Aonia News
By SHERRY W. NEWSOME Please call 706-678-2898
I hope your holiday was a good one. Thanksgiving 2007 is history now. The leftovers are in the refrigerator, the dishes are washed and put away, the company has gone home, the husband is snoring away with the TV going full blast, and the cats and dogs are full and asleep with the dream of more tomorrow. Now, we start preparing for Christmas. .My favorite aunt, my mother's last living sister, passed away quietly Thanksgiving morning. She was my favorite aunt of the four sisters I remember. Her name was Aunt Lois Henderson Holliday of Laurens, S.C. I used to spend every summer with them as she had four children, two boys and two girls. I was close to the entire family. There was nothing that Aunt Lois couldn't do -- sew, cook, make crafts, and garden, to name a few. She was 90 1/2 years old but did not look or act it. She was a wonderful Christian and worked in church in various positions. We will miss her. The funeral was Saturday at 11 a.m. at Welcome Baptist Church in Laurens. It was a wonderful service and there were lots of friends and relatives present. We are sad, but know Aunt Lois is in a better place. She would not want us to cry for her. She would want us to keep on striving for the plan God has for us. She was about as perfect as a Christian can be. .Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shank of Lexington, S.C., arrived Wednesday for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Dot Shank. They left Friday to return home. .Mrs. Sarah Huff and Mrs. Linda Standard spent Thanksgiving with Russell Goldman in Doraville. After a delightful Thanksgiving meal they visited an aunt, Mrs. Hugh Noggle, her daughter Nancy and family, and her son Barry and family in Tucker. .Peyton Standard of Lexington, S.C., spent from Thursday until Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Standard. Sarah Huff, Alex Dunaway, and Sherry Newsome also visited. .Greg Phillips of North Augusta, S.C., and Becky Phillips of Conyers enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner Tuesday with their father, Richard Phillips, and Mrs. Phillips. Stephanie Hayes also enjoyed visiting them. On Thursday, Stephanie, Chip, and Skyla Hayes enjoyed dinner with the Phillipses. Becky Phillips returned home to Conyers Friday. .Miss Grace Dunaway and Alex Dunaway enjoyed dinner with Beverly Teasley in Lincoln County Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Dunnaway visited Miss Grace last week. .Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Newsome and Anna of Martinez visited Mrs. Jenelle Newsome and Rev. and Mrs. Jim Newsome Saturday. On Sunday, Rev. and Mrs. Newsome of Rayle brought dinner and ate with Mrs. Newsome at her home. .G.B. and I, along with my parents and other family members, enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Goff in McCormick, S.C. .Guests of Lona I. Chesnut and Roy, and Mrs. Lucille Turpin on Thanksgiving Day were Elizabeth Dunnaway, Trudy Ingram, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ingram, Mrs. Rhonda Shedd, Mr. and Mrs. David Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Glenn, Jennifer and Laura; Laura's friend of Thomson, Paul Ingram of Smyrna, Mr. and Mrs. David Ingram and Erin of Flowery Branch, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Ryll, Connor and Calley. .On Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Davenport and Tyler of Hayesville, N.C., arrived for a visit with Mrs. Lucille Ingram and family. Marvin Davenport and Linda McDonald of Hayesville, N.C., had dinner with the Ingram family Sunday. Gabe Strother spent the weekend with Roy Chesnut. .Beverly Adams of Woodstock spent several days with Mrs. Barbara Adams and family. .We hope Christopher Charping had a special happy birthday on November 27. Happy birthday to all who are celebrating this week. .Sincere sympathy to all who recently lost loved ones.
.On Sunday, G.B. and I joined Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wallace at their home in Lincoln County, along with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goff, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Romines, Mark and Brook, all of McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Gaines, Trace and Tanner of Winterville; Shannon Thomason, Taylor McAvoy and friend Ciera of Danburg, Wes Butler of Danburg, for our Thanksgiving and my dad's birthday celebration. We had a wonderful day together. . Our prayer concerns include Henry and Blanche Wallace, Chris Charping, Joe Charping, Gail Hunter, Ruth Bell, Anne Hardy, Lila Edwards, Oliver and Genelle Gill, Allen Thurmond, Lois South, Pete Strother, Marie Bradley, Helen Ross, Mona Hall, Ethel Harris, Tom Bufford, Warren and Lois Nunn, Bonnie Boatwright, Bernice McAvoy, Dan and Mildred McAvoy, Morrison and Priscilla Maxwell, Agnes Smith, Gracen Ware, Laverne Edwards, Edna Blakey, Julia Nell Poss, J.W. Williamson, Grady Rogers, Gary Rogers, Barbara Bailey, Billy and Patricia Bailey.
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