Donnie and Dianne Evans and Nathan and Allie Evans spent the weekend in the Smoky Mountains. Dianne was celebrating her birthday early.
Louise and Virginia Jones was in McMinnville shopping recently.
Barbara Lawson visited Sue Arnold recently.
Recent visitors of Betty Wilson were Betty Byford, Faye Adkins, Arson Lin, Rebecca Ervin, JoAnn Pittman, Brandon Rackley, Dianne Evans, Treva Hawkins, Brenda Bates, and Claire Waggoner.
Recent visitors of Phil and Susan George were James and Carolyn Walden of Alexandria and Beulah Arnold. Remember Phil in your prayers, that he will soon get better.
Visitors of Kim and Mark Violet and Spencer Stanfield were Hunter and Nicole Stanfield and boys, Rebecca Ervin, Ashli Chew and Hayden Ervin.
Mark Herman spent a few days with his parents, Jack and Brenda Herman. He helped both celebrate their birthdays early. He visited his grandmother, Clara May Hawkins. She is doing fairly well.
Sympathy is extended to the relatives of Sadie Tallent, she passed away in Kentucky where she lived. She was a DeKalb County native. She was brought back to DeKalb Funeral Home and buried in Whorton Springs Cemetery.
Billy and Mary Jane Hooper and Sue Cook were Sunday guests after church of Johnnie Ruth Hunt.
Visitors of Lou Autry Malone were Joyce Wright of Murfreesboro spent Saturday, Brenda Trapp spent Wednesday, Jordon and Sabrina Melton spent from Friday night until Sunday.
Mary McKenzie visited Barbara Self.
A cookout was held at the home of Douglas and Barbara Ann Ervin on Sunday to celebrate Douglas and Lindsy Winfree’s birthdays.  Attending were Ryan and Lindsy Winfree and Hayden Ervin and Katie Roehner.
I was thinking this week about my mama, the former Lilly White.  In fact, I think about her a lot, especially as I have gotten older myself.  I am thankful for the sacrifices that she made for me and our family.
After Daddy died in 1936, we moved in with my grandparents on Toad Road.  Mama needed a job. 
She heard about a government program that had been started in Dowelltown.  Women were hired to sew garments that would later be given to those in desperate need. 
Each lady had to provide her own sewing machine. Mama didn’t have one, and there was no way that she could afford to buy one. Aunt Rhodie Hill volunteered to loan Mama her sewing machine. Then there was the question about getting from Toad Road to the factory in Dowelltown, although a person could walk.
Mr. Edgar Evins owned Consolidated Bus Lines, which operated daily along the main highway for a small charge.  Mama would catch the bus at the end of Toad Road and ride to work in the mornings and then return in the afternoon.
Mrs. Ollie McDowell was the supervisor at the factory, and she went out of her way to make sure Mama got plenty of work. There were many others who helped us during those tough times. 
Bill and Eliza Evins lived at Snow Hill and had the only telephone in the community.  When we needed to use the phone, they would gladly oblige.
I also remember that Mr. Evins was the community dentist, although not schooled in the trade. He had pliers and would pull teeth when a neighbor requested his free service.