For Those of You Traveling to Mexico & The Carribean

Click on the title of this post to take you to the complete Daily Reflector Article.

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"Karen Advertising the Pitt County Fair"

When Karen was at the fair with Christopher yesterday, entering the kid's pumpkins for competition, the Daily Reflector photographer snapped her picture with Kelli's "Witch Hazel". So she ended up in the paper this morning, to her surprise!!________________________________________________________________________

Happy Birthday to Our October Babies!!!

HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!!!!!

3 Robin James

4 Christopher O'Neal

4 Windy Kehn

8 James Whitehurst

15 McClain Whitehurst

20 Kelli O'Neal

22 Scott O'Neal

29 Holly Edwards

30 Shawn James

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Christopher & Kelli Enter Pumpkins in the County Fair

Hazel the Witch

A spacecraft from somewhere "beyond" our galaxy
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Brent & Family

My cousin, Steve Williams, from Greenville at our cousin Brent Fleming's house in Fair Oaks, California. Steve is showing off 2 salmon they caught!!

Standing are Morgan Fleming, Matthew's son and Mark & Erin who are Brent's son and his girlfriend. Sitting are Matthew, my cousin, Aunt Carrie who is their grandmother, and Brent. This was taken last year on Aunt Carrie's 98th birthday!

Clicking on the pictures will enlarge them.

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Brent Fleming - - A Cousin

The James-Whitehurst Family Blog has reached one more relative that I haven't had the opportunity to see in quite some time, Brent Fleming. Those of you not familiar with my mother's family may remember Gerald Fleming who grew up in Stokes. Gerald married my cousin Mavis Mathews from Robersonville. They lived in Raleigh for many years. They had 2 sons--one being Brent who lives in California.

I received an email from Brent today giving me a brief update on his family that I'd like to share.

"I have a grandchild due April 8 and my youngest daughter is getting married August 2." Brent

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Kevin Recently Attended a Class at Hope Station in Greenville

These are pictures of some of his instructors, counselers and fellow students who attended the certificate ceremony on the last day of class.

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Our Friends Doug & Ute Still Traveling on Their RV

"We are still in Las Vegas. This is my least favorite place so far. The traffic is horrendous and there are just too many people everywhere. You can't walk down the sidewalk without bumping into people. The temperatures have been great, however, the wind has been so wicked especially yesterday where dessert stony dust was so bad that it felt like hail hitting the car. We were on our way to watch the opening of the balloon festival that they have here this weekend, but because of the weather we turned around and came back. We are staying at Nellis AFB where the Thunderbirds are stationed and training and we are just about 10 miles north of the strip on the same road. Hoover Dam was very interesting and so was Lake Mead, but we found Lake Powell prettier.

I took so many pictures and every state we went into the scenery was prettier than the last one. The southern part of Utah was just so different than all the other states. Attached are a few pictures of Red and Bryce Canyon. We happened to catch "Sunset Point" at Bryce Canyon just at sunset and the mountains looked like they were lit up from the inside. The pictures are pretty but it was so much more beautiful in reality.

We'll be here until the 27th of September and then it's off to the Grand Canyons."

Doug & Ute

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Bethel Scouts Sell Hot Dogs at the Bethel Festival

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Ruben Edwards Service

BETHEL - Ruben Edwards, 70, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007. Funeral service will be held 3 p.m. on Sunday at Heritage Free Will Baptist Church in Bethel with the Rev. Walter Sumerlin officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel City Cemetery. He was born in Columbus County on July 25, 1937 to the late Alton and Clyde Strickland Edwards. He was a retired Service Representative of Massey Ferguson. Originally from Clarkton, he was a member of Heritage F.W.B. Church in Bethel. Ruben enjoyed fishing, music, working in woodcrafts and especially his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Whitaker Edwards; a son, Reuben Alton Edwards and wife, Holly Webb Edwards, of Bethel; a stepson, John Whitaker of Bethel; two daughters, Jennifer Manning and Alice Caroline Edwards, both of Greenville; two stepdaughters, Patricia Mosley of Bethel and Melissa Briley of Stokes; three brothers, Bill Edwards of White Lake, Roscoe Edwards of Clarkton, Jerry Edwards of Raleigh; three sisters, Marjorie Turnage of Raleigh, Peggy Shackleford of Wachala, Fla., Mary Elizabeth Smith of Clayton; three grandchildren, Bobby Manning, Brooklyn Teel, Angel Edwards; four step-grandchildren, Hunter, Sumner, Terri, and Joe; and four great-grandchildren, Breanna, Abigayle, Trysten, and Skylar. He is also survived by his former wife, Dorothy Whitehurst of Bethel; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held tonight from 5 to 8 at Walker Ayers Chapel, Washington Street, Bethel and other times at the home of his daughter, Jennifer Manning, 3121 Penny Hill Road, Greenville in the Belvoir Community. Memorial contributions may be made to Heritage F.W.B. Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 1165, Bethel. Walker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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The Haltigans Visit Disney World - - Orlando

"We had a great week at Disney World! We experienced all four Disney theme parks, Downtown Disney, and Sea World. We also visited most of the Disney hotels and had lots of fun on waterslides and sand-bottom pools. The character meals were great for getting autographs and photos. Riding the tea cups and Cinderella's carousel was Ireland's favorite part and Alana's was meeting the princesses and eating at the Shark's Underwater Grill at Sea World. The girls were chosen to introduce The Little Mermaid show at MGM and also to dance along in the Lion King show at Animal Kingdom. We have some great video! It was an exciting vacation full of "firsts" for the girls--airplane ride, bus ride, taxi cabs, waterslides, etc."

April Whitehurst Haltigan

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Pictures from Friend in Florida-April Guardabascio

"Here are a few recent photos of the boys, including one of Joseph on the school bus!"

April Guardabascio

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Reuben Edwards Passes Away

Reuben Edwards passed away last night on a flight back to NC. He had been out of town visiting relatives. Reuben is the father of Al, Jennifer and Caroline. Final arrangements are not yet complete, as the family will be meeting tomorrow morning to make decisions. We will post further information on the blog tomorrow.

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First Field Trip of 2007 for Home School Class

Home School Field Trip to Beaufort & Ft Macon

Karen, Wendy and I took Savanna, Christopher, Kelli, McClain and Camden to visit Historic Beaufort and Fort Macon. It was a great adventure. We rode the double decker bus on a tour of Beaufort, had lunch on the waterfront, visited the Maritime Museum, stopped for some fudge and then traveled to Fort Macon before traveling back home.
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My Cousin, Rebecca, in London with Her Granddaughters

"I took my two granddaughters to London in June for 10 days. Sarah (18) and Mary (16). They are Cathy's daughters. Sarah is a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill this year." Rebecca Jackson

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Congratulations Michael & Mary

My friend Brenda Harris's son, Michael, was married Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church. He and his new wife, Mary, have gone to Hilton Head for their honeymoon this week.

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Cathy Mathews is a Debutante - Congratulations!

Click on the photo to enlarge.

Reuben Mathews, my cousin, lives in Farmville and was originally from Bethel. He and his wife Donna have a daughter, Cathy, who is a debutante. She was in Sunday's Daily Reflector.

Reuben went to school with Susan Crawford. The farm where Susan and Ronald live outside of Bethel was purchased from Reuben's grandfather.

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Happy Birthday Logan and Madison

Logan and Madison celebrated their birthdays with a pool party and sleep over at the Lake House.

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Farrish Visits Jessica in August

Farrish, Kevin, Farrish's Mom-Leah Evans, and grandparents-Bill & Rita McCain recently went to visit Jessica and her adopted family at the adoption agency in Rocky Mount. Here are some pictures they'd like to share.

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