Ronald Lawson spent a few days in DeKalb Community Hospital. Virgil Hibdon Jr. had surgery in Baptist Hospital in Nashville Monday. Lisa and Kelsa Merriman visited Linda Ferrell Saturday.
Faye Adkins met Marti Gilbert at Neo’s for breakfast to celebrate their birthday and exchange gifts. Faye also went to Florida with her granddaughters Nicole, Jordan and Christian Cripps for her 71st birthday.
After church Artie, Regina and Nicklous Daw took Faye out to lunch for her birthday. So she had a wonderful birthday.
Jean Patton visited Ruth Sutton Thursday evening. Visitors later were Sue McCoig, Allie Patton and Billy Sutton.
Sympathy is extended to the family of Jessie Flory in her passing away.
Visitors of Betty Wilson were Ralph Vaughn, Cindy Vaughn, JoAnn Pittman, Betty Byford, Queda Ferrell, Rebecca Ervin, Douglas and Hayden Ervin.
Curleen Preston visited Martha Snow Saturday.
Beverly Ferrell had surgery in Baptist Hospital, Nashville, recently. She is at home recovering nicely.
I’ve been seeing a lot of black birds in my yard. I hear that is a sign of bad weather. I wonder where they go in the summer. They are always back in the fall.
Valerie Mears visited Mabel Pack Sunday They went out for lunch and shopping.
The following gathered at the home of Lou Autry Malone Sunday after church to have a birthday dinner for Lou Autry. They were Wanda Tramel, Rita Robinson, Sydney Robinson, Spencer Curtis, Jaylene Miles, Debra Malone, Randy, Natasha and Ellie Vaughn. Her grandson from Chicago Jorden Melton called her to wish her happy birthday. She got a lot of calls and cards and she appreciated everything.
Remember the sick from our church: Kenneth and Lucy Young, Billy Miller and others.
When my husband, J.D. Vaughn, and I married back in 1946, we moved to Bratcher’s Cross Roads in Warren County. J.D. and his daddy had purchased a farm there together.
One day my mother-in-law and I were visiting a neighbor and he told a funny story about his wife. There was a revival going on at the nearby Methodist Church.  The preacher was a man from out of town. It was customary for some of the members to invite him to eat a meal and to spend the night during the week-long meetings.
My neighbor’s wife was asked to help a lady in the community because her baby was being born. She went expecting to be up all night during the delivery. Well, the baby came before midnight, and the neighbor lady, who was giving a helping hand, decided to go back home.
Before then, her husband and boys asked the preacher to go home with them to spend the night thinking that the lady of the house would be away. Our neighbor man told the preacher that he would sleep with his boys in a separate bedroom and that the preacher should use his bed in the living room next to the fireplace since it was a cold winter night.
When the lady returned home,  not wanting to wake her husband, she decided that she would quietly put on her gown and ease into the bed.
The preacher woke up and said, "Sister, this is the preacher. You had no idea that I would be here. I am so sorry."
The lady jumped up and made a beeline to the bedroom, shook her husband awake and then gave him the worst scolding that he had ever heard. I bet her husband always thought twice after that before inviting someone over to either eat a meal or especially spend the night.