by Ralphine Major | May 9, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is still one of the most celebrated holidays. The day our nation has set aside to honor mothers is appropriate for the month of May when springtime is at her best. The weather is warming, and flowers are blooming. As in years before, this...
by Ralphine Major | May 1, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major Her name can be spelled backwards and still be correct. That is no problem for Hannah, who can spell a ton of other words besides her name. Hannah, a fourth grader, won the spelling bee at Gibbs Elementary School this year by correctly spelling...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 25, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “She has cared for her family members unceasingly. She is concerned for the spiritual and physical welfare of those in need. She is committed to assisting others and sharing Christ with everyone she meets.” Yvonne Piercy, Director of Women’s...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 17, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major Margie and Walter Maples shared one experience that stands out in TOTS’ memory when they participated in one of the Appalachian Enterprise mission trips to needy areas led by Mrs. Jeannette Thomas. This particular two-day mission was to a small...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 10, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major The new gospel singing group that Walter Maples helped to start in 2004 needed a name. They were all choir members, but no longer all members of the late Charlie Hatchett’s department. Thus, the inspirational group “The Old Time Singers” or TOTS was...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 3, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major You may be one of the Focus readers who has been privileged to hear them sing in one of the more than 175 churches or assisted living facilities over the years. I have always known them as “The TOTS,” an acronym for “The Old Time Singers,”—...
