What is going on?

There has been so many tragedies effect the young families in Panola County in the last month. It started with a boy from Gary ISD being diagnosed with Leukemia, then Oct 9th, an 8th grader in Carthage was diagnosed with AML. A week later Cody B. (whose wife is a teacher at CJHS) was diagnosed with APL which is a form of AML. I heard two days ago that Rusty E. had a heart attack and this morning had a triple bypass. And just now I found out that Valerie Ritter, who graduated the year before me, passed away due to a long battle with Cancer.

Cancer is rampant in Panola County. I know it is everywhere but there are so many people that have had cancer from Panola County or the spouses of a Panola County resident has cancer. We have got to find a cure. Be sure to support the American Cancer Society and the Relay for Life. RFL is the largest fundraiser that ACS has each year.

Please respond to my blog with a small note of who you know has cancer and what kind of cancer.

These are the people that I know of that have either had cancer or have succomed to cancer.

• Sandra Weaver Hudson -- pancreatic cancer -- passed away in 2005
  
• Minnie Weaver -- melanoma --removed and in remission
• Leigh Anna Shubert -- AML -- in remission
  
• Mary Jo Shubert -- Ovarian Cancer -- removed and in remission
• Rebeka Shubert -- melanoma -- removed and in remission
  
• Alisha Shubert -- melanoma -- removed and in remission
• Tripp Penner -- AML -- in remission
  
• Cody Baldree -- APL (a form of AML) -- receiving treatment
  
• Jacob Boniol -- AML -- receiving treatment
  
• Mandy Davis' husband -- receiving treatment
  
• Ginger Gates' husband -- unsure of his status
  
• Valerie Ritter -- passed away due to a long battle with cancer -- 2008
  
• Roger Brightwell -- pancreatic cancer -- passed away due to cancer -- 2005 or 2006
  
• Macy Isbell -- AML -- considered cured 5 yrs in remission
• Gertie Denton -- ovarian cancer -- passed away due to cancer
• Allen Joe Hicks -- passed away due to long battle with cancer -- 2008
  
• Mozelle Bixler -- aggressive breast cancer -- passed away due to cancer -- 2006
  
• Ted Leach -- Liver Cancer --passed away due to cancer -- 2008
  
• Kenneth Owens -- lung cancer -- passed away due to cancer -- 2004
• Wanda Hanzen -- breast cancer -- receiving treatment
• Sallie Lipsey -- breast cancer -- receiving treatment
• Joni Reed -- breast cancer -- in remission
• Nicole Coleman -- in remission
• Shannon Ramage Knight -- thyroid cancer -- in remission/cured thyroid removed -- 1991
• Linda Murphy -- breast cancer -- receiving treatment
  

I know there are many more that I am forgetting. Please feel free to share your family or friends that have cancer currently or have passed on and I will add them so that others can pray for their family and them during treatments.