Faye Adkins and her immediate family gathered at the home of Nicole, Jorden and Christian Cripps on Thanksgiving for a good lunch and get-together.
Linda Ferrell had Thanksgiving dinner with 19 family members in all at Center Hill Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
Rebecca Ervin had her children and family members for Thanksgiving dinner. They all enjoyed the gathering.
Tim and Ronda Young were guest for lunch Sunday with Sue Arnold.
Jerry and Linda Snow of Nashville were guest of his mother Sunday. Mary Lou Lawson visited Saturday.
I received some sad news my brother-in-law Bill Conway, 82, passed away in Houston, Texas on Nov. 23. Funeral services and burial were held in Pasadena, Texas. He was laid to rest beside his late wife, my sister Ruby Lee Cantrell Conway. They made many trips visiting us in the past.
Get-well wishes are sent to Pam Atnip. She has been a patient in Centennial Hospital in Nashville.
Mabel Pack spent Thanksgiving Day with Johnnie and Valerie Mears and family in Warren County.
Jean Patton and Christine Arnold visited Ruth Sutton.
Congratulations to Natasha Vaughn her name was drawn on WJLE birthday club for two desserts from Bumpers Drive-in.
Effie Lee Ellis had several guests for dinner on Thanksgiving.
Lou Autry Malone had family members over for lunch on Thanksgiving.
Billy and Mary Jane Hooper and Sue Cook spent Thanksgiving with Johnnie Ruth Hunt.
Chelsa and David Putman and Frances McBride visited Barbara Self recently.
Guests of Dallas and Beth Braswell and their boys on Thanksgiving were Irene Roberts and daughter Darlene of Florida, Billie Simpson, Shane, Michelle and Kelley Walker, Stacy and Adam Wood, Anita and Chloe Braswell and Lloyed and Mary Craft.
Anita and Chloe Braswell and Linda Judkins were supper guests on Friday night with Billie Simpson.
My daughter-in-law, June Vaughn, recently purchased a copy of a history book about DeKalb County which was put together by Ria Baker and Judy Fuson. She loaned me her book which is filled with old photographs of historical buildings and past events in our county. The two ladies did a good job with it.
As I looked at every page, I tried to remember if I knew some of the people in the book or some of their family. Someone said that a picture is worth a 1000 words.
Of course, I was especially interested in pictures such as a baptizing at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Lower Helton. Although I was not in that particular picture, it was at Mt. Zion where I became a Christian and was baptized.
There are photos of Snow Hill Baptist and the Snow Hill Methodist churches where I used to attend as a child. In fact, in my young life I became a member of Snow Hill Baptist. There are also pictures of the many schools that once were located throughout DeKalb County, some that I went to and of course, Cross Roads where my son, Ralph, attended.
I also enjoyed seeing pictures made of Center Hill Dam being built which created the lake. Many people, including some of my relatives, moved out from that area to surrounding counties when the land was flooded because of the dam.
I think that history is so important. And it is also good to stop and think about those who came before us and to be thankful for them. Anyway, I want to thank Ria Baker and Judy Fuson for the time they put into making the book. 
I recommend their book to anyone who is interested in local history.