Jule's Photo Pages (Biological Family)

Welcome to my Photo Pages area!  This is a very special area!  I am an adoptee who was fortunate enough to have a biological family that searched for and found me!  This photo site includes some photos and comments about my adopted family, as well as my biological family.  I have also included a special memorial.  Also check out "Maxy's Story" for a tribute to our special "angel".  Be sure to click on the related buttons to "get the whole picture!"  On this first page are photos of my biological family. Don't forget to read the adoption story!  I also have a page with a few photos of my husband, John, and me - including a few  wedding shots.  Enjoy your visit!

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Francis Neff (father - now deceased - taken approx. 1945)

Francis Neff in Army uniform (Paratrooper in World War II)

Marie Carter (mother) (Late 20's or early 30's - this was the photo I remembered seeing from childhood! See "Adoption Story")

Mom (Current)

Henry Neff (Brother who made "first contact")

Ken Neff (Brother)

Rebecca Cole (Sister)

Jule Loy Gray (Me - 6 years ago - Henry snapped this picture at our first meeting.)

Bonnie Gary (Half-sister)

Ron Carter (Half-brother)

 

David Carter (Half-brother)

 
 
 
 
 

Some additional family photos

 
 

Mom, 2000 Texas family reunion

 

Mom and I on Labor Day, 1999

 

Ken and Bonnie, Labor Day weekend, 1999

 

Bonnie and Ron

 

Henry, at John and My's Wedding, 1996

 

Rebecca, 2000 Texas family reunion

Bonnie and Me, Labor Day Weekend, 1999

 
 
 

Baby photos of me at 1 month old

(These photos are quite old - like me!  Sorry for the quality.  I hope you can see at least some of the detail. These pictures were taken when I was a month old, at the Iowa City, Iowa hospital, in 1949.  The woman you see in some of the photos was a ward nurse.  I'm not sure what that shadow is in the second picture.  Because these photos are black and white and so old, attempting to digitally correct them was not very successful. They are actually better than the originals, though!  Again, I apologize for the quality.

   

Baby Jule 1

   

Baby Jule 2

   

Baby Jule 3

   

Baby Jule 4

A footnote:  I was 45 years old when I first saw these baby pictures at the first meeting of my brother, Henry, and me.  It was really startling to see these!  I had never considered myself as a baby once, because there had not been any "proof" of that fact - until now!  I guess I had thought of myself as a "non-baby!"

"MOMENTS TO REMEMBER"

January to December, We'll have Moments To Remember.

The New Year's Eve we did the town, the day we tore the goal post down,
We will have these Moments To Remember.

The quiet walks the noisy fun, the ballroom prize we almost won,
We will have these Moments To Remember.

Tho' summer turns to winter and the present disappears,
The laughter we were glad to share will echo thru the years.

When other nights and other days may find us gone our sep'rate ways,
We will have these Moments To Remember.

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DISCLAIMER: None of the graphics on this web site were intentionally taken without permission. If anyone sees their copyrighted image on this site, please email me and I will immediately remove it! Thank you.

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