Congratulations to Hunter Stanfield and Nicole Richards. They were united in marriage on May 14 at 1 p.m. in the  New Home Missionary Baptist Church. Bro. Mike Clayborn performed the ceremony in the presence of folks and friends.
Jerry and Linda Snow of Nashville visited Martha Snow, Saturday.
Opal Glover and Brad Driver spent Mother’s Day weekend with Violet Sandlin in Carthage. They ate dinner at the Cracker Barrel in Lebanon, Friday.
Congratulations to Debra Hancock. Her name was drawn on the WJLE birthday club. She won a free lunch at Barbara’s Cedar House Resturant.
Doris Linn of Cookeville and Fay Adkins and Larry Daw had lunch at Kilgore’s Restaurant Thursday.
Linda Ferrell attended her niece’s wedding, Saturday. Jessica Dyer and Tyler Cripps were married in the Church of Christ in Alexandria in the presence of a large crowd. It was a beautiful wedding.
Lou Autry Malone and Joyce Wright went to Manchester, Saturday evening. They went to see their grandaughter, Josyln Wings who was in a talent show.
Joyce Wright and Josyln Wings spent Friday night with Lou Autry Malone.
Barbara Burton visited Barbara Self, recently.
Jewell Wiser visited Rebecca Ervin, Saturday evening.
Christine Arnold visited Ruth Sutton, Sunday.
Marie Walls spent Wednesday-Sunday with her son and family, Steve, Susan, Christina, Christophe, and Kimberly Walls, all of Gulf Park, Miss. She went to Mississippi to attend the graduation of Kimberly and Christopher Walls from college.
I recently wrote about Mrs. Della Vaughn, my mother-in-law, who in my opinion was one of the sweetest persons I have ever known.  She was almost like a second mother to me.
I was thinking about her while remembering how times have changed.  Mrs. Vaughn gave birth to eight children; my husband, J.D., was the second.  Back in those days, which was in the 1920’s and 30’s, some ladies didn’t want to admit being pregnant until it was obvious.
Mrs. Vaughn said in the early days of one of her pregnancies that her mother-in-law, Sibby Vaughn, was visiting. 
One morning, Miss Della was chopping cabbage to make kraut.  The more cabbage she chopped, the sicker she became.  It was one of those mornings that many women go through during pregnancy.  Miss Sibby asked Miss Della if she could be pregnant. Miss Della did not want to admit it.  So, she continued to chop more cabbage as fast as she could while shaking her head to indicate ‘no.’
Nowadays, most women can hardly wait to tell their family and friends of the blessed news. 
Yes, that is just one example of how times have changed.