Ed Fluker of Macon speaks to the Fluker family reunion assembly of about 40 descendants of William Thomas Fluker, a gunsmith in Washington in the 1860s. The first annual Fluker family reunion was held in WahsingtonWilkes, using a schedule overlapping the annual memorial celebration of the Battle of Kettle Creek. It was an all-day, open house event scheduled at the Fitzpatrick Hotel.

The Fluker family has been involved with the wreath ceremony of the SAR Kettle Creek celebration for many years due to ancestor Owen Fluker having served with the Patriots in the American Revolution.

The event included nearly 70 relatives from all over the Southeast to Texas and into the upper Midwest including Kentucky and Wisconsin. Local hosting families were the Harrises, along with the Dardens and Hickmans from Thomson, and Ed Fluker from Macon. Ed Fluker and Louisa Hickman were major organizers of the event.

The somewhat formal time began at 4 p.m. on Saturday with a welcome by Joe Harris who introduced Ed Fluker, who with his daughter, Miki Fluker Causey, had assembled several tables of memorabilia of the Fluker Washington history. These included several items from a 1930 News-Reporter on the establishment of the federal monument on the battle site and on the role of Kettle Creek Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) charter member Frances Cornelia Fluker in establishing the battle site itself.

Fluker briefly traced the family's Washington history. He included the home on west Water Street, the Spring Street home, and the gun shop of William Thomas Fluker which was located on the current site of Poss-Ace Hardware in the 1860s.

He spoke extensively about the 12 children of William Thomas Fluker and Emily Reid Murden. Only four of the 12 have descendants and all four lines were represented at the reunion. Fluker recalled several colorful family history items after which questionnaires were completed and re-acquainting social activities continued.

Those in attendance decided to assemble in Washington again next year with the Beazley and Broome families of Rayle volunteering to host the event. It was clear that Washington-Wilkes continues to be the Fluker homeplace.