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About Me: I am married to my best friend for 58 years. Three children and 4 grandchildren, all married. I have 2 great granddaughters, and a great grandson. I grew up in GA, then traveled the world with my Navy husband for 23 years. We lived in Seattle, Kingsville and Corpus Christi, TX, Yokohama, London, Memphis and Pensacola. Settled in Memphis after he retired, but moved to Maryville, near Knoxville, after the crime rate went sky high.
My DD is a domestic violence counselor in Illinois. Oldest son is VP of a small engineering firm in Knoxville. Youngest son just retired from the Navy after 25 years, and works in D.C. at the Pentagon for a defense contractor. Grandkids are in Huntley, IL, Iowa City, IA, Huntsville, AL, and Atlanta, GA. Great grands are in GA, IL and AL.

Hobbies and Interests: quilting, applique, hand quilting, machine quilting, embroidery

At 1:25pm on May 16, 2012, Karen Johnson Norris said…: Hi Navy Wife, how are you doing? Are you out on the road for the summer, or in those beautiful mountains?

   I have been busy at church since last Sept. We started a sewing group to make quilts for a mission trip. It was called Operation Inasmuch. The last sat. in sept. each team went out,some did yard work,some had a food ministry just lots of projects in one day.

   Well someone saw our quilts and ask us to make chemo hats,then someone else needed adult bibs for a nursing home, then someone from UT Hospital wanted gowns for the babies in the ICU nursery. Our group is the only one that continued past that one sat.in sept. and we are still going strong.

    It is amazing how the Lord sent us fabric, and cash from different sunday school classes. We have had machines donated , we grew so much that they gave us a room in an old school that the church owns so we a painting and fixing that now with all volunteer labor and supplies. It is amazing to watch God at work.

    I did get to take time to go to the quilt show in Maryville this year. Did you get to go? I had such a great time when we went.

    Well that catches me up I hope you are well and traveling.

                                 Karem