Jimmie Carol (Elbert/Edna) is having some health related issues, please add him to your prayer list.

 

Bill (Elbert/Faye) is having some eye related health issues, please add him to your prayer list.

 

B.W. (Brown) has recently had his 2nd knee replacment and is recovering at home. 

 

Diane's (Elbert/Terry) father is currently hospitalized.  Please keep his family in your prayers.

 

Shirley's (Elbert/Frank) brother has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatments.  Please add him to your prayer lists.

 

David (Elbert/Jean) is still undergoing testing to diagnose his health issues.  The military has referred him to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ for treatment and testing.  Please keep his family in your prayers.

 

Desiree (Elbert/Doris/Romayne) is currently undergoing treatment for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.  She has recently undergone a very heavy dose of chemo and is currently having her blood drawn daily so they can harvest stem cells from her.  When the magical number of stem cells are harvested, she will get to go home for about 10 days.  She will then have to be hospitalized for a minimum of 21 days, while undergoing heavy chemo again, and they will totally kill all her cells in her body, good and bad, and then implant the stem cells they harvested back into her system.  Doctors are hoping this procedure will be successful.

 

 

 

J.D. (James Delbert), 2nd son of Elbert & Alice passed away August 18, 2005.  Services will be held on Monday, August 22, 2005 at Davis Morris Funeral Home, 800 Center Avenue, Brownwood, TX, with burial to follow at Stag Creek Cemetery near Sidney, TX.  Please keep this family in your prayers.

 

Desiree (Elbert/Doris/Romayne) starts procedures tomorrow for testing at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.  Desiree was diagnosed with cancer a few years back and had been in remission for quite some time.  Please keep Desiree and her family in your prayers.

 

David Alan (Elbert/Jean) is currently undergoing tests again in Tucson.  They had done extensive testing on him for Myositis over the last several months, and all his test results were lost.  He is now having to start over from scratch with his testing.  Please keep David and his family in your prayers.

 

 

Bryan Lee, 3rd son of Elbert & Alice passed away Aug. 10, 2005.  Services were held at the Stewart Family Funeral Home in Tyler, TX at 10:00am, Friday, August 12, 2005, with burial at Highlands Cemetery, Lamar County, Texas (near Paris, TX).  Please keep Bryan's family in your prayers.

 

 

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Melba Lois, (William Turney/Kay) is currently hospitalized in Tyler with pneumonia.  She is in ICU and on a ventilator.  They are hoping she can be weaned from the ventilator very soon.  This is all due to complications fro the polio she contracted back in the early 1950's & has affected her ever since.  She has severe swallowing problems & has to be fed through a feeding tube.  She was hospitalized in both Kilgore & Tyler before Christmas.  She was out briefly, but had to be rushed back to the hospital after returning to the nursing home in Kilgore.  Please keep her in your prayers.

 

 

Sydney (Elbert/Gertrude, Jean/Harvey, daughter of Marie) is having problems with her insulin levels.  She had a glucose tolerance test done, and that bloodwork was better than the initial bloodwork done.  Her family has started a new way of eating and they are all learning to eat healthier to avoid any problems in the future.

 

David (Elbert/Gertrude, son of Jean/Harvey) has recently been diagnosed with Myositis.  He is undergoing tests and his doctors are looking into a treatment.  This disease also is rare.

 

Rhonda, (Elbert/Gertrude, daughter of Edna/Jimmie) has recently been diagnosed with Papular Mucinosis.  This is a very rare disease and her doctor found 2 people in England who have it.  She has finally found a group of doctors who were able to diagnose her condition.  She was also had tests this week for a form of Lupus and will get the results back at the end of February.

 

Jimmie (Elbert/Gertrude/Husband of Edna) is recovering from a triple bypass and heart valve replacement.  He also had to have a pacemaker implanted.  He is doing better.

 

Edna, (Elbert/Gertrude) is still having problems with her arthritis and lymphedema, and is getting treatment for both. 

 

 

Elbert, Jr. (Elbert/Alice) passed away today, November 22, 2004.  Services were held Friday, 11/26/04.  Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.

 

 

Robert (Delbert/Mary) is in the hospital after having had a heart attack.  He had an artery on the left side of his heart completely blocked and the doctors had to put a stint in.  He is expected to be in CCU for 2-3 days before going to a private room.  Please keep Robert and his children, Brianna and Astin, and the rest of his family in your prayers.

 

 

Elbert, Jr. (Elbert/Alice) had his first chemo treatment Monday, 11/1.  He came thru the treatment ok.  Towards the end of this week he was hospitalized for pneumonia.  Betty Jo has Pam & Tom there with her and they are very busy.  Please pray that Junior gets over his pneumonia & his family and the doctors can decide the best course of treatment for his lymphoma.

 

Greg (Elbert/Jack) is having some health issues.  Please remember their family in your prayers.

 

 

Julia (Elbert/JD/Aleece/Tyson) had her tonsils out today.  We're all wishing her a speedy recovery.

 

Sydney's (Elbert/Jean/Marie) poison ivy has cleared up and all the blisters and scabs have fallen off.  Now the back of her leg is a baby pink from the new skin.  She is on a 16 day dose of prednosolone and has a follow-up appointment with the pediatric dermatologist next Thursday, 11/11/04.

 

JD (Elbert) was feeling bad earlier this week with a sore throat and ears.  He is on antibiotics and feeling much better.

 

Robert Glenn (Coley/Robert) has gotten good reports in reference to his surgery from Sept. 2003.  He had a kidney removed that had a fist sized cancerous tumor removed.  He is planning his first vaction since the surgery to Colorado in late October. 

 

Rhonda (Elbert/Edna) has had some sort of rash on her legs that has baffled medical science for a couple of years.  She has recently seen new doctors, and they are working hard to try to find out the cause of the rash.  Please pray that they find out the cause of this so she can get onto the road to recovery.

 

 

Elbert, Jr. (Elbert/Alice) has recently been diagnosed with lymphoma.  He will be starting chemotheraphy soon.  Please keep this family in your prayers.

 

Jimmie (Elbert/Edna's Husband) recently had heart surgery & is home recovering.  Jimmie had a complication with pneumonia, but is much better now and feeling better.  Edna is feeling better as well (she had knee replacement surgery) and is back in rehab to get her strength back.  Please remember them in your prayers. 

 

Sydney (Elbert/Jean/Marie's Daughter) has been having problems lately.  She had a small case of pneumonia, then was diagnosed with asthma.  This past week while spending the night at a friends house, she got into some poison ivy, that got infected and somehow turned into a staph infection on her left leg.  The oral antibiotics have done their job and no hospitalization was necessary.  We were transferred to a pediatric dermatologist and are currently under care with this doctor.  However, the rash had dried up and now the skin is peeling from the affected area.  Please keep her in your prayers.

 

Erin's (Elbert/Jean/Kim's daughter) test for whooping cough came back negative.  She had to use an inhaler for a few weeks and her cough is gone.  We are hoping it was just allergy related and doesn't return.

 

Emily Harper (her mother is a Hussar friend of Jean & childhood friend of Marie & Kim) had a fist size tumor removed from her back.  It was found to be cancer.  Please keep Emily & her family in your prayers as she goes thru the course treatment prescribed by the doctors to get her healthy again.

 

 

Faye (Elbert) is having some health issues at this time.  Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

 

 

Lisa Marie Hendricks (William Turney/Juanita/Bill) passed away today, 9/23/04.  Please keep the Hendricks family in your prayers.

 

Alisa Dawn Hart (Elbert/Faye's husband Bill), Bill's youngest daughter passed away Monday, 9/20/04 in Alabama.  There will be a private family memorial.  The family has requested no flowers, just your thoughts and prayers.  

 

Please remember these two families in your prayers. 

 

 

Bill (William Turney/Juanita) forwarded me a letter from his daughter Lisa Marie, who is having some problems with her transplanted heart.  He asked that I share this with you all and that you continue to lift Lisa up in your prayers so that her health can continue to improve.  Click here to read the letter from Lisa Marie.

 

 

Erin (Elbert/Jean/Kim) is being tested for whooping cough.  There are several cases of it in this area & she has been coughing for a while.  Please keep her in your prayers.

 

Luke Thurston (he is a kindergarden student @ Kim's (Elbert/Jean) school & also the grandson of Kim's 5th grade teacher) has been diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma, a very rare and very curable form of children's cancer.  The tumor is located in his abdomen.  A website has been set up to monitor his condition & you can also leave messages there.  The webpage is:  http://www.tlcontact.com/ServeCarePage?cpn=LukeThurston  You will have to sign up as a user on the page and then you will be able to access the page regularly after this.  Please remember the Thurston family in your prayers.

 

Shirley (Elbert/wife of Frank) had a spot removed off her lip & tested as non-cancerous.  Please keep her in your prayers.

 

Edna (Elbert) is home from the hospital after a successful knee replacement.  She has lots of physical therapy ahead of her but is looking forward to walking without pain.  Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

 

 

B.W. (Brown) spent a week in the hospital and underwent gallbladder surgery.  He came home today, 9/8/04, and is doing well.  I'm not sure if he was fortunate enough to have the laser surgery or not.  Please keep B.W. in your prayers for a speedy recovery.

 

 

Lisa (William Turney/Juanita/Bill) is having some heart problems, some of you may know she received a heart transplant in 1994.  She has had a defibrillator installed this week and is doing better, but still has a long road to recovery.  Please continue to lift Lisa up in prayers that God will grant her continued healing and she can be restored to good health.

 

 

Edna (Elbert) is having some health problems, please remember her and her family in your prayers.

 

Junior (Elbert) is having some health problems, please keep him and Betty Jo in your prayers.

 

 

John Edgar, (Tami's (Elbert/Frank) brother-in-law) died in a motorcycle accident.  Please keep the Edgar family and friends in your prayers.

 

 

 

James Henson (son of Connie Woods, who is the daughter of Ed Woods, brother of Ruby Woods Scott), had bladder surgery on July 28th.  James' surgery was successful and is doing great.  He should be home soon if he isn't yet.  Please keep James and Nancy in your prayers for a successful recovery.

 

Mary Jo (wife of JD) has finished radiation therapy for a spot of skin cancer on her leg.  Her treatments went fine.  Please remember her in your thoughts and prayers.

 

Alice (Newty) is preparing for a colon resection for a precancer adenoma.  This will be done sometimes after the middle of July.  Please keep Alice and her family in your prayers.

 

 

JD (son of Elbert & Alice) is doing somewhat better.  Please keep JD and Mary Jo in your prayers

Lois (wife of Bryan Lee, daugher-in-law of Elbert & Alice), is home from the hospital and resting at home.  Bryan is seeing that she gets all her medications.   Please continue to keep their family in your prayers.

 

Ronnie (Elbert/Bryan) was recently hospitalized. This is the second hospital stay for Ronnie in a matter of months.  Please keep him in your prayers.

 

Deb (Elbert/Jean/wife of David) has had surgery in Phoenix this week.  Please pray for her quick recovery.  Harvey & Jean drove out to Tucson to stay with Kristin while Deb is in the hospital.  Keep them in your prayers as they make the long drive home.