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232 E Richland Ave

Waverly, Tennessee 37185-1233

Well we had snow last Thursday and temperatures in the twenties and this week winds in the twenties and temperatures in the sixties. In addition, we are still better than last year’s weather with less freezing temperatures but we know it is going to change.

A special birthday wishes this Monday to Ted Russell of McEwen and Bradley Fussell, Thursday Kansas Klein, and Sunday to Macon Dodson, congratulations.

Charles and Virginia Walker are on my sick and shut-in list this week, she is receiving therapy at Bellevue in Nashville, and Charles is a resident at Waverly Health Care. We pray they return home soon.

Anna Mays still in Huntsville, AL this week taking care of Virginia Wells-Fellows while Katrina is out of town on business.

Dorothy Wilkins is in Clarksville at Behavior Health Center of evaluation. She was a patient at Three Rivers Hospital last week. We pray for her health and recovery. He son Gary Wilkins of California is in very low health and plan to bring him home are all ready in the making. He is at his home in hospice care. His daughter Jessica Sanders is in California with him and wife Wilma, may they find peace and comfort in His word.

Jeannine Matthews is in Baltimore, MD visiting her children Nigel Matthews and Alana Matthews. The kids celebrated their twenty-first birthdays last Thursday. They are students at the Maryland University. Pearlie Collier is doing well at Belvidere Center in Franklin and both are returning to Waverly this week.

We pray for Towana Turner’s daughter Talana Wright of Dickson who has been in the hospital and recovering.

Thomasine Hill took Mamie Jo Yarbrough and daughter Pam Turner to Dickson to visit Larry Yarbrough, who is having health issues.

Charles and Debra Turner were in Memphis visiting their children Dedric and Betty Turner and Latoya and Jermaine Swagerty. The grandchildren were in a special program Sunday to celebrate Martin L. King Birthday.

Birthday wishes Saturday to Mary Jenkins of Nashville and her nephew Matthew Turner.

Happy Birthday wishes this week to Lucretia Johnson-Smithy of Hermitage, Latonia Skelton, Benjamin Askew of Indianapolis, IN, Kimberly Bradley, Andrew Modena of Dickson, Jerry Burns, Cody Smith of Memphis, Brenda Sanders, Tyree Burns, Shandia Yarbrough, Ronnie Yarbrough, Roxanna Yarbrough, Kofi Patterson of Nashville, Kris Pearson and her mother Sarah Pearson.

During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?" "Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to empty the bathtub”. "Oh, I understand”, I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup." "No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"