TURIN SHROUD LINKS / jean baptiste de bresse @ breston plantation

+GARIC "NIKKI" BARRANGER+

>our creole cousin / friend, a brillient scholar<

>and man of >great acting talent and culture<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ / GARIC BARRANGER)+ 

>passed away this past year >and as we pack<

>for our new orleans trip, >he is missed a lot<

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+MANDEVILLE+

>on lake pontchartrain, a >beautiful serene<

>resort w/ many >old creole raised houses<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>> / MANDEVILLE)+

>is where we >last saw nikki in year 2012<

>during a lunch celebrating our 80th b-day<

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+CAROLINE YOUNGBLOOD+

>a talented, young, >artist who lives in our<

>bresse / ray old >breston plantation house<

+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+

+CAROLINE YOUNGBLOOD)+

>was at this lunch, & >increasingly her star<

>is shining radiantly in the world of artistry<

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 >a raised creole restaurant on lake pontchartrain<
>was the >mise-en-scene< of our birthday lunch<
>(top, l to r) neal & lorraine pendleton, nikki bar<
+(80TH BIRTHDAY LUNCH+
+MANDEVILLE, OCT. 2012)+
>gail hood, della & walker ray >(lower) caroline<
>youngblood, marianne & >nikki's fiance< carol<
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 >my younger> brother walker, w/ wife della<
>by lake pontchartrain after our lunch / in the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / LUCY de GRUY RAY)+
>distance is a hotel where i >visited my grand<
>mother lucy degruy ray in the summer of 42<
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>near the mandeville raised creole restaurant<
>is this 18th century >creole cottage that has<
+(GOOGLE :>>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+FRANCOIS VERLOIN de GRUY)+
>clay and moss binder walls / verloin degruy<
>ancestors of our >grand mother< were here<
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>the tropical jungle<  near mandeville is a<
>magnificent reminder of the orient forest<
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+>>/ SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>of our french ancestors and the sansouci<
>forest of our glass pavilion studio house<
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>i love this >entrance gate< to breston plantation<
>of our >de bresse (de savoy) ancestors in north<
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+BRESTON PLANTATION)+
>louisiana (john ray married catherine de bresse)<
>now home of famed artist caroline youngblood<
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 >it touched my heart< to >think of our ray &<
>bresse ancestors in this >precious plantation<
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+>/ de BRESSE-de SAVOY)+
>i have >written much about this history with<
>great grandmother catherine de bresse family<
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 >radiant artist >caroline youngblood w/ father<
>hugh & brother breston welcomed us w/ kind<
>hospitality / here caroline shows our la. friend<
+(GOOGLE :>> CAROLINE+
+YOUNGBLOOD, ARTIST)+
>judge henley hunter< of >magnolia plantation<
>heritage, plantation data / he is a noted scholar<
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>it was on a wall in the kitchen where we<
>were thrilled to discover a portrait of our<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+JEAN BAPTISTE de BRESSE)+
>great, great grand father, jean baptiste de<
>bresse de savoy,  >native of villefranche<
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+THIS PIONEER COTTON PLANTER+
+WAS A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF+
>(google : eugene ray<
>>>/ shroud of turin)<
+DUKE de BRESSE -de SAVOY THE+
+OWNER OF THE TURIN SHROUD+
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>synchronistically, it >must be noted that<
>philippe de bresse de savoy's >daughter<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>KING FRANCOIS 1ST)+
>was the >mother of french king francois<
+GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+/ MICHAEL de GRUYERE)+
>1st, cousin & friend of de gruyere count<
>michael (died in a vergy (shroud) castle)<
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+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ de VERGY / SHROUD)+ 
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu