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By Shirley Thorne
County Line Correspondent

Please be sure to check on elderly neighbors and friends to make sure they are warm and safe. Exercise caution with space heaters.
Piney Grove AME Zion Church celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. last Sunday.
The ThreadHeads of Clarksbury Methodist Church meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays featuring quilting rather than knitting. Everyone interested in quilting is invited.
A country breakfast sponsored by the V-Point Ruritans will be held from 7-10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1.
Billy Stroud celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday, Jan. 19. Today he enjoys the loving care of his three children and his devoted wife Beverly. Billy, all of us in County Line congratulate you upon reaching this milestone and wish you a healthy and successful new year.
Our community sends get-well wishes to Peggy Carlton, Hazel Dyson Smoot, and Carroll Warren. Peggy is having surgery today (Thursday). Hazel is recuperating at home after a 16-day hospitalization. Carroll is having total shoulder replacement surgery today. Janie Williams had improved and had come home, but she became worse and is at Novant Clemmons Medical Center. Rose Marie Johnson remains in the therapeutic unit of Cone Medical Center of Greensboro.
Larry Galliher has improved and is recuperating at home. Michele Dyson continues to recuperate at home with its needed modifications. Caleb Williams has improved and returned to his home on Ridge Road last Monday. He still must be isolated and return to Duke University Medical Center for appointments.
Join in prayer for the Lord’s divine healing upon Peggy, Hazel, Carroll, Rose Marie, Larry, Janie, Michele, Caleb, and others having health problems. Remember in prayer the family of Reid Tomlin, who died Saturday at Gordon Hospice House of Statesville after a period of declining health; Reid was the brother of Bessie T. Josey of Society Baptist and uncle of Mike Smith of Clarksbury Methodist.
Remember in prayer Gary Swicegood, whose wife Brenda Current Swicegood died Jan. 10.
Text or call Shirley: 336-492-5115; sdtlink@hotmail.com.