Author: Jerry Blackerby

On Saturday, Nov. 17, the Milburn Church of God has a community Thanksgiving supper and singing. Supper begins at 5 p.m. and singing follows. People from several churches in the area are bringing dishes and planning to sing....

One of our young men, Blake Rowland, has won several honors recently. Rowland lives in our area, but attends Tishomingo High School. Recently Rowland was honored as an A-Plus athlete and recognized on television. Then the...

A Tishomingo exchange student from the Czech Republic, Katerina Kohoutova, visited Milburn First Baptist Church last Sunday. We also had a lunch in the Fellowship Hall for Pastor Appreciation Day. Several of us enjoyed visiting...

My sister recently was telling about an incident involving me and stated it wrong. Although I know not to argue with a person with dementia, my immediate response was to dispute her statement. When she said she knew she was...

A friend recently told me about visiting her aunt, who had Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia, and could hardly carry on a conversation with visitors. As is typical, she had problems conversing with her. My friend saw a book...