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  

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:

Dear Jesus,
 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.

 God promises:

“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.
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.

“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

Romans 10:13

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!

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.

Death of Ms Alberta's Granddaughter, my daughter Angela Michelle Booher

Angela Michelle "Boo" Booher (1971 - 2019)

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,

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

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.