When my parents got married in a big 1950 wedding in the Presbyterian Church in Hazard, Kentucky, my Popaw, also named Dee Davis, skipped out and slipped off to Tennessee to go fishing. We have a rule at our house that comes from something my grandmother said. The thing about being married is there are some mornings you wake up and know you aren’t going to get to stay home and watch the ballgame. Mike Pollard, invocationĪt Buffalo Creek Disaster 50th Anniversary Ceremony You love us all red, yellow, black and white, male, female, rich or poor.

And we pray, oh Father God, for those who are still bearing scars, emotional scars, mental scars.Įven though it’s been 50 years, many still remember it as if it was just yesterday. We’ve learned to live with it because we know that your grace is more than sufficient, but we will remember them every day of our lives. Remember those who struggled and those who lost lives and loved ones and some even here today.

Remember their history lest we be doomed to repeat it. Even in the Holy Scriptures you encouraged your people to always remember, remember the sacrifices of those who had gone on before them. “… And Father God, we thank you for this occasion. The commemoration ended with taps and the release of 125 helium balloons - one for each person killed in the flood.

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