Dedication This Book is affectionately and gratefully dedicated to my Sister (and my Aunt) Miss Mary Elizabeth Pelot ************************* * * * Picture of Mary Pelot * * * ************************* for her devotion and love to all the Family and to my Great Aunt Miss Julia Frances Pelot for whom I was named and to my parents Meredith Bright Colket Jr. and Julia Pelot Colket who gave me a sincere appreciation of my family roots