Tustenuggee UMC’s pre-Thanksgiving BBQ a long success

  • Pork is smoked at the Tustenuggee United Methodist Church on Wednesday, an annual pre-Thanksgiving tradition at the church for 63 years. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
    Pork is smoked at the Tustenuggee United Methodist Church on Wednesday, an annual pre-Thanksgiving tradition at the church for 63 years. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
  • Betty Bussey (left) and Scarlene Dampier bag up pies and cakes to serve with the to-go meals. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
    Betty Bussey (left) and Scarlene Dampier bag up pies and cakes to serve with the to-go meals. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

    FORT WHITE — It wasn’t traditional Thanksgiving food. Not even close.

    But for the past 63 years running, the Tustenuggee United Methodist Church has put together plates of barbecue chicken and, more re…