Special congratulations go out this week to Blondie Morris on the birth of her new great-grandson, Cameron Scott Segars. He was born Sept. 30 to Scott and Tara Segars, weighing six pounds and five ounces and measuring 18 inches long. He is the great-grandson of Gwendolyn Segars and the grandson of Gerald ad Beverly Cochrane and Jimmy and Sandra Segars.

Happy belated birthday wishes go out this week to Ronnie O’Kelley on Nov. 28, Janna H. Pevahouse on Nov. 29 and Jewel Hughes, Ava Lyneece Mason, John Wesley Owens, all on Nov. 30.

Members of McKendree United Methodist Church express prayers this week for the following: Teresa Abercrombie, Parker Alexander, Mary Arnold, Erlene Ballew, Donna Burchum, Joanne Black, Ray Brown, Lorene Bryant, Danny Byford, Jimmy and Wanda Clark, Robbie Gayle Coffee, Chase Cross, Marlin Crumbley, Tim Dunlap, Gene Durand, Mary Dutton, James Estes, Howard Garnett, Woodfin Greg, Betty Hampton, Randy and Julie Haynes, Jerry Helms, Bonnie Holmes, Nell Howell, Kerry Johnson, Steve Lavender, Bill Lewis, Sadie Long, Elliot Malone, Annette Mann, Alita Miller, Earline Morris, Steve Norman, Florence Parker, Pat and Dee Patterson, Rufus Penn, Ruth Perry, Robert Pope, Beth Powell, Andy and Cindy Roberts, the family of Frances Moore Rowe, Greg Sams, Cecil Segler, Lynn Slayton, Kimberly Smith, Shelby Spinks, Jonathon Spruell. Sadie St, John, Tammy Stover, Phillip Summer-ford, Tom Summerford, Canitha Thomas, Derrill Tomlin, Cheryl Vaughn, Buckley Williams, Joy Davis Williams.

Sympathy is extended to the families of John Crawford, Evelyn Helms, Libby Malone, Cline Shaneyfelt, Dick Townsend and Frances Moore Rowe.

Those on the McKendree UMC prayer list who are residents of area assisted living and nursing homes are: Madeline Burns, Ann Douglas, Louie Dutton, Hattie Mae Hardin, Jean Lawrence, Edna Lee, David Parker, Lois Penn, Andy Roper, Robert Sandlin, Marie Saint, Jean Stisher, Vertie Townsend and Lou Annie Watts.

Congratulations and best wishes go out to Dustin and Lee Ann Jones who were married on Oct. 8 by Shady Grove Baptist Church Pastor Tom Campbell.

Shady Grove Baptist Church members express heartfelt prayers for the following military personnel and their families: Brandon Jones and Aaron Money, both in Afghanistan; Jack C. Herbert, Lance Brown, Derek Jones, Lance Brown, Anthony Thomas, Matthew Young, Lee Thompson and Brad Wallace, all in Iraq; Jeffrey Green and Robert Green, both on the USS Mason; and Jeremy White, Virginia.

Christian love and sympathy is extended this week to the following families: Florence Painter and family in the death of her son-in-law, Gerald Butch Kempke and Bari Camper and family in the death of her uncle, Louie Garrett, Tracy LaRoche and family in the death of her aunt, Margaret “Cartha” Franks, Zack Sydney and Nick Alred and families in the death of their grandfather, Owen Dewayne “Odie” Holland, Tricia O”Kelley and family in the death of her great-uncle, Zemon Crow and Connie Campbell and family in the death of her aunt and uncle, .

Shady Grove Baptist Church members remembered the following deceased church members on their birthdays recently: Ruha Lee Roberts (Nov. 9, 1919 – June 28, 2009), {Pauline Moore (Nov. 18, 1915 – Jan. 23, 2008) and Bertie Price (Nov. 19, 1921 – Aug. 15, 2004).