Last July in Eastern Kentucky, heavy flooding left more than
40 people dead. One of these was Gilla Ann Noble Patton Miller, an
83-year-old widow, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Troublesome Creek (that's really its name) overflowed its bed and filled her home, and she was unable to escape. A few
weeks later, members of the Lexington Kentucky Stake of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints volunteered to clean the ruined home and see what
could be salvaged. Ruth Ann Baxter discovered two bins in a closet, filled with
hand-made coverlets, water, black mud and mold. Everyone who saw (and smelled)
them said they couldn’t be saved, but Ruth Ann wasn’t deterred. After days of gentle,
patient cleaning and line-drying, fourteen heirloom quilts and two Afghans were
washed, disinfected and ready to be returned to the Miller family. Among them
was a Trip Around the World, a hand-appliqued Idaho Lily, a red work Clay’s
Choice, and several scrappy 9-patches, all hand-quilted.
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