“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations,
and then the end will come.”
~Matthew 24:14~
Courtney Roth
http://randycourtneytripproth.blogspot.com/2012/03/you-just-cant.html?spref=fb
Mrs. Grace Helen Smith is home from Hood’s, but will be going to North Oaks Monday. Pray she has a good weekend. Mr. Kenneth Felker is not feeling his best. Please pray for them.
Barrett Travis
Thanks for the phone calls and prayers for Barrett .We are at home ,he has a case on his right arm and leg ,he is having to use a walker,but everything is going to be better now.Dr. Robinson is the best. (Ruby Travis)
Dr. Derry Magee
Derry is doing well. A couple of weeks ago, he had an ischemia colitus which required a colonoscopy at the CS Medical Center. He does not have any cancer in the colon and the diverticuli looks the same as it did in 2007. He is now back at the Isle and is in therapy full swing. He is able to hold a ball in his left hand and can squeeze it with each finger. His left arm and hand are being restored. The focus in OT is to strengthen the arm so that he can pick up things, etc. Speech therapy works on his face which strengthens his facial muscles. At times you cannot tell that he had a stroke that affected his left side in the face.
Derry and I are so excited that my sisters, Bobbie, Elaine, and Jan are coming next Thursday and stay until Sunday. The Isle is giving Derry a three-day and two nights pass beginning next Friday morning. My sisters will be able to visit with him at length and provide assistance for me. Patrick and Jennifer are cooking a wonderful meal for Saturday which includes Derry’s favorite, crawfish etoufee (sp.) We plan to have a wonderful celebration and family time at our home. I will return him to the Isle Sunday evening.
Derry gave Steve his green truck. Steve and Nita are flying to CS on April 20 and remain a few days before starting their journey back to Miami.
The Isle will let us know in a week or so when he will be discharged–maybe 2-3 weeks. He is making such large strides in his recovery that it might be sooner. He walked on the walker yesterday for 12 minutes. He rode the Nu-step for 24 minutes using the left hand and arm for three minutes.
In Christ!
Dora
Rickey Elton Barnes
(January 13, 1973 – March 30, 2012)
Rickey Elton Barnes was born January 13, 1973 and passed away at 12:40 p.m., March 30, 2012 near Cranky Corner, LA. He was 39, a native of Independence and a resident of Amite.
Rickey is survived by his wife Nickole Holton Barnes; 2 sons, Chase Barnes & Trevor Barnes; daughter, Allyson Barnes; father, Elton Barnes and wife Sandy; 3 sisters, Crystal Barnes, Brandy Baham & Randi Graves; brother, Landon Barnes; father-in-law & mother-in-law Thomas and Elizabeth Holton; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Tiphani and Jason Foy; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family.
Preceded in death by his mother, Opelia E. Baham; grandparents, Jessie and Ophelia Baham; brother, Thomas “Tom Tom” Baham
Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Sunday, April 1, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Monday, April 2, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. L.C. Hoover officiating. Interment in Shiloh Cemetery, (Bell Road) Amite, La.
An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com
McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N (Exit 46) and Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.
Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Frazier Perrin, 65 years old of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at her residence.
She was born on Monday, August 5, 1946, in McComb, Mississippi, daughter of the late James Walter Frazier and the late Thelma Brumfield Frazier.
Surviving are her daughter, Marilyn Gail Perrin, and her brother, James Walter Frazier, Jr.
She is preceded in death by her husband, William Edwin Perrin, and daughter, Elizabeth Ann “Beth” Perrin.
A Memorial Service will be held at French Corner Baptist Church on April 21, 2012 at 11:00 am. There will be a “Pot Luck” luncheon immediately following.
Interment was held in the Ponchatoula Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the French Coroner Baptist Church Building Fund, 39715 Teal Rd., Ponchatoula, LA 70454.
WIFE: “There’s trouble with the car. It has water in the
carburetor.”
HUSBAND: “Water in the carburetor? That’s ridiculous.”
WIFE: “I tell you the car has water in the carburetor.”
HUSBAND: “You don’t even know what a carburetor is. I’ll check it
out. Where’s the car?”
WIFE: “In the pool.”
That gives a whole new meaning to the term “flooding the engine”! There are some things that are so obvious you don’t have to be an auto mechanic to be certain of them! And there are some things in the Bible that are so obvious that you don’t have to be a brain surgeon to be certain of them!
Five times in the “Pastoral Epistles”, Paul uses the phrase “faithful saying”. It indicates something you can be absolutely certain of, without question, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Here’s one of them:
“This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him.
If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny
Himself.”
(2 Timothy 2:11-13)
Praise be to our God who not only gives us “faithful sayings”, but who himself is “faithful”, one who can be trusted to keep his word, and in whom we have the ability to place all our confidence!
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina
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