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06.05.12

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Faces : Margaret and Harold

Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, soul generated by love. Martin Luther King Jr

About thirty years ago, I got my first real job at Duke Power Company. In large and small ways my life has been shaped by the experiences and the people I came to know and love while there. Margaret Hammond is one of the many that come to mind. Margaret is referred to by everyone today as the Purple Grandma because she always dresses in purple and she affectionately grannies everyone she knows.

When I first met Margaret she was the dispatcher for all the local crews in High Point, Thomasville and Denton. She was the best! If youve ever worked with a dispatcher you know how critical it is is to get good directions, especially in a time before GPS. She never got me lost and she was always cool and calm on the radio. Those were really good days.

Margaret has always had a good heart, shes always sacrificed herself to help others. In the thirty some years Ive known her, Ive never heard her say an unkind word about anyone. Shes a true servant. Shes received numerous awards for her service and in my opinion been deserving of every one. Margaret and Harold (her longtime husband) have had their share of health problems, especially over the last few years but their infectious smiles and kind spirits still warm the hearts of everyone they meet. I encourage you, if Margaret or Harold have touched your life, just leave a little love for them right now, Im sure it would brighten their day.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God(2 Corinthians 1:3-4).