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Metter - Ogden Doremus, 85, died Wednesday at Candler County Hospital. An Atlanta native, he was born in 1921 to Estes Doremus and Mary (Dolly) McAdory Doremus. In 1960, he moved to Savannah from Atlanta and established the law firm Doremus and Karsman. He and his wife Carol moved to Metter in 1972. He was a member of the Metter United Methodist Church. Ogden was a partner in the Metter law firm of Doremus, Jones and Smith. He was Candler County State Court Judge for four terms ending in 2004. He received a law degree from Emory University in 1949. While in law school, he met and married his beloved wife, Carolyn Greene Doremus. She preceded him in death in 1989. Doremus, a World War II veteran, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942-1946. Called "Georgia's Hero" by the state's environmental community, he was one of the first trustees of the Georgia Conservancy and was instrumental in legislation declaring marshes to be state property resulting in the Marshland Protection Act. He spoke at Georgia's first Earth Day event and served as executive committee member of the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club. Doremus co-founded the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest. He was appreciated for his untiring work in the environmental community and was a mentor to the current leadership of these organizations. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Lisa Doremus of Westport, MA; two daughters, Celia J. Doremus of Arlington, MA; Dale M. Doremus of Santa Fe, NM; and a granddaughter, Carolyn Dixie Doremus of Westport, MA. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 6:00-8:30 PM at Kennedy Funeral Homes, Hooks Chapel. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 PM at the Metter United Methodist Church with burial in the Lake Cemetery. Remembrances can be made to the GA Chapter Sierra Club, 1401 Peachtree St., Suite 245, Atlanta, GA 30309; GA Center for Law in the Public Interest, 175 Trinity Ave., SW, Atlanta, GA 30303; Altamaha River Keepers Fund, P.O. Box 2642, Darien, GA 31305 and Center for a Sustainable Coast, 221 Mallory St., St. Simons Island, GA 31522. Kennedy Funeral Homes Hooks Chapel Cobbtown Chapel Savannah Morning News April 7, 2007 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at www.SavannahNow.com or Legacy.com.