In its purest sense, the Edward Partridge Memorial Day Breakfast is a tribute to Grandpa Partridge by his great-great-grandson Asael Lyman who felt a strong connection and desire to honor Grandpa Partridge. The first breakfast was served in 1972 to about 250 people. Since then, The Memorial Day Breakfast (MDB) has become a great gathering for the Willis & Angie Lyman family and Asael would say that “we plan to keep holding the breakfast every Memorial Day until Grandpa Partridge himself comes.”
Our legacy is that we are proud of our heritage and we enjoy being together and we plan to feed the town of Oak City every year so that we have an excuse to gather. Thanks to Willis and Angie Lyman for being “Just Plain Folks” and promoting our being together.
Historical Note: A memorial headstone to Grandpa Partridge was dedicated on August 30, 1997 at the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Nauvoo, IL. Listen to Uncle Mat Lyman talk about how the memorial came about.
