(804) 436-4570 Birthday greetings to the following individuals from April 22nd ~ 28th: 22nd ~ Maria Brockington-Veney, Rudolph Castor, Alex Eugene Johnson, Ellsworth Donald Anderson, Dominic Fortune, and Justin Self; 23rd ~ Joyce Anderson, Betty Mosier, Irene M. Lee, Natasha Dixon, Ernest Wilson III, Brenda Levere, Dawns Jewell, Bryant Gray, and Wizdom B. Rahim; 24th ~ Michael Wallace, Connie Turner Smith, Lillian McCoy, Warnel C. Smith, Sr., and Ada Dameron; 25th ~Arnetta J. Butler, Renee Denise Brooks, Velma Denise Carey, Sharese Thompson, Joe Taylor, Mary Catherine Smith, and Hannah Blagmon; 26th ~ Fannie Smith, Robert Bryant, Sarah F. Smith, Wayland Thommpson, Jr., and Javontri K. Fauntleroy; 27th ~ Betty Jean Laws Payne; and 28th ~ Debuse Crabbe.

Anniversary greetings to Thomas & Danette M. Morning on April 22nd; James & Peggy Keeve, celebrating 20 years on April 22nd; to Kurt & Ashley Gray, celebrating 6 years on April 23rd; and to Melvin & Sabrina T. Parker, celebrating 29 years on April 26th.

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) 7771500, meeting ID: 283020. WOW monthly meetings are 3rd Saturday of each month at 9 a.m.

Church anniversary at Second Baptist Church will be the 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, 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)

Service arrangements for James Henry and Charlene Ashton are incomplete as of this writing.

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.