05/27/2026
Firey Trails is happy to host a growing list of reunions...not only hosting but possibly helping to preserve these reunions. There are now Five-four repeat Reunions and 1 possibly to be a repeat event.
Besides my own Carter Reunion, we are now hosting the 68th annual Sissom reunion. They used to meet under the same shelter at Feyodi outside of Cleveland the 2nd Saturday of June for years and years. They moved the reunion (like the Carter one did) to a more climate controlled community center in recent years but were dealing with dwindling numbers attending-I had heard around 30 or so in 2024. But last year, their first time at Firey Trails,even during a rain storm that I thought would surely ruin things and "rain on their parade", they had a great reunion at around 100 or so. And the Sissom Reunion will be glad to know that we enclosed the breezeway between the stand alone kitchen and the pavilion...so people won't get soaked while bringing in hot food from the kitchen-ha ha.
The next reunion is our own 46th Annual Carter reunion (my side) on the 3rd Saturday. (Granville & Paula Sissom attend both the Sissom and Carter reunions being closely related to both).
The next one scheduled is a new one - the Abram-Hinds Family Reunion. The person that scheduled is not even local. There will be people from Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma that will meet at Firey Trails. They liked our "halfway point" location in which to travel and meet together. Some might even stay in area lodging in Sand Springs. This will be their first time at Firey Trails but if all goes well, then this might start a new tradition for them.
Next is one on Ray Firey's side of things, the 72nd Annual Rock Creek Reunion which includes community friends with Firey-Haney extended family. That one started out Rock Creek just down the road in 1955 and is still held by Rock Creek nearby.
The last one is a family reunion around Christmas. The O'Brien Family Christmas where they have an annual meal with extended family near the Firey Trails Christmas tree 2026 will be their 6th year in doing this.
So whatever reunion it is, the younger generations faithfully attending is important to make sure that any reunion lives on beyond the generation that started the tradition.
