Sharon Kellam's Memorial Service

The Chapel on the New, Camp Elk Shoals
West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina
Saturday, May 10, 2014

A group of singers met at Boondocks in West Jefferson for lunch. There were enough of us that they gave us a separate space with tables pushed together. Of course we sang - so they closed the doors to our space. :) (It was a good singing space, too!)

Angel Band
Shropshire Funeral Hymn
Milbrook
Doxology (as Grace)

After lunch we went to Camp Elk Shoals for the Memorial Service in the Chapel on the New there.

During the service we sang selections from An Eclectic Harmony, Volume I, 1999, An Eclectic Harmony, Volume II, 2001, and The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 1994 reprint).

53 (EH1), I'm Wandering To and Fro
12 (EH2), Paradise
6 (EH2), Union
92 (EH1), Milbrook
78 (EH1), Shropshire Funeral Hymn
157 (CHw), Hallelujah, w/ words of Amazing Grace

After the service singers formed a small square and sang - all selections from The Christian Harmony, Walker/Carolina edition.

185b, Corinth
89b, Northfield
171t, Sessions
55b, Idumea
60b, China
169b, Devotion (First)
287, Indian Convert
120b, Spartanburg
51, Lonsdale
50, Cranbrook
49, Forever with the Lord
58b, Primrose
339, Samanthra
103b, Fish Pond
367, David's Lamentation
77b, Cambridge
307, True Happiness
200b, Parting Hand
Rev. Pete Parish offered a beautiful closing prayer.

Singers: Willie Israel, Leslie Booher, Julianne Wiley, Don Wiley, Dan Huger, Gary Poe, Pete Parish, Rhodyjane Meadows, Mary Baumeister, Ellie Hjemmet, Judy Mincey, Larry Beveridge.

Minutes: Mary Baumeister