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MR. WEST
World War II veteran
MAYSVILLE - Lamar E. West Sr., 86, died Tuesday, April 25, 2000,
at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.
Mr. West was a son of the late O.B. West Sr. and Annie Hood West.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army,
and was the former owner of West Insurance Agency in Gainesville.
Mr. West was a member of Center Grove Baptist Church and a former
member of Lakewood Baptist Church. He was also a member of the
Gainesville Masonic Lodge #219 F & AM.
Funeral services were held Thursday, April 27, in the chapel
of Little-Davenport Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Robert and Peggy W.
Porter, Cumming; one son, Dr. Lamar West Jr., Maysville; one
sister, Janie Testerman, Sautee; two grandsons, Jason and Brad
Porter, both of Cumming; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart
Association, P.O. Box 1546, Gainesville, GA 30503.
Little-Davenport Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. NATION
Brother of countian
Thurmond N. Nation died Wednesday, April 26, 2000.
Mr. Nation was a native of Jackson County. He was a son of the
late Gertrude and Otis Wilson, Commerce, and Nute Nation, Toccoa.
Funeral services were held Friday, April 28, at Wards Fairview
Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Jones officiating. Burial
was in Fairview Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife, Glennis Nation; two sons, the Rev.
Danny Nation and Keith Nation, both of McDonaugh; one sister,
Merry L. Scoggins, Homer; two brothers, Hershel Nation, Florida,
and Roy Wilson; and a number of grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Wards Fairview Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. BOYD
U.S. Navy veteran
MT. AIRY - Robert "Bob" Boyd, 70, died Saturday, April
29, 2000, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, following
an extended illness.
Born in Memphis, Tenn., Mr. Boyd had lived most of his life in
Habersham County. He was a son of the late Graham and Florence
Frazer Boyd.
Mr. Boyd was a U.S. Navy veteran and had been employed as a real
estate salesman for Hugh Rucker Realty. He was a member of Grace-Calvary
Episcopal Church and was a member of V.F.W. Post 7720 of Cornelia.
Funeral services were held Monday, May 1, at Grace-Calvary Episcopal
Church with Father Daniel Brown and the Rev. William Boyd officiating.
Burial was in the Church of Holy Cross Cemetery, Clarkesville.
Survivors include his wife, Jimmie Harris Boyd; daughters and
sons-in-law, Brenda and Jim Crunkleton, Thomson, and Lawana and
Harold Pritchett, Baldwin; son and daughter-in-law, Harold and
Cathy Hogan, Acworth; brother and sister-in-law, the Rev. William
and Betty Boyd, Washington; sister and brother-in-law, Mary B.
and Cecil Moore, Clarkesville; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Grace-Calvary
Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 490, Clarkesville, GA 30523, or to
the American Cancer Society, c/o Scarlett Whelchel, 4050 Hwy.
115 West, Demorest, GA 30535.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia, was in
charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MRS. CLARK
Homemaker
ALTO - Mrs. Lillie Pendergrass Clark, 86, died Friday, April
28, 2000, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.
Mrs. Clark was born April 22, 1914, in Oglethorpe County. She
was a daughter of the late William Thaddius and Bessie Snipes
Pendergrass.
Mrs. Clark was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bud Clark.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 30, in the chapel of
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. Paul Morris
officiating. Burial was in Banks Memorial Gardens, Homer.
Survivors include one son, James Clark, Alto; one daughter, Mildred
Heck, Maysville; two sisters, Ethel Gary, Nicholson, and Maybelle
Mote, Porterdale; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren
and two great-great-grandchildren.
Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. BAUGH
Retired farmer
LULA - John Ernest Baugh, 92, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Lanier
Park Hospital, Gainesville, following an extended illness.
Mr. Baugh was born March 10, 1908, in Hall County. He was a son
of the late John and Mary Jenkins Baugh.
Mr. Baugh was a retired farmer and was of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie Croy Baugh, and
two sons, Lamar Baugh and Carl Baugh.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 4, at Whitehall Baptist
Church with the Revs. Clyde Garrison, Melvin Baugh and Clyde
Holman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Eva Collins and Jimmie Wade,
both of Alto; two sons, Arvil Baugh and Eddie "Spanky"
Baugh, both of Lula; three sisters, Louise Lynch, Elsie Wilson
and Viola Bates, all of Lula; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren
and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family was to have received friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and
from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel,
Baldwin.
Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. CLARK
Retired crane operator
JEFFERSON - Bobby R. Clark, 60, died Saturday, April 29, 2000,
at St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, following a sudden illness.
Mr. Clark was born March 22, 1940, in Jackson County. He was
a son of Cassie Cain Owens, Gainesville, and the late J.C. Clark.
Mr. Clark was a retired crane operator with Roper Pump Co., with
22 years of service, and was a member of Maysville Baptist Church,
where he was an ordained deacon.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 2, in the chapel of
Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, with the Revs. Grady Carpenter,
Jerry Smith and Richard Coppage officiating. Burial was in the
Oconee Baptist Church cemetery. Brandon Wilbanks, Larry Fleeman,
Eric Shelton, Dean Ayers, Trent Ayers and Randall Shaw served
as pallbearers.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Martha
Evelyn Mathis Clark; two sons, James Michael Clark, Homer, and
Brian Keith Clark, Jefferson; one daughter, Jennie Wilbanks,
Commerce; four sisters, Brenda Whitmore, Gainesville, Shelby
Jean Langley, Lula, Cathy Marschburn, South Carolina, and Kay
Belshire, Crawford; one brother, Ellis Whitmore, South Carolina;
and four grandchildren.
Evans Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
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MRS. CARTER
Webbs Creek Baptist Church member
COMMERCE - Mrs. Cleo McCoy Carter, 82, died Monday, May 1, 2000,
at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Carter was born February 17, 1918, in Banks County. She
was a daughter of the late Willie Herman and Etta Craig McCoy.
Mrs. Carter was retired from the Banks County Department of Family
and Children Services and was a member of Webbs Creek Baptist
Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Carter.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 3, in the chapel of
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. Bob Hill and
Ronald Hinson officiating. Burial was in the Webbs Creek Baptist
Church cemetery.
Survivors include one son, Tim Carter, Commerce; three sisters,
Jimmy Brown, Commerce, Addie Pearl Sanders, Atlanta, and Sara
Segars, Homer; and one grandchild.
Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. PACE
Retired building contractor
COMMERCE - J.C. Pace, 73, died Monday, May 1, 2000, at his residence.
A native of Jackson County, Mr. Pace was a son of the late John
and Cora Stewart Pace.
He was a retired building contractor and was of the Baptist faith.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 4, in
the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev.
Hilton Purvis officiating. Burial will be in Jackson Memorial
Gardens, Commerce.
Survivors include his wife, Gaynell Williams Pace; son and daughter-in-law,
Tommy and Carol Pace, Commerce; daughter and son-in-law, JoAnn
and Ronald Shore, Commerce; two brothers, Rogers Pace and Horace
Pace, both of Commerce; three sisters, Louise Hart, Genevieve
Burke and Oneal Pace, all of Commerce; three granddaughters,
Tina Blalock and Jill Wilbanks, both of Commerce, and Sherry
Holman, Hull; and two grandsons, Thomas Pace, Lula, and Russell
Shore, Jefferson.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home.
Little-Ward Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MRS. BARNETT
Retired high school teacher
COMMERCE - Mrs. Frances Armour Barnett, 87, died Monday, May
1, 2000, at Peachtree Plantation.
A native of Wilkes County, Mrs. Barnett was a daughter of the
late Earl W. and Nan Wall Armour.
She was a graduate of Washington High School and of the University
of Georgia. Mrs. Barnett was a retired high school English teacher,
and after retirement served as a supply teacher for Toccoa and
Commerce High Schools. She was a member of the First United Methodist
Church of Commerce, the Ruth Naomi Sunday School Class UMW and
Circle One. Mrs. Barnett was also a member of the D.A.R., the
Commerce Ladies Study Club and the Commerce Garden Club.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 3, in the chapel of
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce with the Revs. Hoyt Allen
and Warren Huddleston officiating. Burial was in Rest Haven Cemetery,
Washington, Ga.
Survivors include her husband, William Merriwether Barnett; brother-in-law,
Thomas L. Barron, Atlanta; one niece, Nan Harpole, Duluth; one
nephew, Tommy Barron Jr., Snellville; three great-nieces, two
great-nephews and five great-great-nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Commerce First
United Methodist Church Building Fund or to Alzheimer's Disease
Research.
Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. STRAUGHN
U.S. Army veteran
SUWANEE - Robert J. "Johnny" Straughn, 78, died Sunday,
April 30, 2000.
Mr. Straughn was a native of Greenville, S.C. He was a U.S. Army
veteran, having served during World War II, receiving two Bronze
Stars and a Purple Heart.
Mr. Straughn was a retired electronics salesman, a member of
the Baptist church and a member of the V.F.W. in Atlanta.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 3, in Ward's Stone
Mountain Chapel with the Revs. Sondra Jones and Eric Morphis
officiating. Burial was in Grey Hill Cemetery, Commerce.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Wanda Straughn,
Suwanee; and three grandchildren, Melissa, Krista and Lindsey
Straughn.
Horis A. Ward, Inc., Stone Mountain Chapel, was in charge of
arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. WELLMAN
Retired T/Sgt. U.S. Air Force
COMMERCE - Max Wellman, retired T/Sgt. U.S. Air Force, 78, died
Sunday, April 23, 2000.
A native of Hart, Oceana County, Mich., Mr. Wellman was a son
of the late E.Z. and Viola Loncor Wellman.
Mr. Wellman entered the service prior to World War II and remained
until his retirement.
He was a veteran of World War II and of the Korean War. Mr. Wellman
was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church, the Hudson Lodge
294 and the Yaarab Temple. He was a lifetime member of the Disabled
American Veterans and was a 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 25, in the chapel of
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Revs. A. Calvin
Forrester and Brad Wilson officiating. Burial was in Jackson
Memorial Gardens, Commerce, with Masonic rites.
Survivors include his wife, Blondine Herbert Wellman; one son,
C.E. Wellman, Colleyville, Texas; two daughters, Reabecca DeGruson,
Pittsburg, Kan., and Viola Weisinger, Leavenworth, Kan.; two
step-sons, Charles Westmoreland, Commerce, and Scott Westmoreland,
Coral Springs, Fla.; six grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren
and several great-grandchildren.
Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
MR. PATRICK
U.S. Air Force veteran
CORNELIA - Charles Joseph "Chuck" Patrick, 59, died
Thursday, April 27, 2000, at his residence following an extended
illness.
Mr. Patrick was born in Kingsport, Tenn., to the late O.H. and
Ella Neeley Patrick.
He served with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict
and was a medical salesman and home builder. Mr. Patrick was
a member of Cornelia Christian Church and a member of the Winter
Park, Fla., Masonic Lodge.
He served as a deacon and teacher and was a builder in the Christian
Church Movement in Florida.
Memorial services were held Monday, May 1, in the chapel of McGahee-Griffin
& Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia, with David Terrell and
John Hasty officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Jean P. Patrick; one daughter, Ashley
Patrick, Birmingham, Ala.; one son, Brett Patrick, Cleveland;
two half-brothers, Eugene Neeley, Kingsport, Tenn., and John
Neeley, Middleburg, Fla.; three half-sisters, Ann Bradley, Johnson
City, Tenn., Margaret Lusker, Oldsmarr, Fla., and Dolly Nagel,
Wichita, Kan.; and one grandchild.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society Hope Lodge, 1525 Shoup Court, Decatur, GA 30031.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, May 3, 2000
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