The bed sheet was shaken violently! Suddenly Elbert rose!

Please welcome guest author F. Keith Davis. Davis is a longtime newspaperman, author, and independent book publisher. His book titles include West Virginia Tough Boys; Images of America: Logan County, WV; After All These Years: The Authorized Biography of the Hoppers; and others. His newest revision is an ebook release of the state bestseller, The Secret Life and Brutal Death of Mamie Thurman, which is available on Apple Books, Barnes & Noble Nook, or Amazon Kindle. Over the years, he has penned articles and features for a number of national magazines, including Wild West Magazine; Goldenseal; Wonderful WV Magazine; and others. Keith and his wife, Cheryl, live in southern West Virginia.

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Barnabus, W.Va. – was in 1946 and Elbert Chafin’s health continued to fail. In this special folder, prostate cancer hit its body, and his wife Lucinda decided that he had time for “calling the family” because he did not have much time.

The curtains were drawn and the lights in Elbert’s bedroom were rejected down. In an hour, everyone began to gather around his bed, including his son Raymond Chafin. All was waiting for the inevitability.

For years, in 2002, this Raymond said he remembered during an interview with this particular evening. He added that some said they did not think that he needed any of this work. When we came to our house, we did not give anything.

“Now the father died, we sent our neighbors for Rev. MK Diamond.” Diamond was a God-haired old man living in Holler. “The publisher diamond was probably the only preacher who knows our family well and thought that this was a preacher at the last moment!”

Raymond said the preacher could even go home, Elbert, grew up and loudly. “I was devastated and the rest of the family was. The mother was nervously, Baba had the bedroom over his head. Gone“

When the publisher diamond came, the family still stood around, to cry. The father looked for a few minutes to the lifeless body and then shouted, “Everyone! Let’s go to the ground and pray!” I prayed! “

Raymond remembered and added that an emotional episode “On that day, my brothers and I didn’t put a lot of shares to pray. Again, between the drama of this moment and be with the diamonds and dropped the ground like rocks. We gave the best. Undoubtedly, the publisher was praying with the loudest of the diamond. I think we all tried to imitate him as the best. I have never heard of prayer before, or since that day. Had to go for about 15 minutes or longer. “

While all praying, Raymond said he had taken a look at the eyes to see what happened. Suddenly, all prayer, cry and scream, the bed sheet was strongly shaken! Suddenly Elbert rose! He leaned on the bed and took a look at everyone. “What are you doing sam-hill?”

“Mother fainted!”

When everything was finally settled, Raymond remembered that they were all just stopped and looked at Elbert and as if it was a kind of dream.

When Elbert heard the whole story, he shakes it all in a little. “Bab felt pretty good after that. Now I really know what happened that day. Again, I God Now to say I believe in the power of prayer! “

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“I lived another year or more after the grandfather’s age was 54 years old,” Raymond. “I was 30 years old. He passed at the end of the grandfather.

Elbert’s passage, Raymond’s wife Louise, Louise, in October 30, 1949, born Margaret. Little Margaret, dark eyes and a small new born with fair skin, never know that his father’s colorful stories. Margaret helped to fill the cavernous hole in the heart of Raymond after the losing his father.

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(This extract is one of the books in an interview with Raymond Chafin in 2002, West Virginia Hard BoysThe author was published by F. Keith Davis, Guyan Ridge publishing house. The revised edition of this book will soon be available in Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook and Apple books.)