[night reader]

Eventually, it became common knowledge that he drove a pickup truck, loved to hunt out in the fields with his beloved dogs, and that he was a devoted family man and deacon in his local Methodist church.

IIRC, Methodists have Stewards; Baptists (and several others) have Deacons. But I never heard of a Methodist Deacon.

[BooBoo1000]

I have a friend who works for one of the largest Drug Store Companies in the U.S. and he says 90% of the non drug items they carry are from China. Sam is not the only one buying from China.