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THE GILMER MIRROR, Gilmer, Texas December 19, 2012 — Page 3A
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Troy Dean
Pruitt
1965 - 2012
Memorial services for
Troy Dean Pruitt, 47, of
Gilmer will be held at 11
a.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at
Southside Baptist Church
in Gilmer. Mr. Pruitt passed
away on Friday, Dec. 14, in
Gilmer.
He was born March 5,1965
in Poplar Bluff, Mo. to Wil-
liam Edward and Kathleen
Pruitt. He was a manager for
Pizza Hut. He was preceded
in death his parents, and his
wife, Cheryl Holden.
He is survived by sons and
daughter-in-law, Troy and
Holly Holden of Gilmer, Jer-
emy Fresquez of Colorado;
sisters, Pamela Pruitt of
Washington, Gayla Fletcher
of Arkansas; and two grand-
childen.
Benny Ford
1944 - 2012
Funeral services for Benny
Fred Ford, 68, of Gilmer will
be held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 22, at Pine Grove Baptist
Church with the Rev. David L.
Venters, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be at New Hope
Cemetery under the direction
of Turner Brothers Mortu-
ary.
Mr. Ford died Saturday,
Dec. 15, in Tyler.
BornMay26,1944in Gilmer,
he lived here most of his life.
He was employed by Upshur
Rural Electric and was a
Baptist.
Visitation will be from 3 to
7 p.m. Friday at Turner Broth-
ers Mortuary.
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survivors beyond the im-
mediate family — spouse,
children, parents, brothers
and sisters, and grandchil-
dren.
Inclusion of any other sur-
vivors will require payment
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Should a person have no
survivors other than a niece,
nephew, etc., then that rela-
tive may be listed.)
Willie Davis
1924 - 2012
Services for Mrs. Willie
Clyde Davis, 88, of Big Sandy
will be held at 2 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 21, at Croley Funeral
Home Chapel with Larry W.
Osborne officiating.
Burial will be at Chilton
Cemetery in Big Sandy.
Mrs. Davis died Monday,
Dec. 17, in Longview.
She was born on June 15,
1924, in Big Sandy, to Clyde and
Fannie Davis Roberts. On July
1, 1950, she married James
Clifton Davis in Pritchett.
Mrs. Davis was a beautician
and a Methodist.
She is survived by her
sons, Wesley Don Faulk and
Thomas C. Davis of Big Sandy;
daughter, Barbara Lee Davis
Karamzadehof Spangdahlem,
Germany; three granddaugh-
ters, Priscilla, Jasmine and
Chloe Karamzadeh of Span-
gdahlem, Germany; and two
sisters, Mary Nell Dunnavant
of Big Sandy and Peggy La-
Force of Big Sandy.
Mrs. Davis was preceded
in death by her daughter,
Barbara Jean Faulk; husband,
James Clifton Davis; brother,
James Earl “Jinx” Roberts;
and sister, Adaline Howard.
Visitation will be on Friday,
December 21, 2012 from noon
until 2 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Please leave online condo-
lences at www.croleyfh.net
Early deadlines
set for next
two papers
Because of the Christmas
holiday and the Buckeye State
Championship game, special
deadlines are in effect for the
Saturday, Dec. 22, and Wednes-
day, Dec. 26 papers.
Deadline for news and ad-
vertising for Saturday is 5 p.m.
today (Wednesday, Dec. 19).
Deadline for Dec. 26 is
Thursday, Dec. 20. The Dec.
26 edition will be printed early
Wednesday to get the results
of the Friday night playoff
in it.
Some subscribers may not
get their edition in the mail
until Thursday, Dec. 27.
Cheer Buckeyes
as they leave
Friday morning
The Gilmer Buckeyes will
be leaving Gilmer at 8 a.m.
Friday for Cowboys Stadium.
Everyone who can is urged
to be on the courthouse square
to cheer them and show your
support.
Downtown businesses are
urged to put something in their
windows to show the Buckeyes
their hometown is supporting
them.
Just a sign that says “GO
BUCKEYES” or “BEAT
THOSE RATTLERS” would
be great.
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BETTY BIVINS COOK
*EDITOR ’SNOTE: Today’s
column was written by guest
columnist Darrell Cook:
Many memories still thrive
in my mind from my child-
hood. Back in the early 1970s,
things seemed so much sim-
pler than they are now.
Long before the Internet,
VCRs, DVD players and Ipods,
we had to use our imagina-
tion to keep us entertained
until a special program would
come on television. In those
days,there was no satellite
television or even cable televi-
sion available here in Upshur
County.
If you were lucky, you
might be able to pick up four
stations on your television set.
The best picture always came
from KLTV channel 7 from
Tyler, as it was the closest.
The only other choices then
were KTBS channel 3, KTAL
channel 6, and KSLA chan-
nel 12, which were all from
Shreveport, La.
On rare occasions when the
weather was in your favor, you
might be able to pick up the
PBS channel, but that did not
happen very often.
Now you can watch the
same program over and over
again on recorded devices or
even stream them from the
Internet. In those days, we
had to wait a complete year
to watch a special holiday
program when they came
on television. There were so
many of them that were only
aired once a year.
December was always my
favorite month to watch these
children’s classics. There was
at least two different Christ-
mas programs that came on
each week. Many of these
classics were either cartoon
animated or puppet animated.
Some of this included Frosty
The Snowman, Santa Claus is
Coming to Town, Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer and How
the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Of course, you cannot
forget the Christmas classic,
A Charlie Brown Christmas.
This has to be my all-time
Mirror Photo / Darrell Cook
HANNAH COOK shows off the cast of A Charlie Brown Christmas made for her father by
Jackie Johnson of Gilmer.
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BETTY BIVINS COOK
favorite. It is the story of
Charlie Brown, a young boy
who is always downed and
picked on, it seems. He is put
in charge of directing the chil-
dren’s Christmas play. Later
he goes to get a Christmas
tree, and comes back with a
tiny little tree that everyone
makes fun of.
Then he and the other chil-
dren are told the Christmas
story by Linus. In the end,
Charlie Brown and the chil-
dren learn the true meaning
of Christmas.
How wonderful this story is!
I have one fond memory of this
cartoon from the Christmas
of 1975, when I was five years
old. The time had come again
for Charlie Brown to come on
television, after what seemed
like an eternity to me. I had a
Charlie Brown record album
with a story book, but it was
just not the same as watching
it on television.
My sister Karen and I had
already sat down in front of
the television to get ready for
the program when we turned
the television to good old
channel 12. Channel 12 was
infamous for having the worst
picture. Some years before,
a storm had destroyed its
transmitting tower and after
it was repaired the signal was
not as strong.
I remember my Daddy,
□ □ □
Royce Cook, outside with a
pipe wrench twisting and
turning the antenna in a des-
perate attempt to make the
picture come in clearer. With
just minutes before the show,
there was still the old, snowy
picture with sound. You could
barely make out what was on
the screen.
With my sister and I just
about in tears, my Mother,
Betty Cook rushed to the
phone and called my grand-
parents, Marshall and Amie
Bivins, and asked if we could
come watch the show at their
house just down the road.
When we heard them tell us to
come, we both ran to the car.
I think Mom didn’t even make
us put on our coats!
Soon we were at my Grand-
parent’s house in front of the
television, watching good old
Charlie Brown! Granddaddy
watched it with us and I can
still hear him laughing when
Snoopy did his silly dance and
then crept off of the stage.
Soon after it was over, we
had to go home and get ready
for bed, relieved and happy
that we were able to watch
our show.
Recently, my daughter Han-
nah and I talked about how
different things were when I
was a child. She had a hard
imagining living without ah
her electronic gadgets.
In today’s world, you can
watch these shows as many
times as you want during the
Christmas season with the
help of modern technology.
Things like this were just more
enjoyable then. There was a
magical feeling when one of
these shows would come on,
not only in the Christmas
season but during special oc-
casions as well.
People have forgotten a
lot of the magic at Christ-
mas time. They knock each
other over trying to get to
that “specially priced item”
that is on sale and forget what
Christmas is really about.
Peace on earth and good will
toward men, as Linus read on
the show.
I pray everyone has a
blessed Christmas and can
share memories such as this
with their families before they
are forgotten.
HOLIDAY
BREAD PUDDING
16 slices bread, cubed
1 cup dried cranberries or
raisins
2 cans (12 oz. each) evapo-
rated milk
4 large eggs, lightly beat-
en
4 tbsp. butter, melted
3/4 cup packed brown
sugar
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
Caramel sauce (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
F. Grease 12 x 8-inch baking
dish.
Combine bread and cran-
berries in large bowl. Combine
evaporated milk, eggs, butter,
sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and
nutmeg in medium bowl. Pour
egg mixture over bread mix-
ture; mix well. Pour mixture
into prepared baking dish. Let
stand for 10 minutes.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes
or until knife inserted into
center comes out clean. Top
with caramel sauce. Garnish
as desired. Serves 8
RUM FRUITCAKE
COOKIES
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup shortening
3 eggs
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tbsp. rum extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
8 oz. chopped candied mixed
fruit
1 cup raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
F. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
Beat sugar and shortening in
large bowluntilfluffy. Add eggs,
orange juice and rum extract;
beat 2 minutes. Combine flour,
baking powder, baking soda
and salt in medium bowl. Add
candied fruit, raisins and nuts.
Stir into shortening mixture.
Drop dough by rounded tea-
spoonfuls 2 inches apart onto
prepared cookie sheets.Bake
10 to 12 minutes or until golden
brown.
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