I have been looking for my cousin Tony Keyes for many years. I last saw him when we were kids (we were about 12-13 years old), then we lost touch. . I was online on March 16th when I came across an article written by Doug Carnegie in the KCOBA Newsletter and in that article he mentioned Tony, I immediately emailed Doug expressing my desire to find my cousin, Doug passed on my email to Glen Laman, the Editor of the of the KCOBA Newsletter. Glen I believed sent out a mass mailing to the KC Old Boy community and the first response I got was from someone who recognized me (a past co-worker of my ex-husband) we are now in touch.
When I made my permanent move from Jamaica to the US in 1984, I began a private search for Tony , everyone I asked knew of him, but did not know where he was ... not even my closest friends, Claude and Leslie (KC Old Boys). About two years ago, in talking to Lascelles Lewis , another KC Old Boy, I happened to mention Tony and expressed my desire in finding him. Lewis told me that he had seen Tony at the KC Ball in Florida that same year, but he was not aware that I was looking for him, neither was he aware that we were related. I then assigned the task of finding him to Lewis . Lewis told me he believed he was in the Washington area but I just could not find him, I never gave up my search.
On Tuesday evening, I received an email from Glen enquiring if I minded giving a contact number to which I responded positively. About an hour afterwards, Glen called with the good news. He had just spoken with my cousin and he wanted to talk to me. I was elated. It was almost 10 p.m. and I told Glen that I was going to make the call right away as I could not wait until the morning. I did, we spoke for a long time, now, we have been in touch and we have been talking on a regular basis. I cannot wait to see him again, those plans are now in motion ... I am so excited.
Thanks again Glen . I know that here is someone else out there whom I owe a thank you. THANK YOU!!
Veronica Kiese-Codling
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Editor's note: Basil Waite was able to obtain the phone number.
