HISTORY OF A DREAM

DARE TO DREAM_A Family's Heritage

HISTORY OF A DREAM

Welcome!

On this page;

" History of A Dream '

I am telling the Love Story of How

Marvin (My father) And Robbie (My Mother)

Began to Dream, Their Love Story,

And How it Came to Be.

Mom & Dad

Above photo...

Right - Robbie Mae (Adcox) Horton

Left - Marvin Horton Jr.

Photo was taken in 1946

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" Then we sat on the edge of the Earth,

With our feet dangling over the Side,

...And...

Marveled that We had found each other."

-unknown author

The Beginning of A Dream

Forsthye, Park

Savannah, Georgia

Forsythe Park... Savannah, Georgia

In 1943, (62 yrs ago ) in Savannah, Georgia

Robbie Adcox met a tall, dark, blue-eyed

and handsome stranger

( Marvin Horton, Jr.)

In this Historical Park, ( Forsythe Park)

of Savannah, Ga.

Marvin (age 18) and Robbie (age 24)

Spent all their free-time , there

Professing their Love to One-Another.

It was in this Park,

Plans for their Future

Marriage and their Lives together

Were Made.

note; Above photo is The Beautiful Fountain , that stands

in the center of Forsythe Park.

50 Years and 6 Children Later

Forsythe, Park

1993

Above photo,

The youngest of Marvin and Robbie's

Children .... Aloma (Myself)

Sitting on the same bench, in the same park

Where My Mother and Father

made their future plans

50 years earlier.

note; This photo was taken, August 1993

Why, Savannah, Georgia ? ....

During World War 2,

Robbie worked as a Welder in

the NYA Camp,

Feburary 1943, Robbie recieved her orders

to be sent to the

Savannah, Georgia , Ship-Yards

( Savannah Machine Foundry )

Robbie then later resigned from the company

and went to work at a

Cafe' downtown Savannah,

'Biddie's Cafe'

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Marvin was employed with the

'Southeastern Ship Yard '

of Savannah.

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Marvin entered the cafe, one evening

to cash his weekly check,

and met a waitress (Robbie)...

And soooooooooo

This began the Dream......

6 weeks later

Marvin Horton Jr and Robbie Mae Adcox

Were Married.

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Below is a Poem, written by My Mother (Robbie).

This poem, ' Hand-In-Hand'

Best explains the History of My parents

Romance, and Her out-look

and emotions of She & My Father....

Their Marriage, and their Life they have Created Together.

HAND-IN-HAND

Hand in Hand we've walked together,

Down this road of Life.

The Love that lives deep within

Does overcome all strife.

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We've had many happy days,

We've had our bad ones, too.

Raising our little children

And sending them off to school.

***

Soon, They will all be gone

And, We'll be left alone.

They will finf Happiness,

As they build their new homes.

***

It takes me back, to days gone by,

While working in a Cafe'

You came in to cash your check

And Stole My Heart Away!

***

Each night, Hand in Hand,

As we walked thru the park.

We made plans for the Future

Alone there in the dark.

***

We are growing older now

And, Someday we must say 'Good-Bye'

If I go first, I'll be waiting

For you up there, In the sky.

***

Again, We can walk, Hand in Hand

Up there in God's Park,

And, We will be so happy

For there, We'll Never Part.

***

Written by; Robbie Horton / 1970

Still Together

Robbie & Marvin Horton -- 1995

Above photo...

Robbie and Marvin

After 50 years of Marriage

( Photo taken in 1993)

*****

" Hold fast to Dreams,

For if dreams Die,

Life is a Broken-Winged Bird

That cannot Fly."

-by; Langston Huges

There was not time to do it all

And although the number of pages is small

I promise that soon they'll all be done

Bit by bit, and one by one.

Your life's story will all be told

Within the pages this website hold

And when it's finished ,each page you see

Will have been made, With Love from Me.

-by;Michelle Spencer

These Pages are Still A Work in Progress

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