2013 NASHVILLE
8 - 12 September 2013
JIM AND DOT BEASON / GEORGE AND BETSY GREER
8 - 12 September 2013
JIM AND DOT BEASON / GEORGE AND BETSY GREER
For our 2013 reunion we returned to the Radisson-Airport Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, the site of our 2007 reunion.
The 14 shipmates that attended were joined buy 22 family and friends for a total of 36 attendees. The 8th (Sunday) was spend in registration and catching up. Monday the 9th was scheduled to be a full day that started with a full hot breakfast.
The 14 shipmates that attended were joined buy 22 family and friends for a total of 36 attendees. The 8th (Sunday) was spend in registration and catching up. Monday the 9th was scheduled to be a full day that started with a full hot breakfast.
Following breakfast, we boarded our bus for a tour of Nashville.
We then embarked on a tour of the city.
We then stopped at "Studio B" for a recording session. We recorded a CD of us singing Anchors Away and America the Beautiful.
After the successful launching of our musical career, we moved on to lunch with American Legion Post 5 at the Piccadilly cafeteria.
After a short rest at the Radisson, we boarded the bus (again) for a ride to the Nashville Nightlight Dinner Theater for dinner and a show.
'The 10th was scheduled for a busy day, Memorial Service, the farmers market, the Parthenon dinner at the Cock of the Walk, and a wrap up at the Grand Ole Opry. We left for the Memorial Service about 9:00 and on the way stopped at a State of Tennessee display area just down below the State Capitol building.
We then moved on to the Bicentennial Mall for our Memorial Service.
After lunch at the Farmers Market across from the Bicentennial Mall, we toured a full size reproduction of the Parthenon

After a restful afternoon back at the Radisson, we took a trip to the Cock of the Walk for dinner, (although some of the chairs were a little big. Following dinner, we attended a performance at the Grand Ole Opry.
After Breakfast on the 12th, we gathered to discuss possibilities for the 2014 reunion.
After much discussion, Jim and Dot, along with George and Betsy, agreed to work on a 2014 reunion. They will look and Chattanooga, TN and Mobile, AL for the best fit to our group. The rest of the day was free time until time to gather for the banquet.
As we gathered, we looked over the items that had been brought by shipmates for the auction. Then it was time to eat.
Before, during and after the dinner, we were entertained Steven Whitson, a young singer/songwriter who Jim and Dot had met while touring the Barbara Mandrell "cabin" outside Nashville while they were setting up the reunion. He is a talented young man and we enjoyed his music during the evening.
After dinner we took time to thank Dot and Jim, and Betsy and George for their hard work on the reunion.
Then it was on the auction.
Of course we wrapped up the evening with a Cake.
We end this remembrance with the last time we were able to take a picture of James Purdy - Plank Holder and Robert Dolehide - Decommissioning crew as James passed away in October shortly after the reunion.