Two long time residents of the area passed away this week.  Donna Hopping passed away on August 21st.  Hazel Flack passed away on August 20th.  Her funeral was at Living Faith United Methodist Church in Bowen.  Our sympathy to the…

Our sympathy to the friends and family of Richard Smith who lost a courageous battle with cancer this week.  I believe services are to be held on September 1st. Got a notice on face book about the Harry Truman Dinner…

While reading the Quincy paper this week, I noted that Gary Robbins had passed away.  This brought back some memories of Gary and my husband, Ben Gentry.  One weekend, when we were going to Peoria to visit one of my…

Last week Judy Ruggles called to tell me her brother in law, Bob Ruggles, 79 of Richmond, Virginia had passed away.  Bob was the brother of Rich, Judy’s late husband, and Frieda Ward.  Bob’s wife, Donna is a pastor. They…