# 50 -- LATEST STUPID STUFF FROM LARRY KEELS AND MINIONS!!

By GARY J. GABEHART

Thanks Joyce for the heads up!

I am often amazed at the commentary of the self appointed Redbone, Lester "Larry" Keels, who repeats over and over -- mostly quotes from over-the-hill "old saws" who never had a handle on Redbones much less Melungeons.

But wait, ask yourself why any member of his group would delight in publishing falsehoods about Redbones if it is not for the fact that they are not likely Redbones to start with. Besides not having a Redbone relation, are they really that dense that they know so little historically?

Has anyone ever seen Larry's pedigree? You won't because he has never had one, he's just a wannabe -- wannabe Redbone, wannabe Melungeon, wannabe Indian and it goes on and on. He talks about granny removing her kids from Redbone society, but what granny? He talks about being adopted at times and other times not -- Is he writing a fiction story? Ask him for his pedigree some time, you won't get an answer, just a convoluted story full of verbiage about nothing.

In the missive below, he talks about being booted from RHF, but the fact is he removed himself through non-participation and inability just like the other personage did, and I don't mean Bridges -- how the story changes. As far as Larry being a great researcher, he isn't -- I say this as he questioned what Don Marler has written while ignoring "Albert Rigmaiden's" letter of 1893, which speaks of the Redbones not as an epithet but as a people, and further lists the surnames of those he knew of. Seems Rigmaidens letter predated the birth of Don Marler (wish he would learn how to spell, Larry that is, as he spells Family with "two M's"). Don Marler did not invent Redbones

Now you tell me, see any research here? Lester "Larry" States:

"Linda,

From my perspective, I don't think you or I have made any more waves than anyone else. Considering that the group focus stems primarily from the history of what seems to be nothing other than a colloquial racist epithet, should any of us have ever expected anything other than controversy?

I now see my own naivette as the result of my grandmother' s complete success at removing her children from the affects of the prevalent racism while many of her cousins stayed in place and faced off their tormentors, possibily snatching opportunity only at the constant risk of social peril.

I still would be interested to know who knew what about the terms "redbone" and "melungeon" before Don Marler started researching his childhood memories of his "white" fammily's usage of the slur "redbone".

For some reason, aversion to disagreement seems to cause only incendiary retaliation from the individuals who hijacked RHF for whatever is their exclusionary agenda. I really think it boils down simply to a personality conflict thing which avails no solution.

Seemingly, the last gathering focused on ousting Sandra and myself. This year, we will likely take second billing to the ouster of Ray Bridges and the Bearhead Creek insurgency.

I'll be content depending on Joyce and Glinda to provide reports on what they experience. BTW, I'm glad you are here and hope you will share more. I'd like Ray and others to feel free to discuss as well. I don't think it will take that much effort to maintain a civil tone even when we will obviously sometimes disagree. None of us is more an authority than anyone else.

Larry"


Larry, of course, has always had the opportunity to reply to these Blogs right on the Blog itself, but he has always elected to ignore it. Of course when you preach heresy like he does, it's hard to defend yourself in any rational or historic manner.

If Larry is expecting "a show" this year at the "research conference," he is in for a major letdown for it is not an annual meeting, it is a "research conference." Get that?
R E S E A R C H C O N F E R E N C E -- Read my lips. And, anyone out of hand at the research conference will have to deal with local authority's, not RHF.

As for some sort of cloak and dagger scenario concocted by Larry, better send some Nodoz with one of them to stay awake or maybe suggest they not spend their time shopping or hanging out at the room. If, as they claim, they feel like having a little side meeting to gossip, who cares -- get with it little girls. They write about plagues -- pretty stupid stuff.

By the way, seating is extremely limited and once the seats are gone, there will be NO ENTRY enforced by the City, so you better pay your conference fee early.

Gary J. Gabehart, Mishiho (Mish-eh-ho)
Mishiho@aol.com