Prater Ford’s shoe drive to run through Aug.

Kenneth Scott, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at AdventHealth Gordon following a long period of declining health.

Kenneth was born in Gordon County, GA on March 11, 1941, son of the late Colquitt

Mrs. Sylvia Jean Thomas age 81 of Chatsworth, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at her residence.

She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.

Mrs. Thomas was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Pittman Thomas, Sr.; parents, Henry A. Mullins and Estelle Morgan Mullins; son, Claude Pittman Thomas, Jr.; daughter, Edith Sue Garner; granddaughter, Wendy Lyn Gulledge; brothers, Rudolph, HA, Lester, Willlie, and James Mullins; sister, Annie May Fox.

Survivors include sons and daughter-in-law, Ray and Alta Thomas of Cohutta, and Earl Thomas of Chatsworth; daughter and son-in-law, Myrtle Smith and Roger Kelley of Crandall; brothers and sister-in-law, Bill and Claudia Mullins of Chatsworth, and Clifford and Evie Mullins of Crandall; sisters and brothers-in-law, Ruth and Buster Wilkins of Dalton, and Sue and Charlie Parris, of Dalton; 9 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Mrs. Thomas will be held Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 12:00 noon from the chapel of Peeples Funeral Home with Rev. Chris &RUELQ RI¿FLDWLQJ ,QWHUPHQW will follow in the Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Friday, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

To help prevent the spread RI &29,' VRFLDO GLVWDQFing and masks are strongly encouraged. No food or beverages will be allowed in the funeral home.

Peeples Funeral Home & Crematory of Chatsworth is in charge of the arrangements.

Jimmy Prater of Prater Ford of Gordon County said residents donated 93 pairs of shoes and 645 pairs of socks last year during his dealership’s annual Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls shoe collection drive, and he hopes more donations will come in this year.

Prater is asking that donations of new shoes and socks be dropped off at the dealership, which is located at 704 S. Wall St. in Calhoun, Aug. 1-28. The donated shoes will be distributed to children in need.

According to their website, Buckner Shoes for Orphan

Souls is the largest humanitarian aid project of Buckner International, and it provides new shoes and socks to orphans and vulnerable children in the United States and throughout the world.

When someone donates new shoes through Buckner, they will be received by one of the world’s most vulnerable children. And while Shoes for Orphan Souls serves children all over the world, 30 percent of the shoes collected stay in the United States. Since 1999, Buckner has distributed more than 3 million pairs of new shoes and socks to

children in 82 countries.