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Swisher County News
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Grief Hurts
Obituaries
by Dr. Kim Pond
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sion a Dr. asked for her opinion
in diagnosing an illness. She
leaves a host of friends in all the
places she has served.
Kathy was bom June 8, 1956
to Charles and Patricia Kiker.
She was the granddaughter of
Dallas and Lois Culwell of Vigo
Park and Lydia Kiker of Tulia.
She married Skip in 1988.
When the pandemic is past
there will be a public celebration
of her life.
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James Quinn Ford of Farmers
Branch, TX passed away on No-
vember 20th, 2020 at the age of
71, at Kindred Hospital Dallas
Central due to a brief battle with
cancer.
Funeral services will be held
at 1:30 Saturday December 12th,
2020. Services will be held at
First Presbyterian Church in Tu-
lia, TX with the Rev Ernest Mc-
Gaughey officiating.
James was bom in Canyon,
TX to James Charles Ford and
Mary Jayne Loftin on April 8th,
1949. He attended school in Tu-
lia TX, and majored in Physics
and Engineering at Texas Tech.
He was a retired technician with
AT&T and had recently taken up
golf. He was known to be very
easy going, and many knew him
to be an empathetic and charita-
ble person. He enjoyed music
and playing the piano. He also
enjoyed reading and loved to
travel.
James is preceded in death by
his parents James Charles Ford
and Mary Jayne Loftin of Tulia,
TX.
James is survived by his
brother Rodney Ford and wife
Terry Ford of Amarillo, TX, his
brother Frank Ford of Farmers
Branch, TX as well as his niece
Robin Ford-Dennis and husband
Joe Dennis of Amarillo, TX.
Family owned and
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Kathy Waynette Kiker Curry
of Tulia passed away in Ama-
rillo on December 8, 2020, of
cancer and complications of
CoVid-19. She is survived by
her husband, Edward (Skip)
Curry, her children Charles Ed-
ward Curry and Carly Curry, her
parents Charles Kiker and Patri-
cia Culwell Kiker, all of Tulia,
one sister Nancy Kiker Bean
and husband Alan of Arling-
ton, and two grandsons Brandon
and Bradley Galloway. She was
preceded in death by an infant
brother, James Dallas Kiker.
Kathy was bom in Canyon,
and spent her early years around
Tulia and Vigo Park. She gradu-
ated from Atherton High School
in Louisville, Kentucky in 1974.
She earned her degree in Nurs-
ing from Elizabethtown Com-
munity College, Elizabethtown,
Kentucky in 1977. Her nursing
career took her to jobs in Ken-
tucky, Colorado, Tennessee,
and Texas. She was an excellent
nurse. On more than one occa-
His smiles and joy were con-
tagious,
Changed people were his re-
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their mouth when given an opportunity. In fact, it
is so consuming that we both avoid any contact
with this person.
It was interesting to me to hear that in other
contexts they do not show this behavior. They are
positive, easy to be around and even sought after.
Needless to say I was shocked and then I began to
think. If this person can choose their outlook based
on who is around them, can others choose theirs
as well? Can I look at a loss from different view-
points so in the end I can see some good?
I heard a devotional the other day where the
speaker was discussing her father’s excmciating
journey through prostrate cancer. She said that at
the time, the pain and horror of the disease kept
her from seeing how God was indeed involved in
the process.
After reflection, she saw that the journey had al-
lowed her siblings to sit with their father, hear sto-
ries they had never heard before, soak up wisdom
they may had missed previously, and even witness
their father accept Christ as his savior; blessings of
goodness that allowed the root of heartbreak from
the loss to finally die off and be pulled out.
Healing began and grief did not fully disappear,
but it did diminish in light of the abundance of
blessings.
What stump do you have lodged in your heart?
Has the heartache, disappointment or grief been
allowed to live because you keep feeding it with
your pain? Let go and pull it out so you can be-
gin to heal. Slumps as well as emotionally stunted
people are much the same: dead with no hope of
resuscitation. Even worse, they are often an eye
sore with no purpose.
Be alive and growing not dormant and purpose-
less and believe it or not it all depends on you.
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He had nowhere to turn.
Looking surprised, old Ben
spoke up
And with a winsome smile
said;
‘The nurse is
couldn’t know,
He’s been here all the while.’
Every day at noon He comes
here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down and takes
my hand,
Leans over and says to me:
“I just came by to tell you,
Ben,
How happy I have been,
Since we found this friend-
ship,
And I took away your sin.
I think about you always
And I love to hear you pray,
And so Ben, this is Jesus.”
If you can safely do so, be in
the church of your choice this
Lord’s day and check in with
Jesus. If you can’t do that then
pause for a few minutes and
I found this poem some years
ago. We need a reminder ev-
ery now and then that Jesus is
close by. These are crazy days
and Christmas is close by. We
need to remember that Jesus is
the reason for the season and he
is always close by and that he
enjoys our checking in with him
every now and then!
A Minister passing through
his church
In the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
To see who came to pray.
Just then the back door
opened,
And a man came down the
aisle.
The minister frowned as he
saw the man
Hadn’t shaved in a while.
His shirt was tom and shabby,
And his coat was worn and
frayed.
The man knelt down and
bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.
In the days that followed at
precisely noon,
The preacher saw this chap.
Each time he knelt just for a
moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.
Well, the minister’s suspi-
cions grew,
With robbery a main fear.
He decided to stop and ask the
man,
“What are you doing here?”
The old man said he was a
factory worker
And lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer
time,
For finding strength and pow-
er.
I stay only a moment
Because the factory’s
away;
As I kneel here talking to the
Lord,
This is kinda what I say:
Old tree Stump
When Steve and I moved to our current home,
there was an old tree stump on the south side. For
a couple of years it would put out some leaves
and long thorns, but basically an ugly stump. I
had some friends come try to dig, pull and push it
enough so that we could get it out, but it was not
all the way dead so it did not even budge. A couple
of weeks ago, I asked my precious son-in-law to
try once more. In 10 minutes he was back in the
house. He said it had popped out of the dirt like a
piece of toast: dry and done.
I write this because this week I drove down our
street and saw an old tree stump that had a big
trench dug around its base and a rope tied around
its middle. This stump was about four times the
one we had just got rid of, but evidently it too
was not interested in being pulled up the first go
around.
How many of us have pain or grieve that we
need to uproot from our hearts? How many of us
have tried once before only to find out that timing
is everything when it comes to change?
My precious friend and I were talking about this
very thing last night. We reflected on all we have
gone through together and admitted there were
times we experienced heartbreaking experiences
either through loss or just living life with others.
We both laughed about some of those incidents
and yet when discussing others we sat quietly for
a bit. We both agreed we have changed over the
years, but we both decided that holding on to hurt
and grief caused by others is not worth our time.
We specifically reflected on one person we have
known for some time. Their attitude and talk have
often been filled with negativity and condemna-
tion of others. It appears as if they have so much
grief and frustration internally that it spews from
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So, Jesus, this is Ben,
Just checking in today.”
The minister feeling foolish,
Told Ben that it was fine.
The head nurse couldn’t un-
derstand
Why Ben could be so glad,
When no flowers, calls or
inDWI.
Plan ahead. Line up a RA.S.S. for a
safe ride home BEFORE you go out partying. Otherwise, you’re looking
at jail time, up to $17,000 in fees and fines, and endless hassles.
In other words, your summer is #DONE!
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“I just came by to tell you,
Lord,
How happy I have been,
Since we found each other’s ward.
friendship
And you took away my sin.
I don’t know much of how to
pray,
But I think about you every cards came,
Not a visitor he had.
The minister stayed by his bed
and
He voiced the nurse’s concern:
No friends had come to show
He told the man that he was they cared,
welcome
To pray there anytime.
“It’s time to go, and thanks,”
Ben said
As he hurried to the door.
Then the minister knelt there
at the altar,
Which he’d never done before.
His cold heart melted, warmed
with love,
As he met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed down his
cheeks,
He repeated old Ben’s prayer:
“I just came by to tell you,
Lord,
How happy I’ve been,
Since we found each other’s
friendship
And you took away my sin.
I don’t know much of how to
pray,
But I think about every day.
So, Jesus, this is me,
Just checking in today.”
Past noon one day, the minis-
ter noticed
That old Ben hadn’t come.
As more days passed and still check in with Him from home.
no Ben, May God hold you in the
He began to worry some. palm of His hand and may An-
At the factory, he asked about gels watch over you.
him, So, FRIENDS & FAMILY,
Learning he was ill. this is ME, “Just Checking In
The hospital staff was worried, Today.”
But he’d given them a thrill. And always remember GOD,
The week that Ben was with loves you and yours!
From my heart to yours,
Bro. Larry
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