Sisters Reunited After 55 Years

When you haven’t seen your sister in 55 years – then you’re told that she was murdered, what do you do? Lorene Womack set out to find the truth, and happily found that the story of her sister’s demise was greatly exaggerated. Following is a teaser from the AP article found in the April 12, 2009 edition of FoxNews.com.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — After being told one of her five sisters was murdered, eldest sister Lorene Womack of Cleveland set out to find the truth about a sister she had not seen in 55 years.

What she discovered was the importance of perseverance and how fundamental faith and hope are in fortifying a family.

Lorene Womack, 64, said she had not seen her sister, Glenda Brown, since she was nine and Glenda was seven.

“Mom and dad seperated,” said Womack. “Dad took Glenda when she was 2 years old and moved away. Both of them remarried. Later dad passed away. Glenda was 7 the last time I saw her.”

According to Womack, some of her younger sisters did not remember Glenda. Their mother, Virginia Quinn, last saw Glenda 23 years ago, but never gave up hope of seeing her second oldest daughter again.

Read the full AP article.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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