Faith & Family - Cullman, Alabama Spring 2020 - Page 18

Cliff Huxtable, played by Frank
Travis, dances with Rudy Huxtable,
played Frank’s granddaughter Jariya
Travis, during the Poke Sallet Follies
presentation, “Times of Our
Lives.”
Faith helped
Athens councilman
overcome injury
By Jean Cole
“There are so
many others
out there who
are suffering
who don’t
understand
what comes
from loving
God. It’s all
mental.”
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T
he night of Sept. 12, 2019, was a typical
one for most of us. But for Frank and
Sharon Travis, it was a fight for their
lives.
The couple were struck by a car driven by
their 33-year-old son, Sean, in the driveway of
their home in Athens.
The impact damaged Frank’s right leg so
badly, doctors at Huntsville Hospital had to
amputate his leg above the right knee. The Athens
City Councilman, well-known for his ebullient
personality, spent two weeks in intensive care
recovering from the loss of his lower leg and
many more weeks in rehabilitation trying to
regain his ability to walk and move about.
Less than a month after his injury, Frank
attended his first city council meeting since the
attack. In typical form, Frank put his fellow
councilmen and other city officials at the
meeting at ease.
Throughout the ordeal, Frank turned to his
faith in God to not only make it through, but to
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