If you get involved in the R-CA, you honor your ancestors and support Laura Roark Shropshire’s 1959 Reunion goal of collecting and sharing early Roark-Conner family history on how, “our ancestors lived, how they suffered, and how they endured hardships while striving for a Christ way of life.”
The Board of Directors hosted the 65th Reunion in-person with a portion available via Zoom. More details in the January Newsletter, on Facebook, and on the homepage of this website.
Please sign in below to view the 64th reunion highlights.
We held our 63rd and second Virtual Reunion in 2021 due to COVID. For highlights, click here.
We held our 62nd and first Virtual Reunion in 2020 due to concerns over COVID. For highlights, click here.
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Those attending our 60th and 61st Reunion created historic events for the R-CA. For the 61st, forty cousins came from 13 states for the 2-day Reunion.
At every Roark-Conner Reunion, we conduct a Memorial Service designed to pay tribute to family members who have died during the year.
Since the first reunion in 1959, the Worship Service has been held to ensure a religious experience and to honor our Roark and Conner ancestors.
Five articles and video clips highlight special memories of past reunions by Jessica Johnson, James Roark, John J. Roark, Reba Shropshire Wilson, and Howard Scott.
UPCOMING ROARK AND CONNER FAMILY REUNIONS
The 65th Annual Roark-Conner Family Reunion – 2023
September 29th – October 1st – in the Birchwood, Tennessee area
2025 Biennial Conner Family Reunion
More information coming. Please check back.
The last Conner Family Reunion was held June 26-27, 2021 in Branson, MO.
Please check back for information on future Conner reunions or go to: www.connerreunion.com or contact: Kathy Pettit, 417-293-6643, or kpetit1954@gmail.com, for more information.
Witt Cousins Reunion – Descendants of John & Lela Ann Jennings Witt and Martha Jane Conner and Silas Witt.
Please check back for date.
Location: 300 Brown Ln., Poolville, TX
This is an annual event that dates back to the 1960s. https://www.facebook.com/WittSneed/
Annual Roark Family Reunion 2024 (always the last Sunday in June)
June 30, 2024– Creston, NC
Riverview Community Center, Creston, NC 28615
June 30, 2024 – from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
If you would like to list your upcoming Roark or Conner related family reunion here, or to add information about your family tree to the website,
please send your information to us at: BoD@Roark-Conner.org.
The R-CA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to hosting annual reunions, preserving historical documents, sharing family history, and maintaining cemeteries and markers.
Managed by a Board of Directors, the R-CA maintains cemeteries, publishes Newsletters, updates this website, preserves family history, and coordinates the annual family reunions
Become a member and receive our Newsletter published three times a year. Family members have been hosting annual family reunions since 1959. Join us for only $10 per year.