It amazes me that Huntington has a place like Second Blessings. Folks keep the place full of items that they no longer need at their house. Anytime I wander in, there are volunteers who are busy putting things where they are supposed to be. There are clothes for any and every occasion. One year Jessa Berry and Presley Henry needed "old lady" dresses for something either in school or Halloween and not having OLD ladies in this :house, I thought about Second Blessings.. It took me a little while but the dress was there. Shelves of dishes, bedding, reading material, coffee pots, and a million pieces of miscellaneous stuff fill the space in the huge building. Stop by if you are looking for something special, take items to donate or just look around. (Across from Huntington Baptist Church)
Going into the doctor's office someone asked what I was going there and when I looked at the young woman, realized who she was as she was saying she had taught third grade with Sharon Berry at one time. None other than Kelli Thompson who has since flown the friendly skies as a stewardess, then taught two years of Spanish and now is a pharmaceutical rep. Kelli is one of those people who never meets a stranger and seems to be happy. She has four children who are almost grown. Somehow or other two of her "babies are in college, the others are 16 and 13. We talked a long time and then I spent
the other waiting time talking with Hazel Morehead. One thing about visiting in the doctor's waiting room is that you have plenty of time to catch up on your visiting.
We were all brought up on the saying "Pretty is as pretty does" and I know nothing that fit Lois Jones any more. She was laid to rest Saturday and the many who came to her service and visitation attributed to that old saying. She was indeed as pretty on the inside as the outside. As long as I can remember she had the most beautiful hair. How I wished when my own hair turned it would be pretty like hers. That wish slid right down the drain for me. Wherever I her, she was the most serene person and surely in her later years did not feel well many times but you never knew that. I never saw her without her wonderful smile.
The last time I was at Mrs. Jones' house was years ago to interview her father-in-law Jim. Mrs. Jones and husband Earl certainly made me feel at home. Sometimes I don't feel welcome with people but that day we were reluctant to end the talking. The elder Mr. Jones usually had a field of peas and people from the cities came to get them. Anytime I think of the Jones men or Jess Crippen (also of Huntington), those acres of peas are brought to mind.
At age 88, Mrs. Jones was independent and lived alone but her children were devoted to her. The boys, Ed and Charles, and daughters Margie Green, Carol Clark, Joyce Simpson and Bonnie Halsell will miss their precious mother for a long time.
Billy Page is the most enthusiastic person about his class reunion which will mean they have been out of school 50 years. It will be next June and they were a year ahead of us. They did not have very many in their class and by the time several deaths have occurred along the way, numbers are down. Billy is just going to be happy seeing anybody who can show up.
Billy was visiting with members of Salem Baptist Church Mildred and R.B. Forrest and also had such a great time stopping by an old neighbor's to catch up. L.C. Rains
and his family lived near the Page family when Billy and his sister Wanda were much younger. Mr. Rains spent his lifetime farming and selling fine vegetables to area folks.
Billy had a great time listening to stories of his father Woody Page remembered by Mr. Rains. Everybody who knew Woody and Myrtle Page knew they were the cream of the crop as good friends and neighbors.
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