Shurn Family Reunion

The Shurn family reunion has a rich heritage. Descendants of the Shurn family have been traced back as early as the 1840’s to Drew Shurn and Emmaline Taylor. The Shurn Family Reunion began in Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1951. The celebration started on Labor Day and has been unchanged through the present. The first gathering was small with only a few relatives and their families. Attending relatives at the first gathering included B.B. Shurn, Eles O. Shurn Sr., Robert Shurn, Fred Douglas Shurn, Vinnie Shurn Crenshaw, Annie Shurn Greer, Lula Shurn Bogan, Louise Shurn and Sammie Shurn.