.May 8, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Friday  1981  Fair. 
I went for milk & eggs.  Stell Kelly was in a minute.  I mowed some.  Went up to Jennings a minute.  Went to Pennington late to get flowers for Elizabeth's grave from Kenneth and come back to Dryden to revival.  Several made decisions tonite. 

Footnote:  Stell Kelly  is her good friend who lives nearby.  Jennings is her brother who also lives nearby.  Pennington is a small town about 8 miles West.  Elizabeth is Jennings wife, Estelle's sister-in-law.  Kenneth is Jennings and Elizabeth's son who lives in Iowa.  Dryden is an even smaller town located between Pennington and her house.   When she said "several made decisions", she means they accepted God as their Savior and joined the church (I think). 

Info from the birth, death, marriage and other bits of news journal:
May 28 
1991 Lizzie Sturgill had a heart attack.  Died June 9.  April 12, 1991  Woodrow Sturgill had by-pass surgery. 
1991 Harold Kelly had by-pass heart surgery today at Kingsport.  Which turned out a repair job. 
April 18, 1990 Reba had a benign tumor out of her breast.
May 16, 1988  Reba Ely Reasor went to Kingsport hospital for surgery.  Gall Bladder
April 18, 1982  Hargus Ely found out he had cancer. 
Sept. 29, 1982  Reba E. Reasor lost a breast with cancer. 
1982 June 25 Curt had a kidney removed with cancer.  1983 Jan. 28  died of cancer.
Curtis Ely birthday May 28, 1912.   Married Virginia Vondventen(I can't read her writing here) June 29, 1941.  They had Ralph, Larry, Kenneth and Vera.  Virginia died Aug. 29, 1976.  Curt married Martha Jones Rasnic Nov. 3, 1979.