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Rev. Don Arsoil V;*, W
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Let's Hear It For Scrooge
Some years ago, a very popular
song began with the line: “I’ll have
a blue Christmas without you.” It
struck a discordant note at a time
when it is socially almost
obligatory for all to go about with a
smile and a wish for a merry
Christmas to all we meet. But that
song could have been popular only
because so many of us can readily
identify with the fact of the
Christmas blues, the miserable
feeling that we should be jolly and
happy although deep inside we feel
sad, lonely, inadequate, and
generally out of touch with the
happiness all about us.
Scrooge, in Dickens’s famous
story, felt a large measure of this.
He wanted to be honest at a time
when he felt others were being
mostly phoney; he would not ex
press sentiments which he did not
feel. But the tragedy of his story is
that at first he was concerned only
with himself. The happy ending
came when he began to see the
happiness which can come when
we turn to the pursuit of giving
happiness and joy to others.
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Anderson
Joel Edwin Anderson,
30, of Perry, died
Saturday, December 6,
1980. Services were held
at 11 a.m. Monday in
Hayneville Baptist
Church Cemetery near
Perry. The Rev. James
Rayburn officiated.
Mr. Anderson, a
lifelong resident of
Houston County, was a
carpenter and a member
of Morningside Baptist
Church in Macon.
Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Bobbie Hat
taway Anderson of
Perry; three daughters,
Jackie Anderson,
Robbie Anderson, and
Joey Lynn Anderson, all
of Perry: his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William E.
Anderson of Perry; four
sisters, Mrs. Pauline
Mullens of Cochran, Mrs.
Margaret Ann Johnson of
Montezuma, Mrs.
Cherryl Anderson and
Mrs. Nina Arnold, both of
Perry: four brothers,
Billy Anderson and
Tommy Anderson, both
of Pompano Beach, Fla.,
Paul Anderson of Perry,
and Doug Anderson of
Corpus Christi, Tex.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home of Perry had
charge of arrangements.
Chambers
Gloria C. Chambers, 42,
of Rome, died Wednesday
December 3, 1980
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aorne are blue at Christmas
because they must be away from
home: students, servicemen, the
sick, the elderly, the ones lonely
from grief over a lost loved one,
those in prison. Some have feelings
in inadequacy; as we are reminded
of the perfection of the Christ Child,
we remember our own inabilities to
be as pure, as able to do things, as
gifted as we want. The fact that this
mood is only temporary does not
make it any less real.
But old Ebenezer Scrooge did not
stay that way. It took some really
jolting experiences to bring it
about, but he finally began to be
genuinely concerned about the
welfare and the happiness of
others. He did not want to see Tiny
Tim die, especially knowing that he
could have done something toward
preventing it. With this start, he
went on to see the poverty of Bob
Cratchett and his family, poverty
which he had caused by giving the
man such a meager salary all those
years.
And as he set about to do for
others, his blues vanished like the
ghost of Christmas past.
following a short illness.
Funeral services were
held Friday at 3 p.m. at
the Beech Creek United
Methodist Church in
Rome. The Rev. W. Lewis
Pope officiated.
Mrs. Chambers lived ij>
Perry for a number of
years.
Survivors her
husband, ' Ralph V.
Chambers; two
daughters, Mrs. Sherri
Lanier of Jackson,
Mississippi, Miss Natalie
Chambers of Rome; one
96n, Eddie V. Chambers
of Rome; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T.E.
Campbell of
Douglasville; one sister
of Atlanta and a grand
daughter, Elizabeth
Amanda Lanier of
Jackson, Mississippi.
Talley Funeral Home
of Rome had charge of
arrangements.
Warner
Mrs. Louise Marion
Warner, 52, of Perry,
died Saturday,
December 6, 1980 in a
local hospital. Services
were held at 4 p.m.
Sunday in Tharpe
Memorial Baptist
Church. Burial was in
Philadelphia, Pa., on
Tuesday. The Rev. Don
Roberts officiated.
Mrs. Warner, a native
of Philadelphia, Pa., had
lived in Perry for the past
five years. She was a
secretary for Support
Systems Association in
Warner Robins. She was
a member of the Tharpe
Memorial Baptist
Church, the Beta Sigma
Phi where she was
awarded the Girl of the
Year Award.
She was a member of
the Westfield Booster
Club and “Reach For
Recovery,’’ an
organization that deals
with cancer.
Survivors include a
daughter, Mrs. Linda
Williams of Decatur; two
sons, David Warner of
Perry and Warren C.
Badgley of Manassa,
Va.; her mother, Mrs.
Marion Gignilliat of
Perry.
In lieu of flowers, the
family suggests that
contributions be made to
either the National
Foundation for Cancer
Research or the
American Cancer
Society.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home of Perry had
charge of arrangements.
Gray
Callie Parker Gray, 61,
of Norfolk, Virginia died
Tuesday, December 2,
1980. Funeral services
were held at 2 p.m.
Saturday at the Christ
Sanctified Holy Church.
Burial was in the church
cemetery. The Rev. Neal
Woods, Rev. George
Miller, and Rev. B.A.
Hobby officiated.
Mr. Gray was a native
of Pascagoula,
Mississippi. He was
retired from the water
department of the city of
Norfolk. He had lived in
Norfolk 34 years. He was
a member of the Christ
Sanctified Church for 41
years. He was a World
War II army veteran.
Survivors include his
wife Mrs. Alice Parker
Gray of Norfolk; one
daughter, Miss Jeanette
Gray of Raleigh, North
Carolina; one son, Steve
Gray of Raleigh; one
sister, Mrs. Evelyn
Authement of Columbus,
Georgia; two grand
children.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home had charge of
arrangements.
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The table was
beautifully decorated in
red and white, delicious
refreshments and punch
were served, and the
ladies enjoyed a “cookie
exchange”.
It is said to be bad luck for an actor
if part of his costume is yellow.
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