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GATESVILLE – Gatesville Baptist Church hosted its third annual Tree of Lights where individuals/families made a donation in memory or in honor of a loved one.

The lights were placed on a Christmas tree donated to the church by Dawson’s Christmas Tree Farm of Ahoskie.

All funds collected were donated to Gates Emergency Ministries (GEMS).

Those memorialized and honored are shown as follows:

 

In Memory

(Given by shown in parenthesis)

Lonnie L. Askew, Sr. (Janet & John Askew)

Lonnie L. Askew, Jr. (Janet & John Askew)

Lonnie Lee Askew, Sr. (Judith Askew)

Lee Askew, Jr.       (Judith Askew)

Lee Askew, Jr.       (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Doris & Gerald Badgett (Michelle & Jimmy Badgett)

Betty & Bill Baines (Deborah Lee)

Billy Baines (Deborah Lee)

Barbara & Carroll Byrum (Debbie & Jimmy Byrum)

JoAnn & Winfred Byrum (Kathy Riddick & Danny Byrum)

Mike Carter (Peggy & Lawrence Riddick)

Mike Carter (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Mr. & Mrs. Willard (Dick) Carter (Peggy & Lawrence Riddick)

Alice & Hop Chambers (Curtis Chambers)

Mabel & James Chambers (Curtis Chambers)

Robbie Savin Chambers (Curtis Chambers)

Irene & Harold Dostoler (Michelle & Jimmy Badgett)

Tennie Dunton (Cindy & Scotty Stallings)

Imogene Savage Freeman (Sandra Nickens)

Lena & Jesse Harrell (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Earlene & Ike Harris (Curtis Chambers)

Zackie Harrell (Kathryn Harrell)

Elaine & Ronnie Herring (Kathy Riddick & Danny Byrum)

Ann & Wallace Hobbs (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Hofler (S.A. Jones)

Sharon H. Jones (S.A. Jones)

Karen Rene Jones (S.A. Jones)

Mr. & Mrs. Seth Jones (S.A. Jones)

Priscilla & Tom Jones (Kathy Riddick & Danny Byrum)

John Roger Lane, Jr. (Linda Lane)

John Almer (Johnie) Lane, Jr.       (Linda Lane)

Louise & John Almer Lane, Sr. (Linda Lane)

Robert Lee (Deborah Lee)

Catherine McLean (Martha & Doug Lilley)

Dale McDuffie (Ed McDuffie)

Dale McDuffie (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Dale McDuffie (Myrtle Rountree)

Fannie & Walter Kilby Perry, Jr. (Linda Lane)

Emma Sue & Charlie Perry (Diane & Norman Harrell)

Tennie & Charlie Perry (Diane & Norman Harrell)

Mary Cox Pierce (Myrtle Rountree)

Mary Cox Pierce (Peggy & Lawrence Riddick)

Gracie Riddick (Kathy Riddick & Danny Byrum)

Hannah Riddick (Deborah Lee)

Jimmy Rountree, Sr. (Lynne Rountree)

Della Mae and John Smith (Diane & Norman Harrell)

Jean, Junebug & Terry Stallings (Cindy & Scotty Stallings)

Phillip Taylor (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Loyce Twiford (Janet & John Askew)

Milton Twiford (Janet & John Askew)

Emily Ann White (Curtis Chambers)

Glenn Williams (Janet & Paul Lilley)

Glenn Williams (Kathryn Harrell)

Glenn Williams (Michelle & Jimmy Badgett)

Glenn Williams (Ed McDuffie)

Glenn Williams (Myrtle Rountree)

 

In Honor

(Given by shown in parenthesis)

Mya Bagley (Deborah Lee)

Robbie Baines (Deborah Lee)

Janice Brown (Martha & Doug Lilley)

Dennis Dostoler (Michelle & Jimmy Badgett)

Amanda & Dane Hobbs (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Gavin, Joanna, Reed Hobbs (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Courtney & Jay Hobbs (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Hallie & Madison Hobbs (Linda & Wade Hobbs)

Helen & Jim Jett (Martha & Doug Lilley)

Martha & Doug Lilley (Judith Askew)

Martha & Doug Lilley (Ed McDuffie)

Corbin McLean (Martha & Doug Lilley)

Chuck, Johnny, Steve Perry (Dianne & Norman Harrell)

Christy & Hope Perry (Dianne & Norman Harrell)

Joseph Rountree (Lynne Rountree)

James Rountree & Family (Lynne Rountree)

Margaret Rountree (Lynne Rountree)

Myrtle Rountree (Michelle & Jimmy Badgett)

Amanda, Carl and Maris Teachey (Martha & Doug Teachey)

Victoria & Russell Watts (Judith Askew)

Rita & R J Williams (Janet & Paul Lilley)

GBC Bible Study Friends (Judith Askew)