2009 Alexis Stroup Reunion Minutes

PROPOSED MINUTES (Pending approval at 2010 Reunion)
of
Stroupe Reunion
August 2, 2009

The 84th annual Stroupe Reunion was held on Sunday, August 2, 2009 in the gym of the Family Life Center of Alexis Baptist Church in Alexis, North Carolina. Approximately 90 people attended.

Group pictures were taken.

Steve Snyder gave the invocation.

Following the meal, Daphna Shelton welcomed those in attendance and led the business session.

The minutes for 2008 (which included the financial report for 2008) were read and, upon motion duly made and seconded, approved.

The second item of business was the election of officers to serve for 2009-2010. Upon motions duly made and seconded, the following officers were unanimously elected:

President - Nancy Quesada
Vice President - Mike Hipp
Secretary/Treasurer - Martha (Hipp) Daniel
Historian - Mike Stroupe (Rock Hill, SC)
Historian Committee - Sid Stroupe, Linda Ballard, Nancy Quesada
Set-up Committee - Mike Hipp, Ruth Hipp, Tim Stroupe,
Clean-up Committee - Everyone


The following twenty-three first time attendees were recognized:

John Bollman (Chapin, SC)
Carol Callanan (Bristol, VA)
Bryan and Zack Crenshaw (Philadelphia, PA)
Bill and Maxine Mintz (Iron Station, NC)
Mary Stroupe O’Malley (Marietta, SC)
Bill and Jacqui Randolph (Kirkland, WA)
Jesse & Jen Recinos (Austin, TX)
Margi & Paul Recinos (Newburyport, MA)
Josh and Sara Reese (Morganton, NC)
Rice and Cynthia Sexton (Raleigh, NC)
Barbara Anne Stegall (Matthews, NC)
Sondra Stroupe (Clover, SC)
Debbie Walsh (Knoxville, TN)
Jon and Gwendolyn Hanna Ward (Burnsville, NC)
Kathy Weathers (Travelers Rest, SC)

Recognition Certificates were awarded as follows:

Oldest Man (90) - Homer Orren
Oldest Woman (93) - Louise Groner
Youngest Boy (15 months) - Nathan Stroupe
Youngest Girl (4 years) - Virginia Keen
Greatest Distance Traveled - Bill and Jacqui Randolph (Kirkland, Washington)


Deaths reported were:

Mattie Marie Long Beal (January 2, 2009), Lincolnton, NC
- daughter of Julius and Eva Stroupe Long (both deceased)

Zana Parr Clippard (April 20, 2009), Alexis, NC
- daughter of Eural Collinsand Mary Parr Stroupe Clippard (both deceased)

Joe Daniel “Joey” Ginn (January 3, 2009), Cherryville, NC
- son of Joe Daniel “Dan” (Sr.) Ginn and Jo Ann McSwain Guin (deceased)
- husband of Pat Ginn
- nephew of Tony and Patsy Stroupe

Darthey Walker Hipp (September 18, 2008), Alexis, NC
- widow of Donald Clifton Hipp (who was the son of
Arthur Berry and Joanna Ellen Stroup Hipp (both deceased)
- mother of Michael, Stephen, Alan and Warren Hipp

Virginia “Jenny” Stroupe Kiser (December 3, 2008), Shelby, NC
- daughter of Thomas and Birdie Keever Stroupe (both deceased)

Don Paul Shook (March 13, 2009), Moneta, Virginia
- son of Paul Emory (deceased) and Edna Stroupe Shook

Nancy Stroup (June 24, 2009), Waco, NC
- daughter of Arthur Boyd and Gladys Essie Sellers Stroup (both deceased)

Clara Delle Stroupe (October 6, 2007), Cherryville, NC
- daughter of Bert and Sudie Stroupe (both deceased)


Ernest Bright Stroupe (November 8, 2002), Rutherford College, NC
- son of Ephirm and Nora Dellinger Stroupe (both deceased)

James Walter Stroupe (March 8, 2009), Lincolnton, NC
- son of Annie Rhyne Stroupe (deceased)

Edna Absher Thompson (January 16, 2009), Cherryville, NC
- daughter of Julius Clyde and Carrie Stroupe Absher (both deceased)

Although the following deaths were not verbally reported at the reunion, their obituaries were received and are included herein:

Addie Estelle Bingham (March 26, 2008), Morganton, NC
- daughter of David Jackson Stroupe and Eliza Christine Mooney Stroupe
(both deceased)

Carmie Gene Stroupe (October 23, 2008), Morganton, NC
- son of Gerald and Katie Johnson Stroupe (both deceased)

H. Craig Stroupe (December 11, 2008), Morganton, NC
- son of Ralph Benjamin and Eva Beatrice Rhyne Stroupe (both deceased)
- husband of Margaret Stroupe Stroupe
- father of Ben C. Stroupe, Diane Stroupe Holbrook and Linda Stroupe Snyder


Marriages reported were:

Chad Michael Stroupe to Heather Malia Clippard (March 12, 2005), Alexis, NC
- bridegroom is the son of Mike Stroupe,
grandson of Jack and Helen Stroupe (both deceased), and
great-grandson of Thomas and Birdie Stroupe (both deceased)

Christopher Shawn Stroupe to Stephanie Sexton (May 23, 2009)
- bridegroom is the son of Ben and Connie Stroupe,
grandson of H. Craig (deceased) and Margaret Stroupe Stroupe


Births reported were:

Jordan Dean Reeves (June 2, 2009), Florida
- great grandson of Coy and Gloria Dean Stroupe (both deceased)
- grandson of Beverly Stroupe Ellis
- son of Amber Ellis and Ray Reeves

Mike Stroupe (Daniel Stroup descendent) (Rock Hill, South Carolina), Historian and chairman of that committee, gave the Historian Committee report. He welcomed Bill Randolph to the reunion and said Bill’s family were descendants of the Stroupes who were iron workers. Mike reported he has been going through the information he obtained from Ethel Stroupe’s research of 50 years. Among other facts, Mike shared that ancestor Leon Stroupe of Texas sang at the funeral of Bonnie and Clyde and that some of the land sold to the Vanderbilts for the Biltmore Estate was previously owned by Stroupes. He also spoke about the great military tradition of the Stroups.

Daphna Shelton announced that Jimmie Stroupe had made a sock-monkey doll and named it “Granny Catherine” for Jacob Stroup’s first wife. Jimmie donated the doll to be sold by auction at the reunion with the proceeds going to the reunion’s treasury. Bill Mintz was the auctioneer. After an energetic round of bidding, Margi Recinos was the highest bidder ($75.00).


Sid Stroupe (Daniel Stroup descendent) spoke briefly, thanking everyone for coming, and asking everyone to take a few minutes to view the large family tree posters, which highlighted four of Jacob Stroup’s 15 children (specifically, sons Adam, Philip, Daniel and Michael), all of whom were represented by descendents present at the 2009 reunion. He also advised that Mike Stroupe had made poster-sized copies of a photograph from the 1927 Alexis Reunion held at the home of David Choosey Stroup at Alexis surrounded by dozens of Model T cars parked in the field.

Following the business session, door prizes were given. The grand prize of $50.00 was won by Jon Ward (a first-time attendee from Burnsville, NC). Cash prizes were won as follows: $20.00 by Isabelle Bollman; $10.00 by Anne Orren; $5.00 by Evan Stroupe, and $5.00 by Homer Orren. Additionally, two booklets entitled “History of Jacob Straub/Stroup”, written and donated by Mike Stroupe, were won by Zack Crenshaw and Diane Holbrook, and two booklets entitled “The Lincoln County Stroups During the Revolution”, also written and donated by Mike Stroupe, were won by Amy Snyder and Marlen Chappel.

The meeting was adjourned with plans to meet again on the 1st Sunday in August of 2010 at 1:00 in the gym at Alexis Baptist Church for the next reunion







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Martha Ellen (Hipp) Daniel, Secretary/Treasurer