HOWARD FAMILY REUNION MACON, GA 2005

??, who was on the “Amazing Race” team member from Detroit stands in front of the Douglass Theater, which
was the only theater for Blacks in Macon during segregation.

AMAZING RACE COMPETITION

The family members had a day of fun Saturday with two competitions, one based on the popular TV show “Amazing Race,” where teams had to complete one task before going on to the next.

First – Mummy wrap

Family members divided into teams and wrapped one member of the team in toilet paper like a mummy. Everything was to be covered except the eyes. Once the team completed that exercise the team received its next list of tasks.

Amazing Race – Howard style

The teams were given a list of places to go and things to find in Macon and the surrounding area. To do so, they needed a camera, a map, the internet, and they had to chronicle their finds with photos. They had to stay together at all time at each location.

Places and things to choose from:

Macon soul singer Otis Redding Jr. built his home on a 300-acre ranch in Round Oak, GA, in Jones County, in 1967. Find the gated ranch.
Bring back photo of team members near the Big O Ranch sign. (Directions were shown on a map.)
Find the theater where disc jockey King Bee held Saturday morning teenage talent shows in 1958. Get a photo of team members standing in front of the theater.
Find a sign that gives today’s temperature in Macon. Get a photo of the sign.
Find a gas station with regular unleaded gas is less than $2.15 a gallon.
Find the funeral mound at the Ocmulgee National Monument. The mound was the burial place for early Native American leaders and more than 100 burials were uncovered there. Get a photo of the team outside the mound.
Somewhere near Macon City Hall is a memorial for Rodney M. Davis, Macon’s only Black Medal of Honor recipient. Get a photo of the team at the memorial.
What time is Sunday service at Macon’s First Baptist Church, founded by Blacks 25 years before Emancipation. Bring back a photo of the church’s sign or a photo of the church.
1437 Woodliff in Pleasant Hill was the birthplace of a famous Macon singer whose first hit song was “Tutti Fruitti.” What’s his name and find his old home, which is now a private residence. Get a photo. Write his name on a piece of paper and bring it back with you.
Go to a bookstore. Find the book “Roses are Red” by James Patterson. At the end of the last chapter (not the excerpt that follows it), the man called the Mastermind, whom detective Alex Cross has been chasing, reveals himself. What is the Mastermind’s real name? Write down the name on a piece of paper and bring it back. If the book is not available, find “Violets are Blue” by Patterson. At the end of the last chapter ((not the excerpt that follows it), Alex Cross makes a bid decision about his job. What does he decide? Write down the answer and bring it back with you.

The winner of the race is the team that performs all the task, gets to the gym where we all will congregate and has proof that it has completed every task. If that team has anything missing, it is disqualified. The win then goes to the second team that completed all the tasks.

The winning team won gift cards from Walmart.

AMAZING RACE COMPETITION SLIDESHOW

Eborra Green, granddaughter of Bertha Green Durrett, daughter of Guss, and ??, wrap ?? with toilet paper. In the background is Ella Haynes-Hooks, play-daughter of Abbie Lee Howard. This mummy wrap was part of the “Amazing Race” family event on Saturday.
Eborra Green, granddaughter of Bertha Green Durrett, daughter of Guss, and ?? make sure the paper is tightly wrapped on ??
O’Doric Green, grandson of Bertha Green Durrett, daughter of Guss, stands patiently as he is wrapped by Tamara R. Howard, daughter of Rev. Walter L. Howard Sr., son of Guss. To the right is ??
O’Doric waits.
O’Doric waits some more as Tamara completes the task. Little ?? finds it all amusing. To the right is Christine Howard, daughter of Abbie Lee Howard, daughter of Alonzo.
Tamara presents “O’Doric, The Mummy.”
Tournez Green, grandson of Bertha Green Durrett, daughter of Guss, and ?? are having too much fun.
Jackie Green Norton, daughter of Bertha Green Durrett, daughter of Guss, and ?? stand outside First Baptist Church, a Black congregation founded 25 years before Emancipation in Macon, GA. It was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.
A layout of the grounds of the sacred mound and temple of the Muscogee (Creek) Native American nation. It was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.
?? stands in front of Douglass Theater, the only movie theater for Blacks in Macon during segregation. It was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.
A sign shows the time. It was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.
Jon Davis Jr., son of Jeannette Davis, daughter of Guss; his wife Carlotta and daughter Jonelle Casie?? pose near the sign on the grounds of the sacred mound and temple of the Muscogee (Creek) Native American nation. The site was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.
Entrance to the Muscogee (Creek) Native American nation mound and temple in Macon, GA. It was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.
A sign shows the price of gas. It was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.
The gated entrance to the property of the late soul singer Otis Redding outside of Macon. His home was one of the things-to-find on the “Amazing Race” hunt.