(804) 436-4570 Birthday greetings to the following individuals from May 14th ~ 19th: 14th ~ Dorothy Pettiford Lewis, Ernestine Maiden, and Karter James Givens; 15th ~ Shirley Kelly Tate, Timothy Johnson, Patricia Fauntleroy Davis, and Latosha King; 16th ~ Mary L. Cottrell, Robert Bailey, Steven Brown, Princess Stowers Davenport, and Bertha Davis; 17th ~ Dwight Jarrett, and our Production Manager, MELODY HASSELVANDER; 18th ~ Dorothy Reed, Mary F. Newton, Lena Heaggans, Darryl Hackett, and Anthony Tino Parker, Jr.; and 19th ~ Donna Lewis and Lloyd Scott.

Darien & Geneda Kearney will be celebrating their 7th wedding anniversary on May 18th.Previous birthdays and anniversary greetings from week of May 6th ~ 12th included: Birthday greetings to the following individuals from May 6th ~ 12th: 6th ~ Montrose Bailey, Diane Thompson, Barbara Thompson, Brock Cupitt, and Virginia Mae Thornton; 7th ~ May L. Monroe, Deionje D.J. Pleasants, and Robert C. Keeve; 8th ~ Edna Blue; 9th ~ Maurice Lyles, Robert Bobby Thompson, Dion Wells, Peggy Johnson, Geraldine Bea, Helena Fulcher, and James Smith; 10th ~ Theresa Sydnor, Clarissa Thompson, and Annette Thrift; Tulatha P. Tate, and Dorsey Monroe; and 12th ~ Bryant Chriss.

Anniversary greetings to Sterling & Tammy Lee, celebrating 20 years on May 6th.

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.

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 <mailto: 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, 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 contact 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 homegoing celebration for Welford Burrell, Sr. will be held on Friday, May 15, 2026, at Jerusalem Baptist Church, Hague, Virginia at 12 noon. Family and friends viewing will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in the chapel of Weldon-Fisher Funeral Home, Warsaw, Virginia, beginning at 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. A public viewing will also be held on Friday, May 15, 2026, prior to the start of service beginning at 11 a.m.

A service of remembrance for Avis Dixon will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Salem Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Family and friend s visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in the chapel of Weldon-Fisher Funeral Home, Warsaw, VA, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Visitation will also be available at Salem Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, beginning at 10 a.m. until the start of service.