Wayne and I married in 1961 and moved away from Kentucky in
1976. That is when we started moving around. We were in Myrtle
Beach and Charleston, SC; Atlanta, GA; Asheville and Raleigh,
NC; Dayton, Ohio; Tri City and Knoxville, TN. Before he retired,
we were coming through Asheville on one of our trips from
Kentucky to Myrtle Beach and Wayne said, “We are going to retire
in Asheville.” We have two children, Natalie is a nurse at the VA
Hospital and Tony is a pilot for American Airlines. We also have
six grandchildren. We are very proud of all of them.
I am so blessed to have been raised by the parents I had and with
the siblings I had. We were not rich with money, but we sure were
rich with love. I would not have traded places with anyone.
A lot of you probably don’t remember when you would pick up
your phone and get the operator. My brother Charlie must have
thought the telephone operator knew everything because when
my oldest brother, Russell started dating, Charlie called the
operator and told her to tell Russell to bring home some candy.
Unfortunately, both Russell and Charlie are now deceased.
We always had a lot of fun together. Mommie and Poppie would
take us to a swimming hole for the afternoon. We would play ball
and had lots of croquet games. We waited for the Sears Roebuck
catalog to come in the mail so that we could cut out our paper
dolls. We would make mud furniture for them and play for hours.
When I was in the sixth grade, we moved to Coach Adolph Rupp’s
farm. Poppie was farm manager and owned half of the cattle. That
is the first time we had indoor plumbing.
We would always have meals together and we knew our parents
would be home every night.
After we all married and had children, Mommie would still cook
dinner on Sunday. We would go to church and dinner would be
ready when we got home. Those meals usually consisted of home
fried chicken, fresh vegetables from the garden and homemade
dessert. Mommie was a fabulous cook. Lillian took after Mommie
the most in this way. The men would eat at the big table in the
dining room. We would feed the children in the kitchen and the
women would eat last.
After Poppie passed away in 1973, we moved Mommie to town.
She pas sed away four years later in 1977. After they passed
away, we started having Christmas and other family gatherings at
my sister, Molly’s house. In later years, we started going to my
sister, Janet’s home. Molly is the oldest living sibling and Janet is
the baby and will always let you know she is the youngest at
seventy. Molly is the only sibling who did not have children, but
she treated all of us like her children and still does.
I am so thankful that we had clothes on our backs and food on our
table. We never had handouts and never had free lunches at
school. My parents were so proud when we all graduated from
high school. That was a great accomplishment back then to have
that many children graduate.
The six big ones and the six little ones
Words of Thanks
Thank you, MRUMC family so much for all of your calls, notes,
prayers and food over the past few difficult months. You are
greatly loved and appreciated.
-Gail Moore
Saying thank you seems so small for what the United Methodist
Men did for Ted and myself. When we were in need, they pur-
chased a hot water heater for us and installed it. Thank you for
your Christian love and kindness. The Lord has blessed us with
full hearts. Bless each of you.
-Bonnie Stewart
Members of MRUMC, Thank you so much for providing Christmas
for 20 Rugby students! What a relief it brings me knowing we can
receive this support. I am so very grateful for you all!
-Leanne Perry, Rugby School Counselor
A HUGE thank you to all who contributed to the donation of blan-
kets to our Rugby students! The blankets were so beautiful, ex-
tremely soft, and warm. The kids were so excited to pick out their
own uniquely designed blanket. The blankets came at such a per-
fect time because the temperatures were in the teens! Thank you
again for all the love you continue to give our Rugby students. I
am so grateful to have you in our community and Rugby family.
Sincerely, Leanne Perry, School Counselor