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Obituaries The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, July 24,2019, Page 5B at www.josephwjonesfh. com. Terri Renee Elder Terri Renee Elder, 55, of Leesburg, GA, died July 16, 2019 at her residence. Memorial services were held Sat urday, July 20, 2019 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley of Philema Road Baptist Church officiated. Terri was a native of Leeds, AL and moved to Albany, GA in 1979 with her fam ily. She graduated from Westover High School and attended Georgia Southwestern Univer sity. Terri moved to Lee County, GA in 1987. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Albany. Survivors include her daughter, Amelia Ann Elder, her grandchil dren, Braelynn Elder and Nolan Brown, her parents, Joe and Ma rie Adair, three sis ters, Tina Kozuch and Tracy Walker all of Lee County, GA and Tam- mie (Mike) Reynolds of Altamonte Springs, FL and four nieces, Lisa Kozuch of Lee County, GA, Christine Kozuch of Nashville, TN, Savan nah Walker and Laney Walker both of Atlanta, GA. In lieu of flowers, do nations can be made to the American Heart As sociation, 10 Glenlake Parkway, South Tower Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30328. To sign the online registry, or to send con dolences to the family, you may visit Mathews’ website at www. mathewsfuneralhome. com. James Joseph Keegan James Joseph Keegan, 64 of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services were conducted Tues day, July 23, 2019 at at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Spraggins officiated. Born In Erding, Ger many, James resided in Munich, Germany, Co lumbia, SC, Albany and Leesburg, GA for most of his adult life. James was a diesel mechanic with R & S Diesel Injec tion for 37 years. He is preceded in death by his parents James Joseph Keegan, Woonsocket, RI and Christine Sabine Keegan, Pilsen, Czech Republic. James enjoyed listen ing to and downloading all kinds of music, flying simulated jets on video games, spending time with his grandchildren, family and friends and going to the beach. In his youth he worked at the zoo in Munich, Ger many and was knowl edgeable about and loved all animals large and small. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Brenda Kay Keegan, Leesburg, GA, daughters, Jennifer Denise Bailey (Gary), Macon, GA, Kristen Elizabeth Harrison (Tommy), Leesburg, GA, a granddaughter, Abigail Catherine Pat terson, Leesburg, GA, grandsons, Austin Tyler Patterson, Macon, GA, Murdoc Drake Harrison, Leesburg, GA, a brother Peter Keegan (Ingrid), Poing, Germany, sisters, Margaret Erber (Gunt er), Poing, Germany, Lizzy Metnitzer, Knit- telfeld, Austria, Grace Schwarzensteiner, Mu nich, Germany, Mary Singleton (Bill), Wesley Chapel, FL, and Tina Day (A.J.), Zimmerman, Minnesota, sister-in-law, Belinda F. Faircloth, (Todd), Bronwood, GA, mother-in-law, Betty L. Cook, Putney, GA, and many nieces and neph ews. In lieu of flowers you can make a donation in memory of James Joseph Keegan to the American Stroke Asso ciation (ASA), a division of the American Heart Association (AHA) at 10 Glenlake Parkway, South Tower, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30328 or https://www.stroke.org. To sign the online registry or to send con dolences to the family, you may visit Mathews’ website at www. mathewsfuneralhome. com. Mary Elizabeth Abbott Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Abbott, 77, of Albany, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019, at her home. Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 22, in the chapel of Joseph W. Jones Funeral Home of Leesburg. The family received friends one hour before the service. Mrs. Abbott was laid to rest at Oakland Cem etery in Byromville. Born November 23, 1941, in Worth County, Mrs. Abbott was the daughter of the late Leonard and Willie Mae Renew Rogers. She was a loving home maker who loved God and her family more than anything. She loved to read her Bible and was a member of Kinchafoonee Baptist Church of Leesburg. Survivors include her children, Mary Louise Williams of Albany, James Edward Abbott of Albany, Betty Centerfitt (Don) of Oliver Springs TN, Dorothy Mae Clemmons of Albany, William David Abbott (Donna) of Lee County and Elizabeth Mi chelle Abbott of Worth County; 3 sisters, Tina McCubbins of Putney, Jeanette Miller of Lee County and Marie Park er of Albany; 14 grand children and numerous great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Abbott was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Abbott and son, Dwayne Abbott. Condolences and memories may be shared Ella Frances Johnson Beck Mrs. Ella Frances Johnson Beck, 93, of Leesburg, peacefully passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019. Graveside funeral services will be con ducted at 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 25, 2019, at Riverside Cemetery in Albany. Rev. Charles Jones and Pastor Terry Siniard will officiate. The family will visit with friends following the service. Born January 2, 1926, in Macon County, AL, Mrs. Beck was the daughter of the late Lawrence Harris John son and Bessie Alice Gray Johnson. She was a school teacher, loved children and enjoyed flowers. She was a mem ber of Sunnyside Baptist Church for many years. Survivors include her son, Ben Beck of Leesburg; special niece, Faye Beck of Cusseta, AL and a host of church family and friends. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.hallandhallfh. com. Soul Food from the Hood by Keith Hood Twin rainbows: twin promises. It was the per fect sign for a momentous day. My twin grand daughters were dedi cated to the Lord by their par ents earlier this day. It was a child dedication service. What is a child dedication service? Many may mistake the child dedication service as that of infant baptism. This was not an infant baptism. I personally believe that baptism is to be an outward expression of an inward event. It is the public confession of an individual to the world that they are identifying with Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection. This is shown by total emersion into water sym bolizing the death, burial (emersion), and resurrec tion (coming back up). These baby girls have no idea what any of that means. A child dedication service is ultimately the recognition of the Lordship of Jesus Christ by the parents. “I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that your present bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship.” (Romans 12:1) This service was for Clayton and Tabitha Rob erson to publicly extend that offering to their most priceless possessions: Abigail Leigh and Anna Estelle Roberson. It is also a time where the lo cal congregation pledges to pray for the family, encourage them as they grow together, and do all they can to assist the chil dren in coming to know Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord. Then the children are prayed for by name and the par ents are also prayed for. ‘And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them: and His dis ciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased, and said unto them, ‘Suffer the children to come to Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.’ And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them.” (Mark 10:13-16) Tabitha has talked about her children being dedicat ed to the Lord for a very long time. She had a spe cial request for me to do it because, ‘‘You dedi cated us.” Tabitha was dedicated to the Lord in Asheville, NC, in 1990. Emma was dedicated to the Lord in 1993 in the same church. I was the pastor. In fact, she’s named after the church. Solomon was dedicated to the Lord in Africa by Af ricans even before he had been to America. He was dedicated by the African pastors. It was all in their tribal language. We knew the language. They dressed in western coats and ties. We dressed in African garb. They honored us. We honored them. Priceless. Our granddaughters were surrounded by their grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, and a faithful group of people who love Jesus. It was a fantastic service and the fellowship was rich after wards. I am so thankful these children have such a support group. God has had His hand on these girls before, during and after being born. They are true miracles. Afterwards, our family joined us at home for an African dish. Our son had a visitor he met in college. They’ve been keeping in touch. She was about to leave at the end of the day when it was announced that they were now going to call this a relationship. While he was announc ing it there was a double rainbow in the sky. The rainbow is a sign of God’s promise. These were twin rain bows. Our twins were dedicated to this God on this day. Their granddaddy who attended is a twin. This young lady with whom Solomon is now in a rela tionship is also a twin. A personal Abba Father enjoys this kind of thing. ‘‘One generation shall praise your works to another and shall de clare Your mighty acts.” (Psalm 145:5) LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 2019 VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE AUGUST 15 TIFT COUNTY HOME (THURSDAY) (SCRIMMAGE) AUGUST 24 DOUGHERTY ALBANY STATE (SATURDAY) (HAMP SMITH CLASSIC) (7:00 PM) AUGUST 30 LIFE CFIRISTIAN ACADEMY (VA) HOME SEPT 6 PEACH COUNTY AWAY (8:00 PM) SEPT 13 AMERICUS SUMTER HOME SEPT 20 SOUTHWEST HOME MACON (YOUTH NIGHT) SEPT 27 OPEN OCT 4 THOMSON HOME (HOMECOMING) OCTOBER 11 OPEN OCTOBER 18 NORTHSIDE WR HOME OCTOBER 25 VALDOSTA AWAY (8:00 PM) NOVEMBER 1 HOUSTON COUNTY AWAY NOVEMBER 8 COFFEE HOME (SENIOR NIGHT) ALL VARSITY GAMES AT 7:30 ON FRIDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED Bible, from page 4B mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. from Judges 3 For a free Scripture packet, please write From the Bible, BIBLE FOUNDATION, PO Box 908, Newberg, Or egon 97132. email: bf@ bf.org REGION GAMES ARE IN BOLD
