‘I CAN MAKE SNOW CONES’ Nursing center enjoys barbeque, snow cone outing
Published 7:00 am Sunday, May 15, 2022
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From left, Eric Brown of Deaconess Hospice in Brookhaven makes snow cones for Glenburney residents and staff. Katona Jackson wears a clown costume next to Lisa Brasher dressed in Mardi Gras beads. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Pictured from left are Glenburney Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Operations Director Gerald Jackson and Executive Director Charles Small. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Glenburney Rehabilitation and Nursing Center residents beat the heat Friday with snow cones and sated their hunger with barbeque and hot dogs in a circus-themed outing. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
James Jackson plays a song using rib bones during a barbeque Friday at Glenburney Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Natasha Poole watches as Eric Brown makes a snow cone at Glenburney Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Friday. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Veronica Clark gets her face painted by volunteer Earl Jackson during Glenburney’s barbeque on Friday. (Sabrina Robertson | THe Natchez Democrat)
Veronica Clark gets her face painted by volunteer Earl Jackson during Glenburney’s barbeque on Friday. (Sabrina Robertson | THe Natchez Democrat)
Vollie Cauthen is dressed for Glenburney’s barbeque Friday with a clown wig, Mardi Gras beads and kitty cat face paint. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Cedric Green, served as head chef at Glenburney’s barbeque on Friday. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
Bobbie Jean Washington enjoys a cherry, strawberry and blue bubblegum snow cone at Glenburney’s barbeque on Friday. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ — Glenburney Rehabilitation and Nursing Center residents beat the heat Friday with snow cones and sated their hunger with a barbeque in a circus-themed outing.
Residents lined up for snow cones and munched on ribs, chicken and hot dogs made by Glenburney’s own head chef, Cedric Green. Some also had their face painted by a local volunteer, Earl Jackson.
Eric Brown, who visited the nursing center from Deaconess Hospice in Brookhaven, said he has done a lot in his career from working as a church pastor to a criminal investigator. Now working for the hospice agency, Brown became Glenburney’s unofficial “snow cone man,” as residents called him during Friday’s festivities.
“Stick around a while and I’ll show you what I can do,” said one resident, James Jackson, while holding two rib bones between his right-hand index, middle and ring finger.
As music played, Jackson flexed his wrist rapidly, making the two bones clap together with the beat like a makeshift percussion instrument.
“Do you think snow man can do that?” he asked, gesturing to Brown making the snow cones.
When asked, Brown smiled, shook his head and said, “I can’t play the bones, but I can make snow cones.”
Above are images from Friday’s festivities.