The Anniston Star l Sunday, May 11, 2014 l Page 6E SUNDAY RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY

DEATHS BANKRUPTCIES MARRIAGE LICENSES CATTLE SALE Michael Robert Arthur, Tal- Sarah Clementine Knight, A Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows the debtor • Michael McLeod Marie Englert of Pied- Here is the livestock market ladega Roanoke to retain certain exempt property, but the Andrews of Annis- mont report for the Tuesday sale. Amanda Brooks, Lincoln Patricia Lankford, Georgia debtor’s remaining property is gathered and ton to Tiffany Brooke • Phillip Nathan Martin Receipts for this week 714 Estues Delia Camp, Heflin Joseph Bryant Maddox, sold by a trustee from which creditors will Blevins of Anniston of Anniston to Mary Jo compared to 277 last week. James K. Carter, Roanoke Evans, Ga. receive payment. It may also be used by • Hugh Brown Martin Holmes of Anniston Receipts a year ago 345. Temeshica Chatman, Oxford Ralph F. McClure, Oxford businesses which wish to terminate their Jr. of Anniston to Kris- • Theron Collier Smith FEEDER CLASSES: Jody Wade Cheatwood, Bobbie Jean McCormick, business. tin Alexandra Haynes IV of Lyman, S.C., to Oxford Oxford of Anniston Lauren Ashlee Davis Bulls and steers (Medium Latisha Perry-Covington, Leroy McKinney, Talladega A Chapter 13 bankruptcy enables debtors, • Donald Henderson of Lyman, S.C. and Large No. 1 and No. Centre Arnold “Ray” Merritt, Annis- through court supervision and protection, Woodard of Anniston • Eric Tyler Cofield of 2): 200-300 lbs. Too Few; Lyndal LeCroy Craven, ton to propose and carry out a repayment plan to Gabriella Latasha Anniston to Angelena 300-400 lbs. 230.00 to 270.00; Hayden Bessie Mae Mitchell, Mun- under which creditors are paid, in full or Hill of Anniston Lynne Kulp of Anniston 400-500 lbs. 190.00 to 230.00; Hobert A. Cunningham, ford in part, in installments over a three-year • Robert Radovan Avi- • Seth Tanner Hall of 500-600 lbs. 170.00 to 213.00; Oxford Michael Lee Morgan, Trinity period. During that time, debtors are prohib- lov of Bjelovar, Croa- Ohatchee to Jessica 600-700 lbs. Too Few. Margie Lucille Morrison Charm Morris, Tennessee ited from starting or continuing collection tia, to Sara Elizabeth Danielle Worthy of Heifers (Medium and Large Davis, Gadsden Betty Sue Henson Nelson, efforts. Evans of Anniston Alexandria No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. Claude Allen Dethrage, Anniston • Charles Dustin Rem- • Christopher Barrett Too Few; 300-400 lbs. 205.00 Anniston Ruth Jarrett Niesen, Mont- The following bankruptcies declared by Cal- ington of Eastaboga to Cosby of Breman, Ga., to 245.00; 400-500 lbs. 180.00 Marcus Duncan, Talladega gomery houn County residents were recorded by Whitney Leann Clifton to Brandi Elizabeth to 205.00; 500-600 lbs. 170.00 John Bryan East, Leesburg Nytavioun Powell, Oxford U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of of Oxford Chaffin Arrington of to 195.00; 600-700 lbs. 162.00 John “Breeze” Elston, Benny Loy Powers, Munford Alabama last week: • Christopher Ray Ball Anniston to 185.00. Anniston Roy Reeves, Roanoke of Glenwood, Iowa, • Bradley Wayne Ham- SLAUGHTER CLASSES: Louise Fant, Oxford Linda K. Riffe, Anniston Chapter 7 to Meredith Diane mett of Piedmont to Shirley Fluker, Oxford Willie Rushon Sr., Gadsden Dearth of Glenwood, Megan Danielle Bar- Cows: Breakers 91.00 Barbara Ann Young Woodall Janet Sizemore Sandberg, • DeShae D. Sharpton, Fink Avenue, Oxford Iowa boza of Piedmont to 98.00; Boners 99.00 to Foster, Rainbow City Jacksonville • Alfonzo DeAngelo Stinson, Bynum Acres • Freddy Wayne Pate of • Alex Edward Free- 108.00; Lean 90.00 to 97.00. Annie Wakefield Giddens, Flossie Mae Smith, Centre Drive, Anniston Oxford to Jessica Ann man of Oxford to Shea Bulls: Normal Dressing Lineville Rufus Donald “Rooster” • Richard A. Appleton and Suzanna G. Self of Oxford Ann Rogers of Oxford 54-58% 114.00 to 118.00; John Daniel Hamilton Sr., Smith, Anniston Appleton, Miss Annie’s Drive, Jacksonville • Timothy Hobart Hol- • Charles Edward Low Dressing <54% 108.00 Jacksonville Wendell Keith Smith, Roa- • Franklin L. Johnson, Liberty Lane, Annis- liday of Anniston to Dulaney of Lincoln to to 110.00. David Allen Haynes, Indiana noke ton Vanessa Cameron Deborah Diane Seg- Kenneth Harold Hicks Jr., Margaret Kay Wyatt Sprag- • Clarence Steve Lambert and Debra M. Medley of Piedmont rest of Weaver DIVORCES Gadsden gins, Oxford Lambert, Jennifer Lane, Oxford • Joseph Boyd Skaggs • Ricky Lee Hill Jr. Raymond Nathanial Hurley, Diana Kay Stamper, Centre • Kelly C. Mosley, Dover Road, Ohatchee of Oxford to Carrie of Piedmont to Tracy • Miguel Lopez and Kimber- Gaylesville Zella Pruitt Stepps, Centre • Jeffrey L. Cox and Elizabeth G. Cox, Marie Ricard of Annis- Michelle Cobb of Pied- ly Lopez Narvell James, Anniston Mildred Wynell Treece, Mountain Drive, Jacksonville ton mont • Varon Cecil Cook and Emma Jones, Anniston Centre • Brenton Cordell • Richard James Beverly Cheryl Cook Peggy L. Kirk, Piedmont Lavada S. Vice, Oxford Heard of Anniston to Levesque Jr. of Annis- • Anothony B. Amory and Retired MSG Robert L. Kitch- Lon Chandler “Pat” Watson Chapter 13 Breanna Brenae Brad- ton to Alisha Marie Sheneka Mitchell ens, Jacksonville III, Anniston • Tammy A. Young, Old Quintard Avenue, ford of Anniston Browning of Anniston • Patrick Allen Gray and Anniston • Ethan Lyle Finley of • Kenneth Charles Britney Maegan Gray RATE OF BANKRUPTCIES • Georganne Schulze, Crow Street, Annis- Ohatchee to Kori Joell McElroy of Bynum to • Timothy Phillips and Jo ton Barnes of Rainbow City Zelda Renette Holder Lynne Phillips 1212 • William G. Lee and Angela Lee, Lenwood • William Glen New- of Bynum • Danny Ralph Mangum and Drive, Anniston man of Anniston to • Westley Wayne Lynne S. Mangum Susan Cooper New- Turley of Anniston to • Ashley Faye Clark and 1010 11 man of Anniston Christy Nicole Dobbs Dustin Eugene Clark 10 EDITOR’S NOTE • Earnest Lindward of Anniston • Marie Liliana Perez and 8 8 9 Truss Sr. of Eastaboga • Jeremy Lee Stovall of Joel Lopez-Figueroa The material inside the Sunday Record is to Ellen Marie Swain Jacksonville to Noelle • Christopher D. Pugh and recorded by The Anniston Star from various of Eastaboga Lynn Millirons of Jack- Haley Brooke Pugh 6 6 institutions and government offices. • Joshua Eugene Green sonville • Shantequa Jarmia Stew- The public records are published as they of Jacksonville to Brit- • Brandon Robert Wil- art and Darius Jamal Stew- 4 4 appeared on the documents obtained by the tany Lashae Holland of liams Wailes of Annis- art newspaper. Direct questions and comments Eastaboga ton to Heather Nicole • Timothy Putman and Cher- about Sunday Record to Isaac Godwin at • Joshua Anson Gow- Brown Horne of Annis- yl R. Putman 2 2 [email protected]. ens of Piedmont to Ann ton • Larry W. Ferrell and Krys- talynn C. Ferrell 0 • Leigh-Anne Caputo and 52 weeks Last This FORECLOSURES Francesco Guiseppe Capu- ago week week • Larry L. Johnson and Kimberly C. Johnson, • Gary Robert Dobson, Suburban Acres, block to Shannon Hills subdivision, block 1, lot 10. II, lot 3. • Michael O’Neal Sims and • David Haynes and Ashley Haynes, Coger • Ed Hise, Carriage Hills subdivision, 1st addi- Barbara Jeane Sims BLOTTER Estates, lot 7. tion, block 3, lot 14. •Bethany Williams and • Luke Varvell and Heather Varvell, Forest- • Reed Moffett Jr. and Gayle C. Moffett, Forest- David Roland Williams Crimes are listed by loca- • Eriica Mallard and Julius tion. Anonymous tips may be brook East, 3rd addition, block D, lot 11. brook East, 3rd addition, block D, lot 19; Winter Calhoun County • Wayland Powell, a parcel of land in section Park, 1st addition, block B, lot 7. Mallard called in to Crime Stoppers at • Melissa Murray and John 256-238-1414. A reward of up 1, township 13, range 9. • Noah F. Holt and Carolyn K. Simpson, Shad- The following property crimes owridge Development, lot 7. Murray to $1,000 may be given. were reported to the Calhoun • Shane A. Estes and Kelly A. Estes, a parcel of land in section 8, township 15, range 8. • Stephen D. Lloyd, Map of Weaver, lot A. • Shanon Dunaway Lange County Sheriff’s Office during and Raymond A. Lange Jr. Anniston the seven-day period ending • Katrina Radke Chandler at 7 a.m. Thursday. RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS and Robert Charles Chan- The following property dler Burglaries Here are food service estab- • Discount Food Mart, 1601 crimes were reported to the NO MAJOR DEMERITS • Julie Lin Samples and lishments recently inspect- Pelham Road S, Jacksonville Anniston Police Department • Specialty store, Martin • Sonic Drive-in, 1529 Green- Jeffery Scott Samples ed by the Calhoun County 98 during the seven-day period Luther King Drive, Hobson brier-Dear Road 96 • Ewell V. Turley and Teresa Health Department, along • Discount Food Mart, 706 ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. City: cash, gift cards, secu- Marie Turley with scores. A score of 100 • Bojangles, 1061 JD&L Drive, Pelham Road S, Jacksonville rity safe. • Brandi Daniel Prichard Burglaries indicates the inspector found Jacksonville 99 97 • Residence, Bama Trail, and Eric Wayne Prichard no deficiencies. Potential- • Sonic Drive-in, 1120 Pelham • Chef T’s Restaurant, 3900 • Residence, 5100 block of Ohatchee: check, jewelry. • Demitriuos Campbell and ly hazardous deficiencies Road S 99 U.S. 431 N. 97 Shane Drive: tablet comput- Starlett Maria Campbell Thefts (four- or five-point demerit • Kitty Stone Elementary • Randolph Park Elementary ers, televisions, game con- • Mary Katlyn Linn and • Irwin’s Tire Store, Bynum items) are noted. These must School 100 School 98 sole, controllers, camera. Nathaniel Ray Linn Leatherwood Road, Annis- be corrected immediate- • Jacksonville High School • Constantine Elementary (Recovered 05-05-2014) • Zachariah William Winn ton: ramp, utility trailer. ly and inspectors say they 100 School 100 • Residence, 600 block of and Heather Nicole Winn • Residence, Old Davis Town are often corrected while • Tenth Street Elementary • Food Outlet Jr., 6346 U.S. Chestnut Avenue: laptop • Amanda Nell Rockhart Road, Anniston: 2006 Honda the inspection is underway. School 99 431, Alexandria 97 computer, televisions, air and William Ray Rockhart Rancher ATV. Restaurants earning below • Golden Springs Elementary • Prichard’s Deli, 4762 U.S. conditioner, game console. • Ashlee Marie Duffy and 70 must raise their scores School 99 431, Alexandria 96 Fraudulent use of a debit Joshua Edward Duffy Auto-related thefts within seven days or face • Wendy’s, 75 Tower Drive, • Jess BBQ, 819 McClellan • Residence, 1400 block of card closure. Oxford 98 Blvd. Greenbrier Dear Road: laptop • Residence, Ingram Wells INCORPORATIONS computer. Road, Ohatchee: debit card. For the latest in local news, visit www.AnnistonStar.com • Stunners Lounge LLC • New Prospect Auto Sales ARRESTS Inc. The people listed in this arrest report, • Jeremy Clay Murphy, 33: possession ville: unlawful possession of a con- I.D. • Semper Fi Landscape & whose names and charges are of a controlled substance. trolled substance. • William Lewis Alexander, 29, of Hardscape LLC obtained from public records, are • Wayne Barry Yensir, 50: second-de- • Kendrell Damon Williams, 32, of Oxford: first-degree theft of property. • Kirin China Bistro Inc. presumed innocent unless proven gree domestic violence. Eastaboga: first-degree unlawful • Charles Ashley Harbison, 39, of Wel- • Special T’zz LLC guilty in a court of law. • Matthew Walter Merrill, 32: posses- possession of marijuana. lington: order of arrest. Dissolved sion of a controlled substance. • Kevin Bernard Nolan, 47, of Mont- • Lafayette Desaun Hill, 35, of Annis- Anniston • Russell Levi Robinson, 22: first-de- gomery: order of arrest. ton: probation violation. • ALSUB-35 Inc. gree possession of marijuana. • Brian Scott Watson, 25, of Anniston: • Jeremy Keith Goble, 37, of Anniston: • Abbott Enterprises LLC The following felony arrests were first-degree theft of property. writ of arrest. • Calhoun Investments LLC reported by the Anniston Police Calhoun County • Virgil Ronald Hughes, 57, of Annis- • Angel Michelle Cook, 39, of Annis- • CBP LLC Department (addresses not provided) ton: distribution of a controlled sub- ton: probation revocation. • Clahoun Pharmacy Ser- during the seven-day period ending at The following felony arrests were stance. • Brian Scott Young, 32, of Weaver: vices Inc. 7 a.m. Thursday. reported by the Calhoun County Sher- • Chasity Dawn Nasworthy, 22, of probation violation. • Kimberly Key Spruiell, 46: distribut- iff’s Office during the seven-day peri- Jacksonville: failure to appear in • Malcolm Eli Bodison, 31, of Anniston: WILLS PROBATED ing a controlled substance. od ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. court. warrant of arrest. • Bobby Glenn Character, 52: third-de- • Haley Rae Haynes, 27, of Annis- • Cynthia Rebecca Jackson, 49, of • Anthony Willis Thompson, 36, of • Billie F. Hurst gree burglary. ton: second-degree possession of a Anniston: failure to appear in court. Anniston: order of arrest. • Junious D. Cates • Charles Ashley Harbison, 39: pos- forged instrument. • Tony Lee Sees, 40, of Eastaboga: • Tiffany Joy Norman, 32, of Anniston: • Joseph Terrell West Jr. session of a controlled substance. • Johnnie Watkins Jr., 44, of Hunts- obstruction of justice by using a false probation violation. • Gladys Moore Nabors JEWELRY & WATCH REPAIR WE BUY GOLD SILVER & DIAMONDS DIAMOND DEPOT Snow St., Oxford - Across from Cheaha Bank • (256) 365-2087 The Anniston Star SUNDAY RECORD Sunday, May 11, 2014 Page 7E

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PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Imogene Smith, James Howard Recycling No One Inc., H.T. Scar- lot 10, $10. Delwood Estates, 1st addition, • Helen Day to Patricia Chandler, Smith, Harold I. Smith, Geraldine brough subdivision, lots 2, 3 and • Patricia L. Chandler to Victor block E, lot 2, $66,000. Gunnells addition to Anniston, S. Woodall, Henry J. Smith and 6, $10. Louis Chandler, Anniston Land Co., • Donnie Lee Hilton to Jesse Min- block E, lot 1, $10. Dora Ann S. Thomas to Harold I. • Orrie Weldon Curry to Pamala block 515C, lot 22, $30,000. ton, a parcel of land in section 18, • Renae Trammell to Daniel Derrick Smith and Kathy Smith, a parcel D. Ellington and Dewayne Michel • James Kenneth Ezzell and Eliz- township 13, range 9, $10. Kiser and Brenda Counts Kiser, a of land in section 35, township 14, Ellington, a parcel of land in section abeth Ann Ezzell to Steve Fergu- • Tania E. McCollough to Angela parcel of land in section 36, town- range 7, $10. 29, township 14, range 6, $10. son and Lana Ferguson, Mohawk Bowens and Barbara J. Hansell, a ship 12, range 9, $10. • John Usrey and Kaytrina R. Usrey • Larry Woods to Greater Calvary Estates, 2nd addition, lot 8, $95,000. parcel of land in section 1, township • Pearline Smith to Newman to Shauntae M. Turner, Saks addi- Baptist Church Inc., a parcel of land • C. Richard Wilson Jr. and Millie 14, range 7, $10. Brown and Karen Brown, Spring tion of Cloverdale, block 7, lots 7 in section 18, township 16, range S. Wilson to Randall L. Cooper and • Wells Fargo Bank to Housing & Hill Heights, block 8, lots 4 and 5, and 8, $10. 8, $10. Tracy Cooper, Cider Ridge subdi- Urban Development, Jackson Ter- $10. • Faye Vise-Levins to Jeffery Owen • Kathleen L. Donofrio and Anthony vision, phase I, block GG, lots 3GG race, 1st addition, lo t4, $10. • Housing & Urban Development and Linda Gayle Owen, North Donofrio to Kathleen L. Donofrio, and 4GG, $330,000. • Mary Nell Smith to Teresa Yvonne to Randy Lam, Anniston Manufac- Anniston Realty Co., block 12, lots Pine Hill Estates, 4th addition, lot • Ruby Jo Echols to Karl E. Wil- Smith Evans, Clarence L. Smith and turing Co. Mill Village, block 361, 11 and 12, $10. 49, $182,000. liams, McMillian addition to Annis- Timothy Paul Smith, a parcel of land lot 2, $10. • Guy Wyatt to Heather M. Buchan- • NationStar Mortgage LLC to Fan- ton, block 19, lot 9A, $2,500. in section 24, township 15, range • Dexter Carter to Antonio Young, an, a parcel of land in section 26, nie Mae, a parcel of land in section • Guillermo Aldrete and Margarita 7, $10. Anniston City Land Co., block 107, township 15, range 7, $10. 19, township 13, range 9. Gomez to Keila Marie Tzoyohua • Mary Nell Smith to Teres Yvonne lot 14, $10. • Prescilla W. Davis to Sidney J. • Fannie Mae to Joshua E. Webb, a and Saturnino Martinez Tzoyohua, Smith Evans, Clarence L. Smith and • Veterans Affairs to Vinod Kumar Fuselier and Patsy P. Fuselier, a parcel of land in section 19, town- a parcel of land in section 19, town- Timothy Paul Smith, a parcel of land Patel and Bharika Patel, Pinewood parcel of land in section 26, town- ship 13, range 9. ship 16, range 9, $47,418. in section 9, township 13, range 8, subdivision, block C, lot 8, $71,000. ship 14, range 9, $10. • Kenneth W. Currie Living Trust to • Renee Wheatley and Byron $10. • Bank of New York Mellon to Mark • Fannie Mae to Eric Clay Martin Duffy L. Wagoner and Melissa A. Wheatley to Renee Wheatley, • Willie J. Bell to Jamie Clayton, a Moraca and Greg Brannon, a par- and Tresa M. Martin, a parcel of Wagoner, Mount Laurel subdivi- Golden Springs subdivision, 1st parcel of land in section 9, township cel of land in section 21, township land addressed 1220 McPherson sion, phase 1, lots 59-61; phase 2, addition, block C, lots 8 and 9, $10. 16, range 7, $10. 14, range 8, $43,000. Street, Oxford, $22,100. lots 59-61, $10. • Zola Daniel-Estate to Steve Har- • Daniel J. King and Janet King to • Virginia L. Trapp to Arthur Andrew • Fannie Mae to Robert Palmer, • Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC to bottle Living Trust, Jacksonville Tim Cain Enterprises LLC, Noble Aultman and Tammy M. Aultman, a Enchanted Forest subdivision, lot Veterans Affairs, Stonehaven sub- Mining & Manufacturing Co., block Home Place, lot 4, $100. parcel of land in section 34, town- 22, $49,000. division, block C, lot 5, $10. 79, lots 14-16, $6,100. • Judith Ferris Johnson to Stacy ship 16, range 6, $10. • Jeanene Williams to Jarred • Kara R. Chandler and Ryan Neal • Zola Daniel-Estate to Steve Har- Johnson Ewing, a parcel of land in • Birch LLC to Andres Camacho, Michael Shealy and Kayla Marie Chandler to Joshua Stearns and bottle Living Trust, Jacksonville section 5, township 15, range 8, $10. Cider Ridge subdivision, phase I Zeiders, Oakridge Estates, 2nd Melissa Stearns, Moun Laurel sub- Mining & Manufacturing Co., block • Veterans Affairs to E. Janie Bark- reassessment, block WH, lot 18WH, addition, lot 9, $10. division, phase 1, lot 57, $10. 76, lots 1 and 2, $2,500. er, Saks addition to Cloverdale, $209,900. • Teresa A. Martin to Randall L. • Steven Martin to Brenda W. Doug- • Jerri Hensley to John M. Smith, block 13, lots 6 and 7, $17,500. • United Security Financial to Vet- Williams, Green Meadows subdi- las, J.D. Hunter subdivision, block Anniston Land Co., block 440, lots • Ben F. Howell to Nual F. Forsyth erans Affairs, Hillandale subdivi- vision, block B, lot 2, $10. 39, lots 5 and 6, $1. 5 and 6, $10. Jr., Leonard Martin subdivision, lots sion, 1st addition, block J, lot 3. • Landis H. Sewell to MapStar • Branch Banking & Trust Co. to • Larry Hensley and Jerri Lynn 1 and 6, $10. • Christopher Brett Key and Lynd- Group LLC, S.E. Boozer addition to Frank Tant, Mountainview, phase Hensley to John M. Smith, Annis- • Cockerham Development LLC to sey S. Key to Dakarious J. Bascom, the City of Anniston, block A, lots 4 4, lot 158, $10. ton City Land Co., block 440, lots 4 John C. Grass and Jada A. Grass, a The Fairways at Cider Ridge, phase and 5, $10. • Branch Banking & Trust Co. to and 5, $10. parcel of land in section 1, township 1, block 3, lot 11, $1. • Bank of America to Jeff Mason, a Walter M. Pearson, Mountainview, • SW Enterprises LLC to William 14, range 8, $10. • Shelton L. Roberts and Mary F. parcel of land in section 7, township phase 3, lot 179; phase 5, lot 178, $10. Elbert Mitchell, Anniston Land Co., • Donna L. Snider-Estate to Pat- Roberts to Bobby Boyd Construci- 15, range 8, $4,560. • Clifford Ward to Joanna Bynum block 189, lot 12, $10. rick D. O’Neal and Tami L. O’Neal, ton LLC, South Anniston Land Co., • Brannon Recycling LLC to Waste Ward, Hunters Ridge subdivision, • US Bank to Sears Properties LLC, Camelot subdivision, lot 44, $10. division 2, block 22, lot 13, $10.

Top crusader soured on Mother’s Day BY TIM ENGLE That time, Jarvis was pulled away Kansas City Star screaming and arrested for disturbing the peace. She died in 1948, penniless It’s hard to imagine how anyone and in a sanitarium, by some accounts. could get riled up by a Hallmark card As for Woodrow Wilson, “we can’t showing a serene mom clutching roses, give him too much credit, really,” but that’s only if you don’t know the Phillips says. But there are a couple of story of Anna Jarvis. things to be said for the 28th president She’s the person most credited with on the subject of women and mothers. turning the second Sunday of May into Phillips says Wilson was very much Mother’s Day, which this year cele- influenced by strong women, including Jason DeCrow/Associated Press brates a milestone: 100 years. his mother and his first wife, Ellen, an Well, her and U.S. president Wood- impressionist artist who signed her Teddy Bridgewater hugs mom Rose row Wilson, who launched the national works “Edward Wilson” because she Murphy after being selected 32nd in the holiday with the stroke of a pen. wanted her art to stand on its own. first round of the NFL draft Thursday. Give Hallmark credit for including in Ellen died of a kidney disease the very its display a thank-you letter from Jarvis year her husband declared Moth- to Wilson, because Jarvis was no fan of er’s Day a holiday. One of their three NFL draft picks card makers. In her view, the holiday daughters served as first lady until Wil- she crusaded for — a day she’d hoped son remarried in December 1915. would be reverential and contemplative AP Photo/File A new exhibit on Mother’s Day, talk about mom — was ruined by commercialization as vintage cards and President Wilson at early as the 1920s. Anna Jarvis, seen here in 1928, is the Hallmark Visitors Center in Kansas BY LEANNE ITALIE By some accounts, she spent the rest credited with securing a national City, Mo., displays Mother’s Day cards Associated Press of her life trying to take back — actually holiday to honor mothers. from Hallmark archives. rescind — Mother’s Day. A lot of those early cards reflected Before the clock started ticking Thursday “A printed card means nothing with proclamations by communities in “women’s work” around the house. in the first round, top prospects in the NFL except that you are too lazy to write to West Virginia, then spreading to other Another prevailing theme: “a lot of flo- draft took some special guests to Radio City the woman who has done more for you cities and states. West Virginia made ral throughout the decades,” Hallmark Music Hall’s red carpet: their mothers. Here, than anyone in the world,” Jarvis report- it a holiday in 1910. Jarvis and others historian Samantha Bradbeer says. players talk about what they most love and edly said. “And candy! You take a box to lobbied government officials by writing Something else you notice is “Moth- admire about their moms, and the moms Mother then eat most of it yourself.” thousands of letters. er.” Not “Mom,” which didn’t become share a few of their proudest moments and She’s said to have called florists and On May 8, 1914, the U.S. Congress, common until the 1980s. But those most precious memories. the makers of greeting cards and candy in a joint resolution, established the early cards were targeted at adult buy- Blake Bortles, the Central Florida quar- “charlatans, bandits, pirates” and even second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day. ers; cards marketed to children started terback picked third by Jacksonville, said it “termites.” The next day, Wilson issued a procla- appearing in the 1940s and ’50s. best of his mother, Suzy: “She’s my hero.” She had a way with words, that Anna. mation urging Americans to display Cards for grandmothers were sold Here’s more from the NFL Class of 2014 According to Andrew Phillips, cura- flags “as a public expression of our love early on. “Hello, Grandma!” exults one and their moms: tor at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential and reverence for the mothers of our from the ’20s. From the ’30s: “To Some- *** Library & Museum in Staunton, Va., the country.” one Who’s Been Like a Mother to Me.” TEDDY BRIDGEWATER surprised his notion of a Mother’s Day was initially a Jarvis thanked the president in a let- By the 1960s, the Hallmark moms mom, a breast cancer survivor, with a pink “fairly radical idea,” part of the broader ter. Mother’s Day, she wrote, will be “a finally started moving out of the kitch- Cadillac for her birthday earlier this week, movement toward women’s rights and great Home Day of our country for sons en and into the workplace. One card keeping a promise the Minnesota Vikings’ pick equality in the 1860s and ’70s. and daughters to honor their mothers depicts a woman at a desk behind a made when he was 9 years old: “She told me Anna Jarvis’ mother, Ann Maria and fathers and homes in a way that will typewriter. Are we to conclude she’s a that I’m blessed and God blessed me with tal- Reeves Jarvis, was an activist who perpetuate family ties and give empha- secretary? Maybe, but the briefcase on ent so use it to the best of my ability and take offered medical care to soldiers of both sis to true home life.” the floor might suggest more. advantage. She told me to have a purpose in sides during the Civil War, primarily in As far as we know, Phillips says, Jar- More casual sentiments and humor life and that’s one thing I take away from her, West Virginia. She organized Mothers’ vis herself was not a wife or mother. in Mother’s Day cards came along in besides her fight, determination and sacri- Day work clubs, aid organizations that Jarvis chafed at the idea of giving the 1960s. Among them: cards featuring fices that she made. To live that purpose out tried to lower infant mortality, among mothers store-bought anything, and the “Peanuts” characters, starting in loud.” other public health projects. started complaining almost right away 1960. ROSE MURPHY: “When he was in third It was her death on May 9, 1905, that about how the day was being misinter- Still, if Hallmark cards are a barom- grade he was talking about the pink Escalade. led to what we know as Mother’s Day. preted. By the early 1920s, Hallmark eter, we regard dads differently from I love it! I can’t wait to get home to drive it.” Around the second anniversary of and other companies had started sell- moms. There’s still far more humor *** her mother’s death, Anna Jarvis hon- ing Mother’s Day cards. found in Father’s Day cards. About four- SAMMY WATKINS, picked fourth by the ored her at a small gathering of friends Jarvis, meanwhile, organized boy- fifths of Mother’s Day cards fall into the Buffalo Bills: “She’s beautiful, she’s wonder- at her home in Philadelphia. And on cotts and threatened lawsuits to try “loving” category, and floral designs ful. She’s supported me all my life. That’s May 10, 1908, Jarvis arranged for 500 to stop the commercialization. She and adorable animals are still common. the one that birthed me, that’s the one that white carnations, her mom’s favorite crashed a candymakers convention in Anna Jarvis would likely be unim- disciplined me, took care of me all my life and flower, to be handed out in a ceremony Philadelphia in 1923. Two years later pressed, although it’s nice to think grinded and struggled for me.” at the Grafton, W.Va., church where her she did the same at a confab of the she’d appreciate how the holiday has NICOLE McMILLER: “Everything in mother taught Sunday school. American War Mothers, which raised endured: We still love Mom, and one Sammy’s life has been precious to me. His The campaign for an official Moth- money by selling carnations, the flower day every spring we pause to remind college years were precious because we never er’s Day would slowly build, starting of Mother’s Day. her of that. thought we’d be able to afford him going to college.” *** C.J. MOSLEY, picked 17th by Baltimore: “My whole personality is based off her. She’s laid back and quiet most of the time and I’m ‘Mom in the Movies’ nurtures a fan’s love of f ilm pretty much the same way. She raised me and BY DOUGLASS K. DANIEL tury ago to the IMAX-size moms of swindling mom in “The Grift- my brother right and I’m proud to say that Associated Press today — a long string that includes ers” (1990) and the unseen and I grew up in a happy home. She was willing Lillian Gish as “eternal mother- unhinged Mrs. Bates in “Psycho” to do whatever she could to put food on the Don’t go thinking this is a hood” rocking the cradle in the (1960) fall in the ranks of criminal table and whatever she could to keep us safe.” hardcover companion to a sickly classic “Intolerance” (1916) and moms and horror moms. TRACY MOSELY: “Walking across the sweet greeting card designed to Diane Lane calming a young Clark In separate essays, Debbie stage getting his degree. That was the best.” give mom a good cry on her spe- Kent in last year’s “Man of Steel.” Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Eva Marie *** cial day. The smartly written and Corliss neatly divides his sub- Saint, Jane Powell and others offer TAYLOR LEWAN, picked 11th by Tennes- illustrated “Mom in the Movies” is ject into several types — peren- their views on movies and moth- see: “She’s always been a person, like myself, an entertaining slice of movie his- nial moms like those in the many erhood. who goes to the beat of their own drum and tory from one of film’s best writers, versions of “Anna Karenina” and “Movie mothers were neat, is not really focused on money, just kind of with a few guests. “Stella Dallas” and great American organized, energetic, and seemed ‘Mom in the Movies: The enjoying yourself and being yourself. And she Time magazine critic Richard moms like Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) always ready to be a perfect Iconic Screen Mothers really taught me that.” Corliss, working with the cable in “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940). spouse and parent,” writes Reyn- You Love (and a Few You KELLY RILEY: “He’s kind of Mr. Tough channel TCM, takes us through Of course, not all mothers are per- olds. “They made most of us forget Love to Hate),’ (Simon & Guy but then he does this little soft, sweet ‘I the cinema’s treatment of mother- fect: Piper Laurie’s insane mom in the areas in our life we weren’t so Schuster) by Turner Classic love you mom’ thing. He has a very tender Movies and Richard Corliss hood from the silent films of a cen- “Carrie” (1976), Anjelica Huston’s happy with, for a movie moment.” heart. He always had that really loving heart.”