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aiNTONNEWS.COM 2A THE CLINTON NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009 "vr i 1 3 1H 4 5 8 OBITUARIES Bonnie Bardin Raymond Don't let life be limited by too much, too little id you know that we are all capable of doing more than we typically The Clinton News prints basic obituaries free of charge if there is a Clinton, Bolton or Raymond connection. The notices, which first appear in The Clarion-Ledger, are consolidated each Monday for publication in the Thursday edition. Those listed by name as survivors include parents, spouse, children, grandchildren and siblings. For more information, e-mail newsclinton-news estimate? Think of something you would like to do, but have been putting off. Like in the movie, The Bucket List, you want to do certain things r.

1 i before you die: bungee jump, run a marathon, ride a bull, start a business, change careers or ask someone you like out on a Bonnie E. Bardin, 82, died Aug.19 at Hospice Ministries. Services were Aug.21atMemory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel. Mrs. Bardin is survived by her son, Danny C.

Bardin; two granddaughters, Lissi Jeter and Mandie Robinson, and a great-grandson. Memorials may be made to the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital, 2500 North State Jackson, MS 3921 6. Thelman 'Pops' Evans Bolton Thelman "Pops" Evans, 86, died Aug. 1 7 at his residence.

Services were Aug. 22 at Bolton Edwards Middle School. Thelma Jewel Ferrell Clinton Thelma Jewel Ferrell, 86, died Aug. 21 from complications of diabetes at the Regency Hospital in Jackson. There will be no services at this time.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Ferrell; daughter, Betty Byrd; and grandson, Kenny Meyers. She is survived by a son, Robert Ferrell of Florence; daughter, Ann Smith of Ashville, N.C.; brother, Percy Abies of Olive Branch; nine grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Scotty Rogers Faith Columnist second wife, Pauline Wells Hoff; parents, John and Augusta Hoff; three brothers; three sisters; and a son, Allen J. Hoff. Survivors include his sons, Dr.

George C. Hoff of Clinton and Dr. Gerald L. Hoff of Kansas City, six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Holy Savior Catholic Church, P.O.

Box 85, Clinton, MS 39060. David Ellis Nail Raymond David Ellis Nail, 40, died Aug. 22 at his home. Services were Aug. 25 at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home Raymond with burial in Raymond Cemetery.

Survivors include his parents, David and Linda Nail of Raymond; children, Brandon Nail and Tammy Nail, both of Vicksburg, and brother, Steven Nail of Raymond. George Robert Regan Ridgcland George Robert Regan, 71, a retired U.S Postal Service carrier, died Aug. 23 at Hospice Ministries. Services were Aug. 25 at St.

Mary's Catholic Church in Yazoo City with burial in Glen-wood Cemetery. Survivors include daughters, Viola Dacus and Patricia Franks, both of Clinton; three sisters, Lena Mae Regan, Alice Regan McCloskey and Ann Regan Robinson, all of Yazoo City; two brothers, Francis William Regan and Joseph Rocco Regan, both of Yazoo City; and four grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. guestbook may be signed at www.MEM.com. William Ford Clinton William Ford, 68, died Aug.1 6 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.

Services were Aug. 22 at Lakewood Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, Ledora Duncan Ford; two daughters, Pamela Michele Ford and Lisa Ford Green, all of Clinton; one son, Erik William Ford of Oklahoma City, grandson, John Kevin Green and several siblings. Sandra 'Kay French Jackson Former Clintonian Kay French, 66, died Aug.17 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Services were Aug.

21 at Lake-wood Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hugh B. French and Vera Mae Pierce French; brothers, Kenneth Ray French, William Henry "Bill" French, H.B. "Red" French and one sister, Mary Elizabeth Mason. Memorials may be made to the American Alzheimer's Association.

George LHoff Clinton George L. Hoff, 98, died Aug. 21 at St. Dominic's Hospital. Memorial Mass was held Aug.

24 at Holy Savior Catholic Church. Mr. Goff was preceded in death by his first wife of 51 years, Lorraine G. Schneider Hoff; his Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Harold C.

Flannigan Brandon Harold Conway Flannigan, 79, died Aug. 22 at home. Services were Aug. 25 at First Baptist Church of Jackson with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. He is survived by daughters, Connie Norton of Brandon and Debbie Montgomery of Clinton; son, Steve Flannigan of Brandon; grandchildren, Marly Montgomery, Cassie Norton Corless, Clair Montgomery, Katie Flannigan and Wade Patterson; and, three great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Salvation Army. The online values and beliefs. Maybe you think you would never be divorced or commit adultery. There are thousands of "bad" things we don't think would happen to us until we wake up one day and realize they have. The hard reality is that we are all capable of falling into "sin" and doing things we said we would "never" do.

The Bible is pretty clear about what we are capable of when we rely on ourselves. Thankfully, God desires what's best for us and is always willing to help us. He desires for us to stay out of messes before we get in over our heads. If we would just trust Him and not be so stubborn, then we would be much better off. What's your weakness or Achilles heel, so to speak? Do you let fear hold you back from living out your dreams, or do you tend to overestimate your ability to fight off temptation and often find yourself in those "I never situations? Here are three suggestions and quotes that some- one shared with me that I want to pass on to you: Ninety percent of the things you worry about never happen.

What good did it do to spend all that energy trying to avoid failure and pain? Why not take that same energy and apply it to reaching your goals and dreams? You change between your ears. What you think about all day influences what you do and become. Listen to some Earl Nightingale. He will tell you all about that. See also Romans 12: 1-2 in the New Testament.

"The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot sustain you." Trust Him. He is quite fond of you and will see you through every situation. Scotty Rogers is the minister to children at First Baptist Church of Clinton. Faith-based guest columns may be submitted to date? What's holding you back? Part of the problem is we often live life by playing it safe, avoiding risk and failure. Many of us go through life never living up to our fullest potential.

However, there are some of you who got tired of the status quo and decided to do something different. You decided that enough is enough and started making your dreams a reality. Way to go! Why wait until you are diagnosed with a terminal illness? Why wait until you lose your job? Why wait until there is some sort of crisis or tragedy? As the Thomas Jefferson saying goes, "Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?" There is another side of the coin to consider regarding doing more than we estimate. It's that "I would never do that" list of things: the irrational, harsh, cruel, illegal and inappropriate or totally out of character things we don't like to think about doing. For example, you believe you would never work for a company that sells a product or service that opposes your Holy Savior Catholic Church WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Pocahontas Baptist Gfcarch 4200 Kickapoo Road Jackson, MS 982-2305 Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m. Wed. Prayer Mtg. 6:15 p.m.

Rev. Mkheal Bird Sunday 9:00 am 11:00 am Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 pm WEEKDAY SCHEDUtE Tuesday Tiursdav 6:30 pm Wednesday 4 Friday 8: 30 am SACRAMENT OF PENANCE pm Father nomas McGing, Pastor Corner of Lindale and Old Vicksburg Road Clinton, MS 601.924-6344 Lost In A Crowd? Looking for a small church to make your home? St. John's United Methodist Church Men women leading God's Church to serve the world 1702 Old Vicksburg Road Clinton, MS 39056 Todd Watson, Pastor Worship 1 1 :00 AM Professionally staffed nursery available. (BAPTIST CHURCH "Sharing the. love of Christ" Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 1799 Clinton-Raymond Road, Clinton, Mississippi 1 288 Clinton-Raymond Rd, Clinton www.pineviewbc.com 601.924.7677 i A Fa Place for you iX V.C st baptist chupchcunton Need a Fresh Start? (2 Corinthians Wildwood Baptist Church Sunday Services: 8:00 AM Traditional Service 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship and Praise Service Ministries For All: Children, Youth, Singles and Families Rev.

Stephen E. Koenig, Pastor Cindy Namanny, Director of Christian Education I Website: www.orlcms.org There are no strangers at Our Redeemer, just friends we haven 't met yet! Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. South on Springridge Rd. at McRaven A sMiA'U'i, Ft A A A J. Proclaiming the QWrf Still Scripture: Truth Love Community Question: Who is the person (or persons) who paravay BAPTIST CHURC wj Greatness of Go supplies the answers in this column, and why do they remain anonymous? Sunday Schedule Traditional Worship a.m.

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Answer: Although that question does not relate directly to anything in scripture, it does perhaps deserve an answer. This column has appeared weekly in the Clarion-Ledger for over nine years. During that time all articles have been written by Leonard White, preacher (and one of the elders) of the McRaven Road Church of Christ in Clinton. I have not included my name with the article in the past out of a desire to focus attention not on some person but, as the title says, on what the scriptures have to say. Those of you who have been regular readers will know that each week the answers given to the questions asked include direct quotations from the Bible.

As is to be expected, not all feedback from readers is positive, but it is surprising to sometimes have someone disagree or even take offense at an article when that article consisted almost entirely of statements taken directly from scripture. We do solicit response from our readers, and such is received from time to time. Those who choose to identify themselves are given a courteous and personal reply. This column is intended to inform and not to offend. However we know that Jesus always spoke the truth in love, and yet some were offended by that (John 6:61) Leonard White I A Adult Bible Study p.m.

JSm ijlP Children's p.m. routn Lnoir-suu p.m. Jr.HighWorship-6:15 Sr.HighWorship-7:30 rY Ken Anderson, Pastor 802 N. Frontage Road Clinton, MS 39056 601.924.9912 Morrison Heights BuptistChurch A Family of Hope Dr. Greg Belser, Pastor Hampstead Campus Sunday School: 8:00, 9:10 10:30 am Sunday Worship Celebration: 9: 10 10:30 am 6.

6 pm Wed. Worship 6 pm 3000 Hampstead Blvd. Clinton. MS 601-925620 Prayer Line: 601-92PRAY www.morrisonheights.org Send comments or questions to: McRaven Road Church of Christ 301 McRaven Rd. Clinton, MS 39056 or mcravenrdchurchaol.com pbcclinton.org 1 1.