SilverSneakers Posted: Friday, June 5, 2009 8:01 pm HEALTHY SENIORS — The Obion County Senior Citizens Center’s Healthways SilverSneakers® class is now 75 members strong, according to center director Margaret Shannon Cook. SilverSneakers offers an innovative blend of physical activity, healthy lifestyle and socially-oriented programming that allows older adults to take greater control of their health. It is available to Obion County residents ages 55 and older and meets at Eddie Cox Senior Center Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. until noon. For more information, contact the center at 885-1246. Current members include (first row, from left) Glenda Gilmer, Delores Wade, Wy Lattus, Diane Sanderson, Doris Veatch, Van Veatch, (second row) Ella Mathias, Patsy Crum, Nancy Ladd, Maudie Jones, Annie Eddlemon, Julius Falkoff, Ellise Falkoff, Norma Mobbs, Lee Land, Kathryn McLaughlin, William McLaughlin, Wilma Calhoun, (third row) Betty Gray, Maggie Phillips, Wanda Sublett, Jean Cherry, Polly Mercer, Anna Laws, Jan Yates, Lucille Lane, Pat Cunningham, Mark Wade, (fourth row) James Mobbs, Doyce Miller, Bill Cherry, Jo Ann Cain, Christine Ferrell, Juanita Roney, George Land, Edna Roney, Carlyne Wheatley, Roberta Hart, Larry Brousseau, Linda Tarkington, Gerry Hart, Jean Rankin, Thomas Richards and Ms. Cook. Other members include Sarah Rice, Serena Williams, Lou Joyner, Anita Fisher, Patricia Bing, Paul Kasnow, Pat Kasnow, Bill Massengill, Frances Massengill, Virginia Blythe, Judi Pitts, Juanita Hudgens, Jean Elam, Onetha Byrns, Charles Yochum, Dorothy Yochum, Gracie Ashley, Susie Albright, Hazel Williams, Martha Maness, Barbara Reid, Martha Lawrence, Bobbie Blakemore, Betty Bock, Grace Killion, Bob Keen, Betty Keen, Carolyn Jones, Ruth Gorman, Rita Buckles and Charles Powell. Instructors are Ms. Sanderson, Mrs. Mobbs and Lynda Tarkington. Published in The Messenger 6.5.09 |