RAYLE NEWS
By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264
Many people in our community are sick with the fluor other illnesses. The weather is so changeable and we never know what to expect. The wind has been keeping me in more than anything. I saw on the TV where the flushot does not cover one strain of fluthat is going around. Many have it rough and it lingers on and on. .Kimberly Rogers will open her beauty shop -- Salon 78 -- Saturday, March 1. It will be in the location that was formerly "Mari Ann's." .I was glad to get back to my church at Sardis Baptist Sunday morning after being out a month with the flu.My week will be much better I know because I have missed going. The attendance was off a good bit, but we had a good service. Rev. Jim Newsome spoke on "Practice Makes Perfect." As he started off he added, "Be careful what you practice." It was a very interesting and inspiring sermon. He had given the children's sermon at the altar and then Monica Gunter went to the annex with them for children's church. The congregational singing was led by Pam Hall with Courtney Gunter as pianist. .Randy Boatwright and Deena Stewart will be married at Sardis Baptist Church Saturday, March 1, at 12 p.m. A reception will follow in the annex. All friends and relatives are invited. .The prayer list continues for Anna Brown, Emilie Rorie, Frank Turner Jr., Ed and Velma Crook, Dorothy Callaway, Joyce Bowen, George Wideman, Kathryn Padgett, Peggie Walker, Stephanie Chapman, Roberta Roper, Joyce Sifre, Becky Thomasson, Linda Stevens, Winnie Thompson, Nancy Moon, Frances Vinson, Cindy McCarty, Katie Goolsby, Arnold Adams, Pete Poss, Pete Hardy, Linda Echols, Gary Rogers, Joyce Blackwell, Samantha Abrams, Frances Shank, Chris Charping, Joe Charping, Sonny Chafin, Willie Welborn, Jenelle Newsome, Genelle Gill, Thelma Favor, P.J. Johnson, Ann Sales, Dianne Bailey, Edward Waller, Kenneth Mann, Douglas Howard, Gene and Sara Lamar, Corrie Maxwell, Morrison and Priscilla Maxwell, Clyde Sales, Tom Bufford, Joe Bufford, Deane Maxwell Crook, Jimmy Compton, Billy and Patricia Bailey, Sara Dees, Mike Webb, Don Wheatley, Ruth Bell, Dan and Mildred McAvoy, Bernice McAvoy, Doug Eberhart, Ellie Frey, Tommy and Fran Thaxton, Marian Poss, G.B. and Sherry Newsome, Dan and Mildred McAvoy, the George Wheatley family, and Bonnie Boatwright. .It is good to hear that Joyce Bowen is able to walk with a walker up and down the halls at Wills Memorial Hospital where she is having therapy. .Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family of George Wheatley who passed away Friday morning. He will be remembered for the famous Wheatley barbecue that he and his wife and other family members prepared for many people for their social functions. He will be greatly missed by his family and a large host of friends. . Jamie Poss, Lillie Raines and Roy Manis of Danville, Va., came down and spent the weekend of last week with Willie Frank and Joyce Blackburn. Jamie is the daughter of Jimmy Poss and granddaughter of Marian Poss. Jimmy and other family members visited during the weekend. Saturday they all got together at Poss Umm Cafe with Kenneth and Sheila Poss. .Willie Frank and Joyce Blackburn, Marian Poss, Lynne Carter, and Angie Vickery got together at Zaxby's for lunch. .Bonnie Boatwright went to a retirement party Saturday afternoon at the Pleasant Hill Community Center honoring one of her classmates of Oglethorpe County, Ladyne Brooks McDonald. I enjoyed it and seeing some other classmates and other people whom I hadn't seen in a long time. .Billy and Doris Walker drove up through the mountains of North Georgia and on up through Clayton for a nice Sunday drive. .Doris Walker and Joyce Chamberlain went to Jefferson where they gallavanted and back through Athens where they gallavanted some more Saturday. .Bonnie Boatwright attended the gospel singing at Pentecost Chapel in Oglethorpe County Saturday night. It was good to see Oscar Taylor there and several from Wilkes County including Inez Moore, Margie Rogers, Layton and Gloria Harris, Curtis and Robbie Tanner, Tommie Lou Heard, and Sara Dooley. Virgil and Emily Whittington joined Margie and Inez there. Inez was honored with a piano special by Glenn and Rachael Eberhart Henley and of Jones Chapel in Lincolnton. Others were also there from Jones Chapel. It was a very good and spirited singing and praise gathering. I wanted to stay for the wonderful meal they had prepared for everyone afterwards, but I had already overdone it for that day and had to give up and go home. Most of all I wanted to stay for the fellowship because I know most of the people. I missed Barbara Palmer. .Rachael Eberhart Henley sent Inez Moore a Valentine postmarked the 12th and Inez got it the 20th. .Clyde and Sandy Whittington visited Neil and Kim Frankel, Zachery, Kyle, and Bryce Saturday in Crawford. .Ruby Arnold's sister, Faye Johnson of Gray, is here for a few days with her. She is going to take her to the doctor in Athens Tuesday. Visiting them were Ruby Booth, Sandy Hilley, Kim Berry, and Aaliya. Another sister, Sallie Mae Arnold, is going to go back for a test in Marietta. . Ken and Sheila Arnold were honored with a 25th anniversary celebration at the home of June Arnold Sunday afternoon. Troy and Shirley Chafin,Ronnie Chafin,Racquel, Haley Hill Chafin,Terri Diaz, Tangie Chafin,Rocky Nation, and Ronnie Chafin attended. .Ruby Arnold is thankful for the Rayle Fire Department which came out to put out a firewhere some vines had caught fireon an electric pole. .Ann Wideman visited Gene and Betty Winfrey during the week. She also visited Emilie Rorie at the Echols Home. Ann and her grandson, Mathew, visited Laura Hester at Wilkes Health Care, and Reba Hester at Washington Manor. .Gail Stewart and Alyssa, and Ava Wright visited Johnny and Kathryn Shedd Saturday afternoon. .Bobby and Debra Armour cooked a big pot of stew and had all the trimmings Sunday for family members, Frances Fendley, Joan Perez, Richard Burkett, Chris and Heather Armour, Amber, Rebecca and Raeleigh, Dwayne Armour, Phil Morgan and his friend.
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