Cattails go to seed before dawn along Bob Bruce Drive in White Plains in the southeast corner of Hopkins County.Jim Gunn, 71, sings karaoke at Prairie Rose Cafe in White Plains. Gunn, who moves mobile homes for a living, frequents the Madisonville area karaoke restaurants, inlcuding the Prairie Rose Cafe every Friday and Saturday night. Three-year-old cousins Tekoa Jones, center, and Zack Carroll sit with their grandmother, Iva Senay, at Prairie Rose Cafe, a karaoke restaurant in White Plains. Earlier that evening, Zack performed a karaoke version of his ABC's to a resaurant full of people. Cindy Garrett and her husband, Leon, relax at the Prairie Rose Cafe, a karaoke restaurant in White Plains. Cindy Garrett comes to sing karaoke with her friends every Friday night. Madisonville bookmobile librarian Cindy Garrett checks out books to Kaleb Wade, 10, during one of her regular community stops. Angie Middler, 11, wraps herself around Cindy Garrett, the Madisonville bookmobile librarian, at Mrs. Gloria's Child Enrichment Center. Cindy Garrett, Madisonville's Bookmobile Librarian, sings a song to a group of children from Mrs. Gloria's Child Enrichment Center during one of her routine visits. Garrett runs the book mobile on a two week schedule bringing books and other materials to each location.Cindy Garrett listens to her mother, Rita Whitfield, at Whitfield's home outside of Madisonville before the two of them attend their church's Annual Chili Cook-Off. Much of Garrett's family lives nearby, including several sisters, aunts, cousins, children, and grandchildren.
Ralph Talley, 79, gets into his 1986 Fleetwood Broughman Cadillac after attending church. After being instructed by her father, McKenzie White, 5, sweeps the sidewalk in front of her house.
