Gordonsburg/Little Swan News

By Dorothy Warf

Contributing Writer

It seems there are lots of birds coming back into the area and maybe this is a sign of coming springtime, I surely hope so. The temperatures during the day have been reasonable and even some warm enough to venture outside without a heavy coat but the nights have still been in the low twenties and some places even lower. The buttercups or daffodils as some call them have gotten pretty and this is the way they were last year. Hope you had a great Valentine’s Day and received flowers or some other treasure from those who love you. Wishing that this week will be one filled with sunshine and warmer temperatures.

Those I know of who are sick either at home, in nursing facilities or in the hospitals are: Casey Baker, Donnie Carroll is home now and doing pretty good, Dorothy Carroll, Kathleen Carroll, Madison Chappell, Spencer Clark, Peggy Cook, Robert Dickson, Verlyn George, Ophelia Green, Calvin Harris, Shirley Howe, Monette King, Sherry Love, Claire Elizabeth Mayberry, Helen McCann, Doug Miller, Howard Miller, Jackie McFall, Carla Murphy, Lonnie Odom, Joy Orman, Roger Pace, Debbie Pierce, Robert Pierce, Jarrod Reagan, Russell Runions, T R Runions, Roy Sharp, Peggy Sims, Vickie Skelton, Pauline Tripp, Jim Walker, Sharon White, Diane Williams, and Annette Williams. Remember these in your daily prayers that they might be better and for any others that need prayers.

We wish a happy birthday Brilynn Gray and Jason Sims the 19th, Frances Gleason and Jean Zimmerman the 20th, Curtis Cagle and Winnie Lawson the 22nd, Ashley Garner and Caleb Odom the 23th, and Rebecca Gleason and Lisa Carroll the 24th wishing for these a very happy birthday and many more years to celebrate life.

Prayers for all those who have lost loved ones this past week that I know Fredia Pekarek, Julie Horn, Cheryl Mansberry, Donna Rose, Eric Calvin, Danny Burcham, Lynda Mercer, Barbara Fay Cunningham, Edith Rose Corbin Mayberry, Tony “Pineapple” Barber, Billie Jean Suiter, and Shirley Ann Burns. Prayers for all these families and any others about which we may not know.

The Girl Scouts will begin having booth sales this during the coming weeks and we hope if you missed getting to order that you will come see the girls and get your cookies, will list booth sales on FB and other media for your convenience. Thanks for all the help with the cookie sale.

Thanks to Mattie Burns wife of the late Joseph Burns, son of Mary Wade, whose daughter contacted several of the cousins and family members to get together for a sort of family reunion which took place on Saturday at the Little Swan annex there was several in attendance and of course plenty of food and many brought pictures and picture books for all to see. This was a very great thought and I hope we can do in again one of these days. Sometimes we put things like this off till many are gone and we cannot enjoy the fellowship of our relatives as we should. I won’t attempt to name them all but there was Burns, Carrolls, (Clayton)Whitehead, Warf, (Clayton)Tiller, Qualls, Little, and others I am sure I missed but we all had a great time.

Praying for your family to have a great week and enjoy the warmer weather that the weather people predict for the next several days. Hopefully we can all begin to enjoy the warmer weather and be able to be out some I for one am tired of the cold days and nights. May God bless and watch over you all.