Wilbur “Sarge” Bowman celebrated his 92nd birthday at the home of Beth Rhody on Aug. 11. Ninety-two candles were on the cake.
There were 29 guests in attendance including David and Margaret Davis, J.C. Carter, Jimmy Neal, Amanda Knowles, Hannah Knowles, Donna Knowles, Luther and Nina Lawrence, Troy, Jamie, Haden and Ellie Cripps, Tammy and Tyler Sexton, Jason, Emily and Jakeb Neal, Carolyn Neal, Nathon and Ally Evans, Danny and Diane Evans, Beth Rhody, Betty Byford, Leona Jared, Randy Travis Summers and Tammie Sue Thacker and of coarse, the guest of honor, Sarge.
Lots of fun was had by all.
Jerry and Linda Snow visited Martha Snow Friday.
David Ferrell visited his sister, Linda Ferrell, recently.
Jonathen, Bridgett and Indra Lewis visited Mabel and Robin Pack recently.
Sympathy is extended to the family of Geraldine Farler who passed away. Someone I’ve known for a long time.
Get-well wishes are extended to Paul Close who spent a few days in DeKalb Community Hospital.
Get-well wishes to Keeble Thweat she spent a few days in DeKalb Community Hospital.
Gladys Curtis is in Centennial Hospital with more broken bones. Get-well wishes are extended to her.
Faye Adkins visited Betty Wilson, Clara May Hawkins and Kenneth and Lucy Young Sunday after church.
Faye is so good to visit the sick and elderly. She is a caregiver for Evelyn Hodges. God bless Faye for her kindness.
Visitors of Barbara Self were Barbara Burton and Mary McKenzie.
Sue Arnold visited Corrine Melton Sunday.
Wanda Tramel of Crossville spent Friday night with Lu Autry Malone. Joyce Wright of Murfreesboro spent Saturday with her mother.
Judy Johnson, Lu Autry Malone and Joyce Wright ate dinner Saturday evening at the White Possum Grill.
Jarden Melton, Suprena Hale and Lu Autry Malone visited Corrine Melton in Woodbury Sunday.
My older readers will remember hearing stories about Floyd Collins, the cave explorer in Kentucky. One of the top news stories in the mid-1920s on radio and in the newspapers was about when he became trapped inside a cave in the area of Mammoth Caves.
Mr. Collins survived for over a week inside that cave. As a young girl, I had always heard stories about him and also heard about the superstitions of why a person should not go into a cave.  Never in my life did I ever expect to see myself going inside a cave.
Then in the mid-1950s, my brother, W.B. Cantrell, and his family were visiting us from Oklahoma. He suggested that we all load into his car and drive up to Kentucky to see the famous caves.
At first, I had reservations but W.B. finally talked Mama and me into going with them. Mama fussed all the way there, during the time we were inside the cave and on the trip back home; grumbling about how foolish we were to run the risk of going into a cave.
I never let on to the others while we were there in the cave, but I felt like I was going to smother while trying to imagine how Mr. Collins felt taking his final breath. Looking back, I am glad that I made that trip.
Obviously there is danger in doing almost anything, even riding in a car..