Congratulations to Rawlin Vanatta and Jessie Strickland. They were united in marriage, Saturday evening at 6 p.m. It was an outside wedding that took place at his grandmother’s place. The ceremony was performed by the groom’s cousin, Nathan Wright of Murfreesboro. The couple went to Gatlinburg for a honeymoon.
Lou Autry Malone, Larry, Wanda and Lincoln Tramel, Jeff and Jalene Vanatta, Rita Robinson, Jorden Melton and Saprena Hale had lunch at the Mexican restaurant, Sunday, after church.
Randy Vaughn celebrated his birthday on Aug. 7. He had breakfast with his dad, Ralph Vaughn, at IHOP in Murfreesboro. Then, after church on Sunday, Randy, Natasha, and Ellie Vaughn and his mother, Betty Sue Vaughn, had lunch to help him celebrate his birthday.
Christine and Dennis Arnold and their two sons visited Ruth Sutton, recently.
Rebecca Ervin visited Jeanette Redmon, Sunday. She is not well.
Congratulations to Diane Kirby. Her name was drawn on WJLE birthday club on Aug. 2. She got a breakfast at Barbara’s Cedar House Restaurant.
Clara May Hawkins and Queda Ferrell visited Brenda Herman, Thursday evening.
Don Hawkins celebrated a birthday on Aug. 1. Tent and Amber Hawkins visited him and Treba.
Bro. Thurman Seber preached at New Home Baptist Church, Sunday morning and night. He did a good job, as he always does.
Congratulations to Pauline Hutchins. Her name was drawn on WJLE birthday club on Aug. 3. She got a dinner at Kilgore’s Restaurant.
Mabel Pack got a call from her cousin, Myrtle Heers of Australia.
Sunday visitors of Clara May Hawkins were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hawkins of Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hawkins, Beverly and Makala Ferrell and friend, Treba and Dan Hawkins.
Sarge Bowman celebrated his 91st birthday on Aug. 7. His son came from Nashville and took him out for breakfast. That afternoon, he was treated to a birthday celebration with his friend, Jean Wallace at NHC. Her children took him out there where she is a patient. They had cake and ice cream. Those present were Nathan and Allie Evans of Cookeville, Danny and Dianne Evans, Betty Byford and Nina Lawrence.
I want to congratulate Marie Vaughn Roberts of Warren County who recently celebrated her 80th birthday.  Marie is a first-cousin to my late husband, J.D. Vaughn.
She is the daughter of the late Cephus and Ida Turner Vaughn.  Marie and I have many happy memories together.  She and her first husband, Shirley Walker, who is deceased, would visit us and we’d have the best of times.
I remember one Sunday when I returned from attending church at New Home Baptist.  Marie and J.D. were busy in the kitchen whipping up our dinner.  They even made a blackberry pie.  I don’t remember who made the pie, but the berries were picked earlier in the week by me.
There were other times when Marie and Shirley and their two children, Cathy and Sammy, would spend an entire day with us, and sometimes their visit would carry over until the next day.
I really appreciate those years when families visited more often.  You didn’t need an invitation.  Folks would just show up.  Then, we’d get busy fixing chicken and gravy, biscuits, shucking some corn on the cob and making a custard pie.  Everyone always bragged on my pies and banana pudding.
As I further think about it, we never felt like someone was imposing when they dropped in and wanted to spend the day.  There were many times when we had to change our plans right on the spot, but we never let on to our visitors.
We didn’t have a telephone, so there were no ways of letting someone know that our plans had been changed. 
We never wanted anyone to think that they were not welcome at our home whether day or night.