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Message:: [QUOTE="Frank, post: 10319232, member: 5421"]My maternal grandfather, Carl Conard Timmons (1889 - 1953), practiced medicine in Edgefield, SC, and Augusta, GA. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1915, and I recently was given his class ring. 10k, small enough to fit my left pinky finger, and missing one of the stones that were set in the eye sockets. His initials are engraved inside. According to "Historical Highlights of the Medical College of Georgia", published by the University of Augusta, "The earliest class ring with the skull and crossbones representing MCG belongs to H.G. Weaver, class of 1920." So, it seems I have one even older! Of interest is the fact that he was born with no fingers on his right hand. According to the family oral history, when his mother was pregnant with him, a worker on the family farm lost the fingers of his right hand in a sawmill accident. My great-grandmother wrapped the injury in her apron to stanch the loss of blood, and when my grandfather was born, he had scars on his right hand, and no fingers, only a thumb. His granny taught him to darn socks at a young age, and he grew up to be a gifted surgeon. Any idea what the stone in the eye socket could be?[ATTACH=full]518634[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518635[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518636[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518637[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]