Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Cecil Tabler, 88, takes his hat off as he basks in the sun as he prepares along with his son to look at a trailer across the street from his home that he prepares to tear down alongside his Grandson Jordan Tabler. The trailer would be torn down two weeks later as his grandson prepares to build a new house from scratch. Cecil is the oldest person in the town. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Glenn Singer (front) and his brother Phillip Singer, back, drink beer while driving from Kilvert to Cutler on a Sunday afternoon. The brothers are a part of the Singer family in Kilvert and are close knit. "Keep your eyes on the road bud," Phillip said jokingly to Glenn. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Phillip Singer rest on the couch during the afternoon while hungover after a night of drinking as his wife Jenny Singer and brother Glenn Singer help put contacts into his new phone in Kilvert, Ohio on March 5, 2023. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Scooby, the nickname he goes by, a known local errand boy in Chester Hill has a fractured left thumb, that he wraps around with a bandage. Scooby drove from Chester Hill to Kilvert looking to see if someone could help his fizzledengine. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”David Butcher (left) takes a hike alongside his wife Rose Flowers in the woods during sunset. Butcher works with historians and genealogist to know the family history in Tablertown. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Lincoln Singer, 2, runs while holding a nail gun into in the tool room of his uncle, as his Father Caleb Singer watches in the background. “Don’t fool around too much with that boy,” Caleb said. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Jenny Singer cries in Junior Walkers church in Chester Hill. “Let me tell you about my Jesus. Our Zach is back. He left us and told us he hated us. He told us he never wanted to see us again. He said he hope we died. He took away his addiction, he took away his hatred. I am just here to praise him. Our Zach is back,” Jenny said. Singer goes to a mixed race church, and spoke in worship after her son Zach Singer came back from rehab. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Mary Mayle hugs her cousin Phillip Singer as they embrace after not seeing each other for a couple months. Mary’s pit bull bit Phillip after he walked into the Mayle’s house unannounced a short time before. "Hell, he bit me before and he will bite me again," Phillip said jokingly. Mary lives in Chester Hill, another town with strong ties to Phillip’s town of Kilvert, and also has a large Black community. “Well I love ya,” Mary said as blood slowly drips down his hands. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”PeeWee Tabler listens to Phillip Singer, off screen, as they discuss having another round of beer. Often on weekends, friends and family come together to drink a cold one and remember the good ‘ol times while playing cards. PeeWee has a thick accent and a deep voice, “I’m one of the more fair skins Tablers,” PeeWee said jokingly. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Glenn Singer drinks a beer as two beers lay in his shirt pocket. “I would keep one in my pants pocket if it wasn’t likely to bust through my jeans,” Singer said jokingly. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 1st, “Tablertown Psalms ”Lincoln Singer, 2, walks closer to the fire where his family burns old and used tires as an alternative to recycling. “This is technically illegal, but that’s the good part of beingin the country, the only sheriff that comes around is family,” Glenn said. Kilvert, a place almost destroyed after a 1937 cyclone, still trucks on, as the family in the small knit community embrace their past as part of their future. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
