Junior and Helen Taylor of Neel celebrated their  23rd wedding anniversary July 25. Best wishes for a happy day and many more years together.
Special belated happy birthday wishes go out this week to Alan Lacy on July 19, Janis Spinks on July 20 and Elizabeth Clark on July 21.
Special belated happy birthday wishes also go out to Monica Doherty and McKensie Alred, both on July 23, Scharlotte McAbee and Leon Self, both on July 24, and Hunter LaRoche on July 25.
Belated happy wedding anniversary wishes go out to Steve and Cindy Poole on July 21.
Happy belated wedding anniversary wishes also to  Gary and Penny Vest. They celebrated their fifth anniversary July 22.
Shady Grove Baptist Church members express Christian love and prayers for the following: Jeremy Lacy, Yinnie Jones, Ilene Dialak, Stewart Terry, Brad Turrentine, Lynn Montgomery, Stephanie and Mary Kathryn Carroll, Sally Owen, Shirley Bibb, Erline Ballew, Barbara Gillespie, Eddie Dotson, J.W. Franklin, and George Jr.
Christian love and prayers go out to the following shut-ins, and nursing home residents: Ray Edwards, John and Jewel Hughes, Polly Callahan, Ruby McCay, Mattie Lou Long, David and Bertie Townsend, Docia Collins, Laura Terry, Jim McAbee, Jeanette Martin, Marvo-lene Herbert.
Prayers are also requested this week for the family of David Lyell Sr. who passed away last week.
I want to ask everyone to please say a prayer for our troops and their familie. Hopefully, some day soon we will know world peace again.
I am so thankful to be living in America where we still have the freedom to worship and own our own homes. I thank God for being blessed so much and for the opportunity to call America my home. Special prayers are asked for the following military personnel from our area: Brandon Jones, Aaron Money, Dusty Smith, Jack C. Herbert, Wes Parker and Tim Brown, all in Afghanistan; John Black, Lance Brown, Anthony Thomas, Matthew Young, Lee Thompson and Brad Wallace, all in Iraq, Derek Jones, Virginia; Jeffrey Green, Ft., Benning, Ga.; Robert Green, USS Mason; Josh Fagan, Alaska; Chris Brill, home; and Jeremy White Guam. May God bless all of you.
Special belated happy birthday wishes go out to Gary Taylor and Jonathan Morgan, both on July 17 and Taylor Jones on July 28.
Happy birthday wishes go out to Florence Painter and Clint McAbee, both on July 29, Max Roden on July 30 and Steve Terry on July 31.
The Women’s Conference at Shady Grove Baptist Church was attended by about 100 ladies from a dozen different churches, Guest speaker was Carrie McDonald. According to those in attendance, she was a very interesting speaker who touched the hearts of everyone.
I want to ask for special prayers this week for Bobby who has cancer and will be starting his treatments soon.