Dink Strickland
Dink Strickland, 57, of Hull, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001.
A native of Clarke County, Mr. Strickland was a son of the late
Charlie and Grace Davis Strickland.
He was a U.S. Army veteran and was employed as a painting contractor
with Feimster & Peterson.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Danielsville, with the Rev.
Buford Lockman officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial
Park.
Survivors include three daughters, Carol Williams and Laura Hansford,
both of Hull, and Tracy Aponte, Danielsville; one son, Russell
Strickland, Danielsville; one sister, Elizabeth Anglin, Colbert;
one brother, Jerry Strickland, Athens; 10 grandchildren and numerous
nieces and nephews.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Danielsville, is in charge
of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Hoyt Leachman
Hoyt Leachman, 85, of Commerce, died Sunday, May 20, 2001, at
Athens Regional Medical Center.
A native of Banks County, Mr. Leachman was born August 14, 1915.
He was a son of the late Cicero and Ida Minish Leachman.
Mr. Leachman was a farmer and was a member of Calvary Baptist
Church, Commerce.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at Calvary
Baptist Church with the Rev. Donald Wilson officiating. Burial
was in Jackson Memorial Park, Commerce.
Mr. Leachman is survived by his wife, Rose Leachman, Commerce;
five daughters, Barbara Black and Mary Dailey, both of Ila, Betty
Ledbetter, Winder, and Bernice Wilder and Barbara Morgan, both
of Commerce; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Clinton D. Haney
Clinton Daniel Haney, 76, of Danielsville, died Thursday, May
17, 2001.
Mr. Haney was a Gwinnett County native. He was a World War II
veteran, serving with the U.S. Army, and was a residential heating
and air installer. Mr. Haney was a member of Bethesda Baptist
Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mamie Erma Haney.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, in the chapel
of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with the Rev. David Singleton officiating.
Burial was in Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, Snellville.
Survivors include four daughters, Mary Cain, Grayson, and Brenda
White, Sue Griffin and Joyce Cole, all of Danielsville; four
sisters, Codell Singleton, Tucker, Faye Singleton, Lilburn, Gladys
Merline Fox, Norcross, and Betty Davis; eight grandchildren,
six great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Tim Stewart Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Thomas E. Iler Sr.
Thomas E. Iler Sr., 77, of Bishop, died Saturday, May 19, 2001.
A native and lifelong resident of Oconee County, Mr. Iler was
a son of the late Quincy and Snowbell Colley Iler.
He retired from the Athens Coca-Cola Company, with 30 years of
service, and was a member of Bishop United Methodist Church.
He was also a member of the Athens Lodge of the Royal Order of
the Moose.
Mr. Iler was preceded in death by his wife, Charline Carter Iler.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 21, at Bishop
Cemetery with the Rev. James Ashe officiating. Jamie Hart, Bobby
Hart, Randy Hart, Jason Towe and Michael Ogletree served as pallbearers.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty Ann Lyle, Athens, and
Brenda Hart, Commerce; one son, Thomas E. "Edd" Iler
Jr., Bishop; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Bishop United Methodist Church, Bishop,
GA 30621.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West, Bogart, was in charge
of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Juanita Cooper
Mrs. Juanita Cooper, 68, of Colbert, died Wednesday, May 16,
2001.
A native of Madison County, Mrs. Cooper was a daughter of the
late Harvey Cunningham and Susie Bush Cunningham.
She was a member of Colbert Grove Church, where she served on
the mother board and usher board.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at Colbert
Grove Church with the Rev. Ronald Gantt officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Survivors include three daughters, Alice F. Garner, Linda Hubbard
and Susie E. Cunningham, all of Colbert; five sons, Calvin Cunningham,
Stanley Cooper, Bernard Cooper and Fredrick Cooper, all of Colbert,
and Jeffery Cunningham, Athens; six sisters, Annie Freeman, Athens,
Mary Parrish, Detroit, Mich., Carrie Jennings, Baltimore, Md.,
Linda Bulter, Colbert, Willene Colbert, Chicago, Ill., and Loia
Foote, Texas; five brothers, Eugene Cunningham, Detroit, Mich.,
Willie J. Freeman and Claude Freeman, both of Hull, Harold Freeman,
Augusta, and Paul Allen, Colbert; 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Jones Lexington Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
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Alline M. Sims
Mrs. Alline Matthews Sims, 80, of Royston, died Thursday, May
10, 2001.
A native of Robertson County, Tenn., Mrs. Sims was a daughter
of the late Alex Emmett and Vallie Mae Choate Matthews.
She was a homemaker and was a member of Unity Baptist Church,
Royston. Mrs. Sims was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph
Charles Sims.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at Unity
Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin O'Donnell officiating.
Survivors include five daughters, Frances Dove, Duluth, Ellen
Cole, Austell, Helen Jordan, Bowersville, Linda Holbrook, Danielsville,
and Carolyn Blair, Madison Heights, Mich.; one sister, Melba
Saddler, Springfield, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Unity Baptist Church, 3908 Hwy. 17 South,
Royston, GA 30662.
Pruitt Funeral Home, Royston, was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
George H. Dew
George Herbert Dew, 61, died Monday, May 14, 2001, at his residence
near Bishop.
Mr. Dew was employed at The Georgia Club, near Statham. He was
a resident of the Athens area for the last 34 years and had been
owner/operator of three service stations, including a Phillips
66 Station and two Gulf Stations.
A native of Dade City, Fla., Mr. Dew served in the U.S. Army,
Kodiak Command, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, from 1963 to 1965, where
he met his first wife, Janice Reed, mother of his three children.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Joy Dew Russell, Arcadia,
Fla.
A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, in the
chapel of Lord & Stephens Funeral Home.
Mr. Dew is survived by his wife, Roberta "Robbie" Dew;
one son, Wallace Lynn Dew, Danielsville; two daughters, Laurie
Ann Stover, Winder, and Leslie Elizabeth Reviere, Statham, and
Jessica Ann Daigle, Bishop; five brothers, David W. Dew, Ferguson,
Mo., James E. Dew, Goleta, Calif., Wilbur L. Dew, Dade City,
Fla., John A. Dew, Tampa, Fla., and Robert E. Dew, Hull; one
sister, Virginia Dew Blake, Dade City, Fla.; and three grandsons,
Jacob, Cameron and Harrison, all of Statham.
Memorials may be made to the Georgia Sheriff's Boys Ranch.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Betty I. Hammond
Mrs. Betty Irene Hammond, 72, of Athens, died Saturday, May 19,
2001.
A native of Clarke County, Mrs. Hammond was a daughter of the
late Charlie and Ola Epps Hardigree.
She was a homemaker and was retired from Thomas Textile. Mrs.
Hammond was a member of Whitehall Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Clifford Hammond.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 21, at Lord
& Stephens Funeral Home, East, with the Rev. Curtis Hammond
officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Park.
Survivors include two daughters, Shelby Brehm, Bogart, and Karen
Fountain, Athens; four sons, Clifford Hammond and Buddy Hammond,
both of Athens, Glenn Hammond, McDonough, and Phil Hammond, Watkinsville;
two sisters, Jean Loggins, Colbert, and Joyce Loggins, Athens;
two brothers, Curtis Hardigree and Franklin Hardigree, both of
Athens; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Mitchell D. Huff
Mitchell David Huff, 58, of Washington, died Tuesday, May 15,
2001.
A native of Oglethorpe County, Mr. Huff was a son of the late
Henry David and Mary Taylor Huff.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Vietnam
War, and was employed as a meat cutter for A & P Food Stores.
Mr. Huff was a member of County Line Baptist Church, Rayle.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 18, in the
County Line Baptist Church cemetery with the Rev. Wade Palmer
officiating.
Survivors include one son, David Huff, Danielsville; and two
sisters, Mildred H. Edwards, Watkinsville, and Ruth Huff, Washington.
Hopkins Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Viola I. Haynes
Mrs. Viola Irene Crawford Haynes, 82, formerly of Madison, died
Saturday, May 19, 2001.
Mrs. Haynes was a housewife. She was preceded in death by her
husband, James H. Haynes.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 24, in
the chapel of Simmons Funeral Home with the Rev. Byron Butch
Lee officiating.
Her body will be donated to science at Emory University Hospital.
Survivors include four daughters, Jeanette H. Pinson, Rutledge,
Sara H. DeWitt, Bullhead City, Ariz., Sylvia McCart, Nicholson,
and Claudia Paulette Kitchens, Hull; one son, William Edward
Haynes, Granberry, Texas; one sister, Margaret Carter, Buchanan;
eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Simmons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
Hazel L. Sims
Mrs. Hazel Lois "Missie" Sims, 70, of Athens, died
Friday, May 18, 2001.
A native of Madison County, Mrs. Sims was a daughter of the late
Jimmy and Geraldine Stephens Curry.
She was retired from the University of Georgia.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at Fairplay
Baptist Church, Hull, with the Rev. Gazzara Mitchell officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Ruby Nell Sims Smith, Gainesville;
five sisters, Bibergean Powell and Shirley Mae Gore, Hickory,
N.C., Chaistine Betty Jones, Richmond, Calif., Barbara Sue Dukes
and Joyce Ann Hopper, both of New York; three grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Madison County Journal, May 23, 2001
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