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IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN
I grew up in a family with deep connections to Necessity, a community located in southeastern Stephens County. When I was growing up, a big event in Necessity was the graveyard working. More refined folks called it the cemetery working. The Necessity Cemetery is the largest rural cemetery in Stephens County. My parents, maternal and…
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THE LITTLE WHITE CHURCH ON THE PRAIRIE with comments by Mary Newton Maxwell
My paternal grandmother, Lenora McCreary Williams, was born and grew up in Parker County, Texas. She referred to the land as rolling prairie. When she was eight years old, her parents, William Rankin and Avis McCreary, joined the Grindstone Branch of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by letter. The year was 1871 I first saw the…
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Giving Thanks
Butch was the offspring of a dachshund mother and a traveling dog. His coat was brindle. More than one person remarked that he was funny looking and ugly. What he lacked in attractiveness was offset by his personality. I wrote the story of the little dog as a children’s book in 1972. It was…
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CITY GIRL AND COUNTRY BOY
Our cousin, Jackie Lee, was two years older than my brother, Carroll. She immediately dubbed him “Boy Baby.” The name stuck. She used it throughout her life. It was a term of endearment she used only within the family. She never used the term in any situation that might embarrass him. Jackie lived in town. …
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A POIGNANT MEMORY
Sometime shortly after Lyndon Johnson died, a close friend and I took our children to Johnson City. In those days, tour buses took visitors to the cemetery, the schoolhouse, and then went on to the ranch. At the show barns and arena, we disembarked the bus, and the guide took everyone in to talk about…
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LOST FINCH
I have my dogs. My daughter has her cats. My cousin, Lanier, did not have a dog or cat to keep her company. She had a finch. She enjoyed her bird friend as much as others enjoy their four-legged animal friends. She would take the finch from the cage and talk to it as it…
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MY VALENTINE
Ken proposed to me on Valentine’s Day in 1954. We went to dinner at a steakhouse in Ponder. He proposed later that evening. We were both students at North Texas State College. (Now University of North Texas) Ken worked in the college library. He worked 100 hours a month for 30 cents an hour. This…
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Goodbye Miss Daisy
Losing a pet is a sad occasion. Daisy came to us because she would not stay in our son’s yard in Weatherford. We were in the country with room for her to roam. She remained an escape artist. She had to adjust to our other dogs. Our oldest dog was an old English sheepdog…
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Thanksgiving Prayer Request, Another Repeat
Nov. 24, 2015 / by Charlcyann We will gather this week with family and friends to give thanks for our many blessings. Ken and I are thankful for the wonderful young people in our family. Our two youngest granddaughters are beauties, both inside and out. They are conscientious, studious, hard working girls. A…
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Thankful for Spotted Cows
I do not have any new posts for Thanksgiving This is a repeat from two years ago. 14/11/25 at 4.55pm / by Charlcyann / 0 Comment Gratitude should be constantly expressed and not just on a special day. If we practice thankfulness, we have less time for complaining. We will have…