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As of November 1, 2018, I am a formal member of the John Sevier Chapter of The Sons of the American Revolution. Now, it is time to start working on those supplemental applications. I am curious to see how many more Amer…
I have discovered a pretty remarkable organization called Team Rubicon. The organization focuses on disaster response and is absolutely free to those recipients of said response. One of the headings on their "Our Missio…
Wow! What a rough weekend! This past Friday, something happened that would change my life. To stop speculation, I am still married, everyone still loves each other, no one died, kids are okay, everyone is still in schoo…
Okay, if anyone is looking for a tough genealogy problem to solve, here it is: Puzzle Piece #1: My grandfather's name is Leon Eugene Barber. His father is named Alden Burt Barber. Leon has a brother, Harold, and a sis…
At approximately 7:10am, on Friday morning, May 25, 2018, my mother-in-law, Cheri Lynn Cox Miller Payne, went to be with the Lord. Here's her obituary: Payne, Cheri Cox Retired From U.S. Probation And Pretrial Ser…
On June 27, 2017, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with a tumor on her pancreas that we, later, found out to be cancer. She has been fighting ever since. Today, 329 days later, she is in what will, likely, be her last day…