Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 7 Jul 1999 Thanks for permission from the Athens Daily News /Banner-Herald http://www.onlineathens.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Wednesday, 07-Jul-99 09:09:37 Maggie Logan Archer Athens Maggie Logan Archer, 94, of 139 Alps Road died Sunday, July 4, 1999. A native of Union County, Mrs. Archer was a daughter of the late Henry O. and Laura Minnie Parham Logan, and was the widow of Willie J. Archer. She was a member of Oconee Heights Baptist Church and taught Sunday School for a number of years. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Bridges Funeral Home with the Rev. Tom Lang officiating. Burial will be in Attica Baptist Church cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Nedra M. Archer, Mauldin, S.C., and Billie A. Jacobs, Belleville, Ill.; a sister, Lona L. Clotfelter, Athens; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. today at the funeral home. Sara Lee B. Autry Statham Sara Lee B. Autry, 69, died Monday, July 5, 1999. A native of Jackson County and a resident of Barrow County since 1944, Mrs. Autry was a daughter of the late Tilman and Bessie Bagwell. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Carolyn Autry. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Carter Funeral Home with the Revs. Jerry Worley and Andy Bond officiating. Burial will be in Cabin Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Jackson County. Survivors include her husband, Frank Autry Jr.; five daughters, Dale Willoughby, Rosa Lee Hamrick, Connie Cudak and Brenda Autry, all of Statham, and Gail Allred, Auburn; four sons, David Autry, Rock Mountain, N.C., Ralph Autry, Statesboro, Frank Autry III and Glenn Autry, both of Statham; 10 sisters, Ruth Anthony, Mary Embrick and Frances Worley, all of Commerce, Lois Moore, Honea Path, S.C., Frances Shedd, Akins, S.C., Martha Reeves, Woodrougg, S.C., Mary Duncan, Bogart, Ann Akins, Winder, Opal Sherwood, Hull, and Pam Cash, Statham; eight brothers, Tilman Bagwell and Homer Bagwell, both of Commerce, Clyde Beck, Arcade, Bobby Bagwell and Euri Patrick, both of Bogart, Charles Patrick, Stockbridge, Howard Bagwell, Farmington, and Morris Patrick, Statham; 31 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Carter Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements. Dora Vienia Pittman Baker Gainesville Dora Vienia Pittman Baker, 85, of 5275 Old Hickory Place died Monday, July 5, 1999. A native of Hall County, Mrs. Baker was a daughter of the late Robert and Dora Wiley Pittman and was the widow of Clint Talor Baker. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Little-Ward Funeral Home with the Rev. Junior Swain officiating. Burial will be in Howington Cemetery, Nicholson. Survivors include a daughter, Bobbie Redmon, Homer; a son, Emanuel Clinton Baker, Gainesville; two sisters, Margie Barrett, Nicholson, and Vernie Wiley, Commerce; 15 grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Ben Bobon Athens Dr. Benigno Lecaros Bobon, 72, of 525 Cedar Creek Drive died Monday, July 5, 1999. A native of Tanjay, Philippines, Mr. Bobon was a son of the late Filemon S. and Pilar Lecaros Bobon. He had lived in this area since 1976 and was a member of Green Acres Baptist Church. He was a retired general practitioner of family medicine in Statham and was a 32nd Degree Mason. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West. Burial will be in Athens Memory Gardens. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Bobon; two daughters, Rosemarie Bobon Banks, Conyers, and Catherine J. Bobon, Athens; two sons, Dr. Ben B. Bobon, Norcross, and William Bobon, Athens; a brother, Filemon L. Bobon, Philippines; and three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Green Acres Baptist Church, 2085 Barnett Shoals Road, Athens, GA 30605, or to the American Heart Association, 1353 Jennings Mill Road, Suite A, Bogart, GA 30622. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Russell Brown Royston Thomas Russell Brown, 71, of 67 Bennett St. died Monday, July 5, 1999. A native of Wilcox County, Mr. Brown was a son of Inez Carroll Brown and the late Clayborn Brown. He was retired from Sibley Mills and was a member of Goldmine Church of God. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Goldmine Church of God with the Rev. Gary Thompson officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in Nancy Hart Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Marylene Davis Brown; three daughters, Wanda Little and Cathy Hill, both of Royston, and Diane Scarboro Sanders, Canon; a son, Richard Brown, Carnesville; a sister, Frances McManus, Royston; a brother, Wendell "Snooks" Brown, Bowman; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons Wade Hill, Kevin Little, Wesley Hill, Chris Little, Tony Hill and Alex Strickland. The family is at the residence and at the home of Inez Brown, 91 Old Elbert Road, Royston. Pruitte Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mary Ida Coile Chattanooga, Tenn. Mary Ida Coile died Friday, July 2, 1999. A native of Winterville, Mrs. Coile was a daughter of the late William Rutherford and Laura Pittard Coile and was the widow of J. Colton Weeks. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Margaret Weeks. She attended the University of Georgia and worked for the Bank of Ringgold. She and her husband owned and operated the Weeks Insurance Agency. She helped form and operate the Coile-Harris Agency and retired in 1985. She was of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Anderson Cemetery, Ringgold, with the Rev. William L. Childers officiating. Survivors include three daughters, Bebe Weeks Gibbs, Jasper, Ann Weeks Jumper, Chattanooga, and Jean Weeks Ross, Greenville, S.C.; a sister, Emily C. Harris, Winterville; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Lane Funeral Home, Coulter Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. Warren Ellis Coon Jr. Toccoa Warren Ellis Coon Jr., 75, of 2029 Vernon Road died Wednesday, June 30, 1999. A native of Raleigh, N.C., Mr. Coon was a son of the late Varalla Galloway. He was a member of New Promiseland Baptist Church and was employed by Norfolk Southern Railroad for 47 years. Services were Monday at Gilbert's Funeral Parlor. Burial was in Toccoa Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Conice Coon; two daughters, Angela Coon, Tampa, Fla. and Jean Hayes, Toccoa; a son, Edward Coon, Toccoa; two stepsons, Gregory Dooley and Travis Dooley, both of Toccoa; and four grandchildren. Curtis Crowe Cornelia Curtis Crowe, 81, died Monday, July 5, 1999. A native of Banks County, Mr. Crowe was a son of the late John Grover and Mallie Garrison Crowe and was the widower of Clara Lewallen Crowe. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Moss. He was retired after 30 years as a building contractor and after 34 years of service as Volunteer Captain of the Cornelia Fire Department. He was a member of Level Grove Baptist Church and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Whitfield Funeral Home, Baldwin, with the Rev. Tony Kemp officiating. Burial will be in Level Grove Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters, Gayle Whitener, Clarkesville, Jacque Evans, Demorest, Gloria Rogers, Tiger, and Debra Crowe, Cornelia; four sons, Bobby Crowe and Tommy Crowe, both of Demorest, Nelson Crowe, Cornelia, and Larry Crowe, Baldwin; a brother, J.D. Crow, Tallulah Falls; 18 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Bessie Davis Athens Bessie Mae Allen Davis of 1839 Willie White Road died Saturday, July 3, 1999. A native of Elberton County, Mrs. Davis was a daughter of the late Harrison and Lula C. Cleveland Allen. She was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church, Elberton. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Rose Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Roosevelt Allen Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Lincoln Heights Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Lula Mae Calhoun, Elberton, Joyce Biggs, Lawrenceville; four sons, Will Ora Davis Jr., Robert Davis, Allen Davis, and Larry Davis, all of Elberton; a stepdaughter, Beatrice Brown, Elberton; three sisters, Marjorie Morrison, Bertha Mae Harper, both of Elberton, Mildred Dupree, Decatur; four brothers, Roosevelt Allen, Elberton, Willie Allen Jr. and James Allen, both of Knoxville, Tenn., and Albert Allen, Flint, Mich.; 34 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the residence. C.W. Phelps Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. `Bubba' Erwin Cornelia Matthew D. "Bubba" Erwin, 14, died Sunday, July 4, 1999. A native of Habersham County, Bubba was a son of Steve and Charlene Hunt Erwin of Cornelia. He was a rising freshman at Habersham Central High School and played recreation football. He was a peer mediator and was an honor roll student at South Habersham Middle School. He was a member of Friendly Mission Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Friendly Mission Baptist Church with the Revs. Danny O'Kelly, Mike Wilson and Paul Morris officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include two sisters, Lacey Erwin and Jessica Erwin, both of Cornelia; and his grandparents, Dorothy Erwin, Cornelia, and Ed and Ramona Stevens, Clarkesville. The family is at the residence of Dorothy Erwin, Fernbank Drive, Cornelia, and will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today at McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Egleston Children's Hospital, 1405 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30322, the Ronald McDonald House, 792 Houston Mill Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329 or to the intensive-care unit second Floor, Northeast Georgia Medical Center, 743 Spring St. N.E., Gainesville, GA 30501. Page M. Hunter Athens Martha Page Morton Hunter, a native of Jones County, died Sunday, July 4. Mrs. Hunter was preceded in death by her parents, James Everett and Clyde B. Morton, and her first husband, Fred Riesbol. She was the widow of Thomas Mitchell Hunter, a 1909 Clemson graduate and a distinguished engineer and inventor. Together the Hunters shared a suite at the Clemson House and had a great love for Clemson University. Evidence of this love includes The Hunter Endowed Chair of Bioengineering, The Hunter Honors Lecture Series, and The Page Morton Hunter Engineering Fellowship. Mrs. Hunter was a graduate of Gray High School; Mercer University with an A.B. Degree; and Emory University with an A.B. Degree in Library Science. She received The President's Award of Clemson University in 1992. Mrs. Hunter taught school at Pelham and Moultrie and had library duties with the Fulton County Library System. During World War II she had library positions with the 3rd Army, the 3rd Air Force, and ended her library career with the military as Chief Librarian for the Tactical Air Force. She had library duties with the Business and Professional Women's Organization in Washington, D.C., and served as Library Specialist with the Athens Regional Library. While she and her first husband, Fred Riesbol, were living in New York, she did volunteer work with the United Nations Headquarter, where she would meet arriving U.N.-delegation staff members from around the world and help them settle into their new surroundings. More recently, she did volunteer work for Emmanuel Episcopal Church and for St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Ga. Mrs. Hunter's last contribution to education was to endow the Page Morton Hunter Chair in the English Department at Mercer University and to serve on the Mercer University Board of Trustees. She was a member of Clemson University Honorary Alumnus and a lifetime member of the Mercer University Presidents Club. She was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Athens, Ga. Services will be held Wednesday, July 7, 1999, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Athens at 10:00 a.m. with the Rev. Eddie Ard and Rev. Mandy Brady officiating. Interment will be at 3:00 p.m. at High View Cemetery, Gray, Ga. Survivors include a brother: Malcolm O. Morton, Jefferson; sisters-in-law, Lucille Morton, Augusta, Ga., and Jeanette Morton Barnes, Greensboro, N.C.; nieces: Jeanne Dicasali, Sandre Gamble, Cathy Morton, Ann Morton, Alice Bryan, Page Morton and Jenny Morton; nephews: Bill Morton, Walter Morton and Jim Morton. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 498 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA 30601. Luther Jones Woodville Luther "Honey Pie" Jones, 75, of 1520 N. Dogwood Road died Friday, July 2, 1999. A native of Greene County, Mr. Jones was a son of the late Edgar and Mrs. Sallie Jones. Four brothers preceded him in death, Hubert, Clifford, Edgar D. and James Jones. "Honey Pie," as he was affectionately known, accepted Christ in his life and joined the St. Paul Baptist Church under the pastor-age of the Rev. William Smith. He served until his death. Honey Pie was a faithful servant of God and loved by all. He was a generous man who was always willing to lend a helping hand. He retired from the Greene County Board of Education after many years of dedicated service. God called Honey Pie from his labor here on Earth to his reward in heaven on Friday, July 2, 1999, bringing to a successful conclusion a life of dedication, loyalty and love to his family, church, community and friends. Those of us who will remember him always are two sisters-in-law, Cornelia Jones, Woodville, Ga.; Lila Mitchell, Decatur, Ga.; five nieces, Cornelia (Robert) Randolph, Dianne (Larry) Jackson, Woodville, Ga., Joann Jones, Pat (Marion) Cloud, Decatur, Ga., Jackie (Pat) Royster, Dayton, Ohio; six nephews, Michael (Annie) Jones, Arthur Jones, Greensboro, Ga., Gene (Nina) Jones, Earl (Margaret) Jones, Carl (Elizabeth) Jones, Charles (Christine) Riley, Atlanta, Ga.; a host of great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. The family is at the residence. Watts Funeral Home, Union Point, has charge of arrangements. Services will be held Wednesday, July 7, 1999, 1 p.m. from St. Paul Baptist Church, Woodville, with the Revs. William Smith, John Smith and B. Benford officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Wilda Grace Marlowe Jefferson Wilda Grace Marlowe, 52, of 55 Parr St. died Monday, July 5, 1999. A native of Jackson County, Mrs. Marlowe was a daughter of Vivian Webb Langford of Gainesville and the late W.R. Langford. She was a seamstress. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Hollysprings Methodist Church Cemetery. Survivors, in addition to her mother, include a daughter, Christina Leigh Frizzell, Pendergrass; three sisters, Sara Nichols, Pendergrass, Vickie Parham, Social Circle, and Jackie Fichter, Gainesville; three brothers, Richard Langford, Maysville, James Langford, Gainesville, and Dwight Langford, Pendergrass; two grandchildren. Evans Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Lottie Sheriff Eastanollee Lottie Nell Pressley Sheriff, 79, of Rumsey Road died Tuesday, July 6, 1999. A lifelong resident of Stephens County, Mrs. Sheriff was a daughter of the late John A. and Ella Irvin Pressley. She was a member of Toms Creek Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She was a secretary for Sheriff Construction Co. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Toms Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Kenneth Moon and Wayne Marcus officiating. Burial will be in Toms Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Willie G. Sheriff; six daughters, Eleanor Leola Fain, Lilburn, Betty Faye Stowe and Nellie Ann Herron, both of Eastanollee, Hazel Sue Adams, Martin, Lois Virgie Finley, Westminster, S.C., and Christine Mullinix, Toccoa; a son, Leonard D. Sheriff, Eastanollee; a sister, Mamie Pressley, Toccoa; 20 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. today and Thursday at Whitlock Mortuary. Inez S. Stroud Cornelia Inez S. Stroud, 82, died Monday, July 5, 1999. A native of Habersham County, Mrs. Stroud was a daughter of the late Cleland Kinlow "C.K." and Texie Bramblett Simmons and was the widow of Frank Fonclara and Leo Stroud. She was a homemaker, worked at the Steak House, and was of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home with the Revs. Austin Kelley and P.J. Hulsey officiating. Burial will be in Yonah Memorial Gardens, Demorest. Survivors include a son, Ken Fonclara, Cornelia; a sister, Sally Starr, Hollywood; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family is at the residence of Ken Fonclara, 2710 Mud Creek Road, Cornelia. R. Carey Wilson Savannah R. Carey "R.C." Wilson, 86, died Friday, July 2, 1999. A native of Athens, Mr. Wilson was the widower of Obie W. Wilson and was a Mason. He was retired from Union Camp Corp. in 1973. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Bernstein Funeral Home. Burial will at Evergreen Memorial Park, Athens. Survivors include two sons, Darryl Wilson, Macon, and Douglas Wilson, Martinez; three sisters, Marinza Sellers, Winston Salem, N.C., Wynelle McLeroy, Cartersville and Margaret Addington, Athens; a brother, Walter Wilson, Alexandria, Va.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Save a Life Ministries, 116A Prince Ave., Macon, GA 32104. Danny Carey Bowman Danny Carey of 2045 Christian Road died Tuesday, July 6, 1999. Pruitte Funeral Home, Royston, is in charge of the arrangements. Dorothy Kinsey Demorest Dorothy Kinsey, 85, died Monday, July 5, 1999. McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home, Cornelia, is in charge of the arrangements. Bertha L. Lyon Madison Bertha L. Lyon, 98, died Tuesday, July 6, 1999. Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, is in charge of the arrangements. Robert Sexton Toccoa Robert Sexton, 85, of 936 W. Currahee St. died Tuesday, July 6, 1999. Acree-Davis Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. 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