James L. Vannest   email JVannest@carolina.rr.com

Jim Vannest married Phyllis A.  From this marriage there are 5 children: Chrisla L.,

DeAndra L., James P.L., Steven L. & Douglas R.  

             Jim Vee resides in N.C. 

Chris Vannest   email undislcosed

           Chris married John P. R. They have 3 children 2 girls Alyssa L. and Jessica J.

           and a son Christopher J. 

           Chris & John  reside in TN.

           Alyssa  married Michael L.  They have a new born baby girl, Kaitlin. 

           Jessica married Christopher S. They have 2 children, a son, Carter

          and a daughter, Piper.

           Alyssa & Michael live in MS.  

           Jessica & Christopher live in MS.

           C. J. Married Sonja in 2007  they live in Ohio at present.

Dee Vannest. email rhhdvh@comoprium.net

           Dee married Roger H. They have 2 son's, J. Oliver and Reggie.  

           Dee & Roger reside in S.C.

           J. Oliver and Reggie reside in S.C.

James Vannest. email JPLV2003@aol.com 

           Jim married Sallie E. Swensk on 06/06/87 and Divorced 12/93. They had no children.

           Sallie passed away in Nov. of 2002.

           Jim resides in FL.

Steve Vannest email email undisclosed 

           Steve married Rose G. Steve has 3 daughters.. Missy and from their marriage Jennifer.

           Steve has another daughter, Laura, who lives in ME.

           Steve resides in N.H.

           Missy and Jen reside in N.H.

Douglas Vannest email undisclosed

           Doug married Maureen C. They have a daughter, Lindsay.

           Doug resides in CT.

           Maureen lives in CT.

     Jim Vee enjoys his retirement living on the Farm, North 62 1/2, and doing Wood Carvings.

He carves anything from plaques to sculptures and anything in between. You can see some

of the carvings he has done on his web page. Jim also enjoys seeing his Grand kids and                           

Great Grand Kids as well as us children when possible.

   Jim is also involved with his Navy Shipmates from the U.S.S. Harry Lee APA 10, and he attends their reunions when possible. Here is a link to the U.S.S Harry Lee APA 10 web site:     www.ussharrylee.com/ 

Remember: you will leave this site when you go to the U.S.S. Harry Lee website. You can use your Back <-- button on the tool bar till you get back to here if you want to come back to this site.

Jim Vee is also interested in the Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society in Elmira N.Y. Jim has donated time and effort on carving 2 plaques for the top of the Carousel..

The Society has spent vast amounts of time and money rebuilding the Carousel. Many thanks to those who donated time and or financial donations to make this happen. The Carousel re-opened  earlier this year. Here are some pics of the Carousel taken by Jim Vee 8-20-06..  Here are some links to the Eldridge Park Carousel. 

This is the Official Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society Home Page.

 http://www.eldridgepark.us/

http://www.eldridgepark.us/sponsorship/  

Here are other sites to visit.

 www.EldridgeParkCarousel.com ,

http://www.star-gazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=news0202