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THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER!

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PEOPLE WHERE ARE THE GOOD NEWS ARTICLES. MIRACLES?

A FUNERAL AND A THOUGHT!!!!

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Today I went to a funeral and as I went in and sat down, I was amazed how people acted during this time of grief. We sat in a area that we felt would be back from the crowd. All of a sudden there were people all around us. I hadn't been to church in awhile and I forgot that people have assigned seats in church. So I guess we were sitting in two older women seats because one of them turned around and gave us the evil eye. Then a lady came in and she reeked of moth balls. Then the family came in and the one of the older women got loud and said the daughter and the son hate each other.
During the ceremony, I sat there listening to the preachers talk and I thought to myself, "Is this it?" Is this all that is left for us when we pass. People coming out to a funeral, being hateful, talking bad about the family, bringing out those clothes that smell like moth balls and having someone tell your story to everyone in the crowd. Death should be a celebration of that persons life not a social event where people talk bad about others. Are people's feelings so corrupt that they don't actually feel anything anymore? I can only pray that when my time comes that people remember all of the crazy things that I have done and laugh at my oddness or my individualism. I guess if they don't then I guess it is their loss.

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This woodpecker was saved from our fireplace just a few minutes ago by Jimmy and the maintenance man. Our fireplace is sealed off and we heard this bird pecking on the plywood. The maintenance man came over and they unsealed it and got the bird outside. The bird sat for a minute and finally took off to peck on another tree. Truly a Christmas miracle to save another one of God's creatures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD BLESS THIS MAN!!

Banner Fowler Shelton

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SHELTON KING - Mr. Banner Fowler Shelton, 87, passed away Sunday morning, December 12, 2010. He was born June 28, 1923 in Stokes County to Banner P. and Ressie Fowler Shelton. Banner was in the entertainment field from 1945 to 1949 and in broadcasting from 1949 to 1986 at WMYM Radio in Madison-Mayodan, NC for 25 years. He served as a Stokes County Commissioner from 1986 to 1992, the Stokes County Soil and Water District from 1983 to 2005, Board of Counsel of Governments for 6 years, and was a former chairman of board for Pilot View RC&D. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Harden Shelton; son, William Ronald Shelton of NY, and a daughter, Deborah Bolduc and husband Frank of Southport; grandsons, Stephen Everett Alexander Shelton and wife Monica, Michael Joseph Gallagher and wife Jennifer of Raleigh, and Brian Paul Bolduc of Raleigh, one granddaughter, Erin Melissa Bolduc of Wilmington; cousin Frank Fowler of King, and a special friend of the family Frank Salerno of NY. Funeral Services will be held 1 PM, Tuesday, December 14, at Mount Olive Baptist Church with the Rev. Carl Goodman and the Rev. Yates Wilkinson, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening, Monday, December 13, at the Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mount Olive Baptist Church, 5413 NC Hwy 66 S., King, NC 27021 or to Hospice and Palliative Care Center, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103. (Slate Funeral Home)

Published in Winston-Salem Journal on December 13, 2010

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