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MR. TURNER
World War II veteran
MAYSVILLE - John B. Turner, 80, died Monday, September 17, 2001,
at his residence.
A native of Henry County, Mr. Turner was born March 25, 1921,
a son of the late Wade Hampton and Daune George Turner.
Mr. Turner was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army,
and was a retired salesperson with Riches. He was a member of
Homer Presbyterian Church, where he was an Elder of the church.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 19,
in Sunrise Cemetery, Maysville, with Dr. Wade Bell officiating.
Mr. Turner is survived by his wife, Katherine Sheridan Turner,
Maysville; two daughters, Daune Dockery, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.,
and Sheridan Rushton, Albany; two brothers, Dr. Allen Turner,
Albany, and Wade H. Turner, Naples, Fla.; two sisters, Jean Price,
McDonough, and Frances Stephens, Atlanta; and three grandchildren.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MRS. LACKEY
Westinghouse retiree
COLBERT - Mrs. Shirley A. Lackey, 62, died Saturday, September
15, 2001.
A native of Madison County, Mrs. Lackey was a daughter of Reba
Hanley Minish, Commerce, and the late Roland Minish.
She was retired from Westinghouse and was a member of Gordons
Chapel.
Funeral services were held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, September 17,
in the chapel of Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Danielsville.
Burial was in the Minish Family Cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her mother, include her husband, Gene
Lackey; daughter, Wanda Bond, Commerce; sons, Raymond Daniel,
Hartwell, and Randy Daniel, Athens; step-children, Danny Lackey,
Athens, and Cindy Green, Nicholson; sisters, Jeanette Ford and
Sylvia Cochran, Commerce, June Bellew, Nicholson, Helen Adams,
Hull, Mary Jane Cadwell, Conyers, and Naomi Denton, Charlotte,
N.C.; brothers, Ernest "Bugfuzz" Minish and Leon "Deanny"
Minish, Commerce; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Danielsville, was in charge
of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MRS.
RICHARDSON
Homemaker
COMMERCE - Mrs. Willie Nell "Bill" Phillips Richardson,
78, formerly of Braselton, died Monday, September 17, 2001, at
BJC Nursing Facility following an extended illness.
Mrs. Richardson was born September 9, 1923, in Jackson County.
She was a daughter of the late Ben and Sadie Hawkins Phillips.
Mrs. Richardson was a homemaker and was a member of White Plains
Baptist Church, Jefferson. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Edward Richardson, a daughter, Linda Richardson Moore, a brother,
Odell Phillips, and a sister, Florine Glaze.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 19,
at White Plains Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Page officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery. Steve Richardson, Pam Ezell,
Cindy Maloch, Stacey Wilson, Eddie Maloch, Chad Richardson and
Trevis Richardson served as pallbearers.
Survivors include two sons, Benny Richardson, Westminster, S.C.,
and Billy Richardson, Jefferson; one daughter, Shirley Maloch,
Carnesville; three sisters, Lottie Belle Richardson, Irene Hamilton
and Frances Martin, all of Jefferson; seven grandchildren and
15 great-grandchildren.
Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MR. WILLIAMS
Madison Street Baptist Church member
COMMERCE - Lacy Eugene Williams, 72, died Sunday, September 16,
2001, at BJC Medical Center, Commerce.
Mr. Williams was born January 10, 1929, in Jackson County. He
was a son of the late Odell and Martha Wilson Williams.
Mr. Williams was a member of Madison Street Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 19,
in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the
Rev. David Harbin officiating. Burial was in Grey Hill Cemetery,
Commerce.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Doris Williams, Commerce;
two sons, Henry Williams, Athens, and Hershel Williams, Newport
News, Va.; one daughter, Kay Sheridan, Jefferson; seven grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
REV. KILPATRICK
Attended public school in Commerce
MILLEDGEVILLE - The Rev. Ebb Grayer Kilpatrick, 70, died Tuesday,
September 11, 2001, in Asheville, N.C., following a brief illness.
Mr. Kilpatrick was the son of Ebb G. Kilpatrick Sr. and Lillie
Watson Kilpatrick. They lived in Carrollton.
The Rev. Kilpatrick was born in Louisville, Ky., on July 25,
1931. He attended public school in Carrollton and Commerce and
graduated from Mercer University in 1953 and from Southern Seminary
in Louisville, Ky., three years later.
While a ministerial student of Mercer, Mr. Kilpatrick helped
to establish Northside Baptist Church in Milledgeville. After
seminary, he pastored in South Dekalb County in the Cedar Grove
Community.
The Rev. Kilpatrick received training in counseling and pastoral
care. After five years with the Baptist Home Mission Board in
Denver, he returned to Milledgeville and resumed training and
work at the state hospital. He was certified in pastoral care
and counseling at which he worked until retirement five years
ago. He also served as pastor to rural churches in and around
Milledgeville.
The Rev. Kilpatrick spent 27 years as a chaplain in the Georgia
National Guard. He served with distinction and rose to the rank
of Colonel Lieutenant.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Allie Calloway Kilpatrick;
daughter, Galen Kilpatrick Smith; son, Gray Kilpatrick; and grandchildren,
Nicholas and Jessica Smith. He had one brother, William H. Kilpatrick.
Moore Funeral Home, Milledgeville, was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MR. GODFREY
U.S. Air Force veteran
MONROE - Douglas Craven Godfrey, 67, died Friday, September 14,
2001, at his residence.
A native of Union County, Mr. Godfrey was a son of the late William
B. and Della Audrey Stevenson Godfrey.
He was retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation
and had served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 16, at
Shining Light Baptist Church. Burial was in Lakeland Memorial
Park.
Mr. Godfrey is survived by his wife, Frances Anderson Godfrey;
four daughters, Mrs. Terry G. Manus, Commerce, and Cathy G. Sain,
Tonnie G. Rushing and Robin Griffin, all of Monroe; one brother,
Harry Godfrey, Monroe; two sisters, Carolyn Howie and Totts Horne,
both of Monroe; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Union County, 700 W. Roosevelt
Blvd., Monroe, NC 28110.
Gordon Funeral Service, Monroe, was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MRS. WALL
Apple Valley Baptist Church member
JEFFERSON - Mrs. Daisy Bradberry Wall, 91, died Monday, September
17, 2001, at BJC Nursing Home, Commerce, following an extended
illness.
Mrs. Wall was born July 1, 1910, in the Harbins Community, Gwinnett
County, a daughter of the late John "Bud" and Mattie
Cook Bradberry.
She was a homemaker and was a member of Apple Valley Baptist
Church.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 19,
in the chapel of Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, with the Rev.
Clark Ivey officiating. Burial was in the Union Grove Baptist
Church cemetery, Auburn. Dorsey Earnest, Ray Earnest, Cecil Wall,
Louis Segraves, Jack Jackson and Leonord Terrell served as pallbearers.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Donald O. (Jean) Segraves,
Jefferson; one sister, Ella Jackson, Lawrenceville; one brother,
H.T. Bradberry, Redoak; two grandchildren, Donna Sikes and Gayle
Berryman, both of Jefferson; and three great-grandchildren, Mandy
Cowart, Abbie Berryman and Austin Berryman.
Evans Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MRS. SMITH
Mayfield Dairy employee
JEFFERSON - Mrs. Edie Sturdivant-Burge Smith, 45, formerly of
Cobb County, died Thursday, September 13, 2001.
Born in Cobb County, Mrs. Smith was a member of Carmel Baptist
Church in Cherokee County. She worked as an administrative assistant
for Mayfield Dairy for the past five years. She was a 1973 graduate
of Sprayberry High School.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 16, in
the chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home, Marietta, with the Rev.
Marvin Dorsey officiating. Burial was in Gresham Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, James W. Smith, Jefferson;
one son, Billy Joe Burge, Cumming; one step-son, James W. Smith
Jr., Homestead, Fla.; her mother, Betty Sturdivant, Acworth;
her father and step-mother, Nolan and Evelyn Sturdivant, Acworth;
three sisters, Theresa Gail Black, Alpharetta, Sherri Owenby,
Acworth, and Jenny Klein, Woodstock; and one brother, Nolan "Noley"
Sturdivant, Kennesaw.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Carmichael Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MR. GRESHAM
Jackson County native
JEFFERSON - Willie Clause Gresham, 58, died Monday, September
10, 2001.
A native of Jackson County, Mr. Gresham was a son of the late
James and Callie Gresham.
He attended school in Jackson County.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 15,
in the chapel of Forestglen Mortuary with the Rev. Julius Mack
officiating. Burial was in the New Grove Baptist Church cemetery.
Survivors include four sisters, Bonnie Harton, Ella Mae Damons,
Hazel Watson and Lillie Irene Gresham, all of Jefferson; and
five brothers, Lonnie Gresham and Cleveland Gresham, both of
Jefferson, Theodies Gresham, Omaha, Neb., Allen Gresham, Redstone
Community, and Roosevelt Gresham, Statham.
Forestglen Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
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MR. BELL
Retired farmer
BRASELTON - Jesse Dean Bell Sr., 84, died Tuesday, September
18, 2001, at Pine Oak Health & Rehab Center following an
extended illness.
A native of Jackson County, Mr. Bell was born in 1917, a son
of the late Jesse Thomas and Eula Lott Bell.
He volunteered for the U.S. Army, following the Pearl Harbor
attack, and served in North Africa during World War II. Mr. Bell
was a cattle and chicken farmer for many years, and in the 1940's,
was employed by Mason & Dixon, Atlanta. He also worked for
the Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Services, where he measured cotton land all over Jackson County.
Mr. Bell was a member of Zion Baptist Church, where he served
as a deacon, was a member of the local board of education and
P.T.A. in Braselton and was a charter member of the West Jackson
Lions Club. He was also a member of the Rockwell Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Bell served as director of the Jackson County Farm Bureau
for 30 years and served as a Notary Public and Ex-Officia Justice
of the Peace in the 1765 G.M. District from 1981 until 1985.
He was appointed Jackson County Sheriff in the early 60s by Governor
Lester Maddox.
Mr. Bell was preceded in death by a sister, Irene Bell Deaton.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, September
20, at Zion Baptist Church, Braselton, with the Revs. Mike Phillips
and Don Leaptrott officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Billy Ray Deaton, Matt Case, Robert Reed, Joel Deaton, Russell
Bell and Jesse Wheeler will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers
will be deacons of Zion Baptist Church and members of the Jackson
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors.
Mr. Bell is survived by his wife of 52 years, Geraldine Deaton
Bell, Braselton; son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Jean Bell,
Hoschton; sons, Jesse Dean Bell Jr. and Douglas Charles Bell,
both of Braselton; daughter and son-in-law, Patti and Bobby Wheeler,
Braselton; daughter-in-law, Teresa Cronic Bell, Braselton; brother
and sister-in-law, Etsel and Bertie Canup Bell, Winder; and grandchildren,
Russell Levi Bell, Daniel Jesse Bell, Jesse Robert Wheeler and
Stephanie Michelle Wheeler.
Flowers are optional, or memorials may be made to the Zion Baptist
Church Cemetery Fund, 401 Zion Church Road, Braselton, GA 30517.
The family was to have received friends from 3 to 5 p.m. and
from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson.
Evans Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MR. BRENWALD
U.S. Army veteran
MAYSVILLE - Denzil A. Brenwald, 73, died Friday, September 14,
2001, at his residence.
Mr. Brenwald was born August 22, 1928, in Buckhannon, W.Va.,
a son of the late Jacob and Martha Lower Brenwald.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II
and in the Korean Conflict. Mr. Brenwald was a retired contractor
and was a charter member of Montgomery Heights Baptist Church,
Commerce.
Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Sunday, September 16, in
the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. James
Dumas officiating.
Mr. Brenwald is survived by his wife, Virginia (Gale) Brenwald,
Maysville; six sons, Harry Brenwald and Tony Brenwald, both of
Ohio, and Roy Brenwald, Damon Brenwald, David Brenwald and Mike
Brenwald, all of Georgia; two daughters, June Retkofsky and Anita
Hatcher, both of Georgia; four brothers, Ben Brenwald and Joe
Brenwald, both of Florida, Ron Brenwald, Ohio, and Dewey Brenwald,
West Virginia; two sisters, Leona Phares and Gladis Lambert,
both of West Virginia; 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MR. WALDROUP
Father of five
COMMERCE - James Maurice Waldroup, 64, died Wednesday, September
12, 2001, at BJC Medical Center, Commerce, of an extended illness.
Mr. Waldroup was the son of the late Daniel Waldroup and Gladys
Burnett Waldroup Clark, and the step-son of the late Johnnie
Clark.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Lynwood Waldroup.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 15,
in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. Sam
Dorsey officiating. Burial was in Jackson Memorial Gardens, Commerce.
Survivors include one son, Aaron Lee Waldroup, Commerce; four
daughters, Heidi Fields, Commerce, Holly Arrowood, Florence,
Ky., and Shannon Mihal and Sheryl McElhannon, both of Middletown,
Ohio; two brothers, Robert Waldroup and Jimmy Thomas Waldroup,
both of Charleston, S.C.; seven sisters, Ellen Toney, Commerce,
Katherine Myers, Goldsboro, N.C., Gloria Elliott, Griffin, Gayle
Detournillor, St. John's Island, S.C., Thelma Lott, Centralia,
Wash., Doris Lott, Kirkland, Wash., and Betty Ann Lemons, Sugar
Hill; and eight grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MRS. WATKINS
South Carolina native
NICHOLSON - Mrs. Lilia Mae Watkins, 55, died Sunday, September
16, 2001, at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Watkins was born March 26, 1946, in Greenville, S.C., a
daughter of the late Eugene Thomas and Annie Bell Ashmore Shipman.
She was a homemaker. Mrs. Watkins was preceded in death by her
husband, David Watkins.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 18, at
Cabin Creek Baptist Church, Nicholson, with the Rev. Donnie Elliott
officiating. Burial was in Howington Cemetery.
Survivors include four daughters, Shirley Baughcum, Patricia
McIntosh and Judy Watkins, all of Nicholson, and Donna Booth,
Covington; two brothers, Kyia Shipman, Commerce, and Tommy Shipman,
Hoschton; and seven grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MR. WHISNANT
Father of 12
JEFFERSON - Emanuel David Whisnant, 97, died Monday, September
17, 2001, at his residence of an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 20,
at the Lighthouse Congregational Holiness Church with the Revs.
Steve Whisnant, Loy Reed and Luther Campbell officiating. Burial
will be in the Oconee Baptist Church cemetery.
Mr. Whisnant is survived by his wife, Hazel G. Whisnant, of the
home; six sons, James Whisnant, Arcade, J.W. Whisnant, Maysville,
Marvin Whisnant and Jeffery Ray Whisnant, both of Jefferson,
and Teddy Lamar Whisnant and Kenneth Joe Whisnant, both of Lula;
six daughters, Louise Sargent, Jefferson, Claudia Wallace, Commerce,
Peggy Ann Looney and Wanda Hart, both of Nicholson, and Susie
Grindle and Jeannie Haywood, both of Gainesville; 39 grandchildren,
44 great-grandchildren, 24 great-great-grandchildren and 15 step-grandchildren.
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 Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MRS. SMITH
Homemaker
HOMER - Mrs. Annette Smith, 37, died Saturday, September 15,
2001, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.
Mrs. Smith was born in Georgia on August 2, 1964. She was a daughter
of Sarah Davis Baker, Homer, and the late James Barrett.
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 18, at
Bethany Christian Church, Homer, with the Revs. Perry Smith and
William Campbell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her mother, include two daughters,
Cheri Smith and Johnna Smith, both of Homer; three brothers,
Ricky Baker, Larry Barrett and Shannon Baker, all of Homer; and
two sisters, Tammy Baker and Betty Lewallen, both of Homer.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MRS. DUNSON
Retired teacher
COMMERCE - Mrs. Joyce Carlene Grant Dunson, 94, died Tuesday,
September 18, 2001, at Athens Heritage Home.
A native of DeKalb County, Mrs. Dunson was the daughter of the
late James Carl and Mytrice Metcalf Grant.
She was a retired teacher from Wilson Jr. High School and was
a member of Commerce Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dunson was the
wife of the late Henry H. Dunson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 20,
at Commerce Presbyterian Church with Dr. Tom Lewis and the Rev.
Rhona Jones officiating. Burial will be in Jackson Memorial Gardens,
Commerce.
Survivors include daughter, Dr. Miriam Dunson, Louisville, Ky.;
daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Dunson Bender and Hank Bender,
Covington, La.; two brothers, Earl Grant, Norcross, and Jimmy
Grant, Alpharetta; one sister, Inez Lawson, Norcross; grandson,
Todd Dunson Bender and his wife, Cyndi Lowe Bender, Alpharetta;
step-great-grandson, Patrick Coughlin, Alpharetta; and sister-in-law,
Irene Rhodes, Athens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Commerce Presbyterian
Church in memory of Mrs. Dunson.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
at Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce.
Little-Ward Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
MR. ELDER
Founder of
Elder's Cleaners
WINDER - Phillip M. Elder, 96, died Friday, September 14, 2001,
at Family Life Enrichment Center.
Mr. Elder was a son of the late John Griffin Elder and Emma Segars
Elder.
He was the founder of Elder's Cleaners and was a member of First
Christian Church. Mr. Elder was also a member of the Masonic
Lodge #333 and a member of Woodman of The World.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Zelma Bentley Elder.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 16, at
First Christian Church with the Rev. John Richardson officiating.
Burial was in Barrow Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include one daughter, Frances E. Shumake, Stone Mountain;
three grandchildren, Joy Butler, Jan Witherington and Stephen
Shoemake; and five great-grandchildren, Daniel, Marie and Jamie
Butler and Sara and Emma Witherington.
Memorials may be made to First Christian Church or to the Barrow
County Senior Citizens Center.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, was in charge of arrangements.
The Jackson Herald, September 19, 2001
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