(Link To John's Personal Web Site and info for Forrest High School Jacksonville Florida.)
The picture above was taken in my office at the BellSouth
Outside Plant Engineering Department in Gainesville Fl.
Prior to my retirement in 2001, after 30 years of service, I provided Network, Telecommunications and Computer Operations and Support.
My Grandfather was George Robert Leynes Sr., and my Grandmother was Velma Lillian Crevasse Leynes. My Grandfather emmigrated from Germany in 1885, grew up in Crystal River in Citrus County, and later worked at the phosphate mine in Morriston. My Grandmother was born on Atsena Otie Key off Cedar Key, and married my Grandfather in 1904 in Morriston. After they were married they moved to Archer in 1906, when he came to work as a pattern maker at the Maddox Foundry.
After a short time staying at the old Snavely house, they bought the Lipsey house just south of town on the east side of highway 27/41. Here, my father, three brothers and three sisters were born and raised. The "old home place" as we called it was the scene of many memorable and wonderful family reunions, filled with good times, southern hospitality and love.
I lived and worked in Jacksonville until 1992 when I took a job assignment with the engineering department of BellSouth here in Gainesville. It is so wonderful to be near the "old home place" to remember those good ole' times, and now to be able to play a part in the preservation of the history of Archer!