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4 years ago 5
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This April the Great Smoky Mountains N.P. is CLOSED! You have to be kidding, CLOSED, even th Grand Canyon is closed! Never fear, it won’t be long before we are out in nature doing this again! Hang in there, we will make it!

Blessings,

the pilgrim

4 years, 1 month ago 3
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I’ve been sitting home, self-quarantied, like many of you, and wondering how i can bring some encouragment to the situation. This morning, via the internet, my Pastor brought me the answer, a wonderful sermon on God is In Control.

Thls is the link, it is the full service and I believe you will be blessed and encouraged if you watch it, hope you do!!

https://www.graceonthehill.org/march-22-2020/

Blessings,

the pilgrim

4 years, 2 months ago 41
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Friday night, February 14th, Sherelne and I celebrated our 50th Anniversary surrounded by family and friends! We renewed our vows and then joined around 75 guests for a catered dinner, it was a wonderful evening! Family came from some distance away to help us celebrate and then our weekend has been filled with family gatherings at our home.

The happy couple! What a thrill it has been to call Shrelene my bride for 50 years! Jim Haverstock, (with me below), got the prize for the furthest to drive to the celebration. and my Son Scott and grandson Ben flew up for St Augustine Florida!

My best man was my brother Homer!

Scott and Catherine preparing for the cake cutting!

Left to right, front table, Terri Fortney, Homer Fortney, Randy Scott, Joyce Scott Debi Miller, Eddie Miller and Sherelene.

Sherelene visitng with Jim & Susan Begley, dear friends!

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What a great celebration of a 50 year journey, I’m truly a blessed man!!!!!

Our grandchildren’s table!

Sherelene with Leo and Sandy Miller, our Harlan friends for well over 50 years! Thanks to Danny and Debbie Howard for coming too!!!!

Blessings,

the pilgrim

A very special thanks to Rhonda, Catherine and Rhonda’s mother, Helen for all the work they put in helping us get this done!!! Though I don’t have a picture of him, because he was always behind the camera, a very special thanks to Butch Houseman for taking all these images for us, you’re a champ Butch!!!!! I can’t thank you enough!!!!

More images coming after a short Honeymoon 😉

4 years, 2 months ago 2
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A few months back Microsoft automatically updated all my Office software and it crashed my email account!!!!! I haven’t been able to recover it so I set up a new email address, let me share that with you and please make note of it for corrsponding with me!!

billfortneyphoto@gmail.com

I always love hearing from you guys and I’m sorry so many have been getting kicked back on my earthlink account.

Pleae use the gmail account until I can restore the old email account!

Thanks and God Bless,

the pilgrim