Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 5 Oct 1997

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   Ben C. Bowman
   Bogart
      Ben C. Bowman, 66, died Friday, Oct. 3, 1997.
      A native of Barrow County, Mr. Bowman was a son of the late Ben
   Hill and Beatrice Perkins Bowman. He graduated in 1947 from Statham
   High School, and was the Georgia state FFA president in 1947 and 1948.
   He spent two years in the U.S. Army in the 628th Tank Battalion in
   Germany. In 1954, he graduated from the University of Georgia with a
   bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering. He was employed by
   Ralston Purina Mills for 36 years, and was the director of
   manufacturing for the western region before retiring in 1990. He was a
   member of First Christian Church of Winder.
      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Smith Funeral Home
   chapel, with the Rev. John Richardson officiating. Burial will be in
   Chapel Christian Church Cemetery.
      Survivors include his wife, Nancy Dean Bowman; five sons, David
   Bowman, N.J., Jeffrey Bowman, Greensboro, N.C., John Bowman,
   Houston,T.X., Robert Bowman, Statham, and Edward Bowman, Cincinnati,
   Ohio; and 11 grandchildren.
      Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church of Winder or
   the Clarke County Cancer Society.
      The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-6 p.m.
   today.
      Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.
   Lisa Brown
   Lavonia
      Lisa Anne Chastain Brown, 33, of 93B Ridgewood Hills, died Friday,
   Oct. 3, 1997.
      A native of Franklin County, she was a daughter of Bettie Lou
   Goodwin of Royston and Steve Chastain of Lavonia. She was a secretary
   and a textile worker at the TNS Mills.
      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Ginn Funeral Home
   chapel, with the Rev. Harbin Sanders officiating. Burial will be in
   Franklin Memorial Gardens.
      In addition to her father and mother, survivors include her
   step-mother, Debby Hornick Chastain, Lavonia; her husband, Gregory
   Leon Brown, Lavonia; a son, Brandon Lee Brown, Lavonia; a daughter,
   Jessica Landy Brown, Lavonia; and a sister, Debbie Chastain Headen,
   Martin.
      The body is at Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville. The family is at the
   residence of her father, Steve Chastain, 280 Gumlog Road. The family
   will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. today.
   William Steele
   Carlton
      William Claude Steele, 84, of Rt. 2 Box 555, died Friday, Oct 3,
   1997.
      A native of Oglethorpe County, Mr. Steele was a son of the late
   William Milton and Martha Della Harris Steele. He farmed for much of
   his life and later worked in a quarry before retiring in 1975. He was
   a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church.
      Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today at Sandy Cross Baptist
   Church, with the Revs. Terry James and Clayton Sanders officiating.
   Burial will be in the church cemetery.
      Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Steele; a son, William Kerry
   Steele, Winterville; two sisters, Mae Burt and Sadie Cox, both of
   Jacksonville, Fla.; and four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren,
   and several nieces and nephews.
      Pallbearers will be the deacons of Sandy Cross Baptist Church.
      Lord & Stephens Oglethorpe Chapel, Crawford, is in charge of
   arrangements.
   Mary Whitfield
   Jefferson
      Mary Elizabeth Whitfield, 71, of 856 Athens St., died Saturday,
   Oct. 4, 1997.
      A native of Jackson County, Mrs. Whitfield was a daughter of the
   late Hubert O. and Mary Bell Hooper Lyle. She was the manager of the
   Jackson County Housing Authority and a member of Galilee Christian
   Church, Jefferson.
      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Galilee Christian
   Church, with the Minister Tom Plank officiating. Burial will be in
   Woodbine Cemetery.
      Survivors include her husband, Eugene Whitfield; four sons, Jeff
   Whitfield, Dothan, Ala., Ron Whitfield, Springfield, Tenn.; Tim
   Whitfield, Macon; and Ray Whitfield, Winterville; two sisters, Martha
   McEver, Talmo, and Judy Sailors, Jefferson; and seven grandchildren.
      Memorials may be made to the ALS Association, 21021 Ventura Blvd.,
   Suite 321, Woodland Hill, Calif., 91364-2206.
      The family will receive friends at Jackson Funeral Home, Jefferson,
   from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday.
   William H. Johnson
   Athens
      William H. "Tat" Johnson, 52, of 190 Burney St., died Friday, Oct.
   3, 1997.
      The family is at the residence of Bernice Johnson, 225 5th St.
      Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
   
                                      
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