‘Put the coffee pot on Mama, I’m coming home.’

Mattie’s Corner

• ‘Put the coffee pot on Mama, I’m coming home.’

Today is Monday March 18,2013. Birthdays for the week are: Mar. 18: Kathy Howard. It was the birthday of Mrs. Franklin (Betty) Pigg and former Sheriff Charlie B. Christian.

Mar. 19: Ryan Pinkston, Marilyn Jo Reynolds. It was the birthdays of Melvin Smith, Olga Edwards, Charles Reynolds, Walter Cassell and Robert (Bob) Eddins born 1895.

Mar. 20: David Shires (where is he?) It is the wedding anniversary of Ken and Christy Mahan. It was the birthdays of Eloise McMahan, Arnold Kuykendall, Gene Haley Jr. and Dr. L.S. Oates Sr. born 1902. Dr. Oates would have been 111.

Mar. 21: Jessie Jacobs (David’s son), Tom Kimbro, Sandra Boles, Becky Luman, Pete Risinger and Spencer Matthews. It was the birthdays of Maxie Lout, Clara Griffin and Olga Atwood.

Mar. 22: Don Pinkston, Bonnie Lucas, Becky Tindol Passmore, Daniel McLeroy, Martha Truitt Steger, Mark Jackson, Sue Smith Williams. It was the birthday of my mother Mrs. Carrie McLendon born 1885 and died June 30, 1985, at age 100 and 3 months. It was also the birthdays of Myrtle Mills Curtis, Tassie Gill and Doug Reeh publisher of the Timpson- Tenaha News.

Mar. 23: Pat Tyson Menefee, Michael Ash and Dana Howard. It was the birthday of Fred E. (Shorty) Baugh and Carrie Windham.

Mar. 24: Sarah Elizabeth Person, born 1994, Rusty Vittman, Joe Davis Foster. It is the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Haley and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jones. It was the birthday of Mrs.

Wade Ramsey.

Mar. 25: Delbert Palmer. It was the birthdays of Brooksie Parmer, Royce Mills and Pauline Sholmire.

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Aren’t we glad that James Paul Wilson made it through his illness? He was treated in a Shreveport hospital and was in ICU at times. He lost over 20 pounds and is now back home. James Paul came by the nickname of Squirrely because of his ability as a child to skinny up a tree as fast as the squirrels. Squirrely has been a popular staff member of KDET longer than most of the former staff. We’re looking forward to his being back with his early morning wake up music.

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I’m still pondering over Pastor Zimmerman’s church in Shelbyville. I hope I can locate someone who has the correct information on it. I told it in the last column as I remembered it. Now, I’m wondering if his church building was the one that Mrs. Morris Gill and her Nazarene Church members bought in Shelbyville and had moved up Shelbyville highway to a lot just across the street from our house. Help me locate the correct story on it.

I called and talked with Evelyn Biggar who I recognize as a real county historian. She worked as a volunteer for many years at the museum and also was an assistant with John Reagan Harris in putting out the two big volumes of Shelby County history.

Evelyn couldn’t help me on the Zimmerman story but did say she had heard of a preacher being buried under his pulpit somewhere. I enjoyed talking with her. She is a member of the Hooker Sunday School Class.

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“Bow the Knee” play is to be presented in the First Baptist Church March 23 and 24. This is an Easter production and will begin at 6 p.m.

Eric Beecham, church choir director is in charge of the play and a large number of the church members are involved with the production.

Some of the main men actors are Brad Lawrence, Bryan Wages, Stevens Evans, Terry Scull, Jason Locke, Lonnie Traxler, Bobby Floyd and Joe Anderson.

Deborah Welch is one of the female actors.

The drama centers on the life of Christ performing miracles, forgiving sinners and in the end being crucified.

Joe Anderson is the only one I know. The others are known to me by phone, church literature and Sunday broadcast. So, I’ll be interested in watching Joe as an actor.

I’ve known him and Linda since they first arrived in Center. Pete and I listened to Joe every morning while eating breakfast as he gave his county agent farm program on KDET.

It’s going to be an interesting drama televised on Channel. 2. It is a wonderful way for your family to remember the real reason we celebrate as Easter.

- Mattie