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following persons have been nominated by the Nominating
Committee for the Vestry election Sunday, January 28. From
this list of names, the parish is asked to elect five
persons to fill vacancies of those rotating off the Vestry.
The term of office is three years. The nominating committee
consisted of: Deborah Haswell, Senior Warden, Ann Clayton,
Glenda Johnson, Bettie Sue McDonald, and Jeannie Rigdon.
Chris Beckham - Chris has lived
in Tifton since 1999 and has attended St. Anne's since 2000.
He works with The Spearman Agency, an advertising and
marketing firm in Tifton. He is originally from Thomasville
and attended Thomas County Central High and Valdosta State
College, where he majored in English and Journalism. He is
active in several civic organizations, serving on the board
of the Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence,
the Tifton Arts Council and on the Tifton advisory board for
the Southwest Georgia Food Bank. He is also the volunteer
chairman for the Salvation Army and is a member of the
Tifton Exchange Club. He and his wife Stacey have two sons,
four- year-old Chase and nine-month-old Jackson.
Jarrett Haswell -Jarrett was
born and raised in Tifton and attended Tift County Schools.
He has been a member of St. Anne's since 1980, when he was
baptized by Father Bush. He is employed by Master Craft
where he works with forklifts and irrigation units. Jarrett
married in April 2006 his wife Traci, who is also a member
of St. Anne's, and they plan to raise their family in this
church. He volunteered to teach Sunday School for the
2006-2007 year to help St. Anne's growth and expansion in
this important ministry. Jarrett is surprised and honored
for the nomination to be a part of St. Anne's Vestry.
Skip Hill - Skip has been a
member of St. Anne's in good standing since 1997. He has
previously served on the vestry and currently serves as an
MC. Skip was born and raised in Tifton, a graduate of Tift
County High School and Georgia Southern University. he has
worked in the Health/Life insurance industry for seventeen
years. He is the owner and principal agent for Skip
Hill and Associates, a company he founded in 2002. He enjoys
piloting for Angel Flight organization, travel and hanging
out with his kids.
Skip and his wife Nikki continue to be excited about the future of St.
Anne's and look forward to his children Jordan, 9 and Jake,
6, becoming active in the church through the acolyte program
and many other youth oriented programs.
Mike Lackey - Mike is a life
long Episcopalian and has recently become a member of
St. Anne's. He is a lay reader and wants to become more
active in the life of the church. He graduated from Baylor
School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended the
University of Missouri and the University of Georgia. Mike
and his wife, Jackie, reside in Sylvester, and have a son
and daughter and five grandchildren. Mike's hobbies include
golf, hunting, fishing and traveling.
Brenda Lever - Brenda is a
native of Montezuma, Georgia, and a graduate of ABAC. She
has been married to Jim for thirty seven years, and is the
mother of two and grandmother of five wonderful
grandchildren. Brenda owned and operated a catering service
for approximately twenty years, and worked as church hostess
for the Tifton United Methodist Church for nine years, owner
of Uniquely Yours Bridal since 1987, and past president of
the Downtown Merchants Association. Brenda has been a member
of St. Anne's since 1995, has been a member and past
president of the ECW, Stephen Minster, has helped with
Lenten Luncheons, and served on the Memorial Garden
Committee.
Joyce Mims - Joyce is a native
of Montgomery, Alabama. She received her Master's and
Education Specialist degrees from Valdosta State University
and was a classroom teacher in the Turner County School
System for fifteen years before becoming an administrator in
the Tift County School System. She retired from the Tift
County School System in 2004, after having served thirty
years. Joyce has served on the Tifton-Tift County Arts
Council, Board of Directors of PLIGHT, Inc., Leadership
Tifton and the Board of Directors of the Tiftarea YMCA.
Joyce is founder and president of Mims Kids, Inc., a youth
organization devoted to exposing youth ages 5-15 to the
arts. She is married to Larry Mims. They are the proud
parents of MJay, 19 and San, 23. The family has attended St.
Anne's since 2003, have each been confirmed in April of that
year. Joyce has worked with the Youth Sunday School program
and Vacation Bible School while at St. Anne's.
Ray Moreno - Ray has served St.
Anne's in various capacities since becoming a member
seventeen years ago. He has taught Church school, served as
a Lay Eucharistic Minister, and sung in the Choir. He has
demonstrated his desire to see St. Anne's develop its youth
and family ministries by spearheading the construction of
the children's playground and the family pavilion. Ray is
married to Kathy, his sweetheart of twenty eight years. The
have three children ages 25, 23, and 20, and a beautiful new
granddaughter.
Royal F. Rankin - Life member
of St. Anne's. Baptized in 1948. Served in U.S. Army
1967-1970. Returned to Tifton in 1982 . Served in the past
as Junior Warden, Senior Warden, and Income Treasurer.
Helped plant all original shrubbery and initial landscaping
including sprinkler systems. Designed pews and kneeling rail
for New Church in 1985 and 1986. Helped build mahogany Cross
for Christus Rex. Designed new Parish Hall in 1988.
Supervised construction in 1989. Redesigned and helped
construct Organ Chamber Opening for placement of New Pipe
Organ in 1994. Married to Debra Connor since 1971. Two
children Tift, 30 and Elsa, 29. One grandchild David, 10, in
5th Grade at Spencer Elementary. Registered Architect
since 1988. Office at 415 North Tift Avenue. Reside at Lake
Wisteria - 542 Mount Olive Church Road.
Loraine Sullivan - Loraine is a
Tifton Native, and graduate of the University of Georgia.
She is married to Jack (46 years) and has two married
daughters, Holly and Rebecca. Loraine and Jack joined the
Episcopal Church in approximately 1964 and were active in
the organization of the mission church, St. Anthony's in
Winder, Georgia. They returned to Tifton approximately ten
years ago. She is active with the Altar Guild and Choir. St.
Anne's is an important part of her life.
Christine Tibbetts - Christine
Tibbetts is a lifelong Episcopalian, born into the church in
Plainfield, New Jersey. She currently serves on the vestry,
filling an unexpired term. She is a trained Stephen
Minister, and the coordinator of the St. Anne's Needlepoint
project. A journalist by profession since 1970, she is the
owner and president of Tibbetts Communications and a partner
in Blackmarr, Tibbetts & Associates. Christine is the mother
of two sons and the stepmother of three sons and a daughter.
She has been married to G.W. Tibbetts since 1978. Community
organizations with which she volunteers are the Kids
Advocacy Coalition and Child Care Resource and Referral
Agency, the Tift Area Foundation for Women's Health and
Hospice of Tiftarea.
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