Sure was a nice snow we got. Maybe it will help kill out the insects and germs. I thought it was so beautiful early Saturday morning; everything looked so white and clean before the animals and humans began making their tracks. I certainly did not make any tracks, I didn’t even slide up and break bones, etc., but I have enjoyed the snow from inside. Today, of course, is therapy day.

Some had church on Sunday but others could not due to the weather. Shoals Baptist was canceled and their Christmas program, too.

I sure wish you, one and all, a Merry Christmas! We all need to celebrate the true meaning of this day. It’s the best gift anyone could ever have, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If you haven’t already, I pray you will accept Him into your heart before it’s too late. Without Him, life is just not worth living.

We’ve got a lot of sick people in our community lately. Erastus Spainhower had to spend a few days in the hospital. He is now home and doing well at this time. Barbara also needs everyone’s prayers as she is having breathing problems, along with other health problems.

Tom Allen is a patient, and has been for a few days, at Baptist hospital due to heart fluid and breathing problems.

Sue Scott Marion has been a patient in Forsyth Medical due to a bad fall before the snow. She hurt her head badly.

Doug Spurrier has been a patient in Forsyth Medical due to some heart problems.

Lois Simmons is a patient at Forsyth due to a stroke she was in ICU. At this time, we don’t know but hopefully she is some better.

Cousin Elaine Furrer is in the hospital due to heart failure in the state of Washington. Please remember all these along with all our other sick, elderly and shut-ins. A few of them are Ozell and Mary Ann Scott, Dorothy Brim, Josh Marion, Wendell Sechrist, Colleen Wall and David, Sammy Cromer, Mike Manning and others we may not know of. Mike has great neighbors who have made sure he’s had food and checked on him during the bad weather by phone, etc. He’s a tough fellow!

Remember all our men and women in the Armed Services, all those in the nursing homes, all our government leaders and especially all the sin-sick.

Also, remember Nooie Epperson and Jeff Thomas. They both have cancer and the doctors have told Jeff he has from two weeks to two months left. We do have the encouragement that he is a Christian. At the time of this writing, he is a very sick man.

We wish to extend our sympathy to all the family of Carl Livengood, who passed away on Dec. 14. He is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, the Rev. Arthur (Gladys) Livengood; nephews, Max (Lu) and son Josh and Adam and Dwayne (Glenda) and daughter Heather, all of Shoals community. Family, you are in our thoughts and prayers. May God bless you all.

We wish to extend our sympathy to all the family of Jobe Bowen, who passed away last week. Jobe was born and raised in Shoals and later moved to Wilson and raised his family there. He is survived by a brother, Trent (Lora) Bowen of Blacksburg, Va.; a sister, Nancy (Edwin) Matthews of Pilot Mountain; sister-in-law, Ruth Bowen of Shoals; also several nieces and nephews, Peggy (Odell) Fulk and their family, Merle (Larry) Andrews, Ricky (Vickie) Bowen and their children, a nephew’s wife Carole Coon and her children, Wanda (Mike) Mitchell and their children, all of Shoals, Ollise (Robbie) Griffith and children of Pilot Mountain; and many other relatives and friends.

Happy birthday wishes go out this week to Ricky Bowen, Aftan Fulton, Karen Rutledge, Jere Cunningham, Macie Hicks, Austin Needham, Junior Slate, Harold Koerner, Katie Livengood, Donald Fulk, Sandra Scott, Nathan Turney and Alisha Hutchens.

Happy anniversary to: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gibbs; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carson; Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Allen; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marion; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller; and Mr. and Mrs. Tim Collins.