10/21/2009 6:00:00 PM
JUST AMONG FRIENDS
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By RACHEL EVANS
Every now and then we need a booster shot on the goodness of people. When Greg Griffith's aunt, Frances Miller Bach, the daughter of Tom and Ethel Miller, passed away in San Antonio, Texas and was brought here for burial in the Bond Baptist Church cemetery, Greg called Marty Gamblin to ask him to suggest a restaurant where the family might have lunch following the service.
Marty's reply was, "Cherie and I would love to have you come to our house for lunch." The connection? Marty's mother, Louise Griffith Gamblin, was a brother to Greg's daddy, Jack Griffith.
Quoting Tab Mims, "God still gives us people who love to show they care for others." Tab's minister, the Reverend Donald Caviness of Philadelphia's First Presbyterian Church, officiated at the service in the absence of an active minister at Bond Baptist Church at this time.
Enjoying Cherie and Marty's hospitality were Frances' children, William Thomas and Barbara Bach of San Antonio and Cynthia Claire Bach Bleier and Dr. William Bleier of Fargo, North Dakota; her sister, Margaret Miller White of Kosciusko; her grand children, Amy Claire Bleier of Bismarck, North Dakota, Sarah Frances Bleier of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and David Lee Bach of San Antonio. Also, her niece, Anne Miller White Foster and John of Jackson, Mississippi; nephew, Greg Griffith and Susan of Grenada; and cousins, Ryan Foster of Jackson and Andrew Foster of Dallas. Others included Willard and Jonnie Miller of Madison, Ann Fulton Johnson, Alene Griffith and Tab Mims, all of Philadelphia.
Wouldn't Louise, who was known for her large platters of friend chicken, and Connie Sampsell, equally remembered for her delicious jam cakes, be proud of their children!
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"It was the kind of day you wished would never end", said Shirley Cox, telling me about homecoming at Mississippi State when their granddaughter, Allison McCarver, served as freshman maid to the homecoming queen, Tyler Kellum. Allison was escorted by her father, Tommy McCarver of Brandon.
Allison's sister, Kayla, is a senior at MSU and president of the Delta Gamma sorority, of which Allison is also a member. Sharing the excitement of the day along with Allison's grandparents, Shirley and Tom Cox, were her sister, Bailey McCarver, Carla and Macy Martin, Kay Black, Katherine Tingle, Steven Bryant and Tim, Renee', Kyle and Kalen Brantley.
And at Ole Miss, in the Rebels game against Alabama, Helen Thomasson told me that the attendance of 62,000 plus topped all SEC attendance records. According to the list provided by Romily Enochs, "Philadelphia and ours" under the "Philadelphia tent" contributed greatly in breaking the record.
Accounting for close to 50 of the 62,000 were Bud and Mandy Dees, Caroline Dees, Peter and Emily Boulden of Atlanta; Romily Enochs, Bert and Candler Foster of Dallas, Texas; Chris and Ann Edwards of Meridian; David Howell; Joe Jordan, Margaret Jordan, Josh and Frances Gamblin; Steven and Marjorie Kilgore; Don and Sharon McKay, Richard McKay, Marianna Breland, Samuel McKay, Mary Margaret Johnson; Chris Posey; Austin Posey; Tammy Tawater, Katy McClenahan, Taylor McClenahan; Helen and Pat Thomasson; Gene Tolbert, Leah Tolbert, Courtney Powell of Dallas, Texas; Ben Turner of Little Rock, Arkansas; Tom and Molly Turner, Beck Turner, Dustin Turner; Rayburn and Wanda Waddell, Ray and Angelique of Dallas, Texas, Todd and Temple Versteegh and Steve Wooten of Oxford.
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Julia and Layne Kelly attended the Ole Miss-Alabama game as weekend guests of Dr. Joe Chad Kea in Tupelo. Tailgating with 50 others under Dr. Kea's tent, they were among an estimated 30,000 revelers in the Grove.
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Ryan Andrew Taylor and Kadee Leigh Watson became engaged Saturday, Sept. 29, when Ryan's 3 1/2 year old son, Hagen Jeff, presented the ring to Kadee, and asked, "Will you marry me and my daddy?" Who could resist those big blue eyes! Ryan and Kadee are planning to wed Oct. 16, 2010. Ryan, the son of Sue and Andy Taylor of Noxapater, works at Bloomo Junction her in Philadelphia. Kadee is the daughter of Pam and Greg Smith and is employed with Sta-Home Health.
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The Tea Party group met in the home of Pat and Mac Johnson last Tuesday to celebrate Laura Bryan and Nancy Yates' September birthdays. The party was attended by nine of it's members, who include Laura and Nancy, Pat, Helen Tolbert, Clarice Williamson, Lynda Stribling, Mary Louise Blanks, Babs Kirkland and Marianne Enochs. Wilda Hunt was missed by her friends.
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As a representative of Neshoba County's oldest news media, The Neshoba Democrat established in 1881, we extend convalescent good wishes to Howard Cole, the patriarch of Radio Station WHOC and the voice of Neshoba County for the past 60 years.
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Among Philadelphians attending the reception celebrating the marriage of Nash Molpus and Lowery Crews at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson Saturday evening, October 10, were Nash's grandmother, Frances Molpus, Barry and Betty Irons, Larry and Brenda Mills, Steve and Jenny Lynn Wilkerson, Don and Ellen Kilgore, Nancy and Dwight Tucker, Kathy and Charlie Womble, Janice and Uhl Payne, Fent and Bettye Jane DeWeese, Steve and Charlene Webb, Rachel Evans, Carolyn and Stanley Dearman, Leah and Jody Jarrell, Kathy Long and Sissy Killen. Among former Philadelphians in attendance were Wink and Lanelle Glover, Sam Blount, David and Debbie Webb, Jan Jerrell, Jenny Irons, and George Hobor, and Tom Risher.
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Among the "Philadelphians" attending the wedding last week of Jeff King and Stevanie Chestnut on the campus of Stanford University in Birmingham were Jeff's grandmother, Tina King, Susan and Andy King, David King, Leigh Allyn and Wade White, Carolyn Briscoe of Jackson, Dorothy Dixon, Dr. Rudy and Lisa Posey, Bill and Laura Holland Berry of Jackson, and Marvin and Fay Ratcliff of Birmingham. Jeff is the son of Hub and Nancy King of Starkville.
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I have acknowledged them before and I have just cause to praise our city employees once more. While walking last week, I saw a dead animal (I don't know what it was, but it looked BIG) on the corner of Rose and Holland on Highway 19. Planning to call the city when I got home, I met the truck picking up debris. "I'll take care of it right now", the nice man told me. You just can't beat them!
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Here is another tidbit from the Possum Creek Chronicle; Gracie showed all smiles at the weekly Possum Creek Quilting Bee. Seems her daughter, Butterbean, has graduated from the "Vanna White School for Letter Turners". She finished third in her class.
To celebrate, Gracie is preparing Butterbean's favorite meal. The first course will be pork and bean chowder followed by a Caesar salad topped with crispy Pork and bean croutons. The main course will be family favorite, pork and beans a la king and finally for dessert pork and beans pound cake with pork and bean glaze. Yummy! Congrats Butterbean!
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Got your tickets for the Philadelphia-Neshoba County Arts Council's presentation of "Casseroles and Mistletoe" scheduled for November 3, 5, 6 and 7 and an afternoon performance at 2 p.m. on November 8. Call 601-656-9838 for reservations. Dinner will be served before the evening performances in the old Magnolia, with the show to follow in the Arts Council Theater. I have gotten word from the show's creator and director that Butterbean's favorite meal will definitely not be served!
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Dewayne Sharp had had birthday cake and ice cream on his birthday for 59 years. "It's time you had something different", said his son, Jody. And different it was!
Getting the necessary legal permits, Jody and Dewayne went alligator hunting on the Ross Barnett Reservoir and in the waters of South Mississippi, and brought home alligator meat for Dewayne's 60th birthday.
Of the some 49 guests who gathered at the home of Margaret Dowdy on Road BIA 0241 off Highway 19 on Oct. 10, "Most everyone who tried it, came back for more", Margaret told me. Assisted by Zach Sanders, Jody cooked the "reptile catch of the day", plus fried chicken and chicken and shrimp shish-ke-bobs for family and friends who gathered to celebrate Dewayne's Oct. 9 birthday.
They included his wife, Judy, and her mother, Margaret, their children and grandchildren, Jody, Aarah and Paxton Sharp and Cindy, Kyle, Dees, Lynna and Lynnzie Kennedy. Also, Craig, Trish and Drew Dowdy and Brittany Boatner, and Linda and Don Crawford and Nancy and Jerry Joyner.
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Philadelphia High School students observed a "See You At The Pole" ceremony Sept. 23. What is "See You At The Pole?"
See You At The Pole is a completely student led event in which students meet at their school's flagpole before school on the fourth Wednesday of every September to pray for their school, the students, teachers, government and our nation.
It was started in 1990 when some teens in Burleson, Texas on a Saturday night felt compelled to pray. They went to three different schools and prayed at each flagpole. The concept ballooned and today some 3 million students in the U.S. and in 20 other countries participate in the event.
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In 1992 the GFWC-MFWC Futura Club of Philadelphia introduced SYATP to our community. Desma Kilpatrick, Futura's Citizenship Chairman, organized the event by inviting students and pastors to an organizational breakfast at First Baptist Church, after which the students went to their schools for their first SYATP ceremony.
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Lynzie Tingle and Courtney Bounds planned the Sept. 23 program with the assistance of Arron Tucker, youth minister at First Baptist. Some 110 students joined in singing "God of This City." Chris Greer and Mary Margaret Bailey read the scripture, followed by special readings by Courtney Bounds, Mollie McKay, Mary Margaret Bailey and Lynzie Tingle.
Mollie closed the meeting with prayer, after which the students were served doughnuts and orange juice by members of the Futura Club.
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Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
Article comment by:
Amy Claire Bleier
All of my best to Greg Griffith's extended family. You hosted such a nice luncheon for my family and me when we needed it most. If any of you all ever make it up north let my family know!
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