Last week a classmate who I remember as being a friend to all passed away. The following day a member of my church family left this world.
Christine Crutchfield and her husband, Bill, were such good friends to Ruble and me. Christine, after a long illness, is now in a place of beauty and peace. She was a dear, dear woman.
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