Mug ‘n’ Muffin

Thanks to the young ladies and the older young ladies who attended Mug ‘n’ Muffin this morning.  I think “a good time was had by all” and our outreach project went well.  Thanks for sharing your favorite memories and you favorite Scriptures!

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Day 7

Jim and Karen Turnbo 914 Smith Road Grants, NM 87020 Website: www.mwmissions.org Jim’s Birthday: March 11 Karen’s Birthday: July 12 Jim’s Hometown: Houston, Texas Karen’s Hometown: Brownwood, Texas Children: Elizabeth, Lydia, James Hobbies: History, travel, golf, photography, reading Favorite Bible verses: Hebrews 13:7; Romans 8:28-29

 

When you see a lizard, think of the Turnbos in New Mexico! Jim helps nurture existing churches, and helps start new churches among Native Americans and Hispanics in the Western and Mountain Baptist Associations.

Bio. and Video

http://www.onmission.com/turnbo/

 

Dorothy S. Hodges
(February 4, 1925 – March 11, 2011)

Mrs. Dorothy S. Hodges was born February 4, 1925 and passed away at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 11, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was 86, a native and a resident of Kentwood.

Mrs. Dorothy is survived by a daughter, Peggy Sue Hodges, Kentwood; 3 sons, Rodney Lane Hodges, Sr., Kentwood, Kenneth Ray Hodges, Kentwood, & John Wayne Hodges and wife, Lisa J., Kentwood; 6 grandchildren, Rodney Lane Hodges, Jr., Candace Hodges, Shelby Hodges, Jeremy Hodges & Dillon Hodges; 5 great-grandchildren, Austin Hodges, Abby Hodges, Adian Hodges, Chandler Graves & Reagan Graves; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceded in death by her husband, Ray R. Hodges; parents, Daniel Morgan and Esther Arnett Statham; sister, Mary Lou Magee; brother, Charles Statham.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Sunday, March 13, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Monday, March 14, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Bro. Mason Miley and Bro. Otha Schillings officiating. Interment in Spring Creek Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

 

Donald Ray Bates (July 13, 1939 – March 11, 2011)

Mr. Bates was born on July 13, 1939 and passed away at 8:45 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011 at the St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg, LA. He was 71 years old and a native of Kentwood, LA. Mr. Bates is survived by his two sons, Chris Bates and wife Arlette, Kiln, MS and Glenn Bates and wife Dannielle, Picayune, MS; four grandchildren, Christian and Camden Bates and Abby and Macey Bates; two brothers, Arthur Bates, Jackson, MS and Hugh Bates and wife Amelia, Kentwood, LA; four sisters, Willie Belle Strickland, Osyka, MS; Avis Carmical and husband Russell, Jackson, MS; Sylvia Stielper and husband Rick, Baltimore, MD and Barbara Hall and husband Billy, Amite, LA; one brother-in-law, Terry Rushing, Greensburg, LA and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Bates was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Bertha Bates; one bother, Howard Bates; one sister, Shirley Rushing; two brothers-in-law, Johnny Strickland and Ricky Keith; one sister-in-law, Ann Bates; two nephews, John Allen Strickland and Patrick Christopher Bates; and the mother of his children, Joann Bates Whitfield.Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 10 a.m. Monday until religious services at 2 p.m. Monday, March 14, 2011. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.