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thesy lvaniatimes .com The Sylvania Times Wednesday, May 4, 2022 - Page 5 Let the Musk Syeah “Church in the Wildwood” Mr. Harry Tell Hodges Sam Eades samsylvaniatimes@gmail.com Sanders Monument Company Producers of high quality monuments and markers 14^4 Hiltyondilt Reid Sylvan! i, CA 3-0*67 (31i)4!5.7flTp (91ZJ4S1-6382 Thomas “Tommy” Dewey Com, Sr., age 77, of Sylvania, and husband of Patricia Ann Zei- gler Com, passed away on Sunday afternoon, May 1, 2022, at Augusta University Medical Center. Bom in Polk County, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Oscar McKinley Com, Sr., and the late Cora Katherine Sanders Com. Tommy retired from Sara Lee Bread and worked part time at Thompson-Strickland-Wa ters Funeral Home. He was a member of Little Horse Creek Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Tommy was preceded in death by his brothers, Ker- mit Com, Oscar McKinley Com, Jr. and Frank Com and his sisters, Ruby Hoard, Mildred Bagget, Ruth Bakowski, Dorothy Com, Edith Lee and Grace Ann Com. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Ann Zeigler Com; daughters, Cindi Davis of Monroe, GA, Dianne (Robert) Kinsey of Atlanta, GA, Belinda (Paul) Washlesky of Melbourne, FL and Kathy Waters of Sylvania; his son, Tommy D. (Kim) Com, Jr.; brother, John (Jean) Corn of Bradenton, FL; his grandchildren, Sylvia Davis, Vicki Davis, Seth Corn, Hunter Corn, Eddie Waters, Julie Shipkoski, James Kinsey and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. Thursday after noon, May 5, 2022, at Little Horse Creek Baptist Church. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, May 5, 2022, in the Little Horse Creek Baptist Church Chapel conducted by Rev. Pete Wall. Interment to fol low at Zeigler Family Cemetery. Active Pallbearers: Thomas Corn, Jr., Seth Com, Hunter Com, Jimmy Evans, Bill Forehand, Eddie Waters, James r |lJ| UH* Kinsey Please share your thoughts and stories about Tommy at IJr|i \ www.thompsonstricklandwaters.com IJ TT SBA continued from page 2 McNeill Funeral Homi Central Savannah River cal damages, as verified by the SBA for mitiga tion purposes. Eligible mitigation improvements may include a safe room or storm shelter, sump pump, French drain, or retaining wall to help protect property and oc cupants from future dam age caused by a similar disaster. Applicants may apply online using the elec tronic loan application via SBA’s website at disasterloanassistance. sba.gov/ela/s and should apply under SBA dec- laration#17402. The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is June 20, 2022. The deadline to return economic injury applications is January 19, 2023. Iowa to be on a bigger river. The town was once the county seat, but popula tion was in steady decline, and the Church had grown neglected. In 1888, the Church was closed. However, about 22 years later the "Society for the preservation of The Little Brown Church" was founded, and by 1914, ser vices were again held in the building. Shortly afterward, the small congregation experienced a revival that attracted new attention to it and to its namesake song, "Church in the Wildwood." It attracts thousands of visitors every year to see or be married in "The Little Brown Church in the Vale." There's a church in the valley by the wildwood No lovelier spot in the dale No place is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the vale (Oh, come, come, come, come) Come to the church by the wildwood Oh, come to the church in the vale No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the vale How sweet on a clear Sabbath morning To listen to the clear ringing bells Its tones so sweetly are calling Oh come to the church in the vale There, close by the church in the valley Lies one that I loved so well She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, 'neath the willow Disturb not her rest in the vale There, close by the side of that loved one 'Neath the tree where the wild flowers bloom When farewell hymns shall be chanted I shall rest by her side in the tomb SiitaaTforiefc iiL SLud o B 106 Mims Road Sylvania, Ga 30467 912-451-6417 sy(vaniaflonst@DiJtiook.ccirn Kenneth & Stacy Sanders Out nsrs/Optra tors x«nd*r«mcnumcntcaflgvruiil corn Sandersmapunient.fiain I am sure alot of folks remember hearing men's voices of your favorite Church choir singing..."O come, come, come, come, come, come " and you thought to yourself "are they ever going to stop singing that?" Well, this happens to be the bass line to one of my Grandfather's favorite hymns, "Church in the Wildwood" or as some folks know it, "The Little Brown Church in the Vale." One of my grandfathers was Sam Charles Cath- cart of Thomson, Ga. He loved going to the little white Method ist Church in this quiet Cobbham community and if he wasn't singing "I can tell you the time, I can take you to the place", he was belting this particu lar hymn. I remember those days like it was yesterday. As a child, I would always try and grab the special spot beside him on one of the old wood pews my family would fill. You see our fam ily was big and we filled most of the Church. Now, it was hot in that Church. No air at all and only drop down ceiling fans to move the air around , a few wasp nests in the cor ners of the building and of course shutters that would open from the outside to let in a brisk not always so cool breeze. But, it was nice. I didn't realize how much I would appreciate the time with my family in that old country Church. As you know by now, I love good ole Country Gospel music! It makes my heart sing and my feet dance! The hymn "Church in the Wildwood" was composed and written by Dr. William S. Pitts in 1857 following a coach ride that stopped in Bradford, Iowa. It is a song about a church in a valley near the town, though the church was not actually built until several years later. In the years since, the church has become known simply as "the Little Brown Church". The story is, that during a stagecoach ride to visit his fiancee in Fredericksburg, Iowa, the stage stopped at Bradford and allowed Pitts to wander in the area and enjoy the woodlands. Pitts found particular beauty in a wooded valley formed by the Cedar River. While viewing the spot, Pitts envisioned a church building there and could not seem to ease the vision from his mind. Returning to his home in Wisconsin, he wrote "The Church in the Wildwood" for his own sake, eventually saying of its completion, "only then was I at peace with myself." By 1862 Pitts was mar ried, and he and his wife moved to Fredericksburg to be near her elderly parents. He was surprised upon his return to the area to find a Church being erected where he had imagined it five years before. The building was even being painted brown, because that was the least expensive color of paint to be found. During the winter of 1863-64, Pitts taught a singing class at Bradford Academy. He had his class sing the song at Dr. William S. Pitts the dedication of the new Church in 1864. This was the first time "Church in the Wildwood" was sung by anyone apart from Pitts himself. Nearing the twentieth century, small Bradford was in great decline. The village had been bypassed by a new railroad through Nashua, Iowa, two miles west, and the flour mill moved to New Hampton, CALL FOR SPECIAL ELECTION Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with 0 0 G A. §21-2-540, a special election shall be held in Screven County for the purpose of submitting lo the voters the following queslion for approval or rejection. The special election will be held on May 24, 2022. Shall a special 1% sales and use lax be imposed in the special district consisting of Screven County for a period of time not lo exceed five (5) years and for Ihe raising not more than an estimated amount of $9 million for transportation purposes? Advance voting will be held in the Registrar's Office at the Screven County Courthouse, Uonday-Friday, 9 00am-5:00pm. beginning May 2, 2022, and ending May 20, 2022, and Saturday, May 7, 2022, 9:00am-5:00pm and Saturday, May 14. 2022, 9:00am-5:00pm. Polls wilE be open from 7:00am-7:00pm on eleclion day Debbie Bro mi) Election Superintendent Screven County 1 m Mr. Harry Tell Hodges, 99, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2022 at his residence sur rounded by his family. Harry Tell was the youngest son bom at the family home place in Blue Springs to the late Claude and Sadie Hodges. He attended school in Newington and served in the Merchant Ma rines during WWII. He farmed for all of his life and had logged and operated a sawmill during in the 1950’s. He was a member of the Sylva nia First Baptist Church, a former member of North Newington Baptist Church and the Syl vania Lions Club. He loved to hunt and fish and was a member of Tuckahoe and Spring Lake Hunting Clubs. He is preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Virginia Arrington Hodges, his sib lings: Tillman Hodges, Clayton Hodges, Ollie Mae Thornton, Quentin Hodges, and Claude Hodges, Jr. He is survived by his daughters: Elaine H. Millsap of Sylvania, Marsha H. Chastain of Sautee Nacoochee, GA and Rachel Hodges of Sylvania; son and daughter-in- law: Kerry (Lisa) Hodges of Sylvania; grandchildren: Jennifer (Matthew) Conklin, Joel (Amy) Millsap, Michael (Stormee) Newton, Brian Millsap, Hillary (James) Dixon, and Matt Hodges; great-grandchildren: Savannah Conklin, Journey Conklin, Makenzie Newton, Micah Newton, Henry Millsap, Ethan Dixon, and Jase Dixon; sister, Uldine Cannon of Savannah, brother-in-law, W. A. (Loretta) Arrington, nu merous nieces and nephews and many many close friends. Funeral services will be on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 3:00pm at the First Baptist Church of Sylvania with Dr. Charlie Cooper, Rev. Pete Wall, and Rev. Bill Kent of ficiating. The family will receive friends in the Family Life Center from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Interment will follow at the Screven County Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Joel Millsap, Brian Millsap, Michael Newton, Matt Hodges, Matthew Conklin, James Dixon, as well as Chip Bazemore, Sr., Brian Batzel, and Jay Brinson. For those in attendance of the services of Mr. Hodges, please consider yourselves as honorary pallbearers. Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com. In Lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital at https:// www. stjude. org/donate/ Joiner Anderson Funeral Home Screven Chapel is in Tf J J f1 C L charge of all arrangements. Thomas “Tommy” Dewey Corn, Sr
