Jo Ann Miller passed away peacefully from this life to meet her Savior on Jan. 1, 2024, at the age of 88. She was born on Oct. 18, 1935, in San Antonio, Texas to her parents Alvin Lee Burkhardt and Viola Mae Burkhardt.

Margaret McDonald Ballew went to be with the Lord on Dec. 21, 2023, surrounded by her friends and family. She was born in Crane, Texas on Sept. 6,1952.

Back in my grade school days you were told to clean the blackboards if you didn’t do your work or obey the teacher. Every time you did something wrong (breaking the rules) our teacher would write your name in the upper right hand corner of the blackboard. Mine was usually up there for talking and I had to stay in at recess and clean the blackboards. Cleaning those blackboards is somewhat like sinning. Every time we break God’s rules or fail to obey Him it is recorded in books in Heaven, (Revelation 20:12).

David Paul Brockman of Fort Stockton, Texas passed away Dec. 2, 2023.

David Brockman was born Jan. 20, 1926, to Emery Clarence Brockman and Sue Bozeman in Brownfield, Texas. He attended school in Johnson school in Brownfield, Texas. he attended his elementary years in Quemado, Texas and upper years in Eagle pass, Texas. Later in life he received his high school diploma for Odessa High school through the GED program.