A Wonderful Easter
Easter was wonderful at church. We had an appetizing breakfast, with bacon, smoke sausage, and patty sausage. We also had grits and boiled eggs and toast. We had mixed fresh fruit such as cantaloupe, honeydew mellow, pineapple, apples, strawberries, plums, bananas, white grapes and red grapes. All in all, breakfast was appetizing.
Sunday School was taught by Bro. Tom Wilson. During regular service, Rev. Tevin Nickols rendered a solo along with Sister Pam Banks and Sister Tam Banks. As part of the Easter Program Sister Pam Banks read the meaning of Resurrection Sunday with Jamie Patrick saying a speech and Hope Lewis Townsend’s son saying his speech. The Easter Program ended with Bailey saying her speech.
Culminating we had some older young men such as LaBoris Ross, Anewar Stowers, Jadaze Stowers, Cameron Jones and Chris McClendon hiding Easter Eggs and treats for the very young. The very young had a ball seeking and finding Easter eggs and treats.
Some Sunday visitors were Dr. Lorraine Dozier’s two daughters, Dr. Lanee Riley Johnson MD of Madison, specializing in Internal Medicine, and her husband Stephen Johnson, and Larissa Page of Hattiesburg, her husband Neil Page and their three children, Jordan Riley, a student at JSU who is also doing an internship at WLBT Television Station in Jackson, Joseph Page a student at University of Arkansas, on a Baseball scholarship and Daylan Page a student at Forest High School who is being scouted by all the juror universities in football and basketball. Daylan makes all of us look short.
At Lorraine’s house her sister Jennie Clay was there from Birmingham, with her two daughters, Zina Clay Cousin, of Madison and Regina Clay Harloff of Detroit, Michigan by way of driving her mother down from Birmingham. Jennie’s two granddaughter Elyse Clay Page and her husband E. Page of Birmingham and Devon Clay of Hattiesburg and her three young men, Issiah, August and 3 month old Joseph.
Nathalie Hernandez Shepard and her three children attended church with me on Easter Sunday, Alexiah Shepard, Xhavier Shepard in his Green Suit, vest and pants with a white shirt and his shoes. And lastly Miss Luniah Shepard in her pretty dress just walking everywhere she could get into.
Pam Banks whole family was at church, her daughter, Tam and her two daughters, Jamie and Kasiah, her son, Chaster, and his family was there. The Katherine McClendon Lewis family was at Easter Church Service, Kathy Beamon Johnson and her sons, Cynthia Johnson, Jackie Bobbitt and her children and grandchildren.
Those visiting that I missed, let me know and I will add you next week.
Sympathy to the Thigpen Family in the passing of Beulah Thigpen. Her service was last Saturday at Concord M. B. Church. Her interment was Lovelady Cemetery. Mapp Funeral Home was entrusted with his arrangements.
Sympathy to the Watkins Family in the passing of Martevius Watkins. His service was last Saturday at East Green Grove M. B. Church in Lawrence. His interment was in the church cemetery. Mapp Funeral Home was entrusted with his arrangements.
Sympathy to the Lloyd, Hughes and Broach Families in the passing of Billy Hughes, Alma Broach and David Lloyd. Their services are incomplete at my deadline. All services are entrusted to Mapp Funeral Home.
The Care Facilities: Milton Jerome Banks - Laurel; Shirley McClendon - Gulf Coast.
Remember with your prayers all our sick and shut-ins: Hope Townsend, Tracy McClendon Williams, Diane Beamon, Glenda Strong McKee, Bill Bradford, Sarah Janitha White Johnson, Trudy Stowers Denson, Willie Letha Stowers Peavy, Cora Bell Odom Peavy, Cynthia Lewis Johnson, Marshall Beamon, Lonnie Johnson, Verneda “Ollie” McClendon, Versherica Ficklin, Mattie Holifield, Billy Strong, Wesley Lewis, and David Parrott.
Please call or text me those who are sick, deceased with planned arrangements, and anything remarkable you want publicized about your family. You may reach Delie Shepard by phone/text at 601-507-0992 and email: dshep10399@gmail.com.
