Theresa Patterson Peoples provided a bit of family news and some of her remembrances of Aunty Geek and Uncle Dallas to me via email. I have pasted it in as follows:

News about Theresa and Thomas Peoples: I am the granddaughter of Jessie Hilburn and my parents are Janice and Dennis Patterson for those who don't know. Tom and I will have been married for seven years at the end of April 2001. We have lived in Pennsylvania, outside of the Philadelphia area, in a small town called Douglassville for a little more than four years We like the mountains, the four seasons and very little humidity in the summer months. I have gotten used to the colder temperatures because it isn't a damp cold. On 8/01, I will have 14 years with Quest Diagnostics. I used to work in Medical Necessity but now work in 3rd Party Collections. Tom works for the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the Northeast Region. His job is similar to that of a paralegal. He travels to Pittsburgh, Boston and New York city on a regular basis. I love bright colors, in fact our house is light gray with dark gray trim, white shutters and LIPSTICK RED garage doors and front door. We get a lot of comments about our red doors. You either like 'em or you don't! I enjoy planting flowers, shrubs and trees that bloom with bright colors. I love trying new recipes and doing embroidery. My cooking/baking specialty is cookies. My most recent cooking faux pas was making Mom's milk corn bread recipe without one key ingredient — the buttermilk. I also think I put too much baking soda in it, it was very crumbly and according to Tom was definitely nasty. I love BIG dogs, especially Labs. If we weren't gone from home for such long hours, I'd have a chocolate lab and his name would be Hershey. Maybe some day...

Memories of Aunty Geek and Uncle Dallas

If you wanted to stay at Black Lake longer and get home earlier, just ride home with Aunty Geek and Uncle Dallas. The trip was usually done in the pickup truck and sometimes it was a bit of a squeeze if Richard was along. It never failed, Aunty Geek and Uncle Dallas would have eaten lots of raw onion and had consumed a few Dr. Peppers while down at the lake. Thankfully, it was usually the summertime and the windows were down. If Uncle Dallas wasn't driving to suit Aunty Geek, we'd pull over and she'd drive. One of Aunty Geek's sayings was "if it won't go any faster, get out and walk." If it was a really hot and humid day, the air conditioner would be on full blast but you'd get home so quick you weren't frozen.

1 package sausage (recommend Jimmy Dean Maple flavored; then sage flavored)

1 large package mozzarella cheese, shredded

6 slices American cheese

3/4 cup parmesan cheese

6 slices ham

mustard (to taste)

1 egg white

Cook sausage; drain, and mix parmesan cheese. Stretch one loaf of thawed bread over a greased cookie sheet. Press sausage / cheese mixture into bread. Spread mozzarella on top. Layer American cheese and ham. Apply mustard. Stretch second loaf and cover bottom half. Seal loaves together. Spread egg white over top of the creation (egg white can also help seal bread together).