Obituaries 12-6

Published 9:55 pm Tuesday, December 5, 2006

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Justin Allen Camp

Deputy Sheriff Justin Allen Camp, 29, passed away at his residence in Toney Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, at 2 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel. T

The family will receive friends today from 6-9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Roselawn Cemetery.

Survivors include wife, Brandy, 6-year-old son Cole, and 2-year-old son Bryce, all of Toney; parents, Karen and Darryl Lewis of Athens and Jerry W. and Diana Camp of Villa Rica, Ga.; brothers, Scott Camp, Kennesaw, Ga., Michael Camp Villa Rica, Ga., Curtis Lewis, Bobby Lewis, both of Athens; sister, Katrina Lewis of Athens; grandmother, Elizabeth Collette of Athens; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Danny and Carol Hogan of Elkmont; uncle, Ronald Collette of Athens; and the Hogan and Haney family.

Justin and Brandy would have celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary on Dec. 10, 2006.

Justin was born Dec. 21, 1976, in East Point, Ga. He graduated from Ardmore High School in 1995. He served two years in the Army National Guard with the 1st Battalion 20th Special Forces group and with the 82nd Airborne Division.

Justin was employed with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office. He began his career in law enforcement as a corrections officer, working his way through the ranks as a communications officer, reserve deputy, deputy, investigator and SWAT team member. He attended Jefferson County Sheriff’s Academy and received his Alabama Peace Officers Standards Training Certification, and was elected president of his graduating class. During his career, he took special pride in promoting the law enforcement profession during the training of new deputies and reserve members.

Justin was proud to protect and serve the citizens of Limestone County. The Alabama Department of Public Safety recognized him for his great abilities in law enforcement with the award of Most DUI Arrests by a Rural Officer in 2004.

Pallbearers will be Matt Wassum, Jonathan Hinton, David Jones, Jeff Dunn, Jake Lewis, and Will Lewis.

Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office. The funeral will be officiated by Mike Blakely, Stanley McNatt, Jim Landers, and Hubert Sims.



Charles O. Kennemer

Charles O. Kennemer, 81, of Athens, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, at Veterans Hospital in Birmingham.

Arrangements will be announce by McConnell Funeral Home at a later date.