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1 6, Wednesday, March 14, 2012, The Gatesville Messenger NEWS FROM AROUND PEARL By KAY PRUETT Dos Davison has been away from Pearl for several days and he wants everyone to know that he is doggone glad to be back in Pearl. Dos says there is no place like Pearl. Dos is the son of Hote and Mary Ann Davison and the grandson of Margie Cummings. The Pearl Church of Christ received a very nice wooden glider for the church grounds. The glider was given to them by Neta Thomas Lesjak and her husband, Bill, in memory of Neta's parents, Thurman and Ruth Thomas.

Bill and Neta Lesjak were in Pearl last Wednesday to deliver the glider so they came by the Pearl Book Cottage and also visited the Pearl flea market. Linda Ray and I had a great time visiting with them and were amazed at all the places around Ireland that they have restored. This includes the old Freeman place and the Blake Lovelace place, where they reside. Also, Neta's son is restoring the old Ireland Depot. Everyone is excited that four new homes are being built in Pearl.

They are Joyce Key Kerley's home on CR 158, Bob and Judy Mead's home on CR 158, the Bower's home off CR 158 and Tammy Cummings' home on CR 152. Billy and Kim Freeman Holden of Brownwood spent time visiting in Pearl last Wednesday. Regina Medart of Austin spent a few days in Pearl with her parents, Ronald and Glennyth Medart. Jackie Brewer of Woodway visited the Pearl Bluegrass and the Pearl Book Cottage last week. Linda Ray and I enjoyed talking to Jackie and we appreciate all he does to help with books.

The March Pearl Bluegrass had a good crowd of folks and they were from many places. In the book store, we talked to folks from Kentucky, Georgia, Washington state, Iowa, New Mexico and from towns all across Texas. The musical program was very good and we believe that April will be even better. The Pearl Bluegrass has a very good website. You can see many great pictures and read all about it by going to pearlbluegrass.com.

Each month, new photos are added and in March they added pictures of the Pearl Book Cottage. The little cottage really looks good, so check it out. The Pearl Baptist Church ladies Bible study group has completed another successful program. The latest study was led by Judy Winship and was FRIDAY, SATURDAY, DANCE 8 P.M. MARCH Tim No "Guitar one 12 16, under Ochoa MIDNIGHT 2012 Zane" 21 Cockrell years old 8 permitted $6 Country P.M.

MARCH at Cover the 12 Band 17, dances. Charge MIDNIGHT 2012 Legends Gatesville V.F.W. Post 1509 Golf Course Road, Gatesville 865-6647 Call for Reservations for Weddings, Anniversaries, Birthdays, etc. FREE CARGO TRAILER RENTAL grants 1 It STORAGE FREE FURNITURE DOLLIES APPLIANCE 865-8000 To Insulated Regular Units Climate Control 5x10 10x10 10x15 10'x20' 515 -5x10 10 x10 12 x25 12'x30' 10x15 Van Accessible With Wide Paved Drives Units Insulated To Help Protect Your Possessions 425 Hwy. 36 Bypass North, Gatesville 010 Bake Sale Saturday, March 17th 10 a.m.

until sold out Between Ace Hardware Tractor Supply PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS CARE PACKAGES SENT OVERSEAS TO OUR TROOPS AND ALSO THEIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Hosted by: United Daughters of the Confederacy John H. Reagan Chapter 325 Gatesville Church of Christ 'A Great Place to Be' 2417 F. Main 1254) 865-2438 SI AD AY: 10: 30am Lass a 9:301 6pm WEDNESDAY: Meal a 6pm tallowed by classes a 6:45 Our society seems to be drifting. We see people who commit violence and blame it on society.

We witness violence and destruction in the name of social justice. We see people looking for some solid basis on which to build their futures. From the past comes an answer to this problem. The people of Jeremiah's day abandoned the Word of God. They failed to hear it, and closed their hearts to its message.

People today do the same. People today need a foundation to build on. If you want stability and a well-developed sense of right and wrong, let me suggest we build on the Word of God. It has endured throughout the ages in spite of man's best efforts to ignore it, attack it, or destroy it. Jason Brady dies while awaiting organ tranplants on the book of James.

Also on the final day, they had a special program presented by Karon Wheeless about gardening and harvesting according to the Bible. All the ladies enjoyed lunch together and they had a special birthday cake for Ino Hall, who celebrated her birthday on March 7. Former Pearl resident, Anita Doyle Boren, is having medical problems, so please keep in your prayers. A few days ago, I was in the Pearl Cemetery looking for information for my records and Mack and Velma Wilkinson stopped by to visit. They started helping me look for the information and started to pick on each other.

I told Mack that he had better not pick a fight with his wife in the cemetery-she might just knock him in the head and leave him there. He said, "Huh, I have only had one fight with my wife in all the years we have been married. It started 51 years ago and is still going on." I don't know how anyone could beat that. This week's trip down memory lane from the pages of the Pleasure and Profit Club of Pearl, Texas, is from March 6, 1974. The club met for an all day session with Faye Gartman and Leota Graham.

Thirteen members and five visitors were present and the visitors were: Ino Hall, Violet Freeman, Margie and Mary Ann Cummings and a friend. A covered dish lunch was served and the day was spent quilting one quilt each for each hostess. The club met again on March 20, 1974, with Ora Mae Oney. of Relay for Life benefit Saturday The Boots Saddle Cowboy Church will host a game night Saturday to benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m.

at the church, located at 8727 W. Highway 84. Cost is $5 per person or $10 per family. Several board games will be featured, and hot dogs, desserts and drinks will be available. For more information, call Jenniffer Hudspeth at 254-368- 0849.

Jason Brady died Friday morning at a Temple hospital, never having received the lung and kidney transplant he so desperately sought. A 1998 graduate of Gatesville High School, Brady had lived with cystic fibrosis almost his entire life. More than a year ago, as he entered the final stages of renal and lung failure, he was placed on the list for a double lung and kidney transplant. Brady worked at the local Sonic until about September 2010 when his condition wors- cystic ened to the point where he had expected to move to Hutto to be near the In hospital where the transplant Messenger would have taken place. Brady Brady again found work cystic at the Sonic near their house, lenging," where he worked as much as a positive his condition allowed.

participated Brady was only 3 months old activities when he was diagnosed with he could JASON BRADY fibrosis and he was not to live past 3 years. an interview with The in January 2011, said growing up with fibrosis had been "chalbut he had maintained outlook on life. He in normal youth as a child, although not keep up physically OBITUARIES Herbert Wayne Woodruff Herbert Wayne Woodruff, of Killeen, died Saturday, March 3, 2012. He was 72. Funeral services were held Thursday at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen.

Burial followed at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Mr. Woodruff was born Jan. 6, 1940, in St. Paul, VA, to Samuel P.

and Bertha Buchanon Woodruff. He was drafted into the military in 1961. He married Betty Lou Granquist in Minneapolis on March 3, 1962. They moved to Killeen in 1970. Mr.

Woodruff owned the Bamboo House of Beauty and was employed by Arnold's Plumbing. He later joined his wife in the ownership of Stop Records. He retired in 2002. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Ray and Harold Woodruff. Survivors include his wife, Betty Woodruff; son, David Woodruff of Killeen; daughters, Carol Woodruff of Gatesville and Linda Jensen of Killeen; three grandchildren; and sisters, Ann Mathis and Betty Carver, both of Tennessee.

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No obituary will be accepted unless it is provided by a licensed funeral home. Daughters of Confederacy to hold bake sale Saturday The John H. Reagan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold a bake sale Saturday between Ace Hardware and Tractor Supply. The sale is scheduled for 10 a.m. until sold out.

Proceeds will be for their scholarship fund as well as for care packages they send overseas to troops. DIABETIC SHOES LITTLE OR NO COST TO YOU! on DIABETIC SHOES ORTHOTIC INSERTS HOME DELIVERY INSURANCE 1-855-585-FEET 1-855-585-3338 www.DiabeticShoesUSA.com Michele Palmer, Board Certified Pedorthist Gatesville, Texas for long periods of time. As he grew older, he fell further and further behind. At GHS, Brady played baseball, but the cystic fibrosis limited his participation in that sport as well as other school activities. He estimated he missed two years of high school because of regular stays in the hospital.

He was ready to "get on with the surgery and return to a more normal lifestyle." The estimated cost of the double transplant was $800,000 and although his mother had insurance, there were co-pay and out-of-network medical costs that were a huge financial burden for the family. Many friends held fundraisers on Brady's behalf to raise the money needed for the surgery. Funeral arrangements were pending at press time. Betty Jo Woodson Byrom Betty Jo Byrom, age 86, of Gatesville, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012. A private graveside service will be held by the family.

All of Betty's friends and family were invited to a reception celebrating her life in the fellowship hall at Live Oak Baptist Church at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, 2012. Betty was born in Ft. Worth, Texas, on January 17, 1926, to the late Robert Lee Woodson Sr. and Pat Millaway Woodson.

She attended school in the Ewing community through the tenth grade and graduated from Gatesville High School in 1944. She married J.C. Byrom on February 5, 1949, and they made their home in Gatesville. Betty was employed at Fort Hood for 36 years, where she worked as a Budget Officer in the Comptroller's Office. She became a member of Live Oak Baptist Church in 1958.

She loved her church family and taught in the Junior Department and served as co-director of the Sunday School Department for many years. She was always eager to do anything that was needed at Live Oak and was the person everyone seemed to depend on to always have the answer. She truly had da servant's heart. I Timothy 1:12 describes her well, "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do His work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve Him." Betty is survived by her daughters, Cindy Waters and husband, Ted, of Gatesville and Margaret Pancake and husband, Joe, of Gatesville; brothers, R.L.

Woodson Jr. of Gatesville, Mike Woodson and wife, Trudy, of Waco and Jack Woodson and wife, June, of Bossier City, LA; sisters, Mary Ann Voss of Belton and Virginia Fowler and husband, John, of Gatesville; grandchildren, Jeb Waters of Gatesville, Joe Byrom Pancake and Brandi Moser of Hamilton and Laura Lee Haines and husband, Brett, of Gatesville; two great-grandchildren, Sage Haines and Jacob Pat Pancake; and many nieces and nephews. She was especially proud of her nephew, Robert Fowler, and loved to hear him sing. The family requests no flowers, please. Donations in her memory can be made to Live Oak Baptist Church, 113 FM 107, Gatesville, Texas.

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