Ann Scoggins

Born in Anderson, SC and a native of Athens, she was the daughter of the late Ned Leroy Little and Mary Vandergriff Little.

Ann was the first woman to earn membership in the Athens Board of Realtors’ Million-Dollar Club. Later her outstanding career with Atlanta’s Harry Norman Realtors included being named one of the top 50 realtors in the Atlanta metro area. She was a member of the Senior Marketing Council at Harry Norman after her sales placed her in the top 10 percent of that company. She was in the top 2 percent of the Atlanta Board of Realtors’ Million Dollar Club. In addition to receiving The Phoenix Award, she also received the Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Symbol of Excellence award.

Her professionalism accomplishments were matched by her tireless efforts for her community. For years she served on the national board of the American Cancer Society as the Lay Delegate representing Georgia on its nominating committee. At the national level, she was a member of the faculty for National Volunteer Training Meetings for fundraising. Ann was awarded the prestigious St. George Medal by the national society for contributions in cancer control. She was a member of the ACS Excalibur Society at the national level. She was a charter member of the Athens ACS and served several times as the president of the Athens Chapter of the ACS. Internationally for ACS, she served as chair for a fundraising meeting in Atlanta with representatives from 60 countries attending.

Governor George Busbee appointed Mrs. Scoggins to serve on the Georgia Cancer Advisory Committee. In addition, she served 20 years on the ACS Georgia Division’s Board of Directors and chaired the state educational funds crusade; she also chaired its income development committee for eight years. Her statewide fundraising activities included the development of artist Lamar Dodd’s prints for Christmas card sales and the Governor’s Quail Print project.

Ann served on the Board of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art from 2001 until 2009, when she was named to the museum’s Board of Advisors, and later served again from 2011 to 2013. Her activities with the museum included serving as president of the Friends Board and she was a co-chair of Elegant Salute, the museum’s major fundraiser in 2006 and 2008. Her efforts for Elegant Salute X helped raise more than $6.2 million for the museum’s expansion and renovation, which helped it reach its goal to obtain a Woodruff Foundation Challenge Grant.

In 2009, she was awarded both the Volunteer of the Year by the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries and the M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award by the Georgia Museum of Art.

In addition to the museum, Ann contributed untold hours to the Athens community with activities such as chairing three Kitchen Tours for the Georgia Children’s Chorus and serving on its board. For two years she chaired the annual fundraising dinner for the Athens Symphony Guild. She was a member and former president of the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild of Athens.

Ann was a lay Eucharist minister at Emmanuel Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild, Flower Guild, and St. Francis Guild. A charter member of the Athens Town and Gown Guild, she also served as the group’s president. She was one of the founders and chair of the first Oconee Fall Festival, organized to raise money for Oconee County’s new library.

Ann was a member of Piedmont Gardeners and the program director of the Rose and Dahlia Garden Club in Athens. She also earned her Master Gardener certificate.

Mrs. Scoggins never failed to recruit others to join her in her efforts and encouraged them to not only participate but take leadership roles later. Those who worked by her side agree that the hours she spent volunteering on behalf of others are rarely equaled, and her enthusiasm was unmatched.

She is survived by her husband, John Durlach Scoggins; her daughter, Gregory Ann Chappell Woodruff (Richard) of Atlanta; and grandchildren, Richard Harrison, Lillian Chappell and Carolina Stamm; her son, Richard Brannon Chappell (Christy) of Atlanta; step-son, William Dean Scoggins (Amanda) of Monroe; and grandchildren, Charles Henry, Caroline Lord, and William Gaines; her sister, Sara Alice Little Marbut (Richard) of Athens. She is also survived by niece, Laurie Ann Petrill (Kevin) of Charlotte, NC; nephew, Richard David Marbut (Holly) of Athens; sister-in-law, June Scoggins Willingham (Ronald) of Monroe, and numerous children of nieces and nephews and her beloved dog, Mr. Robert.

Memorial services and interment will be held at Noon, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The family will receive friends at a reception following the service in the Parish Hall.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Georgia Museum of Art, American Cancer Society, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, or the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild of Athens.

Online condolences may be offered at www.bernsteinfuneralhome.com

Bernstein Funeral Home and Cremation Service is in charge of arrangements.