Lamar Drummond

Mr. Arthur �Lamar� Drummond , 67, of Taylorsville went home to be with his Lord on Monday, January 16, 2012, at his residence, after battling ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease) for more than three years. Born in Marietta, Georgia, March 29, 1944, he was the son of the late Cisero Drummond and the late Sallie Blaylock Drummond.



Lamar attended Sprayberry High School and was employed by C.W. Matthews Contracting Company for twenty plus years. He retired in 2007 from DMI Distributions in Calhoun, Georgia. He has been a resident of Taylorsville, Georgia for the past ten years, where he was an active member of Taylorsville Baptist Church.



A pioneer in an ALS Stem Cell Research Program at Emory University Hospital, Lamar was the first in the program to receive one million stem cells into his spinal cord. This has led to many more research programs in search of a cure for Lou Gehrig Disease. Lamar never lost hope of finding a cure.



Survivors include his wife, of forty six years, Sandra Mitchell Drummond; his children, Kim and Leslie Cheek and Kevin and Charlene Drummond; five grandchildren, Dustin, Morgan, Katie and Emily Cheek and McKinley Drummond; two sisters, Maudeen Travis and Virginia Hardage both of Cedartown; his mother-in-law, Mary Mitchell of Marietta; and several nieces and nephews.



The family will receive friends from 4 � 8 p.m., Thursday at Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 430 Cassville Road, Cartersville.



The celebration of his life will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday at Taylorsville Baptist Church with Reverend Tommy Harris officiating. Interment will follow in the Taylorsville Cemetery.



The Men�s Sunday School Class will serve as honorary pallbearers.



If you would like, donations may be made to the Robert C. �Bob� Harris Building Fund at Taylorsville Baptist Church, 19 Church Street, Taylorsville, Ga. 30178 and/or The Emory ALS Center, in memory of Lamar.