For the 32nd time, Miss Lucy is greeting guests at her Flying H Acres along the Old Western Cattle Trail between Coleman and Santa Anna for the annual Little George Havens Cowboy Camp Meeting. I simply love it. I've never felt like turning back. This year's meeting got under way last night and continues through June 28. Daily activities include preaching, praying, singing, visiting, potluck supper, and children's events.
Visitors are welcome to come to any or all of the camp meeting.
The Havens started the camp meeting in 1966 after Little George shunned his Hollywood career for the life of an evangelist. But he was best known for his western movies and for his appearances in Nashville. After a conversion to Christianity in 1950, Havens became a traveling evangelist, but never lost his flair for show biz. He and his missionary wife, Miss Lucy Lee, started the Cowboy Camp Meeting on Havens' family land and were surprised at the turnout for the first one. After Havens' death in 1988, Miss Lucy decided to continue with the yearly event that so many had come to love.