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                        Thursday, 01-Jul-99 09:39:26
                              Lester Blakeman
                                   Athens
        Lester Blakeman, 78, of 240 Merlin Place died Monday, June 28,
                                   1999.
        A native of Ill., Mr. Blakeman was a son of the late Harvey and
     Ruth Willis Blakeman and was the widower of Jean Elizabeth Loomis
    Blakeman. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a member of
                          Athens Christian Church.
      Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home,
       West, with the Revs. Mark Clark and Carl Shearer officiating.
               Entombment will be at Evergreen Memorial Park.
      Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Ann Wilkins, El Paso, Texas;
     two sons, Chuck Blakeman, Colbert, and Lester Lee Blakeman, Dover,
   Del.; a sister, Helen Reynolds, Ill.; two brothers, Jim Blakeman, Ark.
          and Thales Blakeman, Ariz.; six grandchildren; and five
                            great-grandchildren.
       Pallbearers will be Fred Zimmermann, Marv Westfall, T.L. Turman,
                Conrad Spratlin, Rod Walston and Gary Webb.
        Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Athens
    Christian Church, 1200 Forest Heights Drive, Athens, Ga. 30606 or to
    ARMC Foundation Oncology Unit, 1199 Prince Ave., Athens, Ga. 30606.
                             Dorthy J. Edinger
                                  Madison
      Dorthy June Edinger, 78, of 1221 Mission Road died Monday, June 28,
                                   1999.
       A native of Coring, N.Y., Ms. Edinger was a daughter of the late
         Clarence Ray Edinger and Irma Gates. She was a missionary.
       Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church with
     the Rev. Jim Peterson officiating. The body will be placed in the
            church at 1 p.m. Burial will be at Baywood Gardens.
        Survivors include a brother, Frank Edinger, Philadelphia, Pa.;
                            nieces and nephews.
        The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Simmons
                               Funeral Home.
                                J.C. Hunter
                                   Winder
                J.C. Hunter, 83, died Wednesday, June 30, 1999.
      A lifelong resident of Barrow County, Mr. Hunter was a daughter of
      the late Sam and Clydie Perkins Hunter. He was a retiree of the
     Lockheed Georgia Corporation and was a member of Midway Christian
                                  Church.
       Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Carter Funeral Home with the
     Revs. John Birchfield and Hal Tapp officiating. Burial will be in
                          Barrow Memorial Gardens.
      Survivors include his wife, Martha Sue Hunter; a daughter, Shirley
       Tiller, Winder; a son, Jimmy Hunter, Pompano Beach, Fla.; two
      brothers, Harold Hunter and Hubert Hunter, both of Winder; four
                 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
                                 Sue McCain
                                   Winder
                 Sue McCain, 76, died Tuesday, June 29, 1999.
       Mrs. McCain was a daughter of the late Stephen W. and Bersha Peek
    Lay and was the widow of Paul McCain. She was preceded in death by a
   son, David McCain. She was retired from Russell Nursing Home and was a
              member of New Pentecost United Methodist Church.
       Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Smith Funeral Home with the
   Revs. Mike Lemore and Ronald Hewitt officiating. Burial will be in New
                    Pentecost Methodist Church cemetery.
            Survivors include a son, Stephen McCain, Winder; three
                     grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
          In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to New Pentecost
                      Methodist Church Building Fund.
                              George DeLamater
                                   Martin
       George DeLamater, 56, of 5 Hilltop Road died Wednesday, June 30,
                                   1999.
        Strickland Funeral Home, Hartwell, will announce arrangements.
                              Mary P. Johnson
                                    Hull
        Mary Powers Johnson, of Route 612, Highway 29, Dowdy Lane, died
                          Tuesday, June 29, 1999.
          Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
                              William Thornton
                                   Bishop
        William "Bud" Thornton, 62, of 1493 Aycock Road died Wednesday,
                               June 30, 1999.
        Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, will announce arrangements.
                                      
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