Isn’t she beautiful? This is my great-grandaunt, Mabel Agassiz Wescott Martin. As the youngest child of John Thomas Wescott, she defied the odds, living to be 99 years old, just two months shy of her 100th birthday. Born into a family where her oldest sibling was 20 and my great-grandfather just 17, she might have felt like an only child, but her spirit shone brightly.
Captured in this picture around 1924, Mabel was a student at Trinity College, now Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina. It was at Lake Junaluska, where she met George, that their love story began. In just six weeks, he swept her away to Kentucky, a testament to the power of love and destiny.
Together, they raised four children and celebrated over 50 years of marriage until George’s passing in 1977. Today, her 83-year-old daughter continues to share their legacy, sending me this cherished picture and illuminating their family history. Her father had the vision to own the Surf Ranch Motel in Daytona Beach, and with my great-grandfather, they became partners at the Del-Aire Motel and Sea Winx Motels, creating a lasting impact.
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