Recent visitors of Marie Walls were Dean and Connie Neely of Shelbyville, Linda Neely and Mike Holleman of Alabama, and Lila, Quillian, Rector, and Kathy Morman. They all attended their sister and relative’s, Velma Templeton’s funeral in McMinnville.
Recent visitors of Ruth Sutton were Dannie and Teresa Sutton, Katie Minton of McMinnville, Michelle and Alie Patton, Billy Sutton, Sue McCoig, Linda Sutton and Fay Adkins.
Get-well wishes go to Andy Malone. He had surgery recently in Baptist Hospital, Nashville. He is slowly recovering.
Linda Grant of Nashville spent Sunday with Faye Adkins. They went to church and lunch together, afterwards they went to Murfreesboro to go shopping. Nicole Cripps joined them on their shopping trip.
Danny and Dianne Evans celebrated their wedding anniversary Sept. 12. The couple have been married for 36 years, and they went to O’Charlie’s in Murfreesboro to celebrate.
Billie Simpson and other members from the “Prime Timers”  from the New Life Pentecostal Church had a cookout at Greenbrook Park Saturday evening. Shane Walker was the cook for the event. He grilled hamburgers, and the ladies fixed desserts. Michelle Walker is the coordinator of the group. They had plenty to eat and good fellowship.
Anita and Cloie Braswell spent a night with Billie Simpson, recently.
Addison Huggins came home with Cloie Braswell from church on Sunday and spent the afternoon there.
Sympathy is extended to the family of Patty Trusty in her passing. She was a DeKalb County native, but lived in Nashville for several years. Her body was brought to DeKalb Funeral Chapel and she was buried in Salem Cemetery, Monday.
Bro. Mike Clayborn preached at New Home Baptist Church Sunday morning and night. He did a wonderful job.
Wanda Tramel spent Friday and Saturday night with Lu Autry Malone. Other guests of Lu Autry for lunch on Sunday, after church, were Wanda Tramel of Crossville, Rita, Charlie and Sydney Robinson of Liberty, Jorden Melton, Suprene Hale, Chad Curtis and Randy, Natasha and Ellie Vaughn, Drake Vaughn, Amanda Reed, and Jeff and Jaylene Vanatta.
Visitors of Betty Wilson were Ralph and June Vaughn of Murfreesboro, Faye Adkins, Rebecca Ervin and JoAnn Pittman.
For those who read my column regularly, you know that I enjoy my telephone.  I have friends that I talk to every day, some more than once a day.  It’s often that I’ll talk for at least an hour or more to someone.
I appreciate all my telephone buddies.  I recently got an interesting call from Phillip Vaughn who wanted to tell how much he enjoyed reading something that I wrote about the Young Bend Cemetery. I guess Phillip and I talked for about two-hours.
He asked if I had ever been to the Vaughn Cemetery, which is located near the Young Bend Cemetery.  I have not.  The original Vaughn settlers in this area are buried there, James and Sophorah, who came by covered wagon from South Carolina in the early 1800’s.  One of their sons, Benjamin, is also buried there.
They are of interest to me because they’re ancestors of my late husband, J.D. Vaughn.  Benjamin was the father of Jasper and his twin brother, Thomas Vaughn.  Jasper was J.D.’s grandfather.  Thomas was Phillip Vaughn’s grandfather.  They also had a brother, Perry Vaughn.  Many people called him Pat.  He was the father of Walter and Herbert Vaughn.   Phillip and I talked about all those family connections. 
My son, Ralph, has done quite a bit of research on the Vaughn family.  James and Sophorah showed up on the DeKalb County census records in 1820.  They became members of the Old Bildad Baptist Church.  I find it interesting that they owned farmland that was valued at $2.75 an acre.  Records show that they were also taxed on the number of livestock owned, particularly swine since DeKalb County was a major swine market back then.
I always enjoy talking to someone who likes to reminisce about the old days.