6/24/2009 6:00:00 PM
JUST AMONG FRIENDS
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By RACHEL EVANS
I knew something was going on at the home of Evelyn and Don Perry when I saw Don in the grocery store, twice in one week! Sure enough, their grandson, 13-month-old Will Perry, was spending the week with Mac (Marion McDonald) and Me (Mary Evelyn), as Will's grandparents have decided they would like to be called by Will. Can't wait to see what Will comes up with!
True to their Neshoba County Fair upbringing, both Evelyn and Don's children, Paul and Candace Lyn are relocating to begin new careers, craftily arranged to start Aug. 1, after the Fair. Dr. Candace Lyn is moving from Boston to Madison where she will be a consulting liaison psychiatrist at the Veterans Hospital in Jackson. Paul, Amanda and Will will be moving from Birmingham to Tupelo where Dr. Paul will be on staff at the North Mississippi Medical Center as a pulmonologist.
Passing Waudine Moorehead's house on my morning walk, Gina Myers Moorehead was coming out of her mother-in-law's home on Poplar Avenue after a long night of birthing seven shih tzu puppies born to Kacie and Stanford Moorehead. Waudine became Gina's mother-in-law when Alan and Gina were married. The birth of the seven puppies makes them maternal and paternal grandmothers.
"I've been mopping and cleaning and cooking all day getting ready for our Supper Club tonight," Kenny Hillman told me, as he wiped the imaginary sweat from his brow. Jan did nothing to dispute Kenny's story when she told me later of the nice evening they had when Julia and Sellers Cole, Jenny Lynn and Steve Wilkerson, Joni and Mark Duncan, Patrice and Ken Turner and Regina and Danny Hicks came for a "picnic fare dinner" served inside due to the heat.
Mandy and Bud Dees attended an engagement party for their daughter, Emily, and Pete Boulden, hosted by Pete's parents, Walt and Linda Boulden, in their home in Williamsburg, Va. "We toured historic downtown Williamsburg on Saturday," Mandy told me. "Bud introduced himself to a lady we met at the Farmer's Market who told him, 'I have never heard Bu-ud pronounced with two syllables.'"
Linda Gail Webb Boulder, Charlene Deweese and Mandy Fisher honored their daughter and sister, Kristen Kirkland, at a baby shower recently in Philadelphia's historic Ye Olde Deli. Kristen and Stephen, who live in Killen, Texas, are expecting their first child, a daughter, in September. Three-year-old Caroline Fisher took delight in opening the gifts for her anticipated cousin.
I first knew Linda Gail, the daughter of Edwina and Bill Webb, when in the kindergarten class in the early 60s,
she played the part of the bride in the Tom Thumb Wedding. Sid Williams was the groom. Perhaps you were in the wedding party along with Mike Evans, Mike Turner, Chris Yates, Debbie Wells, Angie Burkes, Cindy Allen, Shawn Howell, Dorothy Molpus, Karen Nowell and other five-year-olds all dressed up in their wedding attire.
Linda was back in Philadelphia last Tuesday at the June meeting of the B.A.L.L. group at The First Baptist Church. She spoke on the marvel of inspirational pictures formed in nature. Attending the meeting were Jane Parker, Lamar Fowler, Estelle Fowler, Myrtis Richardson, Katherine Farned, Mary Bennett, Jean Griffith, Loree Brown, Roy Jones, Eunice Jones, Joan Hight, Sue Lewis, Wilmer Goforth, Mazell Goforth, Ethel Lundy, Dee Haden, Cecil Wyatt, Debbie White, Ruth Hamilton, Bill Nation and Marsha and Dan Howard.
Memorial weekend was of special note at the home of Keith and Jayne Robinson in Biloxi. Kyle Robinson, a recent graduate of Mississippi State University, and Kera Robinson, a graduate of Biloxi High School, were honored with a reunion of family and friends.
Saturday evening the Robinsons hosted a cookout as relatives came from around the state. Sunday morning the group met for brunch before attending Kera's graduation ceremony. Kera graduated with academic honors in an afternoon ceremony at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum. After the ceremony the group was treated to seafood at Aunt Jenny's restaurant on the bay in Ocean Springs.
Relatives in attendance for the weekend were Lavon and Nadean Slaughter of Philadelphia, Mary Robinson of Meridian, Butch and Janet Slaughter of Brandon, Joshua Slaughter of Mississippi State, Julie and Paul Hinkle of Crystal Springs, Meredith Slaughter of Oklahoma City, Okla., Ronnie, Karen, Kayla and Keely Stafford of Columbus, Shirley and Don Hodges of Gulfport, Roddy, Lucy, Bryce and Olivia Russell of Gulfport, Algene Russell of Gulfport and Greg, Lisa and Tyler Russell of Long Beach.
Kyle will begin work at George County High School this fall, teaching and coaching basketball. Kera will be attending the University of South Alabama, majoring in business and entrepreneurship.
An Alaskan cruise has been at the top of Sam and June Nowell's "To Do" list for several years. As June told me, "When summer vacation began, we decided it was the perfect time. We flew into Fairbanks, Alaska to spend five days on land. We took a ride on a paddlewheeler, toured an original Eskimo habitat and mined for gold. We traveled to Denali Wilderness on a glass top train through the mountains viewing Mt. McKinley. We met the cruise ship in Seward, Alaska for seven days of sailing in and out of beautiful mountain glaciers. The ship ported in Haines, Juneau and Ketchaskan. The cruise ended in Vancouver, Canada, after 12 days of beautiful scenery, lots of wonderful food and relaxation!"
Klint Peebles came home from Nashville to pet-sit his parents' 10 cats while Darlene and Johnny visited Darlene's sister, Ginny Schoonaert, and her husband, Gary, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Klint will enter medical school at Vanderbilt in the fall.
Gene Tolbert found himself in a house of girls last weekend when Rhonda's sister, Gloria Mulroy, her daughter Whitney and friend Jessie came for a visit. Whitney and Jessie will be seniors at White Station this fall. The gender ratio was balanced somewhat on Sunday when Rhonda's brother, Ronnie Williams, and his wife, Jenny, came from Tuscaloosa for the day.
The weekend before, Gene and his daughter, Leah, attended all three games of the Super Regionals held in Oxford. They were spotted on the second row in ESPN coverage. Ole Miss won the first game, Virginia the next two, which advanced them to the College World Series in Omaha. I have to say about here how proud we all are of Mississippi Southern's baseball team. I got caught up in the story of Corky and his wife, Debbie, who told him, "You will end up in Omaha."
Are you familiar with Dora the Explorer and her friend, Diego? Neither was I and that brings us to the educational significance of "Friends". I got my information from Wendy Davis Windham who is an expert on the subject thanks to her daughters, Ella, 5, and Abby, 3. They, along with Bonnie Bates Coggins and her daughter, Baylor, who is 2, attended the Dora the Explorer show at the Convention Center in Birmingham which is connected to The Sheraton where Wendy and Bonnie slept three and two to a bed in one room. Of such, close friendships are made.
The girls and their mothers sat spellbound on the edge of their "front and center" seats for the live show enacted by real people dressed in costumes entitled, "The City of Lost Toys". As Wendy told me, you can watch Dora and Diego all day long everyday on the Nick Jr. TV channel, adding that the two animated characters have accounted for a boost in sales at Toys R Us, etc.
After overseeing the renovation of our Historic Train Depot, the mother and daddy kildees and their four babies have flown the coop. What a shame they didn't hang around long enough to attend Marty Stuart Day on Thursday, July 9. The day will begin at 10 a.m. with the unveiling of the permanent highway marker being erected where Marty Stuart Drive intersects Highway 19 north in the Arlington community. At noon the Marty Stuart Room at our local Philadelphia/Neshoba County Museum will be officially opened. Marty and Connie will join their guests for lunch at the Depot before moving on to perform at the Choctaw Indian Fair that evening. The show begins at 7 p.m. Come out and enjoy the fun all day long and into the night.
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