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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
7
The column records 41 attending church services and numerous visitors to Whitewright Nursing Home from Sherman Denison Dallas Richardson and other towns. Notable events include Rev Harry Stanley screening films for patients and volunteers delivering pillows made by the W M A.
Luther Skaggs 62 of Mor ton North Carolina died Friday morning March 7 at Asher ville Hospital after a brief illness. He served as superintendent of the State Fish Hatchery in Armstrong Creek since 1940 and previously lived in Roaring Gap Marion and Mor ton. He was a First Baptist Church member and former Marion Lions Club president. Survived by wife Clara Parsley Skaggs two daughters Mrs John Suverett and Mrs J M Haire two brothers W R Skaggs N E Skaggs a sister and three grandchildren. Burial was in Military Cemetery Lawton Oklahoma time pending.
Lieut Col Edwin Ireland 57 of Sherman died Tuesday morning March 11 at Perrin Air Base Hospital in Sherman. Services will be held by Waldo Funeral Home with burial at a later date.
Mrs Sallie Ettie Miller died at 75 in Pavillion Nursing Home McKinney on March 8. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church Blue Ridge with Rev Robert Baldridge and Rev Bob Collinsworth officiating. Burial followed at Blue Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers were her nephews John Todd Raymond Todd Lee Penny Winston Penny Elbert Randles and Ardell Penny. She was survived by husband John Miller a daughter Aline Nevil two sons John Miller and Dock Miller seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
The Bible Study Group of W M U met at the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Mrs Adah Gillespie teaching on Pauls Love Letter to the Church at Phillips. Mrs Carl May gave the opening prayer with eight in attendance and W L Hatfield gave the closing prayer.
The Sunbeams of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Carl May in charge. Mrs. Christine Sanderson led the story hour and Mrs. Edith Grider directed playtime for eight children. The next meeting will be at the church Tuesday afternoon.
Women refugees who returned home after twenty years of exile shared how Bible verses prayers and hymns carried them through hardship. They copied prayers from memory wrote them down and taught their children for birth marriages funerals holidays and Sundays. The message notes the Word of God as a living source of strength.
The Women's Society of the First Presbyterian Church met Monday afternoon at Mrs J T Holloway's home with eight members and two visitors Mrs Goldie Smith and Mrs Harold Doss attending. President Homer Sears led a business session as Miss Mardell Pumphrey presided over a resurrection devotional from John 20 19 18 and Mrs Mabel Sears presented March Yearbook of Prayer focusing on Sudan.
The Whitewright Riding Club page describes a 2100 sq ft building with a kitchen dining area game room and rest rooms. It houses 65 member families and will display trophies after remodeling. Officers include C W Haliburton president and Bill Dyer vice president with 13 directors. The club selects a sweetheart for each event and welcomes spring with planned activities as men attend monthly meetings.
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