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MISS CUNNINGHAM
Retired school teacher
CORNELIA - Miss Alda Ann Cunningham, 65, died Wednesday, March
14, 2000, at Habersham County Medical Center following a brief
illness.
Miss Cunningham was born October 2, 1934, in Habersham County.
She was a daughter of the late George Perry Sr. and Annie Gertrude
McCrackin Cunningham.
Miss Cunningham received an educational specialist degree from
the University of Georgia, where she was a member of the A.D.P
Sorority and the Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Sorority.
She taught at South Habersham High and Habersham Central High
Schools, retiring from the Habersham County School System with
40 years of service. Miss Cunningham was a member of Cornelia
First Baptist Church, three arts clubs and the Habersham Historical
Society.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, George Perry Cunningham
Jr. and Thomas H. Cunningham Sr.
Funeral services were held Thursday, March 16, at Cornelia First
Baptist Church with the Revs. Marcus Martin, Richard Scoggins
and Warren T. Wilkinson officiating. Burial was in Yonah Memorial
Gardens.
Survivors include sister-in-laws, Elizabeth H. Cunningham and
Beulah Cunningham Stapleton, both of Cornelia; nephews and wives,
George P. "Geep" III and Sue Ellen Cunningham, Toccoa,
Thomas A. "Tac" and Linda Cunningham, McDonough, and
Thomas H. Jr. and Cindy Cunningham, Cornelia; niece and husband,
Dr. Cary and Dr. Greg Perry, Athens; great nephews, Perry, Bryan
and Drew Cunningham, all of Toccoa, Tac Cunningham Jr., McDonough,
and Jackson Thomas Perry, Athens; and great-nieces, Holly, Jamie
and Haley, all of McDonough.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Cornelia
Building Fund or Bus Fund, P.O. Box 96, Cornelia, GA 30531.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia, was in
charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
MR. HARRIS
Mt. Zion Baptist
cemetery rites
NICHOLSON - Donald Keith Harris, 35, died Saturday, March 18,
2000.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 21, in the chapel of
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Revs. Eddie Cane and Leon
Arwood officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church
cemetery, Suches.
Survivors include his mother and step-father, Connie and Richard
Jackson, Nicholson; his father and step-mother, Donald and Ritna
Harris, Oakwood; four brothers, Mitchell Jackson, Homer, Jeremey
Harris, Commerce, and Chris Harris and Isaiah Harris, both of
Oakwood; three sisters, Regina Pilgrim, Commerce, Rhonda Jackson,
Jefferson, and Marlena Twiggs, Oakwood; five nieces and five
nephews.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
MR. MCEVER
Banks County native
MADISON, TENN. - Henry Wiley McEver, 92, died Sunday, March 19,
2000, at Tennessee Christian Medical Center.
Mr. McEver was born April 15, 1907, in Banks County. He was a
son of the late Jake and Carrie Bruce McEver.
Mr. McEver was a retired pipefitter and was a member of Silver
Spring Baptist Church, Mt. Juliet, Tenn. He was preceded in death
by his wife, Katharine Wagner McEver.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 22, in the chapel
of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Revs. Russ Stevens,
Charles Hamlin and Al Adams officiating. Burial was in Grey Hill
Cemetery, Commerce.
Survivors include one son, Billy Rozerl, Madison, Tenn.; one
daughter, Lucille Barrett, Madison, Tenn.; two grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
MRS. HANLEY
Artist
GAINESVILLE - Mrs. Lydia Banks McCrary Hanley, 83, a cousin of
Edith Banks, Homer, died Wednesday, March 15, 2000, in San Antonio,
Texas, following a sudden illness.
A native of Gainesville, Mrs. Hanley was born December 3, 1916.
She was a daughter of the late Rafe and Alberta Banks.
Mrs. Hanley attended public schools, with art studies as a special
student at Brenau College (now Brenau University). She later
attended Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans. Mrs. Hanley spent
1938 in Paris for special art studies.
She later opened Renaissance II Studio in Gainesville, where
she taught art for 30 years.
"I will always smell the paints and studio," said her
son, Richard McCrary, Duluth. "Throughout my life, she carried
her paints with her."
Mrs. Hanley helped enrich artistic circles, including the Quinlan
Art Center and the Fine Arts Department of Brenau University.
In 1999, Brenau University conferred an honorary degree on Mrs.
Hanley.
She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Gainesville. Mrs.
Hanley was preceded in death by her first husband, Captain Thomas
A. McCrary.
Funeral services were held Monday, March 20, at Grace Episcopal
Church with the Rev. Fred Jones officiating. Burial was in Alta
Vista Cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her cousin and son, include her husband,
Colonel Paul Hanley, San Antonio, Texas; sons, Thomas Andrew
McCrary Jr., Fairfax, Va., and Rex McCrary, Yelm, Wash.; one
daughter, Jenny McCrary Trappmann, Key Largo, Fla.; one sister,
Leila Banks Burwell, Montgomery, Ala.; grandchildren, Thomas
A. McCrary III, Falls Church, Va., Kathryn Gravat, Tampa, Fla.,
Stephen McCrary, Duluth, Brandon McCrary, Statesboro, and Jessica
Trappmann, Key Largo, Fla.; great-grandchildren, Thomas A. McCrary
IV and Luke McCrary, both of Falls Church, Va.
Ward's Funeral Home, Gainesville, was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
REV. BRYSON
North Carolina native
DEMOREST - The Rev. Hershel Odell Bryson, 74, died Monday, March
20, 2000, at Habersham County Medical Center following a brief
illness.
Mr. Bryson was born in Macon County, N.C., a son of the late
Zeb and Margaret Watkins Bryson.
He had pastored in Rabun County and was a member of Cresent Hill
Baptist Church. Mr. Bryson was preceded in death by two brothers,
Harold and Ray Bryson, and a sister, Dorothy Bryson.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at
Cresent Hill Baptist Church with the Revs. Nathan Nix, Donald
Fuller and Furman Wilson officiating. Burial will be in the church
cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Worley Bryson; daughters
and sons-in-law, Frances and Kenneth Wigley, Dahlonega, Marie
and David Eller, Toccoa, and Linda and Randy Carnes, Turnerville;
sons and daughters-in-law, Roy Lee and Drucilla Bryson, Mt. Airy,
Wayne and Brenda Bryson, Randallman, N.C., and Clarence and Judy
Bryson, Clarkesville; brothers and sisters-in-law, Hayward and
Marie Bryson, Clarkesville, and the Rev. Paul and Bernice Bryson,
Demorest; brother, Neville Bryson, Clarkesville; sister and brother-in-law,
Edith and Paul Holt, Clarkesville; 10 grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Rev. Hershel
Bryson Memorial Fund, 255 Bryson Drive, Demorest, GA 30535.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
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MRS. LORD
Homemaker
WINTERVILLE - Mrs. Mary Brooks Lord, 62, died Thursday, March
16, 2000, at St. Mary's Hospital, Athens.
Mrs. Lord was born July 6, 1937, in Jackson County. She was a
daughter of the late Walter and Lucy Ayers Brooks.
Mrs. Lord was a homemaker and a member of Family Worship Center.
Funeral services were held Sunday, March 19, in the chapel of
Jackson Funeral Home, Jefferson, with the Rev. Jeff Burt officiating.
Burial was in the Talmo Baptist Church cemetery.
Survivors include four daughters, Mary Rebecca Martin, Gainesville,
Brenda Funderburk, Jefferson, Michelle Rogers, Winterville, and
Melanie Hudson, Clermont; two sons, James David Cannon, Carnesville,
and Michael Cannon, Winterville; two brothers, John Brooks, Athens,
and Scotty Brooks, Pendergrass; 13 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren
and six nieces and nephews.
Jackson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
MR. SAVAGE
U.S. Army veteran
HOMERVILLE - John Verdell Savage, 78, formerly of Habersham County,
died Monday, March 20, 2000, at Clinch County Hospital following
an extended illness.
Mr. Savage was born in Habersham County, a son of the late John
Thomas Savage and Bertie Mae Whitworth.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II,
and was of the Baptist denomination.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 23,
in the chapel of McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia, with the Revs. Paris Whitworth, Donnie Elliott, Curtis
Woods and Autry Gosnell officiating. Burial will be in the Unity
Baptist Church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Anna Savage; two daughters,
Mary Glenn Smith, Homerville, and Cathy Cunningham, Alto; five
sons, David Savage, Hoschton, Randall Savage, Homerville, Tony
Savage, Oakwood, Danny Savage, Cornelia, and Roy Savage, Lula;
two brothers, Lavaughan Savage and Samuel Lewis, both of Winder;
two sisters, Denise Gragg, Toccoa, and Lillie Mae Nix, Demorest;
24 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
MRS. BIRD
Retired seamstress
COMMERCE - Mrs. Rosie Benton Bird, 98, died Monday, March 20,
2000, at her residence following an extended illness.
Mrs. Bird was born November 17, 1901, in Banks County. She was
a daughter of the late Wiley Benton and Maggie Ingram Benton.
Mrs. Bird was a retired seamstress with Blue Bell Inc., Commerce,
and was a member of Rogers Baptist Church. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Neri Esli Bird.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23,
at Rogers Baptist Church with the Rev. Carlton Peters officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Mary Nell Segraves, Commerce;
two brothers, Ollie Benton and Vernon Benton, both of Commerce;
and several nieces and nephews.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce.
Ivie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
MR. CHESTER
Retired carpenter
NICHOLSON - William T. Chester, 82, died Tuesday, March 21, 2000,
at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Chester was born August 24, 1917, in Johnson County. He was
a son of the late Isaac Tillman and Lula Vaden Brantley Chester.
Mr. Chester was a retired carpenter and was a member of the Nicholson
Congregational Holiness Church. He was preceded in death by a
son, Isaac Thomas Chester.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at
the Nicholson Congregational Holiness Church with the Revs. Dennis
Kesler, H.L. Moore and Howard Rhodes officiating. The body will
be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the Nicholson
Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Cathel Mae Palmer Chester; four sons,
Kenneth Christopher Chester, Jefferson, Oral Chester, Comer,
and Ray LaVaughn Chester and William Randall Chester, both of
Nicholson; four daughters, Pamelia Jan Daniel, Catherine Phyllis
Vaughn and Wanda Elizabeth Weldon, all of Nicholson, and Barbara
Jean Wilson, Watkinsville; one brother, Harrison Chester, Virginia;
one sister, Mildred Ollis, Atlanta; 25 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
The family was to have received friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce.
Little-Ward Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
MRS. TANKERSLEY
Alabama native
COMMERCE - Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Tankersley, 53, formerly of Cumming,
died Monday, March 20, 2000.
Mrs. Tankersley was born in Cullman, Ala. She had been employed
at Corporate Printing, Cumming.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in
the chapel of L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home, Cumming.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Tankersley; daughter and
son-in-law, Misty and Shane Kirby, Cumming; one son, Robby Tankersley,
Commerce; one sister, Sandy Jeffries, Dallas; and one granddaughter,
Taylor Kirby, Cumming.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home.
L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, March 22, 2000
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