Cody S. Sexton
Cody Scott Sexton, 4 months, of Commerce, son of Clayton Randall
and Angela Mauldin Sexton, died Thursday, April 5, 2001, at Athens
Regional Medical Center.
Infant Sexton was born November 19, 2000, in DeKalb County, Ala.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, in the
chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. Brad
Wilson officiating. Burial was in Grey Hill Cemetery, Commerce.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include one brother, Zachary
Smith, Commerce; maternal grandparents, Jimmy and Louise Mauldin,
Commerce; paternal grandparents, Phil and Shirley Sexton, Danielsville,
and Chris and Kathy Hansford, Ila; paternal great-grandparents,
O.B. and Louise Sexton, Dabney Sorrow and Sarah Fortson, all
of Danielsville; and a number of aunts and uncles.
Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, April 11, 2001
Otha L. Jordan
Otha L. Jordan, 87, of Nicholson, died Thursday, April 5, 2001.
Born in Homer, Mr. Jordan was a son of the late James Pleasant
and Mary Lou Cheek Jordan.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during World
War II, and had worked at a filling station. Mr. Jordan was of
the Baptist denomination.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, in
Evergreen Memorial Park with the Rev. Hoyt Johnson officiating.
Survivors include one son, James Wallace Jordan, Athens; two
sisters, Burma Sue Smith, Danielsville, and Monti Ray Lu Allen,
Commerce; two brothers, Allen Jordan, Ila, and Hayde Jordan,
Orlando, Fla.; one grandchild, one great-grandchild and several
nieces and nephews.
Brown Funeral Home, Danielsville, was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, April 11, 2001
Jack Wray
Jack L. Wray, 65, of Crawford, died Sunday, April 8, 2001.
A native of Richmond County, Mr. Wray was a son of the late Thomas
L. and Mattie Huff Wray.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was a member of the
American Legion Post 123, Lexington.
Mr. Wray was employed with the Oglethorpe County School System
and was a member of Crawford Baptist Church.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, in
Crawford Cemetery with the Rev. Russell Bruce officiating. The
Oglethorpe County High School Class of 1953 and employees of
Oglethorpe County School System served as honorary pallbearers.
Survivors include one daughter, Joni Jean Thomason, Colbert;
and one son, Thomas Stephen Wray, Athens.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Oglethorpe Chapel, Crawford,
was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, April 11, 2001
Luther E. Wood
Luther E. Wood, 81, of Hull, died Wednesday, April 4, 2001.
Mr. Wood was a son of the late Hinton and Lenora Wilson Wood
and the husband of the late Vera Youngblood Wood.
He was a retired carpenter.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday, April 6, in the
chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. Michael
Newman Sr. officiating. Burial was in Jackson Memorial Park,
Jefferson. Tommy Wood, Micha Quarles, Scot Carson, T.J. Clark,
Willie Epps and Church Toney served as pallbearers.
Survivors include three sons, Luther E. Wood Jr., Neese, Stanley
Wood, Nicholson, and Thomas Wood, Ila; five daughters, Marie
Carson, Commerce, Dorothy Harper, Ocala, Fla., Mary Helen Quarles,
Watkinsville, Patricia Wood, Hull, and Shelia Herring, Comer;
one sister, Ethel Epps, Athens; 32 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren
and two great-great-grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, April 11, 2001
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Betty M. Lunsford
Mrs. Betty Moseman Lunsford, 74, of Hull, died Monday, April
9, 2001.
Born in Clarke County, Mrs. Lunsford was a daughter of the late
Harry C. Moseman Sr. and Ollie Butler Moseman. She was the wife
of the late William M. Lunsford.
Mrs. Lunsford was a homemaker.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 11,
in Evergreen Memorial Park with the Rev. Barry Black officiating.
Steve Bates, David Tyner, Clay Strickland, Bobby Strickland,
Lindsay Brock, Lance Tyner and Ricky Scarbrough served as pallbearers.
Survivors include four daughters, Mary Lunsford Bomgardner, Callahan,
Fla., Kathy Lunsford Tyner and Laura Lunsford Campbell, both
of Hull, and Margie Lunsford Bennett, Edgefield, S.C.; one brother,
Harry C. Moseman Jr., Athens; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild
and a number of nieces and nephews.
Bernstein Funeral Home, Athens, was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, April 11, 2001
Claude J. McCurdy Jr.
Claude Johnson "Mac" McCurdy Jr., 87, formerly of Chamblee
and Danielsville, died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Christian
City Convalescent Center of complications from Alzheimer's Disease.
Mr. McCurdy was born January 26, 1914, in Banks County, the fourth
of seven children, to Blonnie Chambers McCurdy and Claude J.
McCurdy Sr.
He spent most of his working years in the paint manufacturing
industry. Mr. McCurdy was an entrepreneur who founded Maxi-Kote
Paint Company and Mercury Spray Equipment in Chamblee, where
he lived with his family for 30 years.
He was a devoted member of the Lions Club and served in various
positions on the board. Mr. McCurdy was a member of the First
United Methodist Church of Chamblee, and later Jones Chapel United
Methodist Church, Danielsville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Rosemary
Speir McCurdy, his oldest son, C.J. McCurdy III, a grandchild,
a brother, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 12,
at at H.M. Patterson & Son Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, Atlanta.
Burial will be in North Atlanta Memorial Park.
Mr. McCurdy is survived by his wife, Lyla Bennett McCurdy, Union
City; daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Glenn Jones, Norcross,
and Margaret and Ernest Saunders, Hoschton; son and daughter-in-law,
William and Anita McCurdy, Daytona Beach, Fla.; step-daughter
and son-in-law, Kim and Steven Ekstrom, Paris, Texas; sisters,
Monteen Winkleman, LeHigh Acres, Fla., and Blondine Andrews,
Rainesville, Ala.; brothers, William McCurdy, Braselton, and
George Wesley McCurdy, Royston; 13 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Christian City
Convalescent Center in Union City, Ga., or to the Alzheimer's
Association.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at H.M. Patterson Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, located at 4550 Peachtree
Road.
H.M. Patterson Oglethorpe Hill Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, April 11, 2001
Thelma D. Lewallen
Mrs. Thelma Duncan Lewallen, 92, of Homer, died Friday, April
6, 2001, at BJC Nursing Home, Commerce.
A native of Banks County, Mrs. Lewallen was born January 25,
1909, a daughter of the late Alvin and Hattie Bray Duncan.
She was a homemaker and a member of Homer Baptist Church. Mrs.
Lewallen was preceded in death by her husband, Cliff Lewallen,
and a daughter, Doris Tucker.
Graveside services were held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8, in
Banks Memorial Gardens, Homer, with the Revs. Jim McClendon and
Jerry Stowe officiating.
Survivors include one son, Bobby Lewallen, Homer; one brother,
Hoyt Duncan, Commerce; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, April 11, 2001
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