Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 10 Nov 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/ *********************************************************************** LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Carl Walter Poss Cordele Carl Walter Poss, 83, formerly of Athens, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999. Mr. Poss, a native of Athens, Ga. was the son of the late Mr. Thomas F. and Gertrude Louise Krause Poss. He was a member of Cordele First United Methodist Church and a veteran of WWII. He was a retired jeweler and watchmaker and was a resident of Cordele since 1950. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until time of the service at Bridges Funeral Home. The family will be at the residence of Brenda and Thomas Poss, 176 Catawba Ave., Athens, Ga. 30606. Services will be at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 10, 1999 at Bridges Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J. Hunter Coleman, pastor of Highlands Presbyterian Church, Highlands, NC, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife, Anne Wilkinson Poss, Tucson, Ariz.; a daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Bill Pole, Cordele, Ga.; two sons and daughters-in-law, C. Thomas and Brenda Poss, Athens, Ga., and Richard and Tillie Poss, Tucson, Ar.; 5 grandchildren, Teresa Smith, Charlotte Poss, Geoffrey Poss, Elizabeth Poss and Bredon Poss; and two great-grandchildren, Taylor Smith and Heather Smith. Pallbearers will be Ronald Bates, J. Michael Coleman, Frederick Jones, Thomas G. Nemetz, O. Lee Reed and Bert Westbrook. Bridges Funeral Home, Athens, Ga., in charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 John G. Bonomi Lawyer NEW YORK -- John G. Bonomi, a lawyer who crusaded to disbar former President Richard M. Nixon, died Saturday at his home in Irvington. He was 76. Bonomi was an assistant district attorney in Manhattan from 1953 to 1960, and investigated the role of organized crime in professional boxing. His work led then -Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., to hire him as special counsel to the Subcommittee for Antitrust and Monopoly. The committee turned its attention to professional boxing in 1960. At the hearings, former middleweight champ Jake La Motta admitted throwing a fight at Madison Square Garden, allowing undefeated light heavyweight Billy Fox to beat him. From there, Bonomi went to work as special assistant attorney general in New York, a post he parlayed into chief counsel for grievances for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In 1974, the same year Nixon resigned the presidency, Bonomi started an investigation that resulted in the former president being disbarred from the state of New York. Nixon had hoped to give up his license to practice law voluntarily, as he had in California, but the New York bar refused to allow him to do so unless, as state law requires, he would acknowledge that he would not be able to defend himself against the charges in his case successfully. Biagio DiLieto NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Biagio DiLieto, a Democrat who served as mayor of New Haven for 10 years and was credited with revitalizing the city's arts district, died Monday after battling lung and bladder cancer for years. He was 76. DiLieto, who was known as Ben, retired in 1989 after serving 10 years as mayor. He shied away from public life in his later years. During his five terms, DiLieto worked to reopen the Shubert Theater, create Artspace, the surrounding Audubon Arts District, and the New Haven Jazz Festival. Ed Gochenour MACON, Ga. (AP) -- Ed Gochenour, a former state senator who battled brain cancer and fought for a law allowing patients with life-threatening diseases to undergo experimental treatments, died Sunday. He was 46. Gochenour, R-Macon, was diagnosed with cancer in 1996, shortly after he was re-elected to his third term in the Senate. He was nominated again for a fourth term in 1998, but dropped out of the race before the election was held, saying his treatments drained him too much. In his final term in the Legislature, Gochenour got a bill passed that allows doctors to use experimental medicine to treat consenting patients. John Hadfield LONDON (AP) -- British author and publisher John Hadfield, whose novel of eccentric goings-on in an English stately home, ''Love on a Branch Line,'' became a television series, died Oct 10. He was 92. For most of his career Hadfield compiled literary anthologies, including ''The Saturday Book,'' which he edited for 21 years. A 1952 anthology, ''A Book of Beauty'' sold so well it enabled Hadfield to buy Barham Manor, a 16th century home in Suffolk county that had been requisitioned by the military in World War II. ''Love on a Branch Line,'' published in 1959, was an immediate success. The comic novel features a staid civil servant sent from London to report on a long-forgotten government research center set up in the stately home of an eccentric aristocrat, Lord Flamborough. The book was reissued in 1988 and again sold well, and in 1994 was adapted for a four-part British Broadcasting Corp. television series. George S. Hurley SEATTLE (AP) -- George S. Hurley, a political crusader in the state Legislature, died Tuesday. He was 92. Bounced from the Legislature in Olympia after being branded a Communist sympathizer, an accusation that was never proven, the Democrat ran numerous times until he was reelected to the state House for one last hurrah at age 67. Hurley was elected to the state House in the early 1940s, railed against a state income tax, said property taxes were too high and proposed that special school levies be replaced by a tax on corporations making more than $100,000 a year. As an outspoken opponent of the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee, he was accused in a state legislative committee hearing in 1947 of attending Communist Party meetings. After a couple of years out of politics, working as a driver-sales representative, Hurley ran for the Legislature and lost in 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958 and 1964. Finally, in 1974, he won election to the House once again. Marjorie Marlette LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)-- Marjorie Marlette, a Lincoln Journal reporter for 31 years and a former member of the state Parole Board, died Thursday of cancer. She was 76. Ms. Marlette was active in the anti-death penalty movement and in national correctional issues. She began her career at the Journal in 1951, covering courts and the correctional system. In 1982, Gov. Charles Thone named her to the Parole Board where she served two years. Afterward, she edited Corrections Compendium, a national magazine for corrections professionals. She retired in 1993. She is survived by her husband Ralph; her son; two daughters; and brother. Richard Martin NEW YORK (AP) -- Richard Martin, whose flair for finding fabulous clothes lead him to a curator's post at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, died Monday. He was 52 and suffered from melanoma. Despite sometimes disappointing fashion critics who wanted something showier, Martin stretched the Met's costume collection to include such exhibits as ''American Ingenuity: Sportswear, 1930s-1970s,'' as well as one based on clothing inspired by words. He was also responsible for the more traditional ''Gianni Versace,'' and ''Christian Dior'' shows. Working on a budget, Martin added to the museum's collection by accepting clothing donations from designers and their clients, and by shopping at auctions, flea markets, discount stores and Barneys' warehouse sales. He began working on fashion exhibits in 1980 while at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where he had taught. He also worked in the classroom at the School of Visual Arts and at New York University. Hank Messick MIAMI (AP) -- Hank Messick, a journalist and author whose works included a biography of mobster Meyer Lansky, died Saturday of Sjogren's syndrome. He was 77. Messick worked for the Herald from 1965-1966. He wrote 19 books, most of them about organized crime. Messick, who was allied with federal mob investigators, led The Miami Herald on a crusade to expose organized crime in the mid 1960s. His stories led to the indictments of former Sheriffs T.A. ''Tal'' Buchanan in Dade County and Allen B. Michell in Broward on charges of official corruption. The charges were eventually dropped, but Messick's revelations led to reforms. He led a successful referendum with local clergymen and other community leaders to eliminate the elected sheriff's office in what is now Miami-Dade County, replacing the office with an appointed director of public safety. Messick was best known nationally for ''Lansky,'' a biography of the late mobster. Survivors include his wife, Faye; two sons; a daughter; and a sister. Perry Morgan NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Perry Morgan, retired publisher of The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star who once headed news operations at parent Landmark Communications Inc., died Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 72. Morgan, a Georgia farm boy and World War II veteran, worked for the AP in Atlanta for a time after graduating from the University of Georgia. He went on to work at several newspapers before becoming editor of The Charlotte News in North Carolina and the Akron Beacon Journal in Ohio. He came to Norfolk in 1973 as executive editor and, later, publisher. He retired in 1985 but continued to write a column. Survivors include a son and a sister. Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Herman Mulkey Toccoa James Herman Mulkey, 58, of 8794 Scenic Drive died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999. A native of Stephens County, Mr. Mulkey was a son of Vince and Mary Freeman Mulkey of Toccoa. He was a truck driver and was employed by The American Farmers Trucking Co. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Acree-Davis Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Reece officiating. Burial will be in Toccoa City Cemetery. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include three daughters, Kay Wiser, Winter Haven, Fla., Courtney Bohannon and Christi Brown, both of Toccoa; and three grandchildren. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Willice 'Shorty' Wells Winder Willice ''Shorty'' Wells, 74, of 143 Horton St. died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at New Hope A.M.E. Church, Hoschton, with the Rev. Vonshurii Wrighton officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Willie Nell Gordon, Cleveland, Ohio, and Phillis Billings, Winder; three sons, Clifford Wells, Willis Wells Jr. and John Hill, all of Winder; a sister, Bertha Mae Riley, Winder; a brother, the Rev. Phillip Wells, Bethlehem; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Eberhart & Son Mortuary has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Laura E. Dove Canon Laura E. Dove, 70, died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999. A native of Franklin County, Mrs. Dove was a daughter of Esabelle Sailors Peeples and the late Raymond Peeples and was the widow of J.T. Dove. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Services were 3 p.m. Tuesday in Oak View Cemetery with Frank Fowler officiating. Survivors, in addition to her mother, include two daughters, Nina Bowden and Lois Sorrow, both of Canon; three sons, Hugh Dove and Leon Dove, both of Royston, and Nathaniel Dove, Canon; three sisters, Doris Peeples, Hartwell, Geannette Sims, Royston, and Patricia Sewell, Bowersville; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Brown Funeral Home, Danielsville, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Emmett Brannan Craig Austell Emmett Brannan Craig, 85, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999. Mr. Craig was a son of the late Camie Emmett and Julia Branan Craig. He was retired as owner of Craig Upholstery Shop. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Smith Funeral Home, Winder, with the Rev. John Talley officiating. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Poole Craig; a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Bob Burton, Smyrna; two sisters, Billie English, McDonough, and Ruth Godsey, Riverdale; a brother, C. Ralph Craig, Riverdale; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 340, Winder, 30680. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Willie Mae Erwin Warrenton Willie Mae Erwin, 90, formerly of Winder, died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999. Mrs. Erwin was a daughter of the late James Arnold and Sara Ann Patrick Haymon and was the widow of Robert L. Erwin. She was a housewife. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Smith Funeral Home, Winder, with the Rev. Dwight Haymon officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell. Survivors include a sister, Ann Gullick, North Palm Beach, Fla. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 James Calvin Crowe Greensboro James Calvin Crowe, 41, of 3080 White Oak Lane died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999. A native of Gordon County, Mr. Crowe was a son of the late Albert James Crowe and Ethel Catherine West. He was a disabled veteran. Services will be today at Rio Baptist Church, Fairmount. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include two sisters, Paula Crowe Slaughter and Debra Crowe, both of Madison; and a brother, Elexander Crowe, Madison. Simmons Funeral Home, Madison, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Mary King Royston Mary Elizabeth Haynes King, 86, of 33 Aaron St. died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999. A native of Elbert County, Mrs. King was a daughter of the late Isaac Jackson and Nesby Hendrix Haynes and was the widow of James Fred King. She was a retired nurse's assistant with Cobb Memorial Hospital and was a member of Royston Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pruitte Funeral Home with the Rev. Albert Huyck and Dr. Danny Barton officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include three sons, Jerry King, James King and Bill King, all of Royston; three sisters, Frances Nelms, Jacksonville, Fla., Ruby Fleeman, Palm Harbor, Fla., and Sara Dickerson, Birmingham, Ala.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. The family is at their respective residences and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Margaret S. Dunson Spartanburg, SC Margaret Shankle Dunson, 92, of 1705 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg, died November 8, 1999 in Skylyn Health Center. Mrs. Dunson was the widow of Linton Reese Dunson of Athens, Georgia. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Shankle of Commerce, Georgia. She received her undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Georgia and taught for twenty-five years in Athens and six years in Greensboro, NC in the public schools. She was active in educational and cultural organizations and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Athens. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Linton R. Dunson, Jr. of Spartanburg; granddaughters, Katharine and Julia Dunson of Spartanburg; sisters, Rebecca Shankle of Commerce, Ga. and Harriet Wright of Milledgeville, Ga.; brother, Col. Willard Shankle of Milledgeville, Ga. Graveside service will be held at 3 pm, Thursday, November 11, 1999 in Grey Hill Cemetery in Commerce, Ga. conducted by the Rev. Frank Granger. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Care of S.C., 3211 Reidville Road, Ste. E., Spartanburg, SC 29301. Floyd's N. Church St. Chapel has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Mattie C. Turner Toccoa Mattie C. Turner, 85, of 176 Kyte St. died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999. A native of Stephens County, Mrs. Turner was a daughter of the late Jesse and Minnie Cherry Drake and was the widow of Wesley Turner. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles M. White officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Toccoa City Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Virginia Wofford, Toccoa; and four sons, Wallace Cody, Voster Cody and Harold Turner, all of Toccoa, and Tommy Cody, Athens. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. today at Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 George Bennie Lindsey Tignall George Bennie Lindsey, 85, of 1080 Jones Chapel Road died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999. A native of Wilkes County, Mr. Lindsey was a son of the late Benjamin F. and Nannie Lou Danner Lindsey. He was a farmer, was retired from Royal Manufacturing Co. and was a member of Fishing Creek Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Fishing Creek Baptist Church cemetery with the Revs. Roy Cates and John McPherson officiating. Survivors include his wife, Bessie Standard Lindsey; a daughter, Melanie L. Sammons, Sylvania; two sons, David B. Lindsey and Kenneth Lindsey, both of Washington; two sisters, Lucy Wilkes Chapman, Morena, and Frances Wilkes; a brother, Herman Wilkes, Surrency; and six grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Dave Lindsey, Darrell Standard, Tim Standard, Barry Denard, Brian Denard and Jason Smith . Memorials may be made to Georgia Baptist Children's Home Ministry, c/o Roger Walker, 2221 Sandtown Road, Tignall, 30668. Hopkins Funeral Home, Washington, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Sallie Reed Crawfordville Sallie Reid Mapp Reed, 82, of 2090 White Plains Road died Monday, Nov. 8, 1999. A native of Greene County, Mrs. Reed was a daughter of the late Earl Mapp Sr. and Lizzie Pierce Mapp. She was a member of Second Baptist Church and of the 55 Plus Club. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Second Baptist Church, White Plains, with the Rev. James Collins, Garnie Shorter and Omar Reid officiating. The body will be placed in the church at noon. Burial will be in Kilpatrick Cemetery, White Plains. Survivors include three daughters, the Rev. Rosalyn Billingsly, Hartford, Conn., Cora Young, Brockton, Mass., and Tonia Reed, Atlanta; four sons, Earl Reed and Larry Reed, both of Decatur, Everett Reed, Lawrenceville, N.J., and Teddy Reed, Lithonia; a sister, Lula Mae VanMeter, Daytona Beach, Fla.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. The family is at the residence. Watts Funeral Home, Union Point, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 George Beck Hull George Beck, 78, of 555 Beck Road died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999. A native of Madison County, Mr. Beck was a son of the late Frank and Mary Flanagan Beck and was the widower of Pearl Adams Beck. He was a poultry worker. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Revs. Dennis Kesler and Allen Seagraves officiating. Burial will be in Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson. Survivors include a stepson, Darrell Brooks, Hull; five sisters, Sara Covington and Eddie Pearle Wiley, both of Homer, Vernell Evans, Nicholson, Era Belle Maney and Mamie Turner, both of Commerce; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999 Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc.