Dinner guests of Faye Adkins on Sunday were Brittney Keen and friend, Troy, Jorden and Nicole Cripps and Larry Daw.
Get-well wishes are extended to Queda Ferrell. She has been confined at home for a while, due to illness and a blood clot in her leg. Visiting her were Ronnie Hawkins, Teresa Billings, Brenda Herman, Ella Rich, Lucia Hargrove, Anthony, Jamie, Seth, and Cole Wright.
Congratulations to Bro. Virgil Hibdon, Jr. and Barbara. Their names were drawn on WJLE for two free dinners at Neo’s, to help them celebrate their anniversary.
Visitors of Ruth Sutton were Thelma Evans, Brandon, Michelle and Ali Patton, Christine Arnold, Billy Sutton, Sue McCoig, and Linda Sutton.
Sympathy is extended to the family of Katie Ray Stewart Tomlin. She was buried at DeKalb Memorial Gardens.
Bro. Mike Clayborn preached at New Home Baptist Church, Sunday morning and evening. We enjoyed his message.
Barbara Self visited Ann Cantrell. Barbara Burton visited Barbara Self.
Visitors of Betty Wilson were JoAnn Pittman, Brandon and Stephanie Rackley, and Rebecca Ervin, Kevin, Callie and Asher Herman.
Visitors of Lu Autry Malone for lunch on Sunday, after church, were Bro. Elmer Ellis, Jr., Rita and Sidney Robinson, Chad Curtis, Jorden Melton, Sabrina Hale, Jeff, Rawlin, and Jaylene Vanatta. Peggy Agiee visited later.
Billie Simpson and Anita Braswell took Anita’s daughter, Cloie, to the United Penticostal Bible Camp in Dixon. Cloie won camper of the year.
Cloie Braswell stayed a few days with Billie Simpson, while her mother, Anita, attended a bible function in Memphis.  
When my son Ralph was about two-years old, we lived in a house at Cross Roads owned by Arthur and Mary Vickers.  J.D. worked for Mr. Arthur and some other land owners in the community. 
I remember that our peddler at that time was Bill Cantrell.  One day, I purchased a straw hat from him that Ralph called his ‘Peddler Bill hat’.  Also at that time J.D.’s parents, Floyd and Della Vaughn, lived on Erbie Vaughn’s farm on Short Mountain Highway near Pisgah Church.  The farm later became known H.J. Judkins’ Nursery.
There were lots and lots of blackberries on the farm.  Miss Della told me that I should visit and pick some, she promised to help me make jam from the berries.  J.D.’s youngest brother, Billy, and June Beshears, who were just kids, at the time, went with us.  June is the daughter of the late Adam and Lou Beshears.   
While I was picking berries, Ralph played under a shade tree nearby.  When we headed back to the house, his straw hat was nowhere to be found.  We then walked back to the shade tree and there was a cow chewing on something.  It was either her cud or Ralph’s missing hat, but there was no way to prove the point.