Wasn’t the rain nice? I enjoyed it so much. I just had to get out in it a little. It stopped just in time for Mule Day. It turned out to be a good day. Fred Corbett and I went out on the town Saturday morning in Washington. We went to the post office, CVS, Ingles, and Fred’s. Ann rested at home while we were gone. J.W. visited her. Pentecost Chapel is sponsoring a benefit soup supper with many trimmings Saturday evening, October 15, at 6 p.m. There will also be singing right there in the fellowship hall. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the fellowship. The church is located on the Stevens Grove Road. Turn at Hogan’s Store, half way between Rayle and Lexington. You will not want to miss it. Sunday morning I went to Beaverdam Baptist Church. It was a good service. Rev. Jim Edwards brought a good message after the Sunday School lesson by Leeman Stewart. We sang some pretty songs with Leeman leading. Mrs. Ann Corbett is about the same. She has bad days and good days. Visitors to see her and Fred have been Nina Boatwright, J.W. and Bonnie Boatwright, Barry Echols, Ruth Flynt, Douglas and Elaine Mathews, and Lawson Owen, Danny and Beverly Corbett, Shirley Bufford, Tom Hardy, Billy and Esther Dawson, Richard and Betty Byrd and Peggy Callaway. Please keep them in your prayers at this difficult time. Rev. John Mark Carpenter brought an inspiring message Sunday morning at Sardis Baptist Church. Sunday evening, Family Night was held with mission meetings after the meal. Our prayers are with Rev. Carpenter as he had to return to his home in Gainesville right after the service Sunday morning after becoming ill. He was resting at his home Sunday evening when Pam Hall called and talked to Betty. He was planning to go to the doctor Monday morning. Little two-week-old Bryson Lamar Porter went to church at Sardis Sunday morning with his mother, Brooke Berry, and sister, Kaitlyn, for the very first time. Sunday afternoon I went to the Courtground School Reunion and had a great time with good food, great music, and singing by Rachel Eberhart and Danny Crider. If you have never heard them you have missed a treat. I was glad to see many people that I hardly ever see. Rocky Nation was 16 on his birthday Thursday, October 6, and for his dinner he wanted deer steaks. So his grandmother, Shirley Chafin, made him a nice deer steak meal with all the trimmings which he enjoyed along with his family. On Sunday night they had a big celebration with a nice meal and birthday cake and ice cream. Celebrating with him were Troy and Shirley Chafin, Alfredo and T erri Chafin Diaz, Antonio Diaz, Mack Chafin, Ronnie, Shelia Chafin Arnold and Blake, Mary Young, Willard, Dianna, Jonathon and Dallas Queen and two of Rocky’s friends, Josh and Justin. Lucille Edmonds of Anderson, S.C., spent Friday through Wednesday of last week with her sister, Doris Walker, while Billy was in Mississippi with a group helping clean up after the hurricane. Lucille spent the day Wednesday with her sister, Mablean Sherrer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boatwright enjoyed visiting and eating supper with Mr. and Mrs. Preston Fry, Jasmine, Jeremiah, and Anna Friday night. The Frys have recently moved into their beautiful new home on the Sardis Road. Jessie and Faye Williams of Roxboro, N.C., have been spending this week with Billy and Doris Walker. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith during the week were Mr. and Mrs. Zan Bunch of Tignall; Dr. Ted Ridgeway, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brown, Jean Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Arnold, and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Arnold. Visiting Brooke Berry and Demetrice Porter, Kaitlyn and Bryson in Washington were Mrs. Kay Berry and Trey, Mrs. Rosemary Gresham, Mrs. Ruby Arnold, Kim Berry and Aalyia, and Mrs. Bonnie Boatwright. Bonnie Boatwright went over and sat a spell with Ruth Flynt Friday morning. Ruth enjoyed having Gloria Hardy visit her Saturday afternoon. Ruby Arnold has been busy visiting all her sisters who have been sick. They are Martha Williford, Dorothy Callaway, and Sallie Mae Arnold. Faye Johnson of Gray has been here visiting and is also not doing well. Please keep them in your prayers. Tina Boatwright, Nina Boatwright, and Dianne Bufford went to Athens Saturday where they spent most of the day. They enjoyed eating at the Olive Garden. Bill Caldwell, Nina Boatwright’s uncle, fell and broke his hip and is in Eisenhower Hospital in Augusta. Please remember him in your prayers. Ed Crook is doing better and after more tests the doctors found that he does not have a recurrence of cancer. But the mass is calcium deposits built up that were the cause of his problem. Please remember him in your prayers also because he is still having trouble walking. Our prayers are with our neighbor, Joann Perez, who had double heart by-pass surgery last Wednesday. She is in the University Hospital in Augusta at this writing. Her daughter, Cindy, of Bangs, Texas, has been here with her. Please remember her in your prayers. Gloria Wheatley has been in an Athens hospital, but is much better and hopes to come home soon. Our prayers are with her. Mrs. Carl Sisson Jr. (the former Vickie Bunn) is still having tests and they still do not know what is causing her illness. She is scheduled for more tests. Please remember her in your prayers. Nicole Lawson and Britany Brown spent the weekend with Haley Hill Chafin. Becky Williams, former postmaster at Rayle, spent Saturday night with Peggy Echols. Peggy went to Stephens after church Sunday and enjoyed Sunday dinner with her sister, Sybil Hayes. Tim and Allison Hayes and Harley Grace and Clay, and Vickie Stevens and Kayla were also there. Penny Vaughn spent the weekend with her mother, Annie Blanche Vaughn. Others visiting Miss Annie Blanche during the week were Sudie Kennedy, Christine Wheatley, and Louise McCommons. Alyssa Stewart performed with her beautiful singing at Mule Day Saturday. Enjoying Mule Day along with Alyssa were Tim and Gail Stewart, Johnny and Kathryn Shedd, Angie Shedd Paul, Lyn and Chance Shedd, and Paul and Hannah Wright. Paul and Hannah Wright enjoyed Sunday dinner with Tim and Gail Stewart and Alyssa. George and Ann Wideman’s visitors have been Tom Hardy, Rev. Ken Bowers, James, David and Mathew Wideman. George has not been doing well and is going to have surgery at MCG in Augusta soon. He also is going to have another sleep study for his sleep apnea. He is already being treated, but he needs more intense oxygen and medicine than he already has. Please remember him in your prayers. Clyde and Sandy Whittington and Avery Hall visited Neil and Kim Frankel, Zachery and Kyle, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Armour and family and Mr. and Mrs. Danny Gunter and family spent the weekend in Perry. Mary Stewart of Washington is feeling a bit under the weather. Our thoughts and prayers are with her. Mildred Sisson returned home Saturday after being with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sisson Jr. in Madison, Ala., for two weeks. She had gone out with Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Wheatley and Carl brought her home, returning Sunday.