Nancy and Billy Chambers and Stephanie and Scotty Chambers spent last week in Gatlinburg and had a wonderful time.
Christian love and sympathy to the Martha Ruth McCullar Tatum family of Water Valley. Martha Ruth passed away early Sunday morning. What a precious lady. I know heaven is celebrating her arrival. She will be sorely missed here on earth. Martha Ruth and I graduated together from Oakland High School back in 1959. Rest in peace, sweet girl.
A certain pretty girl was seen sporting a new car driving on the streets of Tillatoba! Kim Beavers, I love your new car and what a sweet husband to gift you with one as an early Christmas gift. I know Hannah and Caitlyn are going to enjoy their momma’s other car.
The kids and some grown-ups had a great time decorating cookies at Tillatoba Baptist Church Saturday. What a sweet memory for the ones who participated. A good crowd attended!
Mickey and Daisy Isbell had a good Thanksgiving! Will and Erika Anderson, with their daughter Kayla Ann and son Kaleb, were here with Daisy’s son Dillon, his wife Mendy and their daughter Emilie. Also present were Michael Isbell and family Devren, Kelsie, Kayne and Kylie Rhea, and Daisy’s granddaughter’s feller, Joshua. They had chicken and sausage gumbo, potato salad, rice, crawfish dressing, cranberry sauce and various desserts. A good time was had by all.
Martha Box had a great time with her great-grand, Addie, and her sweet friend, Lacy Busby. They kept her busy Friday, all day and night. Saturday morning, all three of them made a super mess cooking breakfast. After taking care of visits about town, Addie took her Christmas shopping again. Super fun, early supper and then she took off and left Granny in a mess. Ha.
Saturday night, Martha went out and ran into fun and friends. She wonders how the nurses she worked with still look so sassy. Between Myra Liberto, Margaret Bailey, Carolyn Deaton Ratliff and ole hot lips EMT Raymond Liberto, they had Martha thinking they were back at work in the ICU and ER at Grenada Lake Medical Center. Martha saw several other work partners and friends. She said it was a great visit as they all showed ole lazy Raymond how to dance.
Martha said if you go to Charleston, go by Chevron for lunch. She told the cooks there she thinks she must have taught them how to cook. It was great Southern eating both visits, she said.
Tommy and Deborah McCool and Tommy’s sister, Alice Kellum, went to Leland and Greenville Sunday and put Christmas wreaths on their family’s gravesite. They also went to their sister’s house and visited a while before coming on back home.
The McCools are having all their children and grandchildren to their house this Saturday night, the 10th, for their family Christmas get- together. Debbie said she was looking forward to seeing them all together.
Over 40 folks met at the Chambers Compound (Gary and Jennylou’s) for a Thanksgiving feast. Betty Sue Chambers was so happy all her kids, grandkids, great-grandkids and great-great-grandkids were there. They had three hams and two turkeys. Adam and Jacque Chambers smoked a ham and turkey. Gary did one in an air fryer. They had over 10 desserts and 30 dishes of food to choose from.
Attendees were Betty Sue Chambers; Gary and Jennylou; Adam and Jacque Chambers; John and Arica Box; Scotty and Stephanie Chambers; Brent and Samantha Anderson; Kim and Aaron Poynor; Hayden and Logan Pickle; Billy and Nancy Chambers; Anna and Joanna Pullen; Marty and Wanda Sue Winters; Jesse Winters and a friend, Tyler Winters; Ashley Hankins and her children, Ramon and Amanda Winters; Alexis Lantrip and her husband and son, Dewayne and Misty Winters; Syerra Winters and her daughter, Dakoyta Winters and his wife and Betty Winters. Jacque said they had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family. Just a house full of love!
Thank you, Tim Sullivan, for helping me look for things in my shed Friday; Donna Sue and Miranda for the donuts Saturday morning; and Donna for coming Sunday and decorating my tree and finishing up in my den. I felt like a load had been lifted off my shoulders!
Happy birthday to Mahaley Hames on the 10th; daughter, Brandy Rounsaville, celebrates the 11th; a dear friend of mine, Ronnie Hamilton, as well as Lillian Standridge and Missy Burney celebrate on the 12th; Loretta Jackson, Margareta Dotson and Sandy Sturdivant celebrate the 13th; and Lee Jackson and Myra Dempsey share a birthday on the 14th. May you all have a blessed birthday.
Martha Box had a wonderful visit at church. I tell you, the babies sang Christmas songs so cute. Dave Box and crew touched their hearts with spirit-filled songs. And Bro. Tommy Darby really preached a great word about the biblical promise of the coming birth of Christ our Lord.
Recipe of the week: Blackberry Jam Cake
3 cups self rising flour
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. Allspice
1 cup of shortening
2 cups sugar
1 cup blackberry jam/ seeds
1 cup buttermilk
5 eggs
Mix well and bake in three 9-inch-round cake pans on 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Icing: 1 cup Pet milk, 2½ cups sugar
1 stick butter
Cook in top of double boiler until thick. Add one pound English walnuts and one pound of black raisins. Cook a little, then add between layers and on top of cake.
Thought for the day: Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head.
