Residents’
Review
November 2016
Volume 29, Issue 11
Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility is an affiliate of CMH, Bolivar, Mo., 417-326-6000
Facility Location: 1218 West Locust, Bolivar, Mo. 65613, 417-326-7648
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Resident of the Month
1
Activity Photos
2
Employee Spotlight
3
Announcements
4
Calendar of Events
5
Birthdays
6
New Residents
6
Discharges
6
Sympathy
6
Our Mission
Caring for every generation
through exceptional services by
leading physicians and a
compassionate healthcare team.
Our Vision
Be the first choice for customer
focused healthcare to every
generation.
Our Values
I am...
P ositive
R espectful
I nnovative
D edicated
E mpowered
Together, we are CMH PRIDE!
Phyllis Scurlock,
Resident of the Month
Phyllis was born Nov. 25, 1928, in Kansas City, Mo.
Phyllis is an extraordinary lady, having been raised by her
grandmother, Victoria Caldwell after she was born. Not
knowing her mother and father, she and her grandmother
moved to St. Louis where her Uncle George and Marcia Dill
helped in raising her. She said she was blessed to have them;
because they took very good care of her. She attended school
in St. Louis and because she loved books and reading, she
worked in the school library to earn her lunch tickets since
money was tight.
Phyllis is a loyal Cardinals fan and remembers going to
the Cardinals games with her aunt and uncle as often as she
could. She went up in the Arch, to Grants Farm, and even
went to a few operas with her Aunt, which she didn’t much
care for except for the extravagant costumes they wore.
Phyllis Scurlock
She was married at 17 to her first husband, Lee Jump,
who was killed in a car crash. He had kids before they met and they had one son together, Jerry, who
passed away while serving in the Air Force. Learning how to cook, one time she was learning to can
sauerkraut, but didn’t know you’re not supposed to seal the jars and they popped open and there was
sauerkraut all over the kitchen. She laughs as she tells about learning to drive and backing her car up
and knocking off the front bumper so many times Lee told her if she did it again, she would have to fix
it herself. Well, she did it one more time and had to fix it with wire by herself, she never did that again.
Her husband would go gigging and one time he brought the frogs back for her to prepare. They were
still alive and got out of the bag and jumped all over the house; the kids had fun rounding them all up
for her. The kids were teaching her to play ball and the first time she hit the baseball it went right
through the upstairs window. She laughs as she says she never did that again either.
The couple had a hay truck, which she also had to learn how to drive, and one day the kids were on
the back of the truck as she was driving the hay up to the barn. She recalls hitting the wrong shifter and
dumped the hay and all the kids out of the truck. Phyllis was scared she had hurt them, but they smiled
and said they were all okay.
Phyllis has a beautiful granddaughter, Angie, who was born in the Philippines. She calls her, “my
little Philippian baby.” Phyllis and her second husband, Lawrence, moved to Bolivar where she worked
at Teters for 25 years. She would go home for lunch every day, but Lawrence always cooked weenies
for her and tried to come up with several different ways to fix them. Phyllis got so sick of them she
stopped going home for lunch. To this day Phyllis still won’t eat weenies.
Phyllis met several of her co-workers while living at CMHCF. Some she managed for and others
that supervised her. After Phyllis had a heart attack, she had to give up working. Phyllis shared that she
died while being transported in the helicopter ride to Springfield, but was brought back to life by the
wonderful doctor there. “He saved my life,” she says with a smile.
Phyllis joined the CMHCF family in November 2015, She enjoys all the good food at CMHCF,
playing Bingo, sitting by the birds, and reading from the library. Most of all she’s thankful for the
friends she’s made while at CMHCF. “Friends are a good thing to have,” says Phyllis. Congratulations
to Phyllis Scurlock for being resident of the month.