04/16/2026
I must thank all of the incredible people in our sweet community of Eufaula, Alabama. The 2026 Eufaula Pilgrimage: Alabama's Oldest Tour of Homes was a huge success!
First I want to thank our chairs- Amanda Ates- 2026 Chair, Michael Hicks- Co-chair and Amy Greene- Overall House chair. They were the dream team for sure!
Event chairs- Teas- Kim Beaty, Brunch- Kathy Holland, Antique Show- Marian Bargewell, Art Show- Jessie Brown & Helen Kuhnsman, Concessions- Janie White, and Ticket Office- Donna Asbury.
To all of you who volunteered in many places, we thank you sooo very much. Without you, this event cannot happen.
To our churches and other locations - First Baptist Church Eufaula, St. James Episcopal Church, First Presbyterian Church, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church and Historic St. Luke AME Church, Eufaula Carnegie Library, and Eufaula Barbour County Chamber of Commerce.
To our home owners- this would not be at all possible if you did not open your homes for our pilgrims to see. It is a huge responsibility and a lot of hard work and we appreciate you!
Fendall Hall- Christy Buchan
Thornton-Rudderman-Gulledge- Sandra Gulledge
Gilbert-Bush-Schreck- Glenda Bush and Frank Schreck
Woodland Plantation- Margaret and Carey Huston
Slade-Otero- Kevyn and Stacey Otero
Moulthrop Plantation- Ellen and Casey Albert
Grimes-Burnette- Kim and Tom Burnett
Couric-Smith- Ann Smith
Petry-Honan- Claire and Terry Honan
Special talks and Visits-
Wingate-Ugalde- "Old South Stories" - Ronnie and Tianne Ugalde and Jay Hinton
Fairview Cemetery- Jim Bradley
Shorter Cemetery- Friends of Shorter Cemetery
Tales from the Tomb- Jason, Cedric, Ernie, Michael, Stella and Dave- you all ROCK!
Lunch on Porches- These generous people allow us to serve lunch each day for our pilgrims in their yards and porches for lunch.
Rhodes-Winkleblack- Mary and Doug Winkleblack
Berry-Martin- Ashley and West Martin
MacDonald-Comer- Wimberly and Braxton Comer
And lastly to the Alabama State Council on the Arts for the generous grant to allow us to have period musicians at the various homes. It is the absolute topping on the cake!
And to our pilgrims, we appreciate you coming to Eufaula and hope to see you again next year!
Pictures of the event are available at https://www.eufaulapilgrimage.com/2026-photos