ANOTHER PICTURE FROM COUSIN CRAIG BROWN

J.D. PAYNE, HUSBAND OF JUDY SELF PAYNE, HAS DIED

PAYNE, JOE DOUGLAS - age 77 of Maryville passed away, Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Blount Memorial Hospital. Member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Preceded in death by parents, Joe and Mary Payne; brother, Oliver Payne; sisters, Faye Boring and Geneva Morton. Survived by wife of 55 years, Judy Payne; daughter and son in law, Sheila and Joe Bailey of Maryville; sons and daughters in law, Jim and Linda Payne of Lane, KS, Jeff and Jayna Payne of Gloucester, VA, Anthony Payne of Maryville; grandchildren, his pride and joy, Josh and wife Courtney Bailey of Maryville, Rachel Payne of Lane, KS, Zach Payne of Gloucester, VA; sister and brother in law, Janette and Rev. Beecher Whitehead of Tallassee; brother and sister in law, Austin and Christine Payne of Maryville, Vance and Esta Payne of Tallassee; favorite sister in law, Calberta Best of Maryville; sister in law, Lavada Self of Maryville; brother in law and wife, Rev. Fred and Anna Mae Self of Maryville; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service 8:00 PM Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Miller Funeral Home Magnolia Chapel, Rev. Beecher Whitehead and Rev. Fred Self officiating. Graveside service and interment 11:00 AM on Friday at Logan's Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Thursday at Miller Funeral Home, Maryville. www.millerfuneralhome.org

COUSIN CRAIG BROWN IN IRAQ

Cousin Craig Brown was deployed to Iraq recently. I received an email from him this morning. It is attached below for all to read. Craig also sent a couple pictures of himself. One is shared here. The other would not load due to a glitch of some sort. His address is also listed. Let's not forget our men and women who are serving their country and must be away from home for the holidays. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers. May God bless and protect them. Craig wrote...


Dear Barry & Self Cousins,

Attached, you will find my Christmas Card to you... plus an additional mug. Thank you for your love and friendship, and being a part of my life while I'm deployed here in Iraq. Merry Christmas!

It's formatted for 5x7 if you want to print it.

Feel free to post this and my address on your blog, Barry, so the rest of our Self Cousins can have a copy... thanks.

My address here is:

SGT Craig Brown
A Co, 3rd Bn, 116th Infantry
Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq
APO AE 09381

Much Love & Joy to You...
Craig

COUSIN KEVIN FOWLER CORRECTLY SOLVED THE RIDDLE

The correct answer to the riddle I placed on this site last Friday is "NOEL" because there is no L in the alphabet. Cousin Kevin Fowler correctly guessed. Thanks Kevin ! Merry Christmas to you also.

Barry

JUST A THOUGHT TO PASS ON

" The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." ~ Burton Hillis

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

From our home to all of you, I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a most blessed and joyous holiday season. We hope everyone will be able to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. Let's be sure to take some time out of our busy schedules to really celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

Try to figure out this little brain teaser! Answers may be emailed to me at biereleyhalefh@compfxnet.com. The answer will be posted just before Christmas, unless someone guesses correctly before. In that case the answer and the name of who broke the code will be announced whenever it is broken.

What Christmas message does the following give ?

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