Carolyn's Note

This note from Carolyn brought back a lot of memories and a few sweet tears.
This was in my 1954 Tennessee Temple yearbook. We had been first year students and she was to be attending nursing school at Georgia Baptist Hospital for three years. We had plans to be married. We had been in love since juniors at Rome High School.
We were eventually married in November 1958.

Hello

It's been awhile since I have been here.

Just thought I would check in.

Carolyn has been hospitalized numerous with CHF. It is much better since she began seeing Dr Michael Wilensky.

Neither of us are driving now.

God is still in control. He is my strength.

Pray for our niece Samantha Wade.

She is having surgery at UAB. 

Debbie's Birthday

Today is our youngest daughter's Birthday; Happy Birthday Debbie.

DAD

My dad, Sam Youngblood, died 50 years ago this year.

Getting Old

I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,

new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.

I'm half blind,

can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,

take 40 different medications that

make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.

Have bouts with dementia.

Have poor circulation;

hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.

Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.

Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,

I still have my driver's license.

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Hey, I have something to say!

First, Carolyn is coming home from the hospital today; she had a thyroidectomy (that may be spelled wrong) on Tuesday. Lab report showed one 3mm enclosed spot that was cancerous. No further treatment needed as far as we know. On Monday of this week she had an arteriogram; that was OK.

Second, On Monday morning as we were getting ready to leave for the hospital I got a call that my sister, Polly Klaesen had died. Polly was the youngest of our family. She was born in 1944 and I was born in 1934. Polly had been in remission from Leukemia for quite a while. She had been in the hospital recently with severe dehydration but had come home and we assumed she was better. She was rushed to the hospital in Tupelo early Monday morning and died about 6AM.

Third, Virginia and Jimmy took me to Fulton Mississippi for Polly's funeral. It turned out to be a good day. The highlight of the funeral was when Junior (Rudi Klaesen Jr)spontaneously gave a testimony of Polly's impact on his life. She became his stepmon when he was eleven years old. Junior is 52 and recently became a Christian after his wife, Kay, became a believer.

Fourth, Polly's youngest child, Maria, age 26 asked Christ to come into her life after the Funeral as we sat around the dinner table. I had the privilege of leading her in the prayer. Please pray for Maria Klaesen; she is facing some very difficult situations as she returns home to Valley,AL.

Finally, speaking of the dinner table. All of the family were invited to Guy and Glenda's for lunch (Guy, my brother, passed aways a few years ago after battling pancreatic cancer). Somethings seem to never change and I pray they continue. Guy and Glenda's house is Headquarters it seems. More great food that you could imagine, and the great Fellowship we always enjoy. It was good to be with Glenda and my two remaining younger siblings, Sammy Youngblood and Pat Gann. The house was full and there were younguns everwhere and more on the way.

WE MUST PLAN A FAMILY REUNION SOON!

AUNT EULENE

My Favorite Aunt, (Eulene Youngblood Willingham Whitten), and I had a a bunch of Aunts, died Monday morning.  She was in a Nursing Home in Sandersville, Georgia.  Tim Adams, her grandson, called to let us know.  Her funeral will be tomorrow at Sister's Baptist Church in Sandersville; that's where her daughter, Doris Ann Willingham Adams was buried a few years ago after a tragic accident.  I attended that service with my brothers and sisters.  I regret not be physically able to make the trip this time.

We grew up in Rome, Ga.; it was there, 323 East First Avenue, that my Grandfather Ollie, my Grandmother Sallie, Aunt Eulene and Doris Ann lived along with anybody else that needed a home.

We visited there some many times.  Aunt Eulene was a care-giver and the best cook in the world; at least in my world.  Within a hour of less, she could spread a feast fit for a king and his army.

I lived there while I finished school.  My family moved away and I hated that.  They welcomed me and looked after me.  There are so many warm memories.

Some years ago Aunt Eulene married Ellis Whitten, a long time friend.  After grandmother died and the neighborhood changed, Doris Ann Adams moved them down to Sandersville.  That became home and she became well know there as a Loving, Caring, and Best Cook.  We visited with her there when she had to use a cane and sit on a stool to cook: what a blessing.  My wife and all our children, Ginny, Kathy, Debbie, and Jimmy fell in love with Aunt Eulene.  We will miss her.  My brother Guy and his wife Glenda loved and kept in close touch with her as long as possible.  I know for a fact that Sammy, Pat and Polly also loved her.  

Both Aunt Eulene and Ellis went together to a nursing home.  Ellis died a few years ago.  Aunt Eulene would have been 90 this summer.  Tim Adam's and his brothers (her grandsons) and their families made sure they were loved and well taken care of.  Thank you!

Obituaries Eulene Youngblood Whitten  (August 26, 1919 - March 10, 2009)  Mrs. Eulene Youngblood Whitten, age 89, of Sandersville, died Tuesday,  March 10, 2009 at the Heritage Inn Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on  Thursday, March 12th at 2:00pm at the Sisters Baptist Church  with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Burt Parker and Rev. Phillip Winsett will officiate. Mrs. Whitten was born in Floyd County the daughter of the late Oliver Newton Youngblood  and the late Sallie McCue Youngblood. She was a long time resident of Rome where  she retired as a seamstress and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.  After retirement to Sandersville, Mrs. Whitten was a member of  Sisters Baptist Church. She is predeceased by her husbands John Emmett Willingham  and Ellis Wilford Whitten and her daughter Doris W. Adams. Survivors are her grandchildren, Evelyn Adams Winsett (Phillip) of Evans,  William O. Adams (Christy) of Marietta,  Timothy M. Adams (Laney) of Sandersville and Clinton D. Adams (Julie) of  Tennille,  Great Grandchildren,  Zachary P. Winsett (Ashley), Christie W. Caputo (Paul), Jessie Adams, Jordan Adams,  Daniel Adams, Lindsey Adams, Ashley Adams, Melissa Adams, and Randi Adams. May and Smith Funeral Directors, Sandersville, is in charge of these arrangements. Aunt Eulene's mother and my grandmother, Obituary. Aunt Eulene and Ellis cared for her at home many years. Obituary of Sallie McCue Youngblood   Rome News Tribune December 31, 1984 Mrs. O. N. Youngblood (Sallie McCue), 92,  306 Grady Ave., died Saturday evening at her residence after a long illness.  Mrs. Youngblood was born in Fairmont, February 22, 1892,  daughter of the late George McDuffie McCue and Arkie Virginia Moreland McCue.   She lived most of her life in Floyd County.   She was a member of North Broad Baptist Church and had been a charter member of  Calvary Baptist Church since 1936. Mrs. Youngblood was preceded in death by  her husband, Oliver Newton Youngblood, Sr., July 20, 1964,  to whom she was married October 18, 1908.  Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Ellis (Eulene) Whitten, Rome;  two sons, Wade Youngblood, Rome; O. N. Youngblood, Jr., Dayton, Ohio;  seven grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and seven great-great granchildren.  Funeral services will be held at 11 am Tuesday at Heritage Chapel of  Jennings Funeral Home, with Dr J. Robert Moon, Jr. and the Rev. Frank Wood officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens.  Pallbearers include Sam Youngblood, Guy Youngblood, Rev. Max Youngblood, Bill Adams, Tim Adams, and Clint Adams.

Sam, Bessie, Me, Guy, Sammy, Pat, Polly

Joyce Youngblood sent me this photo. I did not have this one.

Backrow (L to R):Guy, Sam, Bessie, Max

Frontrow (L to R):Polly, Pat, Sammy