Author: Shirley Guillott

This precious lady retired but not before she left a major impact on this little girl’s life. We Love you Shelley Brian and I pray your retirement is filled with beautiful memories with family and many MANY critters!!

The deacon ordination service was such a POWERFUL and SWEET time!! The two ordained were Randy Mosley and my hubby Bruce. They called the men up along with the wives. Randy and Jeanette were prayed over and then Bruce and I. When asked if anyone from the congregation would like to pray over us, up…

As a charge nurse for years, I had one BIG no-no… I better not ever hear: “you’re not my patient” “That’s not my hall” “That’s not my job” I was blessed with one of the greatest bosses, Ms. Leigh Heath right out of college that taught me this… I also had an amazing bunch of…

… I hope others remember Mr. Martin Cowart from West Hardin.. He taught Texas history, Civics and other subjects… He left teaching and went back OTR truck driving in the mid 80’s… He said he made twice the money… I was already out of school but we stayed in touch. … I remember going to…

When we see things that may seem silly… Remember, those are the memories… that FIFTY years from now… our grandchildren will be telling others about. They love having lunch at Oiler Country!!

… this morning I received a friend request and it was deleted… I didn’t recognize the name … later this afternoon I received it again… along with a private message… she told me she had heard I was writing a book about life in a small town… someone had shared some of my random stories…

… Yay, our picture and my 16-inch flounder made Mr. Snyder’s “Roll Over Pass” report today… he is a really a nice fella… he not only fishes the pass but “blogs” on Miss Nancy’s bait page… He keeps us all updated on what’s biting.

This photo was taken in 1977… this is the Sunday school class of Mrs. Ruth Floyd at First Baptist Church here in Batson… we all had gone to Mrs. Floyds sons house in Sour Lake for pizza and play pool. People in the photo are: John Floyd, Larry Floyd, Bill Floyd, Bills wife, Melanie Jordan,…