Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Haney, Reverend James Magee    October 15, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/20/2008 
  Haney, Reverend James Magee   
   
  Reverend James Magee Haney, 91, the beloved husband of Angela Whitaker Haney, 
  and the beloved father of Janella (William) Cooley of Bloomington, Ill., 
  Janette (Thomas) Kohr of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Janitta (Robert) Carithers of 
  Seattle, Wash., died on October 15, 2008, at Cornwall Manor, Cornwall, Pa., a 
  United Methodist retirement village that he helped build 60 years ago. The Rev. 
  James Haney was born July 30,1917, in Farmington, N.J., to the Rev. D. Roe and 
  Nellie Nichols Haney. He is survived by his wife, Angela. They celebrated their 
  68th wedding anniversary on October 4, 2008. James was a graduate of Hartwick 
  College and Drew Theological Seminary. He was an ordained United Methodist 
  minister for 68 years. As a clergy, and also a son of a Methodist minister, 
  Reverend Haney lived 27 places during his lifetime (New Jersey, New York, 
  Washington, Pennsylvania and Florida). He pastored churches in Onenta, N.Y., 
  West Belmar, N.J., Spokane, Wash., Chalfont, Pa., Saint Clair, Pa., Bryn Mawr, 
  Pa., Pottsville, Pa., Coatesville, Pa., and Philadelphia, Pa. His final clergy 
  appointment was to Arch Street United Methodist Church, Center City, 
  Philadelphia, Pa., from where he retired after 17 years of ministry. He has 
  been the minister emeritus of the Arch Street UMC for the past 25 years. James 
  took delight in his family, and was very proud of his eight grandchildren, the 
  Rev. Angela (Johannes) Bulhof, Melissa (Thomas) Vrana, William (Susie) Cooley 
  III, Sean (Beth) Carithers, Seth (Jennifer) Kohr, Christopher (Monica) 
  Carithers, James Haney (Christina) Cooley, and Melody (Jon) O'Brien; and 17 his 
  great-grandchildren, Sebald, James, and Roger Bulhof, Alyssa, Grace, and Julia 
  Vrana, William, Sara, Emory, Sam, and Baby Boy Cooley, Madeleine, Stella, 
  Hayes, and River Carithers, McKenna and Alaina O'Brien. He is also survived by 
  his sister, Carolyn Haney Nutt of East Petersburg, Pa. James was known for his 
  compassionate Christian spirit, boundless energy, contagious sense of humor, 
  and engaging preaching style. He was also a talented musician at the piano, 
  organ, violin, marimba and voice. James never met a stranger. He embodied 
  genuine Christian hospitality by treating everyone equally as a child of God, 
  regardless of position, education, race or creed. He loved pastoring and 
  tending to his flock in the center city, and was equally as comfortable tending 
  to his garden and flock of chickens in Bucks County. He was a Mason and a grand 
  chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, president of the Methodist Social 
  Union, founder of 'Contact' in the Philadelphia area, trustee of Ocean Grove 
  Camp Meeting (chairman of the Music Program), president of the Spiritual 
  Frontiers Fellowship in the Philadelphia area, and a rotarian. He was featured 
  several times in the Philadelphia Bulletin's feature page by Darrell Gifford, 
  who was fascinated by him and his ministry. At James's retirement in 1983, his 
  Episcopal priest friend from seminary years wrote, "Jim, you are so gifted for 
  you are a ten-talent man." In 2007, his 20year-old great-niece wrote, "Uncle 
  Jim and Aunt Angela are such an inspiration to me and I am thankful for their 
  beautiful legacy. I feel that I grew as a woman of faith through visits with 
  them. I find it amazing how God is still using them to touch the lives of 
  others at this stage in their lives." While James will be deeply missed, his 
  family rejoices that he is in heaven with The Lord he loved and served. When 
  asked how he wanted to be remembered, he replied, "That I loved the Lord and 
  tried to show it." Well done, thou good and faithful servant! A memorial 
  service will be held on November 1st at 3 p.m. in Zerr Chapel at Cornwall 
  Manor. Memorials may be given to Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. 
  Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19107; Cornwall United Methodist Church, PO Box 
  687, Cornwall, PA 17016; Cornwall Manor Zerr Chapel. 
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/20/2008 
  
  
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