Ramsey Farmhouse

Ramsey Farmhouse The 1922 Ramsey Farmhouse is seated in the Iotla Valley of Franklin, NC and celebrating its 100th year!

Great party and thank you to The Franklin Press !
07/06/2022

Great party and thank you to The Franklin Press !

If you are able, please remember to bring any canned goods you may have for the food pantry donations. Please consider m...
05/15/2022

If you are able, please remember to bring any canned goods you may have for the food pantry donations. Please consider making a donation to the Iotla United Methodist Church cemetery fund, in honor of the Ramsey family. Both ministries would have been near to Great Grandma Clara's 💗

Great grandma Clara, mama and me circa 1979 here at the farm.....Raining just like today!
05/14/2022

Great grandma Clara, mama and me circa 1979 here at the farm.....Raining just like today!

This centennial celebration has been playing in my mind since the summer of 2004, when we moved home to revive the farmh...
05/13/2022

This centennial celebration has been playing in my mind since the summer of 2004, when we moved home to revive the farmhouse. Each year as Dale and I worked on the home and farm, we knew that the 100th year would be a defining moment for our family. It was so hard. You could barely make it to the house for all the saplings and junk. My grandmother Emma left it to us on the condition that we live here in it and in doing so, we sacrificed a lot. We have kept our promise to her and Mom, Rebecca and Kay...that we would indeed fix it up and make it what it used to be for them.

Mom, Rebecca and Kay told such loving stories of times here and really everyone had wonderful memories. We wanted to make a place for folks to come home to once again. Grandma and Granddaddy would be happy, I think, that we kept as many of their things as we could.

When you visit, you will see that nothing is perfect and not everything is complete. When I think of the hard work it took to build and buy the supplies to upgrade things, I wanted to hold on to them as long as they could hold on to us. Many things have been augmented to provide a different function altogether. Like our headboard is the short door that we took out to close off the laundry room. When you walk on the porch, it is on some of the same boards that were originally laid, and were cut from historic oak trees that once provided shade to this valley.

Many things we have had to lovingly let go of, like the to***co barn, the corn crib, chicken coop and the smoke house. I make signs to remind the little ones of what was once here. We re-used the wood for the fireplaces and other sentimental custom work.

We have worked to clear the land so you can see what it really is....and finally, after many blessings, the land and home are cooperating. Its been18 years, of doing almost all the work ourselves, just as my ancestors did. We have arrived at the destination that has always been the long goal....this 100 year celebration. Thank you so much for joining this almost solemn event.

Thank you so much for the help with the roof and closing off the back porch Jeff Baker and Adam West. Thank you mostly, mom Marcia Myers Pyatt for believing in us and helping when we just couldn't go on. Marcia Myers Pyatt, Rebecca Chastain, Kay Myers Williams, Ashley Hatch, Darren Chastain and Emanuel Williams.... May God bless our family richly and keep us safe and healthy and prosperous. I do believe our ancestors will be with us and cheering us on for getting things back to goodness!

Great Uncle Bill served in the Korean War and sent this china to Grandma Clara while he was away. Uncle Bill surprised D...
05/11/2022

Great Uncle Bill served in the Korean War and sent this china to Grandma Clara while he was away. Uncle Bill surprised Dale and I with this set at our wedding!

We are all so excited about the party on Sunday....here is the wedding 💒 announcement for great grandaddy Lawrence and g...
05/11/2022

We are all so excited about the party on Sunday....here is the wedding 💒 announcement for great grandaddy Lawrence and great grandmother Clara! Mom wanted to enlarge it for everyone and she and Rebecca put the photos of them together ❤

Dale and I consider the biggest compliment to be when someone isn't sure if something is new or is historic. So, for thi...
04/30/2022

Dale and I consider the biggest compliment to be when someone isn't sure if something is new or is historic. So, for this celebration, our family signed some material and then dear Aunt Rebecca stitched each of our names and Mom had it framed.

The piece really makes you feel the essence of our spirits.....we are thrilled with this artwork and, yes, it feels like an antique already!

04/30/2022

Invitations were sent out. If you did not receive an invitation but would still like to attend, please RSVP through Facebook 🙏

Now, one thing is for sure, we intend on having a great time at the May, 14th Celebration! Please remember to bring you...
04/29/2022

Now, one thing is for sure, we intend on having a great time at the May, 14th Celebration! Please remember to bring your lawn chairs....
Here is a list of events:
3:00 - Arrival of guests, games and touring of the property and farmhouse. Games include: scavenger hunt, water balloon tossing, corn hole, croquet, badminton, disc golf, ladder ball.

5:00 - Blessings and Supper

6:00 - Cake and Story Telling About the Farm

7:00 - Music and Fire Pits

8:45 - Light Show

The Ramsey family gave the land for the Iotla Elementary School, the Iotla Baptist Church and the Iotla Unitied Methodi...
04/29/2022

The Ramsey family gave the land for the Iotla Elementary School, the Iotla Baptist Church and the Iotla Unitied Methodist Church. Our light-show highlights the stained-glass from the Iotla United Methodist Church, as our family helped build and re-build the church.

As an acknowledgement of the love our ancestors and relatives have to the church and its ministries, we would like to ask if guests to the party would please bring CANNED GOODS or monies to donate for the Iotla United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

If you are able, please also consider gifting monies to the Iotla Methodist Church Cemetery Fund. Please see Rebecca Chastain. This helps sustain the lawn management and care for the space. We appreciate your generosity and fellowship.

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357 Clara Ramsey Road
Franklin, NC
28734

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