To the editor:

To all the customers, friends, neighbors and employees of Gnaw Bone BBQ & Original Gnaw Bone Tenderloin, we would like to thank you all for making the fundraiser for the Martin family a huge success.

A total of $4,396.53 was raised for the family in memory of Ernest. We know it will be greatly appreciated and we appreciate all of your help in making this possible.

A special thank-you to Fern Hendershot for making the blackberry cobblers. They alone raised $240.28.

Keep your loved ones close, and Linda Miller Martin and the kids in your thoughts!

Thank you,

Roger Sharp, Gnaw Bone BBQ (submitted by Emily Cash)

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