Finally! I have published mothers memories as she told them on tape.
So if you have enjoyed reading them on this blog, here is the link to the book.....
Friday, November 18, 2022
Saturday, November 27, 2021
2006 - April 23 Genealogy Search, The Beginning Reposted 27 November 2021
2006 April 23
Ann and I are sitting at the kitchen table having coffee. I didn’t know that she didn’t know who her ancestors are; so I am going to tell her.
I am the oldest daughter of Leonard and Myrtle Shoupe. My mother’s mother and father were Albert and Bettie Lanter Vaughn. On dad’s side, his parents were Florence and Henry Shoupe. I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and came to Harlan at the age of 6. Because my dad was prejudice, we moved to Yancy where we lived above the colored camp. There is a story there about how I met my best friend, Annalee, in Yancy, Harlan County, Kentucky. A best friend who taught me how to cook and clean; a friend who taught me to look beyond the color of the skin.
Since then I have traced my "roots" on both sides of my "tree" back more than ten generations. I know that: I am Alberta Ann Thomas, daughter of Harold Lee Thomas and Edith Alberta Shoupe Thomas. My siblings are: Harold Danny, Clara Jean, and Sharon Gail (deceased).
My father was Harold Lee Thomas, 8/4/1924 – 1/14/1968 (Born in Gatliff, Kentucky; died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky).
His Father was: Finley Thomas, who was the son of Sampson, who was the son of Daniel, who was the son of Robin, who was the son of Stephen, who was the son of Stephen, who was the son of Tristram born in Sundridge, Kent, England and Judith Clayland born in Talbot, Maryland, USA
His Mother was Rachel Elizabeth Powers, 10/31/1905 – 4/25/1999, Rachel was the daughter of Jesse LaMance Powers and Susie Campbell.
My father’s siblings were: Arville, Ruth, Henrietta, Robert, Wilma, Nell, Kenneth, Marvin and Jimmy, also Charles and Eula both deceased; Charles from cat scratch fever and Eula Nadine lived only one day..
My mother was Edith Alberta Shoupe (Thomas Brandon), 8/1/1926 – 5/4/2011, who was the daughter of Leonard Edgar Shoupe, 9/22/1901 – 6/14/1978 and Myrtle Evabelle Vaughn, 5/5/1909 – 12/1/1989. Alberta’s Siblings were : Ardith Faye, Willis Ray, and Dessie Sue Shoupe
Leonard Edgar Shoupe was the son of Henry Shoupe, 8/4/1877 – 8/9/1955 (died in Evarts, Harlan County Kentucky) and Rachel Florence Trosper, 1/14/1877 – 8/10/1949 (died Evarts, Harlan County, Kentucky).
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Are You Tired and Weary
Are you tired and struggling through your day? There is help if you want to ask for it.
That help comes from Jesus Christ, Son of God.
Matthew 11:28-30 King James Version
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and lean on me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Jesus loves you and wants you to come to the Father through Him. Jesus died for our sins so that we would be cleansed and able to go into the presence of God.
Follow HIm! Give your life to Him! Receive the Holy Spirit who will make it easier for you to stay on the path that God wants you to stay on.
That help comes from Jesus Christ, Son of God.
Matthew 11:28-30 King James Version
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and lean on me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Jesus loves you and wants you to come to the Father through Him. Jesus died for our sins so that we would be cleansed and able to go into the presence of God.
Follow HIm! Give your life to Him! Receive the Holy Spirit who will make it easier for you to stay on the path that God wants you to stay on.
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Armour of God - April 1, 2020
Armour of God
Ephesians 6:10-20 King James Version (KJV)
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Don't Forget - Original Post Monday, July 23, 2012
Don't Forget
The alarm didn’t go off, I got up late,
My feet hit the floor on the run.
Wouldn’t you know that’d be my fate?
Today was a terrible date,
A big shindig at the store.
No time for quiet or to pray;
That’d have to wait for later today.
My feet hit the floor on the run.
Wouldn’t you know that’d be my fate?
Today was a terrible date,
A big shindig at the store.
No time for quiet or to pray;
That’d have to wait for later today.
“Get up children we have to run,”
Still sleepy they want to debate,
“Just five more minutes to snore”
“No,” I said, “We should be out the door.”
Still sleepy they want to debate,
“Just five more minutes to snore”
“No,” I said, “We should be out the door.”
Not really liking what life had dealt.
With unbent knee and hasty breath,
I quickly mumble to myself,
“Help me Lord - they worry me to death,”
I still remember when they were born and how my heart did melt.
It’s not been that long since they were first held.
With unbent knee and hasty breath,
I quickly mumble to myself,
“Help me Lord - they worry me to death,”
I still remember when they were born and how my heart did melt.
It’s not been that long since they were first held.
At the end of a long stressful day, I finally knelt.
God where were you today?
It was a really rotten day.
God where were you today?
It was a really rotten day.
The thought entered my over strained brain;
I knew why I felt so drained.
I had not done my part,
This whole long day I had forgotten to pray.
I knew why I felt so drained.
I had not done my part,
This whole long day I had forgotten to pray.
Like sunshine after a sudden rain,
His love filled my wounded heart.
All I had to do was do my part;
So He could take away the pain.
His love filled my wounded heart.
All I had to do was do my part;
So He could take away the pain.
When you are having a really hard time and nothing seems to go right; pause a moment and see if you have forgotten one of the most important things in life - Don't let your day start without communication with Our Lord. No matter how things are rushing at you, the day will go better if you pause for prayer. God Bless you.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Remember
9/2002 Remember by Alberta Anne Thomas
Remember it is not a game;
When the demon, drink, calls your name.
This demon wants you to fall and fail,
He wants your soul to go to hell.
When the demon, drink, calls your name.
This demon wants you to fall and fail,
He wants your soul to go to hell.
Remember this, when all have gone,
You never, ever walk alone!
Even in your loneliest hour,
God is near, He is always there.
You never, ever walk alone!
Even in your loneliest hour,
God is near, He is always there.
He will always hold your hand,
He will always help you to stand.
Call upon His name, and pray,
With Him, you can survive another day.
He will always help you to stand.
Call upon His name, and pray,
With Him, you can survive another day.
Friday, July 3, 2020
Comparing Fathers
Just like most children, I always thought that my
father, Harold Lee Thomas, was a wise man.
He was not a tall man. He stood about five feet
eight inches tall and weighed one hundred sixty five pounds. He was a soft
spoken person, always kind to animals and people.
When I did something wrong I would rather have
gotten a “switching” from Ms Alberta than a “talking to” from my father.
The switching from Ms Alberta was over and done with
fast. The wrong doing paid for and a few sore spots from the switch for a
reminder not to be bad again.
But that talking to from Dad tended to stay with me
and make me think and keep on thinking about what had been done wrong.
For example, Dad heard someone saying something
unkind to another person. Not me! Not that time! But the words that he told
that person have stayed with me for more than sixty years!
Dad told that person, “Words are just like bullets.
Once you let them go, there is no recalling them. They enter your target and do
damage; sometimes unseen damage. So, we should always think twice before we
speak, and think what words we are “shooting". We should walk a mile inside that
persons shoes and try to understand just where they are coming from”.
Those were wise words sixty years ago. They are even
wiser now than they were then.
We are all brothers and sisters. The color of our
skin does not, should not, matter.
We were formed and shaped with the breath of life,
by a loving God; who sent His only Son to hang and die on a cross for all of
our sins. That Son stretched out His arms, with love and understanding, to die
for us. After three days He arose from the tomb where He was laid.
Jesus still has open arms. He wants to give eternal
life to those who will only believe, then follow the guidelines that were given
by the Heavenly Father.
Believe in Jesus! He is the way, the truth, and the
life. He is the only way to be able to stand in the presence of the living God.
Answer anger with kindness and soft spoken words. Love
one another!
John
14:6 King James Version
6 Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
John
13:34 King James Version
34 A
new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another.
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Illness is caused by the devil
When God created us, He intended us to never age, never to be ill and to always walk with Him.
I recently took a Bible course about healing.
As I took this course and looked up Bible scriptures, I was convinced that illness in the world is caused by sin.
Eve was tempted in the Garden of Eden by the devil, thereby giving up our guardianship of the earth to the devil.
Under the devil's guidance people of the earth started to sin and started to become ill and age.
God sent His Son, Jesus, to be the last sacrificial lamb to die for sin. My sin, your sin, the sins of all born on the earth.
I gave my heart and life to Jesus when I was very young; age eight. I can not say that I have always walked and been as the Redeemer would have me be. But I can say that I know that Jesus died for sin; lay in the grave for three days and rose on the third day.
I recently returned to follow Him. My life is not perfect. Many of the decisions and paths that I followed as a young adult were not good.
But I can now say that I have a joy in my heart that makes my life easier. I have peace about what is going on around me.
Follow Jesus, Son of God, to the Father; be filled with the Holy Spirit and you will find peace and joy filling your heart and life.
Philippians 4:7
King James Version
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
I recently took a Bible course about healing.
As I took this course and looked up Bible scriptures, I was convinced that illness in the world is caused by sin.
Eve was tempted in the Garden of Eden by the devil, thereby giving up our guardianship of the earth to the devil.
Under the devil's guidance people of the earth started to sin and started to become ill and age.
God sent His Son, Jesus, to be the last sacrificial lamb to die for sin. My sin, your sin, the sins of all born on the earth.
I gave my heart and life to Jesus when I was very young; age eight. I can not say that I have always walked and been as the Redeemer would have me be. But I can say that I know that Jesus died for sin; lay in the grave for three days and rose on the third day.
I recently returned to follow Him. My life is not perfect. Many of the decisions and paths that I followed as a young adult were not good.
But I can now say that I have a joy in my heart that makes my life easier. I have peace about what is going on around me.
Follow Jesus, Son of God, to the Father; be filled with the Holy Spirit and you will find peace and joy filling your heart and life.
Philippians 4:7
King James Version
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Admitting Mortality
May 26, 2020
Got up Monday morning, May 26, with a slight headache and nausea. When I stood up the world did a slow turn! Double vision, which finally went away but left behind the headache and blurred vision!
I know the signs of a stroke; but I ignored them! I finished the rest of the week with blurred vision and a mild headache that would not go away. Along with those two symptoms I felt, not dizzy nor disoriented; but as if I was out of step with the rest of the world.
I volunteer for Dare to Care through my church, First Nazarene Church - Shepherds Pantry. On Tuesday June 2, the day that I normally help distribute food to my community, I was sent home because I started getting dizzy and sick. I went right to sleep and slept through to the next morning.
On June 3, 2020, eight days after the original symptoms started; I went to the emergency room.
Test after test was ran. Diagnosis was a mini stroke! I was transferred to the stroke unit in Louisville, Kentucky.
Each and every test came back negative! But I still had blurred vision, a headache and was light headed - my definition for feeling out of synchronization with the rest of the world.
On Friday morning, June 5th, I awoke with no headache, no blurred vision and I was once again in synchronization with the rest of the world. The doctors decided to let be go home!
The doctors final conclusion was that I had a transitional stroke. That is what the doctors call having all of the symptoms of a stroke but nothing shows up in the testing.
Conclusion? Don't ignore what is happening to your own body! We will all be called to go home some day. Don't rush your trip home by ignoring what you know is happening.
What happened could have been so much worse. I am one of those people who go through live trying to get as much done each day as is humanly possible. I have decided that I will slow down a little and enjoy the live that God, the Father has given me.
Take care everyone - God bless and keep you all.
Anne
Got up Monday morning, May 26, with a slight headache and nausea. When I stood up the world did a slow turn! Double vision, which finally went away but left behind the headache and blurred vision!
I know the signs of a stroke; but I ignored them! I finished the rest of the week with blurred vision and a mild headache that would not go away. Along with those two symptoms I felt, not dizzy nor disoriented; but as if I was out of step with the rest of the world.
I volunteer for Dare to Care through my church, First Nazarene Church - Shepherds Pantry. On Tuesday June 2, the day that I normally help distribute food to my community, I was sent home because I started getting dizzy and sick. I went right to sleep and slept through to the next morning.
On June 3, 2020, eight days after the original symptoms started; I went to the emergency room.
Test after test was ran. Diagnosis was a mini stroke! I was transferred to the stroke unit in Louisville, Kentucky.
Each and every test came back negative! But I still had blurred vision, a headache and was light headed - my definition for feeling out of synchronization with the rest of the world.
On Friday morning, June 5th, I awoke with no headache, no blurred vision and I was once again in synchronization with the rest of the world. The doctors decided to let be go home!
The doctors final conclusion was that I had a transitional stroke. That is what the doctors call having all of the symptoms of a stroke but nothing shows up in the testing.
Conclusion? Don't ignore what is happening to your own body! We will all be called to go home some day. Don't rush your trip home by ignoring what you know is happening.
What happened could have been so much worse. I am one of those people who go through live trying to get as much done each day as is humanly possible. I have decided that I will slow down a little and enjoy the live that God, the Father has given me.
Take care everyone - God bless and keep you all.
Anne
Monday, April 27, 2020
2020 Graduates
Dear 2020 Senior,
Congratulations for all of your hard work! You have
completed your high school education and you are now ready for the next step!
I don’t know if your
future is supposed to include college, a trade school or the search for a job.
But whatever your next step is, I wish you the best as you step forward into
your future.
I am sure that you are disappointed that you have
had to be in quarantine because of the Coronavirus.
But please don’t let this disappointment shape your
life. Be joyous that you have accomplished a major goal in life, despite the
limitations put on you by the Coronavirus.
1 Chronicles 4:10. But as for you, be strong and do
not give up, for your work will be rewarded.
I do not know what your
beliefs are; I can only know what my beliefs are.
That belief is in a risen
Savior, Jesus Christ! I would like to give you the blessings of God.
Numbers
6:24-26
24 "The
Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine
upon you, And be gracious to you; 26 The Lord lift up His
countenance upon you, And give you peace."
May you go into your future with the same
perseverance that you have shown this year as you faced the Coronavirus
quarantine.
Thinking about and praying for you,
Anne Thomas
Sunday, March 29, 2020
2020 Do Not Be Afraid - God Has Us
March 29, 2020
Hello Family, Friends and Just Looking
I want to give you encouragement during the Corona-virus pandemic.
We are a world at war with a relentless disease. The Corona-virus is no respecter of persons. Whither rich or poor; white, black, yellow or any shade in between; if you come into contact with the Corona-virus and it wants you - you are gone.
But we all have hope because we have been given a chance at a second life in heaven with God the Father, who sent His only Son to die on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins.
I am not saying that God will save this, our earthly lives, but that He can and has given us the Gift of Eternal Life, through His Son Jesus Christ.
As the descendants of the first human, Adam, we have all sinned and are not worthy to go to heaven.
But Jesus, Son of God, was born as a human. Jesus lived and walked this earth for thirty three years. He taught us to love, first God the Father; and then to love each other and treat each other as if we were loving and treating with our own selves.
Jesus was sent by God to be the last sacrificial lamb, to atone for all our sins.
Jesus, the human, was crucified and died on the cross. Jesus mortal body was buried in a tomb, with a heavy stone barring the door of the chamber where His body was lain.
Three days after the human form of Jesus was crucified; He arose in His true form, omnipotent and rejoined within the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Jesus ascended to Heaven; where He intercedes on our behalves between our sinful self's and God, each and every day. Jesus covered our sins with His pure blood.
When we accept Jesus as Savior; our souls are saved from the eternal fires of hell.
When we accept Jesus, He sends the Holy Spirit to fill us. The Holy Spirit is the small still voice that we each hear.
Won't you accept Christ as Savior? Won't you let Him be your intercessor?
Believe, ask Jesus to forgive you; ask Jesus to fill you with His Holy Spirit as your guide - then you will have nothing to fear from the Corona-virus. Because if you do get the Corona-virus and die; you will go to the Father in Heaven; where you will live with Him forever.
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 6:23
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” - I Peter 2:24
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” - Isaiah 1:18
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3:36
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." - Revelation 3:20
The Sinners Prayer:
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
Hello Family, Friends and Just Looking
I want to give you encouragement during the Corona-virus pandemic.
We are a world at war with a relentless disease. The Corona-virus is no respecter of persons. Whither rich or poor; white, black, yellow or any shade in between; if you come into contact with the Corona-virus and it wants you - you are gone.
But we all have hope because we have been given a chance at a second life in heaven with God the Father, who sent His only Son to die on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins.
I am not saying that God will save this, our earthly lives, but that He can and has given us the Gift of Eternal Life, through His Son Jesus Christ.
As the descendants of the first human, Adam, we have all sinned and are not worthy to go to heaven.
But Jesus, Son of God, was born as a human. Jesus lived and walked this earth for thirty three years. He taught us to love, first God the Father; and then to love each other and treat each other as if we were loving and treating with our own selves.
Jesus was sent by God to be the last sacrificial lamb, to atone for all our sins.
Jesus, the human, was crucified and died on the cross. Jesus mortal body was buried in a tomb, with a heavy stone barring the door of the chamber where His body was lain.
Three days after the human form of Jesus was crucified; He arose in His true form, omnipotent and rejoined within the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Jesus ascended to Heaven; where He intercedes on our behalves between our sinful self's and God, each and every day. Jesus covered our sins with His pure blood.
When we accept Jesus as Savior; our souls are saved from the eternal fires of hell.
When we accept Jesus, He sends the Holy Spirit to fill us. The Holy Spirit is the small still voice that we each hear.
Won't you accept Christ as Savior? Won't you let Him be your intercessor?
Believe, ask Jesus to forgive you; ask Jesus to fill you with His Holy Spirit as your guide - then you will have nothing to fear from the Corona-virus. Because if you do get the Corona-virus and die; you will go to the Father in Heaven; where you will live with Him forever.
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 6:23
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” - I Peter 2:24
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” - Isaiah 1:18
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3:36
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." - Revelation 3:20
The Sinners Prayer:
Dear Jesus,God promises:
I know I have sinned against you.
I am sorry for my sins.
I ask you to come into my heart and take away my sins.
I promise to love and follow you as best I can.
Thank you Jesus for saving my soul.
“him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.” - John 6:37b
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” - Romans 10:13
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
You have been born again.“He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” - I John 5:12, 13
You are a part of the body of Christ.
You have your name in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
You are a child of God forever!
You are going to be in heaven.
You will never lose your salvation.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Monday, December 16, 2019
Merry Christmas 2019
Chyna 2010, my last Christmas with Ms Alberta
Angela Michelle Booher
1971 - 2019
Ms Alberta Myrtle "Mom" Shoupe Faye Shoupe Harris
1926 - 2011 1909 - 1989 1932 - 2018
They are all gone now. Ms Alberta, Mom Shoupe, Aunt Faye and my daughter, Angela Michelle Booher, at the young age of 47.
But as my father said "As long as we remember them, they are still alive in our hearts and in our memories."
Merry Christmas to all - remember that the birth of the Savoir, Jesus Christ, is the true reason for the season!
Friday, November 1, 2019
Who Holds Your Hand
Temptations, trials and tribulations are on every
side. There are patterns and more patterns, things seen and unseen. Questions, always
whispering ever so low, “Why am I the way that I am? Why did God make and shape
me into the human being that I am? Why is my life the way that it is?”
Always in our walk through life there are these
things. Even in the most devout Christian life there are times when we just
want to run away, not stop, not look back and never even think about coming
back to face what is going on in our lives.
For a Christian this should be an untrue statement.
None of our life should be lived for ourselves. We have given our lives over to
the most awesome living God, and through His Son, Jesus Christ, all things are
possible.
What must be remembered is that when praying and
asking for something, God’s will should always be put first. Putting God’s will
first is the hardest to do when our children are what we are praying about,
especially if the very spark of that child’s life is slowly being eaten away by
cancer; or being consumed with a love for alcohol or drugs.
What should be, must be remembered is even when God
says no to our prayers, God loves us and He has a plan.
We may stumble and turn away momentarily, but God
never does.
His shoulder always bears the cross.
We must simply remember to look and to see who is
holding our hand.
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Death of Ms Alberta's Granddaughter, my daughter Angela Michelle Booher
Angela Michelle "Boo" Booher (1971
- 2019)
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Obituary
Angela Michelle "Boo"
Booher, 47, died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 at Jewish Hospital in
Louisville.
The daughter of Heinrich W.P.J. Booher and Alberta Ann Thomas, she was born Sept. 17, 1971, in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Angela lived her teen years in Elizabethtown and graduated from East Hardin High School in 1989. Angela lived most of her adult life in Stanton in Powell County. She recently had moved to Shepherdsville in Bullitt County. Angela was preceded in death by her father, Heinrich W P. J. "Heinz 57" Booher, her beloved Oma and Opa, Margaret Schauer and Robert "Jack" Booher; her Nana and Pawpaw, Alberta Thomas and Ed Brandon; and her maternal grandfather, Harold Lee Thomas. She is survived by her daughter, Ceceilia Ann (Wesley) Fouch of Stanton; three grandchildren, Kamryn, Aidan and McKenzie Fouch, all of Stanton; her mother, Alberta Ann Thomas of Shepherdsville; two sisters, Christina Trent of Murray and Teri (Nick) Reid of Shepherdsville; numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. Angela was cremated. There will be a celebration of her life by family and friends at a later date.
Published in The News-Enterprise on
Aug. 13, 2019
Fill not your hearts with pain and sorrow,
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But remember me in every tomorrow.
Remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles,
I’ve only gone to rest a little while,
Although my leaving causes pain and grief,
My going has eased my hurt
And given me relief.
So dry your eyes and remember me,
Not as I am now, but as I used to be
Because I will remember you all
And look on with a smile
Understand, in your hearts,
I’ve only gone to rest a little while.
As long as I have the love of each of you,
I can live my life in the hearts of all of you.
Angela Michelle “Boo” Booher
September 17, 1971
August 8, 2019
Celebration of Life
August 24, 2019
Saturday, May 4, 2019
In Memory
From the Journal kept by daughter, A. A. Thomas, during the battle with cancer
May 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM,
Ms. Alberta breathed her last earthly breath. Died of
cancer, Stanton, Powell County, KY
2011 May 7, 2011 buried
in New Highland Cemetery, Williamsburg, KY
Yes, on Derby
Day.
2011 May 6
Obituary
Published in Lexington
Herald-Leader on May 6, 2011 – Posted 5-7-2012
Edith Alberta Brandon
STANTON - Edith Alberta
Brandon, 84, of Vine Street, Stanton, KY, died Wed, May 4, 2011 at her
residence. Born in Cincinnati, OH she was the daughter of the late Leonard
Edgar and Myrtle Evabelle Vaughn Shoupe.
She was a member of the Fellowship
Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, KY and she was a former tour guide of the Boy
Scout Museum at the National Scouting Museum.
In addition to her parents, she
was also preceded in death by her first husband, Harold Lee Thomas, by her
second husband, Edward Sommers Brandon, by her daughter, Sharon Gail Thomas and
by her brother, Willis Shoupe.
Surviving relatives are her son, Harold Danny
Thomas, Sr. and his wife, Darline of Stanton, KY; two daughters: Alberta Anne
Thomas of Stanton, KY and Clara Jean Thomas of Covington, KY; two sisters: Faye
(Russell) Harris of Murray, KY and Sue (Buck) McVaney of Kemah, TX; 10
grandchildren: Teri (Barry Lee) Centers of Stanton, KY, Christina Trent of
Stanton, KY, Angela Booher of Stanton, KY, Harold Danny Thomas, Jr. of
Palmetto, FL, Timothy Lee (Kristin) Thomas of Elmhurst, IL, Dana (Chad) Crose
of Stanton, KY, William Thomas Howell of Covington, KY, Jason Michael
(Stephanie) Fisher of Lexington, KY, Jeffery Wayne Fisher of Aynor, SC and
Jenny Iantha Fisher of Glasgow, KY; 23 great grandchildren, four great-great
grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Visitation
will begin at 2 pm Fri, May 6, 2011 and funeral service, officiated by Pastor
Elmer Varnadore and Associate Pastor Jack Dilbeck, will be held at 6 pm on Fri,
May 6, 2011 at Hearne Funeral Home, Inc. 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY.
A second visitation will begin at 11 am with funeral services at 3:30 pm on Sat,
May 7, 2011 at Croley Funeral Home, Inc., 103 South 2nd Street, Williamsburg,
KY.
Interment will follow in New Highland Cemetery, Williamsburg, KY with
Harold Thomas Jr., Timothy Thomas, Bill Howell, Jason Fisher, Corey Thomas,
Chad Crose, Charles Kelly, Kevin Tipton, Bobby Mason, Bill Keaton and Barry
Centers serving as active pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers are Robert,
Kenneth, Marvin and Jimmy Thomas, Gaylon Jones, Clyde Hill, Archie Hill and
Homer Powers.
Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc. and Croley Funeral
Home, Inc.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
2009 - Cabin Fever - The Start of My Memory Book
From Ms Alberta's taped memories:
I was born August 1, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. I will soon be eighty four years old. There was a five inch snowfall last night so I am snowbound. I am one of those people who, despite my years, must be busy doing something. This snowfall has made me decide that I will try to do something that I have been thinking about and have been encouraged to do by most of my family and friends; write about my life. It may be time for me to do just that. So here goes the life and times of Edith Alberta Shoupe Thomas Brandon.
I was born August 1, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. I will soon be eighty four years old. There was a five inch snowfall last night so I am snowbound. I am one of those people who, despite my years, must be busy doing something. This snowfall has made me decide that I will try to do something that I have been thinking about and have been encouraged to do by most of my family and friends; write about my life. It may be time for me to do just that. So here goes the life and times of Edith Alberta Shoupe Thomas Brandon.
The
first step should, I think, be organization of my life events; but this is
giving me some real cause to wonder just where to begin. The story of my life
is not hard to tell because there are too few memories to organize and tell
about. The problem is that there are too many memories. My
personal history floods my mind first and foremost; but my life was definitely
shaped by the world events outside my family and personal life. During my
lifetime there have been a Great Depression, a World War, a Korean War, and the
Viet Nam War; there have also been other world shaking events that have shaped
history and touched my life.
My oldest daughter, who will be typing this for me, says to just start talking
to the tape recorder and let her do the rest; so we will give that a try.
NOTE: Ms Alberta was dead
before she reached her eighty fourth birthday.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Memories From Anne - Picking Blackberries
I can remember where we grew up that there were lots of trees. At some point in time someone had harvested trees off of about an acre of ground and left a few trees laying on their sides. There were lots of animals that used these trees as a haven to raise their young.
But the best thing about those fallen trees were the blackberry briers that started to grow near and over the trees.
My brother, sister and I love blackberries. There is nothing that comes close to the flavor of a fat sun ripened blackberry. So, in blackberry season, we would take our small metal pails into the standing trees out to that back acre of cut and fallen trees to the blackberry patch that was growing there.
Our hands would become stained with the berries as we picked them; and of course our mouths did too. Because who could resist taking a taste of a few berries before putting a few into our pails.
Despite eating more than went into our pails, we did manage to take enough of the blackberries home for Ms Alberta to make a blackberry cobbler.
I sure would love to be able to eat one of those cobblers now; because despite having her recipe, my cobblers may be good but they can not rival the flavor of Ms Alberta's.
But the best thing about those fallen trees were the blackberry briers that started to grow near and over the trees.
My brother, sister and I love blackberries. There is nothing that comes close to the flavor of a fat sun ripened blackberry. So, in blackberry season, we would take our small metal pails into the standing trees out to that back acre of cut and fallen trees to the blackberry patch that was growing there.
Our hands would become stained with the berries as we picked them; and of course our mouths did too. Because who could resist taking a taste of a few berries before putting a few into our pails.
Despite eating more than went into our pails, we did manage to take enough of the blackberries home for Ms Alberta to make a blackberry cobbler.
I sure would love to be able to eat one of those cobblers now; because despite having her recipe, my cobblers may be good but they can not rival the flavor of Ms Alberta's.
Ms Alberta's Blackberry Cobbler
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Use a 13 X 9 X 2 inch deep baking dish or cake pan
1 stick butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup self rising flour
1 cup cleaned berries
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt butter or margarine in your 13 X 9 X 2 inch deep baking dish or pan.
In a saucepan, heat the sugar with the berries and milk; bring to a gentle boil for about ten minutes
Add flour and vanilla extract
Mix well and pour into baking dish
Bake until the top of your cobbler is a golden color; about forty five minutes
Enjoy by itself or with ice cream on top.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Thoughts From Anne - 13 January 2019
Harold Lee Thomas was born 4 August 1924. He was the oldest child of twelve born to Rachel Elizabeth Powers and Finley Thomas.
Harold quit school in the eighth grade to go to work in the coal mines to help support his family. At the age of seventeen he joined the Army and fought in World War II and in the Korean conflict.
He married Edith Alberta Shoupe 7 March 1946. They had four children; Alberta Ann, Harold Danny, Clara Jean and Sharon Gail.
Harold was a Jack of All Trades and never met a job that he could not do; nor a person that he did not like.
On 14 January 1968, at the age of forty one years of age, Harold had a massive blood clot to his heart. Harold's loving heart stopped beating forever on that day.
Harold was buried in New Highland Cemetery on 17 January 1968; Sharon Gail, who had died as a three month old infant, lay close by.
Harold died fifty one years ago on 14 January 1968. For me the time has been short, the grief still with me every day. He was a father who was always ready for a pillow fight, a water fight or just a joke on himself or someone else that he loved. I still miss my father.
Harold quit school in the eighth grade to go to work in the coal mines to help support his family. At the age of seventeen he joined the Army and fought in World War II and in the Korean conflict.
He married Edith Alberta Shoupe 7 March 1946. They had four children; Alberta Ann, Harold Danny, Clara Jean and Sharon Gail.
Harold was a Jack of All Trades and never met a job that he could not do; nor a person that he did not like.
On 14 January 1968, at the age of forty one years of age, Harold had a massive blood clot to his heart. Harold's loving heart stopped beating forever on that day.
Harold was buried in New Highland Cemetery on 17 January 1968; Sharon Gail, who had died as a three month old infant, lay close by.
Harold died fifty one years ago on 14 January 1968. For me the time has been short, the grief still with me every day. He was a father who was always ready for a pillow fight, a water fight or just a joke on himself or someone else that he loved. I still miss my father.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Thoughts From Anne - January 9, 2019
To me we are all in this world together. To me the world is a large body of water, or pond; and we are each a pebble that interacts and reacts to the other pebbles, and the world around us.
There are good people in our world; but this world that we live in now is so full of people who have no respect for themselves or for others.
There is no care or thought for what another person is going through; definitely no thought for how our actions and or words will impact another.
What we should all remember is that we are all like that tiny pebble thrown into a pond. That pebble can and will create ripples that will expand out across, and even deep underneath the surface of that pond.
What kind of pebble are you? Are you the pebble that creates a gentle motion of comfort? Or are you the pebble that creates a tide that sweeps away everything before it?
I want to be, and hope that I am; the pebble that sends a wave of comfort. I love my fellow mankind. I forgive those who do not give thought to what and how what they are doing is affecting others. I forgive those who have hurt me in the past, present or future.
Walk in beauty; treat the earth and your fellow mankind kindly.
Alberta Anne Thomas
January 9, 2019
There are good people in our world; but this world that we live in now is so full of people who have no respect for themselves or for others.
There is no care or thought for what another person is going through; definitely no thought for how our actions and or words will impact another.
What we should all remember is that we are all like that tiny pebble thrown into a pond. That pebble can and will create ripples that will expand out across, and even deep underneath the surface of that pond.
What kind of pebble are you? Are you the pebble that creates a gentle motion of comfort? Or are you the pebble that creates a tide that sweeps away everything before it?
I want to be, and hope that I am; the pebble that sends a wave of comfort. I love my fellow mankind. I forgive those who do not give thought to what and how what they are doing is affecting others. I forgive those who have hurt me in the past, present or future.
Walk in beauty; treat the earth and your fellow mankind kindly.
Alberta Anne Thomas
January 9, 2019
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