Carroll County  GA  Obits  May 2001

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TIMES GEORGIAN CARROLLTON, GA. 
MAY 30, 2001
OBITS.


LEATHERS, ESSIE BROOM, 90, OF BANKHEAD HIGHWAY, VILLA
RICA, DIED MAY 26, 2001 IN PINE KNOLL NURSING AND
REHAB CENTER IN CARROLLTON. MRS. LEATHERS WAS BORN IN
CARROLL COUNTY ON NOV. 27, 1910, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
JOE BROOM AND THE LATE SALLIE NORRIS BROOM.  SHE
LIVED IN THIS AREA HER ENTIRE LIFETIME AND WAS A
HOMEMAKER AND A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH OF VILLA RICA. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, SHE
WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, LEWIS WATKINS
LEATHERS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER DAUGHTER, SUE L. POPE
OF VILLA RICA; GRANDDAUGHTER, MRS. ALAN (PAMELA)
DOBBINS OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA.; ONE SISTER, MATTIE
PERKINS OF VILLA RICA’ TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, CHRIS
DOBBINS AND LEANN HOPPER, BOTH OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
AND A NUMBER OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES
WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, MAY 29 AT 2 P.M. AT THE
CHAPEL OF J. HOYT THOMAS FUNERAL HOME WITH DR. GERON
CRAWFORAN DAND JACK LEATHERS OFFICIATING . MUSIC WAS
BY THE REV GARY L. COLE AND CHARLOTTE LEATHERS.
PALLBEARERS WERE CHARLES BROOM, RICHARD BROOM BOBBY
BROOM, TOMMY LEO, ROBERT LEATHERS AND DOUGH LEATHERS.
INTERMENT FOLLOWING IN THE PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST
CHURCH CEMETERY, PLEASANT GROVE ROAD, VILLA RICA. IN
LIEU OF FLOWERES, THOSE DESIRING MAY MAKE A
CONTRUBUTION TO HOSPICE CARE OF CARROLL CAOUNTY, P.O.
BOX 1136, CARROLLTON, GA. 30117. J. HOYT THOMAS
FUNERAL HOME, VILLA RICA.


ANDREWS, C. E., 71, OF CARROLLTON, DIED MAY 28, 2001.
MR. ANDREWS WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1929, IN SPALDING
COUNTY, SON OF THE LAT CHARLIE PINK ANDREWS AND THE
LATE LULA MAE BEARD ANDREWS. HE HAD LIVED IN
CARROLLTON FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF
THE CARROLLTON CHURCH OF GOD AND WAS RETIRED FROM
DOUGLAS AND LOMASON CO. IN CARROLLTON. SURVIVORS
INCLUDE HIS SON, RONNIE ANDREWS OF DOUGLASVILLE; A
STEPDAUGHTER, AURELIA CROWE OF BOWDON; TWO
GRANDAUGHTERS AND A NUMBER OF RELATIVES. FUNERAL
SERVICES WILL BE TODAY, MAY 30, AT 2 P.M. AT CLAUDE
A. McKIBBEN AND SONS FUNERAL HOME IN HOGANSVILLE WITH
THE REV. A.W. KENT, THE REV. CARL JILES AND THE REV.
TIMOTHY LAMB OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN
HILLVIEW EAST CEMETERY IN LaGRANGE. 

CHURCH, RUTH LEE WEATHINGTON, 75, OF ROCKMART DIED
MAY 26, 2001. MRS. CHURCH WAS BORN IN BEN HILL COUNTY
ON NAV. 27, 1925, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FAY
WEATHINGTON AND THE LATE LILLIE BRAY HILL. SHE WAS A
HOMEMAKER AND A BAPTIST. BESIDES HER PARENTS, SHE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, AARON SHIRLEY. SURVIVORS
INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, EDWARD A. CHURCH OF ROCKMART;
DAUGHTER, PATRICIA CHURCH BISHOP OF ROCKMART; SONS,
LEWIS SHIRLEY AND REV. RONNIE SHIRLEY, BOTH OF
ROCKMART; LARRY SHIRLE OF MARIETTA AND WESLEY SHIRLEY
OF KENNESAW; EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT-
GRANDCHILDREN AND A NUMBER OF OTHER RELATIVES.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE MAY 29 AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW
BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REV. TOM BARFIELD AND REV. ROGER
PARRIS OFFICIATING. MUSIC WAS BY BAT BARFIELD, CONNIE
ROSS, LINDSEY MOORE AND REV. RONNIE SHIRLEY. BURIAL
WAS IN THE CHURCH CEMETARY. PALLBEARERS WERE DAVID
SHIRLEY, ROBBIE SHIRLEY, MICHAEL SHIRLEY, CHAD
SHIRLEY, MICAH SHIRLEY, JOHN BISHOP AND JASON BISHOP.
HUTCHESON’S MEMORIAL CHAPEL, BUCHANAN.


DREW, RUTH, 84, OF CEDARTOWN DIED FRIDAY MAY 11, 2002
DAUUGHTERS OF THE LATE ARLEIGH AND BLANCH HUTCHESON.
MRS. DREW WAS BORN MAY 13, 1917, IN BUCHANAN. SHE WAS
A MEMBER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND,WILLARD M. DREW SR.,
AND A SON, DAVID DREW. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON BILL
DREW OF SILVER CREEK; DAUGHTER, ELLEN SCHOONHAVEN OF
CEDARTOWN; BROTHER, HOMER HUTCHESON OF CARROLLTON;
SISTERS, JAN WILLS OF CEDARTOWN AND ELSA FULLER OF
AUSTELL; SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-
GRANDCHILDREN. MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE SUNDAY, MAY 13,
AT THE LITESDY FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. JEFF ROSS
AND REV. GENE DAVIS OFFICIATING. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS,
THE FAMILY AS THAT MEMORIAL DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE
CEDAR VALLEY SHRINE CLUB.

YOUNG, JOYCE WESTER BELL, 82, OF PINECREST DRIVE,
BREMEN, DIED MAY 28, 2001. MRS. YOUNG WAS BORN ON
AUG. 25, 1918, IN CARROLL COUNTY, THE DAUGHTER OF THE
LATE CHARLES HOMER WESTER AND RUTH PARRISH WEBSTER.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
OF BREMEN, CHURCH AFFILIATIONS,METHODIST WOMEN, SADIE
HUGHES CIRCLE, CO-CHAIRMAN, AND MATRON’S STELLA
WALKER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS  AND A MEMBER OF THE
BREMEN GARDEN CLUB. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, SHE
WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FIRST HUSBAND, JAMES
HENRY BELL IN 1964. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND,
FOY L. (F.L.) YOUNG OF BREMEN;  SONS AND DAUGHTERS-
IN-LAW, RICHARD B. AND GAIL BELL OF ATLANTA AND JAMES
HENRY AND AMANDA BELL JR. OF ATLANTA; DAUGHTERS AND
SONS-IN-LAW, SUSAN B. AND DAVID MacDONALD OF SANTA
ROSA BEACH, FLA., AND MAY B. AND BEN WORTH OF
CARROLLTON; SISTER-IN-LAW ANNIE RUTH WESTER OF VILLA
RICA; TWO NICES AND NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND ON GREAT-
GRANDCHILD. ARRRANGEMENTS WERE INCOMPLETE. IN LIEU OF
FLOWERS THOSE DESIRING TO DO SO MAY MAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO TANNER HOSPIC OR FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH OF BREMEN BUILDING FUND. 


MRS. LINDA JOYCE FITZWATER, 53, OF DALLAS HIGHT,
WILLA RICA, DIED TUESDAY, MAY  29, 2001. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE INCOMPLETE AND WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY
JONES-WYNN FUNERAL HOME OF VILLA RICA.