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ReflectionsBy Dorothy Ihylor - 398-5504Storms are really something. I suppose I’ll always he a little bit leary when the lightning flashes and the thunder booms. I’ve never realLy decided if I’d rather have the storm in the daylight or during the night. Just once in my lifetime have I been in die midst of the storm when the lightning was flashing in all directions. A few years ago while driving down a country highway the lightning was over us, all around us, and it’s a miracle it didn’t just get under us and lift our car right into eternity! In truth, my favorite kinds of storms are those that can be heard in the distance...the far-away distance!I’m not sure where we got the name for those two white horses we had back there in the long ago. But, one of them was named Thunder and the other one we called Lightning. Now, you talk about your horses, those two were really something. They were not anything like old Queenie. Queenie was totally gentle. We had her around until it was time for her to go on to horse heaven. I can still see Reagan going down over Queenie’s hips, holding on to her tail, and actuallyplace his feet on the joint of her back legs to dismount. She was a very gentle horse and tolerated more than any horse should everhave to do. At times all of us, plus a few cousins, would be sitting on her from the neck to just over the tail. There would be one or two hanging on her legs. Had we ever bothered to look into Queenie’s eyes we’d probably have discovered a warm and loving expression. Or possibly, a look of total exasperation and disgust! Lightning and Thunder were so totally different from sweet-hearted Queenie.On one occasion, and our Grannie Vestal was visiting us, Thunder pulled a good one. Tommy was just a little boy and playing in the back yard when OP Thunderdecided that she was really tired of her place in the barn lot. The gate was open for some reason and Thunder decided to take advantage of the situation and explore some new territory. She wandered around the yard area for a time. Everyone had been alerted to help round her up and get her back where she belonged. Even our little Grannie came out but we yelled for her to get back inside. She didn’t. Shestayed put by the back porch. Tommy was standing by the big wash pot close to the clothes line. Well, even though we were working at guiding Thunder back to the barn lot, she stopped and turned directions quickly. Thunder stirred the yard dust and darted out directly towards Tom, the big pot, and the clothes line in the back yard. She didn’t hestitate when she reached them either. She jumped over the pot, and Tommy, taking part of the clothes line with her. It all happened so quickly that it was absolutely amazing. There was nothing we could do to stop the proceedings. Grannie had been taken aback and her mouth dropped open hoping to say words, but she was speechless. (I’m certain that she always enjoyed her visits with our family. Each new day broughton something new and different that she had not seen before!) Actually, it was somewhat miraculous. A lot of harm could have taken place Like I’ve always said, a higher power kept watch over us from the beginning.Thunder had her adventure alright. Furthermore it was not to be her last. Ohhhhh...she was a thunderous animal and before we siblings were all grown up we were to .have lots more excitement brought about by ol’ Thunder. We alwaysfelt that her name suited her just fine.James 3:3 “Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.” fcMmsiers’ ForumGod Cares By Pastor S.E. LewisWe all like love. To be loved isto be treated with kindness. To be thought about and planned for. To be wept over and rejoiced with. To be talked to and listened to. To have nice things done for us. To be loved is to have someone truly care about us.The Bible says that “God is Love.” 1 John 4:8. It also says,“Cast all your anxieties on him, forHe cares about you.” 1 Pter 5:7 God can do far more to prove His love than to hug and kiss us. He has allowed His Holy Spirit to preserve us from danger and to deliver us from the power of sin. When Godchose the Israelites to be His spe-*cial witnesses, He asked Israelitea parents to teach His Word diligently to their children. He told them to talk about it “when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you Me down, and when you rise” - that is, in the early morning at mealtimes, at bedtime, and when traveling. My Brothers and Sisters God does truly care about you. God wants our children to receive an education that is spiritual and God centered. He wantsus to know that He can keep His promise to make us all heirs with Christ of the kingdom to come. When all else fails remember He Cares About You, You, and You.The Rev. Lewis is pastor of First Baptist Church. Lockhart. it’BITUARIESTempie Eva RodenberryMrs. Tempie Eva Rodenberry, 97, a resident of Kingsville, and a former resident of Lockhart, passed away Sunday, June 25 in Kingsville. Born April 12,1898, Mrs. Rodenberry was a native of Lytton Springs, Caldwell County. She was the second child of Robert Walter Boyd and Eliza Wright Boyd. She was a member of Bellaire Baptist Church in San Antonio.Mrs. Rodenberry was preceded in death by her husband, John Pinkney Rodenberry in 1952; and infant daughter, Annie Ruth Rodenberry in 1920.She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Margaret Lorene Adams of San Antonio, Betty Jean and Eldon Hill of Keller, and Eva Nell and Lyndon Elliott of Bishop; one sister, Lois Pope of Houston; seven grandchildren, Anna Margaret Price, Walter Paul Adams Jr., Jerry G. Brooks, Kay Dabney, David E. Brooks, Cheri Lee and John Norman Elliott;14 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 29 in Lytton Springs Cemetery, Lytton Springs, with the Rev. John Payne, pastor of Bellaire Baptist Church, San Antonio, officiating.Mrs. Rodenberry’s grandsons will serve as active pallbearers.Public visitation will begin from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m Wednesday, June 28 at the Turcotte-Piper Mortuary, Kingsville.Funeral arrangements by Turcotte-Piper Mortuary, Kingsville.Katherine YanceyMrs. Katherine Elizabeth Yancey, 84, of Lockhart died June 30, 1995 in Lockhart. Mrs. Yancey was born May 26,1911 in Cincinnatti, Ohio to John and Dolly Queen Knapp. She was united in marriage to Charles Yancey Dec. 26, 1934 in Cincinnatti, Ohio.Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. July 2 in the Emmanuel Episcopal Church with the Rev. Pat Connell officiating. Interment followed in theLockhart Cemetery.Serving as pallbearers were Todd Blomerth, Joe Michie, John Boykin,Lew White, Chris Bruns, and John Allred.Mrs. Yancey is survived by her husband, Charles Yancey of Lockhart; son, David Yancey of Tokyo, Japan; daughter, Linda Cottingham of Corpus Christi; grandchildren, Philip Williams Cottingham, Kenneth Fancher Cottingham and Laura Kathryn Cottingham.Funeral arrangements by Eeds Funeral Home, Lockhart.Charles WestCharles Kenith West, 65, of Lockhart died June 30,1995 in Lockhart. Mr. West was born March 15, 1930 in Houston to Charles and Ellis RobuckWest.Graveside services were held at 10:30 a.m. July 3 in the LockhartCemetery with the Rev. Mack Blackwell officiating. Interment followed inthe Lockhart Cemetery.Mr. West is survived by three children, Lisa McReynolds and MichaelWest both of Forks, Washington and Keith West of Port Angeles,Washington; and four grandchildren.Funeral arrangements by Eeds Funeral Home, Lockhart.
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