I did not get to church Sunday. I know they had good attendance, good preaching, and good fellowship and food. I heard from several of my friends, but I knew they would have a great day in the Lord's house. We always do. ..Happy birthday to all who are celebrating birthdays this week. ..The Relay for Life seemed to have been a great success. I attended and enjoyed it very much. You really don't know how much the American Cancer Society does until cancer strikes in your family. Also, the Wilkes County Cancer Society does an awful lot to help patients. I know for they helped me, and that will always be the ones I support. I supported them in the past, but there is a difference once cancer strikes in your family. Please, please support this worthwhile charity. Join in the war and fight this dreadful disease. Thanks to everyone who made this Relay for Life a great success. I cannot thank you enough. Every day is a gift - a gift of life. So stay in the battle and fight and give, give, give to this wonderful organization. ..William Tuttle of Daleville, Ala., spent some time at the Tuttle homeplace and visited relatives and friends. ..Friends of Mrs. Alma O'Neal would be interested to know that she has not been well lately. Mrs. Pat Tuttle has been helping her mother as much as possible. Mrs. Sandra O'Pry of Athens also has been down to help. We hope Miss Alma will be feeling better real soon and also Mr. O'Neal. ..Roy Chesnut Jr. celebrated his 15th birthday with a party at his home last Saturday. The teens enjoyed games, television, grilling hamburgers and hotdogs, eating good party foods, also playing the guitar, laughing, joking, etc. His mother, Lona, was there; also his grandmother, Mrs. Lucille Turpin, aunts, Trudy Ingram and Mr. and Matthew Ryll and kids of Washington, and Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Davenport and Tyler of Hayesville, N.C. Special guest was his father, Roy Chesnut of Macon. ..Walt Linscott and friend of Atlanta spent the weekend at his home on Big Cedar Road. ..Sara Huff, Linda and Peyton Standard, Tommy Dunnaway, Bonnie Brown, and Bobbi Thornton visited Miss Grace Dunaway and Alex Dunaway last week. ..Lois Gay visited Mrs. Agnes Smith Friday and Saturday. ..Russell Goldman of Doraville spent the weekend with his mother, Sara Huff. Others visiting were Mrs. Helen Miller, Linda Standard and Peyton Standard. On Sunday, Sara, Russell, Cassie Goldman and Bryson had dinner with Linda and family. ..Peyton Standard of Augusta spent Thursday until Sunday with his grandparents, Linda and Keith Standard. ..I had doctor appointments in Augusta Wednesday. Afterwards I visited my friends, Judy and Richard Sleister in Columbia County, and had supper with them. We all visited Judy's son, Clay Matthews, in Harlem. ..On Sunday, G.B. and I picked up my mother in Lincoln County and went to Laurens, S.C., to help her sister, Mrs. Lois Henderson Holliday, celebrate her 90th birthday. The drop-in was held at Welcome Baptist Church in Laurens. It was given by her two daughters, Margaret H. Wilburn and Miriam H. Hughes, and her daughterin law, Dorothy Holliday. Her grandchildren also helped a lot with the party. Shannon Thomasson, Taylor McAvoy of Tignall, Shane Gaines and Tanner Barnett of Winterville also attended. We all had a social time and got to see old friends and relatives. ..Sincere sympathy to all who lost loved ones recently. Our prayers are extended for you. ..Our prayer concerns include Mrs. Blanche Armour, Wade Weber, Elizabeth Denard, Becky Thomason, Bonnie Boatwright, Ronnie Bradley, Gary Rogers, Billy Thornton, Barry Bailey, Morrison and Priscilla Maxwell, Mrs. Alma O'Neal, Teresa Echols Bray, Rev. Ray Brown, Mrs. Norma Van Hart, Matthew Cotcher, Elizabeth Young, Sanders and Elizabeth Dallis, Wylie Dallas, Willie Ruth Broome Freeman, Ronnie Callaway, Ernest Cathey, Benny Thurmond, Martha Drinkard, Frank and Frances Moon, Henry Neweton and Blanche Wallace, Kathleen Reed, Elmira Chafin, Johnny Reed, Sara Lamar, Pete Hardy, Sara Huff, Sara Combs, Ann Garrard Mansur, Jenelle Newsome, Mr. and Mrs. Dan McAvoy, Jonathan Chapman (Iraq), Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Partridge, Mickey C. Norman, Miriam Hughes, Claire Nelson, Lois South, Ethel B. Harris, Dot Shank, Pete Strother, Mona Hall, Ed Burdette, Thomas Wheatley, Mildred Sisson, Chris McAvoy, Louie Armour, Bill Mobley, Joann Webb, Lucy McCorkle, Linda Albea, George Grimaud, Jim Clubb, Hal Clubb, Rick Newsome, Rev. and Mrs. Jim Newsome, Grace Dunaway, Barbara Adams, Betty Moore, Mary Alice Rogers, the Rogers family, the Beth F. Keener family, Anna Brown, Katherine Wheatley, Charlene Strickland, Jimmie Benton, Joe Griffin, Judy Duke, Warren Newsome, all cancer patients, the youth and the elderly, all storm victims, our government, our military, our pastors, our churches, our search committees. ..I love animals. I have cats and dogs and love both. Did you know that dogs (man's best friend) are mentioned in the Bible 45 times; 35 times in the Old Testament and nine times in the New Testament. Cats are never mentioned.

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