Source:  SMOKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 9/2/20


Nobody who knew Terry Rogers was surprised by the sprinkling of jokes that pervaded his acceptance speech.  One was a story about a friend who came upon a frog that promised a kiss would turn it into a beautiful princess — “At my age,” the friend purportedly said, “I’d rather have a talking frog than some beautiful princess” — and another recounted what happened when Roger asked his pastor to pray for his hearing. The pastor laid hands on him, prayed and asked how his hearing was now, to which Rogers replied that it wasn’t now — it was “next week down at the courthouse.”

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