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     Hubert J. Jones
     Arnoldsville
         Hubert J. Jones, 75, Route 1, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1996.
         A native of Arnoldsville, Mr. Jones was a son of the late
     Adolphus E. Jones and Laura Reece Jones. He was a retired farmer
     and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member of Arnoldsville
     Baptist Church.
         Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lord and
     Stephens Chapel, East.
         Survivors include his wife, Bertha Dockery Jones, two sons,
     Tommy H. Jones, Watkinsville, and Maurice R. Jones, Athens; a
     daughter, Marcia J. Mobley, Irmo S.C.; a sister, Essie J. Smith,
     Athens; and four grandchildren.
         The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the
     funeral home.
         In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Arnoldsville
     Cemetery Association, c/o Grace Young, Box 30, Arnoldsville, Ga.
     30619.
     O'Neal Brown
     Winterville
         O'Neal D. Brown, 71, of Route 1, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996.
         A native of Oconee County, Mr. Brown was a son of the late
     Ernest Brown and Mattie Mathis Brown. He was employed with Browns
     Transport.
         Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lord and
     Stephens Chapel, East. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park.
         Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Brown; three sons, Rick
     Morgan, Bogart, Lamar Brown, Hull, and David Brown, Winterville;
     five sisters, Catherine Lee and Burt Rice, both of Watkinsville,
     Eunice Hardigree and Lucille Smith, both of Athens, and Grace
     Holloman, Honea Path, S.C.; five grandchildren; and nieces and
     nephews.
         The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the
     funeral home.
     Hunter D. Gearing
     Hull
     Hunter Dixon Gearing, the infant son of Michael Dixon and Valerie
     Dixon Gearing, Hull, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1996.
         Graveside services were Thursday in Union Baptist Church
     Cemetery, with the Rev. Walter Singletary officiating.
         Survivors include, in addition to his parents, a brother, Wyatt
     Gearing, Hull, two maternal grandparents, Bobby Dixon and Gloria
     Dixon, both of Athens; two paternal grandparents, Tommy Gearing and
     Mary Ann Gearing, Ila; great-grandparents; aunts and uncles; and
     cousins.
         Wise-Connolly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
     'Bobby' Sims Jr.
     Statham
         Robert "Bobby" Sims Jr., 55, died Monday, Oct. 21, 1996.
         A native of Jackson County, Mr. Sims was a son of Katie Sims,
     Statham.
         Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fairfield
     Baptist Church, with the Rev. Charlie Rakestraw officiating. The
     body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the
     church cemetery.
         Survivors include, in addition to his mother; two daughters,
     Barbara Sims and Anglia Sims, both of Lithonia; two brothers, Billy
     Sims, Rockmark, and Robert Chandler, Gainesville; six sisters,
     Pearlie Thurmond and Gracie McGuire, both of Statham, Evelyn
     Harrison and Marie Sims, both of Dayton, Ohio, Levonia Brown,
     Bogart, and Mary Ann Stevens, Commerce; and two grandchildren.
         The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at
     Eberhart's Glenwood Chapel.
     Death Notices
         James C. Redding
     ATHENS - James C. Redding, 80, died Friday, Oct. 25, 1996.
         Funeral Arrangements will be announced later by Bernstein
     Funeral Home.
     
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