Bobbie Ruth Fish was surprised on her birthday on Aug. 28 when her children and family gathered at her home with food and gifts. All had a good time with good fellowship.

Tim and Ronda Young attended the funeral of her uncle, Danny Young. The funeral service was in Elizabethton. He was Hazel Johnson’s nephew. They have my sympathy.

Mrs. Paige Reeder Adcock was honored with a baby shower at New Home Baptist Church Sunday evening. She got a lot of nice and useful gifts.

Sue Arnold visited Donald and Barbara Lawson Saturday afternoon.

Visitors of Betty Wilson were Betty Byford, Faye Adkins, JoAnn Pittman, Rebecca Ervin and Jo Dean Redmon.

Lynda Ferrell went to the gospel singing at the Covenant Baptist Church Saturday night.

Keep Phil George in your prayers. He is waiting again for surgery in Texas.

Ralph and June Vaughn attended the Memorial service for James Reed Parker Saturday evening at First Baptist Church. It was a sweet service they got to speak at the service.

I get a blessing each Sunday evening listening to Delmer Neal sing on WJLE from 1:30-2 p.m.

George and Loretta Youngblood attended the Memorial service for Gary Cripps at Love Cantrell Funeral Home Saturday.

Bobby Ruth Fish had a big tree limb to fall on her power lines at her home during the bad storm. She was without electricity for a couple of days. She spent two nights with Mr. and Mrs. Gaylon Fish and one with Diana Clayborn.

Don and Treba Hawkins, Trent Hawkins, Michelle Parker and Karen, Shane Miller and Chloe Miller spent the weekend in Evansville, Indiana at the Frog Follie Car Show.

Barbara Burton and Mary McKnight visited Barbara Self.

Ralph and June Vaughn attended the memorial service for James Reed Parker at First Baptist Church in Smithville. They both said it was beautiful. Jack Smith, Jr. and his wife, Linda, drove from Lexington, Kentucky to participate. Jack was James Reed’s best friend when the boys were growing up.

Ralph said that Jack spoke about when the boys were youngsters as Boy Scouts and how many of the children in Smithville would gather at one person’s home and play until late into the evening.

Right now, I am thinking about Jack’s daddy and his store in Smithville. I could always find a good selection of gospel records there. Jack, Sr. was always pleasant and helpful when I shopped in his store no matter what I was looking to buy.

Another thing about Jack Smith’s store was how several men would go there almost every day and sit around talking. I know that several men nowadays like going to one of the local restaurants in Smithville to drink coffee and visit each day.

Well, my uncle Claude White and several men would do the same at Jack Smith’s store. It was their daily routine to talk about the news and swap stories about when they were growing up. My uncle Claude was a great storyteller. I always enjoyed listening to his stories; some I had a hard time believing. But they were entertaining.