WATCHING OVER HIM: My son, Jim, an avid skydiver, was scheduled to be a passenger on the ill-fated airplane that crashed last Sunday in Tullahoma, Tennessee. He would have been among 20 skydivers’ preparing to jump; however, the plane crashed before any aerial activity could begin. In summation, Jim was attending Church during this time on this fateful day. God was watching over him, just as He did me more than 17-years-ago.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES:
Friday, June 20: High school friend, Beth Colvert Puckett of Lebanon, Tennessee and Teresa Braswell King.
Saturday, June 21: Twins Tracy Foutch and Tonya Foutch Sullivan of Smithville and Donna Tramel Puckett.
Sunday, June 22: Teresa Fuson Adcock of DeKalb Community Bank, Michael Hurst and local buddy, Kevin Robinson.
Monday, June 23: Cousin Jim “Sticks” Parker of Salt Lake City, Utah; Macon Knowles Judkins in heaven; and local realtor, Danny Conger.
Tuesday, June 24: Amy Sarto’s, a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan and a McMinnville, Tennessee hair stylist. Hey, Amy: Tom Brady sends his best regards!!!
Wednesday, June 25: Local citizen, D.Y. Young, Michael’s brother of Smithville, Tennessee.
LIKE SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS: Like me, if you’re a dedicated “Days of Our Lives” fan, grab your tissues in preparation for John Black’s funeral service. The Bold and the Beautiful is boring – with a big B.
A MANNER OF FACT: TIPPING. It is essential for certain employees to make a decent income. Make sure to leave a tip as a token of your gratitude whenever possible. Even services you might not think of – like a haircut or dog grooming. Sometimes, a tip is the majority of wages earned by many employees and they depend on this gratuity for their life’s services.
THIS WEEK’S WORD TO KNOW: APPANAGE means “a gift of land, an official position, or money given to the younger children of kings and princes to provide for their maintenance.”
ANGIE’S BIBLE VERSE OF THE WEEK: “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
Thursday, June 19: Rosenburg’s (Julius and Ethel) were put to death in 1953 – the first American couple to be executed for espionage; it is the day celebrated in the United States as Juneteenth.
Friday, June 20: In 1567, the Casket letters were found, implicating a murder plot with Queen Mary’s husband.
Saturday, June 21: In 1945, Japanese forces were defeated on Okinawa in Japan; Prince William of Great Britain was born in 1982, the eldest son and future king of King Charles and Princess Diana.
Sunday, June 22: Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, was discovered in 1978.
Monday, June 23: Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, was born in 1948. He is now 76.
Tuesday, June 24: Russia was invaded by Napoleon and his Grand Army in 1812; boxer Jack Dempsey was born in 1895 in Colorado.
Wednesday, June 25: On this day in 1950, the Korean War began; vocal entertainer, Michael Jackson, died in 2009 at age 50 of a drug overdose.
WEEKLY LUCY UPDATE: Give Lucy five-minutes of daily inactivity and she’s ready to do something or to go anywhere. This time, it’s the latter. Case in point: She and Jim (travel partners) soon will be going on an extended trip to Iceland. And, yep – they’re flying! As for Brady and me, we’re addicted to the televised movies on the Hallmark Channel. Not to mention, we can stay cold by sipping on our Coke Zeroes, loaded down with Sonic ice. It’s fulfilling and a lot cheaper.
TALKING ABOUT FOODS: Did you know that Snickers in the top candy bar in the United States, followed by Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar, Kit Cat, Twix, Three Musketeers, Hershey’s Cookies and Crème, Reese’s Sticks, Almond Joy, Milky Way and Hershey’s Gold. If your favorite isn’t listed here, it’s probably not very nutritious.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, Be nice!
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