Thursday August 13th      Bancorp South Farmhouse, Patmos Road

9:00 - 11:00 A.M.       Registration and Meet & Greet:  Review of Agenda and Activities 

12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.  Lunch: 
                        Williams' Tavern Restaurant at Historic Washington State Park

Session 1
1:00 - 2:15 P.M.        Touring: Historic Washington State Park

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.        Research: Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives. 
                        Peggy Lloyd, Archival Manager and Gail Martin, Archivist

6:00 - 8:00 P.M.        Social and Group Dinner: Los Dos Gringos Restaurant, Hope

8:00 - 9:00 P.M.        MFA Officers, Board of Directors and Team Leaders Business Meeting: 
                        Hotel Conference Room


Friday August 14th        Bancorp South Farmhouse 

8:30 A.M.               Registration:  Meet & Greet and pick up information packets

Session 2
9:00 - 10:00 A.M.       The Ancestors and Descendants of 
                        James L. & Fannie Middlebrooks, Neal Middlebrook
         
11:00 - 11:45 A.M.      The Patmos Middlebrooks, Charles Deems, 
                        Samuel Isaac & Lewis L., Charles Middlebrooks

10:15 - 11:00 A.M.      The Ancestors and Descendants of 
                        Thomas Anderson and Lou Ellen Middlebrooks, Henry Middlebrook

11:00 -12:00 A.M.       TBA

12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.  Lunch:  Catered at Farmhouse

Session 3
1:30 - 5:00 P.M.        Research: 
                        Hempstead County Courthouse and 
                        Hempstead City Library, Genealogy Room

6:00 - 8:00 P.M.        Dinner: Big Jake's BBQ catered at Farmhouse
                        Keynote Speaker:  
                        Peggy Lloyd, Archivist, Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives


Saturday August 15th     Bancorp South Farmhouse 

8:30 - 9:00 A.M.        Registration: Meet & Greet and introduce newcomers

Session 4
9:00 - 10:00 A.M.       Guest Speaker:  
                        Mary Nell Turner, Hempstead County Genealogical Society

10:00 - 11:00 A.M.      Middlebrooks Family Association Inc. 
                        President's Report, Projects and Membership Reports
                          President's Report 2009, Leonard Middlebrooks
                          Secretary & Treasurer's Report, Joyce Arnold
                          Cemetery Report, J. A. Middlebrooks
                          Family Register Update, Leonard Middlebrooks

11:00 A.M - 12:00 P.M.  Ancestor Sharing and Discussion Groups
                        Ancestor Group Pictures


12:00 - 1:00 P.M.       Lunch:  Catered at Farmhouse


Session 5
1:30 - 4:30 P.M.        Field Trips:  
                        Homesteads, Schools, Cemeteries, Churches, Towns


Session 6
4:30 - 5:00 P.M.        Meeting Critique and Close-out

5:30 - 7:30 P.M.        Family Social and Dinner

*Peggy Lloyd is a native of Hope, Arkansas. She graduated from Southern State College (now the University of South Arkansas) in Magnolia, Arkansas, in 1965, with a BA in English and history. She earned an MA in English at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, in 1967, before joining the Peace Corps and spending two years in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a teacher of English. After returning to the States, she enrolled in graduate school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville to study history.

In 2002, Peggy moved back to Hope. She became curator of the Nevada County Depot and Museum in Prescott, Arizona, in early 2003 and served in that position for nearly three years. In November 2005, she became the Archival manager of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives in Washington, Arkansas, now a branch of the Arkansas History Commission. Peggy's research interests are the history of Southwest Arkansas, cemetery preservation, African- American history, maps, history of the land, and family history.

**Mary Nell Turner, also a Hope native, received her education in Hope schools and at Henderson State Teachers College (now Henderson State University), in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where she earned her BA degree in Business Administration. In 1946, after her husband's return from serving the U.S. Army in the Pacific area, they returned to Hope. Mary's teaching career of twenty-eight years began in two rural schools and ended at Hope High School, where she taught journalism and sponsored the school yearbook and newspaper. She has edited the Hempstead County Historical Society Journal, the Hempstead Genealogical Society's Hempstead Trails, the First Baptist Church Mailout, and The Delta Kappa Gamma Kappa State News. In addition, several of her feature stories were published in the late Arkansas Gazette.

Mary Nell has been a member of the First Baptist Church for more than fifty years. Other community activities have included serving on the Southwest Arkansas Arts Council Board, the Clinton Birthplace Board, and the Rose Hill Cemetery Board. She has held offices in Arkansas Press Women and in Arkansas Daughters of the American Revolution. The Hempstead-Hope Chamber of Commerce honored Mary as their Teacher of the Year in 1974 and as their Citizen of the Year in 1995.