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ATHENS — Concord University and the Town of Athens came together Sunday afternoon to welcome students and honor people in the community.The 31st annual Athens-Concord Town Social was held on campus, with plenty of vendors, food and music.“This is great,” said Concord President Dr. Kendra Boggess. “I am thrilled with the turnout, and the beautiful weather.”Sarah Turner, the university’s director of alumni and community services, is also co-chair of the event.“It’s really an opportunity to bring Concord and the Athens community together,” she said. “It’s also part of welcome week, when freshmen have already arrived on campus and the rest arrive this weekend.”Turner said the social also gives new faculty members a chance to meet people from the community.About 60 vendors were set up, she said.The Allen Smith Band and Margo and the Bluegills provided the entertainment. As a prelude to the festivities, Dr. Kipp Cortez performed on the Marsh Memorial Carillon, featuring West Virginia tunes, Concord spirit songs, and original pieces for carillon.Concord students were helping out with the social.Katelyn Gibbs, a junior, was there with some of her teammates on the soccer team handing out free ice cream.“Everybody comes together from the town and the school,” she said, adding that she has helped with the event every year she has been at the school.Her teammates also help with clean-up, the Knoxville, Tenn. native said.Gibbs said she likes the small-town atmosphere at Concord.“It’s not like that where I am from,” she said.Jim Hardin with the Athens Lions Club was on hand to help with the club’s silent auction fundraiser.“We’ve been doing this for at least 10 years,” he said. “I see a lot of friends here. We catch up and raise some money for the club.”The event also gives some nonprofit organizations a chance for exposure to the community and college.Jana Jarrett, owner of The Golden Rule in Princeton, the only Montessori school in the area, was there and talked about how her school is different from traditional pre-school.“It’s very hands... (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

She was born March 4, 1931, to Floyd and Lois (Fowell) Lieurance at the Richland Hospital. On June 1, 1949, she married her high school sweetheart, Wilfred Lawton, in a double wedding ceremony with their great friends, Dwight and Arlene (Peck) Fruit. They were married for 63 years.Lorraine and Wilfred farmed for many years. Lorraine was a stay-at-home mom until the girls were in school. She worked several years for the school lunch department, First National Bank, Allen Bradley, and S & S Cycle. Lorraine was a member of the United Methodist Church of Viola, the Sarah Circle, and the United Methodist Women Association.Lorraine is survived by her four daughters, Lois (Doug) Deckert, East Berlin, Pa., June (Randy) Williams, Viola, Joan (John Fries) Lawton, Prairie du Sac, Wis., and Lori (Jack) Anderson, Prairie du Sac. Extended family includes the Parker family, whom her late husband, Wilfred, grew up with; Lois Barber, Murl (Alice) Parker, Dale (Lola) Parker, June (Jim) Baker, and the late, Evan (Sarah Jane) Parker. Lorraine is survived by eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, and friends.Lorraine was preceded in death by her husband, Wilfred, in August 2012; and an infant son, James Allen in September 1956. Also preceding her in death were her parents; sisters, Louise Dhein and Gwendlyn Hendricks; brother, Harold Lieurance; sister-in-law, Beth Kruesel; and brother-in-law, Donald Lawton.Funeral services will be held at 3p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Viola United Methodist Church. Pastor Larry Stegall will officiate with burial to follow in the Viola Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of service at 3 p.m.In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Viola United Methodist Church, Viola Cemetery Association, or Vernon Memorial Hospice Program.The Vosseteig Funeral Home’s Henthorn Memorial Center is assisting the family. (La Crosse Tribune)