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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, July 25,2018
OBITUARIES
Victoria Taylor
Sassos
Victoria Taylor Sassos,
21, of Dawsonville, died
July 11,2018.
A brilliant mind,
Victoria excelled easily
in her education and
everything she put her
mind to. She was a grad
uate of Millcreek High
School and was attending
Georgia Gwinnett
College. Her deep heart
had endless love for her
family, as she was eager
to spend as much time as
possible with her father,
sisters, niece and neph
ew. She wanted nothing
more than to give and
receive unconditional
love.
Her endless love for
living beings brought
Victoria to volunteer at
many organizations,
especially for homeless
advocacy groups and ani
mal hospitals. She would
easily give the shirt off
her back for anyone,
even a stranger, in need.
Her grandparents, Dr.
George Sassos and Dr.
Elly Sassos; a cousin,
Achillies Haygood; a
great-grandfather, Lamar
Leake; and a grandmoth
er, Helen Leake, preced
ed her in death.
Survivors include her
father, Dr. Philip
Theodore Sassos; her
mother, Heather; four
sisters, Joanna, Elly,
Kate, and Christina; three
aunts, Vasilia, Summer
and Stephanie; six cous
ins, Aries, Devon,
Alyssa, Gabrielle, Ansley
and Zachary; and several
niece and nephews; vari
ous other relatives also
survive.
A memorial service
was held at 10 a.m. July
15 in the Bearden
Luneral Home chapel
with Doctor Reverend
Joan Murray officiating.
The family received
friends from 9 a.m. to 10
a.m. Sunday at the funer
al home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Tim
Tebow Loundation, 2220
County Road 210 West,
Suite 108, PMB 317
Jacksonville, Lla. 32259
or on their website www.
timtebowfoundation.org.
Bearden Luneral Home
of Dawsonville was in
charge of the arrange
ments.
Dawson County News
July 25, 2018 '
Katherine Margaret
(Kay) Somerville
Katherine Margaret
(Kay) Somerville, 99, of
Dawsonville, died July
21, 2018.
Kay was born on Dec.
1, 1918, in Yonkers, N.Y.
to Ruloff and Lorette
Both. At an early age,
she moved with her fami
ly to Carmel, N.Y., where
she attended Carmel
Central School. Upon
graduating, she moved to
New York City, working
at the 1938 World’s Lair.
It was there that she met
and married William
Somerville, her husband
until his death 53years
later.
During the years she
lived in New York City,
Carmel, and Cape Cod,
Mass., she worked as a
secretary and managed a
movie theater. Upon her
husband’s death, she
moved to Cadiz, Ky., to
be near her son. While
there, she volunteered at
the local hospital and
was active in the commu
nity.
Finally, she moved
with her family to
Dawsonville, where she
was a regular at the
Senior Center until suf
fering a stroke. Kay
didn’t speak ill of any
one, enjoyed life, had a
great wit and was loved
by almost everyone who
knew her.
Survivors include her
son and daughter-in-law,
William and Jackie
Somerville; four grand
children; nine great
grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild;
various other relatives
also surive.
A private service and
internment will be held
in Kentucky. Memorial
contributions may be
made to the Dawson
County Margie Weaver
Senior Center at 201
Recreation Road,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534.
Bearden Luneral Home
of Dawsonville was in
charge of the arrange
ments.
Dawson County News
July 25, 2018 '
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Meeting
the campground and asks
for someone to replace
him at the mixing station,
then asks them if they will
help him change a light-
bulb later.
“There’s always some
thing to do around here,”
he said.
Lrank Nix is pointed
out as an expert in the tra
dition, and he doesn’t stop
whitewashing even as he
explains that the reasons
for it are three-pronged.
“My theory on the
whitewashing is there’s
three purposes,” he said.
“I think white symbolizes
purity and the presence of
the Holy Spirit of God. In
years gone by, it also
helped before electricity
to keep people from walk
ing into the trees. And
I’ve heard some people
say it will help with the
bugs. I think the first two
are the most important
reasons.”
It’s hard to ignore the
power that tradition has at
Lumpkin Campground.
Lounded as a Methodist
campground in 1830, it
began when 40 local men
each donated $1 for the
purchase of 40 acres of
land and began meeting
each summer for revival.
In the early days, fami
lies would pack up their
horse-drawn, covered
wagons with supplies to
last the week and camp
out in tents. The tents
evolved over the years
and became rustic wood
en structures more akin to
cabins. 188 years later,
some tents built in the
early 1900s still stand on
the grounds, next to tents
built as late as last year.
Eventually stakeholders
added electricity and run
ning water, but the sim
plicity of life at camp
meeting still prevails, and
though the campground is
only a two minute drive
from the intersection of
Ga. 400 and Hwy. 53, the
week at campmeeting
feels like a world tucked
away from modern conve
nience.
So it’s not hard to visu
alize how lantern light
Photos by Allie Dean Dawson County News
Above, Aaron Tallant and his grandson Carson
work to coat a tree inside the tent line with fresh
whitewash on Saturday. Left, a row of freshly
painted trees in Lumpkin Campground show that
tradition and faith are the tenants of the yearly
revival.
would have bounced off
the whitewashed trees,
guiding early revivalists
to their tents each night
after a sermon under the
arbor. The thought seems
enough of a reason to
keep the tradition alive.
“At night you can see
the white trees,” said
Johnny Reeves, who was
the head of the white
washing committee this
year. “I don’t know if you
would bump into one at
night without it...but that’s
what they say.”
When 3 o’clock comes
around, most of the prom
inent trees in the 40-acre
campground are coated
with the bright white
paint, which Reeves says
could be ruined the sec
ond it rains.
“If it rains within the
next three or four hours, it
will have brown streaks
down it and then it’s not
pretty anymore,” he said.
“We have had to do it as
late as Monday. I was
watching the weather all
this week, and I think
Wednesday it was show
ing a 90 percent chance
today.”
The sun beat down tri
umphantly on the heads
of the workers, and the
rain held off until later
that night.
Service will be held
each day this week at 11
a.m. and at 7:45 p.m. The
closing service will be
held at 6:30 p.m. July 29.
Lumpkin Campground
is located at 100 Lumpkin
Campground Road in
Dawsonville.
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There will be a quorum of the Dawson
County Board of Commissioners held in
the Assembly Room at the Dawson County
Government Center located at 25 Justice Way,
Dawsonville, Georgia, on the following dates
and times for the purpose of FY 2019 budget
hearings. The public is welcome to attend.
August 6-9, 2018- 9 a.m. to noon
August 13-16, 2018- 9 a.m. to noon
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