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The Wiregrass Farmer, December 21,2016 - Page 5
Obituaries
Lamb services at First Baptist
Funeral Services for Kendall Brooke Lamb,
11, of Ashburn, GA, were held, 2:00 PM, Fri
day, December 16, 2016 at The Ashburn First
Baptist Church. Rev. David Smith and Rev. Eric
Smith officiated. Judy B. Whitehead played the
piano for the songs and prelude and postlude;
Audrey Young played a special selection for her
cousin Kendall; Julie West sang "There Is
Something About That Name" and "Victory In
Jesus"; She also led the congregation in the song
"Because He Lives". Pallbearers were Jim
Lumpkin, Dennis Carter, Martin Young, Jeff
Reed, Rodd Reed, and Marc Reed. Kendall's
classmates sat in a group to honor her. Irwin
EMC also sat in an honorary position. Kendall
entered into heaven on Monday, December 5,
2016 from injuries received in an auto accident.
Interment will be private.
Kendall was born in Tifton, GA and was the
daughter of Jeff Allan and Diane Denise Reed
Lamb of Ashburn. She was a 5th grade student
at Tiftarea Academy. She attended The Ashburn
Lirst Baptist Church and had accepted Jesus
Christ. Kendall loved her special talent of play
ing the piano and was scheduled to play at the
worship service Sunday, December 11. She was
an avid softball and basketball player. As an an
imal lover, she loved going deer hunting with
her father, but called it deer watching, because
she did not want to harm the deer. She also en
joyed riding her horses and the outdoors.
Survivors include her parents, Jeff and Diane
Reed Lamb, her brother, Winston Reed Lamb,
her grandparents, Doyle and Sylvia Lamb and
Donald L. Reed all of Rebecca and Martha
White Reed of Macon. Also surviving are many
aunts, uncles, cousins and all her many friends
and classmates.
The family received friends at The Ashburn
Lirst Baptist Church on Thursday from 4:00 PM
until 7:00 PM.
While flowers were appreciated, for those
who wish, donations may be made to The Pleas
ant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Lund, % Katie
Hobby, 1875 Amboy Rebecca RD, Rebecca,
GA 31783 or The Georgia Baptist Children’s
Home, 9420 Blackshear HWY, Baxley, GA
31513.
You may sign the online guest book and
share your special condolences and memories
with the family by visiting our website:
www.perryfuneralchapel .com
Walls services at First Baptist
Funeral services for Mr. Lamar Walls, 69, of
Ashburn, GA were held at 11:00 AM, Monday,
December 19,2016 in The Ashburn First Baptist
Church. Rev. David Smith officiated. Prelude
and postlude music by Judy Whitehead. The
songs "It Is Well with My Soul" and "Amazing
Grace" were sung by Jonathan Perry. Pallbear
ers were Clay Walls, Ben Walls, George Buford,
Donald During, Dwane Lewis, and Marcus We-
hunt. Mr. Walls passed away Friday at his resi
dence following an extended illness. Interment
followed in the Rose Hill Cemetery West Sec
tion in Ashburn.
The son of the late Herman Clinton and Lilly
Mae Cleghom Walls, he was bom in Tifton, GA
and was a retired track driver. Mr. Walls loved
to hunt and play golf and was a faithful member
of The Ashburn First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Nolan
of Ashburn; his brothers, Tracy (Kathryn) Walls
of Arabi and Tyrone (Sylvia) Walls of Fitzger
ald. He is also survived by a host of nieces and
nephews.
The family received friends Monday morn
ing from 10:00 AM until the hour of services at
The Ashburn First Baptist Church.
You may sign the online guest book and
share your special condolences and memories
with the family by visiting our website:
www.perryfuneral chapel .com
Church
Bethel events
Wednesday Dec. 21 Family night caroling
no awana no choir
Saturday Dec. 24 Christmas eve service
4:00 pm
Sunday Dec. 25 only an 11:00 am service
Wednesday Dec. 28 no awana no choir.
Communion
Ashburn First United Methodist Church
invites everyone to our Annual Christmas Eve
Candlelight Communion Service Saturday,
December 24th @ 5:30pm.
LAG Ministries
LAG Ministries: The Living Almighty God
Ministries invite each of you in the commu
nity to a God annointed informative teaching
workshop on Biblical layman teaching. There
will be a new topic each month. If you are
teachable and not ashamed that you do not
know, this is the place for you. The classes are
free, and will start on each 3rd Saturday in
each month from 4:30 pm till 6 pm at the City
of Ashburn Youth Resource Center. Ages
adults, young adults, teens 13-18 years old.
We want to reach as many in the community
that need a spiritual revelation on the word of
God. For more information call Minister
Gwendolyn Mathis, 229-567-0412 or 229-
567-6003. Please come and be blessed. Re
freshments will be served.
Church services
Pastor Joseph Neese welcomes you to
Christ Foundation Ministries, 222 E. Monroe
Ave. (in the old Rogers Plaza shopping cen
ter). Our church services are: Sunday School
10 a.m.; Worship services 11 a.m.; Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Come join us!
Sovereign Grace
The Sovereign Grace Baptist Church on
Hopewell Rd in Ashburn meets on the 2nd and
4th Sundays. Bible Study at 10 a.m. and
church at 11 a.m.
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.
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Hobby services at Perry Chapel
The funeral services for Bernard “Bill” Elton
Hobby, Jr., 52, of Sycamore, Georgia were held
Sunday, December 18,2016 at the Perry Funeral
Chapel at 2:30 P.M. Mr. Hobby passed away on
Friday, December 16, 2016 after a sudden ill
ness.
The family received friends Sunday from
1:30 - 2:30 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment
was at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ashburn, Ga.
What’s in those boxes?
I remember it well. It was
Christmas 1988 in Elberton,
Georgia.
That year we had more
boxes filled at Christmas at
our house than we had ever
had before or have ever had
since. It was not that we had
an abundance of resources
and were buying gifts for
everyone and his brother. In
reality, most of the boxes
were not filled with gifts, but
with our earthly belongings.
Two days after Christmas
that year we were to move
away from our hometown
and relocate to Lakeland,
Florida where I would spend
the next four years studying
and preparing myself to be
come a more effective minis
ter. Even though Gale did not
attend formal classes while
we were there, she did earn
what we call her PHT; maybe
some of you ladies under
stand that that means she Put
Husband Through college.
What an experience that
four years was! There were
times when I wanted to quit
(and I am so thankful that I
did not), but there were two
key things that kept me going
until I walked the graduation
line: I knew that God had
called me to His work, and
Gale would not let me quit. I
am not too smart, as some of
Inspiration
you very well know, but I am
plenty smart enough to know
that it would be absolutely
foolish to go against either
one of those two reasons!
That initial move was not
the only memory attached to
Christmas during the time I
was in college. Those trips
back home to visit family and
friends during the holidays
brought great excitement to
us all, and a few challenges
as well. I will not even try to
recount what all went into
getting those two girls into
our small car with all the “ne
cessities” that they deemed
essential to being away from
home for a few days. Can
you imagine how many pairs
of shoes they required for our
trek north?
As I look back, some of
what we faced looks humor
ous now, but it was far from
funny at the time. And as I
think more deeply and seri
ously, none of what we faced
comes anywhere close to the
hardships and costs that the
One for Whom we minister
endured as He came to earth
2000 years ago because of
His great love for each of us.
We left a simple, wood
framed farmhouse to move to
another town; He left the
splendor of Heaven to come
to a sin infested world. We
moved away to obtain educa
tion and experience that we
could use; He came to earth
to obtain eternal life for oth
ers.
In the midst of the memo
ries that we associate with
Christmas, let us not fail to
acknowledge the meaning of
the season: the birth of our
Lord Jesus Christ. The words
written hundreds of years be
fore the birth of Christ are
just as alive and real today as
they were then: “For to us a
child is born, to us a son is
given, and the government
will be on His shoulders.
And He will be called Won
derful Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6,
New International Version).
REBECCA CHRISTMAS
Susan Baker (I) mans the face painting station at the Rebecca Christmas Open
House last week. Sophie McCard gets Christmas designs on her face. December
Saylor also helped with face painting.
We invite you to attend the Church of your choice this Sunday
515 E. Washington Ave.
Ashburn, 567-4383
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Expanded
church info
available
567-3655
Ashburn First Baptist -302 McLendon St.
Ashburn First United Methodist - N. Main St.
Bethel Baptist - Hwy 32 E. Sycamore
Christ Foundation - Rogers Plaza
Christian Union Church of God - Industrial Dr.
Church of Christ - Industrial Dr.
Church of God By Faith - W. Madison Ave.
Dakota Baptist - Hwy 41 N
Double Run Baptist - Hwy 159 N
Dayspring Church of the Nazarene - 983 North St.
Emmery Chapel AME - 215 Leesburg Hwy
Friendship Baptist - Story Rd.
Grace Fellowship Baptist - 133 N. Gordon St.
Harmony Baptist - W. Turner County
Haw Pond Baptist - 1511 Hawpond Rd. Arabi
High Hill Baptist - 5 miles N of Ashburn
Inaha Baptist - Hwy 41 S.
Independent Faith Baptist - Sycamore
Jesus Temple of God - 194 Pate St.
Living Waters Fellowship - 417 E. Madison Ave.
New Providence Baptist Church- W. Washington Ave.
Morningside Baptist - 215 E. Monroe Ave.
Mt. Zion Church of God - W. Monroe Ave.
United Pentecostal - Sycamore
New Hope Baptist - Bussey Rd.
New Mt. Olive Baptist - E. Washington Ave.
New Mount Zion Baptist - 105 South Jefferson St.
New Prospect Freewill Baptist
Oak Grove Baptist
Piney Grove Baptist - Rebecca
Pleasant Hill Baptist - Rebecca
Rebecca Baptist - 166 Ashley St. E. Rebecca
Rocky Mount Baptist - 1050 Rocky Mt. Rd.
New Hope Baptist Church- 222 HC Williams Rd.
S. Ashburn Holiness - Pearl Ave.
Sycamore Baptist - Hwy 41 S
Sycamore United Methodist - Sycamore
Tabernacle of Praise 61 Emily St. Sycamore
Terrell Baptist - Hwy 112 W
Trinity Baptist - Pineknot Rd.
Rebecca United Methodist - Rebecca
Wideman Chapel - Rebecca
Zion Hope Baptist Church - 521 Joe Lawrence Rd.
Emmanuel Missionary Baptist - Sycamore
Amboy Baptist - Hwy 159 N
Israels Temple - 635 W. Washington Ave.
St. Luke Missionary Bapt. - North Leary Rd.
St Theresa’s Catholic Church - 807 S. 3rd St., Cordele
New Mt. Pleasant - 200 Dunlap Circle
El Shaddai Ministry - 536 Carlos Ave.
Greater Faith Ministry - 250 Adams St.
New Jerusalem Freewill Baptist - Lee St.
New Jerusalem Holiness Church - 210 Carlos Ave.
Christ Foundation Assembly of God - 222 E. Monroe
God’s Ministries of Hope - 81 Emile St., Sycamore
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses - 640 Gorday Dr.