What's in a name?


Family names are important to me so even though Jackson is extremely popular right now (#1 name for boys in 2013… ugh) we went with it. My (Katelyn’s) grandfather, Willard “Dub” Jackson Ballow…

1953 abt. Photo Dub

1953 abt. Photo Dub 2

1936 abt. Photo Dub

1931 abt. Photo Baby Dub

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and my great grandfather (Dub’s father), William Jackson Ballow. He helped to build Chandor Garderns where we got married in 2010. Here he is with Mary Althea Bloss, my great grandmother.

Mary Althea Bloss Ballow & William Jackson Ballow the day they married

Dub's father William J Ballow Gravestone

My father’s is Michael Robert Patterson,

Summer 1996

Paul’s grandfather, Robert “Boo” William McLellan, Paul’s maternal grandfather,

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along with his Uncle Bobby.

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How could we go wrong using the names of these wonderful men? 🙂