The wiregrass farmer. (Ashburn, Ga.) 1984-current, January 13, 2016, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextThe Wiregrass Farmer, January 13,2016 - Page 5 Obituaries Youngblood services at Perry Chapel Funeral Services for E.A. "Shorty" Young blood , 90, of Tifton, G A were held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. The Reverands Jerry Cooper and Glenn Ford officiated. Stacie & Karlee Youngblood sang "I Call It Home"; Scotty Raines sang "Beulah Land" and Karlee Youngblood sang "Amazing Grace". Pallbearers were Andy Youngblood, Tim Youngblood, Chris Youngblood, Craig Youngblood, Rusty Young blood and Brian Youngblood. Honorary pall bearers were Jeff Youngblood, Drew Duffey and Corey Duffey. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery in Turner County. Mr. Youngblood passed away Sunday, January 10,2016 after an extended illness. The son of the late John Greene and Johnnie Lee Waters Youngblood, he was born in Tift County, GA on December 17, 1925. He was a retired foreman with Keenan Tractor Co. and a founding member of Westside Baptist Church of Ashburn, GA. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and a member of the Amer ican Legion. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice Corine Taylor Youngblood, son, Wayne Youngblood, two brothers, Donald Royce Youngblood and H.T. Youngblood, and two sisters, Bessie Louise Bass and Pearlie Mae Lletcher. Survivors include three sons, Jerry (Barbara) Youngblood of Tifton, GA., Larry (Kathy) Youngblood of Sycamore, GA., Gary (Kathy) Youngblood of Tifton, GA., one daughter Tammy Y. (Kyle) Duffey of Tifton, GA., one brother, James Youngblood of Malvern, AL., one sister, Jimmie Lou Marchant of Chula, GA., thirteen grandchildren and twenty great-grand children. The family received friends Monday evening, January 11,2016, from six until eight at Perry Luneral Chapel. You may sign the online guest book and share your special condolences and memories with the family by visiting our website: www.perryfuneralchapel .com Lane services at Rebecca Baptist Vivian Taylor Lane, 96, of Rebecca, Geor- A memorial service will be held, Saturday, gia, died January 8, 2016, at Life Care in January 23,2016 at 2:00 PM at Rebecca Baptist Litzgerald. Church. Church Mission appreciation Mount Zion Church of God Apostolic 463 West Monroe Ave., invites you to attend our Home Mission appreciation service. We will be honoring our Missionary President Elder Trudie Parham on Sunday, Jan. 17,2016. Service starts @ 11:30 a.m. The speaker will be our Pastor Bishop Elbert Lee West. Come join the celebration as we honor this woman of God.Pastor Bishop E. L. West MLK celebration Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Services 2016 will be held Mon day, Jan. 18,2016 at 7pm at Second Chance Bible Church, 748 S. Lee St., Ashburn. Bishop Tremaine O. Alford, pastor. Theme: "Keeping The Dream Alive With The Lord On Our Side". Guest speaker: Rev. Willie Love, Jr., pastor of Philco M.B. Church & 1st African B. Church, Doerun. Bethel Baptist BIG BUCK/LITTLE BUCK CONTEST A season long contest for the biggest buck (All ages) and smallest buck (larger than a spike, for 16 year olds & under). Prizes for the Biggest Buck and Smallest Buck to be awarded at WILD GAME DINNER on Jan. 16th. There will be other door prizes that night! Special Guest Speaker is Kyle Woodfin of Legacy Outdoor Ministries. Call Bethel Baptist Church Office for details: 567-4090. LAG Ministries The Laithful Servants 8th Anniversary Sing Saturday, Jan. 23 at 6pm at Victory Bap tist Church, 3917 US Hwy 319 S„ Tifton. We invite you to celebrate with us eight years of singing the gospel. An appreciation meal will be served in the social hall immediately fol lowing the sing. Everyone is invited! Emmery services Emmery Chapel AME Church, located at 215 Leesburg Hwy. 32 West in Ashburn, GA would like to announce our church services. Sunday School each Sunday at 9 am. and wor ship services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 10 am. Jordan services at Perry Chapel Blanchie O. Jordan, 82, of Ashburn passed Luneral services were held at 2:00 PM Sun- away Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Pruitt day, January 10, 2016 at Perry Luneral Chapel Healthcare of Ashburn. with private interment at Snowridge Cemetery. Don’t veer off the path With a limited window of opportunity available, we made plans for a brief trip to north Georgia to visit family during New Year’s week end. But it seemed that Murphy’s Law was in effect on the day that we were to leave —the weather was bad, my work day went much longer than I ex pected, I had already driven over two hundred and fifty miles in the course of the day, and it was nearly night before we embarked upon the three hundred mile trek. That didn’t stop us, though, and we headed north despite being weary and less than enthusiastic about the ride so late in the day. I have driven to my home town numerous times over the years, so it is no strange route to me. By now I am familiar with all the landmarks along the way. Several hours into the trip my strength and alertness were feeling the toll of the long day, but since I had made reservations up there for the night and it was already past the time to cancel it without a penalty, I was determined to continue on toward my desti nation. As I drove along I no ticed that I was seeing some things that I did not recognize, but when your eyes are that heavy a lot of things look odd, so I kept going. When I looked at the compass on the "-s O Illinium Inspiration instrument panel it indicated that I was traveling south. That was rather puzzling since I wanted to travel north, but I figured it was just a curve in the road that caused the com pass to read north; I continued on. Several minutes later I was still headed south; at that point I knew something was not right. I turned around, took the turn that I had missed ten miles up the road, which allowed us to arrive safely at our destina tion—at almost two AM. That incident cost us thirty minutes extra travel, which might not be a lot of time, but at that time of night in my ex hausted condition it was a pretty hefty price for a need less mistake. Thankfully the compass alerted me that I was headed down the wrong road. otherwise I might have wasted a lot more time. Paying atten tion to and responding to that information paid off. At times in our spiritual journey through life we veer off the path that God has called us to travel, making it essential that we depend on Him to alert us when we start to drift in the wrong direction. Some of the paths that appear to be attrac tive and convenient might in reality be roads to destruction. We are instructed by Christ in Matthew 7:13-14 to “Enter through the narrow gate. Lor wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruc tion, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (New International Version). Just as paying attention to that little on-board compass pointed me in the right direc tion on our recent trip, keeping our hearts surrendered to Christ and following His teachings will guide us in the right direction spiritually. He always leads right; we need to be alert and careful that we do not veer off that spiritual path that He is guiding us to. Among the things that we hope to achieve in 2016, let us all make following His path for our lives our top priority. Send us your church news wiregrassfarmer@ yahoo .com wiregrass 1 @windstream.net Fax it! 567-4402 or Call 567-3655 We invite you to attend the Church of your choice this Sunday C#c§nY 515 E. 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