Angie Meadows celebrated a birthday on Oct. 23. She went to church and had lunch with her mother JoAnn Pittman. Those joining them for lunch were Brandon, Stephanie, Billy Tiner and William Meadows.
I had a nice birthday. I got a lot of cards, phone calls and gifts on Saturday. My son, Ralph Vaughn, took me to Center Hill Restaurant for a catfish lunch.
On Sunday Randy, Natasha and Ellie Vaughn of Alexandria visited JoAnn Pittman, Kim Violet and I. Dianne Evans also visited.
Rebecca Ervin fell at her home and broke her ankle. She went to Dr. Kevin Rhody and he took an x-ray, then he sent her to a bone specialist in McMinnville on Monday.
Anita Braswell attended a church conference in Louisville, Ky. from Thursday until Saturday. Her daughter Cloie spent the time with her Uncle Dallas and Beth Braswell and sons, Thomas and Michael Braswell. She enjoyed her visit.
Lu Autry Malone, Randy, Natasha and Ellie Vaughn, Jorden Melton, Saprena Hale and Wanda Tramel ate at the White Possum Grill Friday evening.
Jean Wallace, Dianne Evans, Sarge Bowman and Betty Byford visited Alvie and Pauline Harp in Cookeville Sunday evening. They had lunch at Neo’s Restaurant, all except Jean. They picked her up at NHC.
These people used to be her neighbors here and she was proud to get to visit them.
Recent visitors of Martha Snow were Jerry Snow, Linda Snow, Janice, Claudia and Ossie Rodreques from Nashville.
Amy Griffith and Faye Adkins had lunch at Kilgore’s Resturant Tuesday to help Fay celebrate her birthday.
JoAnn Pittman and Angie Meadows visited R.J. Ervin in Madison Saturday. He was asking about people in the area.
Corrine Melton and Billie Simpson visited Anita and Cloie Braswell Sunday afternoon.
Billie Simpson, Anita and Cloie Braswell went to Woodbury Saturday evening.
I’m glad that Gladys Curtis is back home in Alexandria after being in DeKalb Community Hospital for four-weeks recovering from injuries after falling in her home.  Gladys is the mother of my daughter-in-law, June Vaughn.
Like me, Gladys goes to Dr. Donnie Cripps.  We both think that he is the greatest.  In my opinion, we are blessed to have all the fine doctors and medical staff in DeKalb County.
While I was thinking about Gladys, I remembered the many times that my second husband, C.W. Wilson, was sick. 
He suffered with Parkinson’s disease for over 10 years.  It was so sad to see his life slowly fade away.
During that time, he got great care from the Home Health nurses.
 They were all so kind and considerate.  There were many times when C.W. was confused, but the nurses were able to encourage him while helping with his needs.
It takes a special person to be a doctor, a nurse or anyone in health care. God bless them all.