All the news in the valley last weekend was “flash floods” and the forecast is right rain all day Saturday and all day Sunday. The valley received about four and a half inches of rain.
Everyone gets concerned when it rains that much, because our beautiful Dry Creek stream which meanders through the valley can get out of banks and overflow causing much damage.
It did cross over the road Saturday below Roscoe Frazier’s residence. No major damage was done, but it leaves trash and looks ugly when it resides.
Dry Creek stream was really big, lacking only a few inches touching the concrete bridge that crosses over the stream and takes you to the W.O. Womack Store Building.
The biggest that we have seen the stream was when we lived in the white house directly in front of the W.O. Womack Store and the water was from hillside to hillside, over the main Dry Creek Road in front of our house and extending to the store porch. That was on a Saturday. Some cattle were in a hayfield nearby and would have drowned had it not been for a courageous young boy, the late Jim Roy Frazier who jumped into the muddy water, swam to the fence which was holding the cattle, took his knife and cut the fence from bottom to top freeing the startled cattle.
They swam on down the stream finding some land between here and Dowelltown then walked ashore safely.
We stood on our front porch and watched this happen. This was in the 1950s. We had a beautiful vegetable garden with pole beans and cabbage ready to eat. Yes, the flood washed our garden away, also Ben and Mairene Vandagriff lost their garden and everyone who had a garden near the stream lost theirs.
It was in June, so we replanted for late vegetables but it was still a big loss for us “country folk.”
A special get-well wish goes to Elene Hayes of Smithville who fell at her home. She is now receiving treatment at Adams Place Healthcare Center in Murfreesboro. Our prayers, love, and best wishes go to Elene.
Betty Oslen and Helen Burt visited Bobby and Mary Joines Friday afternoon.
Our community extends sincere sympathy to the family of Martha Allene Cripps Keith of White House and native of Dry Creek Valley. She died April 26 in Madison Hospital.
Her funeral was at Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Goodlettsville on April 30. Rev. H.D. Jones officiated with burial in Forrest Lawn Memorial Gardens. She was laid to rest by her late husband, Wilson Keith.
Surviving is a daughter Janey; sisters; a brother; many nieces and nephews;  other relatives; and a host of friends.
The late Carl Cripps of Dry Creek was her brother. Jerald Cripps of Dismal Road served as an active pallbearer. Her parents were the late Levi and Pearl Elledge Cripps.
Jerald and Lisa Cripps attended the visitation with the Keith family on Monday and the funeral on Tuesday.
Lisa enjoyed seeing and talking with Maggie Aubbine Blackwell and her daughter Agness, formerly of the Cubbins Hollow in the Dry Creek Valley and Florence Mullican of the Cross Roads community.
We would like to say hello to Maggie and Agness and give them a special invitation to Dry Creek Baptist Church Homecoming on June 30. We would like to see you folks. We remember Maggie Cubbins being a nice friendly lady. We were real young when we met her. Good to hear from Florence Mullican, related to the late Alvie Mullican.
It was so beautiful outside last week. Wish we could get out and work in the flowers. It was 80 degrees last week.
George Jones was an authentic country singer. The people attending his memorial service at the Grand Ole Opry House was proof that he and his singing were loved by many many people.
His fans loved his music. People can change, and he did. He was laid to rest after the memorial service, Thursday.
We say hello to a dear friend Vena Fuston who is not well. She needs our prayers.
We send our love and best wishes to Vena. She saw Dr. Cripps Thursday.
Prayer list this week: Bobby and Mary Joins, Peggy Pursell, Linda Fuston, Vena Fuston, Tanner Malone, Glen Faircloth, Jimmy Midgett, Audrey Owens, Carroll Thomas, James Keyt, Harold and Faye Elrod, Joe and Carolyn Dickey, Shannon Cantrell, Will Allen Cantrell, Joe Gunter, Sarah Walker, Fred VanHook, Jim Cripps and Joe Ayers. Remember them in your prayers, and maybe give them a call, card or a kind deed.
Events at Dry Creek Baptist Church are on June 6-8 Vacation Bible School, workers are needed and June 30 the church will be having Homecoming.