Birthday greetings to the following individuals from April 15th ~ 21st: 15th ~ Lisa Wood, Helen Taylor Johnson, Garrett Juan Wood, Franklin Taylor, Jr., and Robert Thompson; 16th ~ Glenwood Arthel Hence, Evelyn Ransome, and Tarita Ball; 17th ~ Tyneisha Garner, Nileene Newman, Wanda Gordon Henderson, Angie Levere, Avery Aderonke Adeshighin, Shirley Ann Harvey, Crystal Blue, and Dorothy Kelly; 18th ~ Erika Taylor Drummond, and Dorothy Dickerson Tate; 19th ~ John Heaggans, Sr., Sondra Veney Long, Laura Mae Gaskins, Naomi Clark, and Tony “T.O.” Byrd; 20th ~ Queen E. Ford, Travis Thompson, Francie Pratt, Kolby Dyke, and Wayland Burrell; and 21st ~ John Barber, Tiffany Parker Ball, Amanda Plummer Hueston, Michael Johnson, I’mani Robinson, Rebekah SaraJane Roddam, and Eugene Tate.

Anniversary greetings to Clarence & Atha Teresa Butler, celebrating 38 years on April 16th.

Bible Study and church service (Sunday) ~ Wednesday’s @ 6 p.m. on Zoom. Meeting ID: 852 2369 8625; Passcode: 2021; Dial by your location: +1 646 876 9923. Join us on Wednesday mornings at 6 a.m. for our weekly Second Baptist Church’s WOW devotional and prayer. New Dial-in number is: (848) 777-1500, meeting ID: 283020. WOW monthly meetings are 3rd Saturday of each month at 9 a.m.

On April 19, 2026, SBC will be having its Annual Family & Friend’s Day at 11:30 a.m. We are looking forward in having a glorious time in fellowship. Church anniversary will be 3rd Sunday in May. Chairperson will be Deaconess Doris Johnson. A repast will follow.

The Westmoreland Branch NAACP holds its Membership meeting the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Galilee Baptist Church, 20461 Kings Highway in Montross. New members are welcomed. For further information, contact: President, Lewis M. Thompson (575) 442-1208; or email marcelle.thompson @gmail.com or Vice President, Rev. Dr. Joseph Haden, (240) 463-0769; epathways@aol.com.

Democratic Friends Social Meetups will be the first Tuesday of every month @ 7 p.m. For questions, contact Butch Foutz @ (804) 761-5897.

Our get-well, sick, shut-in and prayer list continue this week for: Helen Juanita Wells, Sandy Pinto, Luke Sisson, Ann Taylor, Erica Drummond, Charles & Barbara Newton, Charlene Ashton, Betty Mosier, Joyce Johnson, Reginald “Nookus” Fletcher, Delores Moody, and Tarita Ball. There are others, of course and if you would like other names to be included, please call me. It is great (as always) seeing some of the sick, improving greatly and out. One called to thank everyone for keeping her in prayer. Please keep one another lifted in prayer and stay safe. Call and encourage those individuals and others. They desire your calls, your cards, and your visits . . . but, above all, they need our prayers. Please be extra cautious with the many health issues that we are faced with. We ALL need prayer.

DEATH(S)

A service in celebration of the life of Michael “Mike” Richards will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Little Zion Baptist Church, Oak Grove, Virginia at 1 p.m. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 17, 2026, in the chapel of Weldon-Fisher Funeral Home from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. and on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Little Zion Baptist Church beginning at 12 noon until the start of service.

Funeral service for Deacon Samuel E. Dean will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at Jerusalem Baptist Church, at 12 noon. Family and friend’s visitation will be held on Friday, April 24, 2026, in the chapel of Weldon-Fisher Funeral Home from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 25, at Jerusalem Baptist Church beginning at 11 a.m. until the start of service.