Community News
Potts Camp News
Dale Hollingsworth
Locals
attend homecoming celebration at Northwest
Annie
Ruth Stone, Gale and Tommye Ann Goode, Charles Wynn Gadd, Ricky and
Claire Pipkin, Rick Pipkin, Lynn Stewart, Tony and Paula Tice, Chuck
and Kay Gadd, Pebble Gadd, Jeanie Anne Gadd, Betty Brower, Ruth Bowen,
and Barbara Smithwick attended the homecoming celebration and luncheon
at Northwest Community College on Saturday where Jack Gadd was named
Alumnus of the Year. Cody and Jacob Gadd participated in a
cross
country meet on Saturday in Corinth.
Correction:
Nancy Lane of Wichita Falls, Tx., vacationed in Savannah, Ga., with
Mary Minor and Diane Jones.
Several
family members of the late Mary Lois Nelson Gurley attended a Nelson
Family Reunion on Saturday near Independence.
Please
pray for Mark Armstrong, son of Ann Boren Armstrong of Jackson,
formerly of Potts Camp. He underwent surgery in Gainesville,
Fla.,
last week to have a kidney/pancreas transplant.
Get
well wishes to Rev. Don Newton, pastor of the First United Methodist
Church, Potts Camp Charge.
Sympathy
is extended to the family of Dorothy Russell of Memphis, formerly of
Potts Camp and Hickory Flat. Services were held on Monday at the Holly
Springs Funeral Home with burial in the Potts Camp Cemetery.
Jack
and Laverne (Nelson) Provost of Florida are visiting family members in
and around Potts Camp and also attended the Nelson Family Reunion on
Saturday.
An
exciting event will be held at Potts
Camp School on Oct. 23! Mary Reid and Potts Camp Schools will host a
fall festival on the Potts Camp School grounds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A
silent auction will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and a fish fry in the
school cafeteria from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Congratulations
to Megan Cooper of Potts Camp, who won the 2010 Miss Diva contest on
Oct. 2 at Link Center in Tupelo, sponsored by Sisters Network of
Tupelo. She is the daughter of Brad and Linda Cooper of Potts Camp. It
was held in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Little
Will Rogers continues to be very ill in New Albany Hospital. Pray for
him.
Congratulations
to Jack Gadd, Mississippi District 13 Representative for being selected
2010 Alumnus of the Year at Northwest Community College. He is married
to the former Merri (Pebble) Stone from Potts Camp. They have three
children. Annie Ruth Stone and the late T.M. Stone are Pebble’s parents.
My
son Jimmy and wife Martha Hollingsworth of Tupelo came to my house for
a visit on Thursday after stopping in New Albany to visit my daughter,
Betty and David Greer, at their new business.
Thanks
to Lela Hale for the delicious food she brought to me on Thursday. She
is teaching at Blue Mountain College this year. I was glad to see her.
Joyce
Clayton attended the Thompson reunion in New Albany last Saturday. She
enjoyed seeing friends and relatives.
Pray
for Lena Faye Work in Oxford Hospital, who is very ill. She had lived
here all her life until she was sent to a nursing home in New Albany
about two years ago.
The
Town of Potts Camp will
hold a haunted house four nights in October in the fire department
building. The time is 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 22, 23, 29 and 30. Come and
enjoy the fun.
Thoughts
Will
Rogers once said, I never met a man I didn’t like!” Well, I’ve never
met anyone I haven’t learned something from, regardless of age,
religion or race.
Jesus
set a good example for
us. “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and He didn’t mean just next
door. Our Sunday school teacher taught us this song when I was a child.
Jesus
loves the little children
All the children of the world
Red and yellow, black and white
They’re all precious in His sight
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
If
He loved them, we should, too.
I’ll
never forget that little song.
Search
me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts, and see if
there be any wicked ways in me and lead me in the ways everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24.
A
Prayer for You
I
said a prayer for you today and I know God must have heard. I felt the
answer in my heart, although He spoke not a word. I didn’t ask for
wealth or fame. I knew you wouldn’t mind. I asked Him to send treasures
of a far more lasting kind. I asked that He be near you in the start of
each new day, to grant you health and blessings and friends to share
your way. I asked for happiness for you in all things great and small,
but it was for His loving care I prayed the most of all.
No
Time for God
Some
day you’ll lay aside this mortal self and make your way to worlds
unknown and when you meet Him face to face, will He — should He — have
time for you.
—Lindy’s
Newsletter 1974
My
Prayer
Dear
Lord, I pray at the close of the day, you’ll find I’ve helped someone,
some way, that I’ve not failed in word or deed to lighten the heart of
someone in need. Though my talents be few, I pray that you will find me
a credit to you. For Christ’s sake, amen.
Thoughts
and Memories
One
of God’s greatest blessings is the sounds of music! Who can hear a
spiritual hymn without feeling the presence of God, or who can sing a
patriotic song or hear music without feeling the love of our country?
My
dad played his French horn for us as we sat around the fireplace on
cold winter nights. We also had an old Victrola in the hall and we
would play records. Daddy would bring us records from St. Louis when he
visited the railroad hospital when he went for a checkup every year.
One of my favorites was “Waiting for a Train” by Jimmie Rodgers. I
played it so much I felt like was standing there beside him waiting for
that train.
Just
Waiting for a Train
I
walked up to the brakesman, to give him a line of talk.
He
said if you got money, I’ll see that you don’t walk.
I
haven’t got a nickel, not a penny can I show.
Get
off, get off, you railroad bum, and he slammed the box car door.
A
Jimmie Rodgers Day was held at Meridian for him every year. The late
Harry Jones and the late Hayes Henderson used to attend it every year
from Potts Camp.
History
and Memories
I
grew up during the Great Depression when people had very little money.
There were no jobs and some people were hungry. People were losing
their farms and homes because they couldn’t pay the taxes.
My
dad, Benton Potts, was the depot agent in Potts Camp; he bought two
farms near Winborn by paying the taxes on them.
The
man who worked the farms would come to the depot for supplies to plant
the crops in the spring. He would send an order to Greer and Greer
Store across the road from the depot; they sold everything, they had
warehouses for seeds to plant, coal to burn and fertilizer and other
things.
My
young brother, Lindy, stayed at the
depot with my dad when not in school. He told how the men who worked
the farms would return in the fall to settle up with my dad. He would
get down the big book with all the information in it. Lindy, who later
became a Methodist minister and pastor, said that it reminded him of
the large book God would get out on us when we die. If we have accepted
Jesus Christ as our Savior and asked for forgiveness for our sins, He
will show us grace and He will say “welcome home.”
Lindy
(Rev. Charles L. Potts) always wanted to work for the railroad like my
dad. My mother prayed that he would become a pastor. He passed all the
tests to work for the railroad but one, his eyes, so they didn’t hire
him. He preached in many Methodist churches in Mississippi. Hickory
Flat with four churches was his first charge, where he met and married
his pianist, Joanne Bready. She lived at Olive Branch; she taught
school. He died at age 65. I still miss him. He was good to me.
Waterford News
Elmira Curry Family and Friends Day held Greenfield
Presbyterian Church held their annual Family and Friends Day Sunday,
Oct. 3. The theme was “The Measure of Family and Friends.” Rev. Evelyn
Elliott presented the call to worship. Ruby Gatewood was mistress of
ceremonies and Lavora C. Blake was chairperson. The program was
wonderful with many participants. Closing remarks and benediction were
by Rev. Evelyn Elliott. The goal for the day was
$2,000, so those of you who did not make it to the program, you still
have a chance to give a donation. We thank everyone for their donations
and special thanks to one of our former members for a $500 donation.
Thanks to all the churches for their donations and support. Revival was held at Greenfield Church Oct. 7-9. A
revival will be held at Bountiful Blessings Ministries, Apostle Mae L.
Palmer, 28 Tyro Rd., (Chulahoma) beginning Sat., Nov. 13. Morning
service, 10 a.m., evening service, 7 p.m. with several speakers in the
morning service and Pastor W.C. Conner in the evening. Revival will
continue on Sun., Nov. 14, 10 a.m. with Apostle Mae L. Palmer as
speaker. Everyone is invited to attend.
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