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4C Sunday, June 27, 1999 Hospice volunteers fulfill needs of terminally ill and their families Home is often the best place I months soiritual needs nf Home is often the best place to care for people with terminal illness and their families. That's why there's hospice. Working together as a caring group, physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, aides, dietitians, ministers and volunteers focus on providing care when there is no longer a cure. Hospice focuses on providing a comfortable, secure and supportive environment for a person whose life may be measured in months instead of years while remaining at home through and during the final stages of illness. Locally, McCuistion Hospice and Ella McFadden Hospice team of professionals and volunteers address the physical, psychological, social and CarlaCofeman RSVP Director spiritual needs of the patient and family.

Volunteers play an extremely important role in hospice nationwide. Without them most hospices would not be able to carry on with their work. Of the 115,000 persons involved in hospice care in America, around 95,000 are volunteers. Each year they give more than 15 million hours to helping terminally ill persons and their families. Many of the volunteers are relatives and friends of former patients who, having seen how much hospice can help, want to contribute to its good work.

Although 90 percent of hospice patient time is spent in a personal residence, some patients live in nursing homes or hospice centers. Just as each care provider has his or her own area of expertise, volunteers are trained to provide their own area of expertise. Hospices provide medication, supplies, equipment, hospital services, respite care and additional helpers in the home as the home need arises. Further care is continued for family members even after the loss of a loved one. Hospice insurance coverage is widely available through Medicare nationwide, Medicaid in over 30 states, and by most private health insurance policies.

Should a patient not be eligible for any coverage, most hospices will provide for anyone who can- not pay, using money from memorial or foundation gifts. To qualify to assist in patient care, volunteers must undergo a rigorous training program. If you are 55 years old, interested in volunteering your time and services to hospice in Lamar, Hopkins, or Red River counties, call 782-0440 or 782-0441, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program office. RSVP is a United Way agency sponsored locally by Paris Junior College. FISHER Looking for info on Jim H.

Fisher. He lived in Lamar Co. from 1901-1930. He was married to Caroline Wallace Fisher and later to Mollie Zinks. I am doing research on Fisher families.

This family always lived around Red River, Globe, Sumner, Petty and surrounding areas. Janelle Fisher Williams, EMAIL: usa.net, Janelle Fisher Williams, 307 Robin Hill Lane, Duncanville, Texas 75137. BAKER, ELDER Townsend Baker and wife Elizabeth Elder married in 1858 in Moultrie County, Illinois and later migrated to Lamar County, Texas. What became of them? I am looking for descendants. John Fahland, EMAIL: 25712 Le Pare Lake Forest, CA 92630.

DENNIS, CARR Looking for information on Colby Dennis and his descendants. Colby Dennis married Lutisha Zachary and they had a child Caleb B. Dennis. Caleb Dennis married Martha Helen Carr and they had a child named Cetha Rosalie Dennis born 3-13-1880 near Bonham, TX. Any info on this line would be truly appreciated.

Lisa Knott, EMAIL: P.O. Box 83, Warren, Texas 77664. HARDY, JONES In 1900 Lamar Co. census Josephine Hardy, a widow, is living in Paris City with her daughter, Vicky (Victoria). Her other daughter Lillian possibly married a Hugh Jones.

Josephine died 1904. Victoria is not listed on 1910 census. What happened to Victoria Hardy did she marry or die? Also seeking info on Lillian. Did she marry a Hugh Jones? If so, were there children? Janet Shapiro, EMAIL: 12850 Hunting Bear, San Antonio, TX 78249. CHILDERS, SIPES, SMTTH, HUMPHREY My family came to Lamar County TX from NC and spread out through the world.

I would like to hear from anyone researching the lines of: Alford Alfred Maloy Childers, James Franklin Childers, Margaret Elizabeth Childers Sipes, William Thomas Childers, Mary Frances Childers Smith, John Wesley Childers Robert E. Lee Childers, Liza Jane Childers Humphrey Welch, Alford Maloy Childers. Jack Childers, EMAIL: 3512 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. DEWEESE, DEWESE, BRUMLEY Seeking info on John Monroe Dewese (also spelled Deweese), who one time had a habadashery in Paris, TX.

He married Delana Brumley in Paris, TX on March 11, 1886. They had 5 children Grace, Alva, Althea, James, and Lois Dewese during the 1880s and 1890s in TX and OK. Theresa Dorrell, EMAIL: 20 Fort Amherst Road, Queensbury, NY 12804. BALES, PATTERSON, CUMMONS After visiting Paris, TX last week, I discovered my great grandmother Amanda Artimess Patterson was a Mrs. when she married my great grandfather, Henry Fountain Cummons in 1875.

They married in Lamar County, TX. We think her maiden name was Bales. We haven't been able to check the census for Bales yet. We haven't found any Amanda Patterson daughter of William and Mary Fletcher Ezell Patterson, maybe because she was a Patterson by marriage. If you have information on Amanda please email us.

Mike Cummons, EMAIL: cum- 7270 Exline Road, Jacksonville, FL 32222. STEPHENS following address is found in an old address book that belonged to my late aunt, undated address from Aunt Johnnie's Book L. STEPHENS Summer Texas Rt. 2 Aunt Adline's I hope that some one on the Lamar County page can connect with this name. This man's mother was Adeline Thomas who married Mr.

Stephens, probably in Young County. Adeline Stephen's parents were Joe Thomas and Mary Thomas. Lucy Moore, EMAIL: 4825 NW Lindy, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505. FOSTER-RUSH information on the FOSTER family: ORA MAY RUSH was born 1870 in Roxton, Lamar Texas to John Rush, Jr. and Summer Blind Sale Off (Reg.

Price) Mini Blinds, Wood PVC Ask about no holes FREE. Vittage Interiors UMAR Sat. 10-3 903-784-2242 Rhoda (Davis) Rush. She died in Riese), Texas. She married DR.

J. D. FOSTER on January 01, 1891 in Delta Texas. There were at least 5 children born: 1. Vida Foster, born in 1892; 2.

Darwin Foster, born in 1894; 3. Rush Foster, born in 1896; 4. May Foster, born in 1902; 5. Jim Bryant Foster, born in 1904. Diane Kuras, EMAIL: 4573 Colleen Port Charlotte, FL 339529172.

ELKINS I am looking for information concerning my Great Grandfather, Daniel Elkins. He would have lived in Lamar County, somewhere in the early 1900's. He had a son, Dewey, Harvey, and a daughter, May. I think there was another son, from another marriage, Levritt(sp). Rick Elkins, Email: 736 East Pole Road Lynden, WA 98264.

ANGLIN I am looking for information on a Lucy Anglin, who married J.J. Hale on Jan. 25, 1880 in Lamar Co. I feel the Anglin family are from Lamar Co. Linda G.

Wright, Email: P.O. Box 136697, Ft. Worth, TX 76136. DAVIS, BEAUCHAMP, WILLIAMS Seeking any information on James Barrington DAVIS, b.20 February 1828, Montgomery KY. Lawyer.

Moved to and had Law Practice in Bonham, Fannin.Co. (18551860). Married Mary Eliza BEAUCHAMP 20 April 1858 (Paris, Lamar County?) Served with 34th Cavalry, Texas (18631865). Also served in Confederate Texas Legislature concurrently. Resident and Lawyer in Paris, Lamar post 1865.

Alsc mentioned as being a Judge. On 1870 census in Paris, Lamar Co. Died 12 February 1884inWHlTESBORO, GRAYSON COUNTY, TX. No explanation of why he was in Whitesboro. Do you know? Daughter, Mary Eliza (Mollie) married William Lemuel Williams (Grandson of Lemuel Hardin Williams) 27 November 1884.

Many thanks for any correspondence. Charles E. Workman, EMAIL: cework- 124 E. 2nd St. Hermann, MO 65041.

Send queries to The Lamar Genealogical Society, PJC Box 187, 2400 Clarksville Paris, TX 75460 or visit our website at http://gen.lstarnet. com and email your family mysteries. The genealogy library is located in the Alford Center on the Paris Junior College campus. Hours are Monday, Wednesday Thursday from noon until 4 p.m. and on Tuesday from noon until 8 p.m.

FOOT NOTES Dr. Austin Reeves MORTON'S NEUROMA 'If you suffer form a fiery pain in the ball of your foot that often travels to your toes, you could have a Moron's neuroma, a swollen nerve between the metatarsal bones. Named after the U.S. surgeon who first described it, T.G. Morton, the condition usually causes a specific, localized pain.

It most often occurs between the third and fourth toes. In sever cases, the toes become numb. Pain usually subsides if you are barefoot and worsens with tight shoes. The simplest treatment involves modifying your shoes, which diminishes the irritation and swelling around the nerve. Anit- flammatory medication or cortisone shots may also be prescribed.

If these steps fail to relieve pain, surgery may be recommended. If you suffer from sharp pain, numbness, or a burning feeling in your feet, a nerve condition may be the cause. These can result from wearing tight shoes, being on your feet too long, or general medical conditions. Nerve conditions can be hard to detect, but podiatrists are specially trained to identify them, relieve any pain they cause, and correct them whenever possible. There's no need to can help.

For an appointment, please call DOCTOR'S FOOT CLINIC, 7845585. OFFICE LOCATED AT 3605 N.E. LOOP 286 STE 1800 PARIS, TEXAS P.S. It is important to wear shoes with enough width in the area of the ball of the foot. This helps to keep the bones from squeezing the neuroma.

Mr. and Roger Wettschreck, Sr. Celebrate 40th Wedding Anniversary Roger and Mary Wettschreck eloped on June 27, 1959 in Dilly, Texas, then repeated their vows in a church ceremony at Inmty Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas on July 14, 1959 Roger, a native of Minnesota, spent his career in the Air Force, serving for 22 years. Mary (Perez), a Texas native, spent her time as a dedicated homemaker and devoted partner to her husband. For the past five years, the couple has enjoyed retirement in the caring community of Paris, Texas, and are both active in many of Paris' voluntary programs.

The couple has two children, Elizabeth Wettschreck of Dallas and Pans, and Roger Wettschreck, of Bedford Texas. Their son, Roger, has blessed Roger and Mary with three grandchildren, Michelle, Rachel and Tyler. Their daughter, Elizabeth, feels she has been blessed to have such loving parents and appreciates all that they do for her and thanks them for their support. Both Roger, Jr. and Elizabeth want everyone to know what genuine and caring parents they have.

Happy 40th Anniversary, Mom and Dad. We love you! Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gladden Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary Jo Ella King and James T.

Gladden were married July 3, 1949 at Immanuel Baptist Church. The Reverend Glenn Smith performed the ceremony. Maid of honor was Martha Jane Morgan McCaskill, and matron of honor was LeoNora Gladden Slusher. Best man was Jack Slusher, and groomsman was Donald D. McCaskill.

Mr. and Mrs. Gladden have one daughter, Marlise Jo Gladden. James and Jo Ella will observe their golden wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 3, 1999. Gantt-Eddlemon Nancy Eidt Eddlemon and Tommy Ray Gantt were united in marriage on June 12, 1999 at two o'clock in the afternoon at Lamar Point Baptist Church.

Brad Crosswhite performed the ceremony. Music was provided by Laura Jackson and Mike Grigsby. Two families were blended during the ceremony. Karen Eddlemon Herring was matron of honor. Nathan Gantt was the best man.

Others in the wedding party were Laura Elaine Herring, June Tapley, Christopher, David Michael Eddlemon, and Jeff Eddlemon. Following the wedding trip to Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, the couple will reside in Paris. Tommy is owner of The Print Shop in Paris, and Nancy is employed by North Lamar Independent School District..