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Page 6A — Wednesday, December 22, 2021 The True Citizen
OBITUARIES
James Gay, Jr.
Charlie Hudson, Sr.
James Gay, Jr. entered the gates of heaven on December
13, 2021, immediately welcomed by his Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ. Bom on February
11, 1934 to Minnie Blackmon
Gay and Frank James Gay, they
lived in Perkins, Georgia. James
graduated from Jenkins County
High School. He married his
high school sweetheart Velma
Sowell Gay in 1953.
James was a hard worker and
well known in the agricultural
equipment repair business. He
worked 38 years for J & B Ford
Tractor Company, retiring at
age 62. However, farmers continued to call him for advice
for many years. They all wanted "Junior" to work on their
equipment.
He was saved at age 27,baptized in the spring at Magnolia
Springs State Park and became a member of the Magnolia
Baptist Church in Perkins, GA. He and Velma were blessed
with three children: James Anthony "Tony" Gay, Kathy
Leah Gay Morgan, and Steven Randall Gay.They moved to
Waynesboro in 1966 and joined Rosemont Heights Baptist
Church. A few years later, they joined the fellowship at
Burkehaven Chapel.
One of the ministries James and Velma enjoyed together
was being part of the Chapel leadership which started Burke
haven Christian School. For 27 years, he served as trip bus
driver, helped transport props and costumes for the plays,
spoke at chapel services and anything else that needed doing.
He enjoyed sitting on the playground bench watching them
play. The children loved to give him hugs. He served as an
elder in the church and shared the Word at their services. He
was a bold witness for our Lord wherever he was and handed
out tracts he had specially made. His family appreciated his
advice, leadership, and wisdom. His Christian walk was an
example to all he met. He was a great husband, father and
Papa as well as a faithful friend to many.
He loved his family and enjoyed spending time with them.
Family gatherings were always full of laughter, tricks, and
tasty food. He shared stories of his growing up and working
on tractors.
His world changed and his heart broken when his Velma
went to Heaven in 2017. He longed to be with her.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife Velma, his
father Frank Gay, his mother Minnie Chance and stepfather
Sidney Chance, and his brother Bobby Gay.
His surviving family includes his son, Tony and wife Sher-
rell Gay, their children Michelle and Chris White and son Har
rison, Jeremy and wife April Gay and daughter Sadie, Tracy
and Shane Ide and son Roy; his daughter Kathy and husband
Garry Morgan, their children, Candi and Jason McCorkle,
Joshua and Jessie Morgan and children, Wylie and Evie; his
son Steve and wife Karen Gay, their children, Catie and Chris
Wilson and daughters Haddie and Hannah, Megan and Dusty
Wammack and children Emma, Jacob, and Caleb, Rosie and
Dwight Ashe, and son Tripp, and Aimee Gay. Also, his sister
Beth Jordon, sisters-in-law Vera Nell (Buford) McGraw and
Ramona Gay, brothers-in-law Travis (Sandra) Sowell and
Raymond Sowell. He also has many nieces and nephews.
Special friends include Linda Byne, Denise Crabtree, Julie
Baker, Richard Young, and Jeff (Mary June) Speichinger.
We are thankful for his caregivers Ella Edwards, Patricia
Jones, and Dr. Christian for his wonderful care.
Visitation was held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December
16 at Rosemont Baptist Church located at 520 Hwy 25 North,
Waynesboro. His Celebration of Life followed at 12:00 Noon.
Graveside service was private for family at Green Fork
Baptist Church in Perkins, GA. Pastor David Hollingsworth,
Pastor Dusty Wammack, and Pastor Mike Flowers will lead
the service.
Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors is overseeing the ar
rangements. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations
in his memory to Burkehaven Chapel % Garry Morgan 820
Corley Road, Blythe GA 30805.
Chance and Hydrick Funeral
Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill
Rd., Augusta, GA 30906
www.chanceandhydrick.com
CHANCE & HYDRICK
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December 22,1933 - January 25, 2021
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December 21,1955 - July 27, 2007
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December 18,1950 - June 21,1991
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February 16,1929 - June 29,1980
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Mr. Charlie Hudson, Sr., age 96, of Midville, Georgia,
entered into eternal rest on December 16, 2021. Graveside
Services will be held Thursday,
December 23,2021,11:00 a. m. at
Love Hill Baptist Church Cem
etery, 389 Trout Street,Midville,
Georgia 30441.
Visitation for the immediate
family will be held Wednesday,
December 22, 2021 from 3:00-
4:00 p.m and public viewing will
be held from 4:00- 6:00 p.m. at
Phinazee and Son Funeral Home,
404 West 8th Street, Waynes
boro, GA 30830.
His loving and devoted family will cherish his memories.
Phinazee and Son Funeral Home is in charge of the services
for Mr. Charlie Hudson, Sr.
Due to the pandemic, a mask will
be required and social distancing will
be enforced at the funeral home and
the graveside service. We ask that you
adhere to the CDC guidelines.
PHINAZEE & SON
Sarah Ann Sampson
Ms. Sarah Ann Sampson, age 71, of Forestville, Maryland
entered into eternal rest on December 13,2021. Funeral Ser
vices will be held Wednesday,
December 29, 2021, 11:00 a.m.
at Bark Camp Baptist Church,
1327 Magruder Road, Midville,
Georgia 30441.
Ms. Sarah Ann Sampson will
he in state for viewing prior to
the service from 10:00-11:00 a.m
at the church.
Phinazee and Son Funeral
Home is in charge of the services
for Ms. Sarah Ann Sampson.
Due to the pandemic, a mask
will be required and social dis
tancing will be reinforced at the church
and the interment. We ask that you
adhere to the CDC guidelines.
PHINAZEE & SON
Economist sees full
recovery for Georgia
DAVE WILLIAMS
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia’s economy will
bounce back from the coro-
navirus pandemic next year,
despite inflation and the latest
COVID-19 variant, the dean of
the business school at the Uni
versity of Georgia predicted
Monday.
“We’ve made tremendous
progress getting back to nor
mal,Benjamin Ayers of UGA’s
Terry College of Business,
told an audience of about
475 business leaders at the
Georgia Aquarium in down
town Atlanta. “By late 2022,
Georgia’s economy will fully
recover from the CO VID-19
recession.”
In fact, Georgia’s forecast
economic growth rate of 4.3%
next year will outperform the
predicted increase in the na
tion’s gross domestic product
of 4.0%, Ayers said during
Terry College’s annual Eco
nomic Outlook luncheon.
That growth will be driven
mainly by strong consumer and
business spending and a robust
housing market, he said.
Pent-up demand by consum
ers, particularly for services
they couldn’t get during the
pandemic, will result in both
higher consumer spending and
less saving. On the business
side, companies will spend
more on technology needed to
facilitate remote work.
While there will less demand
for commercial real estate due
to the increase in Georgians
working from home, Ayers
expects signihcant increases in
single-family and multi-family
housing construction.
But home prices that have
risen 23% during the pandemic
are expected to increase more
slowly next year.
“Homes have become much
less affordable, and we expect
mortgage rates to be higher,”
he said.
Ayers said he expects Geor
gia’s workforce to fully recover
in 2022. The state’s unemploy
ment rate should average 3.2%
next year, a point below the
national jobless rate.
The most job growth is ex
pected to occur in hospitality
and live entertainment, the
economic sectors hurt worst
by the pandemic. Sectors such
as manufacturing, health care,
retail and government will
grow at slower rates.
Ayers said potential head
winds that could result in
lower-than-expected economic
growth include supply chain
disruptions, worker shortages
and the lingering pandemic.
“Inflation may run higher
and longer than expected,”
he said. “A large increase in
interest rates could trigger
recession.”
But Ayers rates the likeli
hood of a recession as “quite
low.”
Mark Vitner, senior econo
mist with Wells Fargo Securi
ties, who gave the national
economic forecast, said states
including Georgia that re
opened their economies early
in the pandemic are recovering
faster than states that locked
down over a long period of
time.
Vitner said he doesn’t expect
much economic impact from
the spread of the new omicron
variant because Americans
have grown more accustomed
to the virus than in its early
days.
“People are less afraid of
contracting the vims,” he said.
“We’re likely to see less eco
nomic blowback from a resur
gence of CO VID.”
Still, Vitner predicted infla
tion will likely remain a prob
lem for the U.S. economy for
the next three to live years if
not the rest of the decade.
“We’re not going to see a
replay of the ‘70s,” he said.
“But inflation is going to be
persistent, and it will be perni
cious.”
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News Ser
vice, a project of the Georgia
Press Educational Foundation.
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