Each month, Tom & Cathie Carney share some of their notes on what's going on in Huntsville as they make the rounds in and around town: Here's the latest news and greetings from Tom & Cathie:
We heard from our Atlanta friend Don Kurtzahn the other day. He worked for Hewlett Packard for 36 years before he retired several years ago. Don's son Michael works for Kroger management in Delonaga, GA. and his daughter Anne is an HP District Manager in Atlanta.
Joan Hatfield is thrilled to welcome her very first beautiful grandchild, born 12/7. The sweet girl is Emily Faith Holcomb, who arrived with a head full of hair. Her proud parents are Joan's son Lee Tallant and mom Pamela Holcomb. Congratulations!
Jamie and Dehaan Gates,of Gates Auto, are sure proud of their son James who came home from Cheyenne, WY with his wife Ashley for Christmas to visit with Mom and Dad. James serves in the Air Force at FE. Warren AFB as a nuclear specialist.
Margaret and J.B. Tucker of Hurricane Creek had a house full of guests over the holidays. There was barbeque and chicken stew and some of the best desserts - the Divinity was awesome thanks to cousin Sandy!
It was good to hear from Billy Layne recently - we understand he is quite an expert at baking the Chess pie he recently found the recipe for in a back issue of "Old Huntsville." He's a regular at Jackson Way Barber Shop where he visits with his good buddy Floyd Hardin.
Stan Lee, of the Corps of En gineers, recently celebrated his 9 year wedding anniversary with his sweetheart Debbie - congratula tions to you both!
Betty Davis called to tell us that her aunt Mrs. Jean Pitsinger turned 90 just before Christmas. Mrs. Pitsinger's daughter, Cora Jean White hosted the family party.
Our
good
friend Joe
Lougheed
is out and about these
days
-
it's always good to see him. Bobby
and Donna DeNeefe
were out recently with their good
friends Buddy
and Barbara
Chapman.
We saw them at
Papou's on the square downtown and it was sure good to catch up with them again! Donna is play
ing golf when it's warm enough
and is getting pretty good at it!
While at 801 Franklin recently with Joyce Russell, we saw Bill and Ann Lane and talked to them awhile - what a good-looking couple they are!
It was so fun talking with Marie McAloon who works at Ruth's Nutrition on So. Pkwy. She is a newcomer to Huntsville and loves reading about all our rich history. Her daughter Sarah Day is a cosmetologist, married to Michael Day.
Mike Moran is one of 11 chil dren from Australia, and his son Kevin, a proud graduate of Au burn U., has worked over there for over a year. Mike's other son Patrick was in the Marines and currently lives in Gainesville, Fl.
We recently talked with Carlton McLain at ABC Store #77. Amanda Lovelace works there as well and they both wanted to be sure and tell our readers to please not forget the troops over in Iraq and say an ex tra prayer for their safety. (more gossip on next page)
