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The Wiregrass Farmer, November 29,2017- Page 5
Obituaries
Speight services today at Bethel Baptist
Pamela Wynn Speight, 49, of Sycamore tist Church with interment to follow in the
passed away Friday, November 24,2017. church cemetery. Full obituary next week.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM
Wednesday, November 29,2017 at Bethel Bap-
Elliott services at First Methodist
Julian C. Elliott, Jr., 71, of Ashburn passed
away Wednesday, November 22,2017 at Pruitt
Health Care in Ashburn.
Bom on January 17, 1946 to the late Julian
C., Sr. and Frances Sumner Elliott, he was a
member of New Prospect Freewill Baptist
Church. He was a Mason with Sycamore Lodge
#210 and was also a Shriner with the Hasan
Temple in Albany. Mr. Elliott was a retired
chemical and fertilizer salesman.
He is survived by his son, Randy (Dawn) El
liott of Ashburn; sister, Carolyn Bowen of
Tifton; grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Kent, Katie and
Linsie.
Memorial services were held Sunday, No
vember 26, 2017 at the Ashburn First United
Methodist Church at 3:00 PM. Pastor Carrie
Myers officiated. The family greeted friends
Sunday at the church from 2:00 PM until the
hour of services.
Church
Bethel Baptist events
The Colors of Christmas presented by
Bethel's Children's Choir Dec. 3rd, 6pm.
Youth Drama Dec. 10th, 6pm. The Story of
Christmas Musical presented by Bethel's
Adult Choir, Dec. 17th, 6:00 pm.
Sept 9 - Jan 13,2018 Big Buck Contest.
Open to all ages! Grand Prize will be a hunt
ing rifle. Winners must be present at Fish &
Fowl Dinner! Big Buck/ Little Buck Contest.
Open to 16 year olds and younger. Winners
will be the smallest rack that is not a spike. (3
points or larger) and the largest rack among 16
year olds and under. Grand prizes will be a
hunting rifle or shotgun. Winners must be
present at Fish & Fowl Dinner!
Wiregrass Ministries
Service times are Sundays at 10:30am and
Wednesday evenings at 7pm. If anyone needs
a ride to any of the Services, please call 229-
643-7777 and arrangements will be made. We
are located at 55 N. Railroad Street, Rebecca,
GA 31783. We are non-denominational, Word
of Faith affiliated.
It turned out perfectly!
I have been functioning at a
lower level of productivity for
the past two weeks. Not be
cause I am sick, but because
my wife is recovering from
surgery. I have always appre
ciated her but in moments like
these I get a real reminder of
what a tremendous part of my
life she is
Due to her limited mobility
during her recuperation I have
had to assume a few additional
duties. Most of my efforts
have turned out alright, al
though not nearly as good as
the way she does things. How
ever, I had one little incidence
in which I dropped the ball;
more accurately, I dropped the
pickles.
On most Sundays she pre
pares lunch for the children
and grandchildren, so with the
availability of my help we de
cided to follow her weekly tra
dition. The meal we planned
was simpler than her usual
good country cooking, but it
would still be good.
As things started to come
together we needed a few
items from the store. I went
out late on Saturday night to
make the purchase, and I left
the store feeling pretty good
about my success at remem
bering everything that we
needed. As I loaded the bags
of groceries into the car I put
one in that contained a jar of
Inspiration
pickles, but as I was getting the
rest of the bags loaded the jar
of pickles rolled out onto the
asphalt. Needless to say, the
glass container could not resist
the impact; it broke, wasting
the precious contents.
Being the good Papa that I
am, I went back inside and pur
chased another jar. Just an
other opportunity to keep our
little girls happy!
Sometimes, no matter how
hard we try, things just do not
turn out the way we planned.
But we can rejoice that God
had a plan for humankind that
turned out exactly as it was
supposed to. As we move rap
idly toward the celebration of
Christmas, we have another
great opportunity to reflect
upon the birth of the One Who
fulfilled God’s plan of eternal
life for all who will give their
lives to Him.
After my initial effort to get
that jar of pickles to our house
failed, I had to resort to “Plan
B” —which meant I had to pay
again since I messed up the
first attempt. God’s plan to
provide hope for hopeless hu
mankind was perfect from the
beginning; no Plan B or second
attempt was necessary because
His provision of Christ was
perfect and He perfectly pro
vided the means of forgiveness
and reconciliation with God
that we could never achieve on
our own. We are assured in
Luke 2:11 that on the first
Christmas God’s plan was un
folding just as He had prom
ised: “Today in the town of
David a Savior has been born
to you; He is Christ the Lord”
(New International Version).
Some of the gifts you give
away this holiday season might
not meet all the expectations
that you hoped for, and some
of the things you do might not
turn out just right. You might
even have to resort to another
plan when your first attempt
fails. But throughout this
Christmas season remember
that what God provided for us
through Christ accomplished
exactly what He intended—the
opportunity for you and I to re
ceive eternal life through Him.
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Deadline Dec. 15
Precept Bible Study of the book of Acts
A Precept Upon Precept
Bible study of the book of Acts
Part 1 - Jesus' Witnesses, Em
powered by His Spirit, will be
held at Sycamore Baptist
Church, beginning with orien
tation on Tuesday, January
2nd, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m. The study of Acts
Part 1 will conclude February
27th. The morning class will
meet from 9:30 til 11:30 a.m.
and the evening class from
6:30 til 8:30 p.m.
Luke's first account was his
Gospel in which he recorded
all that Jesus began to do and
teach. In his second Luke
recorded what happened after
Jesus' ascension to the Father.
Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, em
powering the apostles to testify
to the power of God in salva
tion and in living every day for
the gospel. Learn how God
spread the gospel through wit
nesses of Jesus' death and res
urrection, and from their
examples, how you too can
witness to others. Stand in awe
of the power of God in believ
ers to endure persecution and
suffering for the cause of
Christ and embrace His power
in your life. Be encouraged by
the results of faithful servants
holding forth truth in a dark
world.
The Precept Upon Precept
study method is being used
across the United States and in
over one hundred foreign
countries by people seeking to
know the truths of the Word of
God for themselves. These in-
depth studies are widely ac
claimed for their practical,
personal approach to Bible
study. The study includes
homework, discussion, and a
powerful lecture time to direct
you in understanding the mes
sage of God’s Word.
For further information or
to register for this Precept
study, contact Phyllis Pilkinton
at (229) 567-4726 or (229)
947-8372, or email: phpilkin-
ton@windstream.net by De
cember 20th. The only cost for
the class is the workbook
which is $20.00. For more in
formation on Precept Min
istries visit www.precept.org.
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Ashburn spends $269K on equipment
The Ashburn City Council
voted this month to spend
$269,000 on two patrol cars for
the police department, a new
street sweeper and a new sewer
jet.
The property will be bought
on a lease-purchase agreement
through two different agencies.
The money comes from the
Special Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax (SPLOST). SPLOST
can only be spent on capital
improvements rolling stock,
which these items are.
"I don't see why we can't
handle that. We paid $250,000
for this building," Councilman
James Burks said.
City Manager Sedric
Carithers said the City has seen
a decent bump in SPLOST in
come largely due to the new
Flash Foods store at Exit 82.
He said the new Dollar Gen
eral, just west of Highway 112,
is also a help.
The payments for these
items will come from the in
crease in SPLOST revenue.
The purchases are not in the
General Fund budget.
"Flash Foods, that's a bless
ing," he said.
STREET SWEEPER
The single most expensive
item in the list is the street
sweeper. It costs $144,895.
"It is a well-needed item
looking at the curbs and gutters
all over town. The curbs and
gutters look pretty bad right
now," Mr. Carithers said.
He said he expects the
Street Department to assign
someone to drive the sweeper
full time.
Council member Rhonda
Walker asked if any special
skills are needed to drive the
machine.
"It is simple. You don't need
a CDL. They will bring it here
and show how to operate it and
everything," Mr. Carithers
said. The company also hosts a
twice yearly conference at the
plant in Texas on machine
maintenance and repair.
SEWER JET
The sewer jet will replace
one that is about 20 years old.
The old one will be used as a
backup. Mr. Carithers said the
current sewer jet is just about
worn out.
CARS
The City presently has 12
patrol cars. One of these has
more than 200,000 miles. The
replacement cruisers, Dodge
Chargers, will put one car into
the surplus pile and one as a
backup. The two cars come
fully equipped and will cost
$66,965
OTHER STUFF
Mr. Burks asked if the street
sweeper was more important
than a knuckle boom truck. A
knuckle boom truck is used to
pick up large piles of yard de
bris at roadside. Mr. Carithers
said it's his opinion the
sweeper is a more urgent need.
In other business:
• The Council renewed an
agreement with the current
probation company. City Attor
ney Tommy Coleman said Mu
nicipal Court Judge Ray
Holland must also approve the
agreement. If the judge objects
- he is expected to approve the
City Council decision - the
contract is invalid.
The contract is good for 5
years with a renegotiation pro
vision every year. Mr. Cole
man said changes to the
contract will only affect the
people who are on probation.
• The Council approved a
conflict of interest statement
for spending a water line grant
on the west side of town. Mr.
Carithers' parents live on Tay
lor Street and Council member
Andrea Pierce has property
there as well. The letter says no
one on the Council or family
members will receive any
more benefit from the work
than other people in the neigh
borhood,
Mr. Burks said other areas
of the City also need work,
some areas "needed more."
The Community Development
Block Grant can only be spent
in low to moderate income
neighborhoods and only in the
areas specified in the grant ap
plication. The work will install
larger water lines and more hy
drants.
• Fred's got a beer and wine
license.
APD needs info on robbery, shooting
The Ashburn Police Depart
ment is asking anyone who has
information about a weekend
robbery and a vehicle being
shot to please contact the APD.
The robbery was not at a
business. The shots “we do not
know where they came from.
We are investigating,” said
Capt. Richard Purvis.
“If anyone knows of any
thing going on, come talk to
me or the chief. We investigate
these things as they come in,”
he said. “It was the middle of
the night and no one wants to
come forward to talk, that
makes it kind of hard.”
We invite you to attend the Church of your choice this Sunday
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Banking Company
561 E. Washington St.
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Ashburn
567-3655
1-800-342-9345
567-3655
567-3306
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
Wiregrass Ministries - 55 N. Railroad St., 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.