Great-great-grandson of Abilene founders visits, weds
This weekend as many families venture out to decorate graves in honor of Memorial Day, one family is celebrating its heritage in a different fashion.
The great-great-grandson of Abilene founders Timothy and Eliza Hersey recently visited Abilene. And, thanks to the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau Tourism Assistant Sharolyn Adams, he and his new bride enjoyed a small and special wedding ceremony. Geral and Kay Hersey were wed Thursday evening with the Honorable Judge John Barker officiating at the site of Geral’s grandparents’ former dugout home (beneath the present-day Lebold Mansion). Adams and CVB director Julie Roller Weeks served as witnesses to the momentous occasion.