The Vake Sampson Line

Leslie Anne Jones

Mark, Sue, Brook, Tina, Ricky, Colbe, Kaia, Alexx, Vake, Eric, Alison

Sue and Tina

Eric Blaine Martin, JD, Atty at Law

Alison Gillespie Monroe Martin, Atty at Law

Brook Martin, PhD

Sandra Sampson Jones, AIA

Johnie Jones, CPA

William Vake Jones

Reynold Vake Blaine Martin

 Mark  Richard ("Ricky") Jones

Tina Naomi Sampson, PMP  (center)

Kaia Lee Moe

Alexx Angeline

Colbe Caitlin Moe

Drew Alan Sampson

Meghan Rae Sampson

Mark Edison Sampson, MD

Shown: Sandy's daughter Leslie Anne Jones,  The group, Sue (Susan Rae Sampson) and Tina, Sue's son Eric Blaine Martin, Eric's wife Alison Monroe Martin, Sue's son Brook, Sandy Sampson Jones, Sandy's husband Johnie (with one "N") Jones, Sandy's son Billy Vake Jones, Eric's son Reynold Vake Blaine Martin, Sandy's son  Mark Richard "Ricky" Jones, Tina Sampson (between Sandy and Charlie Gele'),Tina's daughter Kaia Lee Moe, Kaia's boyfriend Alexx (with two "Xs") Angeline, Tina's daughter Colbe Kaitlin Moe, Mark's son Drew Alan Sampson, Mark's  daughter Meghan Rae Sampson, and Mark Edison Sampson. Not shown:  My husband Jerry Horn, who is really quite reclusive, and Tina's son Harper, who stayed behind home in Tucson, AZ. Leslie is pictured, but could not attend--she works for a magazine in Shanghai, China, and with publishing deadlines, could not take her vacation in the middle of the month in order to attend.
    As for the group, why are we all laughing? It was a memorial event, but we are an irreverent group:  we poured the cremated ashes of Vake and Milly Sampson into the Siltcoos River, and everybody was thinking of "The Big Lebowski," where the ashes blow back into the onlooker's faces. Here, the tide turned, and momentarily,  the ashes flowed upstream before they flowed down.