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Mary Minor G.R. Thompson celebrates 89th Be
careful of mosquitoes this year. My sister in Memphis, Tenn., has a
friend in the hospital with the West Nile virus that is caused from
mosquito bites. She is a nurse and says, “Don’t take this lightly;
people are getting sick and are being hospitalized.” According to the
Centers for Disease Control, Mississippi has had 79 confirmed cases of
West Nile virus in various parts of the state this year. According
to the CDC, some symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, neck
stiffness, nausea and vomiting. More severe cases may cause
disorientation, coma, tremors or convulsions. Please
be aware of the dangers and learn as much as you can about this virus
before it strikes someone in your family. Take precautions while being
outside. For more information, contact the Marshall Co. Extension
Service in Holly Springs. Sympathy is extended
to the family of Cecil Shaw who died Saturday, Sept. 1. I remember
three of his oldest children, Jimmy, Joyce and Bill. We were all
neighbors as children and all attended Potts Camp School and played
together. Another daughter, Barbara Rhea, is a beautician in Holly
Springs. He was also the last remaining uncle of Jean (Shaw) Whaley and
Ralph Shaw of this community. G.R. Thompson
celebrated his 89th birthday with a large crowd of family and friends
at Graceland Care Home in New Albany on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Family
attending were his son, Robert “Buster” Thompson, grandsons, Chris,
Timmy, and Bobby Thompson, their wives, children and grandchildren.
G.R. was very happy and excited to have all of his family together.
Lots of photos were taken on this memorable occasion. Mitch Stone went
by that morning to sing for him. G.R. has a great memory and enjoys
telling stories to all who visit. Roger and
Daphne Foster recently returned from a trip to Mt. Rushmore, S.D. While
there they participated in a three-day classic tractor event. Various
sight-seeing opportunities were enjoyed during this vacation. They saw
Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Monument and took a ride on an antique
steam train to a mining town. On the return trip they visited historic
sites in St. Joseph, Mo. They said it was a safe and enjoyable trip. Joan
Gurley, Jeanette Stone, Nancy Green and I traveled to the State
Veterans Home in Humboldt, Tenn. on Monday, Aug. 27, to visit our aunt,
Margrette Bowling. She will be 92 in September and also has an amazing
memory. It is always a pleasure to visit with her and learn more family
history. Congratulations to Jonathan and Sammie
Jo Poole on the arrival of twins, Chance Gaige, weighing six pounds,
seven ounces, and Journey Mackylie, five pounds and 15 ounces. They
were born Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the Baptist Hospital in Oxford. They
are neighbors of Mildred Marbury and she is excited to have the young
family living next door. Jeanette Stone, Pam
Gurley and Kelsey Lyons drove to West Point on Saturday to attend the
Prairie Arts Festival. While there they visited the booth of David and
Jo (Young) Faulkenbery who make wooden crosses. Honor
America’s heroes. Fly the flag on Patriot Day, Tuesday, Sept.
11.
Happy
birthday to Anna Passons on Sept. 6, Hunter Joyner on Sept. 10, Edna
(Dorris) Butterfield on Sept. 12, Morgan Green on Sept. 13, and Katie
Smithwick on Sept. 14. Happy wedding anniversary to Mitch and Jeanette Stone on Sept. 13 and to Don and Dene Randolph on Sept. 15. Get well wishes are being sent to Timmy Thompson, Christine Epting, Sue Rowland and Susan Howell. Please
remember the following in your prayers: Mary Ann Todd, E.B. Sanders,
Emma May Blanton, Donna Chumney, Rev. Jim Smith, Tom and Shirley
Bready, Betty Rose Jones, Joan Kelly, David Rooker, Spider Cook,
Lorette Overall, Mike Shaw, Sarah Day, Linda Bumpas, Talmadge and Marie
Edwards, Ann Callicutt, John Eckols, Philip Cox, Betty Fincher, Katie
Smithwick, Shirley Dillard, Polly (Poole) Pratt, and George and Dorothy
Dickey. Memories
Soup Kitchen Annie
Ruth Stone recalls the soup kitchen at the Potts Camp School prior to
the lunchroom. She said there was a long, green narrow building on the
hill between the auditorium and the old gymnasium called the soup
kitchen. Workers were Lena King and Ethel Coyle and they cooked and
served soup and crackers every day for lunch for a couple of years. The
first lunchroom remembered by Margaret (Gurley) Hart was in the high
school and was in two rooms next to what is now the auditorium.
Margaret learned to eat English peas then and learned to like them.
What she remembers being on the menu were meat loaf, English peas and
mashed potatoes, along with milk and a cookie. “I remember it was
really good,” she said. She started school in 1943. To add news, birthdays, or prayer requests to this column, email minor.mary@att.net or call 662-333-7054.
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