NORWOOD, Ga. - Mrs. Gwendolyn S. Hemphill, 88, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in the McDuffie Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hemphill was a lifelong resident of Warren County and a member of the First Baptist Church of Warrenton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Albert Hemphill Jr. She is survived by a son, Barry Wayne (Martha) Hemphill, Thomson; a sister, Tommie Reynolds, Norwood; and a niece, Beth Hinman, Norwood. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 2008, in the Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens with Dr. Ray Hope officiating. Pallbearers will be Larry Rachels, Jim Michael, Tommy Phelps, Steve Phelps, Jimmy Norman, and Wally Thigpen. If so desired memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 512, Warrenton Ga. 30828 or Briarwood Academy, 4859 Thomson Highway Warrenton Ga. 30828. Friends may call at the Curtis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday night at the funeral home. You may sign the online guestbook at www.curtisfuneralhome.com . Curtis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

The Augusta Chronicle-August 27, 2008