Scratch One Off The Bucket List

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Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. I

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I Hope She Doesn’t Want Parole

ჩვენი-ქორწილი-ივლისი-27-1996

დღეს, Tam and I will be married twenty years. სამწუხაროდ,, life in Missouri is 20 წელი, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. ივლისს 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept

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No Back Down in Kenneth

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My oldest son Kenneth turns 19 this week. All three of my kids have their own special talents and bent. Kenneth has always focused on two things in his life: martial arts and the Bible. When he was 14, he did all the Bible merits available at Royal Rangers over one summer. A friend of his and I convinced him

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. ჰატის დედა მარგარეტი ან გარდაიცვალა ჰატის მშობიარობისას, ან გარდაიცვალა

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Caleb Gets a Job

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Recently, my youngest son Caleb obtained his first job at a local fast food restaurant. I was proud of him because Caleb decided he wanted a job, filled out a number of applications and obtained a job close to the house. Caleb found the job to be a good fit because of the location and working environment.

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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Happy Birthday, ბებო!

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Yesterday, my maternal grandmother Alvina M. Ellis nee Mosblech would have been 100 წლის. Born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 15, 1916, Grandma was the seventh of fourteen children. She married an only child in 1938 and they would have two children, my mom and Aunt Maureen. Grandma had a big influence on my sisters and me because

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Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Story

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. However, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Story, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 ჯორჯ ვაშინგტონის ისტორიისა და მალinda დევისისთვის

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. ჩარლზ, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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Happy Birthday, Kenneth!

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My oldest son Kenneth will turn 18 this week. It is hard for me to believe he is a grown man already. It seems like five years ago he was a little guy running around and climbing on everything. When he was less than a year old, he could hang out of his exersaucer and pick up his toys off

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