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Community NewsPotts Camp News Lynn and Jamie Goolsby and Joyce Clayton tour Amish community On Saturday, Lynn Goolsby and 8-year-old Jamie, also Joyce Clayton, drove to Lawrenceburg, Tenn., to tour the Amish community. They were riding in a wagon drawn by a horse; the man let Jamie hold the reins. Later they drove to Adamsville, Tenn. to visit the home and museum of Buford Pusser before returning home. Rev. Jim Buchanan, pastor of First Baptist Church in Potts Camp for many years, has resigned. He will be missed; we all love him and his family. Another retired Baptist pastor, Bro. and Mrs. Fowler, moved back here and built a house. We love them, too. Sid Ayers, a friend from Hickory Flat, was hit in the eye two weeks ago while working on his farm. We hope the doctor can save it. Thanks to Joan Gurley for the lovely flowers she picked out of her yard and brought to me. Jerry Work was bitten by a snake while fishing on the river recently. The doctor told him if he hadn’t come to him when he did, he would have died. Get well wishes to him! Annie Ruth Stone talked to two of our special friends we grew up with recently on the phone. They are Iva B. (Brownlee) Smith of Braxton and Bernise M. Beaird of Mobile, Ala. They come back home to Potts Camp when they are in this area. We are always glad to hear from them.
Happy birthday to Whittney and Brittany Bridges on Oct. 9; to Beth Potts on Oct. 13; to Bobby Smithwick on Oct. 15; to a special friend, Iva B. on Oct. 16; to my youngest son, Danny P. Hollingsworth on Oct. 18. Prayer list: Charles Henderson, Polly Churchill, Diane Clayton, Lina Mae Rhea, Mary Jo McCallum, Peggy Ford, Betty Fincher, Lena Faye Work, Hazel Foote, Connie Work, Henry Tutor. Say a special prayer for those who have lost their loved ones recently, those who suffer and for our country. Memories Many people today have never heard of a “coffin house.” Well, I grew up with one located on the hill a short distance from our home. There may have been funeral homes in the cities, but we had never seen one. Nannie Cook was the owner of the coffin house. Her husband operated it until he died; they also rented out a farm they owned near town. Mr. Cook was mayor of Potts Camp in 1900. They had three children, Lum, Ann and Wesley. We were afraid to go near that “coffin house!” Mrs. Cook didn’t have to worry about the Potts kids coming on her land. The late Lum Cook told about hearing people coming to their home, sometimes in the middle of the night in wagons to buy a coffin if a loved one had died. She could tell what they wanted as they drove the horses slowly up the hill. Sometimes they would bring the body of the loved one for Mrs. Cook to place in the casket. The late Ella Rea Whaley told that her parents took her there to stay for days, while they helped Mrs. Cook line the coffins. They would use soft cloth, mostly white; the higher priced ones were lined in satin, some light pink or blue. We could hear them hammering in the little house; we thought it was ghosts. You couldn’t pay us to go up that hill! Mother raised chickens; she usually had a yard full of them. Well, so did Mrs. Cook. Her rooster showed up in our back yard once in a while; that’s when we usually saw a rooster fight. Mother’s rooster didn’t want him around. Well, one Christmas, my brother, Lindy, got a BB gun. The Butler children next door, especially Bobbie, would join him with her BB gun, and they usually got in trouble. One day, the roosters were fighting and they tried to stop them with BB guns. Then Lindy hit Mrs. Cook’s rooster with a big rock and it fell over dead. Mrs. Cook was really mad about it! Later, Lindy said, “I didn’t have but $1 to my name, and I had to give it to Mrs. Cook for her old rooster.” Life was exciting during those days! Bobbie was the middle child of Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Butler, the school principal in the ’30s; she was a tomboy. Jean and Sonny were not as rough as Bobbie (they lived across the street). When her dad drove into the backyard in his old Essex, I’ve seen her swing from a limb onto the top of his car. She did it every day. One day the children wanted to see her play. Well, she said that she had other plans; she was waiting on Mr. Dumplings to take her for a ride. We watched out the window to see who in the world she was talking about. Suddenly, a little fat man drove up in his buggy and stopped. She jumped in beside him and the horse trotted away, pulling the buggy. We laughed and laughed. I didn’t laugh the day Bobbie and Lindy came into our apartment and ate the icing off my friend’s cake (they had rooms in the house with us). There was never a dull moment with those two around! Lindy was a wonderful preacher for 42 years. He was my little brother and I miss him. Until next week, God bless. Holly Springs News Hopewell No. 1’s fall festival Oct. 22 Pastor Leroy James has announced that the revival fall festival will be three nights at Hopewell No. 1 Oct. 22 through 24. Rev. William Watson of Memphis will be the evangelist for the three nights. The public is invited to attend. Samuel Chapel Church’s picnic was held Saturday, Sept. 21 at Tipton Lake Park. |
      
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