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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
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Special to the Journal
Jim and Cheryl Taylor
Taylor 25th
Jim and Cheryl Taylor will celebrate their 25th wedding
anniversary on Monday. They were married at Trinity
United Methodist Church in Warner Robins. Together they
have a successful home-based business. Their two daugh
ters are Claire and Ivy Taylor of Warner Robins.
Good and tired of
bad aggravations
Life is wearing me out.
Nothing is simple
anymore. And despite
what some may think, I am
just a simple girl at heart.
Everything, it seems,
takes so much effort, so
much time.
I seldom find anything
that can be handled with
one phone call or one
request.
Take Aunt Cora for
instance. She loves to help
me and often calls and
asks, “What can I do to
help you?”
Occasionally, I’ll take her
up on the offer and say,
“Well, you could do so-and
so.”
Inevitably, she replies,
“That’s not what ya need
to do. What ya oughta do is
such-and-such.”
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which
turns into an argument.
“Why that’s the biggest
nonsense I’ve ever heard,”
she’ll huff indignantly.
“You don’t have a lick of
sense.”
I agree. I have lost most
of it along the way with
the countless problems I
encounter.
“Aunt Cora, please just
do what I ask you,” I’ll say,
coming close to sounding
suspiciously like pleading.
And guess what? Without
fail, she’ll always do such
and-such and never so-and
so like I asked.
Now, Aunt Cora is only
one source of aggravation.
The other aggravations
actually come from people
or companies I am paying.
You would think because
the buck is rumored to stop
with me that I could actu
ally control those aggrava
tions. Wrong.
I dream of the day when
I don’t have to repeat
edly call companies, press
numerous buttons to get to
a person who then either
doesn’t know how to solve
the problem, doesn’t care
how to fix it or, just as bad,
promises anything to get
me off the phone.
Then, of course, does
nothing once I’ve hung up.
In addition to the appli
ance store manager who
cussed at me when his peo
ple made a mistake and
the propane company that
refused to install a thermo
stat on a tankless hot water
heater for which they’re an
authorized dealer, I have
completely exhausted my
patience with the telephone
company.
Trust me, this is a saga
you don’t have time for and
I don’t have the inclination
to relive.
But I’ll tell you this - it
was ludicrous when phone
company employees cannot
agree on whether DSL ser
vice was available at my
new address.
For a while, we were
running fifty/fifty on their
opinion.
Isn’t that funny? Their
opinion ! These people are
giving me their opinion,
not professional, decisive
information.
Then, I had to argue
against almost fifty dol
lars in overcharges. This,
though, was nothing com
pared to the blood pres
sure raising experiences of
trying to get my old office
phone number forwarded
to my new office number.
Ten days, nine people
- including two supervisors
- and several promises that
it would be done “by mid
night,” resulted in noth
ing. Each morning the sun
rose and my old office num
ber was still ringing in the
same place.
Phone services are not
cheap so I’ve paid this
company a lot of money to
aggravate me by giving me
migraines, ill feelings and
no customer service. For a
company born and raised
in the South, it isn’t a very
gracious way to act.
And, to be frank, my
graciousness was about
to be gone with the wind
until the executive offices
stepped in and rescued me.
But I’ll be honest: it
makes me appreciate Aunt
Cora a lot more. After all,
I don’t have to pay her to
aggravate me.
She does it for free.
Ronda Rich is the best
selling author of What
Southern Women Know
(That Every Woman
Should) and The Town
That Came A-Courtin’.
Subscribe
today
Call 987-1823
Engagements
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Special to the Journal
Jill Hulbert and Eric Anthony Thigpen
Hulbert-Thigpen
Lynda Kelly and David E Hulbert, Jr., both of Perry,
announce the engagement of their daughter, Jill Elizabeth
Hulbert, to Eric Anthony Thigpen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Thigpen of Perry
The wedding will take place on Oct. 21 at Lovely Lane
Chapel, Epworth by the Sea, St. Simons Island.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Hilda Walker and
the late L. Cohen Walker, Sr. of Perry, Doris Hulbert and the
late David P Hulbert, Sr., Perry. She is a student at Georgia
Southwestern State University in Americus, where she is
majoring in early childhood education.
The groom-to-be is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Bobbi
Keener of Bonaire, and Mr. and Mars. E. Wayne Thigpen of
Sandersville. He is a graduate of Brewton-Parker College,
Mt. Vernon, with a degree in Christian theology. He is
employed by Crossroads Landscape Designs, Inc.
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Special to the Journal
Phillip Edmund Rigdon and Kristin Amber Hunnicutt.
Hunnicutt-Rigdon
George Kemper Hunnicutt, Jr. of Fort Valley and Mr.
and Mrs. Randall N. Hart of Ft. Walton, Fla. announce the
engagement of their daughter, Kristin Amber Hunnicutt
to Phillip Edmund Rigdon, Jr. of Fort Valley, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Tribble of Fort Valley, Beth W. Rigdon
and the late Phillip E. Rigdon, Sr. all of Fort Valley. The
wedding is planned for Sept. 30 at First Baptist Church of
Marshallville.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William B. Etheridge of Perry, George Kemper
Hunnicutt, Sr. of Fort Valley and the late Eloise C. Hunnicutt.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from
Georgia College & State University and is a nurse at the
Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.
The groom-elect is the grandson of Caroline Martin Lane
of Fort Valley, Mr. and Mrs. John David Duke Lane, Sr. of
Fort Valley, Anne S. Rigdon of Fort Valley and the late Henry
Clayton Rigdon. He received his Bachelor of Science degree
in Agriculture from the University of Georgia and is cur
rently the farm manager of Lane Packing Company in Fort
Valley.
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Special to the Journal
Katie Davis Andrew.
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Katie Greer Davis and Neal Collins Andrew were united
in marriage May 13, at the home of the bride’s parents in
Fort Valley. The Rev. James Edward Shipley officiated.
Participating in the ceremony were Alice Ridgeway
and Yvonne Edwards, pianist; Pat McCall, violinist;
Joe Hutcheson, trumpeter, along with vocalist Tracey
Westmoreland. Greeting the guests upon arrival were
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ronald Greer of Americus, Mr. and.
Timothy Leolin Greer of Perry and Mr. and Mrs. John Price
Reehling of Macon.
The biyde is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baisden
Evans, jr. of Fort Valley and Mr. and Mrs. Jeny Alva Davis
111 of Perry. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. and Mrs.
William Richard Greer and Jerry Alva Davis jr. and the late
Dorothy Batson Davis, all of Perry.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carver Fisher,
Jr. of Dawson and Mrs. And Mrs. Walker Collins Andrew of
Perry.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory
silk taffeta gown. The strapless gathered column gown
featured a long fitted bodice and a slim skirt flared into a
chapel length train. She wore a long illusion veil trimmed
with satin ribbon.
Following the tradition of something old and something
blue, the bride wore a bracelet of diamonds and sapphires
given to her by her mother and father and designed from
bracelets belonging to her mother and to her late grand
mother, Dorothy Batson Davis.
Kristen Amber Hunnicut of Fort Valley was the maid of
honor and Amy Renee Davis of Perry was the matron of
honor. Bridesmaids were Nancy Elizabeth Evans, Macon;
Lindsay Andrew Hurndon, Lake Blackshear; Heather
Whiddon Allen, Candace Nicole Nichols, Stephanie Gwen
Long and Lindsey Christina Diaz, all of Perry, and Whitney
Christie Man tooth of Athens. Leslie Leigh Hurndon of Lake
Blackshear was flower girl.
Serving as best man was the groom’s father, Walker Collins
Andrew. Groomsmen were Jerry Alva Davis IV William Andy
Sparrow, Chad Jeremy Houser and Tony Randall Arnold, all
of Perry; Mark Walker Brannen of Eatonton; Artis Albert
McSwain and Walter Buzzell of Kathleen, and Jason Scott
Smith of Warner Robins. Ushers were brothers of the bride,
Charles Baisden Evans 111 of Jackson Hole, Wyoming and
Lee Newton Evans of Fort Valley. Clayton Walker Davis of
Perry was the ring bearer.
Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted an
outdoor reception, with the themes of peaches and pecans in
keeping with the Evans and Davis family businesses. Music
was provided by Celebration. The groom’s parents hosted a
rehearsal dinner at Houston Lake Country Club.
Following a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple are living
in Perry.
The bride attended Georgia College & State University in
Milledgeville and Macon State University. She is co-owner
of Impressions in Perry. The groom received a bachelor of
business administration degree from Georgia College &
State University, where he was an officer in Kappa Sigma
fraternity. He is vice president of Charles H. Andrew and
Son/ Andrew Pump Co. in Perry.
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