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Obituaries
Virgil Leon Moore
Virgil Leon Moore,
85, of Albany, GA died
Wednesday, August 21,
2019 at his residence.
Funeral services were
conducted Friday, Au
gust 23, 2019 at Mathews
Funeral Home. Mr. Skip
Nichols officiated. Inter
ment followed in Crown
Hill Cemetery.
Born in Ravenwood,
WV, to the late Rodney
Sam Moore and Mildred
Fannie Pepper Moore,
Mr. Moore attended
Belpre High School in
Belpre, OH, and served
in the U. S. Navy as an
Aircraft Engine Mechan
ic. He was the owner of
Daylight Grocery Store
before his retirement. He
then sold cakes at Lott’s
Cakes and spent the last
seven summers selling
fruit at Moore’s Produce,
as he was never one
to sit still. Mr. Moore
loved fishing, camping,
watching the Braves, and
spending time with fami
ly and friends. He was of
the Baptist faith. He was
preceded in death by his
first wife, Opal Caulder
Moore, his brother, Rod
ney Sam Moore, Jr., and
his son, Greg Moore.
Survivors include his
wife, Juliet Winchester
Moore, Albany, GA,
five daughters, Debbie
Moore Wood (Rodney),
Lee Co., GA, Brenda
Glass (Patrick), Albany,
GA, Donna Gazaway
(Randy), Leesburg,
GA, Pam Shank (Bob),
Parkersburg, WV, and
Teresa Racer, Vienna,
WV, a son, Mike Moore
(Julie), Augusta, KY,
a sister, Agnes Moore
Giles, Albany, GA, step
son, Charles Gene King,
KY, two step-daughters,
Anita Gambrell (Jimmy),
Worth Co., GA, Beverly
Jo King, Albany, GA, six
grandchildren, Jonathon
Wood, William Craig
Anderson, Brandon
Anderson, Jarrett Wood,
Cody Gazaway, Chase
Gazaway and seven
great-grandchildren.
To sign the online reg
istry or to send condo
lences to the family, you
may visit Mathews’ web
site at www.mathewsfu-
neralhome.com.
Elizabeth “Toni'
Grebel
Mrs. Elizabeth “Toni”
Grebel, 85, of Albany
died Tuesday Aug 20,
2019 at Phoebe Putney
Memorial Hospital.
Her funeral service was
held Saturday 2:00 PM
at First Baptist Church of
Albany with the inter
ment following at Crown
Hill Cemetery. Dr.
William “Butch” Knight
officiated.
The youngest daughter
of Ben and Thelma Bur
roughs, Toni was born in
Savannah on November
7, 1933. Growing up in
Savannah with her sister
Jane, she attended As-
bury Memorial Method
ist Church and spent her
summers on her grand
parents’ farm. After at
tending Savannah High
School, she moved, with
her mother and sister, to
Miami, Florida, in 1950
and graduated from Mi
ami High School. Begin
ning 33 years of life in
Miami, Toni graduated
from the Jackson Memo
rial Hospital School of
Nursing with the inten
tion of being a surgical
nurse. But life inter
vened when her brother-
in-law introduced her
to Bob Grebel, a Miami
firefighter and veteran of
the Second World War.
Marrying in 1954, she
and Bob had three chil
dren, David, Robyn, and
Susan. Intelligent, witty,
and active, Toni was
both a great mom and
engaged friend. Active in
the First Baptist Church
of Perrine, she cheerfully
accompanied the youth
group of 50 teenagers in
1970 and rode her bicy
cle throughout Northern
Europe.
With her children
grown and scattered
throughout the south
Toni and Bob decided
to return to Georgia in
1983 and begin the next
chapter of their lives.
For the next 36 years
Toni lived and served in
Albany. In spite of just
having heart surgery she
played a significant role
in feeding the hundreds
of responders to the Al
bany flood in 1994. After
joining First Baptist
Church, and out of her
deep faith in and love for
her Lord Jesus Christ,
she founded and man
aged the Father’s Kitchen
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which provided a meal
and a place to belong for
her homeless and poor
neighbors around First
Baptist. After the church
relocated she went to
work with the Lord’s
Pantry where, as lead
counselor, she knew and
called by first name the
many people she served.
In her work, and in her
life, Toni was caring,
concerned about the
needs of others, oc
casionally stern, and
centered on her desire to
make a difference. With
Bob, and her friend Pam
Nelson, she contributed
to making her portion
of Albany a more caring
place.
In addition to her
work, Toni continued
to exercise her gift of
hospitality by making
her home a center of
love and activity for her
children, grandchildren,
great grandchildren,
friends, and the many
others who needed her
open heart and gener
osity. She provided a
loving gathering place,
and occasional sanctu
ary, for both her family
and friends. Christmas
at Grandma’s became a
key part of her family’s
life and she made certain
that there was always a
place for them.
Toni was kind and
willing to extend love to
anyone she encountered.
At her death on August
20, 2019 she embraced
the words of her faith,
“well done, good and
faithful servant” as she
joined the great cloud of
witnesses that includ
ed her parents and her
husband.
Toni is remembered
and deeply loved by her
sister Jane Hawkins; her
children David Grebel
and his wife Katherine
Godby, Robyn Spring,
and Susan Byler and
her husband Mark. Her
stories will continue to
be told by her grandchil
dren: Benjamin Lans-
ford, Robert Grebel and
his wife Jennifer Forest
er, Jessica Byler Burns
and her husband Randy,
Deborah Grebel-Becker
and her husband Kevin
Becker, the “triplets”
Katie Grebel, Donnie
Tollefson, and Luke
Byler and his fiance
Callie Syfrett, and
David Tollefson and his
wife Nikki. Bringing
bonus energy and love
to Toni’s life were her
great grandchildren:
Morgan Forester-Grebel,
Lilly Tollefson, Piper
Edwards, and Eleanor
Grebel-Forester. And
most of all, she will be
deeply missed by her
dearest friend of almost
40 years Pam Nelson.
You may sign the
online guestbook and
share your own spe
cial thoughts with the
family of Mrs. Grebel by
visiting Kimbrell-Stern’s
website at www.kim-
brellstern.com.
Gwendolyn H.
“Gwen” Hasty
Gwendolyn H. “Gwen”
Hasty, 76, of Albany,
Ga passed away Fri
day, August 23, 2019 at
Phoebe Putney Memo
rial Hospital. Funeral
services were conducted
Monday, August 26,
2019 at Mathews Funeral
Home. Mr. Ross Powell
officiated.
Born in Little Rock,
AR, Mrs. Hasty had
resided in Albany, GA
since 1960. Prior to
this, she graduated high
school in Morocco,
where she formed a love
for square dancing and
music, during her teens,
she was a DJ and host
ed a radio show named
“Tempo for Teens.” She
was employed with the
deli at Family Mart at
its time of existence in
Albany, GA and was
respected for many of
her dishes. She later
retired as the terminal
manager of USF Holland
Motor Freight. In the
70’s, Gwen enjoyed her
time with her softball
team, the Zep Stars, who
placed fifth in a national
tournament. She was of
the Methodist faith and
was preceded in death by
her parents, Dewey Hall
and Pauline Stephens
Hall, a son, Raymond
“Tater” Hasty, a brother,
George Wayne Hall and
a sister, Opal Annette
Gentry.
Survivors include
her daughter, Donna P.
Hasty, Albany, GA, a
brother, Dewey Hall,
Albany, GA, six sisters,
Linda Doyle (Perry E.).
Warner Robins, GA,
Mary Gainelle Mejo-
rado (Alex), CA, Lena
Paulette Butalla (Steve),
Pensacola, FL, Bessie
Dianne Russsell (Ian),
Leesburg, GA, Cathey
Marie Hall, Pensacola,
FL, Tammi Lynn Reese
(Cliff), Albany, GA,
a grandson, Dylan W.
Holland, Atlanta, GA as
well as her many nieces
and nephews whom she
adored.
Those desiring may
make memorials in
memory of Gwendolyn
H. “Gwen” Hasty to
the American Cancer
Society, PO. Box 22478,
Oklahoma City, OK
73123
To sign the online reg
istry or to send condo
lences to the family, you
may visit Mathews’ web
site at www.mathewsfu-
neralhome.com.
My Jesus
By Charles Harris
Pastor, Be
attie Road
Church of
Christ
It is so
common in
the religious
world to
hear people
talk about
having “a
personal
relationship
with Jesus.”
Nothing could be better
on this earth than that!
However, a person can
not actually have “a per
sonal relationship with
Jesus” until that person
is actually in “a personal
relationship with Jesus.”
Let’s examine when the
Bible says that personal
relationship with Jesus
begins.
We could study this
from the perspective of
birth. How are we “born
into” the family of God
and thus “born into” a
relationship with Jesus?
The Bible answer we
would find would be at
the point of a penitent
believer being baptized
(John 3:5; Ephesians
5:26; Titus 3:5), but that
is not our
focus in this
article.
We could
study this
from the
perspective
of marriage.
How do
we become
“married
to Christ,”
like it talks
about in
Romans 7:4? The Bible
answer we would find
would be at the point
of baptism again, when
we become a part of
the bride of Christ with
Christ as the bridegroom
(1 Corinthians 12:13;
Acts 2:41, 47; Ephesians
5:22-33), but that is not
our focus in this article.
In both of these ex
amples above, there is
an obvious point when
we go from outside the
family of God and into
the family of God, and
when we go from out
side a marriage to Christ
and into a marriage to
Christ. When it comes
to a personal relation
ship with Jesus, we will
Charles Harris
Bible, from page 4B
was so: for he rose up early
on the morrow, and thrust
the fleece together, and
wringed the dew out of the
fleece, a bowl full of water.
And Gideon said unto
God, Let not thine anger
be hot against me, and I
will speak but this once: let
me prove, I pray thee, but
this once with the fleece;
let it now be dry only upon
the fleece, and upon all the
ground let there be dew.
And God did so that night:
for it was dry upon the
fleece only, and there was
dew on all the ground.
find again that there is
a obvious point when
we go from outside that
relationship and into that
personal relationship.
In Matthew 2:11, there
is a word used about
the wise men who were
outside the house and
then stepped “into” the
house. That’s a very
definite point of change.
That same Greek word
(eis) is used when one,
who is outside a rela
tionship with Christ,
steps “into” that rela
tionship. Look at these
verses carefully.
“For as many of you
as were baptized into
Christ have put on
Christ” (Galatians 3:27).
That Greek word (eis)
denotes a movement
“into” Christ, now to
enjoy a personal re
lationship with Him.
Note Romans 6:3, “Or
do you not know that
as many of us as were
baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into
His death?” These are
the only two verses in
all the New Testament
that teach how one
enters “into” Christ and,
thus, “into” a person
al relationship with
Christ. That personal
relationship cannot be
claimed or enjoyed even
one moment before our
baptism.
Take time to also
note that same Greek
word (eis) is also used
in Matthew 28:19, to
emphasize a change in
relationship with the
entire Godhead which
takes place in baptism.
The Beattie Road
church of Christ meets
at 1731 Beattie Rd.,
Albany, GA. Our times
of services are: Sun-
day-9:30am; 10:30am;
6:00pm, Wednes-
day-7:00pm. If we
can assist you in your
spiritual journey contact
us at 229-435-2193 or
870-500-5535. You can
also visit us online at
beattieroad.org
The cost of complacency: How
auto-pay can drain your dollars
(BPT) - When it
comes to managing
your monthly bills, it
doesn’t get much more
convenient than au-
to-pay. Because this op
tion eliminates missed
payments and late fees,
it’s easy to see why
three-quarters of Amer
icans have opted in,
with anywhere between
one and seven monthly
payments, according to
recent survey findings.
However, consumers
are also discovering that
enlisting in auto-pay
isn’t without its finan
cial downsides. The fol
lowing survey findings
from TheZebra.com (an
insurance comparison
site) show how auto-pay
can make consumers
complacent.
* Nearly a quarter of
people (23%) admit to
not paying attention to
what’s coming out of
their bank accounts. If
the result is an over
drawn account or a
billing error slipping
through, that can prove
to be a costly mistake.
* One-third (29%) of
respondents confess
to forgetting to can
cel services linked to
autopay after they’ve
stopped using the ser
vices. A couple prime
examples of this are a
music streaming service
subscription or a gym
membership.
* Nearly half of
consumers indicate that
once auto-pay is set up
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