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The living does not outnumber the dead: since the creation about 60 billion people have died.
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28:13, He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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Clinton Heath Massey, 80, passed away December 31st, 2004. He was born in Kerens, Texas to William H. and Meda Massey October 21st, 1924. He is survived by two children, Deborah Sue Bernstein of Carbondale, Illinois and Michael W. Massey of Nashville, Tennessee; one grandchild, Craig Massey of Phoenix, Arizona; and his present wife Dottie and step-children Mike, Mitch, Steve, and Karen; fourteen step-grandchildren and ten great step-grandchildren; one brother, Etheridge Massey of San Diego, California and sister Pauline Massey Adkins of Oceanside, California, and many aunts, cousins, and friends from this area.
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Donald Gene Sullivan, 60, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, January 14th, 2005 at the Veterans Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Memorial services for Mr. Sullivan were held at the Paschal Funeral Home in Kerens, Texas.
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
Throughout my lifetime, whenever I have had occasion to be in contact with medical doctors or hospitals, I always remember Dr. Gurley Sanders. During the decades of the forties, fifties, and sixties Dr. Sanders provided virtually all of the medical care needed by residents of Kerens and its surrounding rural communities.
Dr. Sanders had his office in Kerens. It was on the west side of Colket, the main street of town-- on the same block with the barber shop and the Chamber of Commerce, I think. He did not confine his practice to his office, however. He made house calls, and also visited any patients that had been admitted to P & S Hospital over in Corsicana. In the earlier days of his practice, he delivered babies at home, and it was he who came to the Vernon place east of Kerens on June 8, 1940–the day I made my first appearance in Navarro County. There were many occasions when Dr. Sanders delivered babies whose mothers he had also delivered a generation earlier.
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Column by Sandra Simmons Fox
If I wanted to be negative toward myself, I'd name these pages, "Amateur Antics". I'm aware that I'm not 100% correct in everything I write. I know and remember all the proper rules of sentence construction, but I have become of the mind-set that I just want to do these "markings" the way they feel right as I'm writing them. That is definitely freedom, if I know FREEDOM.
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Tribune Columns: Kerens.Com #86
Corporate Security Post Nine Eleven
October 15th, 2001
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Anybody curious what it is like scurrying around in a large world wide corporation during this scare with wartime terrorism? If you are, stay tuned and listen to this stuff. It's decently interesting. Texas Instruments was right in the middle of the Gulf War ten years ago with the guidance systems we had designed for military targeting usage, but our focus on security and apprehension of attack was really not there. Certainly not like it is right now. Looking back, I think maybe it is because we considered it such a remote possibility that any counter attacks would occur right here in the USA. Now it is not such a far-fetched scenario as we are all well aware.
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Obituary: Lottie Murie Johnston Sessions Caskey
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Lottie Murle Johnston Sessions Caskey, born April 5th, 1917, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 7th, 2005, at the home of her daughter in Corsicana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sydney and Mellie Johnston; 14 brothers and sisters; husband, C.R. “Buddy” Sessions; and husband James W. Caskey.
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
I don’t guess anybody living around Kerens needs much more information about black-eyed peas. Black-eyed peas are a staple of the central Texas diet! Living up in Ohio, however, I miss fresh black-eyed peas. You never find the fresh ones here, only canned peas, and these are not even very good because they are canned dried peas, not canned fresh peas . . . still I faithfully eat a batch of them on New Year’s Day in keeping with the old Texas custom.
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Business: New Business In Corsicana, Texas
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randallh writes "With the start of the new Chilis Restaurant not far away, I'm hoping there will be a bright start for new business in Corsicana, Texas for 2005. I'm also hoping the former SuperKmart building will see a new tenant. Also I would like to see some of the empty spaces at the College Park Mall hopefully get new retail for 2005."
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Anna Lorene Hopkins, 86, of Kerens passed away Tuesday, January 11th, 2005 at Heritage Oaks West Nursing Home in Corsicana.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 13th at the Paschal Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Wes Johnson officiating. Burial followed at the Prairie Point Cemetery. Pallbearers were Byron Vernon, Keith Vernon, Robert Johnson, Bob Lancaster, Tom Tarkington, and Jerry Hopkins.
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
Steve Vernon (my Dad) and my Uncle Lewis both grew up on the old Vernon farm place about a mile and a half east of Kerens, on the Old City Lake Road. At the time they were born, my Grandfather Vernon planted a pear tree for each of his two sons. My Dad and Uncle Lewis are both gone now, and their pear trees have also died and disappeared–but both the men and their trees remain strong in memory.
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Christmas in October, Yes, I know it’s early, by a couple of months, but last Saturday I saw it in action and it really was a Christmas event. Not very long ago one of our special volunteers in Kerens made a visit to a financial advisor in Corsicana to make sure he was getting rich according to schedule. Well, as things happen sometimes, the advisor also happened to be in charge of the annual Christmas in October effort in Corsicana. And of course during the due course of conversation, one thing led to another.
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Foxtales: Foxtales
The Lady’s Pearls of Wisdom
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Column by Sandra Simmons Fox
Nobody wants a visit from gloom and doom by way of other downcast people who are always complaining, and coming out with a myriad of yak yak complaints about ills and troubles. With a letter, the receiver does, at least, have the option of not reading past the first inkling of a dismal dialogue. Even if you have all kinds of safeguards aimed toward avoiding negativity, sometimes, it visits anyway, because people who hurt…want to be comforted and listened to and told how sorry you are.
"Stuff just happens." The other version with one less letter isn’t to be used by dignified grandmothers. Well, I’ll say that things just happen; and I won’t have to worry about saying potty mouth words. That being the case, it still does not mean that other people want to hear endless accounts of your latest vexation. Believe it or not, talking about some things makes them worse, even for the one who is in a state of decrepitude. The person, or persons trying to comfort you are putting forth a brave effort, and a loving one as well, but sick folks just need their space and solitude until they heal. Mine hasn’t, so I’ve become somewhat of a non-social person, which isn’t my nature at all.
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Lucille McCurdy was born February 3rd, 1924 in Beebe, Arkansas and passed away December 20th, 2004. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul McCurdy, two grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. She is survived by sons, Paul E. McCurdy, Charles T. McCurdy, and Bobby L. McCurdy; daughters, Dorothy A. Hicks and Shirley D. Connerly; sisters, Mae Clair and Geneva Pettypool; brother, Joe Barentine; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
Anyone who grew up on a cotton farm knows all about chopping and hoeing cotton. Chopping cotton was an operation that involved the manual thinning of the small cotton plants, as well as the removal of any weeds that had sprouted along with the cotton. When the cotton was planted, the tractor-mounted cotton seeders placed more seed into the seed bed than was expected to grow to maturity. Over planting assured a good stand of cotton. Mechanical thinning was then necessary to eliminate the extra seedlings, and to prevent overcrowding. The person performing this operation was called a cotton chopper. Small armies of cotton choppers moved across the cotton fields around Kerens during the months of May and June to perform this critical task.
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Tribune Columns: Kerens.Com #84
Getting Ready For Homecoming
September 30th, 2001
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Preparations are going on as we speak for homecoming and people are running everywhere. There is so much to do in order to be ready for all our ex-students when they come home. We all have quite a challenge to be as successful in 2001 as we were in 2000 when there was such a great crowd in downtown for the festivities.
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 "I've got some amyls. We could either party later or, like, start his heart."
-- "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie"
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