05/14/2026
๐ฃ A Message from Melโฆ
May has become quite the month and has even earned the nickname โMaycemberโ!!
Motherโs Day, Memorial Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, proms, graduations, awards ceremonies, concerts, school plays, field days, fun nights, spirit weeks, and LOTS of birthdays!! It is exhausting for sure, but this week at FarmSouth, we will celebrate a very
special birthday. Della Jane Smith turned 5 years old on May 11th, and this milestone
was a true miracle! On December 5th, 2025, Della was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and the world that her family knew changed forever. There
have been many, many dark days for her parents (Tyler and Miriam(Roberts)Smith), her grandparents (Danny/Karen Roberts and Marshall/Lisa Smith), her little brother
Pearson, and all of her family members and friends in our community. Little Della has
endured months of chemotherapy and was forced to stop treatment when her tiny body
could not recover from it. When there seemed to be โno light at the end of the tunnelโ and when there was talk of drastic measures, physicians conducted a bone marrow biopsy and shared four words with the familyโฆDella is in remission!! It was the news that the family had longed to hear, and they knew they could make it through 2 more
long years of treatments and lifelong testing. It is our honor this weekend, at FarmSouth, to walk alongside this sweet family and to show our love and support for all of them, especially little Della. We will celebrate Dellaโs birthday at the store on Saturday and will have many opportunities available for our market and our FarmSouth family to support this family. Thank you for always โCelebrating Communityโ and for regularly extending your grace and generosity to our neighbors. You guys are the best!