My maternal grandfather, Clarence Cornelius Ayres; a vet of WWII, he passed way at age 49 (well before I was around, my mother was 16)

The electrical engineering class of Lehigh University, ca. 1925? (CC Ayres, my maternal grandfater is far right, middle row)

Here's an early photo of a horse, my dad and I (I was 2 years old)

This is a photo taken by Dottie Richie of my family, Mother, Aunt Ada, Gram and I in July of 1964; I was 5 year old

My maternal grandmother, Grace May Ayres, in 1995 shortly after moving to Gainesville, FL, to be with my family and I

Ada and Gram in Honolulu (late 1970s)

Grace Ayres at an unknown outside event

Dottie Richie and my grandmother; my grandmother and Aunt Dot were cousins

Dottie Richie during a visit by my mom at her home in Myrtle Beach, SC; she's 92 and looking great (Oct 2006)

My maternal grandmother, Grace, on family property on the big island of Hawaii - Hawaiian Ocean View Estates (July 1985)

My grandmother and I on the beach at Ft. Walton Beach Florida during a trip from Tuscaloosa where I was doing my doctorate (Dec 1987)

Elizabeth with her "Nana" at her 95th birthday in 2001

Gram helping out in an elementary school classroom

Grace Ayres with her cousin, William Dixon and his wife

Grace May Ayres (1906-2002) - I miss you Gram!

My mom with my son while at Disney World (he really loves his grandma)

My in-laws, Dan and Unamae Jaeger, brother-in-law Richard Jaeger, great friend Ken VanTassell, and I at the Chicken Pot Pie Shope in San Diego

(l-r) Uncle Dick Jaeger, Aunt Ruth Jaeger, Elizabeth, Cynthia, Andrew and Jane Sincock (2001)

Cynthia, me and my half-sister, Frances, (lft - rt) meet for the first time in Rock Hill, SC, in between events at a composers conference

My mother and aunt (l-r) at the Character lunch at Disney World's Magic Kingdom Crystal Palace (Dec 2004)

My brother-in-law, Richard Edward Jaeger (1985ish)

My half-sister, Frances, and I at the Gainesville Aeroplex Internationale

This was taken after I first met my nephew, Curtis Hildebran (center), my half-sister Frances' son

My NC family during dinner at a NC "Fish Camp": (l-r) Uncle Dale Willis, my sister Frances, me, my wife Cynthia, Aunt Carol Willis, family friend, my cousin's wife Jackie, and my cousin Curtis Willis

Uncle Dale Willis, cousin Curtis Willis and me under the Willis family crest; our family motto, "virture is your best helmet"

My nephew's fiance Hanna, my nephew Curtis, me and sis

With my sister at a restaurant in Morganton, NC, just before heading back to Fla. Cynthia and I were able to try "liver mush" for the first time on this visit

Frances and I at Linville Falls during a visit during the summer of 2006

Frances Elaine Hildebran (my sister), me, Dale Andrew Willis (my paternal uncle), and Curtis Willis (my cousin) while in Valdese, NC (July 06)

(l-r) Curtis Hildebran, me, Kim and Frances in Valdese, NC, at Frances' home (2006)

Mom and family gathering for cake during her 71st birthday (Aug 2007)

This is my father, me and mom; I guess this was from when I was around 2 years of age visiting my dad's family in North Carolina (1961?)

I can't place everyone in this photo of our visit to my father's family in North Carolina; the person holding me is my grandfather, the lady next to me on the left is my grandmother, my father is on the far left and mom is in the back row second from the left (this photo, and the previous one, was taken from a video that my father's sister, Mance, took of family photos - my uncle Dale and aunt Carol had the video and my sister Frances had it copied to DVD)

Mom and Ada being greeted by the studio staff at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando (Mar 2008)