by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
FOOD IS a universal love language… one that needs no words. Memories are made around the fellowship of the table where love, laughter, and a sense of belonging comingle with the sweet aroma of our favorite foods. There, we are nourished by mind, body, and soul. Robert...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
THEY’VE ALWAYS been a part of Judy Gambill’s life—agriculture and faith. Her commitment to serving her community is rooted in them. Gambill grew up in Franklin County and spent her childhood on the family’s farm, where they tended livestock and row-cropped. When she...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
SPENDING MOST, if not all, of your time with a loved one that can’t recognize their surroundings, forgets if they’ve eaten recently, or can’t remember your name can be more than overwhelming. It might even leave you feeling exhausted, depressed, and hopeless. While...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Feature
COFFEE FROM a favorite mug, their children’s hugs, and that exhausted feeling from a hard day’s work—all these little things were traded for soul-numbing choices leading to their incarceration. A lot of things are missing from life inside the Bedford County...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Feature
FOR OVER 35 years, Trena Tucker Cook stood behind the chair. Today, her appointment book is entirely cleared, making time for the most important things in her life—her family. Cook said, “Between working 50+ hours a week, taking care of Daddy and my 14-year-old, I was...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 1, 2022 | Feature
Like our lives, stories travel. Walk with Kyle Thomas on the worn path of a writer, but don’t dilly dally around, or he’ll run off and leave you. Envision the classic scene of a writer at an old typewriter, a wastebasket nearby filled with crumpled pages, as he taps...
