Nancy Smith Schaefer, a native of Rabun County died on March 26, 2010.
She was born June 28, 1936 in Clayton, GA. Nancy was the daughter of Judge Lamar Smith, a Superior Court Judge of the Mountain Judicial Circuit and Isabelle Coffee Smith, both of Clayton, Georgia. She attended the University of Georgia, Atlanta College of Arts and Design and was a graduate of Wesleyan College.
Nancy was the President of Eagle Forum of Georgia: a conservative and pro-family organization helping men and women participate in the process of self-government and public policy making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise. She was the Founder and President of several non-profit organizations created to strengthen and protect the family: Family Concerns, Inc; Citizens for Public Awareness; Family Concerns Pregnancy Center in Atlanta.
She was Georgia State Senator from the 50th District, first woman candidate for Governor of Georgia (1998), candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia (1994), and candidate for Mayor of Atlanta (1993). She was chosen as a Gracious Lady of Georgia and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). She was the first woman Trustee of Toccoa Falls College.
Mrs. Schaefer was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Toccoa, Ga. She was an eight-year Trustee of the National Ethics and Religions Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and former Vice President of the SBC. She represented Family Concerns and SBC at the United Nations Fourth Work Conference on Women in Beijing, China, at the U. N. Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul, Turkey, at the U. N. Conference on Food in Rome, Italy, and the U. N. follow up Conference to Beijing in New York. She has also spoken on the "Unlimited Power of Child Protective Services" at the World Congress of Families in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and to the Nordic Community on Human Rights in Sweden.
Mrs. Schaefer was married to William Bruce Schaefer, Jr for over 52 years. She is survived by five children and 13 grandchildren: William Bruce Schaefer III and wife Sherrill, children Bruce IV and Ashley Isabelle; John Schaefer and wife Mary, children Mary Glenn, Maggie, Jack and Caleb; Josh Schaefer and wife Sandee, children Jake and Luke; Edward Schaefer and wife Paula, children Paul, Spencer and Garland; Nancy Schaefer Almoyan and husband Paul, children Isabelle and Schaefer; and a sister Elsie Smith Simpson and husband, Sam of Athens, GA and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service and visitation for Nancy Smith Schaefer and William Bruce Schaefer, Jr will be Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 49 Rose Lane, Toccoa, GA. Visitation will be held in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Family Life Center from 9-12 noon prior to the funeral, which will begin at 1pm in the Ebenezer sanctuary. Private graveside service for family will be at the Tallulah Falls Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Nancy and Bruce Schaefer Scholarship Fund, which has been established at the Athens Y Camp, PO Box 8, Tallulah Falls, GA. This fund will provide scholarships for under-privileged youths to attend summer camp. Your continued prayers are greatly appreciated. Acree-Davis Funeral Home in Toccoa in charge of arrangements for Nancy & Bruce Schaefer. Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 30, 2010
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Former state Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband were found dead in their home in north Georgia and it is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide, authorities said Friday.
Six GBI agents were at the home investigating at the request of the Habersham County Sheriff's department, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.
The preliminary investigation is looking at the case as a murder-suicide, but he did not have further details.
Schaefer, 73, was a Republican who represented a north Georgia district for two terms. She was a prominent conservative known as a vocal opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage.
State Rep. Rick Austin announced Schaefer's death to a packed House chamber Friday night and led lawmakers in a moment of silence.
"Nancy Schaefer was a great lady, and she served Georgia and her constituents with honor and grace," Austin, a Republican from Demorest, said.
Schaefer moved to Turnerville after more than three decades in Atlanta, where she was a former candidate for mayor. She was also GOP nominee for lieutenant governor in 1994.
In 1986, Schaefer founded a nonprofit foundation, Family Concerns Inc., which focused on opposition to abortion and the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings.
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As of 4/1/2010- The couple's lives ended suddenly last Friday, in a way no one expected. Police say Bruce Schaefer, 74, killed his wife of 52 years while she slept. Then after shooting his 73-year-old wife, he turned the gun on himself. Their daughter found the bodies at their Habersham County home.
So on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, mourners streamed into Toccoa's Ebenezer Baptist Church to bow and pray. And to try and make sense of it all.
The service ended as it began, with a woman on a harp and her father playing the violin. They played the old standards, "How Great Thou Art" and "It Is Well With My Soul," among others.
Their music rose in the spring air of northeast Georgia, sunny and filled with daffodils waving in the wind, as a van carried two caskets away to a private graveside service.
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Contact information:
458 Yates Circle
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Phone: (706) 754-8321
Fax: (706) 754-1803
Capitol Office:
323A Coverdell Office Building
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 463-1367
Fax: (404) 463-1388
Legislative Assistant:
Denese Sampson
District Office:
P. O. Box 294
Turnerville GA 30580
Phone: (706)754-1998 (O)
Fax: (706)754-1803
Email: [email protected]
Mrs. Schaefer was married to Bruce Schaefer.
They leave behind four sons and one daughter. They also have 13 grandchildren. Nancy and Bruce lived in Habersham County, Georgia.
She and her husband were members of Ebenezer Baptist Church of Toccoa.
Revelation 21:4-He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Rest in Peace Nancy and Bruce
She was born June 28, 1936 in Clayton, GA. Nancy was the daughter of Judge Lamar Smith, a Superior Court Judge of the Mountain Judicial Circuit and Isabelle Coffee Smith, both of Clayton, Georgia. She attended the University of Georgia, Atlanta College of Arts and Design and was a graduate of Wesleyan College.
Nancy was the President of Eagle Forum of Georgia: a conservative and pro-family organization helping men and women participate in the process of self-government and public policy making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise. She was the Founder and President of several non-profit organizations created to strengthen and protect the family: Family Concerns, Inc; Citizens for Public Awareness; Family Concerns Pregnancy Center in Atlanta.
She was Georgia State Senator from the 50th District, first woman candidate for Governor of Georgia (1998), candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia (1994), and candidate for Mayor of Atlanta (1993). She was chosen as a Gracious Lady of Georgia and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). She was the first woman Trustee of Toccoa Falls College.
Mrs. Schaefer was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Toccoa, Ga. She was an eight-year Trustee of the National Ethics and Religions Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and former Vice President of the SBC. She represented Family Concerns and SBC at the United Nations Fourth Work Conference on Women in Beijing, China, at the U. N. Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul, Turkey, at the U. N. Conference on Food in Rome, Italy, and the U. N. follow up Conference to Beijing in New York. She has also spoken on the "Unlimited Power of Child Protective Services" at the World Congress of Families in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and to the Nordic Community on Human Rights in Sweden.
Mrs. Schaefer was married to William Bruce Schaefer, Jr for over 52 years. She is survived by five children and 13 grandchildren: William Bruce Schaefer III and wife Sherrill, children Bruce IV and Ashley Isabelle; John Schaefer and wife Mary, children Mary Glenn, Maggie, Jack and Caleb; Josh Schaefer and wife Sandee, children Jake and Luke; Edward Schaefer and wife Paula, children Paul, Spencer and Garland; Nancy Schaefer Almoyan and husband Paul, children Isabelle and Schaefer; and a sister Elsie Smith Simpson and husband, Sam of Athens, GA and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service and visitation for Nancy Smith Schaefer and William Bruce Schaefer, Jr will be Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 49 Rose Lane, Toccoa, GA. Visitation will be held in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Family Life Center from 9-12 noon prior to the funeral, which will begin at 1pm in the Ebenezer sanctuary. Private graveside service for family will be at the Tallulah Falls Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Nancy and Bruce Schaefer Scholarship Fund, which has been established at the Athens Y Camp, PO Box 8, Tallulah Falls, GA. This fund will provide scholarships for under-privileged youths to attend summer camp. Your continued prayers are greatly appreciated. Acree-Davis Funeral Home in Toccoa in charge of arrangements for Nancy & Bruce Schaefer. Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 30, 2010
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Former state Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband were found dead in their home in north Georgia and it is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide, authorities said Friday.
Six GBI agents were at the home investigating at the request of the Habersham County Sheriff's department, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.
The preliminary investigation is looking at the case as a murder-suicide, but he did not have further details.
Schaefer, 73, was a Republican who represented a north Georgia district for two terms. She was a prominent conservative known as a vocal opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage.
State Rep. Rick Austin announced Schaefer's death to a packed House chamber Friday night and led lawmakers in a moment of silence.
"Nancy Schaefer was a great lady, and she served Georgia and her constituents with honor and grace," Austin, a Republican from Demorest, said.
Schaefer moved to Turnerville after more than three decades in Atlanta, where she was a former candidate for mayor. She was also GOP nominee for lieutenant governor in 1994.
In 1986, Schaefer founded a nonprofit foundation, Family Concerns Inc., which focused on opposition to abortion and the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings.
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As of 4/1/2010- The couple's lives ended suddenly last Friday, in a way no one expected. Police say Bruce Schaefer, 74, killed his wife of 52 years while she slept. Then after shooting his 73-year-old wife, he turned the gun on himself. Their daughter found the bodies at their Habersham County home.
So on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, mourners streamed into Toccoa's Ebenezer Baptist Church to bow and pray. And to try and make sense of it all.
The service ended as it began, with a woman on a harp and her father playing the violin. They played the old standards, "How Great Thou Art" and "It Is Well With My Soul," among others.
Their music rose in the spring air of northeast Georgia, sunny and filled with daffodils waving in the wind, as a van carried two caskets away to a private graveside service.
____________________________________________________________
Contact information:
458 Yates Circle
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Phone: (706) 754-8321
Fax: (706) 754-1803
Capitol Office:
323A Coverdell Office Building
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 463-1367
Fax: (404) 463-1388
Legislative Assistant:
Denese Sampson
District Office:
P. O. Box 294
Turnerville GA 30580
Phone: (706)754-1998 (O)
Fax: (706)754-1803
Email: [email protected]
Mrs. Schaefer was married to Bruce Schaefer.
They leave behind four sons and one daughter. They also have 13 grandchildren. Nancy and Bruce lived in Habersham County, Georgia.
She and her husband were members of Ebenezer Baptist Church of Toccoa.
Revelation 21:4-He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Rest in Peace Nancy and Bruce
Nancy Smith Schaefer, a native of Rabun County died on March 26, 2010.
She was born June 28, 1936 in Clayton, GA. Nancy was the daughter of Judge Lamar Smith, a Superior Court Judge of the Mountain Judicial Circuit and Isabelle Coffee Smith, both of Clayton, Georgia. She attended the University of Georgia, Atlanta College of Arts and Design and was a graduate of Wesleyan College.
Nancy was the President of Eagle Forum of Georgia: a conservative and pro-family organization helping men and women participate in the process of self-government and public policy making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise. She was the Founder and President of several non-profit organizations created to strengthen and protect the family: Family Concerns, Inc; Citizens for Public Awareness; Family Concerns Pregnancy Center in Atlanta.
She was Georgia State Senator from the 50th District, first woman candidate for Governor of Georgia (1998), candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia (1994), and candidate for Mayor of Atlanta (1993). She was chosen as a Gracious Lady of Georgia and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). She was the first woman Trustee of Toccoa Falls College.
Mrs. Schaefer was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Toccoa, Ga. She was an eight-year Trustee of the National Ethics and Religions Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and former Vice President of the SBC. She represented Family Concerns and SBC at the United Nations Fourth Work Conference on Women in Beijing, China, at the U. N. Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul, Turkey, at the U. N. Conference on Food in Rome, Italy, and the U. N. follow up Conference to Beijing in New York. She has also spoken on the "Unlimited Power of Child Protective Services" at the World Congress of Families in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and to the Nordic Community on Human Rights in Sweden.
Mrs. Schaefer was married to William Bruce Schaefer, Jr for over 52 years. She is survived by five children and 13 grandchildren: William Bruce Schaefer III and wife Sherrill, children Bruce IV and Ashley Isabelle; John Schaefer and wife Mary, children Mary Glenn, Maggie, Jack and Caleb; Josh Schaefer and wife Sandee, children Jake and Luke; Edward Schaefer and wife Paula, children Paul, Spencer and Garland; Nancy Schaefer Almoyan and husband Paul, children Isabelle and Schaefer; and a sister Elsie Smith Simpson and husband, Sam of Athens, GA and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service and visitation for Nancy Smith Schaefer and William Bruce Schaefer, Jr will be Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 49 Rose Lane, Toccoa, GA. Visitation will be held in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Family Life Center from 9-12 noon prior to the funeral, which will begin at 1pm in the Ebenezer sanctuary. Private graveside service for family will be at the Tallulah Falls Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Nancy and Bruce Schaefer Scholarship Fund, which has been established at the Athens Y Camp, PO Box 8, Tallulah Falls, GA. This fund will provide scholarships for under-privileged youths to attend summer camp. Your continued prayers are greatly appreciated. Acree-Davis Funeral Home in Toccoa in charge of arrangements for Nancy & Bruce Schaefer. Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 30, 2010
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Former state Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband were found dead in their home in north Georgia and it is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide, authorities said Friday.
Six GBI agents were at the home investigating at the request of the Habersham County Sheriff's department, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.
The preliminary investigation is looking at the case as a murder-suicide, but he did not have further details.
Schaefer, 73, was a Republican who represented a north Georgia district for two terms. She was a prominent conservative known as a vocal opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage.
State Rep. Rick Austin announced Schaefer's death to a packed House chamber Friday night and led lawmakers in a moment of silence.
"Nancy Schaefer was a great lady, and she served Georgia and her constituents with honor and grace," Austin, a Republican from Demorest, said.
Schaefer moved to Turnerville after more than three decades in Atlanta, where she was a former candidate for mayor. She was also GOP nominee for lieutenant governor in 1994.
In 1986, Schaefer founded a nonprofit foundation, Family Concerns Inc., which focused on opposition to abortion and the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings.
____________________________________________________________
As of 4/1/2010- The couple's lives ended suddenly last Friday, in a way no one expected. Police say Bruce Schaefer, 74, killed his wife of 52 years while she slept. Then after shooting his 73-year-old wife, he turned the gun on himself. Their daughter found the bodies at their Habersham County home.
So on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, mourners streamed into Toccoa's Ebenezer Baptist Church to bow and pray. And to try and make sense of it all.
The service ended as it began, with a woman on a harp and her father playing the violin. They played the old standards, "How Great Thou Art" and "It Is Well With My Soul," among others.
Their music rose in the spring air of northeast Georgia, sunny and filled with daffodils waving in the wind, as a van carried two caskets away to a private graveside service.
____________________________________________________________
Contact information:
458 Yates Circle
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Phone: (706) 754-8321
Fax: (706) 754-1803
Capitol Office:
323A Coverdell Office Building
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 463-1367
Fax: (404) 463-1388
Legislative Assistant:
Denese Sampson
District Office:
P. O. Box 294
Turnerville GA 30580
Phone: (706)754-1998 (O)
Fax: (706)754-1803
Email: [email protected]
Mrs. Schaefer was married to Bruce Schaefer.
They leave behind four sons and one daughter. They also have 13 grandchildren. Nancy and Bruce lived in Habersham County, Georgia.
She and her husband were members of Ebenezer Baptist Church of Toccoa.
Revelation 21:4-He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Rest in Peace Nancy and Bruce
She was born June 28, 1936 in Clayton, GA. Nancy was the daughter of Judge Lamar Smith, a Superior Court Judge of the Mountain Judicial Circuit and Isabelle Coffee Smith, both of Clayton, Georgia. She attended the University of Georgia, Atlanta College of Arts and Design and was a graduate of Wesleyan College.
Nancy was the President of Eagle Forum of Georgia: a conservative and pro-family organization helping men and women participate in the process of self-government and public policy making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise. She was the Founder and President of several non-profit organizations created to strengthen and protect the family: Family Concerns, Inc; Citizens for Public Awareness; Family Concerns Pregnancy Center in Atlanta.
She was Georgia State Senator from the 50th District, first woman candidate for Governor of Georgia (1998), candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia (1994), and candidate for Mayor of Atlanta (1993). She was chosen as a Gracious Lady of Georgia and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). She was the first woman Trustee of Toccoa Falls College.
Mrs. Schaefer was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Toccoa, Ga. She was an eight-year Trustee of the National Ethics and Religions Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and former Vice President of the SBC. She represented Family Concerns and SBC at the United Nations Fourth Work Conference on Women in Beijing, China, at the U. N. Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul, Turkey, at the U. N. Conference on Food in Rome, Italy, and the U. N. follow up Conference to Beijing in New York. She has also spoken on the "Unlimited Power of Child Protective Services" at the World Congress of Families in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and to the Nordic Community on Human Rights in Sweden.
Mrs. Schaefer was married to William Bruce Schaefer, Jr for over 52 years. She is survived by five children and 13 grandchildren: William Bruce Schaefer III and wife Sherrill, children Bruce IV and Ashley Isabelle; John Schaefer and wife Mary, children Mary Glenn, Maggie, Jack and Caleb; Josh Schaefer and wife Sandee, children Jake and Luke; Edward Schaefer and wife Paula, children Paul, Spencer and Garland; Nancy Schaefer Almoyan and husband Paul, children Isabelle and Schaefer; and a sister Elsie Smith Simpson and husband, Sam of Athens, GA and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service and visitation for Nancy Smith Schaefer and William Bruce Schaefer, Jr will be Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 49 Rose Lane, Toccoa, GA. Visitation will be held in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Family Life Center from 9-12 noon prior to the funeral, which will begin at 1pm in the Ebenezer sanctuary. Private graveside service for family will be at the Tallulah Falls Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Nancy and Bruce Schaefer Scholarship Fund, which has been established at the Athens Y Camp, PO Box 8, Tallulah Falls, GA. This fund will provide scholarships for under-privileged youths to attend summer camp. Your continued prayers are greatly appreciated. Acree-Davis Funeral Home in Toccoa in charge of arrangements for Nancy & Bruce Schaefer. Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 30, 2010
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Former state Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband were found dead in their home in north Georgia and it is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide, authorities said Friday.
Six GBI agents were at the home investigating at the request of the Habersham County Sheriff's department, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.
The preliminary investigation is looking at the case as a murder-suicide, but he did not have further details.
Schaefer, 73, was a Republican who represented a north Georgia district for two terms. She was a prominent conservative known as a vocal opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage.
State Rep. Rick Austin announced Schaefer's death to a packed House chamber Friday night and led lawmakers in a moment of silence.
"Nancy Schaefer was a great lady, and she served Georgia and her constituents with honor and grace," Austin, a Republican from Demorest, said.
Schaefer moved to Turnerville after more than three decades in Atlanta, where she was a former candidate for mayor. She was also GOP nominee for lieutenant governor in 1994.
In 1986, Schaefer founded a nonprofit foundation, Family Concerns Inc., which focused on opposition to abortion and the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings.
____________________________________________________________
As of 4/1/2010- The couple's lives ended suddenly last Friday, in a way no one expected. Police say Bruce Schaefer, 74, killed his wife of 52 years while she slept. Then after shooting his 73-year-old wife, he turned the gun on himself. Their daughter found the bodies at their Habersham County home.
So on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, mourners streamed into Toccoa's Ebenezer Baptist Church to bow and pray. And to try and make sense of it all.
The service ended as it began, with a woman on a harp and her father playing the violin. They played the old standards, "How Great Thou Art" and "It Is Well With My Soul," among others.
Their music rose in the spring air of northeast Georgia, sunny and filled with daffodils waving in the wind, as a van carried two caskets away to a private graveside service.
____________________________________________________________
Contact information:
458 Yates Circle
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Phone: (706) 754-8321
Fax: (706) 754-1803
Capitol Office:
323A Coverdell Office Building
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 463-1367
Fax: (404) 463-1388
Legislative Assistant:
Denese Sampson
District Office:
P. O. Box 294
Turnerville GA 30580
Phone: (706)754-1998 (O)
Fax: (706)754-1803
Email: [email protected]
Mrs. Schaefer was married to Bruce Schaefer.
They leave behind four sons and one daughter. They also have 13 grandchildren. Nancy and Bruce lived in Habersham County, Georgia.
She and her husband were members of Ebenezer Baptist Church of Toccoa.
Revelation 21:4-He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Rest in Peace Nancy and Bruce
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