I hope all the fathers out there had a good day on Sunday. My father, William George Cantrell, has been gone for many years, but his Christian faith has always been an inspiration to me.
Makayla Ferrell spent last week at 4H Camp in Crossville. The week before she spent a week at Fall Creek Falls with a group from her church, Smithville First Free Will Baptist Church.
On Saturday night Makayla’s cousins met at the home of Kevin, Callie and Asher Herman, to honor her for graduating from high school. Her parents, Marshall and Beverly Ferrell, were present, and they all had a evening of fun.
Mark Herman spent Father’s Day with his parents, Jack and Brenda Herman.
Sympathy is extended  to the family of 101 year-old, Mrs. Allie Fuson. She was a dear person and I always enjoyed talking to her. She was always smiling, and her family stayed with her, and was good to her.
Visitors of Mabel and Robin Pack were Valerie Mears, Seth Burrs, Bridgett Atnip, Adam McAtee, Shirley Prater, and Abigal and Nalan Pack.
Congratulations to Jenelle Pugh. Her name was drawn on WJLE birthday club on Saturday. She won two dinner baskets from Bumpers.
Doris Linn of Cookeville visited her mother, Fay Adkins, for lunch on Thursday.
Jewell Wiser of McMinnville visited Rebecca Ervin, Friday.
Recent visitors of Betty Wilson were Ralph and June Vaughn of Murfreesboro, Faye Adkins, Brenda Herman, Rebecca Ervin, and JoAnn Pittman.
New Home Baptist Church held a baptizing on Sunday, after church services, at Shiney Rock Creek. Two people were baptized, and we were happy to have them join us, and a third person joined the church by letter.
Effie Lee Ellis had 20 guest for dinner on Father’s Day. They all enjoyed the get-together and good fellowship.
Barbara Self celebrated her birthday on June 17. She and Ann Cantrell went to Kilgore’s for lunch. I hope she has many more.
Barbara Self and Peggy Caldwell went shopping in Cookeville on Saturday.
Joyce Wright spent Friday and Saturday night with Lu Autry Malone. Wanda Tramel spent Saturday and Sunday night with Lu Autry.
Get-well wishes are extended to Clara May Hawkins. She fell in her home and hurt herself, and her children have been staying with her.
I recently had an appointment with Dr. Donnie Cripps, and while visiting, he mentioned about the passing of his cousin, Curly Cripps. 
Both Dr. Cripps and I shared some fond memories about Curly. 
I think that Curly was the supervisor of maintenance at DeKalb Hospital for many years, as I remember seeing him there.  Dr. Cripps said that when he completed medical school and was planning to return to Smithville to set up his practice, someone made the comment that he would be working for Curly since he ran the hospital. 
We both enjoyed a good laugh about that.
I told Dr. Cripps that my first memory of Curly was when my future husband, J.D. Vaughn, was about to be discharged from the Army in 1946.  J.D. spent five years overseas during World War II.  When he came home after the war, we met through his cousin, Effie Vaughn. 
J.D. still had some time remaining with the Army although he was back in the states.  While recovering from the war and some injuries at a Veterans Hospital, which I think was in Memphis, J.D. and I wrote letters.
In his last letter to me before being discharged, J.D. wrote that his roommate at the hospital was Curly Cripps from Smithville.  J.D. wrote in that letter that Curly was sitting nearby, and that he could not write anything really private.  He simply wrote that he had a question for me when he returned to DeKalb County, and he was hoping that I would say "yes.”
As he promised, J.D. asked the question.  I said yes, and we were married in the spring of 1946. 
I still have that letter today.