Peggy and Kenneth Cantrell have returned home after a week-long visit with their daughter Hillary and Mark Gould and their children in South Carolina. They had a wonderful time with their family.
Sympathy is extended to the family of J.C. hill in his passing away.
 I was sad about Charles Brigham Ayers passing away. He was always kind and helped me out with things here at my place. He is in a better place where there is no more sickness.
New Home Baptist Church had their Christmas dinner Sunday. Bro. Lewis Carrick brought the message, several attended and stayed for the dinner. The church also exchanged gifts. Every one had a good time in fellowship.
Mt. Herman Baptist Church had their Christmas program Sunday night with a good attendance.
Valerie Mears and Bridget Atnip visited Mabel Pack Saturday.
Faye Adkins and her family gathered at the home of Jordon, Nicole and Christian Cripps on Monday to have their Christmas dinner.
Some people from Memorial Baptist Church came on Sunday night and sang Christmas carols and brought me a Christmas basket. I enjoyed the visit more than they know.
Bobbie Ruth Fish and all her family members met at Temperance Hall Community Center for their Christmas dinner and get-together on Dec. 22.
Ralph and June Vaughn of Murfreesboro attended Charles Brigham Ayers funeral Sunday afternoon at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. They also attended Glen and Peggy Hendrixson’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration at the Methodist fellowship building.
Clara May Hawkins was surprised Sunday evening when her children and their families gathered and helped her celebrate her birthday with cake and ice cream. I hope she has many more.
One of my favorite Christmas songs is by Grandpa Jones. I look forward each year to hearing "The Christmas Guest."  I’ve heard it for years and can almost remember every word about how Conrad had a dream of the Lord coming to visit him on Christmas morning.
The Lord didn’t come to visit him in a way that Conrad expected. Instead the Lord sent three people by his shop needing help. Because of his Christian faith, Conrad helped each of them.
When Christmas day was almost over, Conrad was disappointed that the Lord had not been to see him as promised.  In the song, the Lord said for Conrad to lift up his head because he had gotten a visit three times when the poor folks came by needing help.
We are reminded in the Bible to be helpful to strangers because they could be angels.  And we are also told that when we do for the least, we are doing for the Lord.
My son, Ralph, once asked me if I believed in angels. He told about when as a 17-year-old he was traveling to Atlanta and had a stopover in Chattanooga.
Somehow Ralph missed the connecting bus headed for Atlanta and went looking for another bus station to get into Atlanta on time. While walking the streets, he prayed to find the Greyhound station and be able to make the connection.
From out of nowhere, a beggar appeared asking for money. Ralph was scared but promised a little money if the beggar would show him how to find the bus station. The beggar did and Ralph did what he promised, believing that he had truly seen an angel.