News from the Mountain
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 11:16 am By CAROL GUNTER The Short Mountain community is saddened by the passing of Mrs. Shirley Annette Horwath age 73. She was the mother of Debby Harvey, owner of Short Mountain Market. Debby's mother's health had been declining for sometime and she was ready to go home to the Lord. Got to talk with Shirley at the store several times. She was quite an interesting person to be around. Going to miss you Shirley, but I know all is well with you and you're simply fine now with no health issues as you are healed. Please keep the Horwath family in your prayers. Hope you got to attend church this past weekend to worship and praise the Lord. I also hope you acknowledge Him above anyone as He is the only One that can forgive you of your sins and give you eternal life in heaven. I think a yo-yo would be the best way to describe our weather wouldn't you? Loving it though, because having a good warm day or two in between the cold snaps, gives me and hopefully you, too, a chance to soak up a little sun and pick up some debris off our yards. Can hardly wait to be outside with warmer temperatures that stay warm and we don't have to think of winter. A belated Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary to Rick and Beverly Hubler on February 14th, 2017. Sure hope you guys had a wonderful day and congratulations. Also, two birthdays I left out for the month of February: Ann Webb 13th and JD Pedigo 21st. Please keep these people on your prayer list: Denise Stanton, Charlie Mai Daniel (Charlie Mai was able to be in church Sunday), the family of Steve Stanley, Edith Miller, Carlon and Mai Nell Melton, and Donna Lawson. March birthdays that are coming up: Ruth Brown, Martha Parker, and Crystal Gannon 4th, Patsy Nixon 8th, Rex Pedigo 10th, Heather Underwood 14th, Melba Nichols 17th, Seal Pedigo (my sister) 20th, Bryan Pitts 21st and T McBroom 26th. Last year on March 7th it was 72 degrees and I push-mowed our back yard. Then on March 16th, I mowed both yards, as it was 87 degrees. Looks like I am gonna have to hire Clyde and Bobby to find a big ole beech tree that Bernie Braswell says is around here at the mountain and is the biggest beech tree in the county or maybe even the state. So big is that tree it takes 4 men probably big in size, too, hand in hand to circle that tree. Sort of like hugging a tree I would imagine. If we choose Bobby and Clyde to do the job, they would have to agree that not weather, poison ivy, poison snakes, a bluegrass singing, or some grizzlies would stop them from the task they were to accomplish when they put their John Henrys on the back of that Snickers candy bar wrapper. Bobby said no one said anything about a grizzly bear. Clyde said he's never seen a grizzly but is sure we have them around here by all the dead cow, calf and horse carcasses here and yonder lying in the bullies. If you have any news for the column, give me a call at 615-563-4429. Have a great day! Thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 2 Samuel 22:29
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