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AUGUST 17, 2000
Obituaries
Thomas Sikes 111
PERRY - Services for Thomas Jackson Sikes 111, the infant son of Ken and Holly Sikes, were held at
10 a.m. Thursday in Perry Memorial Gardens. Thomas died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000.
Survivors in addition to his parents include his sister, Kaley Sikes of Perry; grandmother and step
grandfather Mike and Janis Anthony of Fort Valley; grandparents Gloria and Thomas Sikes of Perry;
and great-grandparents Elsie Hatton, Neva Sikes and Helen Nash, all of Perry, and Cubie Jones and
Vernon Jones Sr. of Fort Valley.
McCullough Funeral Home in Warner Robins has charge of arrangements.
Alsace Lorraine Culbertson
DENVER, CO- Mrs. Culbertson, 81, of Denver, CO died in Perry on Monday, August 7,2000. A Native
of Chambersburg, Pa. she had resided in Denver most of her life. She was a retired taylorist and a
member of the Trinity UMC in Denver. Services were held August 11, 2000 in Denver.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
Michael E. Lowe
CENTERVILLE- Services for Michael E. Lowe, 38, who died August 8, 2000 were held August 11 at
Heritage Chapel with the Rev. Ben McFarther officiating. Burial was in the Perry Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Lowe, a 1979 graduate of Northside High School, was a member of the first Baptist Church of
Centerville. He was also employed by Wilson Electric in Macon.
Survivors include wife, Holly H. Lowe of Centerville; step-father, Sam Ellington of Macon; mother,
Joan Ellington of Macon; sister, Sherri White of Woodstock.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
William Norris Kee
MACON- Services for William Norris Kee, 77, who died on August 10, 2000 were held August 8, at
Central Baptist Church of Macon with the Rev. Hugh Kinsey officiating. Burial was in the Glenn Haven
Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Kee was a member of the Central Baptist Church and a WWII Army Veteran. He was also served
as an employee of the United States Post Office.
Survivors include daughter, Susan Wood of Macon; sisters, Imogene Rainey of Tucker and Helen
Samuels of Orlando, GA.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
Elizabeth Cannon Nunn
PERRY- Funeral services for Elizabeth Cannin Nunn were held on Sunday, August 13 at 4:00 p.m. at
the First Baptist Church of Perry. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Nunn, 96, died on August 10.
Mary Elizabeth Cannon was born on October 25,1903, and raised in Cordele, the daughter of the late
Joseph Warren Cannon and Harriet Vinson Cannon. She was a graduate of the Georgia State College
for Women (now Georgia College and State University) and Wesleyan College. She received her A.B.
degree and teacher’s certificate from Wesleyan in 1926.
Early in her career, Mrs. Nunn taught school in Canton, Georgia. Later, she became a member of the
Cordele faculty at the O’Neal School. She married Samuel A. Nunn in 1935 and was a resident of Perry
for more than 60 years. She had been a resident of the Mann House and Budd Terrace in Atlanta since
1996. She was the beloved mother of Betty Nunn Mori and Sam Nunn, both of Atlanta.
Mrs. Nunn and her late husband were active leaders in many facets of community life in Perry and
Houston County. She was a member of Perry United Methodist Church, Susannah Wesley Sunday
School Class, the United Methodist Women, Sorosis Club
(a women’s service organization), Wesleyan Alumnae Club, and the Wednesday Afternoon Book Club.
She was a founder of the Girl Scouts organization in Houston County and served as a troop leader for
the Brownies and Girl Scouts for many years. She enjoyed attending church, traveling, playing bridge
and visiting with her family.
Mrs. Nunn is survived by Jean and Betty Mori and Sam and Colleen Nunn; five grandchildren, Eliza
beth Mori Lauer, John Samuel Mori, George Nunn Mori, Mary Michelle Nunn and Samuel Brian Nunn;
two great-grandchildren, Katherine Lauer and Elizabeth Mori; three nephews, Dr. Henry Jennings, Dr.
Robert M. Jennings and Joe Cannon Jennings; and three nieces, Nancy Cannon Boyles, Carol Cannon
Humes and Kay Cannon McWilliams.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Perry United Methodist Church, Post Office Box 73,
Perry, Georgia 31069, or Elizabeth Cannon Nunn Scholarship Fund at Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth
Road, Macon Georgia 31210-4462.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
Rachel M. Ford
WARNER ROBINS- Services for Rachel M. Ford, 79, who died August 13, 2000, were held August 15
at the Heritage Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Allen and Rev. Harrell Thomas officiating. Burial was in
the Magnolia Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Ford was a member of Stevens Grove Baptist Church of Athens and retired from aircraft main
tenance work.
Survivor include sons, John “Chuck” Hall, Andrew Ford and Gary Ford all of Warner Robins; daugh
ters, Glenda Manry of Warner Robins and Brenda Spears of Bonaire; brothers, Monroe Aaron of
Gainesville, GA and George Aaron of Arnoldsville, GA; sister, Frances Browning of Dahlonega, GA,
Mary Rollins of Warner Robins and Floy Davis of Macon; 9 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Heritage Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
James Spencer Horne
PERRY- A private service was held for James Spencer Horne, 53, who died August 11, 2000.
A native of Perry, he had resided in Perry most of his life. He had resided in Villa Rica since 1991. He
was a retired electrician with Crown, Cork and Seal. He was a graduate of Perry High School and a
Baptist.
Survivors include wife, Betsy Horne of Villa Rica, GA; parents Mr. and Mrs. James Horne Sr. of Perry;
sister, Elaine Horne of Duluth and a brother, Wayne Horne of Kathleen.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
John Glenn Heard
BYRON-Services for John Glenn Heard, 77, who died August 8, 2000, were held August 19 at Tharpe
Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Condred Pirkle and Rev. Issac Davis officiating. Burial was in
the Perry Memorial Gardens.
A life-long resident of Houston County, Mr. Heard retired from the shipping department at Medusa
Cement after 31 years of service. He was a member of Tharpe Memorial Baptist Church, Eastern Star
and Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Sibyl Alligood Heard of Byron; son, J. Glenn Heard Jr. of Macon; sisters,
Edna Davis of Perry and Mattie R. Hutto of Hayneville; brother, William R. Heard of Perry; grandchil
dren, Tori and Baylee Heard both of Macon.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
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Music minister shares stories
behind the best-loved hymns
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
When the members of the
Sanctuary Choir of Perry United
Methodist Church offer their
“Favorite Anthems Concert” this
Sunday afternoon, they’ll be
singing hymns that are part of
the fabric of Christianity - so fa
miliar, in most cases, that they
seem to have always been
around.
Each one, however started with
one individual’s inspiration.
Take John Newton, for ex
ample.
Newton was a slave-trader
whose life was transformed by his
conversion to Christianity. He
left the brutality of the slave
trade behind, returned to his na
tive England and became a cu
rate in the Olney Parish. His
name would probably not be re
membered today if he had not
taken the time to write a heart
felt poem about the transforming
experience of his conversion.
The words he wrote down - set
to music for the Olney Hymn
Book in 1779 - had staying power.
Even two centuries later, they are
beloved. They have been sung by
operatic sopranos and pop sing
ers, performed to organ and gui
tar accompaniment, and have
brought tears to singers’ eyes in
sanctuaries and around camp
fires:
Amazing Grace how sweet the
sound, that saved a wretch like
me. I once was lost, but now am
i n Memory of our Mother
“Ruth Askew”
Cl million timed. ute have needed you. Cl million timed we have aiied.
love alone could have daved you, you neve% would have died.
Jn life we loved you dewdy, in death we love you dtill. Jn owe hewdo
you hold a place, no one could even, fill. Ji heohe owe heweto to lode
you, hut you did not yo alone. Cl part of uo. went with you the day
Qod tooh you home. We mioo and love you dewely until we meet
again.
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found; was blind, but now I see.
A century later, on another
continent, a bespectacled college
teacher from Massachusetts took
a trip to Colorado, and wound up
making an exhausting trip up
Pike’s Peak.
“ We hired a prairie wagon,”
Katharine Lee Bates wrote to a
friend, “ Near the top we had to
leave the wagon and go the rest
of the way on mules. I was very
tired. But when I saw the view, I
felt great joy. All the wonder of
America seemed displayed there,
with the sea-like expapse.”
Later she would put her feel
ings into the words of a patriotic
hymn that would be cherished by
Americans of all vfralks of life and
sung long after she was gone:
Oh beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain, for
purple mountain majesties,
above the fruited plain.
A rich tradition
For Marc Foster, the stories
behind hymns like these, are just
a small part of the fascinating
history of Christian sacred mu
sic. Foster, who is director of
music ministries at Perry United
Methodist Church, has a bach
elors degree in voice and choral
conducting from the University
of North Carolina, Greensboro,
and a masters of sacred music
from the Perkins School of The
ology at Southern Methodist
University in Dallas.
He speaks enthusiastically of
“hymnody” - the scholar’s term
Marc A. Foster is directing the
Perry United Methodist Church
Sanctuary Choir in a concert of
favorite anthems this Sunday
afternoon.
for all the works that come to
gether to form sacred music. It
all began, he explains, with the
simplicity of Gregorian and Rus
sian Orthodox chants.
Then came Protestant Refor
mation leader, Martin Luther,
who wanted new songs for a new
church, and wrote some hymns
himself. According to legend, Fos
ter says, Luther even allowed the
new words to be sung to the
tunes of popular tavern songs,
and when he was criticized, re
sponded, “I don’t think the devil
should get all the good tunes.”
One great tradition in hymns
began in Reformation Germany
- another in Anglican England.
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