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   Margaret Beasley
   High Shoals
      Margaret Gaines Beasley, 83, died Saturday, April 11, 1998.
      A native of Elbert County, Mrs. Beasley was a daughter of the late
   Martin A. and Lucy Oglesby Gaines and widow of Joe Cohen Beasley. She
   was a housewife and an active member of Antioch Baptist Church.
      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at Hicks Funeral Home,
   Elberton, with the Revs. David Shelley and Barry Mitchel officiating.
   Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park.
      Survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth Beasley Morris, Monticello;
   four sons, Joe Beasley, Carnesville, William M. Beasley, Gainesville,
   Wayne G. Beasley, West Point, Va., and Michael Beasley, Danielsville;
   a brother, Griff Gaines, Mapleton; and eight grandchildren.
      Pallbearers will be Ray Slay, Tim Slay, Stan Mills, Roger McCannon,
   Pete Harris and George Webb.
      The family is at 1212 Stinchcomb Road.
   Robert Dillard
   Athens
      Robert Dillard of 147 Savannah Ave. died Wednesday, April 8, 1998.
      A native of Oglethorpe County, Mr. Dillard was a son of the late
   Bob and Navada Dillard. He had lived in Athens for 35 or more years.
      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hill Chapel Baptist
   Church with the Rev. William J. Harris officiating. Burial will be in
   Spaulding Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.
   Tuesday.
      Survivors include his wife, Mary Lee Dillard; two stepdaughters,
   Beulah Coleman and Antonette Taylor, both of Athens; a stepson,
   Anthony Myrick, Athens; a sister, Equlla Dillard, Athens; and a
   brother, Bennie Dillard, Athens.
      Winfrey's Mutual Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
   Mary McGee
   Lavonia
      Mary Geraldine McGee, 61, of 198 Crest Circle died Wednesday, April
   8, 1998.
      A native of Hart County, Mrs. McGee was a daughter of Alvina
   Feaster of Lavonia and the late Alton Feaster and widow of James
   McGee. She was a member of New Hope Full Gospel Baptist Church,
   Hartwell.
      Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at New Hope Full Gospel
   Baptist Church with the Revs. T.L. Jackson and Bishop Feaster
   officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be
   placed in the church at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
      In addition to her mother, survivors include four daughters, Brenda
   Campbell, Lavonia, Delisa Hill and Diane Ware, both of Hartwell, and
   Juanita McGee, Toccoa; three sons, James McGee and Jeff McGee, both of
   the home, and Donald McGee, Hartwell; three sisters, Rether Mayfield,
   Canon, and Rosezella Morrison and Evia Winkfield, both of Lavonia; two
   brothers, Charlie Feaster, Lavonia, and Bishop Feaster, Martin; and 20
   grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
      The body is at Mack's Funeral Home, Hartwell, where the family will
   receive friends from 7-8 p.m. today.
      The family is at the residence.
   Gloria Wade
   Maysville
      Gloria A. Wade, 56, of 158 Hogan St. died Sunday, April 12, 1998.
      A native of Gainesville, Mrs. Wade was a daughter of Louise M.
   Clark of Gainesville and the late Collis J. Clark. She was an LPN and
   of the Baptist faith.
      Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Ivie Funeral Home,
   Commerce. Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery, Maysville.
      In addition to her mother, survivors include her husband, Tony
   Wade; two daughters, Erica Wade, Maysville, and Stacey Young,
   Gainesville; three sons, Adam Wade and Jason Wade, both of Maysville,
   and Randall Wade, Clarkesville; and a brother, Ronald (Leggs) Clark,
   Gainesville.
      The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m.
   today.
   Willie Coker
   Commerce
      Willie H. Coker of 297 E. Ridgeway Road died Sunday, April 12,
   1998.
      Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, will announce arrangements.
   Robert Coleman
   Athens
      Robert Coleman of 1545 E. Broad St. died Sunday, April 12, 1998.
      Hurley Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
   Jimmie Collins
   Athens
      Jimmie E. Collins of 185 Hallmark Drive died Saturday, April 11,
   1998.
      Hurley Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
   Jerry Garland
   Colbert
      Jerry Lee Garland, 60, husband of Miller Ree Sullivan Garland, died
   Sunday, April 12, 1998.
      Whitlock Mortuary, Toccoa, will announce arrangements.
   Lynton Hurt
   Las Vegas
      Lynton Hurt, 62, of 3830 Swenson Ave., formerly of Greene County,
   died Thursday, April 9, 1998.
      Watts Funeral Home, Union Point, will announce arrangements.
   
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