by Ralphine Major | Jun 24, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I sat behind her in choir practice one Wednesday night. Our brief exchange was about her upcoming wedding. Angela was home for the summer from her position at Georgetown College where she taught voice. It was a few years before...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is a fascinating plant to watch. The beautiful white petals with deep-red markings open up wide in the morning as if to greet a new day. A bush with only a single Rose of Sharon flower may be covered with blooms by day’s end. But after they...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 10, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major 25 Years! August 31, 2019, will mark a special date in the life of our family. It will be 25 years ago on that day that our father was called to his heavenly home. The year was 1994. I seldom “go back” in my mind to that day when he left us,...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 3, 2019 | Columnist, Major
‘He hath made every thing beautiful in his time . . .’ By Ralphine Major The image reminds me of one that could have been in a children’s Sunday School class during the sixties. Colorful, poster-size pictures were often shown to us to illustrate a memory verse from...
by Ralphine Major | May 28, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The news was reported just days before the start of Memorial Day Weekend. Remains of another American hero had come home. The images were touching as the scene at the airport unfolded. A flag-draped casket rolled past a gathering of family...
by Ralphine Major | May 20, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is already that special time of year as graduating seniors prepare to leave high school and begin a new chapter in their lives. To help in their educational pursuits, the Gibbs Ruritan Club has once again awarded scholarships to four deserving...
