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"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed,
In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound,
and
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For
this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality."
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"I Can't Feel at Home In This World"
Page 394 Old Red or
Green Back Church Hymnal
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Memorial
Service 2009
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Rev Michael Anthony
The North Alabama District lost a true friend and prayer
warrior October 6, 2007 when
Bro. Michael Anthony went home to be with the Lord.
As a resident of Centre, Alabama,
Bro. Michael had served the C.H. Church as deacon,
Sunday school teacher, past General Brotherhood Secretary,
and as pastor of the
Plainview and Lakeview churches. Most of our district churches and the
Piedmont campground
have been blessed on numerous occasions by his anointed
singing. Nothing seemed to thrill him more than
leading a song during campmeeting! It is not difficult to imagine him leading Heaven's choir!
He would be standing tall with his head thrown back, eyes closed, and hands
lifted in praise as he magnifies the
King of Kings in song! Although Bro. Michael's physician had given him only one
year
to live after he was diagnosed with cancer, God saw fit to extend his life four
years during which
time he faithfully continued to serve the Lord and to
minister to the needs of his family and friends.
He was often found
praying for the needs of others, and he trusted God fully for the needs of his
own life.
Bro. Anthony is survived by his loving wife of thirty years,
Dianne Taylor Anthony;
daughters Amber (Mrs. Drew Lewis), Jacki, and Hallie
Anthony.
He is also survived by his mother and step-father , Rev. and Mrs.
Granville (Phyllis) Young, and granddaughter,
Arlie Lewis, and a sister, Sherry
Walker. He was preceded in death by his father, Rev. Jack Anthony and a
brother, Terry Anthony.
Since first meeting Bro. Michael during my pastorate at the
Exie C.H. Church,
he had proven himself to be a genuine friend. I know
what his loss means to his church and his family.
However, I know that our
loss is temporary, and that our loss is truly Heaven's gain.
We will look
forward to the day when we will meet again!
In loving memory - Rev. Mark Willingham
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Bishop James Martin
Funeral services for The Rev. James H. Martin, Th.D., 77, was
held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Thompson Funeral Home.
Rev. Jonathan Foster, The Rev. Hollis Martin and The Rev. James
Martin, Jr. officiating. Burial followed at
Chosea Springs
Cemetery.
The family received friends from 5-8 this evening at the funeral
home. The Rev. Martin died Monday, April 28, 2008, at Gadsden Regional Medical
Center.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Sara Martin; one
daughter, Debra Foster (Ken), of Griffin, Ga;
one son, James H. Martin Jr.
(Dee), of Jacksonville; five grandchildren, Jonathan Foster, Andrew Foster
(Erika), Judson Martin,
Ashley Martin and Roseanna Martin; his mother, Lillian
Martin Williams, of Piedmont; two sisters, Janice Gambrell (Dallas)
and Linda
Ingram (Art), all of Piedmont; three brothers, Hollis Martin (Janice), Johnny
Martin and Joey Martin (Sandy),
all of Piedmont; sister-in-law, Charlene Creel
(Charles), of Jacksonville; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Andrew Foster, Johnny Martin, Joey Martin, Eddie
Martin, Jerry Anderson and Art Ingram.
The Rev. Martin was a Jacksonville native and had been a Piedmont
resident for several years.
He served as Bishop of the Congregational Holiness
Church for eight years, pastored several
churches in Alabama and Georgia and was
currently serving as pastor at Community Congregational Holiness Church.
He
served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Antietam.
He was preceded in death by
his father, The Rev. Joe Martin.
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Miss Deanna Leigh York, age 18 of Williamson, passed away on
Monday, July 14, 2008 at
Spalding Regional Medical Center from
injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Deanna was born in
Spalding County on September 20, 1989. She was a member of the
North Griffin Congregational Holiness Church, a 2008 graduate of
Pike County High School,
was employed at Piggly Wiggly in
Griffin. Survivors include, father and mother,
Richard and Anna
York of Williamson; brother, Wesley York of Williamson;
grandparents, Donald and Frankie York of Williamson, Silas and
Marie Stephens of Griffin; great-grandmother, Lois Hearn; aunts
and uncles,
Linda and Lewis Robinson of Zebulon, David and Laura
York of Griffin,
Mark and Sharon Stephens of Williamson, Beth
Stephens, Michael and Nicole Stephens of Zebulon, several
cousins.
Funeral services were conducted 11:00 am on Thursday, July
17, 2008 at
Harvest Temple Church of God. Reverend Gene Luke officiated.
Interment followed in the Westwood Gardens.
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Deacon Ottis S. Law
Ottis S. Law,
90, He died Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at his home.
Survivors include his wife ,Thelma Law, of Piedmont; seven children,
The Rev.
Kenneth W. Law (Veona), of Thomson, Georgia, Alice F. Gribble (Floyd) of
Piedmont,
Elaine L. Roberts (Ray), of Jacksonville, Joel Law, of Piedmont, Donna
Murphy (Greg), of Anniston,
Melba Russell (Rocky), of Weaver, and Phillip A. Law
(Allison), of Piedmont; two step-sons,
Larry Downey (Connie), of Piedmont and Dewell Downey (Dana), of Texas; four brothers,
C.L. (Lindy) Law and H.S. Law
Jr., both of Piedmont, Marlin Law, of Anchorage,
Alaska and Glen I. Law, of
Titusville, Florida; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Law was a
native of Cherokee County and a resident of Piedmont most of his life.
He was a
member of Sharon Hill Congregational Holiness Church
where he was an active
member and served as a deacon. Mr. Law was a great humanitarian
always doing
good deeds to lift and help his fellow man. He began a life long work in
construction in the late 30s and continued until his retirement in 2003.
He gave
many men opportunities to learn and develop the skills to be a good concrete
finisher.
Many in his family and his hometown can attest to that. He was also a
great friend
to Ministers of the Gospel, providing extra financial help and
support.
He loved his
God and Church with all his heart and never allowed anything
or anyone to come
between. He was an ardent witness for his Lord, and
when you engaged in
conversation with him, he would ask about your
relationship with Christ and then
proceed to tell you the plan of
salvation (often he was preaching to the choir).
In the later years of his life,
he became involved with the Piedmont Food Bank
and was thrilled to help
people that needed food and necessities.
He was
preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy F. Law.
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Rev. Granville S. Young
Services for Rev. Granville S. Young, 82, of Centre
were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home.
Rev Glen Studdard and Rev Rick
Jones officiated. Burial was in Edgemont Cemetery in Anniston.
Rev. Young died Dec. 30 at
Cherokee BMC.
Survivors include his wife,
Phyllis Anthony Young of Centre, a daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and
David Walker of Centre, two sons
and daughters-in-law, Phil and Phyllis Young of Centre and Tracy and Evelyn
Young of Piedmont;
a daughter-in-law, Dianne Anthony
of Centre; nine grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren and two
brothers and sisters-in-law, Johnny and Karen Young of Guntersville
and Grady and Margaret Young of
Anniston.
Pallbearers were Clarence Lowe,
Jimmy Williams, Robert Bryant, Larry Wilson, Mike Davis and Tommy Dunn.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
Byron Nelson and ministers of the Congregational Holiness Churches.
Rev. Young was a resident of
Centre and lived in White Plains for a number of years.
He was a minister in this area for
42 years. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran
and retired from Anniston Army
Depot with 29 years service.
His first wife, Emma Jean Young,
son Michael Anthony, grandson Steven Baggett,
parents Frank and Annie Lois Young
and brother, Russell Young preceded him in death.
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William M.
(Bill) Dodd
William M. (Bill) Dodd, 91, of Summerville, died on Friday, January 16, 2009, in
Oakview Nursing and Rehab Center.
Mr. Dodd was born August 18, 1917, in Summerville, Ga., the son of the late John
H. & Fannie Tucker Dodd.
He was a member of the Lyerly Pentecostal Tabernacle,
private first class teletype operator in the 126th Army
airways communication
System squadron and a retired textile worker.
He was preceded in death by a son, David Dodd; grandson, Charlie Shipman; two
brothers & one sister.
Survivors included his wife, Elizabeth Tucker Dodd; children, Billy Powell Dodd,
Gleen H. Dodd, Jackie Lamar Jones, Myrion Todd Jones, Myra Lynn Weatherby, Donna
Shipman,
Shelia Lynn Minard, Robin Gibbens; brother, Cooley Dodd; 21
grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lyerly Pentecostal Tabernacle
C.H.C.
with Rev. Glenn Studdard and Rev. Bobby Shutt officiating with interment
in the Greenhills Memory Garden.
Pallbearers
were Watson Tucker, Jerry
Tucker, Sam Tucker, Gary Young, Preston Dodd, and Cecil Reynolds.
Honorary
pallbearers will be Staff of the Oakview Nursing And Rehab Center, &
grandkids,
Brad Jones, Mike Martin, Landon Jones, Richie Dodd, Alex Jones, David Dodd,
Tommy Minard, Jamie Dodd, Kevin Minard, John Wright, Quentin Jones, and Matthew
Jones.
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Dr. J.
Ken Edenfield, Sr.
1940 - 2009
Dr. J.
Ken Edenfield, Sr., age 69, died Monday afternoon at the residence, 606
Briarwood Circle,
surrounded by
his family following a lengthy and courageous battle.
He was born
in Cartersville, June 23, 1940, a son of the late Raymond Driscoll Edenfield
and Elsie Mae
Hufsteler Edenfield and lived there until entering the US Army in 1957.
He served in
the Infantry in Korea, Germany and Fort Bragg, NC. until being discharged in
1964.
While
serving at Fort Bragg, he met and married Annette Grissom on Jan.21, 1960 and
she
served as his partner in ministry. From 1964 to 1973, Dr. Edenfield promoted
Southern Gospel Concerts in North Carolina,
during which
time he and his family had a touring singing group, The Evangelairs.
In 1973 he
joined the Management Team of State Mutual Insurance Company of Rome,
retiring in
1987 having received numerous awards.
From 1990 to
1994, he was a salesman and announcer on radio station WORM. He never
retired from a
trait he was
well-known for which was helping those who could not help themselves.
Dr.
Edenfield pastored in 1976 at the Murrayville Congregational Holiness
Church,
Gainesville,
GA., a year later he was called to pastor the Rome Congregational Holiness
Church on Decatur St.,
then in 1987
built and pastored Cornerstone Church on Mathis Drive and since 1990, the Life
and Praise Worship Center.
Dr. Edenfield
served on the General Board of the Congregational Holiness Church.
He held the
Doctor of Divinity degree from Beacon University, Columbus, GA.
From 1999 to
2002 he served on the school's Board of regents.
Surviving
was his wife of 48 years, Annette Grissom Edenfield of Rome, GA.
Two sons,
James Kenneth Edenfield, Sr., Rome and Charles Lee Edenfield Jr. and wife Trudy,
Cumming, GA.;
Janice
Edenfield, the mother of the following grandchildren, James Kenneth (J.T.)
Edenfield III,
Andrew Joseph
Edenfield and Laura Kay Edenfield; other grandchildren, Charles Lee (C.J.)
Edenfield Jr.
and his wife
Carla, Ryan Christopher Edenfield, Nicholas David Edenfield and
one
great-granddaughter Ashtyn Leigh Edenfield and her mother Katie Edenfield.
Brothers,
Charles (Candy) Edenfield, New Jersey and Ron (Beverly) Edenfield, Fayetteville,
NC;
and a
sister, Mrs. Deborah (Doug) Sides, Douglasville, GA.
He was preceded
in death by a sister, Cathy Temples of Cartersville in 2003.
Funeral
services were held at 2pm Thursday in the chapel of Parnick Jennings
Good Shepherd
Funeral Home with Rev. J. D. Sosebee, Rev. Darryl Gooden and Rev. Dan Webb
officiating.
Interment was
in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens, with the Honor Guard of Shanklin-Attaway
Post 5 of the
American Legion conducting military graveside rites.
The family
received friends at Good Shepherd from 12pm to 2 pm.
Pallbearers
were Virgil and Charlie Beatenbo, Robert Kuhlman, Rev. Thomas Black, Sam Sauls,
Mike Stevens,
Bradley Robinson and John Ingram.
Honorary
Escorts were Gordon Haney and Wesley Braziel.
Parnick
Jennings, Sr.’s Good Shepherd Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
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Annice Christine Cook
Jun 30 1916-Jan 18 2010
Mrs. Annice Christine Cook, age 93, of Centre, Alabama, formerly of the Wax
Community, Silver Creek, Georgia, died on January 18, 2010, at the Cherokee
County Health and Rehabilitation Center after a long battle with Alzheimer's
disease.
Mrs. Annice Christine Cook accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at a very early
age and was a member of the Congregational Holiness Church. Being a pastor's
wife, she was the first lady and mother of many Congregational Holiness Churches
in Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia. Mrs. Cook was a devout Christian
woman, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend to all.
Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, the Rev. Grady L.
Cook, by 3 sons, Aaron Grady Cook, Grady Lee Cook, Jr., and George Nathanial
Cook, by a daughter, Rachel Cook Driver, and by her mother and father, Mrs. Ila
Leona Folds Lankford and George Thomas Lankford. She was the last surviving
child of Ila Leona and George Thomas Lankford of Carrollton, Ga.
Mrs. Cook is survived by; daughter, Mrs. Betty (Jimmy) Singleton, Centre; son,
Larry (Barbara) Cook, Columbia, Tenn.; daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth (Sid) Gresham,
Rome; daughter, Mrs. June (Glenn) Morrison, Centre; daughter, Mrs. Gail (Tommy)
Dunn, Centre; son, Randy (Sue) Cook, Jefferson, Ga.; 10 grandchildren; 19 great
grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, January 21, 2010, at 4pm in the
Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Willingham and a
grandson, the Rev. Danny Singleton officiating. A eulogy will be given by a son,
Randy Cook. Interment followed in Rome Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family received friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home on Wednesday
from 6 until 8pm. At other hours they were at their respective residences.
Both active and honorary pallbearers were asked to assemble at Henderson & Sons
Funeral Home on Thursday at 3:30pm and include: Active: Joe Cook, Robby Cook,
Patrick O'Neil, Josh Williamson, Ray Denney, and Jerry Denney. Honorary: Billy
Denney.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, Rome, Georgia has charge of the funeral
arrangements
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Reverend Jason "Pastor
Billy" Gouger, 37, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January
18, 2010. Funeral service was Thursday at 2 p.m. at Thompson
Funeral Home and Crematory with the Rev. Jerry Kelley and the Rev.
Gary Watts officiating. Burial will follow in the Kerr Family
Cemetery. The family received friends from 5-8 at the
funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Dara Ivie Gouger; his children, Ashley
Reynolds, of Anniston and Nina Gouger and Ethan Gouger, both of
Piedmont; his future son-in-law, Stephen Johnson, of Talladega; his
mother, Shirley Gouger, of Piedmont; a sister, Dianna Maddox
(David), of Piedmont; a brother, Matthew Gouger, of Piedmont;
grandparents, J. W. and Agnes Gouger, of Centre; mother and
father-in-law, Leonard and June Ivie, of Piedmont; chosen sisters,
Dona Doyal, of Piedmont and Jana Kirkpatrick, of Anniston; chosen
grandfather, J. T. Kerr, of Piedmont; and several aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Pallbearers were Kenny Ballew, Kevin Ward, Jeff Peak, Gary Newell,
Josh Kirkpatrick and Doug Brewster. Honorary pallbearers were the former Springs employees and employees of Federal Mogul.
Jason loved serving the Lord and witnessing about God's goodness. He
was an avid Auburn football and Atlanta Braves fan. Everyone that
met him loved him. He was a member of Chapman's Chapel
Congregational Holiness Church. He was a licensed minister with the
Congregational Holiness Churches and was active in the youth
department and jail ministry. The Rev. Gouger was preceded in death
by his father, Billy Gouger; grandparents, Preston and Jewel Ballew;
and chosen grandmother, Nina Kerr
Rev.
Oscar E. Ward, 77 of Sycamore, passed away Tuesday morning, Feb. 2, 2010
at his residence. Funeral Services were held Thursday, Feb. 4, at 2
p.m. at Childersburg Church of God with burial following at Evergreen
Cemetery in Sylacauga. The Revs. Jimmy Sims, James Rainey, Louie Fincher
and Mark Deason officiated. The family received friends
Wednesday night from 6-8 p.m. at Childersburg Church of God. Oscar E.
Ward was a member and former pastor of Taylors Grove Congregational
Holiness Church in Talladega. He was of the Pentecostal Belief, and had
resided in Sycamore for the past 20 years. Mr. Oscar E. Ward is survived
by his wife, Sylvia Ward; five sons, Kenny Ward, Phillip Ward, Clayton Wilhite, Kirk Wilhite, and Leonard Wilhite; six daughters, Sarah Ward,
Patricia Jennings, Karen Dempsey, Tina Collier, Sue Popham, and Marie
Meherg; 25 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and three nieces. Mr.
Ward is preceded in death by brother, Joseph D. Ward. The following men
served as pallbearers: Gary Reeves, Eugene Reeves, Robby Robinson,
Chris Liveoak, Shane Roberson, and Daniel Meherg. Talladega Funeral Home directed the services.
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