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A United Methodist Ministry to Older Adults<br />
<strong>Inside</strong> <strong>This</strong> <strong>Issue</strong>:<br />
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Autumn 2006<br />
Macon Campaign<br />
Dedication Ceremony for<br />
Ministerial Cottages<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Forget-Me-<br />
Nots Team take top honors at<br />
Memory Walk<br />
St. Marys gets “a hole in one”
Mr. Cecil D. Abarr<br />
Mrs. Lillian K. Ansley<br />
Mr. Jeffrey B. Barker<br />
Dr. Hal N. Brady, III<br />
Mr. James R. Buchanan,Jr.<br />
Mr. John P. Gill<br />
Mr. Kermit Griner<br />
Mrs. Ann L. Harris<br />
Mr. Mark D. Johnson<br />
Dr. Derek W. McAleer<br />
Mrs. Eloise R. Paschal<br />
Hon. J. Taylor Phillips<br />
Mrs. Betty D. Pope<br />
Mr. J. Hinton Reeves<br />
Mr. Robert Reinhardt<br />
Mr. John M. Simmons<br />
Mr. J. Blake Sullivan<br />
Dr. Marcus V. Tripp<br />
In <strong>This</strong> <strong>Issue</strong>:<br />
Volume 27, No. 4<br />
On the Cover: Bill Harris, member of the<br />
South Georgia Conference Board, Jimmy<br />
Buchanan, Chair of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
Board of Trustees, Bishop M. Watson of<br />
The South Georgia Episcopal Area, United<br />
Methodist Church, Mr. and Mrs. Wes<br />
Wheeler, Mrs. Roy Parker, Rev. Jerry<br />
Villard, retired Methodist minister and<br />
Mark R. Todd, President and CEO of<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>.<br />
Mrs. Edie S. Vinson<br />
Mr. George Youmans<br />
Ex Officio Trustees<br />
Rev. Don Adams<br />
Rev. Cynthia H. Autry<br />
Rev. Willie Beasley<br />
Dr. Hugh L. Davis<br />
Rev. Marshall Howell<br />
Bishop B. Michael Watson<br />
Rev. Ronnie Wills<br />
Emeritus Trustees<br />
Rev. J. William Dupree<br />
Mr. Will Peterson<br />
Dr. A. Jason Shirah<br />
Dr. Henry King Stanford<br />
Dr. James T. Trice, Jr.<br />
Administrative Staff<br />
Mark R. Todd, President & CEO<br />
John T. Sims, Vice President for Operations<br />
Jerry Vick, Vice President for Finance<br />
Rev. Robert Beckum, Vice President for Church Relations<br />
and Development<br />
Diane Wade, Vice President for Marketing<br />
Hill Fort, <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>, Americus<br />
Jane House, MM Americus<br />
Rich DeLong, MM on the Coast<br />
Harold M. Lane, MM of Macon<br />
Jackie Crisp, MM of Macon County<br />
Barbara Mitchell, MM of Marion County<br />
Teresa Newell, MM South<br />
Vickie Patterson, MM South Nursing Center<br />
Dianne Feine, MM of St. Marys<br />
Myra C. Hocutt, MM of St. Simons<br />
Anna-Marie Gregory, Editor<br />
2001 South Lee Street, Americus, GA 31709<br />
(229) 931-5927<br />
www.magnoliamanor.com<br />
From the President’s Desk<br />
EQUAL HOUSING<br />
OPPORTUNITY<br />
2 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>
Built in partnership with the South<br />
Georgia Annual Conference<br />
Board of Trustees<br />
<strong>Manor</strong><br />
agnolia<br />
Dedicates New Cottages<br />
A sultry, hot August morning didn't stop people from<br />
coming out to celebrate with <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>; Wednesday,<br />
August 9th marked another mile stone for the United<br />
Methodist ministry. Just under a hundred people attended<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>'s service of dedication for two, new<br />
Ministerial Cottages. Bishop Michael Watson of The South<br />
Georgia Episcopal Area, United Methodist Church<br />
presided over the celebration, which marked the completion<br />
of the cottages. Bishop Watson was very pleased with<br />
how <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> and the Americus, Sumter County<br />
The Parker Cottage<br />
Community came together to help families who have dedicated<br />
their lives to serving God.<br />
Historically, Methodist ministers didn't make enough money to set aside for savings or retirement;<br />
in addition to that, many of the ministers and their families lived in parsonages. When<br />
retirement came along, they were left not only without a home but also left with little or no money<br />
to their name. These two new cottages along with <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>'s other four cottages were<br />
built specifically for this reason, to provide a beautiful home for retired clergy and their families.<br />
Although the residents do not have the option to buy the cottages, they are charged a moderate,<br />
monthly fee which covers lawn care along with inside and outside maintenance. Rev. Beckum,<br />
Vice President of Development and Church Relations said, "Because there is considerable need,<br />
there is an application process through the Presidents office and a waiting list for the cottages."<br />
The Parker Cottage was named in memory of Roy Parker, III through support of family and<br />
friends. The second cottage was built in partnership with the South Georgia Annual Conference<br />
Board of Trustees. Refreshments and a tour of the Parker Cottage followed the dedication ceremony.<br />
Among other comments, Bishop Watson said, "These cottages will continue to benefit<br />
those ministers and their families…our hearts and our minds are together in the prayer that these<br />
cottages will enrich the lives of those who live in them."<br />
Mark Todd, President and CEO of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> said he would be remiss without saying<br />
thank you to all the people who made this possible, "The dedication of these cottages is a result<br />
of true spirit of corporation with the donors, the Parker family, the partnership with the Board of<br />
Trustees of the South Georgia Annual Conference, the aid of Glen Pickle who was the general<br />
contractor and the support of the staff, here at <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>. Thank you for all your hard<br />
work!" Other attendees included members of the Board of Trustees of the South Georgia Annual<br />
Conference, members of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Board of Trustees, the Parker family, Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Glen Pickle, residents from <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> and other friends and family of the community. The<br />
dedication ceremony was not only a success but an overall exciting day for <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>.<br />
Autumn 2006 3
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Seeking to Answer<br />
God’s Call to Serve Senior Adults<br />
In Macon and Middle Georgia<br />
"...I have seen that<br />
care given to my own<br />
family...I would like to see<br />
other families' experience<br />
that same care for their<br />
loved ones."<br />
George Youmans<br />
Chair, Steering Committee<br />
In 1983, <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> entered into<br />
partnership with area United Methodists to<br />
build a community of loving care for older<br />
adults in Macon. Since this wonderful ministry<br />
opened its doos, literally hundreds of seniors<br />
have found a caring place to call their home on<br />
the campus of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> of Macon. Area<br />
United Methodists have always been<br />
vital supporters of this venture, and we can all<br />
be proud of the quality care that characterizes<br />
our ministry to older adults throughout Middle<br />
Georgia.<br />
In the last twenty three years however,<br />
the numbers and the needs of older adults<br />
have grown tremendously. Today, many families<br />
are realizing that their older loved ones<br />
need more loving assistance to continue living<br />
securely with as much independence as possible.<br />
Unfortunately, these same families are discovering<br />
that such loving assistance, at an<br />
affordable rate, is increasingly difficult to find in<br />
Macon and Middle Georgia.<br />
In response to this growing need among<br />
older adults, <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> of Macon is seeking<br />
to build on its legacy of love in order to offer<br />
the caring assistance that so many need today.<br />
Our capital campaign, currently underway in<br />
Macon, will equip <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> to offer forty<br />
eight apartments of “assisted care” to lower<br />
and moderate income older adults. What difference<br />
will this make? To those older adults who<br />
need additional assistance with meal preparation,<br />
with housekeeping, and with medicine<br />
oversight in order to continue living with dignity<br />
and as much independence as possible, it will<br />
make all the difference in the world!<br />
Two United Methodist leaders in the<br />
Macon community are heading up the steering<br />
committee which oversees this capital campaign.<br />
Mr. George Youmans, a member of<br />
Vineville UMC, chairs the steering committee,<br />
and Mr. A.V. Elliott, a member of Forest Hills<br />
UMC serves as the steering committee’s vice<br />
chair. “If I had not experienced directly the care<br />
that <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> gives to older loved ones,<br />
I would probably not be as involved as I am in<br />
this effort,” said Youmans, explaining his motivation<br />
for leading the committee. “But I have<br />
seen that care given to my own family,” he continued,<br />
“And I would like to see other families<br />
experience that same care for their loved<br />
ones.” A. V. Elliott explained, “Every group in<br />
society has an advocate except older adults<br />
and their needs. Being advocates for the needs<br />
of seniors is what this campaign is all about.”<br />
Through this capital campaign all area<br />
United Methodists are invited to become active<br />
advocates for the needs of senior adults. By<br />
adding assisted care to the Macon campus of<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>, we can all participate in<br />
extending the loving care we seek for our own<br />
older loved ones to many<br />
“Being advocates for<br />
the needs of seniors is<br />
what this campaign is<br />
all about.”<br />
A.V. Elliot<br />
Vice Chair,<br />
Steering Committee<br />
Continued on page 8<br />
4 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>
When you<br />
walk on <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> of Macon’s<br />
campus, if you<br />
didn’t know before<br />
there are three<br />
things that will<br />
quickly come to<br />
your attention:<br />
Number one, the<br />
r e s i d e n t s<br />
absolutely adore Harold Lane, Administrator of<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> of Macon. Number two, there is<br />
a huge campaign under way called “secure the<br />
promise,” a crusade to help raise money to build<br />
a 2.6 million dollar supportive housing facility<br />
headed by Rev. Robert Beckum, Vice President<br />
of Development and Church Relations. Thirdly,<br />
resident Betty Gates will strongly concur with one<br />
and two.<br />
Her name is Betty Gates, for the last<br />
decade she has called <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> of Macon<br />
her home. <strong>This</strong> former telephone company<br />
owner has a mind for business, and she’s made<br />
it her business to help <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> “secure<br />
the promise!” “I have eyes, I watch people, I’m<br />
always watching people and I hate to see it when<br />
I have to say goodbye to my friends here at<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> because they need to move and<br />
Par for the Course<br />
Since you memtioned,<br />
“secure the promise”...<br />
find a retirement community that offers more<br />
help.” Help that <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> of Macon<br />
hopes to be able to offer its residents in the next<br />
year by way of 48 apartments of “assisted care<br />
living.”<br />
Not only has Mrs. Betty gone far and<br />
beyond “the call of duty” when it comes to personal<br />
donations, but she has also solicited her<br />
friends, and extended family members to make<br />
matching donations.<br />
One might wonder why this woman of<br />
eighty years of age, a woman who can and does<br />
privately pay for her own living accommodations,<br />
a women whose tireless efforts will help “secure<br />
the promise” be realized, one might wonder why<br />
she does it? What exactly fuels her flame? Well,<br />
all you have to do is ask her and she’ll tell you,<br />
“the meaning of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> is beautiful, I<br />
love what it stands for, I love <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>,”<br />
says Gates.<br />
“When it was time for me to move<br />
into a retirement community, <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> was the obvious choice. I want people<br />
who need assisted living to have<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>” as an option.<br />
Mrs. Betty Gates<br />
Resident on Macon campus<br />
The first annual St Marys golf challenge was played at<br />
the Golf Course at Osprey Friday, September 29th. It<br />
was a great success. Eleven teams vied for the championship<br />
with the Osprey Ladies winning first place in the<br />
women's division and The Coastal Bank team taking first<br />
place in the men's division. Over $3000 was raised to<br />
help build a dock on the lake at <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>. <strong>This</strong><br />
was with the help of numerous corporate and hole sponsors<br />
providing every player a great door prize, door<br />
prizes graciously donated by the merchants of Camden<br />
County.<br />
Above: Mark Feine on the “Elliotts<br />
Plantation team takes a nice<br />
swing.<br />
Autumn 2006 5
The Path to an Ever Growing<br />
Chaplaincy Program<br />
It’s an exciting time for Spiritual Care here<br />
at <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>. While we delight in the fact<br />
that we have successfully met the Spiritual needs<br />
of our residents we are steadfast in continuing “to<br />
raise the bar”. Our intention is to expand our<br />
Spiritual Care program by having a chaplaincy<br />
presence at each <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> facility. <strong>This</strong> is<br />
a goal we plan to accomplish by maintaining professionalism<br />
in the chaplaincy role, professionalism<br />
that requires training<br />
and continuing education<br />
for our Chaplains.<br />
All people have<br />
the right to receive the<br />
full ministry of the gospel<br />
of Jesus Christ. The<br />
church is aware of its<br />
responsibility to provide<br />
adequate professional<br />
ministry to those in particular<br />
situations beyond<br />
the local church. These<br />
call for an ecumenical<br />
ministry to persons of different<br />
denominations<br />
and faith groups. In<br />
order to assure high<br />
standards of competence<br />
and keep faith with<br />
ecumenical agreements concerning uniform<br />
standards for ministry in specialized settings, the<br />
Untied Methodist Endorsing Agency (UMEA)<br />
shall have Disciplinary mandated functions for<br />
appointments in extension ministries that require<br />
endorsement.<br />
Recently Dennis Stalvey, Assistant Vice<br />
President for Spiritual Care for <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
and Whit Byram, Director of Spiritual Care for the<br />
<strong>Manor</strong>s on the Coast went before the UMEA<br />
(United Methodist Endorsing Agency) in<br />
Nashville, TN seeking ecclesiastical endorsement<br />
to serve pastorally in a Retirement<br />
Community Setting. “I am delighted the United<br />
6 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
Stopping to pose for a picture at the<br />
2006 South GA Annual Conference is<br />
(L) Whit Byram, Dir. of Spiritual Care for<br />
the <strong>Manor</strong>s on the Coast and (R) Dennis<br />
Stalvey, Assistant Vice President for<br />
Spiritual Care for MM.<br />
Methodist Church has resources for our area of<br />
extension ministry work. I am also encouraged<br />
by the network of fellow ministers who are available<br />
to offer support and assistance,” says<br />
Stalvey. A network of fellow ministers who all<br />
know the training process to receive the UMEA<br />
endorsement…doesn’t happen over night!<br />
Endorsement is the process established<br />
by the church to ensure that people providing<br />
ministry in these settings are<br />
capable and appropriate<br />
representatives of the<br />
d e n o m i n a t i o n .<br />
Endorsement provides an<br />
additional means of relationship<br />
between those people<br />
in extension ministry and the<br />
whole ministry of the church.<br />
“Endorsement connects the<br />
ministry setting to the church<br />
and is an expression of both<br />
my willingness along with<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>’s willingness<br />
to enthusiastically<br />
respond to this calling. I am<br />
glad to be a part of God’s<br />
work at <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> and<br />
look forward to serving others<br />
as a member of the<br />
overall quality care-giving team,” says Byram.<br />
What is ecclesiastical endorsement?<br />
Ecclesiastical endorsement is an affirmation<br />
that a person is, or will be, performing a valid<br />
extension ministry consistent with the covenantal<br />
community of The Untied Methodist Church and<br />
has presented evidence of having the special<br />
education, experience, and skills necessary to<br />
perform that ministry. Endorsement is given to a<br />
specific setting. Should an individual move from<br />
one setting to another, the endorsement will be<br />
reviewed and, if approved, issued for the new<br />
setting.<br />
Continued on pg 8
The League of the Good Samaritan<br />
by: Rev. Robert Beckum, Vice President for Church Relations<br />
Christmas: A Story Told<br />
Through<br />
Older Adults and Angels<br />
When Luke wrote the first story of Christmas, he deliberately told the story of<br />
God’s redeeming love through older adults and angels. Those advanced in age like Zacharias and<br />
Elizabeth or Simeon and Anna embody the hopes, dreams and fears of all humanity. Angels proclaim<br />
that God is responding to humanity’s deepest hopes and greatest fears in the birth of Jesus.<br />
Interestingly enough the angels’ message always begins the same way: “Do not be afraid…”<br />
At each <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> campus, Christmas is still the story of God’s redeeming love told<br />
through angels and older adults. Older adults still have many fears: the fear of being cast aside, the<br />
fear of having out lived their usefulness and the fear of their financial resources being exhausted. The<br />
“angels” who support the League of the Good Samaritan retell the Christmas message with those<br />
important words: “Do not be afraid…” The collective gifts of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>s’ donors (angels) proclaim<br />
good news to older adults: you will not be cast aside, God still has need of you, and no one will<br />
ever have to leave their <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> home because their financial resources are exhausted.<br />
Soon you will receive a letter inviting you to once again become a donor- angel for older adults<br />
with your gift to the League of the Good Samaritan. The numbers and the needs of older adults<br />
increase every year; so, please make a special gift once again this holiday season that will enable<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> to continue caring for the most vulnerable of God’s saints. Your gift of love will fill<br />
the hearts of many residents with hope this Christmas.<br />
Our residents and staff want to visibly acknowledge your gracious donation. Please write the<br />
name of a loved one you wish to honor or remember on the angel enclosed in your letter and return<br />
it with your gift. Also, let us know if you desire to have your angel displayed at a specific <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> campus (Americus, Coast, Macon, Macon County, Marion County, St. Marys, St. Simons,<br />
South). These angels, displayed throughout our facilities will serve to proclaim God’s message of<br />
love and brighten the spirits of all who see them during this holiday season.<br />
Thank you for continuing to play the role of an angel in the Christmas story at <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
with your gifts to the League of the Good Samaritan.<br />
“Macon Campaign” continued from page 4<br />
families across Middle Georgia. A vital partnership between United Methodists of the Macon District<br />
and <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> has always made this ministry possible. Now we are asking individuals and<br />
churches to prayerfully consider making a gift of love to this campaign that will make assisted care<br />
for seniors a reality on our Macon campus. If you would consider such a gift this fall, your gift will<br />
enable <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> to claim a challenge grant from a charitable foundation offering a $250,000<br />
grant towards this project. Gifts may be made over a three year period, including 2006, 2007 and<br />
2008. In order to claim this challenge grant, however, we must have all gifts and pledges of local support<br />
in hand by December 31, 2006. <strong>This</strong> challenge grant means that all our gifts can have an even<br />
greater impact on compassionate services available to older adults in Macon.<br />
For more information on our Macon project or to find out how you can help support this great<br />
venturecontact Carolyn Gibson, Campaign Secretary: 478-743-3868(cgibson@magnoliamanor.com)<br />
or Robert Beckum, Vice President for Church Relations and Development at <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> 229-<br />
931-5926 (rbeckum@magnoliamanor.com).<br />
Autumn 2006 7
Above: King Clarence<br />
Evans and Queen Edna<br />
Sims quickly find their<br />
seats so the dancing<br />
can commence<br />
“UMEA Endorsement” Continued from page 6.<br />
necessary to perform that ministry. Endorsement is given to a specific setting. Should an individual<br />
move from one setting to another, the endorsement will be reviewed and, if approved, issued<br />
for the new setting. From application to endorsement, the process normally takes two to four<br />
months.<br />
Requirements for Ecclesiastical Endorsement<br />
People seeking endorsement to a specific setting must meet the following criteria:<br />
1. associate member deacon, commissioned on probationary track for deacon/elder or full<br />
member of an annual conference;<br />
2. graduation from an accredited college and seminary;<br />
3. additional requirements are specified by setting.<br />
Areas examined will include:<br />
Moral and emotional stability (ability to effectively face crisis and adversity)<br />
Self-evaluation (ability to objectively evaluate present ministry)<br />
Theory of Christian ministry (ability to express clearly)<br />
Motivation (exhibits desire for endorsement to chaplaincy or pastoral counseling)<br />
Continuing education (willingness to obtain education, experience, and certification as<br />
they apply)<br />
Sense of humor (ability to laugh at themselves and others appropriately)<br />
Cooperativeness/diversity (ability and willingness to work effectively in<br />
diverse settings)<br />
Balance (ability to keep family and work in balance)<br />
Institutional vs. congregational ministry (understands the difference, especially how<br />
institutions may affect their ministry)<br />
Pastor (has someone who provides personal pastoral care)<br />
Both Chaplain Stalvey and Chaplain Byram were interviewed and both were granted the<br />
endorsement in May of this year. Receiving the United Methodist Endorsing Agency endorsement<br />
is another shinning example of how important it is for <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> residents to<br />
receive the best of Spiritual care!<br />
8 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
Hail to the King and Queen<br />
Starlit Evening was the theme of the 4 th Annual Prom for residents<br />
on Unit 4 at the Nursing Center on the Americus campus.<br />
Residents, family members and staff enjoyed an evening full of delectable<br />
food prepared by the Nursing Center’s dietary staff under the guidance<br />
of Dietary Manager, Kelly Alexander.<br />
Both staff and residents were dressed in elegant evening attire<br />
and everyone danced “the night away” with music that would have even<br />
soothed the soul of Ella Fitzgerald. Although there was fun to be had all<br />
evening, the crowning of the King and Queen was definitely the pinnacle<br />
of the night. Administrator, Hill Fort, and DON, Debbie Lawhorn, had the<br />
honor of crowning the “royal couple.” Hail to the King, Clarence Evans,<br />
and hail to the Queen, Edna Sims. CNA, Carolyn Posey, and RN, Cheryl<br />
Tharp, were the dynamic duo who put together this very special evening.<br />
Mrs. Posey says that they are already planning for next year’s prom and<br />
she promises it will be even bigger and better.
...These boots where made for walkin’,<br />
that’s just what they’ll do...<br />
<br />
...O.k., so no one really<br />
wore boots, but there was<br />
plenty of walk‘in going on at<br />
the 2006 Alzheimer’s Memory<br />
Walk. The walk was held at<br />
Darton College, in Albany, on<br />
September 30 th . While the<br />
walk was a good source of<br />
exercise for the 250-plus people<br />
who walked…the real reason<br />
for the walk itself went far<br />
and beyond a nice Saturday<br />
morning stroll. For the last<br />
several months, over 40<br />
teams have worked furiously<br />
to raise money for the<br />
Alzheimer’s Association.<br />
Seventy-eight percent of the<br />
money raised will stay at the<br />
Albany Regional Office, which<br />
provides service to 35<br />
Southwest Georgia counties.<br />
Services provided include a<br />
help line, promoting awareness<br />
of Alzheimer’s disease,<br />
money for sitters and programs<br />
such as Caregiver’s Time Out<br />
and so much more.<br />
Last year walkers raised $65,000, this<br />
year, as of September 30 th , team members<br />
Above: Left to right, Rachel<br />
and Sue Askerzada, Ray and<br />
Junita Wilder all on “Wilder’s<br />
Walkers” team.<br />
Above: Clive Rainey, Noah<br />
Gregory and Ron and Joyce<br />
Gregory all on the <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> Forget-Me-Nots team.<br />
raised a whopping, $69,557!<br />
The members on the <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> Forget-Me-Nots team<br />
were even more excited to<br />
have earned the coveted title<br />
of, “the team that raised the<br />
most money”. After just under<br />
four months, the twenty-two<br />
team members of the <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> Forget-Me-Nots raised<br />
over ten thousand dollars. In<br />
addition, three out of the top<br />
seven fundraisers were on the<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Forget-Me-<br />
Nots team. However,<br />
amongst all their successes,<br />
top honors still go to a woman<br />
who doesn’t mind taking your<br />
money for a worthy cause, her<br />
name is Mrs. Juanita Wilder.<br />
Mrs. Juanita raised the most<br />
money out of any individual<br />
walker!<br />
Yes, there was some<br />
pretty healthy competition<br />
going on between the teams to<br />
see who could raise the most<br />
money, but the real winners are<br />
family members who have<br />
loved ones with Alzheimer’s. Way to go teams!!<br />
Left: Just a small hand full<br />
the <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Forget-<br />
Me-Nots team member<br />
gether together to take a<br />
team picture before the<br />
“big” three mile walk<br />
begins. The <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> Forget-Me-Nots<br />
Team raised the most<br />
amount of money this year!<br />
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...S<br />
On the Americus campus, it doesn’t matter if you’re a<br />
peaking of Resident, meet two more!<br />
volunteer, employee or a resident of<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>; chances are you know<br />
Rev. John Sedwick “Wic” Wetzel. That’s<br />
because in the last twenty-plus years<br />
“Mr. Wic” has been associated with the<br />
<strong>Manor</strong> as a volunteer, an employee and<br />
now a resident of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>. As a<br />
young man, Rev. Wetzel, dedicated<br />
most of his adult life serving the Lord.<br />
He and his wife, Marthalyn, with their<br />
two children, Lyn Dozier and John (Jay)<br />
Wetzel Jr., lived in many different areas of<br />
the state during his tenure as a United<br />
Methodist Minister in the South Georgia<br />
Conference. In 1982, he and his wife<br />
retired and moved to Americus, where<br />
their daughter, Lyn, had settled with her<br />
family.<br />
Retirement quickly bored “Mr. Wic” and<br />
during that same year he started working<br />
part-time as a maintenance man for a<br />
retirement community called, none other<br />
than <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>. In 1983, <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong> hired him as the part-time Assistant<br />
Chaplain, which he did for the next eleven<br />
years. After his wife, Marthalyn, died in 1995, “Mr. Wic”<br />
While people may not actually call her the “doll<br />
lady,” <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> resident on the Americus campus,<br />
Tommie Lowery, is definitely known as the “doll<br />
lady”. And for good reason! - making doll clothes by<br />
hand has been Mrs. Tommie’s hobby<br />
for the last sixteen years. “When I<br />
sold my house and moved to the<br />
<strong>Manor</strong> I wanted something to keep me<br />
busy…and I don’t like to watch much<br />
T.V. so, I decided I would start making<br />
clothes for all the dolls I had collected<br />
throughout the years”.<br />
Mrs. Tommie makes clothes<br />
for all kinds of dolls ranging in size<br />
from three feet tall to six inches tall!<br />
It’s not just simple dresses or shirts<br />
and trousers she makes for the dolls,<br />
she also hand makes socks, stockings,<br />
slips, underwear, hats, shoes and<br />
other accessories<br />
“It’s easier to make clothes for the bigger dolls because<br />
the smaller dolls are more tedious.” But, the tedious<br />
moved into one of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>’s Ministerial cottages<br />
where he cared for not only his<br />
yard but his neighbors as well. In<br />
2002, he moved into the Retirement<br />
Center where he charmed and<br />
delighted everyone around him. He<br />
resided at the Retirement Center for<br />
three years before moving into the<br />
Nursing Center and continuing to<br />
share his entertaining stories. Now,<br />
for the last eight months he has captivated<br />
and amused, both staff and<br />
residents of the Mattie H. Marshall<br />
Center, with his whit and charm. The<br />
Center is home to thirty residents who<br />
have Alzheimer’s and other related<br />
dementias. Rev. Wetzel has said that it<br />
didn’t matter whether he was a volunteer,<br />
employee or living as a resident;<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> has met so much to<br />
him. With his gift of gab, he never met<br />
a stranger and always left a sea of<br />
smiles in his wake. It is only fitting to<br />
share this Man-of-God’s story with others<br />
as he has been a unique volunteer<br />
and a special part of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
through the years.<br />
work of making the clothes hasn’t stopped her one bit,<br />
in a span of sixteen years Mrs. Tommie has made<br />
clothes for over three hundred dolls…or so she thinks.<br />
She says she stopped counting a few years back!<br />
Making clothes for dolls actually<br />
came quite naturally to Mrs.<br />
Tommie. “When my two daughters<br />
were coming up they would<br />
pick out dresses from the Sears<br />
Rowbuck catalog and I would<br />
make it for them. I didn’t bother to<br />
buy the pattern; I’d just rely on my<br />
talents the Lord blessed me with,”<br />
a talent that she has so graciously<br />
shared with others throughout the<br />
years. Although Mrs. Tommie<br />
sells her dolls for a very modest<br />
fee she doesn’t make any money<br />
Mrs. Tommie embraces one of<br />
off of them. “I don’t do it for money;<br />
for them as well. her favorites dolls, Pamela-Lee I do it for a hobby”. A hobby that<br />
even her church benefits from, ten percent of each sale<br />
she makes she tithes back to her the church.<br />
10 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>
National<br />
A L W<br />
ssisted iving eek<br />
According to the Assisted Living Federation<br />
of America there are about thirty-six thousand<br />
assisted living facilities in the U.S. with approximately<br />
1 million older adults living in these communities.<br />
With substantial numbers like this,<br />
“assisted living” is one of the fastest growing sectors<br />
in senior living. During the week of<br />
September 10 th through September 15 th , assisted<br />
living communities all across the country celebrate<br />
National Assisted Living Week.<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> of Americus kicked off the<br />
celebration with a proclamation presented by<br />
Mayor Barry Blount. A group of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
men accompanied by Mrs. Shirley Brady provided<br />
a musical program that was excellent and could<br />
easily compete with any Methodist choir. Ms.<br />
Ethel Waters and her dietary staff, like always, provided<br />
a spread that was “fit for a King” and enjoyed<br />
by all who attended.<br />
Activity Director for the Retirement Center,<br />
B.J. Wright, and her staff had several special activities<br />
planned throughout the week for both staff<br />
and residents to take part in. The ice cream social<br />
was “spoon licking good” and good “food for<br />
thought” was offered during the wellness activities.<br />
Rumor has it that it was the variety show presented<br />
by <strong>Manor</strong> employees that really had the crowd<br />
bent over with laughter. A truly competitive staff<br />
volleyball game and cookout wrapped up an unforgettably<br />
good time during National Assisted Living<br />
Week. Thanks to all who volunteered to help or<br />
participate in making this another successful celebration<br />
week.<br />
Left from right: Frankie Saulter, Jeni Hixon and Rev.<br />
John Bodress sing as The Hee HAW Gang. Rachel<br />
Smith and her husband Arthur were the dynamic duo,<br />
Sonny and Cher Ethel Waters sang, "Sweet Georgia Brown" as the legendary, Ethel Waters.<br />
In August, President and CEO of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>, Mark Todd, along with other Administrators on the<br />
Americus campus got a visit from one of Georgia’s leaders, Representative Sharon M. Cooper. Rep. Cooper<br />
is currently serving her fifth term as the State Representative for the 41 st District of Georgia. Among other<br />
various degrees Rep. Cooper earned her MSN in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia. She later<br />
became a nurse and administrator before writing one of her two books, Psychiatric Nursing. Rep. Cooper is<br />
also the Chairman of the Health and Human Services committee. With a resume like that, not to mention<br />
Cooper’s current position in the Senate, it wasn’t too surprising that she has interest in <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> and<br />
other older adult and nursing communities. Before taking a brief tour of the campus, Mr. Todd proposed a<br />
challenge for Georgia legislators to find a way to “fix” and improve the overall physical look of buildings.<br />
Hopefully, if this were accomplished the public would have a new perception of what Georgia Healthcare is<br />
all about! Mr. Todd and others are anxious to see if the legislators will rise to the challenge!<br />
Autumn 2006 11
A visit from the<br />
State Capital<br />
Clinton J. Bearden<br />
Eileen M. Beckwith<br />
Geneva F. Beckwith<br />
John W. Bentley<br />
Annie Benton<br />
Elsa V. Bjorck<br />
Mospell Carter<br />
Bernice W. Christensen<br />
Emma L. Cross<br />
Leola P. Deriso<br />
Carlton H. Donaldson<br />
Nina F. Durham<br />
Van E. Estes<br />
Mariah L. Gary<br />
Leon P. Gilmore<br />
Lewis Green<br />
Estelle C. Hardy<br />
Carolyn Holt<br />
The following residents passed away<br />
from July 1 to September 30, 2006<br />
Angela Hourdequin<br />
Lawrence E. Houston<br />
Henry B. Ingram<br />
Eunice Jacobs<br />
Johnnie M. James<br />
Mary L. Johns<br />
Samuel Jolley<br />
Frances D. Kane<br />
Emily R. Kent<br />
Robert Laster<br />
Thomas Leggett<br />
Birdie V. Long<br />
Alpha Maddox<br />
Jean Matthews<br />
Sallie L. McLeod<br />
Warren E. Miller<br />
Willie M. Miller<br />
Blanche W. Moore<br />
Ruth R. Myers<br />
Lois T. Nance<br />
Matthew Nettles<br />
Mary F. Phillips<br />
Coell “Shorty” Reed<br />
Vernon R. Reddish<br />
Carol L. Ritchie<br />
Mary V. Rush<br />
Elaine Scherr<br />
Julia P. Scifres<br />
Eura B. Sheffield<br />
Elizabeth Stephenson<br />
Robert Stewart<br />
Dorothy Thomas<br />
Louise Vaughan<br />
Eunice E. White<br />
12 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>
Tributes<br />
Not every saint has a halo, not every angel has wings<br />
With grateful appreciation, we acknowledge <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>’s angels:<br />
Those who have given in memory or in honor of special people from July 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006.<br />
Gifts received after that will appear in the next issue.<br />
IN MEMORY OF<br />
Charles Agee<br />
Porterfield XYZ Club<br />
Mary Alice<br />
Mrs. Betty Pope<br />
Nora Moreland Allen<br />
Ms. Joan Champion<br />
Ms. Jean Griffin<br />
Allen & Faye Turner<br />
Gladys W. Bliss<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Bliss,<br />
Jr.<br />
Ruby Boarden<br />
Mr. George Yonko<br />
Margaret Bolton<br />
Mrs. Jennette Jennings<br />
Ben Bolton<br />
Max & Wanda Sellers<br />
Ms. Beth Joiner<br />
Rev. Dr. Charles Nathan<br />
Burgess<br />
Rev. Lawrence Lemons<br />
Bill Burke<br />
Loveard & Dorothy<br />
McMichael<br />
Nan Cain<br />
Mr. Winton Cain<br />
Gail & Ervan Ariail<br />
Marion Corley<br />
Jolene & Art Tanner<br />
Bonnie & Jerrell Tanner<br />
Turner & Helen Culbreth<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John<br />
Sanders<br />
Muriel Cupp<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Frank Terry<br />
Dr. Kurt J. Altschul<br />
Dick & Mary Jane Carey<br />
Julian Anderson<br />
Mrs. Ann Davis<br />
Bobby Aultman<br />
Ms. Louise Dykes<br />
Ted Baldwin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles<br />
Smith<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Henry<br />
Teaford<br />
Bob & Norma Wall<br />
Earl & Beth Williams<br />
Rev. Paul Barrett<br />
Rev. & Mrs. Reginald<br />
Edenfield<br />
Martha Sewell<br />
Bartholomew<br />
Mrs. Marthaleen House<br />
Aubrey W. Bateman<br />
Dwight & Ann Bliss<br />
Genieve Beckwith<br />
Miss Martha Arnold<br />
Reggie & Mary Comer<br />
Emily Dozier & Family<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Gill<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Ms. Luetta Martens<br />
Mrs. Alice Wingard<br />
C. V. Blan<br />
Mrs. Martha Spence<br />
Mothers of Mr. & Mrs.<br />
Taylor Bone<br />
Mr. & Mrs. C. Taylor<br />
Bone<br />
Clyde Bowen<br />
Harrold & Linda Bowen<br />
Walker Bowen<br />
Mrs. Jean Sendelbach<br />
Lora T. Bowers<br />
Ms. Joyce Tillman<br />
Barbara R. Bressler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith<br />
Boyd Bridges<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Mrs. Thelma McMichael<br />
Becky & David<br />
Ragsdale<br />
Addie P. Brigham<br />
Mrs. Agnes Moseley<br />
Walter H. Brown<br />
Nancy & Griffin Bell<br />
Dorothy P. Brown<br />
Mr. John Grant<br />
Fannie Buchanan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Smith<br />
Charlotte Bullock<br />
Porterfield XYZ Club<br />
Sara McCollum Buntin<br />
Tish Callin<br />
Charles & Eloise<br />
Thompson<br />
Frank E. Carlton<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Keith Dimond<br />
George Carson<br />
Gail & Ervan Ariail<br />
Ms. Laverne Carter<br />
Ms. Amelia Cohen<br />
Millie & Ferd Cohen<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Mrs. Marthaleen House<br />
Mrs. Lenette<br />
Roquemore<br />
Jerrell & Bonnie Tanner<br />
Norma & Bob Wall<br />
Earl & Beth Williams<br />
Frederick Cason<br />
Ms. Jacqueline Cason<br />
Ruby Chavers<br />
Ms. Catherine Hubbard<br />
Alston Cherry<br />
Mr. Charles Cherry<br />
Justin Clark Moore<br />
Robert & Lena Clark<br />
Ralph E. Coleman<br />
Reggie & Mary Comer<br />
Kathy Jo Cooper<br />
Mrs. June Wester<br />
Eddy Copeland<br />
Lunus Daniel<br />
Dot & Dozier Blackstock<br />
Louise Darden<br />
Floyd & Grace<br />
Herrington<br />
Jerrell & Bonnie Tanner<br />
Helen Davis<br />
Martha & Hal<br />
Dietrichson<br />
Mrs. Marthaleen House<br />
Murph & Mary Ledbetter<br />
Ms. Katherine Morris<br />
Janie Davis<br />
Mr. S. William Lehew, III<br />
Thomas W. Davis, Sr.<br />
John & B. Nell Bagwell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Blake Bass<br />
Mr. Horace Bass<br />
Robert & Wendy<br />
Carraway, Thomas &<br />
Will<br />
Rev. & Mrs. V. L.<br />
Daughtery, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Miller Davis<br />
Hugh & Becky Davis<br />
Faith Sunday School<br />
Class of <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong><br />
Bill & Opal Herndon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A.G. Huff,<br />
MGYSGT USMC (Ret)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene<br />
Kessler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert<br />
Kessler<br />
Ms. Marion Lummus<br />
Autumn 2006 13
Ms. Luetta Martens<br />
Derek & Charlene<br />
McAleer<br />
Morningside UMC<br />
Walter & Kim Muller,<br />
Patrick & Chris<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Orgel<br />
Rev. & Mrs. J. Brooks<br />
Partain<br />
Ms. Mary Ridley<br />
David & Becky Sands,<br />
Nic & Jon<br />
Rev. & Mrs. Dennis<br />
Stalvey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Talley<br />
Mr. Jack Talley & Family<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Waller<br />
Mr. Lester Watson<br />
Ruth Watson<br />
Rev. & Mrs. W.<br />
Raymond Wilder<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clem Wilson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas<br />
Zipperer<br />
Mr. Herman Zipperer<br />
Emma DeFrancisco<br />
Ed & Beverly Garden<br />
Virginia Murr DeLay<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Bickley<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Plez and Dee Hardin &<br />
Thelma<br />
Leola Deriso<br />
Millie & Ferd Cohen<br />
Ms. Amelia Cohen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Henry<br />
Teaford<br />
Larry DesJardines<br />
Ms. Nancy Hamilton<br />
James Dewar, Sr.<br />
Arthur & Jimmie<br />
Herndon<br />
Col. & Mrs. Richard May<br />
Johnny Dixon<br />
Jimmie & Joyce<br />
Buchanan<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Mrs. Lenette<br />
Roquemore<br />
Jean Grace Dozier<br />
Mr. G. G. 'Spec' Dozier<br />
Susan & Luke Flatt<br />
Dr. Mary Heritage<br />
Ms. Beth Joiner<br />
Regions Bank<br />
Vi & Louis Dozier<br />
Mrs. Jackie Peterson<br />
Margina Gates Dunlap<br />
Mrs. Doris Batts<br />
Rev. & Mrs. J. Robert<br />
Beckum<br />
Mrs. Cordelia Holliday<br />
Sue Sims Dunn<br />
Vivian & Joe Whitley<br />
Estelle Durden<br />
Ms. Beth English<br />
Mrs. Bettye Gates<br />
Mrs. Thelma Price<br />
Ms. Emilie Roberts<br />
Dr. Bon Durham<br />
Mr. Claude Rhyne<br />
Nina Fuller Durham<br />
Ms. Nancy Andison<br />
Jimmie & Joyce<br />
Buchanan<br />
Mr. J. Preston Cobb<br />
Ruth Cobb & Marilyn<br />
Cavender<br />
Mrs. Martha Dykes<br />
Betty B. Filbey<br />
Mrs. Marthaleen House<br />
Mrs. Annie Turpin<br />
Morton<br />
Gwynne & Bill Morton<br />
Mrs. Suzanne Nichols<br />
Betty Deriso Pope<br />
Alice & Walter Rylander<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael<br />
Saliba<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Henry<br />
Teaford<br />
Mrs. Frances Tharpe<br />
Bob Easterlin<br />
Reggie & Mary Comer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. Milton<br />
Fletcher<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Miller<br />
Rev. & Mrs. George F.<br />
Erwin<br />
Rev. & Mrs. Henry<br />
Erwin<br />
Kathryn E. Esterline<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Ernest<br />
Seckinger, Sr.<br />
Van Estes<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Mrs. Lucy Hood<br />
Jennifer Slocumb Ewing<br />
Dr. & Mrs. E. W.<br />
Holloway, Jr.<br />
Paul Fink<br />
Ms. Hester Price<br />
Mother's Birthday<br />
Ms. Ruth Flanders<br />
Nelson & Ralph Foster<br />
Sandra & Velma Foster<br />
Atwood McGowan<br />
Freeman, MD<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Waller<br />
Faye & Allen Turner<br />
Mrs. Flora Duncan<br />
French<br />
Mary Lucy & Frankie<br />
Murrah<br />
Beverly Fruiticher<br />
Marie J. Sears<br />
Harriett Gammage<br />
Bo & Jean Cartledge<br />
Kathryn & Charles<br />
Hamilton<br />
Dr. Tom Gandy<br />
Col. & Mrs. Richard May<br />
Charles Gibbs<br />
Mrs. Elaine Huneycutt<br />
Hazel Greene<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. Milton<br />
Fletcher<br />
Gail & Ervan Ariail<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duncan<br />
Beard<br />
Harrold & Linda Bowen<br />
Virginia S. Griffin<br />
Mr. Ronnie Griffin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edmond<br />
Gross<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Gay<br />
Edna Hamm<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Friends<br />
of Vespers<br />
Julia Harbuck<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Sara Griffith Hardegree<br />
Lee & Merilyn Guerry<br />
Ms. Hester Price<br />
Judge Harper<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles<br />
Smith<br />
George Harris<br />
Harrold & Linda Bowen<br />
Carter Harrison<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Marie L. Hartless<br />
Ms. Gail Bullington<br />
John W. Harvin, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Betty Harvin<br />
Elinor Hathaway<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duncan<br />
Beard<br />
Harrold & Linda Bowen<br />
Earl & Beth Williams<br />
Aubrey L. Haymons<br />
Mr. Robert Haymons<br />
Charles Heard<br />
Bill & Mary Claire<br />
Reeves<br />
The Parents of Mr. &<br />
Mrs. Gene Henderson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gene<br />
Henderson<br />
Sallie & Perry Hester<br />
Ms. Celia Farley-<br />
Hudnall<br />
Beth Harbuck Highnote<br />
Jimmie & Joyce<br />
Buchanan<br />
Beth Highnote<br />
Mrs. Marthaleen House<br />
Mrs. Betty Jones<br />
Rev. Lawrence Houston<br />
Mrs. Doris Batts<br />
Gene & Jane Cariker<br />
Rev. & Mrs. V. L.<br />
Daughtery Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy<br />
Dixon<br />
14 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>
Rev. & Mrs. James<br />
Hamlin<br />
Allene & Ceegie<br />
Haugabook<br />
Rev. & Mrs. W.<br />
Raymond Wilder<br />
Mary Howard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Olin<br />
David Howington<br />
Mrs. Lessie Amoss<br />
Estelle Crunkleton &<br />
Family<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William<br />
Dasher Jr.<br />
Mr. Thomas Fontaine,<br />
Jr.<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Friends<br />
of Vespers<br />
Ms. Emilie Roberts<br />
Elizabeth Huggins<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William<br />
Huggins<br />
Marjo Hughes<br />
Mr. Harold Hughes<br />
Sue Hunt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ray<br />
Crenshaw<br />
Charles Hurt<br />
Ms. Nell Hurt<br />
Gwynne & Bill Morton<br />
H. B. Ingram<br />
Ruth Cobb & Marilyn<br />
Cobb Cavender<br />
Mrs. Imogene<br />
McLendon<br />
Mrs. Betty Robinson<br />
Upper Room Class<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Waller<br />
Rev. & Mrs. W.<br />
Raymond Wilder<br />
Annie Jackson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Jackson<br />
Dorothy W. Jackson<br />
Mr. Warren Jackson, Sr.<br />
Louise Jessup<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Jackson<br />
Mary Louise Johns<br />
Ms. Becky Brazel<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark<br />
Ruth Cobb & Marilyn<br />
Cavender<br />
Mrs. Betty Cuellar<br />
Mrs. Anna Doherty<br />
Ruth & Durward Hayes<br />
Ms. Martha Holland<br />
Ms. Marie Israel<br />
Ms. Jacquelyn Johns<br />
Eula Mae Johnson<br />
Mrs. Doris Batts<br />
Emma Scott Johnson<br />
The Brown Hodges<br />
Family<br />
Ben F. Johnson, Jr.<br />
Nancy & Griffin Bell<br />
Martha Jones<br />
Miss Mary Crooks<br />
Frank L. Jones, Jr.<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Waller<br />
Gladys Jordan<br />
Mr. Earl Jordan<br />
Nell Josey<br />
Mr. William Cram<br />
Margaret Eloise Kegley<br />
Beta Rho Chapter Alpha<br />
Delta Kappa<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Brown<br />
Bumpus H-D Shop<br />
William & Hazel Burger<br />
Forget-Me-Not Club<br />
Dr. & Mrs. F. Dempsey<br />
Guillebeau<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Holley<br />
Mike & Martha Ann<br />
Laslie<br />
Ms. Peggy McIntosh<br />
Marilyn McKinney<br />
Mary & J. W. Starr<br />
Ms. Mary Stewart<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Stroud<br />
Ms. Debbie Sutton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Welch<br />
West End UMC Wesley<br />
Class<br />
Mary Kendall<br />
Dianne & Mike Wisham<br />
J. L. & Carolyn Kennedy<br />
Ms. Doris Miller<br />
Reita Kent<br />
Ms. Frances Crawford<br />
Ms. Virginia Glass<br />
Mrs. Zackie Hammack<br />
Mrs. Lola Stubbs<br />
Mrs. Susan Thompson<br />
Charles Kimbrell<br />
Nancy & Griffin Bell<br />
The Mother of Paula<br />
King<br />
Mr. John Grant<br />
Clara Sue Kinney<br />
Mr. Harry Kinney, Jr.<br />
Francis Lansford<br />
Mrs. Linda Martin<br />
Cora Law<br />
Donna & Danny<br />
Andrews<br />
Iris Lawhorn<br />
Ed & Bev Garden<br />
Doris Henderson Lewis<br />
Mrs. Doris Batts<br />
Mr. Dothan Boothe<br />
Ms. Cherie Boston<br />
Bush, Crowley, Leverett,<br />
& Leggett, LLP<br />
Ms. Mary Holleman<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth Laney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W. Holley<br />
Long, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Moore<br />
Mr. Ted Senters<br />
Birdie Long<br />
Aline Grace Circle<br />
Donna Barger & David<br />
Garrison<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clay<br />
Mr. & Mrs. M. A. Denton<br />
Eloise & Mary E. Green<br />
Idelle Long<br />
Mrs. Ann Davis<br />
James & Ruth Maffett<br />
Ms. Marilyn Maffett<br />
Jim Maguire<br />
Mrs. Bertha Maguire<br />
Sarah Mask<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey<br />
Jones<br />
Mrs. John "Mat" Mathis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Hagen<br />
Jack Mathis<br />
Mrs. Rethel Ricks<br />
Jeanette McClellan<br />
V.L. & Catherine<br />
Daughtery<br />
Mattie Will McCloud<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. Milton<br />
Fletcher<br />
Myrtis McKinley<br />
Ms. Betty Whaley<br />
Mick McKinnon<br />
Mrs. Betsy McKinnon<br />
Jones<br />
Ms. Len McKinnon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack<br />
McKinnon<br />
Sallie McLeod<br />
Kathleen Gardner<br />
Sunday School Class<br />
Sara Murphy Mercer<br />
Lee & Merilyn Guerry<br />
Bobby Mitchell<br />
Mrs. Barbara Mitchell<br />
Tommie Ann Moorer<br />
Mike & Mildred McAfee<br />
Frances Morgan<br />
Ms. Hester Price<br />
Curtis Ray Morris<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Billie Mifflin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby<br />
Strange, Sr.<br />
Bonnie & Jerrell Tanner<br />
Ms. Louise Warren<br />
Raymond D. Moye<br />
Ms. Laverne Carter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lester<br />
Mueller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ron<br />
Mahoney<br />
Virginia Murr<br />
Earl & Beth Williams<br />
Louise Myers<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Ruth Myers<br />
Donna & Danny<br />
Andrews<br />
Joyce & Jimmy<br />
Buchanan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clay<br />
Mrs. Sue Cornwell<br />
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John & Mikki Ferguson<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
George & Eugenia<br />
Laing<br />
Sharon & Tom Mitcham<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Waller<br />
Lois T. Nance<br />
Ms. Jo Burton<br />
Mr. Wayne Mills<br />
Mike Mullins & Jim<br />
Ecker<br />
Rev. & Mrs. J. Brooks<br />
Partain<br />
S. T. Napper<br />
Ms. Hester Price<br />
Mary C. Nelson<br />
Ms. Janet Scales<br />
Vivian Norris<br />
Don & Flo Roszelle<br />
Our Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wolff<br />
Roy L. Parker III<br />
Aubrey & Alice<br />
Alsobrook<br />
Mrs. Joan Anderson<br />
Gail & Ervan Ariail<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Austin<br />
Dr. George Bagley, IV<br />
John & B. Nell Bagwell<br />
Dr. Sue Bailes<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wade Barr<br />
Rev. & Mrs. J. Robert<br />
Beckum<br />
Mrs. Bert Beisel<br />
Dana & Billy Blair<br />
Ann & Dwight Bliss<br />
Harrold & Linda Bowen<br />
Arcey & Irene Brown<br />
Jimmie & Joyce<br />
Buchanan<br />
Gene W. Butler<br />
Jean & Cliff Carswell<br />
Ms. Laverne Carter<br />
Lillian & Billy Clark<br />
Mr. J. Preston Cobb<br />
Ruth Cobb, Marilyn, &<br />
Henry<br />
Ms. Amelia Cohen<br />
Millie & Ferd Cohen<br />
Mrs. Anne Colston<br />
Reggie & Mary Comer<br />
Mrs. Sue Cornwell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. Milton<br />
Fletcher<br />
Mr. & Mrs. T. M. Furlow,<br />
Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carlus Gay,<br />
Jr.<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Guth<br />
Plez and Dee Hardin &<br />
Thelma<br />
Allene & C. G.<br />
Haugabook<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dick<br />
Haugabook, Sr.<br />
Jim & Nancy Herron<br />
Mr. Charles Hogg<br />
Mrs. Marthaleen House<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hudson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brent<br />
Johansen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. W. Frank<br />
Joiner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Hulme<br />
Kinnebrew<br />
Melvin & Wilma Kinslow<br />
Mrs. Jeanette Knowlton<br />
Vickie & Sam Lott<br />
Roy Parker III CONTIN-<br />
UED<br />
Robin & Frank Lowrey<br />
Mrs. Corneille Lucado<br />
Mrs. Imogene<br />
McLendon<br />
Loveard & Dorothy<br />
McMichael<br />
Jack & Marion Miller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Miller<br />
Mrs. Annie Turpin<br />
Morton<br />
Mr. James Osborne<br />
Ms. Lanier Oxford<br />
Gene & Blanche Palmer<br />
Betty Pope<br />
Mrs. Becky Ray<br />
Mrs. Judy Reece<br />
Bill & Mary Claire<br />
Reeves<br />
Kay & Charles Reeves<br />
Mrs. Melba Reeves<br />
Mrs. Lenette<br />
Roquemore<br />
Alice & Walter Rylander<br />
Charles & Vangie<br />
Sanderlin<br />
Mrs. Elsie Schell<br />
Lang & Kathy Sheffield<br />
Bill & Gay Sheppard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Shiver<br />
III<br />
Mrs. Marion 'Pete' Silver<br />
Ms. Barbara Simpson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles<br />
Smith<br />
Buzzy & Harriet Smith<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Stewart<br />
Bill & Patricia Stovall<br />
Mrs. Ayleen Sumner<br />
Synovus Trust Company<br />
Russell & Andrea<br />
Thomas<br />
Mrs. Eudora Turpin<br />
Gus & Rosa Vining<br />
Tim & Edie Vinson<br />
Mrs. Hilda Walker<br />
Hazel & Robert Waller<br />
Rev. & Mrs. W.<br />
Raymond Wilder<br />
Kitty & Bill Williams<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David<br />
Williams<br />
Earl & Beth Williams<br />
Phyllis Parks<br />
Wally & Marylynne<br />
Joiner<br />
Mrs. John Partin<br />
Mrs. Marthaleen House<br />
Kathryn Passieu<br />
Ardis & Wanda Bennett<br />
Ray & Donna O'Banion<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dave<br />
Peterson<br />
Charles & Eloise<br />
Thompson<br />
Nellie Pate<br />
Ann & Max Herndon<br />
Nancy Payne<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Feine<br />
The Mother of Evelyn<br />
Penn<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Mrs. Lucy Hood<br />
Roberta Pepper<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Nell B. Perry<br />
Anonymous<br />
Ethel Phillips<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Gill<br />
Mrs. Betty Robinson<br />
Marsha Phillips<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harry<br />
Hansen<br />
Martha Poole<br />
Miss Martha Arnold<br />
Reggie & Mary Comer<br />
Ms. Frances Crook<br />
Mrs. Alice Wingard<br />
Dr. Sam Poole<br />
Carolyn & Charlie Hollis<br />
Joe Dan Proctor<br />
George L. & Ellen<br />
Hannaford<br />
J. D. Rainey, Sr.<br />
Gwynne & Bill Morton<br />
David Lee Reeves<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles<br />
Smith<br />
Ralph Reynolds<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wade Barr<br />
Rev. & Mrs. J. Robert<br />
Beckum<br />
Pete Rhyne<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Rhyne<br />
Scott Rhyne<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Rhyne<br />
Mr. Ricks<br />
Mrs. Rethel Ricks<br />
Gerald Rimes<br />
Ms. Anna Lee Kight<br />
Lois Roberts<br />
Jolene & Art Tanner<br />
Mary Rush<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Pearl Goodman &<br />
William R. Sadler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Manoll<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sadler<br />
Tom Sanders<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Charles Schulz<br />
Edie & Tim Vinson<br />
Donald Schwartz<br />
Mrs. Doris Batts<br />
Julia Scifres<br />
Janice & Jay Cliett<br />
John & Joan Cordell<br />
John & Mikki Ferguson<br />
Ms. 'Baby' Ruth<br />
Graddick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Guth<br />
Kathleen Gardner<br />
Sunday School Class<br />
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Sylvia Tabor Shealy<br />
Nina & Dean Terrell<br />
Rev. Harold H.<br />
Sheppard<br />
Mrs. Harold Sheppard<br />
Jean Sloan<br />
Ms. Rhonda McQuitty<br />
Chuck Speight<br />
Ms. Athlene White<br />
Grover "Gene" Stalvey<br />
Aubrey & Alice<br />
Alsobrook<br />
John & B. Nell Bagwell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wade Barr<br />
Rev. & Mrs. J. Robert<br />
Beckum<br />
John & Connie Brodess<br />
Reggie & Mary Comer<br />
Faith Sunday School<br />
Class of <strong>Magnolia</strong><br />
<strong>Manor</strong><br />
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Jarrell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Jarrell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Jarrell,<br />
Jr.<br />
Derek & Charlene<br />
McAleer<br />
Union UMC<br />
Hazel & Robert Waller<br />
Rev. & Mrs. W.<br />
Raymond Wilder<br />
Dr. Loy L. Strawn, Jr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James<br />
Buchanan, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Doris Batts<br />
Dr. & Mrs. E. W.<br />
Holloway, Jr.<br />
Peter Supp<br />
Mrs. Sarah Sherman<br />
Ossie Lee Bobbitt<br />
Swann<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Horne<br />
Laura Sweat<br />
Ms. Frances Pitts<br />
James Edgar Swiger<br />
Miss Martha Arnold<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ulmer<br />
Stevens<br />
Sara Gilbert Tabor<br />
Nina & Dean Terrell<br />
Billy Tanner<br />
Ms. Hester Price<br />
Rev. Samuel V. Taylor<br />
V.L. & Catherine<br />
Daughtery<br />
Winnell S. Taylor<br />
Ms. Margie Dillard<br />
Eva Terry<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Frank Terry<br />
Dorothy Thomas<br />
Ms. Mary DeLong<br />
Mona Stembridge<br />
Mr. John Thomas, III<br />
Dot Thomas<br />
Mrs. Lucy Hood<br />
Roy Thompson<br />
Mrs. Marion 'Pete' Silver<br />
Maxie Trapnell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Trapnell<br />
Bob Truitt<br />
Ms. Beth Joiner<br />
Wynelle Tucker<br />
Jane & Jack Lynch<br />
Frank Tunison<br />
Pledger & Emily Parker<br />
Gladys Fallis Tweedy<br />
Ms. Mildred Cowart<br />
Mrs. Bess Crittenden<br />
Lonnie & Lynda Sweat<br />
Jolene Roberts Tanner<br />
Ms. Jane Willson<br />
Carl Vann<br />
Bo & Jean Cartledge<br />
Vergil, Leona, & Wendy<br />
Vant<br />
Mrs. Melissa Flowers<br />
Thelma S. Varnadoe<br />
Mr. George Cofer, Jr.<br />
Lee & Merilyn Guerry<br />
Leah Vick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wade Barr<br />
Rev. & Mrs. J. Robert<br />
Beckum<br />
Jimmie & Joyce<br />
Buchanan<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
Business Office<br />
Ms. Frances Scoggins<br />
George & Wilma<br />
Washington<br />
W. E. Vinson<br />
Hazel & Robert Waller<br />
Arthur Volley<br />
Ruth Cobb & Marilyn<br />
Cavender<br />
Ms. Marion Lummus<br />
Henry S. Walker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Lee<br />
Mrs. Meville Walker<br />
Geraldine M. Wall<br />
Mr. Gene Wall<br />
Helen M. Walls<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Walls<br />
Cora Webb<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Frank Terry<br />
Herb White<br />
Mrs. Lucy Hood<br />
Ben Whitfield<br />
Mrs. Katherine Bass<br />
Ruby Wiggins<br />
Richard & Janice<br />
Wisham<br />
Virginia Wilkes<br />
Mr. John Wilkes<br />
Winkie Williams<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William<br />
Williams<br />
Charles E. Williams<br />
Dr. Patricia Williams<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Wills. Sr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Wills,<br />
Jr.<br />
Teri Wilson<br />
Ms. Clarice Wall<br />
Dorothy B. Wilson<br />
Col. Keith Wilson<br />
Mary Wohlwender<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Henry<br />
Teaford<br />
Gussie Young<br />
Ms. Ruth Spencer<br />
IN HONOR OF<br />
Methodist Marian Abbott<br />
Mrs. Lorane Minis<br />
Dr. Aubrey Alsobrook<br />
Dr. & Mrs. James Trice<br />
Jr.<br />
Rev. Burch & Florine<br />
Beckum<br />
Joe & Mary Lane James<br />
Mary Pat Beckum<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Rick Lanford<br />
Mary Pat & Robert<br />
Beckum<br />
Mrs. Marianne Marbury<br />
Rev. Robert Beckum<br />
South Georgia<br />
Conference School of<br />
Christian Mission<br />
St. Mark United<br />
Methodist Church<br />
Judge Griffin B. Bell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steed<br />
Peggy Benford<br />
Avalon Ladies Bible<br />
Class<br />
Dr. Randall Benner<br />
June & Dick Reese<br />
Rev. John Brodess<br />
The Family of Thomas<br />
W. Davis, Sr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Byram<br />
Dr. & Mrs. James Trice<br />
Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Caldwell<br />
Mrs. Henry Jones<br />
Valvie Cameron<br />
Miss Patricia Moxley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Earl (Buddy)<br />
Canoway<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Laverne Carter<br />
Mrs. Helen Durden<br />
Bruce Chase<br />
Ms. Luetta Martens<br />
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Cam, Jill, & Cameron<br />
Grace Cochran<br />
Lee Street UMC Senior<br />
Adult Sunday School<br />
Class<br />
Al Colston<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Miller<br />
Macelle Cone<br />
Mrs. Joyce Pyles<br />
Rev. 'Buddy' Edwin<br />
Cooper<br />
Dr. & Mrs. George<br />
Lipscomb<br />
Birth of Mary Leland<br />
Cozart<br />
Derek & Charlene<br />
McAleer<br />
Wright & Joyce Crosby<br />
Kim & Andy Thompson<br />
Inez Daniel<br />
Dot & Dozier Blackstock<br />
Rev. V. L. & Catherine<br />
Daughtery<br />
Wrights Chapel UMC<br />
Polly Douglas<br />
Ms. Bonnie Rackley<br />
Katherine Dozier<br />
Augusta & Henry<br />
Burdeshaw<br />
Mrs. Bon Durham<br />
Mr. Claude Rhyne<br />
Helen Farris<br />
Mrs. Laura Duke<br />
Mary Faurote<br />
Lee & Merilyn Guerry<br />
Our Assisted Living<br />
Friends<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Bettye Gates<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur<br />
Williams Jr.<br />
Dee Glover<br />
Brandy Patrick<br />
Rev. Nathan Godley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew<br />
Aultman<br />
Rev. Shane Green &<br />
Family<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Uley Morgan<br />
Frankie Hancock, Bill &<br />
Carol<br />
Adult Bible Class-Lee<br />
Street UMC<br />
Rosa Harvey<br />
Mr. Jeffrey Tullis<br />
Joe Harvin<br />
Mrs. Betty Harvin<br />
Estel Heath<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Scott<br />
Jr.<br />
Charlie Hogg<br />
Barnes, Farr, Newsmith<br />
P. C.<br />
Harrold & Linda Bowen<br />
Jimmie & Joyce<br />
Buchanan<br />
Ruth Cobb, Marilyn, &<br />
Henry<br />
Epworth Sunday School<br />
Class<br />
Mr. William Manry Jr.<br />
Gwynne & Bill Morton<br />
Mrs. Roy Parker III<br />
Mrs. Becky Ray<br />
Frances Holland<br />
Covenant Sunday<br />
School Class<br />
Vera Holston<br />
Mrs. Mary Comer<br />
Lucy Hood<br />
Ms. Linda Holley<br />
Ms. Susan McGahee<br />
Karen & Dale Hoylman<br />
Mrs. Ellie Telega<br />
Celeste C. Hurley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael<br />
Hurley<br />
My Youngest Son In Iraq<br />
Mrs. Margaret Dyer<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> IT Staff<br />
Anonymous<br />
Beth Joiner<br />
Augusta & Henry<br />
Burdeshaw<br />
Nita Jones<br />
Orvin & Carole Bergman<br />
Raymond (Sonny) Jones<br />
Gus & Rosa Vining<br />
Harold Lane<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Rick Lanford<br />
Elizabeth Lemons<br />
V.L. & Catherine<br />
Daughtery<br />
Charlie Lloyd<br />
Ms. Marion Lummus<br />
Rev. David & Mellie<br />
Long<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Edith Lummus<br />
Ms. Marion Lummus<br />
Alpha Maddox<br />
Mrs. Gail Laye<br />
Dr. Derek McAleer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Cox<br />
Vivian McLendon<br />
Action Group I UMW<br />
Dr. Laman Moates<br />
Doug & Judy Joyner<br />
Sharon Murphy<br />
Augusta & Henry<br />
Burdeshaw<br />
Netta Niblack<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ray<br />
Crenshaw<br />
Louise Orr<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> Friends<br />
of Vespers<br />
Harvey Parks<br />
Nina & Dean Terrell<br />
Jack Pease<br />
Lee Street UMC Senior<br />
Adult Sunday School<br />
Class<br />
Dr. & Mrs. James T.<br />
Pennell<br />
Jim & Mavis Trice<br />
Marsha Phillips<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hansen<br />
Walter Mae Pollock<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Bliss<br />
Jr.<br />
June Powell<br />
Drayton UMW<br />
Pearlie Pyles<br />
Mrs. Bettye Gates<br />
Mrs. Joyce Pyles<br />
Dr. Lee Redding<br />
June & Dick Reese<br />
Raphael & Helen Miller<br />
Rizzi's 50th Wedding<br />
Ann.<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
The Rev. & Mrs. Larry B.<br />
Roberts<br />
Jim & Mavis Trice<br />
Rev. Nancy Scarbrough<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew<br />
Aultman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George<br />
Scheer<br />
Ms. Frances Scoggins<br />
The Kitchen Staff on<br />
Section Three<br />
Tom & Pam Davis<br />
Mary Shelby<br />
Anonymous<br />
Betty Sweet Simmons<br />
Laurie & Ferd Kay<br />
Bascom D. Slappey<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Donald<br />
Slappey<br />
Rachel Smith<br />
Ms. Luetta Martens<br />
Marguerite Spann<br />
Mr. Robert Spann<br />
Rev. Matt Stewart, Julia<br />
& Atalie<br />
Lee Street UMC Senior<br />
Adult Sunday School<br />
Class<br />
Mrs. Jack Straus<br />
Ms. Sara Harris<br />
18 <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>
Pension Act Helps IRA Gifts<br />
Gary Reynolds, Assitant Vice President for Development<br />
It has been billed as one of the most sweeping changes in pension law in many years. Yet,<br />
it also has significant possibilities for charitable gifts as well. On August 3 of this year the United<br />
States Senate passed a pension reform bill that included a package of charitable giving incentives<br />
and safeguard measures. The House of Representatives had passed the bill on July 28, so<br />
it was forwarded to the President in August. President Bush signed the bill into law on August 17.<br />
The IRA charitable rollover provision, a powerful charitable giving incentive, is potentially<br />
very important to <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> and to other charitable organizations. Included in the pension<br />
reform bill was the IRA rollover provision that provides an exclusion from gross income for certain<br />
distributions for charitable purposes of up to $100,000 from traditional individual retirement<br />
accounts (IRAs) or Roth IRAs, which would otherwise be included in income. The provision,<br />
effective only for tax years 2006 and 2007, allows the donor to avoid tax on the IRA distribution.<br />
Because the tax savings are already sizeable, the gift does not qualify for an additional charitable<br />
income tax deduction.<br />
<strong>This</strong> IRA rollover provision that allows individuals age 70 ½ and older to make charitable<br />
donations up to $100,000 for each of the next two years from an IRA without having to count the<br />
donation as taxable income. Any portion of the gift which exceeds $100,000 would be subject to<br />
income tax. A resulting charitable deduction would allow the donor to recoup a portion of the taxes<br />
paid.<br />
Admittedly, this change pertains to a relative small portion of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> supporters.<br />
However, for those individuals and families, it can be a very significant opportunity to have a major<br />
impact on our ministry while at the same time avoiding income tax on distributions from IRA<br />
accounts which have been over funded. Those who qualify should contact their financial advisors<br />
soon in order to take the best possible advantage of this change.<br />
(Please complete and return this reply form.)<br />
Dear Friends of <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong>:<br />
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Mail this form to: <strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong> 2001 S. Lee Street Americus, GA 31709<br />
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Steven R. Tanner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Art Tanner<br />
Tina Todd<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Rick Lanford<br />
Martha Trupia<br />
Ms. Carol Foster<br />
Rebecca Turner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Autry<br />
Mr. Neal Rumble<br />
MM Coast Veterans<br />
Mrs. Teeny Cowart<br />
Rosie Lee Wade<br />
Ms. Sara Johnson<br />
Dottie Williams<br />
William Paschal & Judy<br />
Brewer<br />
Marie Williams<br />
Dr. & Mrs. C. E. Steele<br />
Jimmy & Carol Wilson<br />
Loveard & Dorothy<br />
McMichael<br />
Sara Womack<br />
Mrs. Mary Comer<br />
Reidsville UMC<br />
Rev. & Mrs. James<br />
Hamlin<br />
Annie Wages<br />
Anonymous<br />
May Walker<br />
Mrs. William Simmons<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Waller<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Hollis<br />
Jr.<br />
Linda Warnock<br />
George L. & Ellen<br />
Hannaford<br />
Patsy Watson<br />
Augusta & Henry<br />
Burdeshaw<br />
Juanita Wilder<br />
Mary & Reggie Comer<br />
<strong>Magnolia</strong> <strong>Manor</strong><br />
2001 S Lee St<br />
Americus GA 31709-4797<br />
Non-Profit Organization<br />
U.S. Postage Paid<br />
Macon GA<br />
Permit No. 417<br />
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