Donald and Paulette Fletcher came by and took Billy Fletcher with them to the McGill Family Reunion, May 25. Billy says that he is doing well. Duane and Jeanette Hesterley visited for a while with Norma Lea and Terry Stillings over Memorial weekend. Norma Lea reports that she is doing…
Norma Stillings and her son, Dan, decorated graves at the Bragg, Denny, and Burdett Cemeteries, Saturday afternoon. Then Monday, she, Dan, and her friend, Bobbye Priddy attended the Veterans Memorial Service at the Ava Cemetery. Norma and Dan drove out to the Mt. Tabor Cemetery later. When you see the…
Last Wednesday, Billy Fletcher and members of the “Needle and Thimble Quilting Club” ate at Lambert’s in Ozark. Billy had fallen outside recently and ended up with a cracked bone in a sprained wrist. His friends are telling him to be sure and carry his phone when he goes out,…
Wendell Daugherty treated his mother, Jean Daugherty, to lunch, Saturday, for Mother’s Day at Cookie’s in Theodosia. George and Donna Dale and Billy Fletcher were part of her group. When I went in to the Douglas County Herald office to do some business last week, I got a great surprise.…
When I got back from my fitness exercise, Monday, I had three phone messages waiting wishing me a happy birthday. Then I opened my e-mails there was another. That is a great way to begin another year. I called to see how Jewell Johnson is doing. Lowell says that she…
Brother Tom Johnson had comforted so many of us, visiting the sick in hospitals, in homes, and in the nursing homes. He had comforted us when our loved ones moved through the shadow of death, always pointing the way to Christ. He had expressed his confidence in the Lord so…
Norma Stillings has kept up her visits to the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center. She noticed her neighbor, Tom Johnson, looking stronger. His goal is to go home soon and it looks like he will do it. There have been visitors at the Johnson home and at the Healthcare…
Tom and Jewell Johnson have been facing some very serious health issues lately. Many people have prayed for them, hoping for a full and complete recovery. We were glad to hear that both of them were better. We learned that Tom had been moved into a hospital room. Jewell has…
Gary Emrick visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson. It won’t be long until yard clean up and mowing will start again. Norma Stillings visited residents at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Tuesday morning and stopped for a while at Ava Place that afternoon. Some of the residents from…
Claud Robertson and Gary Emrick stopped by for visits with Tom and Jewell Johnson recently. Besides being a good friend, Claud works at Town and Country Supermarket. Gary has done a lot of mowing and yard work for Tom and Jewell. Norma Stillings attended the Resident Councils and visited with…
Freeda Holt was a recent visitor in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson. Kylie (Johnson) Loftin brought her young daughter, Breelyn Loftin, for a visit with her great-great grandparents, Tom and Jewell. There is nothing more special than seeing your children’s children to the third and fourth generation. Breelyn…
Billy Fletcher, Doris Holman, Carol Riggs, and John Truhe had dinner, Sunday, at the home of Fred Lindberg. Norma Stillings attended the support the Handicapped Board meeting Tuesday evening at the Sheltered Workshop. She made visits to Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Ava Place, and Rocky Ridge in Mansfield…
Betty Jenkins and Lenore Burton visited recently with Tom and Jewell Johnson. Claude Robertson also made a recent visit. Kent Johnson brought his grandsons, Conner and Kyler Johnson, for a visit with the great-great grandparents. Billy Fletcher had knee surgery Monday, January 7, his good friends, Edgar and Sharon Stewart…
The Stillings family gathered together, Saturday, afternoon to celebrate Christmas. Cliff and Debra Bohnstedt of Springfield, Tom Stillings and Joyce Greenwood of Ozark, Stanley Stillings of Squires, Alan Stillings and Dan Stillings had lunch at the home of Norma Stillings in Ava. They talked by phone with Don Stillings of…
Billy Fletcher said that Christmas Carolers from Life Church came by last Thursday to sing for him. Janice Keith visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Norma Stillings started out with a lot of energy last week. She played Christmas Songs at residential care homes in Mansfield and Hartville…
Janice Keith visited Tom and Jewell Johnson recently. Tom and Jewell are still able to live at home due mainly to the assistance they get from their sons, Lowell and Larry. Grandson, Kent Johnson, is there all the time as well. Norma Stillings played Christmas music at Rocky Ridge in…
Billy Fletcher, Doris Holman, Carol Riggs, John Fruhe, and Stanley Goodrich had Thanksgiving dinner in the home of Fred and Charlie Lindberg. The Saturday following Thanksgiving, Billy had dinner with Edgar and Sharon Stewart and some of their folks. Norma Stillings made visits at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare…
Freeda Holt was a recent visitor in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson. There was a Thanksgiving gathering in the home of Kent and Kim Johnson, and another gathering, Sunday, after church in the home of Larry and Shirley Johnson. Tom said that they had enough food brought over…
Albert and Doris Elliot visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson recently. Norma Stillings and her son, Dan, drove to Springfield, Saturday for lunch and a visit with Debra Bohnstedt. Cliff was in the deer woods for the day. Norma, Dan, and Debra attended a birthday party for their cousin, Gail…
Coetta Posey of this neighborhood and her son, David Posey, visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson, last week. Billy Fletcher said that he and the Star Workers Club went to Norwood last Thursday for lunch at R & M Dutch Cooking. Billy invited his friends, Edgar and Sharon Stewart to…
Janet Davis of Lebanon, Barbara Whittaker of Marshfield, Wendell and Linda Daugherty of Theodosia, and Jean Daugherty of Ava visited with Billy Fletcher, Saturday. Doris Holman, Carol Riggs, John Fruhe, and Billy went out to the home of Fred and Charlie Lindberg after church Sunday. They were celebrating Doris’s birthday.…
Gary Mitchell was a recent visitor in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson. Tom and Jewell are still able to live in their own home, thanks to the grace of God and the willingness of their two sons and other family members to make that possible. Norma Stillings had…
This was a special week for Norma Stillings, her Uncle Don Putnam of Thousand Oaks, California and her son, Don Stillings, and his wife Jodi, of Anaheim, California came to Springfield, Missouri for a visit with several of the family members here. Don Putnam was able to visit with his…
Tommy Roberts was a recent visitor in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson. Tom and Jewell appreciate his visits. Norma Stillings attended the 2012 Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Training Conference, September 24-26, at Osage Beach. The purpose of the conference was to become more knowledgeable in advocating for residents…
Tom and Jewell Johnson were blessed with visits from some very good friends during the past week. Tommy Roberts, Janice Keith, and R.E. Helsey had been to see them. Norma Stillings played the piano at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Saturday morning and then drove out to Tony…
Tommy Roberts visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Tom and Jewell are still doing pretty well. Norma Stillings attended the “Old Folks” Day at Mt. Tabor, Sunday afternoon. There were readings and songs that either laugh at the dilemmas of aging or speak in fond memory of the…
Lena Goss was a recent visitor in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson. Tommy Roberts visited with them, Saturday. Norma Stillings took her friend, Paulette Walls, to Springfield, Monday for a doctor’s appointment and a medical test. They ate supper in Springfield, because it was getting late when they…
Tommy Roberts visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson, recently. They had another treat when their grandson, Kent Johnson, brought his grandsons, Conner and Kyler, over for a visit. Norma Stillings made visits to Ava Place, Thursday morning, and to the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Thursday afternoon to talk…
Tommy Roberts and Feieda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson recently. Tom and Jewell are doing fairly well and still thank the Lord for their blessings. Norma Stillings attended the Dawson-Bragg Family Reunion held Saturday at the Senior Center in Mt. Vernon. Norma drove to Springfield and her daughter,…
Dick and Dorothy Kimble of Iowa were recent visitors in the home of Terry Stillings and his sister, Norma Lea. Dorothy’s mother, Lois Maggard Fitzgerald, was a sister to their mother, Nora Maggard Stillings. Norma Stillings attended the Candidate Forum last Thursday evening at the Ava Community Center. Joe Corum…
Tommy Roberts visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson recently. Tom and Jewell are able to live in their home largely because of the support of their sons and the rest of the family. They thank God for their good family. Pete and Anna Goos of Lee’s Summit and their granddaughter,…
Billy Fletcher called the other evening. He wanted tell that he had been baptized, June 24. He said that he had been saved for a long time, but for several reasons had not been baptized. He had come under conviction about it, so much so, that his friend Edgar Stewart…
Odie Kresse visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Tom and Jewell have been blessed with good friends and a good family. Their sons and the rest of the family are really good to Tom and Jewell. When people honor their parents like that, it is a sign that…
Doug Irwin and his family visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Norma Stillings visited at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Tuesday afternoon. She attended a meeting of the Support the Handicapped Board, Tuesday evening, worked in the garden Wednesday, visited at Ava Place, Thursday morning, played…
Billy Fletcher went to church with his aunt, Jean Daugherty, at Ava General Baptist, May 20. After church they joined George and Donna Dale and went to Marshfield to have dinner with Dennie and Barbara Whitaker. They were celebrating Dennie’s birthday that day. Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc…
Billy Fletcher, his friends, Edgar and Sharon Stewart, joined with the Star Workers Club for lunch at the Rusty Spur in Seymour, last Tuesday. This was in recognition of Mother’s Day. Sunday, after church, Billy Fletcher, Mike and Linda Wilson, and Edgar and Sharon Stewart had Mother’s Day Dinner at…
Norma Stillings celebrated her 75th birthday, Sunday. Her sister, Anna Goos, and brother-in-law Pete came from Lee’s Summit, Saturday, to help her celebrate. Debra Bohnstedt of Springfield, Tom Stillings and Joyce Greenwood of Ozark, Stanley Stillings of Squires, and Alan Stillings of Ava joined them for lunch at Ruby Garden.…
Norma Stillings had a nice surprise when she got a phone call from a cousin last Wednesday afternoon. Bill and Shirley Saunders of Irving, Texas had driven to Ava to try to find the graves of her grandmother, Lucy Brown Brixey, and great grandmother, Mary Davidson Brown Fannon, who are…
Billy Fletcher had lunch with the Needle and Thimble Quilt Club, Wednesday at the Rusty Spur in Seymour. Carl and Joan Fletcher stopped by for a visit with Billy, Saturday. Billy visited his Aunt Jean Daugherty, Saturday evening. Billy and his friend, Carol Riggs, went out for dinner at Fred…
Norma Stillings and several other volunteers for the Long-term Care Ombudsman Agency attended a meeting and had lunch with staff members at the Southwest Center for Independent Living (SCIL) in Springfield, Monday. The two organizations made presentations and asked questions on how they serve people with disabilities. The goal of…
Norma Stillings had a busy week. She attended the Douglas County Homemakers meeting where representatives of the Nubbin Ridge and Star Workers Clubs met to make plans for the DOW Spring Fling that will held April 17. Then she had lunch with the Retired Teachers at Pizza Hut. That evening…
Sharon Cherry visited with Billy Fletcher last Friday. Saturday, Billy, his aunt, Jean Daugherty, Barbara Whittaker, and George and Donna Dale went to the home of Janet and Ray Davis to celebrate Jean’s birthday. During the past week, Norma Stillings drove her friend Paulette Walls to Springfield for a medical…
Albert and Doris Elliott, Lenora Burton, and Betty Jenkins visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Tom and Jewell are happy to have such good friends coming in for visits. Norma Stillings made visits and played the piano at the Heart of the Ozarks and Rocky Ridge Healthcare Centers…
Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc visited with his brother, Billy Fletcher, Saturday evening. Jean Daugherty visited with Billy, Saturday and again Monday. I made the usual trips to Rocky Ridge at Mansfield and Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare in Ava to play the piano and visit. It is…
Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc visited with Billy Fletcher last week. Cliff and Debra Bohnstedt of Springfield, Tom Stillings and Joyce Greenwood of Ozark, Stanley Stillings of Squires, Alan Stillings, and Dan Stillings gathered at the home of Norma Stillings to celebrate the birthdays of Alan and Tom,…
Janice Keith, R.E. Helsley, and Freeda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Tom and Jewell do appreciate the visits from these fine people. Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc visited with Billy Fletcher, Friday evening. Billy, Carol Riggs, Stanley Goodrich, and John Truhe had Sunday dinner…
Denny Roberts, Leon Potter, and Freeda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Having good friends and a good family are blessings that Tom and Jewell enjoy. Norma Stillings was busy as usual with nursing home visits, paper work, and meetings. Being a community volunteer is almost like…
Freeda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson again last week. Although they have family around them all the time, it is nice to have a visitor. Norma Stillings drove Paulette Walls to a doctor’s appointment, Monday. They enjoyed mild temperatures and a beautiful sunlit day. On the way home…
Carl and Joan Fletcher visited with Billy Fletcher, Friday. Billy went out to Fred and Charlie Lindberg’s for dinner, New Year’s Day. Carol Riggs, Stanley Goodrich, and Henry and Lee Weller were also present. Cliff and Debra Bohnstedt of Springfield, Stanley Stillings of Squires, Tom Stillings and Joyce Greenwood of…
Billy Fletcher attended the TOPS Christmas Dinner at Sonshine Café, Tuesday evening. Thursday, Billy’s brother, Donald Fletcher of Fair Grove brought Christmas gifts. Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc brought gifts, Thursday afternoon. Billy and his friends, Doris Holman, Carol Riggs, Stanley Goodrich and several others had Christmas dinner,…
R.E. Helsley, Freeda Holt, and Nora Mae Edwards were visitors in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc visited with Billy Fletcher, Saturday morning. Billy rode to Springfield with Edgar and Sharon Stewart one day last week. They were visiting with…
Claude Robertson was a recent visitor in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson. Billy Fletcher rode along with Edgar and Sharon Stewart last Thursday when they drove a friend, Sue Hartgraves, to a doctor appointment in Springfield. Billy attended the Nimble Thimble Quilting Club Annual Christmas Party, Saturday evening…
Sam Frye spent Thanksgiving week visiting with family members in Davenport, Iowa and Rockford and Rochelle area of northern Illinois. His son, Rod Frye, and his sisters, Lena Sears, Hester Ranick, and Maxine Levan and members of their families live in that area. Sam said that there was about thirteen…
A week ago Saturday, Carl Fletcher of Bois D’arc, Carl Glenn Fletcher, and Donald Fletcher of Fair Grove came by for a visit with Billy Fletcher. Donald Fletcher came, Sunday, and spent the night. Monday, Edgar and Sharon Stewart took Billy to a doctor’s appointment in Springfield. Thursday, Billy, his…
Janice Keith, Lenora Burton, and Betty Jenkins were recent visitors in the home of Tom and Jewell Johnson. Of course Tom and Jewell’s sons, Larry Johnson and Lowell Johnson, and grandson, Kent Johnson were seen going in and out more than once. Norma Stillings attended the November meeting of the…
Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc visited with Billy Fletcher this week. Tom and Jewell Johnson are getting along quite well for a couple in their nineties. They have a lot of help from their sons, Lowell and Larry. Lowell stays with them and Larry goes in and out…
Carl and Joan Fletcher visited with Billy Fletcher, Saturday. Billy Fletcher, Carol Riggs, and Stanley Goodrich went out to the home of Fred and Charlie Lindberg, Sunday to attend a birthday celebration for Doris Holman. Norma Stillings visited at the Heart of the Ozarks, Tuesday afternoon and Saturday morning. She…
Don Stillings of Anaheim, California and his great uncle, Don Putnam, of Thousand Oaks, California came to Ava for a three day visit with family members in this area. While here, they visited with Don Stillings’s mother, Norma Stillings, brother, Dan Stillings, nephew, Alan Stillings, his dad, Stanley Stillings, and…
Dan Stillings spent all of last week being “Tool Man Dan.” He did what he could to keep track of tools that had been borrowed for the Community Playground Project. He went early and came home late. A lot of people put in a lot of work to complete the…
Billy Fletcher and Edgar and Sharon Stewart drove to Mountain Grove, Wednesday, and ate at the Hay Loft. They visited with Georgia Mae Smith and Dorman afterward. Billy and his Aunt Jean Daugherty drove to Marshfield, Saturday afternoon and had supper with Dennie and Barbara Whittaker. A notable thing that…
Carl and Joan Fletcher visited with Billy Fletcher, Saturday. Edgar and Sharon Stewart took Billy to a medical appointment in Springfield, Monday. Norma Stillings was especially busy last week. It just happened that the Douglas County Homemakers’ semi-annual meeting, the Retired Teachers monthly meeting, the Support the Handicapped monthly meeting,…
Norma Stillings attended the meeting of the Nubbin Ridge Homemakers, at the Sonshine Café, Thursday afternoon. Eva Painter was the hostess. Norma drove out to Skyline School for a meeting of the University Extension Council, Thursday evening. Norma Stillings joined with some of the Retired Teachers for lunch at the…
Billy Fletcher went with Edgar and Sharon Stewart for lunch Sunday at Rusty Spurs in Seymour to celebrate Edgar’s birthday. Billy’s Aunt Jean Daugherty visited with him several times this week. Cliff and Debra Bohnstedt drove down from Springfield, Monday morning to visit with Debra’s mother, Norma Stillings. Debra prepared…
Claude Robertson visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Great granddaughter, Kylie Loftin, also came by for a visit with Tom and Jewell. Norma Stillings got word from Chalmer Hendrix of Riverbank, California that his brother, Virgil Hendrix, had died. Several members of the Hendrix and Rogers families had…
Janice Keith visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Although it is not “news” you see the family there every day. Norma Stillings is still limiting her activities due to a bad cough. Even though the cough is not supposed to be infectious, it sure hangs on. Norma’s air…
Billy Fletcher, Ginny Lyon, Dennis and Susan Fritz, and Edgar and Sharon Stewart celebrated Sharon’s birthday by driving to Seymour, after church Sunday for lunch at the Rusty Spurs Café. Norma Stillings attended the Support the Handicapped Board meeting at the sheltered workshop, Tuesday evening. She visited at the Heart…
The rains came, there is a break in the temperatures, the grass is growing again, and some green beans are pushing up in the garden. We had prayed for rain and now thank God for it. We can remember some years in the past when a hot and dry August…
Edgar and Sharon Stewart took Sue Hartgraves and Billy Fletcher to doctors appointments in Springfield, Thursday. Saturday, Billy’s cousins, Tom and Connie Knepp, of Iowa City, Iowa visited with him. Donald and Paulette Fletcher of Fair Grove and their granddaughter, Marlene Edgeman, visited with Billy, Sunday. Norma Stillings had one…
Freeda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson one day last week. Donald Fletcher of Fair Grove visited with his brother, Billy Fletcher, last Wednesday. Jean Daugherty came over for a visit with Billy, Saturday. Billy attended the 60th Wedding Anniversary celebration in honor of Bill and Wanda Huffman at…
Donald Fletcher of Fair Grove and his brother, Billy Fletcher, visited with Carl and Joan Fletcher at the farm last Wednesday. Donald came back Thursday morning early Thursday to do some yard work. Jean Daugherty visited with Billy, Thursday afternoon. Thursday evening, Carl and Joan stopped by on their way…
Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’ Arc visited with Billy Fletcher, Monday afternoon. Billy’s aunt Jean Daugherty visited with him Saturday. Edgar Stewart took Billy to a doctor’s appointment Monday. Norma Stillings went to the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center a couple of times, last week and Rocky…
Norma Stillings had a big family gathering at her house Saturday evening. They celebrated Debra Bohnstedt’s birthday and a visit with Juhi Goos. Juhi who lives in New Jersey came to Missouri for a two-week visit with her grandparents, Pete and Anna Goos, and her uncle, Roger Goos, of Lee’s…
Carl and Joan Fletcher visited with his brother, Billy Fletcher last Monday. Billy’s Aunt Jean Daugherty visited with him, Saturday. Sunday, Billy Fletcher and Stanley Goodrich were honored with a birthday dinner at the home of Charlie and Fred Lindberg. Carol Riggs and Doris Holman were there also. Lois Wideman…
R.E. Helsey visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Brenda Haden and Aletha Sullivan also visited. Their sons, Larry Johnson and Lowell Johnson, grandson, Kent, and other members of the family are Tom and Jewell’s daily help. Norma Stillings attended the Ladies Retreat June 8 to 11 at Camp…
Billy Fletcher and his aunts, Jean Daugherty and Mabel Everett, drove to Springfield to attend the memorial service for Tommy R. Gann, Friday evening, at Cherry Street Baptist Church. Tommy Gann was the brother of Paulette Fletcher, Billy’s sister-in-law. Norma Stillings attended the CHART meeting at the Missouri Ozarks Community…
Billy Fletcher attended the McGill Reunion, Saturday. Sunday, Billy went to a birthday party for Carol Riggs at the home of Fred and Charlie Lindberg. Doris Holman and Stanley Goodrich were there also. Jean Daugherty visited with Billy, Monday afternoon. Freeda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week.…
Nora Edwards visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Terry Stillings and his sister, Norma Lea Stillings, had a good visit with their uncle and aunt, Jody and Modeana Hall, and cousin, Anita, Saturday. They had come from Springfield to decorate some family graves. Norma Jean Stillings got to…
Claude Robertson and James Degase visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Tom and Jewell’s son, Lowell Johnson, is still staying with them. Their other son, Larry Johnson, and grandson, Kent Johnson, are there often as they have for years. Larry’s wife, Shirley sends food. All this good help…
Billy Fletcher and his aunt, Jean Daugherty, drove to Mountain Grove, Saturday afternoon to visit with Dorman and Georgia Mae (Smith) Edwards. Georgia Mae lived in the same neighborhood as Jean when she was growing up. Billy took his good friends, Edgar and Sharon Stewart, for Mother’s Day lunch at…
Carl and Joan Fletcher visited with his brother, Billy Fletcher, Saturday. Billy and his Aunt Jean Daugherty went to Walnut Grove, Sunday afternoon, to hear the Heritage Singers. Janice Keith and Jo Stephens visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Their sons, Larry Johnson and Lowell Johnson, a grandson…
Tom and Jewell Johnson did not have “new” news. Their boys were still seeing about them. Generally speaking that means that their sons, Larry Johnson and Lowell Johnson, and grandson, Kent Johnson help them in some way everyday. Shirley Johnson sends food and Tom says it’s not just a little.…
Dessie Miller visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson one day last week. Tom said that the boys had been in several times. Norma Stillings attended the Douglas and Ozark Counties RTA meeting Tuesday at noon. She attended the Hospice Compassus Volunteer Luncheon at the office in Mountain Grove, Wednesday. She…
Tom and Jewell Johnson had several phone calls and visitors on the occasion of his 96th birthday this week. Tom and Jewell’s “kids” came in and out as they usually do. Tom preached Sunday morning at Springcreek Church, which is a blessing for the people of Springcreek Church. Gene and…
Donald Fletcher of Fair Grove, Missouri visited with his brother, Billy Fletcher, Thursday. Jean Daugherty visited with Billy, Saturday afternoon. I was honored to receive the John Dickison award for community service at the Ava Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet, Saturday evening. An honor like this is especially nice when…
Norma Stillings, who serves as a volunteer ombudsman for the residents of the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, attended the 2011 Volunteer Ombudsman training conference “Portrait of an Advocate,” Monday and Tuesday, March 21-22 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia. There were sessions on Mental Health, Loss and…
Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc stopped by for a visit with Billy Fletcher, Saturday. Jean Daugherty visited with Billy, Sunday afternoon. Janice Spicer and Claude Robertson visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson recently. Tom and Jewell Johnson are both in their nineties, stay in their own home, go…
Harold and Kay Hutchison visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson one day last week. Janice Keith also visited with them in the week. Billy Fletcher has had quite an experience. He had been out for supper with friends at Larkin’s last Tuesday evening. When he returned home and stepped out…
Sam Frye visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson one evening last week. Sam talks by phone with his sisters, Lena Sears in Rockford, Illinois, Hester Ranick in Rochelle, and Maxine Levan in Bettendorf, Iowa. They are still doing pretty well. Sam had also talked with sister-in-law, Lois Pellham in Moses…
George and Donna Dale, Jean Daugherty, and Billy Fletcher drove to Lebanon for a visit with Ray and Janet Davis, Saturday. Carol Riggs, Doris Holman, Stanley Goodrich, and Billy Fletcher went to the home of Fred and Charlie Lindberg for Pizza, Sunday. Norma Stillings made her usual visits to the…
Freeda Holt, Larry Haden, and Bill Haden visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Of course they had family coming and going as well. Norma Stillings went to the Ladies Bible Study last Thursday morning at Bethany Baptist Church, she attended a Hospice Volunteer meeting that afternoon at the…
Odie Kresse visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Norma Stillings went to Rocky Ridge in Mansfield and Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center last week to play the piano and visit with residents. Most residents prefer the old hymn and gospel songs that they heard when they were…
When the ice, sleet, and snow fell a week ago, Norma Stillings was happy to be safe inside, and stayed there until Friday. She is fortunate to have a son, Dan, and grandson, Alan, who are not afraid to go out on the ice. They were able to clear part…
Toni VanDyne visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. They have received lots of phone calls, visits, and help from friends and family members lately. Tom preached Sunday morning. Norma Stillings attended a meeting of CHART, last Thursday at the conference room at MOCH Clinic. Friday, she drove to…
Claude Robertson visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Tom and Jewell have family members coming in giving them all kinds of help. Norma Stillings had a colonoscopy in Springfield last Wednesday. That meant that all day Tuesday was spent getting ready for the procedure and all day Thursday…
Albert and Doris Elliot and Freeda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. Jewell said that the “kids” are always coming in. Tom attended church with them, Sunday. Sam said that he did not have any news to report. He has been eating at the Senior Citizens now…
R.E. Helsley of Mansfield and Gary Emrick of Ava visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson last week. The family comes in all the time and are very good to help Tom and Jewell with everything from providing good food to taking them to doctor visits. Their son, Lowell Johnson, is…
Billy Fletcher went out to the home of Charlie Lindberg on New Year’s Day. Billy’s brother, Donald Fletcher, of Fair Grove visited with him, Monday. Tom Stillings and Joyce Greenwood of Ozark, Harlan and Cathy Lupton of Billings, Cliff and Debra Bohnstedt of Springfield and Stanley Stillings of Squires had…
Dan Stillings sang a special song Sunday morning and the Jubilee Singers sang one in the evening. Pastor Bob Sorensen brought a message from the book of Jeremiah 18:1-6, “Broken in the Potter’s Hands” Jeremiah lived in the days when Judah had become so caught up in idolatry, corruption, moral…
Donald Fletcher of Fair Grove visited with his brother, Billy Fletcher, Saturday morning before the funeral service of their Uncle Howard McGill. Billy Fletcher and Carol Riggs attended the Nimble Fingers Quilting Club’s Christmas Party at the Squires Community Center, Saturday evening. Billy’s Aunt Jean Daugherty visited with him, Sunday.…
Lowell Johnson is still staying with his parents, Tom and Jewell Johnson, to help out for a time. Tom and Jewell have had lots of phone calls and visits. Lenora Burton, Gary Streight, Paul Welch, Raymond and Naida Haden, and Nora Mae Edwards all have visited in the last week.…
Billy Fletcher visited his uncle, Howard McGill, at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Friday, to help celebrate Howard’s 98th birthday. Howard passed away Monday morning just three days after his birthday. Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc visited with Billy Fletcher on the way to the farm,…
Larry Johnson, his son, Kent Johnson, and grandson, Kodie Johnson, had lunch with Tom and Jewell Johnson one day last week. Bob and Janice Keith visited with Tom and Jewell, Saturday evening. Tom and Jewell had Thanksgiving Dinner with Kent and Kim Johnson’s family, Thursday and then another big dinner…
Sam Frye has been keeping up with his sisters and kids in Illinois and Texas by phone and they are doing about the same. Sam was planning a trip to Texas to visit his daughters and their families there. He’s been going to church and other community events. Sam said…
The stop signs have been changed in our neighborhood in order to slow traffic coming off of Highway 5. This has not slowed traffic coming up and down 13th Street, but it should make it safer for children and the elderly who walk on or near 4th and 9th avenues.…
Pete and Anna Goos of Lees’ Summit, Missouri and their granddaughter, Juhi Goos, of Marlboro, New Jersey visited in the home of Norma Stillings, her son, Dan Stillings, and grandson, Alan, last Wednesday morning. Juhi visited with some of her cousins on the Goos side of the family in the…
The frost hit the last of the tomatoes, zucchini, and green bean plants and brought an end to the summer garden at Norma Stillings’s home in the Rainbow Ridge neighborhood. The only things that are left are some lettuce and onions. Norma had time to dig up some ferns Wednesday…
Daylene Robertson visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson one day last week. Billy Fletcher said that he had not had any visitors this last week. He had attended the D.O.W. Homemakers Clubs’ Achievement Day that was held in Ava, last Tuesday. Norma Stillings attended the D.O.W. Homemakers Clubs’ Achievement Day,…
Five generations of the Tom and Jewell Johnson family ate lunch together, Sunday, after church at the Sonshine Café. Tom and Jewell are thankful for the support of their family and for the blessing of being able to stay in their own home. Billy Fletcher met Sue Hartgraves for dinner…
Jean Daugherty visited with her nephew, Billy Fletcher, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They went out for breakfast, Monday morning. Norma Stillings visited at Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center a couple of times last week and went to Rocky Ridge at Mansfield, Friday, to play the piano and visit residents…
Norma Stillings did a lot of resting this last week, but she did make her visits at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center Tuesday afternoon and Saturday morning. She worked in the yard Wednesday went to a dental appointment, Thursday afternoon. She took her friend Paulette Walls to get…
Freeda Holt visited with Tom and Jewell Johnson one day last week. Tom and Jewell attended the wedding of their great-granddaughter, Kylie Johnson, and Tyler Loftin last Saturday afternoon. Billy Fletcher went to the Senior Center for the “Miles for Meals, Biscuit and gravy breakfast, Saturday morning. He listened to…
Bob Levey and Larry Fletcher came Friday and stayed overnight in the home of Billy Fletcher. Billy’s Aunt Jean Daugherty stopped for a visit Saturday. Monday, Edgar and Sharon Stewart, Sue Hartgraves, and Billy Fletcher drove to the Lake of the Ozarks for the day. R.E. Helsley of Mansfield visited…
Sam Frye got a call from his daughter, Nancy Hooten, in Texas. The Texas kids and grandkids are doing okay. Sam called his sisters, Lena Sears and Hester Ranick, in Rockford and Rochelle, Illinois and they are also doing okay. Carl and Joan Fletcher of Bois D’arc stopped by for…
Billy Fletcher went to Donald and Paulette Fletcher’s home at Fair Grove, Saturday, for a fish fry. Norma Stillings and her friends, Bobbye Priddy and Betty Moore, went to Silver Dollar City, Tuesday, for a day at the Southern Gospel Picnic. It was a beautiful day and there was good…
