Abilene
Live Your Adventure
This article was aggregated from Dwight Whitsett - Whitticisms.
High adventure was on my young index of dreams. As it turns out, my adventures have been mild ones. I never did become an explorer, sailor, naturalist, anthropologist, spelunker, diver, paleontologist, prospector, or performer. As a young boy I avidly read about the adventures of men like Thor Heyerdahl and William Beebe. Beebe was an ornithologist, explorer, and author. He was an early ecologist. He made a record-breaking dive in a bathysphere to a depth of 3,028 ft in 1934. He lived the adventures of my dreams.
Recently, I ran across a piece written by him in his old age. It’s good advice for all adventurers, young and old.
What I Would Do
Will BeebeIf I were as young in years again as I still am inside,
I should make me a list of a few things to do before I die:
Thoughts on Turning Sixty-Eight
This article was aggregated from Dwight Whitsett - Whitticisms.
For the past few weeks I have been teaching a Bible class for older folks. I don’t believe there is anyone in the class under 65 or so. Since, in a few days I will be the ripe old age of 68, I feel right at home. At the moment, we are working our way through Leviticus, one of those seldom-studied books. It’s full of instructions for all kinds of offerings enabling a holy God to live among a very unholy people. A lot could be said about that but, at the moment, I am thinking more about age than holiness.
Memorial - Jabe Pratt, '70
Posted February 9th, 2010 by Sunset AlumniJabe Matthew Pratt, 95 of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at his home in Abilene. A service is scheduled for 11:00 am Friday February 5th, 2010 at Piersall Benton Chapel, 733 Butternut St with burial to follow at Elmwood Memorial Park, Don Morrison officiating. A visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday evening from 5-6:30 pm.
Jabe was born on September 17th, 1914 to Jabe Ero Pratt and Virda Cooper Pratt in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He attended ACU, LCU and Sunset International Bible Institute. Jabe was a minister at many churches across the Northeast and the Western United States as well as many other areas of the country. After retiring from Portalis, NM Jabe and his wife Yvonne moved to Abilene where they were members of the 11th and Willis Church of Christ.
Jabe was preceded in death by his mother, father, A son and a brother. He is survived by his wife of 77 years Yvonne, a son, Butch Pratt and wife Gladys of Little Elm, TX; a granddaughter; Jamie Klimko and two grandsons; Gary Pratt and Gerald Pratt, 5 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, as well as many extended family members and close friends.
