Happy 2008 I hope that you had a truly wonderful Christmas and New Year’s Eve. We had a blessed Christmas with our children and my Mother and Father, Louise and her family, and Irlene and her family on December 20th at Louise and John’s home for our annual "Mandrell Family Christmas." Louise made everything look so gorgeous and beautiful, and the dinner was sumptuous. Christmas Eve, Ken and I were pleased that our kids came over and had dinner with us and then went with us to Church. They all came back Christmas morning, along with my Mother and Daddy. ...
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My Dear Friends: Thank you so much for your patience the past few months for my not getting a letter to you sooner. Lots has been going on, so I’ll try and tell you about what’s happening. Probably the most important thing that has happened is that Ken’s father passed away on September 24. He had gone to the hospital the night before because he had fallen and they wanted to be sure that he didn’t have anything broken, so they let him go home in about 2 hours. He went to bed and when the caregivers at the assisted-living ...
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Hello My Friends: It sure is hot here in Tennessee. I hope that you are doing o.k. in your part of the world. Unfortunately, I have lots of gardening to do every day, and so I try and get to most of it before the heat gets to much to handle. It sure zaps your strength pretty fast. Nathan, our youngest, has finished his summer school and did very well. He is in Destin, Florida for a few days, just relaxing before he has to go back to regular school and his duties with the fraternity. Matt & Christy celebrated ...
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Dear Friends: It is Saturday, March 3. I taped a program for the 700 Club this morning and thought that I rambled quite a bit, but they seemed to be pleased with what I had to say. My friend, JoAnn Berry, who works for Pat Robertson, asked me some time ago if I could make an appearance on the show. I talked it over with Ken and we decided that it would be a good thing to do, and I am glad that I did the show. JoAnn was here from Waco, Texas to drive me to Hendersonville, where the ...
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Dear Friends: This is Ken writing this note to you at this time. We have been going through all the e-mails that have been sent to us since this new web-site has been up and running, and Barbara’s heart has been bursting with pride and gratitude for all the very kind things that have been said to her and about her. I wanted to write and try and get some of the more generic things cleared up and answered that have been brought to my attention. 1. I know that a lot of you have purchased the Time-Life DVD’s and ...
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My Dear Friends: It’s after Thanksgiving and before Christmas and I’m busier than I care to be. About the only time I am going to take for myself is right now so that I can get a message to all of you before it really gets busy. Ha! Ken & I, Nathan and Hannah went to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. As a lot of you know, I played there during the Thanksgiving time for several years and Nathan told me that he missed being there, so we scheduled it and had a great time. Matt & Christy and Jaime couldn’t ...
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Hi Everybody: Sorry I wasn’t able to update this newsletter within 30 days from the last one, but I have been pretty busy and didn’t find the time to sit down and write it, until now. Most of you will probably know most of what I say here, but the new people might want to know, so please bear with me. I retired from my music and touring career nine years ago. The public, so graciously, generously, and lovingly, gave me a career that took me on the most extraordinary journey. I treasure the precious memories of the support and ...
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Hi Everybody: Surprise, Surprise!! I sure hope that you like the new web site look. We have been very busy around here and I wanted to tell all of you about what is going on. I get to see quite of few of my fans throughout the year, and I really enjoy that. I miss seeing all of my friends and hope that you are all doing well. I have a new album project just finishing up shortly and want to tell you about it. On Oct. 17, 2006, BNA records will release a new product that I am very ...
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