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This is last minute but Emily's graduation is streamed live on concord.edu

Want you all to pray for Danny today. He is sick. I think probably pneumonia again. He is nauseated and vomiting. Really weak. Emily graduates today. It he isn't feeling up to going. We are still waiting on word from Texas. As of Thursday they had requested more tissue samples from UVA and we have to wait on the final on that.
Thank you All for your prayers
Trish

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Almighty God - Michael Combs

Quinton Mills - I Found The Lily In My Valley

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Everett Lilly Remembered

http://www.register-herald.com/todaysfrontpage/x2089088398/Lilly-remembered-as-musician-father-friend

~Rita~

Garage

David:

The garage did have some termite damage and some of the foundation was rotten.  That's not bad for 62 + years though.  I am planning on building on the same spot only bigger.  Concrete floor, insulation, heat, etc.

Daddy use to play with Everett and Bea

Bluegrass legend Everett Lilly dies

From Staff Reports

Bluegrass legend and Raleigh County native Everett Lilly, who with his brother Bea, reached the heights of bluegrass fame, died at his home in Clear Creek Tuesday afternoon, according to his son, Everett. He was 87.  The brothers began performing together as boys and after World War II, they played live on WJLS radio. From there they moved to Wheeling radio and then to Knoxville, Tenn.
In the '50s, Everett played with Flatt and Scruggs and played with them at the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville.  The pair also spent 16 years in Boston playing at the Hillbilly Ranch and are credited with bringing the bluegrass sound to Japan. The Lilly Brothers were inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. Everett received the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folklife honor, in 2009.  Bea Lilly died in 2005. Everett played on with his sons and other musicians as the Lilly Mountaineers.  Funeral arrangements for Lilly are unknown at this time. 

~Rita~

It was good to hear the update on Danny.  I'm glad that your 1st trip is going to be taken care of as far as the flying part.  I can't believe it's so hard taking care of the oxygen though.  Addy, that place looks beautiful in the picture but it doesn't look like it fits in the mountains of WV lol!!!  I have never heard of it.  Today was supposed to be a rainy do so we took Mar bowling for the 1st time.  I had a coupon for 2 free games for children :)  She made it to the last frame of the 1st game then lost interest.  She had fun though.  I tell ya, a ramp and bumpers make all the difference in the world.  Her score was 101!!  I did not break 100 :{ lol

Addy: A few years ago Dan and I took a week and toured West Virginia, and we visted the place you are talking about. Actually, unless someone told you about it, you would not even know it is there. It is indeed down a single lane dirt road. A lot of the concrete is crumbling, because the people that actually built it were young people who looked in books to see how to do concrete, and they didn't learn everything that they needed to know. Also, there is chanting over a loud speaker all the time. It is a good thing that the building is out among the chickens and cows.

Steve, have been watching your posts about the demolition of the garage with interest. Sure looks different now. Do you plan to put up a new one on the same spot? By the way, Daddy told me he finished the garage while Mommy was carrying me, so that landmark was at least 62 years old when you took it down. The wood was not rotten (or was it?) nor destroyed by termits, so it lasted for a long while . . . not that I'm old or anything. Congrats Emily on your graduation. I'm very proud of you. Lowe's . . . one of my favorite stores too! I should buy stock in the place. Danny we are still praying for you that all things will work out well. The Bible says, "All things work together for good, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Alice, we are keeping you in our prayers every day as well. Sorry we couldn't make the get together at Lonnie's but did enjoy the pictures that were posted. Love to all.

Hey everyone,
Emily is working at Lowes in Princeton.  The won't move to Morgantown until mid July.  Tanner finishes up with exams this week then he has a job working with one of the local lawn services for the summer.  We are still waiting on work from Houston for an appt.  I think we have the flight arranged through a company called Mercy Medical Airlift.  The American Cancer Society pays for one trip per calendar year for a patient and caregiver round trip to an appt.  Getting his oxygen situated is another story!  To fly with oxygen you have to have an approved portable concentrator AND enough battery power to fly the whole trip.  They do not allow you to plug in to their power source.  External batteries do not come with the oxygen so I had to purchase 2 of those.  One lasts only 3 hours!  If you think a battery is expensive for your laptop?  Each of these batteries are 300$.  Definately don't take your air for granted:)  I will let you know when we know anything.

Congrats Emily on graduation and the new job!  Still praying for Alice and Danny.
Rita and Bobbie~ I'm not sure why Lowe's wouldn't want me with my bubbly personality, I just don't understand I guess I need to get pointers from Emily on how to get a job there. hehe  It couldn't have been that salad from Food and Friends that I had with that poppy seed dressing?!?!?!?

Maybe you guys will find this as interesting as I did. I had no idea this existed!

America's Taj Mahal

Building and garage are gone!

Steve Treadway

Got this from Donna Witt

To all of my FB family and friends, I have a special prayer request. My sister-in-law's (Brother Melvin and his wife Ina) great grandson was hurt in a dirt bike accident today. He is 6 years old and his name is A.J.. He's in the Pittsburgh Children's Hospital and on a vent and dialysis with internal bleeding. Please keep him and our family in your prayers. God is good, all the time.............. ♥♥♥

Psst...Teresa...How is that they would hire Emily and not you??  You MUST have been over qualified and you would have made all those macho men look...uh...well, you know!

~Rita~

Psst! Teresa, I bit she gets a discount at Lowes!!

Congratulations Emily , Great Job.

Congratulations, Emily, on all counts! Where will Emily be working at Lowes? In Morgantown? When are they moving to Morgantown? Is Tanner out of school for the summer yet?

Dad is so proud! She works at Lowes:)

Worthy of the fridge display:)

Hey everybody, I just wanted to invite you all to my graduation this Saturday at 2:00 in the gym at Concord. No tickets or anything are needed. Hope y'all have a good week!

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we are cooking out for ariels birthday tomorrow at 1:30 everyone welcome.

Please every one remember Mommy's sister Naomia and her daughter Donna today in prayer, they had a fire in their home and it ruined it and then on top of that her husband got all of them out and then collasped on the ground , so they took him to the hospital and was checked out and sent home  then yesterday he passed away, only 49 yrs. old and Donna is just at her end and don't know what to do, she called me this morning at 4;30 for me to pray with her . so please remember them in your prayers at church. that God will give them strength to get through all of this Love you all..

Every thing went well with the other eye, thanks for the prayers and thoughts. The picture of you 3 is great , so pretty. Danny hope you are feeling better and Alice hope all is going well with you and Daniel. please keep us up dated. Love to All.

Danny, I'm so happy that you are feeling up to mowing!!  You look good out there :P  Addy, let me do some thinking on the Olympics and I'll get back to you.  This evening we were all finally able to get together and take the boys out for their birthdays.  Marleigh especially enjoyed it!!  At one time Adam and Corey got to laughing and joking around with each other and she was just enthused by them, watching them and smiling :)  I hope everyone is able to stay out of the heat for the next couple days.  It was a hot one today.  We had a storm blow through this evening that cooled things down quite a bit.  Vonda, how did the surgery on your other eye go?  Steve and Teresa, things are looking good up on the hill and you didn't have to burn any trees!! lol :)  Love to all

Addy: Have you tried googling "Hillbilly Olympic games"?

Hey everybody! I need some ideas. We are hosting the Hillbilly Olympics at school the day after we are finished testing and I thought you guys might have some creative ideas for events. I have toilet seat horseshoes, pin the tooth on the hillbilly, Nascar scooters, hubcap hurl, and beer goggle wheelbarrow racing to name a few. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Danny determined to mow the yard today !

Gracie and marley trying to beat the heat

Please remember mom today. She is having her other eye done. Love you all.
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Boy ,  that sure makes a difference in the looks of things, but it sure looks good . Steve and Teresa you sure are making thing look great around there. Love it.

Garage is on the ground!

I just want to say that we are praying for you Daniel and Alice and also Danny and Trish.  We love you all and praying God's blessings and healing over each and everyone of you.  We had a nice dinner with Trish and her entire family today at Alta then we came home and did some more demolition to the garage.  We hooked a tractor to it (ha,ha..sound familiar?) it was awesome, Steve let me have the honor of pulling it down.  Who knew demolition could be so much fun.  Woo hoo  P.S. Vonda, I'm glad your surgery went well.  Love you all!

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Glad Alice is doing ok Tell her we are still praying for her and Danny we are still praying for you and Trish too, My eye surgery went real well the dr. said, I didn't know how blind I was till they removed the cataract. Then it was like night and Day. Hope all is well with everyone else , love you All.

Hi Everyone, We got the report from the CT scan and all looks well except the left lung which has some fluid. The Dr. said that as long as there was no shortness of breath that they would leave it alone and see if the next chemo would take care of it. The Dr. said they would do one more chemo and then check everything with another CT scan.
Trish and Danny we are still praying for a miracle on your behalf, hang in there.
Vonda, how was the eye surgery?
Praying for the family always.
Love and Prayers
Joe and Alice

They found a new tumor on his r lung. The one on the left is larger. I am trying to talk him into going to md anderson cancer center in Texas. They specialize in sarcoma.

We are at Charlottesville waiting on the doctor! Danny had his ct scan this morning and waiting now for results. He is scheduled for chemo but he isn't physically able to get it. Still coughing and weak as a kitten. Speaking of cats, we were getting ready to leave this morning and I put the dogs out and then here come my cat with a MOUSE! He wouldn't turn it over to me or take it outside before we left so I am sure he will have it laying beside the door proudly displaying it when we get home:)

Please remember mom today.She is having cataract surgery
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Trish, I like the new look also. Very easy to read the posts, also. Bobbie, perhaps they celebrate the "new birth" days in Heaven.

Trish, I love the new look!  You are so talented!

I doubt they do birthdays in Heaven, I wonder just how young Daddy looks! 30's maybe?  I can hear you guys laughing!

Hi Bobbie, We had the CT scan yesterday and we are waiting the results. We will let you know when we know something. Love and Prayers

Happy Birthday Adam and Corey!  Daddy would've been 90!  WOW!  Also Ariel has one coming up this week!  Man you kids are getting old!

My email was hacked!  So if you got something from me and it looks suspicious, it probably is!

Happy Birthday Cory and Adam And God's Blessings on you Both.

So glad David is coming around!

Alice have you heard any news yet?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite sons today!  They are my Hugo babies I almost lost!  BUT GOD, I love those two words, had other plans for them! We are thankful for their 22 years upon this earth today!  You have blessed our lives and we want God's best for you on your birthday! Both of you!

Just wanted to up date you all on David, as far as we can tell he prouably had a light stroke , His speech is kinda slow and he has a hard time saying what he wants to say some times but other than that he seems to be back to normal some what.so I am thankful for that.God is good, Trish and Danny and Daniel and Alice we are still keeping you guys in our prayers . love you All.

I love the new porch :)  Lori, how is your dad doing today?  When will they get the results back from the tests?

Old porch made new

 We took some of the garage wood and rebuilt both porches on the old house.

Hi All, I just wanted to check in. Please remember mom and dad in your prayers. When mom went to feed dad breakfast yesterday she could not rouse him. They think he may have had a stroke or something like that. They did bloodwork and will wait to see. Mom said when he did open his eyes he had a blank stare and could not communicate with her. He finally came around after about a hour and a half. We will keep you all updated. Alice and Danny we lift you in prayer always.Daniel and Trish I pray God continue to give you strength to be His caretakers for your loved ones. Praising God this beautiful Sunday for my family..near and far.
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Hi Trish, Sorry to hear that, Yesterday we got a call that they wanted a CT scan on Monday to evaluate the progress of the chemo. We are hoping for a good report. All of the chemo has caught up with Alice today, please say a prayer for us.

We spent the afternoon in the outpatient dept aT the hosp. His magnesium was quite low so he got some iv and they checked his blood which has come in the 10 area which is good for him. I have sprained my ankle trying to walk. Didn't turn it or anything else just walked. Alice hang in there, we aRe praying for you. He goes back on the 26th.

Ruth, We have it in Madisonville, which is about 18 miles away. They just called this morning and said Alice is to have a CT scan on Monday to evaluate the progress of her chemo. We are praying for a good report. Please keep us in your prayers

Daniel, does Alice have her chemo locally?

Who are all those little monkey's in my apple trees. hehe Man, can you imagine what Daddy would be saying if they climbed them when he was still here...I don't think they would be climbing in them.

Alice

Hi Everyone, Alice had her chemo today and all went well. This makes the 4th treatment and I think they have her scheduled for 2 more so far. She is tired but resting, the effects from the chemo will not hit her until tomorrow we hope. Thanks for the prayers.

Love and Prayers for All

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