We returned to my "roots" when we retired and moved to our farm in the Curtis community, between Elba and Opp,AL. We bought 80 acres of my family farm in 1983 and started planting it in pines that year. Soon after 1n 1986 we had an 8 acre fish pond built on the property that was spring fed. In this photo you see some of our family who gathered at the site of the new lake and named it "Lake Lawrence" for my dad.
Next we bought an old frame house (roof had caved in!) from Mack Westbrook and he remodeled it for us before we moved it to the farm in 1987 to become our "cabin in the woods". We located the house to a spot overlooking the lake. A friend of my brother gave us an old mobile home he wanted to dispose of and in 1992 we had it moved to use for overflow guests to the farm during family get-togethers. This is where we chose to move in 1996 and live out our retirement days.
This is the front view in 1987 soon after the house was moved, and before the front porch was added. Later we enclosed the foundation with cement blocks. We used this place for our family to come on holidays for get-togethers.
In this photo you can see the back screened porch added to the lake house.
Tomorrow I will continue with photos of the farm and discuss the changes that took place after we moved to the farm permanently. We lived there from 1996 to fall of 2003, when we moved to Elba, 8 miles away.
