Welcome to BSU:

October 2011

1. Our Annual BSU Reunion was held in Carbondale Sept. 29-30. I will be posting the Individual and group pictures on our web site in the near future. Look for it under www.bsu-siu.com


Charlotte McKnight: Here is my new address: 503 East 2nd, St.Flora, IL 62839


2. Pat Hooppaw Bellinger wrote:
   
   Helen: Phronsie is back in her house with 24-hour care according to her pastor (my son-in-law)
   
   
3. A note from Terry Johnson TJOHNSON@wakemed.org


Bob and Evelyn Mandrell are fine after the NC hurricane. They still reside in Knightdale, NC. Our home did not have any damage, but our yard was watered well!


4. A note from Frank Gerliche ... To my family and friends. I’m proud to be another one of those imperfect yet prayerful, hopeful Christians – an old fashioned flag-waving, Bible-reading, sentimental American who still gets weepy over the singing of The Lord’s Prayer. Whatever your “political” leanings, our nation’s leaders ALL need our prayers. Our nation’s citizens ALL need our prayers. I hope you each will continually pray for our nation; encourage your family to pray for our nation. Prayer does make a difference. I know your heart will be stirred to join those who are not ashamed to praise God for His guidance and His grace upon our nation.



5. Dear Helen,
   
   I haven't received anything about the reunion yet and just wondered if it was still in the planning stage? Since my class reunion is being held in Anna-Jonesboro on the weekend, I will be in the area and thought I might be able to spend some time at the BSU Reunion, as well. Do you have a schedule? (Helen says: I answered this.) ~Margie Vines Oldehoeft
   
   
6. Sam White writes a note about his friend------. A former BSU member Sam White My friend, Jim Prowell, went to be with the Lord Saturday Sept.2. So glad my son and I got to pray for him Friday and let him know we cared for him. He will be missed by his family, by all the internationals that he loved and touched at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries, by his church family, and others who were touched by his friendly, joking, loving manner. He is with the LORD. Thanks my friend for touching me with God (I will add his name to our deceased list on the website.)Helen Galloway writes: Sam, was Jim a BSU member from the 40,50,and 60's?--Sam White Yes, he would have been. He was active in the BSC Boosters Club and was 78, I believe. Funeral was at Craine Funeral Home, Maple Grove, between Murphy and C'dale.
   
   
7. From: Alberta Thorpe
   
   I believe Marcus McCoy was a part of this BSU Reunion group. Marcus passed away yesterday at his daughter's in Tennessee. His last home address was 826 Randall Rd, Carlinville, IL 62626. Marcus was a special person and there will be a memorial service at Emmanuel Baptist Church on October 1st; his home church as a youth and the last church where he was a member. Marcus had been singing in the choir and had sung specials a few times in the last months. He will be missed.
   
   Marcus Delane “Mickey” McCoy of Carlinville died Thursday evening, September 15, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee while visiting his daughter and family. Marcus was born July 3, 1932 in Aruba, Dutch West Indies, son of Wesley Burt McCoy and Flossie “Fay” Wiser McCoy. He graduated from Carlinville High School in 1952 then served as a US Navy hospital corpsman until 1956. While in the navy he served two tours of duty at sea on board the USS Pacatuck and the USS Bennington. In 1956 he returned to Illinois where he graduated from SIU, Carbondale with a BS and a Master Education degrees. Marcus worked as a university administrator in Illinois and in Texas until 1996 when he retired. In 2001 he returned to Carlinville. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church where he enjoyed singing. He enjoyed his many friends in this area and giving God’s love to whomever he saw. Marcus was preceded in death by his parents and sister, DeAnn E. Conrady. He is survived by two sons, Marc L McCoy in Indiana and Paul W. McCoy of Texas, and a daughter, Maria L. Aronica of Tennessee. He is also survived by sixteen grandchildren, one great grandson, three nieces and a nephew (Janet, Carol, Norma and John Conrady). The Celebration of Life service will be at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Carlinville, October 8, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Lunch will be served in the Emmanuel Activity Center following the private burial of “Mickey”, “Dad”, “Grandpa”, “friend”. The family requests that memorials be made to the Emmanuel Baptist Church. ( Name will be added to deceased list on web site)



8. Notes from Agnes Davis(Taken from Facebook)
   
   #1John is doing some better this a.m. The doctor is now giving him meds for nerve pain, 2 different kinds and finally it looks like they are helping him as of this a.m. One of his therapists said that maybe it was an irritated nerve causing all of his bad pain, so we told the doctor that, and hopefully we are on the right track now! Praise the Lord! Thanks for all your prayers, we sure do appreciate them.
   
   #2 Some days John has really good days, then yesterday and today, he's been in bad pain again, no reason to it. Good Lord willing, we want to go to IL next Thurs. & Fri. to our Baptist Student Union, reunion at SIU. The theme is the fifties, does anyone have a poodle skirt, size 8-10 that would be willing to loan to me and John needs a white sport coat, size 44Long. Thanks for considering.
   
   
9. Added the name of Laverne (Grote) Corbitt to our mailing list. Her email address is corbittjay@juno.com . Her phone number is 618-797-1461. she lives in Granite City IL. A friend Darlene Kaseberg is also a BSU member. I will add her address later. Both of these members plan to attend the BSU reunion. I will get the "scoop" then.
   
   
10. I have removed the email addresses for the following members. Sheila Vaughn, Marvin/Sally Horton, Buddy Horton, Margaret Shelton, Bertha Rose Ginrich, Betty Weeks, Don/Esther Donley. For some reason, their newsletters have been returned. Any info on these would be appreciated.
    
    
11. I have added the following:
    
    Laverne Corbitt. Her email address: corbittjay@juno.com
    Barbara Benard, 912 Baxter Rd., Benton, IL barbarabenard@hotmail.com
    Yvonne Whetzel, aakteach@sbcglobal.net


        1949 Graduate
       Your BSU President, Emeritus
       Helen Galloway


Enjoy this story:

A man was driving around the back woods of Montana, and saw a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: "Talking Dog For Sale".

He knocked on the door, and the owner appeared, telling him the dog is in the backyard. The man walked into the backyard, and saw a nice-looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

"You talk?" he asked. "Yep," the Lab replied. After the man recovered from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he said "So, what's your story.The Lab looked up and said, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping."

"I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running "But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger, so I decided to settle down signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals. I got married, had a mess of puppies,..... and now I'm just retired." The man was amazed. He returned to the owner, and asked what he wanted for the dog. "Ten dollars," the owner replied. "Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?" "Because he's a liar. He's never been out of the yard. (COPIED)