Wednesday

“It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you.” ~Proverbs 29:25 GN~

Today is See You at the Pole day.  Students around the world will be meeting at the flag pole at their schools to pray.  Pray for them.  Thank God for their willingness to meet and pray.

From Landon Estay:

Update on baby Caleb: we had an appointment last week. It appears the spina bifida opening is lower than we initially thought, and it seems to be protected by skin. So, the cord isn’t exposed to the amniotic fluid. He does have a club foot, w…hich the first ultrasound said he had but the MRI did not. The swelling in his head is mild, so he may not require a shunt to drain the fluid. God is protecting Caleb.

As you are praying for Caleb Estay, pray for his dad to find a new job – in God’s timing – so it will be the right one.

Pray for Donna Smith Linton, daughter of J.D. and Lorna Smith.  Donna is two days late in delivering her second baby, a big one!

Annie L. Stringer

Annie Kathryn Lewis Stringer, 74, of McComb, died unexpectedly Sept. 19, 2009, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb and 10 a.m. Thursday at New Heights Baptist Church in Summit until services there at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Rick Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.

Mrs. Stringer was born April 20, 1935, in Heidelberg, to T.D. and Annie Livingston Lewis, and was the youngest of 11 children.

Mrs. Stringer and her husband Charlie made McComb their home in 1961. They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 25, 2009. Together they raised five children.

Mrs. Stringer’s family said that as a member of New Heights Baptist Church, she lived her life as a testament of God’s love, believing that her calling was to raise a family. As a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, she loved gathering with family and friends and cooking and entertaining in her home. She always cooked more than enough because “you never know who might stop by.” Her love for her neighbors made hers the most popular house on the block. She often served as the neighborhood dentist and snack stand for the kids.

Though she battled severe rheumatoid arthritis for 30 years, Mrs. Stringer rarely let the disease slow her down. She enjoyed shopping in town and made friends everywhere she went.

Mrs. Stringer was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, William, Alvin, Melvin, Edwin and Lucius Lewis; and sisters, Helen, Lolean and Baby Girl Lewis.

Survivors include her husband; five children, Wanda Caulfield and her husband David and their children Kaitlyn and Matthew of Hattiesburg, Colleen Siebert and her husband Sid and their children August, Marisa and Shelby of Summit, Anthony Stringer and his children Chase and Tyler, and Vince Stringer, all of McComb, and Amanda Stringer of Houston, Texas; twin sisters, Myrtice Castles and husband C.G. of New Port Richey, Fla., and Myrtle Hernandez of Houston, Texas; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Melvin Lewis and Mrs. Alvin Lewis, both of Heidelberg; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Pallbearers will be Kathy’s grandsons Chase and Tyler Stringer, August Siebert and Matthew Caulfield, her sons-in-law Sid Siebert and David Caulfield, and a longtime family friend, Tim White.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the New Heights Baptist Church Building Fund or to the Parklane Academy Capital Campaign.

To share sympathies, condolences and memories, go to Hartman-Sharkeyfuneralhome.com.

Caring Bridge sites to check today:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/cheyennehartman

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adriannacavanagh

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/calliecole