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Weekend Edition-December 9-10,2022
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Lake Lanier level
Dec. 5:1066.76 feet
1067.79 feet
as of 10 a.m. Dec. 8)
Dec. 6:1067.20 feet
Full pool is 1,071 feet
Dec. 7:1067.67 feet
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Cumming Arts Center has
extended hours for its new Christmas
Marketplace and Festival ofTrees.
Hours for December areThursday-
Saturday, 11am-3pm and Sundays
1-4pm. Unique artisan handmade
items perfect for gift giving are for
sale in the expanded Gallery Gift Shop
as well as artist decorated 1-4 foot
trees and wreaths. A Nativities collec
tion is also on display throughout this
lovely historic house.The Arts Center
is located at 111 Pilgrim Mill Rd in
downtown Cumming. Parking and
Entry are free. Visit sawneeart.org for
more info on all events, activities,
classes and more.
ONGOING
Lord of Life Lutheran Church:
Please join us for worship on Sundays
at 10:30 a.m. You can also view the
service live each Sunday through
Facebook Live (www.facebook.com/
lordoflifealpharetta.org). Lord of Life
Lutheran Church offers a Christ-
centered/family-oriented ministry. The
church is at 5390 McGinnis Ferry
Road, Alpharetta. For more informa
tion, call 770-740-1279 or visit www.
Lord-life.org.
Episcopal Church of the Holy
Spirit will have Sunday service at
8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., (coffee &
conversation held after each service),
and adult education at 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday service at noon. Each
evening Compline is held via
Facebook live at 8 p.m. on www.face-
book.com/ECOHS.net. We also have
Bible Study onTuesday at 6 p.m. and
Thursday at 10:30 a.m.Thursday. Visit
www.ecohs.net for all available
opportunities, including Vacation
Bible School coming up. Episcopal
Church of the Holy Spirit is at 724
Pilgrim Mill Rd., Cumming.
OBITS
Obituaries
Doris Madeline
Church Eade
November 22, 2022
Doris Madeline Church
Eade of Alpharetta, GA
died peacefully in her sleep
while in the care of her
family and Hospice on
November 22, 2022, just
after her 94th birthday.
Doris, and “Nana" as she
was known, was the devot
ed spouse of the late
Reverend Kenneth Charles
Eade, a loving mother of
three sons, doting grand
mother of six, and a friend
to many.
Doris was born in
Plainfield, New Jersey, to
Elsie Leighs Church and
Frank Phillip Church. She
had a younger sister,
Elsiemay and a younger
brother, Leighs. Doris grad
uated with a BA from UCLA
and married Kenneth in
1951 in Tor ranee,
California. Together they
had three sons;
Christopher, Geoffrey and
Jonathan. Kenneth’s career
as an Episcopal priest took
the family from California to
Midland,Texas, then La
Union, NM and lastly,
Arlington, VA. Besides
being a perfect clergy wife,
Doris taught elementary,
junior and high school; ran
the food service in a Va
hospital, all the while rais
ing her three sons. After
Father Eade’s retirement in
1983, Doris and Kenneth
moved to El Paso,TX ,
Reno, NV and eventually to
Cumming, GA in 1995.
Since Kenneth’s death in
2016, Doris has lived at the
Mansions Senior Living in
Alpharetta, where she was
very involved in leadership
positions with the resi
dents, chorus, library, and
other groups. She was pre
ceded in death by her hus
band Kenneth and sister
Elsiemay and is survived
by her brother Leighs
(Sharon) of Hilton Head,
SC., sons Christopher
(Sara Lloyd) of Los Olivos,
CA, Geoffrey (Cathy) of
Chantilly, VA and Jonathan
(Cindy) of Johns Creek, GA
and six grandchildren
Andrew, Colin, Brenden,
Sarah, Seathrun and
Caitrin.
The family will be holding
a celebration of life service
and reception on Monday,
December 19 at 3 PM
(reception at 2:15 PM), at
the Mansions of Alpharetta,
3700 Brookside Parkway,
Alpharetta, GA. 30022. A
requiem mass will be held
on January 7th, 2023 at
2pm at St. Barnabas
Anglican Cathedral, 4795
North Peachtree Rd.
Dunwoody, GA 30338. In
lieu of flowers, donations to
St. Barnabas would be
most appreciated. Mailing
address 4514 Chamblee
Dunwoody Rd. Suite 262
Atlanta, GA 30338.
Florine McKinzey
Lackey
December 2, 2022
Mrs. Florine McKinzey
Lackey, age 92, passed
away Friday, December 2,
2022 after a long illness.
Mrs. Lackey was a devoted
mother and grandmother
who enjoyed spending time
with family and friends and
will be dearly missed.
Mrs. Lackey was born to
the late Ada and Richard J.
McKinzey and grew up in
the Big Creek area of
Forsyth County. She lived
most of her life in
Chamblee, GA, moving to
Cumming in 2006.
In addition to her parents
and four sisters, Mrs.
Lackey was predeceased
by her husband, R.G.
Lackey, Jr.; son, Stephen
Neal Lackey and grandson,
Christopher Fabian Lackey.
Mrs. Lackey is survived
by her daughters, Deborah
(Larry) Wilson, Jasper, GA,
Denise Howell, Decatur,
GA, Lesa (Steve) Hagelin,
North Wales, PA, Christi
Lackey, Cumming, GA and
grandsons, Alexander
Howell, Bryan Hagelin,
Nicholas Hagelin and
granddaughter, Emily
Howell, as well as several
nieces, nephews and other
loving relatives. The family
will receive friends at
Memorial Park Funeral
Home on Wednesday,
December 7, 2022 from
6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
The family will also receive
friends prior to her service
on Thursday, December 8,
2022 in the Chapel of
Memorial Park Funeral
Home. Rev. Dr. Todd
Speed will officiate.
Interment will be in
Memorial Park Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memo
rial contributions may be
made to Furkids Animal
Rescue and Shelter, 5235
Union Hill Rd, Cumming,
GA 30040 (furkids.org) or a
charity of your choice.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, 2030 Memorial Park
Road, Gainesville, GA
30504 is in charge of
arrangements.
Send online condolences
to www.memorialparkfuner-
alhomes.com
Sarah Catherine
Myatt Durden
November 23, 2022
Sarah Catherine Myatt
Durden passed away
peacefully on November
23, 2022, after a brief ill
ness. At the time of her
death, she was surrounded
by her family, extended
family, and pastor, Laurie
Hintz.
Sarah was born in High
Point, North Carolina on
February 11, 1959, to the
late James Archibald
Myatt, Jr, and Christine
Jones Myatt. She was a
graduate of Westchester
Country Day School where
she excelled in volleyball,
basketball, and softball
during high school.
Sarah graduated from
the College of Charleston
with a B.A. She loved col
lege and she loved
Charleston. She often
headed to the Battery with
her rain boots and drink in
hand to watch the oncom
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ing hurricanes. During one
of the dress parades at the
Citadel, she thought it
would be funny to dress as
“Tweety Bird” with another
sorority sister intent on
making the marching
cadets smile to their cha
grin and to their punish
ment. As a member of the
Delta Delta Delta Sorority,
she still counts as good
friends her many Tri-Delta
sisters.
Sarah was truly the salt
of the earth and the light of
the world. Mathew 5:13-16.
In her “salty” way, she
enhanced others by mak
ing life better for all who
came in contact with her.
Sarah always had a joke,
story, hug, food, or shoul
der for her friends. She
spoke or texted her 1000+
friends on a daily basis to
check on them and never
hesitated to stop and
speak to strangers some
times longer than the
strangers probably wanted.
But that was Sarah!
Of course, there were
times when Sarah’s lan
guage was a little “salty”
but those who knew Sarah
loved her plain, honest and
funny statements. Her for
mer Airedale, Duffy, was
the recipient of some of
these words when he ate
the raw turkey off the coun
ter before Thanksgiving
one time or tipped over the
trashcan in the kitchen
looking for food. Sarah
would say, “Dammit Duffy”
trying to scold him but her
big smile and laughter
always gave her away.
Sarah’s light in life was
extremely large and illumi
nating. She was so happy
and vibrant that she want
ed to share life with every
one - whether they were
friends or strangers. Even
when she was hurting or
sick, her light never waned.
Sarah’s greatest pride was
her son, James Jefferson
(“Jeffy”) Durden. He
sometimes tested Sarah’s
patience but then he didn’t
fall far from the apple tree.
Sarah attended most of his
lacrosse games at
McCallie and at the U.S.
Naval Academy. Her pierc
ing whistle from the stands
could be heard for miles as
she rooted for Jeffy and his
teammates. Sarah was
known as “Mama D” to all
of the boys and her support
and supply of pound cakes
and cookies was never
ending. When Jeffy gradu
ated from the U.S. Naval
Academy and received his
commission as an officer in
the U.S. Marines, Sarah’s
smile lit up the whole stadi
um. Those left to cherish
Sarah’ memory are her
son, Jeffy Durden, her hus
band, Jefferson Davis
Durden, her sisters,
Christine Lee Myatt
(Robbie Perkins) of
Greensboro, NC, and
Elizabeth Myatt McKenzie
(Matt McKenzie) of
Sherman Oaks, C, A, her
favorite nephews,
Redmond Cart right
McKenzie, Brantley
Alexander Phillips and
Henry Armstrong
McKenzie, and her special
“sons,” Benji Inabinet and
Ryne Linsley.
Funeral arrangements
are incomplete at this time.
Online condolences may
be made to the family, c/o
McDonald & Son Funeral
Home, Cumming, GA at
www.mcdonaldandson.
com. In lieu of flowers, the
family has requested that
donations be made to the
Humane Society of Forsyth
County, P.O. Box 337,
Cumming, GA. 30028,
Cumming First United
Methodist Church, 770
Canton Hwy, Cumming, GA
30040, or to a charity of
one’s choosing.
God will have his hands
full with this mischievous
disciple who served in his
good name. Never one to
obey a curfew, her bright
light will always shine
down, day or night, serving
as a reminder of her good
deeds, her laughter, her
antics and her zest for life.
Buddy Phillips
December 4th, 2022
Buddy Phillips, age 87,
of Cumming, GA., passed
away Sunday, December
4th, 2022, at his home. He
was a member of Coal
Mountain Baptist Church.
He is preceded in death by
his parents, Tommie W.
and Reba Stepp Phillips;
wife, Lucille Burruss
Phillips, brothers and sis
ters, Thomas Roscoe and
Annie Nix Phillips, Jessie
Edward Phillips, Freddie
Ralph and Helen Arnold
Phillips and Doris Nunn
Phillips, Robert Reeves
and Vertie Lee Orr Burruss,
Charles Edward and
Gwynell Day Burruss,
Maggie Burruss and
Wilson Wilbanks, Dorothy
Neal Burruss, James
Leland and Edna Morris
Burruss, Clifton Chamblee
Strickland, Ray Burton,
Rebecca Johnson Burruss.
Survivors include his; sons
and daughter-in-law,
Ashley D. and Lisa
Rodriguez Phillips, Tracey
W. and Lisa Griggs Phillips;
daughter, Paula Phillips
Duncan; grand kids, Caleb
Kyle Phillips, Madison
Phillips and Chris Waters,
Jessi Phillips and Alec
Pearson, Jacob “Jake”
Reece Phillips, Ethan
Thomas Phillips, Jackson
Levi Phillips; great grand
kids, Buddy Augustus
Phillips, Clara Faith
Phillips, Logan Christopher
Waters, Luke Monroe
Waters, Walker Trace
Pearson; brothers and sis
ters, Betty Burruss
Strickland, Ineal Burruss,
Kathleen Burruss and
Harold Pruitt, Rodger Billy
Burruss, Larry and Mary
Martin Burruss, Inez Tench
Phillips; and a number of
other nieces, nephews and
relatives also survive.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday, December
8th at 2:00 pm at Coal
Mountain Baptist Church
with Rev. Gary Martin, Rev.
Danny Bennett and Brett
Martin officiating. Interment
will follow in Sawnee View
Gardens. The family will
receive friends at Ingram
Funeral Home on
Wednesday from 2:00 pm
until 8:00 pm, and on
Thursday from 11:00 am
until the hour of the ser
vice.
In lieu of flowers, the
family asks donations be
made to the Hightower
Baptist Asso. Food &
Clothing Bank.
Ingram Funeral Home &
Crematory, Cumming,
Georgia is in charge of
arrangements.
Condolences may be
made at www.ingramfuner-
alhome.com.
Death Notices
Debbie Walls
December 3, 2022
Debbie Walls, 64, of
Cumming died Saturday,
December 3rd. Funeral
service, Wednesday,
December 7th, 2 p.m.,
Bearden Funeral Home
Chapel. Bearden Funeral
Home, Dawsonville, GA.
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