Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 20 Aug 1996

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     Obituaries
     Austine Ray
     Maysville
     
     Miss Austine Ray, 89, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 1996.
     
     A native of Banks County, Miss Ray was a daughter of the late
     Lindsey and Recie Pritchett Ray. She was a member of Mount Carmel
     Baptist Church.
     
     Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. today at Mount Carmel Baptist
     Church with the Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Burial will be in the
     church cemetery.
     
     Survivors include two sisters, Jimmie Cochran, Maysville, and Kate
     McCoy, Commerce; and a brother, Ben Ray, Doraville.
     
     Whitfield Funeral Home, Baldwin, is in charge of arrangements.
     John B. Bruce
     Madison
     
     John Benjamin Bruce, 83, of 4831 Eatonton Road, died Monday, Aug.
     19, 1996.
     
     A native of Morgan County, Mr. Bruce was a son of the late Frank
     Lovejoy and Effie Harper Bruce. He was a dairy farmer.
     
     Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethany Baptist
     Church with the Revs. Jim Peterson, Thomas Duff and Earl Newell
     officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will
     be placed in the church at 10 a.m.
     
     Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Sellers Bruce; five sons, Roger
     Bruce, Larry Bruce, John Bruce and Ben Bruce, all of Madison, and
     Wayne Bruce, Ashland City, Tenn.; three daughters, Faye Sisson,
     Blueridge, Effie Powell, Germany, and Ester Curry, Madison; 17
     grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and
     nephews.
     
     The family will receive friends from 7-9 tonight at Simmons Funeral
     Home.
     John B. Little Sr.
     Mount Airy
     
     John B. Little Sr., 82, died Monday, Aug. 19, 1996.
     
     A native of Marshville, N.C., Mr. Little was a son of the late
     James Washington and Ola Tarlton Little. He was of the Baptist
     faith and was a retired paving contractor and former owner of
     Little Paving Co.
     
     Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Whitfield Funeral Home
     chapel, Baldwin, with the Rev. Sanford Kimbrell officiating. Burial
     will be in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.
     
     Survivors include his wife, Bernice Kimbrell Little; a son, John B.
     Little Jr., Conyers; two grandchildren; and two
     great-grandchildren.
     Willie Beard
     Eastanollee
     
     Willie Beard, 42, of Red Hollow Road, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 1996.
     
     A native of Anderson, S.C., Mr. Beard was a son of Henrietta Burton
     Beard, Pendleton, S.C., and the late Hubert Beard. He was
     self-employed in tree service and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was
     of the Baptist faith.
     
     Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Acree-Davis Funeral
     Home chapel, Toccoa. Burial will be in Toccoa City Cemetery.
     
     Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Susan
     Williams Beard; two daughters, Angela Savage, Pendleton, S.C., and
     Julie Beard, Eastanollee; two sons, Christ Savage and Corey Beard,
     both of Eastanollee; and two sisters, Joyce Chapman and Evelyn
     Tucker, both of Anderson, S.C.
     
     The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 7-9
     tonight at the funeral home.
     DEATH NOTICES
     Willie Roy Holland
     
     CANNON - Willie Roy Holland, 46, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 1996.
     
     Arrangements will be announced by Mack's Funeral Home, Hartwell.
     Genevieve Percival
     
     Genevieve Percival, 91, died Monday, Aug. 19, 1996.
     
     Arrangements will be announced by Lord & Stephens Funeral Home,
     East.
     Willie Frank Chapman
     
     CRAWFORDVILLE - Willie Frank Chapman, of 812 Warrenton Road, died
     Sunday, Aug. 18, 1996.
     
     Arrangements will be announced by Hughes & Turner Funeral Home.
     Leola B. Turner
     
     ATLANTA - Leola Barnhart Turner, 89, formerly of Greene County,
     died Monday, Aug. 19, 1996.
     
     Arrangements will be announced by Watts Funeral Home, Union Point.
     
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