin) and daughters Wanda Hancock and Sherrell Taylor (Darrell's twin), daughter Oma of Neosho, Mo., was unable to attend.
Enjoying the activities were the following: Kenneth and Peggie Bussell, Kenneth Bussell, Jr. and his wife, Toni and son, Jeremy; Gina Eddy and children Bobbi Jo and Kevin, Patricia Bussell and daughter, Jamie Lee Sager, Robert Laxton, Christine Bussell, Wanda and Larry Hancock and daughter, Cindy Hancock, Billy and Peggy Bussell and their children, Timothy, Donnie, Betty Jean and Bonnie, all of Mannford.
Also, Gary and Sherrell Taylor and Chris, Lorie and Cathy, Sand Springs; Darrell and Clair Bussell and Steve, Jimmy, Johnny and Mark, Broken Arrow.
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