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- aShepeard Community Blood Center blood drive on Sun., Feb,
¢ 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please bring ID or donor card.
- B Trinity United Methodist Church, 2724 Whiskey Rd.
, of Aiken, S.C., will host a Shepeard Community Blood Center
' blood drive on Sun., Feb. 17, from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. Please bring
' ID or donor card.
. B First Baptist Church, 1640 Gene Howard Rd., Hwy.
| 296, Stapleton, Ga., will honor its pastor, the Rev. Frank
! Seabrook Sr., during his pastoral anniversary on Sun., Feb. 17,
| at2:3o p.m. Rev. William Bruce Blount and the Greater Young
: Zion Baptist Church will be in charge of the service.
f B Moses Baptist Church, 112 Walker St. of Augusta, will
' celebrate its 95* Church Anniversary on Sun., Feb. 17, at 2:30
' p.m. Guest will be the Old Storm Branch Baptist Church of
« Clearwater, S.C., with its pastor, the Rev. Nathaniel Irvin Se.,
' bringing the message. Rev. Wiilie Green is pastor of Moses
| Baptist.
. m Augusta State University will sponsor a free Gospel
. Expo on Sunday, February 17, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., at the
i Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, 2500 Walton Way. It will
, feature performances by local church choirs; presented by the
; ASU Black Student Union. For infe, call 737-1492.
' M Second Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 1404 Brown St.
. of Augusta, will celebrate the ninth anniversary of its pastor,
' Rev. Andy Thornton, on Sun., Feb. 17, at 3 p.m. Guest will be
' Rev. Hardy Bennings, pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church of
' Louisville, Ga. ,
- @ Everfaithful Missionary Baptist Church, 314 Sand
. bar Ferry Rd. of Augusta, will hold a Black History Program
. onSun., Feb. 17, at 5 p.m. James Carter 111, Ed.D., consultant,
i counselor, administrator, pedagologist, author, orator and
. historian, will be the speaker. A Monday only Prayer Line
| existsat (706) 722-5550. It will run 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and
| again from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. g
| @ Abundant Life Worship Center, 3726 Mike Padgett
! Hwy. of Augusta, will hold a Job Search and Resume Informa
| tion Workshop on Tues., Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. Workshop topics
{.will cover winning resumes, job search guidance and interview
| techniques. Jesse Hughes of Hughes Business Services will be
| the speaker. For more info, call 796-8490.
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{ B The Depressive and Manic-Depressive Asso. of Greater
| Augusta, a ministry of First Baptist Church, 3500 Walton
| Way of Augusta, will hold its next meeting on Wed., Feb. 20, at
| 6 p.m. in the Walton Building, Room 105. The meetings are
open to the public, mental health groups and patients. For
. more info, call 722-0010.
. Il The 18th Annual Black History Bowl will take place
. Saturday, February 23, 2002 at the Lucy C. Laney High School
. Gym. Area middle schools will compete at 4 p.m. High school,
churches and civic organizations will compete at 6 p.m. The
bowl is played similar to the popular Jeopardy television
| program. Students in middle and high schools are eligible to
. participate. Awards and medals will be given to winning
teams. Study guides are available upon request. If your
church or organization would like to enter a team, please
; contact Raymond McCoy at 793-4402. :
_» Bl The Mass Choir of Friendship Baptist Church, 5492
-Tubman Road of Appling, Ga., is looking for sponsors for its
music ministry. Sponsors are invited to all concerts and events
. hosted by the Mass Choir. A minimum donation of S2O would
» be greatly appreciated. Deadline for donations or love offer
ings is Feb. 23. The Mass Choir will be celebrating its 10*
Anniversary on March 9at 6 p.m. For more info, call the
.church at 541-1781 or e-mail fbcappling@aol.com. Rev. Dr.
Philip M. Dunston Jr. is pastor.
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Rev. Dr. Paul Gardner
1630 Fifteenth St. Augusta, Ga. 30901
(706) 733-9430 ’
Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship Service 11:00 am
Ist Sunday Eve. 6:30 pm
Wednesday: Praise Bible Study 7:00 pm
Thursday: Senior Services 10:00 am
Day Care Center
6:45 am-5:30 pm
Thankful Baptist Church
A Friendly Church with a Friendly Welcome
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s&"‘ g #y Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
b | ¥ 4 Sunday Worship -11 a.m.
{ Bible Study, Tuesdays - 7 p.m.
Thankful Baptist Church
302 Walker Street
i Augusta, Georgia 30901
Rev. Gregory A. Young
Pastor
WILLIAMS MEMORIAL
CM.E. CHURCH
WILLIAMS FUNERAL
HOME INC.
17656 MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. BLVD.
AUGUSTA, GA
Mrs. Venita
Johnson Dunn
Entered into rest on Thurs
day, January 30, 2002 at the
Select Speciality Hospital. Fu
neral service was held Febru
ary2,2oo2at2p.m. at Friend
ship Baptist Church in
Appling, Ga. with Rev. Phillip
Dunston officiating. Inter
ment was in the church cem
etery. Survivors include her
husband, Jackie bDunn; one
son, Carlos Enrico Dunn of
Appling, Ga.; her father,
Ulyess Johnson of Appling,
Ga.; three sisters: Willie Bell
(Roscoe) Bussey of Martinez,
Ga., Brenda Joyce Seals and
DrenaJohnson, both of Calif ;
one brother, Frank (Marga
ret) Hawes of Appling, Ga.;
herfather-in-law,Johnnie Dun
of Appling, Ga.; her mother
in-law, Corine Dunn of
Appling, Ga.; her grand
mother-in-law, Lauras
M<Claddie of Appling, Ga.four
sisters-in-law, four brothers
in-law; and a host of other
relatives and friends.
Mr. Franklin
Alford Hodge
Enteredintoreston Tuesday,
January 29, 2002. Funeral ser
vicewasheld February 2,2002
at 11 a.m. at Mount Calvary
Baptist Church with Rev.
@Liberty Baptist Church, 1232 Anderson Ave. of Augus
ta, will hold a day of observance of National Black HIV/AIDS
Awareness on Tues., Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The program goals are
to emphasize the HIV/AIDS “state of emergency” in the black
community; to educate people of color about HIV/AIDS; to
encourage testing and to make responsible life choices and to
promote the need for African Americans to advocate for
resources needed to fight this disease. For information,
contact Sandra E. Wimberly at 667-4342. Rev. Don Darden is
pastor.
& Beulah Grove Baptist Church, 1434 Poplar St. of
Augusta, will hold a Morning Bible Study, “Through the Bible
in One Year,” every Thurs. a 7 and 8 a.m. For more info, visit
the web site at www.beulahgrove.orgor call 724-1086. Rev. Dr.
Sam Davis is pastor.
@ The Christ Episcopal Church, 1900 Greene St. on the
corner of Eve and Greene Streets, near Crawford Ave. of
Augusta, will host a soup kitchen for the needy and homeless
every Sat., from 11:30 am. to 1 pm. No preaching, no
gllo:"in(, no cost, only good food. For more info, call (706) 736-
@New Beginning, an alcohol and drug support group, will
meet every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the House of the Lord
Pentecostal Church, 1361 10* St. and Perry Ave. of Augusta,
Esith Outreac!) Christian Life Center, Inc.
t Schedule
Sundsy Services 8:00AM
10:45AM
ist Saturday of the Month Men’s Outreach B:3OAM
2nd Tuesday Youth Outreach (Ages 3-12) 7:OO°M
2nd Friday Teen Outreach (Ages 13-18) 7:OOPM
2nd Saturday Adult Single’s Outreach B:3OAM
3rd Saturday Women’s Outreach B:3OAM
4th Tuesday Marriage Maintenance 7:OOPM
Every 4th Monday Youth Skating at the Stardust
. Rink or Youth Bowling at the
Fort Gordon Bowling Alley
(Please call) 6:3OPM
Every Wednesday Corporate Prayer 6:OOPM
Every Wednesday Bible Study 7:OOPM
Pas Tor RicHARD PEoOPLES
2664 Willis Foreman Road
Hephzibah, GA 30815
Phone: (706) 792-9972
‘Writs the vision and make R piain upon the tables that he may run who readeth it,” Hab 2:2
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& Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Services Meld At Restoration Ministries Intemational
: 2404 Tobacco Road ’
.' Hephzibah, Ga. 30815-Phone: 796-1400 rmi24o4@aol.com
Archie Waltower officating.
Interment was in Hillcrest
Memorial Park. Survivorsin
cludehis wife, Linda Hodge of
Augusta, Ga.; five daughters:
Abigail Kornegay, Karen
Hodge, Merele Hodge and
Nicole Hodge, all of N.Y. and
Shante Millerof Augusta, Ga.;
one stepdaughter, Kirby
Morant of Augusta, Ga.; one
stepson, Omar Pinckney of
Augusta, Ga.; two sisters:
Gloria James and six grand
children, one step-grand
mother, Clothlinda Frazier of
N.Y.; twosisters: Gloria James
and Irene Hodge, both of N.Y.;
five brothers: Harry Hodge,
Errol Hodge, Alfred Hodgeand
Elwin Hodge, all of N.Y. and
Leroy Turnbull of British Vir
gin Island; and ahost of other
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Versie Mae James
Enteredintorest on Tuesday,
canuary 29, 2002. Funeral ser
vicewas held February 3, 2002
at3p.m.at MountZionA.M.E.
Zion Church with Rev. Alton
Pegues officiating. Interment
wasin Mount Olive Memorial
Gardens. Survivors include
twodaughters: Jennie (James)
Ford of Birmingham, Ala. and
Gloria (Felix) Waller of
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; oneson,
Odell(Ann) James Jr. of Heph
zibah, Ga.; one sister, Lucilli
Jackson of Thomson, Ga.; four
sisters-in-law, one brother-in
law, grandchildren, grea
grandchildren, one devoted
niece, VirginiaJJackson;and a
host of other relatives and
“A People of Destiny”
A Family Church--Devoted to Restoring
Lives Through the Word of God
wWomen's Fellowship, Ist Friday of month
* Singles Ministry, 2nd Friday of month
#Men's Fellowship, 3rd Friday of month
e Seniors Ministry
% School of Ministry offeredto Ministers
*Teens, Youth, & Children’s Ministries
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Obituaries
friends.
Ms. Passion
Dove-M*Kinney
Entered into rest on Thuss
day, January 24, 2002 at
Doctor’s Hospital. Funeral ser
vice was held January 28, 2002
at 1 p.m. at Cedar Grove Bap
tist Church with Rev. Willie
Williams and Barbara
M<%Kinney officiating. Inter
ment was inthe church cem
etery. Survivors includeone
daughter, Destini Robinson;
her mother and stepfather,
Tressie and Alton Fallen of
Augusta, Ga,; her father and
step-mother, Darryl and
PatricaM*Kinney of Augusta,
Ga. five sisters: Shemeka
M‘Kinney, Dana M‘Kinney,
Aleeka Fallen, Nicole Slappy
and Brittney Slappy, all of
Augusta, Ga,; four brothers:
Darryl M*Kinney Jr., David
Turner, Kwamaine Heath and
Marcu Slappy, all of Augusta,
Ga.; grandmother, Thelma
Dove of Augusta, Ga.; two
great-grandmothers: Alberta
Dove and Bertha Jones, both
of Augusta, Ga.; four aunts,
twouncles; and a host of other
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Gloria
Patrice Pettis
Entered into rest on Friday,
January 25,2002. Funeral ser
vice was held February 4,2002
at 1 pm. at the Willliams
Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. William B. Blount offici
ating. Interment was in
Walker Memorial Park. Sur
the place where “you can begin again.” For more info, call
(706) 722-6023.
8 CSRA R.L.S.E., Inc., a non-profit organization, is offer
ing GED preparation and tutoring classes free of charge at
1202 D’Antignac St. To register for classes, you may sign up
at the center between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Mon. - Fri., or just
before classes at 6 p.m. For more info, call Rev. Thomas
Walker at 737-3776.
B Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 1415 Jones
St. of Augusta, holds Sunday worship services at 8 and 10:16
a.m. Church training classes are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m.
Hot meals served on Tuesdays at noon. Transportation to
Sunday worship services provided. Call (706) 722-5081.
8 The Light of the Worlid Evangelistic Outreach
Ministries, 1880 Alabama Rd. of Augusta, holds Sunday
School at 10 a.m. with worship service at 11 a.m. Bible study/
prayer is held every Wed., 7 p.m. Ministries of the church
include spiritual counseling for the homeless, poor and needy;
Food and Clothing Ministry; Sr. Citizen Brown Bag Program;
Sr. Citizen Housing Grants for repairs and painting of homes;
IRS tax consulting; teenage pregnancy counseling and many
other in-house ministries. For more info, call the church at
828-5197. Bishop L.A. Green Sr. is pastor.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2002
vivors include two brothers:
Johnny Jones of Washington,
D.C. and George Lee Pettis of
Augusta, Ga.; one brother-in
law, two nieces, one great
niece, two great nephews; and
& host of other relatives and
friends.
MAYS MORTUARY
1221 James Brown Blvd.
Mrs. Willie Bell
M°Gruder Johnson
Entered into rest on Friday,
February 1, 2002 at Daniel
Freeman Memorial Hospital
in Inglewood, Calif. Funeral
service was held February 8,
2002 at 1 p.m. at Rehoboth
Baptist Churchin Appling, Ga.
with Rev. Jesse W. Johnson
officiating. Interment was
inthe church cemetery. Sur
vivorsincludefive daughters:
Georiga R. (Roland) Smith of
Lake Elisone, Calif.,, Betty
McGruder of Inglewood, Ca
kif., Juanita (Beverly)Johnson
of Temecula, Calif,, Ruthie
Mae (Henry) Williams of
Harlem, Ga. nd Fannie Mae
Burns of Appling, Ga.; five
sons: Charles McGruder of
Augusta, Ga., Willie J.
McGruder of Lewiston, Pa.,
Dolphus McGruder of Calif.,
John T. ( (Hattie) McGruder
of Savannah, Ga., and Robert
Harris of Lincointon, Ga.; two
sisters: Annie L. William of
Augusta, Ga. and Rosie L. Reid
of Martinez, Ga.; five grand
children, 12 great-grandchii
dren, six sisters-in-law, two
brothers-in-law; and a host of
other relatives and friends.
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