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MR. DODD
Banks County native
ALTO - Leroy Dodd, 69, died Thursday, August 26, 1999, at Habersham
Home following an extended illness.
A native of Banks County, Mr. Dodd was born April 12, 1930. He
was a son of the late Silas and Lonnie Standridge Dodd.
Mr. Dodd was a retired bulldozer operator and was of the Holiness
faith. He was preceded in death by a brother, Vasco Dodd, and
four sisters, Lela Bell Armour, Mamie Lewallen, Thelma Wiley
and Edith Crocker.
Funeral services were held Saturday, August 28, in the chapel
of McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home, Cornelia, with the Revs. Jacob
Armour and W.L. Corn officiating. Burial was in the Dodd Family
Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Lillian Dodd; daughters and sons-in-law,
Merle and J.R. Morris, Cornelia, Denise and the Rev. Jeff Lovell,
Alto, and Janice Hicks, Demorest; son and daughter-in-law, Franklin
and Joy Dodd, Alto; one brother, Alonzo Dodd, Homer; three sisters,
Elma Brown and Dorothy Turner, both of Alto, and Ruby Smallwood,
Baldwin; and six grandchildren.
McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
MR. CHAMBERS
U.S. Army veteran
COMMERCE - Jerry Michael Chambers, 49, died Tuesday, August 24,
1999, at his residence following an extended illness.
Mr. Chambers was born October 30, 1949. He was a son of J.T.
and Imogene Chambers, Homer.
Mr. Chambers was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the
Vietnam War.
Graveside services were held Thursday, August 26, in Banks County
Memorial Gardens, Homer, with the Rev. Jerry Stowe officiating.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include his wife, Sharon
Chambers; two step-sons, Greg Abernathy, Gillsville, and Jermy
Abernathy, Gainesville; and two sisters, Rita Chambers and Judy
Miller, both of Homer.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
MRS. GINN
Homemaker
CARNESVILLE - Mrs. Mae Belle Barrett Ginn, 88, died Saturday,
August 21, 1999, at Elbert Memorial Hospital, Elberton.
Mrs. Ginn was born November 26, 1910 in Franklin County. She
was a daughter of the late Harvey Lee and Bertha Lee Gray Barrett.
Mrs. Ginn was a homemaker and a member of Middle River Baptist
Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lamar K. Ginn,
and two grandsons, Keith Ginn and Sammy Reese.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 24, at Middle River
Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold LeCroy officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Jean G. Parham, Elberton, and
Jeanette Reese, Royston; two sons, Dwight Ginn, Lake City, and
Thomas Lawson Ginn, Lawrenceville; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville, was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
MRS. DYER
Mother of five
DANIELSVILLE - Mrs. Clifford Melissa Dyer, 87, died Sunday, August
29, 1999, at her residence.
Mrs. Dyer was born January 14, 1912 in Gainesville. She was a
daughter of the late James and Gertrude Weaver Thomas.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 1, at Full Gospel
Holiness Church with the Revs. Lester Haynes and Larry Dyer officiating.
Burial was in the Nicholson Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Collie Dyer; three sons, Dewey
Dyer, Blacksburg, S.C., Herschel Dyer, Danielsville, and Hubert
Dyer, Lula; two daughters, Lucille Hooper, Nicholson, and Ethelene
Meadow, Commerce; three brothers, Billy Thomas, Gainesville,
and Bobby Thomas and Charlie Thomas, both of Baldwin; five sisters,
Pearlee Armour, Belton, Vadie Armour, Dorothy King and Phoebe
Thomas, all of Alto, and Winnie Ward, Seneca, N.C.; 25 grandchildren,
33 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
MRS. FERGUSON
Homemaker
ALTO - Mrs. Dovie Wade Ferguson, 90, died Friday, August 27,
1999, at Habersham County Medical Center following a brief illness.
A native of Banks County, Mrs. Ferguson was a daughter of the
late Parlin and Emmerline Webb Wade.
She was a homemaker and was of the Holiness faith. Mrs. Ferguson
was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Ferguson, a son,
Cline Ferguson, and a brother, Ben Wade.
Funeral services were held Sunday, August 29, at Alto Congregational
Holiness Church with the Revs. Aubrey McIntyre, J. Clarence Reynolds,
Sanford Kimbrell and Tony Evans officiating. Burial was in the
B.C. Grant Baptist Church cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Eunice Ferguson and Opal Shook,
both of Alto.
McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home, Cornelia, was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
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MRS. KITCHENS
Mother of two
MACON - Mrs. Sara Ward Kitchens, 67, died Monday, August 30,
1999, at her residence.
Mrs. Kitchens was a daughter of the late Will and Carzola Parr
Ward.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, September
2, in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with
the Revs. Harvey Smith and Tim Lumley officiating. Burial will
be in Jackson Memorial Gardens, Commerce.
Survivors include one son, Scott Kitchens, Macon; one daughter,
Carol Kitchens, Warner Robins; and one sister, Bertha Roberts,
Homer.
Little-Ward Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
HART
Infant
WINDER - Lance Avery Hart, infant son of Nick and Mandy Hart,
Winder, died Sunday, August 29, 1999, at East Side Medical Center,
Snellville.
Graveside services were held Wednesday, September 1, in Rose
Hill Cemetery, Winder, with the Rev. Ellis E. Parker Jr. officiating.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include grandparents,
Charlie and Lynda Weeden, Lula, Ben and Pat Hart, Kennesaw, and
Michael and Rebecca Chambers, Winder; great-grandparents, Joan
Scott, Jacksonville, Fla., Frances Pratt, Marietta, and Edward
Hart, Roswell; and great-great-grandparents, Ronald and Linda
Jean, Florida, and Floy Ruth Brown, Winder.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
MR. KENNEDY
Fellowship Baptist member
MAYSVILLE - Charlie Edward Kennedy, 57, died Sunday, August 15,
1999, at BJC Medical Center, Commerce, following an extended
illness.
A native of Cordele, Mr. Kennedy was born April 13, 1942. He
was a son of Mary Sego Speight, Maysville, and the late Charlie
L. Kennedy.
Mr. Kennedy was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, a member
of Local #926 Operating Engineers and of Local #302 Seattle Washington.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 17, in the chapel
of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Revs. Ron Glaze and
James Richter officiating. Burial was in Banks County Memorial
Gardens, Homer.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include one son, Chuck
Kennedy, Dallas; three daughters, Stephanie Kennedy and Vickie
Logan, both of Dallas, and Scarlett McClellan, Hiram; two brothers,
L.J. Kennedy, Crescent City, Fla., and Ronald Oshs, Maysville;
two sisters, Dorothy Smith, Monroe, and Evelyn Tomlin, Jonesboro;
and three grandchildren.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
MR. KELLEY
Retired truck driver
CARNESVILLE - William Johnson "Bill" Kelley, 76, died
Sunday, August 29, 1999, at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Kelley was born January 22, 1923 in Stephens County. He was
a son of Ora Pitts Kelley, Fitzgerald, and the late Noah Clinton
Kelley.
Mr. Kelley was a retired truck driver and was of the Baptist
faith.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 31, at the B.D. Ginn
Memorial Chapel of Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville, with the Rev.
Michael Bell officiating. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include two sons, Dan Kelley,
Carnesville, and Larry Kelley, Newnan; four brothers, Albert
Kelley, Riverdale, Everett Kelley, Ocilla, Ray Kelley, Fitzgerald,
and Calvin Kelley, Cleveland; three sisters, Edna Oliver, Helen
Hogan and Mary Brown, all of Fitzgerald; five grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Ginn Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
MR. HAMBRICK
U.S. Army veteran
CARNESVILLE - Thomas Ray Hambrick, 58, died Wednesday, August
25, 1999, at Cobb Memorial Hospital.
A native of Franklin County, Mr. Hambrick was born July 27, 1941.
He was a son of William Henry and Lilia Hart Hambrick.
Mr. Hambrick served in the U.S. Army and National Guard for 23
years and was a retired truck mechanic. He was a member of Gordon
Inter-faith Church. Mr. Hambrick was preceded in death by two
brothers, Ed Hambrick and Dank Hambrick.
Funeral services were held Friday, August 27, in the B.D. Ginn
Memorial Chapel of Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville, with the Revs.
Truitt Brawner and Leon Carson officiating. Burial was in Franklin
Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Walters Hambrick; one son,
Mike Hambrick, Carnesville; one daughter, Tina Greenmon, Lavonia;
four brothers, Hugh Hambrick, Ila, Herbert Hambrick and Albert
Hambrick, both of Royston, and Lewis Hambrick, Yelm, Wash.; four
sisters, Evie Lee Phillips, Kannapolis, N.C., Eva Varner and
Elvie Varner, both of Carnesville, and Elizabeth Harper, Royston;
and one granddaughter.
Ginn Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Banks County News, September 1, 1999
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