Dear Stancil Family,
We are excited to announce that the 2025 Stancil Family Reunion is just around the corner! Mark your calendars for:
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Wilson Moose Lodge, 2705 Forest Hills Rd SW, Wilson, NC 27893
With less than four months to go, we are eagerly counting down! This is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, share memories, and create new ones.
You are encouraged to bring a favorite dish, dessert, or drink to share. Doors open at 9 a.m. for room preparation, registration, and meal setup.
We are looking for volunteers to help with setting up, serving food, and organizing activities. Let us know if you'd like to help!
We are collecting stories for the annual Stancil Record magazine. Send us news about births, graduations, weddings, and other milestones—photos welcome!
Email: tyhinton@stancilreunion.com
We will be offering a reunion T-shirt—design and prices coming soon. Reach out by August 1 with sizes and colors if interested.
If you or someone you know is attending for the first time (or after a long absence), email us so we can prepare nametags in advance.
We can't wait to see you all and celebrate our family's heritage! Let’s make this reunion unforgettable.
For updates, visit stancilreunion.com.
Warm regards,
Ty Hinton, George Ira Branch
The 124th Stancil Family Reunion will be SUNDAY, SEPT. 28, 2025, at the Wilson Moose Lodge #989 in Wilson, North Carolina.
Descendants of John Thomas Stancil and Delanie Sasser Stancil will gather from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, at the Moose Lodge, 2705 Forest Hills Road SW, Wilson, NC 27893.
There will be some brief comments and a prayer starting at noon. Lunch is expected to begin at 12:15. Please bring a dish, dessert or drink to share for the potluck lunch.
Let us know you are attending so we can prepare nametags ahead of time by filling out a form. Email us with names of those attending as soon as possible. Email tyhinton@stancilreunion.com with names of those attending.
T-shirts: Orders for the 2025 version will be taken by email through Aug. 1, 2025. We will have a design ready by June. Not all colors will be available this year. We are unsure of the prices.
Reunion magazine: If you have family news to share, let us know by Aug. 24, 2025, by emailing tyhinton@stancilreunion.com. We would love photos of family gatherings. Last year's newsletter can be found at https://stancilreunion.com/24newsletterweb.pdf.
Let us know if you would like to help cover the cost through a sponsorship or donation. If you would like to reserve copies, let us know so we can make sure to get enough copies made.
Memorials (sample shown above) are popular as a way to remember our family members in the newsletter. Of course, we appreciate any donation. The newsletter will be available at the reunion registration table and online following the reunion.
If you would like to have a memorial in the newsletter, please contact us, send a photo and let us know your message.
The family tree was drawn by Gilda Renfrow Six, a descendant of George, in the early 1970s, and first displayed in 1971. The drawing includes four generations from the John Thomas Stancil family.
In 1982, James Viverette, the late husband of Anne Pittman Viverette, made the custom three-part wooden frame for the four-generation family tree.
It has been on display at every reunion since then, and is taken care of by Anne Viverette and family.
The first Stancil Reunion was held in late 1902.
Delaney and Tom hosted the first Stancil Reunion. Children living away from Johnston County were Samuel in Wilson County, N.C., Harvey and George in Duplin County and Catherine in Atkinson, Ga. Letters were written and they all attended the first Stancil Reunion.
Guests that attended included Marceline Edwards, a close family friend. Marceline was aunt of Allie Edwards, who married Oscar Stancil, son of Henry Stancil, in 1908.
Alonza and his wife, Ada and daughter Lena Maie Stancil. Alonza was the son of Reddick and Eliza Stancil. Reddick was the son of John and Polly Stancil. John and Samuel, Tom's pa, were brothers. Reddick and Tom were first cousins. Alonza was about the age of Arnettie. Alonza taught school. He taught Tommy (Thomas Ruffin Stancil) and told Tom he was the smartest student he had ever had. Members of the Alonza family have started attending the reunions, and we hope they will continue coming.
Jim Batey was picked up by Alvin in Wilson. He lived with Tom and Delaney and worked on the farm. Jim was also known as Albert in the 1900 Census. He was born in 1886.
The photo of the First Reunion shows tapestries hung on the walls of the cabin to dress it up. Delaney wove the tapestry on the far right in 1858. Josiah purchased it at the John Thomas sale in 1922.
Homemade lemonade is a Reunion tradition. Dozens of hand rolled lemons are used. Originally it was made in wooden tubs using water from Tom and Delaney's well.
Over the years men have been in charge of the lemonade. For years Alvin and Harvey, with help from George, made the lemonade. Their sons Vernard, Carl, Garland, Clyde Emmette and Ralph helped. Later Grover Eason (George Branch) who married Myrtle Stancil, Graydon Renfrow (George Branch) who married Rachel and his son Jimmy were in charge.
This well water was used until the early 1960s when the Reunion was moved to the Club House across from Glendale School.
The reunion had been at the John Thomas Stancil homeplace since 1902. In 1915 he traded houses with son Geo Ira Stancil and the reunion continued at the same location. Geo Ira’s widow, Eva died in 1962.
Donell secured the Glendale Community Building for the 1963 reunion.
By 1984, the reunion had outgrown this location. Donell arranged for the reunion to move to the North Johnston Middle School.
Changes were happening in Johnston County and in 2006, Donell once again was instrumental in the move to Glendale-Kenly Elementary School. This was home until new county changes required the reunion to move again. In 2012, it was decided it would be moved to the Moose Club in Wilson County.
