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Burns Flat Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Prayer Chain Ministry

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I just received this email from Tom Spence.

Sharman's mother, Ilah Oliveri, passed away today about noon. We will have a service this weekend in Jacksonville, Florida. Thank you all for your prayers.

Ilah B. Oliveri, 84, passed away around noon on the 21^st of August 2007.. She was born Ilah Venida Burton on October 25^th, 1922 in Ashville, North Carolina. Her parents were Charles Burton and Ruby Owen Zettell. During her youth she lived in Ohio, Tennessee, and Illinois. Known to her family as Nana, Ilah was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She will be forever missed by her family “always.”

In 1984, she was preceded in death by her sister, Juanita Ollic, Charleston, South Carolina and in 2003 by her loving husband, Joseph Francis Oliveri, Bronx, New York. They were married for 57 years. Together they lived in South Carolina, Florida, and Texas. Ilah spent her final years living with her youngest daughter and her family in Jacksonville, Florida.

She is survived by three daughters: Rhonda Sistare and husband Jimmy, Augusta Georgia; Sharman Spence and husband Tom, Burns Flat, Oklahoma; and Joanne Singleton and husband Henry, Jacksonville, Florida. She is survived by six grandchildren: Lisa Sistare-Harkins, Joseph Sistare, Tiffany Singleton, Trey Singleton, Heather Mitchell Spence, and Christopher Spence; and by two great grandchildren: Michael Sistare and Taylor Sistare.

The family will hold a private service on 25 August and her ashes will later be interred with her husband in the National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.

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Be anxious about nothing, but in everything through prayer, petition, and thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace that transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

[Kathy Stegall 14 Aug 2007]We received a call late last night that another person was in the vehicle with Chris Battles. His name was Sean Gray. He had also just graduated from Burns Flat-Dill City. He lived in the town of Dill City. Please be in prayer for his parents, siblings, and extended families and many friends.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

[Kathy Stegall 13 Aug 2007]Chris Battles, a young man from Burns Flat, was killed late this afternoon in a car accident. Please be in prayer for his parents and siblings.

Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the rightous fall.

[Kathy Stegall 10 Aug 2007] Julie just called. Tom does have a concussion. The doctor told him no hitting for a week. Please keep him in your prayers for a complete recovery.

[Kathy Stegall] I just received a call from Lynn Ferrari. Her son in law, Levy Galmor, has been to the doctor this week because he was having problems with dehydration. They started him on medication.

Tonight he is also having some severe stomach pains so they are going to take him to Oklahoma City to the hospital. Please be in prayer for Levy, the family and for the doctors working on Levy.

Psalm 55:1-2 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication! Attend to me, and answer me; I am overcome by my trouble.

[Kathy Stegall 10 Aug 2007] I just got a call from Julie Crawford. They are taking Tommy to the emergency room. He got hurt at football practice. There is concern that he might have a concussion. Please pray for Tom and the family.

Psalm 121:1,2 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

[Kathy Stegall 3 Aug 2007] Burns Flat Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Prayer Chain Ministry

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We have received two prayer requests this afternoon. (Friday)

Jim Vanderford will have pacemaker put in at 2:30 today. He is at the St. Anthony's hospital in Oklahoma City and will be there a day or two.

Gerald and Kathy Stegall's great-nephew, Kade Taylor, has a mass between his baby teeth and his permanent teeth. They are in the process of scheduling him for surgery to remove the mass. The doctor has told the parents that it is usually not cancerous. Kade has already had two surgeries this year to fix his legs. (He was bow-legged.)

Psalm 19:14 - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Thank you all for keeping my mother in your prayers.
Please continue to pray for her over the next three
days as she makes her way home to us.

When I talked with her she said they had her off the
oxygen and nearly all the tubes. She still had some IV
tubes or some kind of feeding tubes in her but she
will be off of them when she comes home.

Again, thank you and continue to keep her in your prayers.

Chris Womack
chris_womack2001@yahoo.com

July 2007

[Dana Ellis] I talked to Kathy this morning and Belle made it through the night. They put her on dialysis last night and they are still hopeful for a good change. Jack slept through the night which was much needed rest for him. Gerald and Kathy and some of the other family are staying very close. Please pray that Belle will respond to the treatment and rally and for strength for the whole family. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald & Kathy Stegall [mailto:stegall@cottonboll.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 5:58 PM
To: Tom Spence; Lynn Ferrari; LeRoy & Paula Miller; Julie Crawford; Elizabeth Leinau; Duawn Mearns; Duawn Mearns; Dana Ellis; Chris Price; Carolyn Murray; Kathy Stegall; Kendra Walker
Subject: Prayer Request

Burns Flat Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Prayer Chain Ministry

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Gerald just got a call from his dad. They have put his mom in the hospital. She had very low blood pressure, was having a hard time breathing and his dad couldn't get her into the vehicle so they took her by ambulance.

Please keep Jack and Belle Stegall in your prayers!

Thanks!

Psalm 31:1 - In thee, O Lord, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame; in Thy rightoutness deliver me! Incline Thy ear to me. rescue me speedily! Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

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Phyllis Willams just called.

Gary Oliver, Joe Oliver's brother, is dying of lung cancer. He may just have a few days left. He is at his home in Mustang.

Also, Joe's father is not in good health.

Please pray for Joe, Linda and the rest of the family.

2 Corinthians 12:9 "And He said to me, `My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

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This was just sent to me from Paula Miller.

Please keep the Wedel family in your prayers.

Hi Everyone,

A couple of days ago Greg and Carla Wedel's son was swinging a golf club while playing. He accidentally hit his little 4 year old sister in the head with it. She was seen by a doctor and sent home.

She threw up all night so she was taken back to the doctor yesterday. He sent her to Clinton for a CAT scan. For some reason they couldn't do it at Clinton and sent her on to Weatherford.

They discovered her skull had been fractured. She was Medi-flighted to Children's Hospital in OKC.

This morning they did surgery and removed 3 pieces of shattered bone, one which was lodged in her brain.

Please, please keep this family in your prayers.

Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?

Burns Flat Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Prayer Chain Ministry

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Please pray for these concerns from Paula Miller.

My daddy, Paul Woodrum, needs to be put back on the prayer list. He's not doing very well at all. Trythena Bandy needs prayer thru this also.

Thank you, Paula

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. Jeremiah 29:12

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