EXCITING TIMES: The last two weeks have been quite eventful for Bill and Kathy Weekly’s family of Barboursville. On May 19, they celebrated the 104th birthday of Bill’s great aunt, Victory Crowe of Barboursville. Victory was born in 1919 and her first name is a tribute to the end of World War I. The staff at The Inn at Wyngate held a celebration to honor Victory including live music, her favorite foods, crowning her queen for a day, and a beautiful cake. Guests included family members Kathy and Bill, Craig and Marilyn Nottingham, and “family-at-heart” members Johanna and Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Dillon, and the entire Wyngate community. The second event that Bill and Kathy celebrated was the graduation from Cabell Midland High School of their granddaughter, Abigale Grace Boling-McComas, with a party at the Barboursville Community Center on May 21. Abby is the daughter of Fred and Gale McComas of Barboursville who hosted the party. The third event they celebrated was their son’s, Peyton Weekly, accepting a job in sales with Tri W Global, a Texas-based gas and oil company. Peyton has been training in St. Clairsville, Ohio, for five months and will relocate to Morgantown, West Virginia, on May 31 to assume his sales position.
HOLE IN ONE: Congratulations to Cindy McDonie who made a hole in one last Friday, May 19, on tee hole #3 at Diamond Links Golf Course in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. She used a nine iron to ace the hole. This is McDonie’s second career hole in one. Cindy and her husband Rick live in Ironton.
RECOGNIZED: Each May, St. Mary’s Medical Center recognizes its outstanding nursing leaders for their commitment to providing excellent clinical care. Congratulations to the 2023 winners: Skylar Hayes and Connor Pyles, Nightingale Award; Melanie Chapman, Legend Award; Britney Freeman, nurse specialist of the year; Stacie Dillon, clinical manager of the year; Summer Miller, advanced practice nurse of the year; Wilma Holton, support services nurse of the year; Amy Bell, coordinator of the year; Ruthie Ellis, PCS of the year; Shannon Arnold, unit clerk; and Dee Dee Porter and Amanda Schultz, Golden Stethoscope Award.
REUNION: Members of the 1968 Barboursville High School class are planning a 55th class reunion to be held on Oct. 21. Anyone who is interested in attending may email Linda Walters Post at punkiepost@msn.com or Jackie Baker Stombock at jstombock@suddenlink.net.
NAMED: Congratulations to Ryan Jobe who was recently named nurse of the year in the Cardiac Cath Lab at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Jobe is a 2001 graduate of Cabell Midland High School and a 2006 grad of St. Mary’s School of Nursing. He has been a registered nurse at SMMC since his graduation in 2006. He, his wife Brittany and their children live in Salt Rock.
DINNER: A free community meal is offered by the Greater Barboursville Community Outreach on Saturday, May 27, from 3 p.m. until 4:15 p.m. at the Barboursville Senior Center, 721 Central Ave. The menu is hot dogs, macaroni salad, baked beans, desserts and beverages. The meal is sponsored by the Mercy Village Church. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-736-5092.
SALE: The P.E.O. Chapter E will have a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Central Christian Church, 12th Street and 5th Avenue, Huntington. This is a multi-family sale with many quality household items, books, clothing, etc. The P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization that celebrates the advancement of women and provides educational support through scholarships, grants and loans. For more information, call 304-544-8275.
20TH: Congratulations to Walt and Kristina McClure Williams who celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on May 24 and also celebrate Walt’s 43rd birthday that day.
BIRTHDAYS: Happy birthday this week to Zach Baldwin, Taylor Adkins, Abbi Blosser, Amy Adkins, Sandy Hann, Marlene Black, Mary Howard, Pat Cornwell, Georgeann Holbrook, Chris Thompson, Tracy Thompson, Robert Thompson, Maxwell Hazlette, Johnny Ray White, Allison Shyann Overley, Caela Young, Jim Whitehead, Elizabeth Green and Ronald Eubanks.
WISHES: Special birthday wishes to Larri-D Terrell who celebrated his 56th birthday Wednesday; to twins Jonathan and Joshua Pratt, who celebrate their 42nd birthdays on May 28; and to Coach Jim Stewart who celebrates his 80th birthday on Monday, May 29.
ANNIVERSARIES: Couples celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are Roger and Edna Cole, Erik and Jennifer Weingardt, Matthew and Roxy Turner, Terry and Robin Triplett, Greg and Kara Slone, Matt and Robin McComas, Mike and Beverly Dawson, Joe and Angie Whitfield, Jonathan and Peggyann Pratt, David and Robin Lane, and Brian and Sherry Noe.
Send items for this column to Joyce Spencer, 817 Main St., Barboursville, WV 25504, or fax 304-736-4522. Her email address is jcspencer@msn.com.
