While anticipating the glorious July 3rd holiday on Tybee Island (second only to St. Patrick's Day,) I have been doing a little research. As you can see, this painting is a rendition of the first annual BGAA (Big Guy Athletic Association) July 3rd World Bacci Ball Championship circa 1668.
The one showing his effeminate carry through after the toss is Charlie Russo's ancestor... Giavoni Russo. Immediately left overseeing play (and contemplating the next rule change) is O'Donavan Ryan, ancestor of the Tybee Ryans. The man in black who seems to be really pissed off at a suspected cheater is none other than Padraig Powers, the great-great-great-great-great-great- grandfather to our present day Chatham County Tax Commissioner, Danny Powers.
The man with hands held behind one's back is Diarmuid Kevin Sheehan, ancestor of Kevin Sheehan- the hairy. The prissy man in the gold balloon pants is the first mayor of Tybee, Liam Burke, whose descendant Jimmy Burke will also hold the office of mayor.
The identity of the women sitting in the chair is speculative. Most of the experts have concluded that she is the sole ancestor of the women known as "the- one- tooth- wonders" that plague Doc's Bar to this day.
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The great(x8)grandfather of "Blue" from Benny's was suppose to be in that picture, but he had a little confrontation with the great(x8) grandmother of the "one toothed woman" the evening before which begun the great Rift of Butler Avenue dividing the Tybee trash into two factions. One faction of which became patrons of Doc's bar and the other of Benny's. These people dare not cross Bulter Avenue for fear of lynching. Hence the in-breeding. To this day no one knows exactly what happened, but it is rumored that the "Blue" lineage must cross Bulter Avenue on their 17th birthday and steal the tooth of their sworn enemy. So, now we know that the "one toothed woman" is a total snaggle not because of bad hygiene but because of the "Blue" family right of passage.
I'm surprised not to see Mike Leonard (ancestor of Mike Leonard, Mike Leonard, and Mike Leonard) in that portrait.
Will, you seem to have left out one more Mike Leonard... the omitted Mike Leonard is referred to as Little Mike Leonard, son of the Tybee Mike Leonard.
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