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‘Angels Among Us’
That was the theme for 2018 as the eighth annual Cancer Cupcake Tree ceremony was held Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21, at Lewis-Gale Hospital Alleghany.
LOW MOOR — “Angels Among Us.”
That was the theme for 2018 as the eighth annual Cancer Cupcake Tree ceremony was held Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21, at Lewis-Gale Hospital Alleghany.
The tree included 249 names of individuals who have battled cancer, and the ceremony coincided with September’s designation as Childhood Cancer Aware-ness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Sunday’s ceremony honored Emily Byer, a nine-year-old who has battled Ewing’s Sarcoma.
“Emily has shown us what strength and hope is when you are faced with a battle against cancer in her endeavor to fight that ugly ‘C’ word,”?said Marilyn Bailey, an organizer of the Cancer Cupcake Tree. “It is a great honor for us to have her and her family here today.”
Musical selections were provided by Kim Cahoon and John Ryan.
The Rev. Bill Gilliland of First Christian Church read the names “In Memory Of,”?while the Rev. Billy Price from Faith Baptist Church, a cancer survivor, read the names “In Honor Of.”
Mrs. Bailey and Priscilla Redman started the Cancer Center Fund in December 2009.
“We had a bake sale, but the money didn’t go very far,”?Mrs. Bailey recalled. She then came up with the idea of the Cancer Cupcake Tree.
“It is with your support that we are able to do what we do all year,”?Mrs. Bailey said. “With each cupcake that you have bought, the money stays here in our local Cancer Center.”
She explained that money raised from the Cancer Cupcake Tree is used to purchase drinks, water, En-sure, chips, nabs, cakes “and whatever else they need to make their visit to the center more pleasant.” “That was our purpose to help our local patients and caregivers,”?she added.
Mrs. Bailey recognized several individuals for their efforts. She and Beverly Ervin Pack visit the center each week to make sure that water, drinks and snacks are thoroughly stocked, while Drema Tyree and Renee Bethel frequently visit Sam’s Club for supplies.
A&B Bakery has provided refreshments at the Cancer Cupcake Tree ceremony each year, while John Ryan mans the sound system.
Mrs. Bailey thanked Kim Cahoon for her musical selection and Alisa Hayslett for snapping photos. She also thanked the Rev. Gilliland and the Rev. Price for their efforts. She recognized Temple Baptist Church and the Club Car for furnishing food weekly. She also thanked Epworth Church for contributing food and Coving-ton Bible Church for the Encouragement Bags.
“These are your trees, and you are helping our local Cancer Center more than you know,”?Mrs. Bailey concluded.
Following are the list of names that were read at Sunday’s Cancer Cupcake Tree ceremony.
In Honor Of:
Kathleen All, Pat Amos, Roger Amos, Betsy Arritt, Mark Asma, Mary Asma, Janet Austin Family Members, Sylvia Averill, Kevin Bailey, Bonnie Barton, Mary Ann Beirne, Renee Bethel, Stephen Bland Sr., Paul (Tommy) Bostic, Tommy Bostic, Tootie Bowen, Carl Brinkley, Milton Brown, Anita Byer, Emily Byer, Linda Caldwell, Teresa Calvert, Robert Cooper, Larry Craft, Selena Crawley, Linda Darnell, Frances L. Doss, Kaylee Elmore, Joyce Emerson, “G” & “P”, Bill Ervin, Michel Galand, Stacey Gibson, Helen Griffith, Pat Griffin, Amanda Griffith. Richard Hastings, Ella Haynes, Lori Zimmerman Henry, Stephanie Hinkle, Loretta Horton, Sharon Humphries, Pat Drauss, Shirley Lawhorn, Elizabeth Lee, Norma Lemon, Patsy Lopez, Rommi Lowe, J.W. Marquardt, Dannie Massie, Pat Forbes McCauley, Ronnie Meade, Stephanie Meadows, Kimberly Miller, Marty Montgomery, Patty Nicely, Johnny L. Nida Sr, Betty Swain Oyler, Margaret Pittman, Nancy Plott, Anna Mae Ray, Teresa Ray, Pat Renick, Anita Rice, Eileen Rickett, Libby Riley, Charlotte Rose, Cathy Rowan, Tiffany King Sanders, Nanci Scruggs, Dee Dee Simpson, Angie Sponaugle. Diane Stairs, Karen Tingler, Dolores Turner, Robert “Bob”?Turner, Mitch Vess, Phyllis Vess, Linda Wakefield, Donna Ward, Renee Warren, Dawn Wil-son, Betty Jamison Wolfe, Mary Worley, Wallace Worley. C. Kevin Aldridge, Lillian Appleton, Bill Austin, Carole Austin, Janet Austin Family Members, Sidney Baker, Jane Bartley, Veronica Swain Ballard, Bob Balser, Jane Bartley, Patricia Bates, Kathy Begay, Frances Bell, Minnie Bess, Raymond Bess, Steven Booze, Patrick Bostic, Sandra “Sandy” Bostic, Dale Bratton, Irma Broughman, Ronnie Brown, Charlotte Swain Bryant, Barrie Canode, Louise “Speedy” Carter, Robert “Bob”?Carter, Lena Beulah Clarkson, Robert E. Clarkson, Staley S. Clarkson, William S. Clarkson, Cherry Conner, Wayne Counts, Elizabeth Swain Craft, James Everette Craft, Tyler Cranford, Amy Vess Crizer, Richard Crosier, Susan Cullen, James “Jim”?Davis, Marshall Deffinbaugh, David S. Dobbs. Martha W. Dobbs, Dorothy Engleman, Buddy Ervin, Randolph “Peaches”?Ervine, David A. Fleming, Jeannie Fleming, Elsie Broce Forges, Gerald Fortner, Diana K. Fox, John D. Fox, Shirley Fridley, Barbara Gandia, Stacey Gibson, Selena Gillespie, LaNelle Griffith, Charlotte Grogan, Janet Gurd, Billie Scruggs Hall, Ruby Lee Hall, Samuel Lee Hall, Agnes Hamilton, John H. Hardy, Shirley Oyler, Harouff, Jennifer Harrah, The Rev. Paul Harris, Bill Havlichek, J.W. Havlichek, Tommy Haymaker, Monty Hazelwood, Jean Hopkins Hensley, Dale Hicks, Wendy S. Hinkle, James H. Hogg, Buddy Hoke, Ed Horton, John Hubbard, Martha Ester Hubbard, Murry A. Hubbard Sr., Emm “Raye”?Humphries, Tom Jackson Sr., Gail Jenkins, Barbara Jones, Jo Josephson, Clara Kemper, Robert “Bob”?Kemper, J.P. Kern, Virginia Kramer, Karen Lemon, Kennison Lewis, Debbie Lipes, Granddaughter Cate for Debbie Lipes, Beatrice Lockhart, David A. Lock-hart, Lewis “Louie”?Long, Charlie Looney, “Grandad” Charlie Looney, Edna “Bunny” Lowe, Jackie Marquardt, Doug Mattox, Jerry Mills. Robert Montgomery, Con-nie Morgan, Lester Morgan, Lois Morgan, Eleanor Muterspaugh, Donald Nida, Lewis Nida, Sue Nunley, Linda Oliver, Lester Oxley, Frank Oyler, Oscar Oyler, Ralph Oyler, Lilly Oyler, Buna Pearman, Phyllis Perdue, Ronnie Phillips, Susan Parker Potter, Amy Price, Jennie Propost, Katie Ray, Priscilla Redman, Grandkids of Priscilla Red-man, Pat Renick, Charles Reyns, Erma Reyns, Al-meada Nicely Rhea, Edward Massie Rhea, Eddie Rickett, Rick Rickett, Dorothy Rod-gers, Warren Rodgers, Greg Scott, Russell Scott, Claude H. “Ikey” Scruggs Jr., Claude H. “Mike”?Scruggs III, Donald Scruggs, Joyce Master Scruggs, Nancy Seabolt, Cleva “Sissy”?Sizemore, Ryland Sizemore, Guy Slayton, Dean Smith, Joyce Smith, Louis Edward Smith, Brenda McCauley Stanley, Melinda Stratton, Earl Swain, James Swain, Robert Davis Swain, Solomen Davis Swain, Parker Tingler Jr., Clovis Vess, Gene E. Vess, Jesse W. Vess Jr., Craig Walker, Martha Warlitner, Tommy Warlitner, Wanda Warlit-ner, Evelee Wheeler, John Wheeler, Karren Whitmer, Audrey C. Williams, Dr.
