Caldwell and Cowan Online Obits: Obit - Rev. George Edward Dameron

George Dameron was born on March 29, 1929 in Gaston County, North Carolina, the son of Grover and Jessie Dameron. He was a child of the Great Depression and helped support his family by hunting and fishing as a child. He sold rabbits he trapped to the school janitor and brought the money home to his family. This trait he developed as a child helped him his entire life be a good steward of everything God blessed him with. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Elizabeth Anne Young; parents and his siblings; Kay Dameron Heffner, Sallie Dameron Lawing and Richard Dameron. He was called to his heavenly home on January 30, 2018.

Rev. Dameron received his call from the Lord to the ministry when he was 16 years old at a Youth Conference at Montreat, North Carolina. The minister preaching at the conference used the Bible verse from Isaiah 6:8, "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send: and who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I, Send me!" From that day on his goal in life was to serve God as a minister of the gospel.

Rev. Dameron was the first in his family to go to college. He attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina for 2 years. He graduated from High Point University in High Point, North Carolina. He attended Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia and graduated in 1954. While attending the seminary, he preached during the summers at churches near his family home. One church was Cramerton Presbyterian Church where he met and fell in love with Miss Amelia Anne Brandon. They were engaged July 4^th, 1952 and married September 6^th, 1952. They were blessed with four children: Karen Suzanne Dameron, Elizabeth Anne Dameron, Vanessa Lee Dameron, and George Edward Dameron II (Ward).

Rev. Dameron served God in many pastorates during his life including:

Barnesville Presbyterian Church Barnesville, Ga
Kelleytown Presbyterian Church Kelleytown, Ga
Stockbridge Presbyterian Church Stockbridge, Ga
Pinelands Presbyterian Church Miami, Fl.

(He also served as the Moderator of Everglades Presbytery.)

Wee Kirk Presbyterian Church Decatur, Ga
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Conyers, Ga

(He was the founding Pastor and served there for 30 years)

Porterdale Presbyterian Church Porterdale, Ga
Luther Hayes Presbyterian Church Mansfield, Ga
Pine Grove Presbyterian Church Newborn, Ga

Rev. Dameron also served as the Chaplain for the Rockdale Aging Center in Conyers for over 30 years while he was the Pastor of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. He was honored to preach the 200^th anniversary message at his home church of New Hope Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, NC in 1993. Rev. Dameron was not just a preacher, he was a Pastor in all his churches ministering to the needs of his church members. He had several church members who felt the Lord's call to the ministry under his leading and guiding. He was the epitome of a loving, caring minister who for over 60 years shared the love of Christ with all he came in contact with. He will be sorely missed by all those who loved him.

"Well done, thou good and faithful servant…. Enter thou into the joy of the Lord." Matthew 25:21

He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Amelia Brandon Dameron; his children – Karen Suzanne Sherrill Thomas, Vanessa Lee Dameron and Ward Dameron and his adopted daughter, Leigh Owens; grandchildren – Jamie Sherrill, Joey Sherrill and his wife Kristy, Lee Sherrill and her husband Gerald, Will Young, Ethan Young, Riley Dameron and Colin Dameron; great-grandchildren – Jackson Sherrill, Jonas Sherrill, Chloe Sherrill, Tristan Pollack, Presley Sherrill, Elexia Sherrill, Carmen Crowell, Jayden Glover, Jaylen Glover and Jade Young; as well as numerous other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Funeral Services for Rev. Dameron will be held Saturday, February 3, 2018, 3 PM, at the Chapel of Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, 1215 Access Road, in Covington, with Rev. Ron Hieber officiating and interment following in Lawnwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, prior to his service, from 1:00 – 2:45 PM. Flowers are accepted, or donations may be made to Gum Creek Presbyterian Church, 2700 Gum Creek Road, Oxford, GA 30054.