Good Morning Judy and All,
No your family is not different. Your family is like mine and holds to old tradition.
I have only found two other researchers, besides yourself and me, whose families kiss their loved one goodbye.
My lines: Jesse Fraley, Sr and Mary English Fraley.
Isaac Fraley and Catherine Shoemaker Fraley
Jesse Osborne and Mary Hamilton Osborne
Alvin Sturgill and Nancy Jane Fraley
Ahab F. Hamilton and Elizabeth Jane Washburn Hamilton
William N. Kidder and Louisa Rebecca Mitchell Kidder
Samuel E. Bayes and Kentucky Parsons Bayes
Isaac N. Smith and Pheba Osborne Smith
The other researchers whose family continue this old tradition have connections to the Sturgill family of NC-VA-KY-OH.
Have a Good Day,
Ramona