Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 24 Sep 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/ *********************************************************************** Story last updated at 8:27 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Roy E. Dawson Farmington Roy E. Dawson, 93, of 1031 Mayne Mill Road, died September 22, 1999. A native and lifelong resident of Oconee County, he was a son of the late Cliff and Hassie Daniell Dawson. He was retired after 38 years of employment with Southern Piedmont Experiment Station. Mr. Dawson was a member of Freeman Creek Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 24, 1999, at 3:00 PM at the chapel of Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, West. Revs. Charles Giles and Darrell Gilmer will officiate. Interment will be in Farmington Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Anabel Lay Dawson of Farmington; daughter and son in law, Elaine and Tommy Cape of Watkinsville; sisters, Becky Barnette, Selna Kate Dickens, and Roberta Dellinger, all of Watkinsville; Sunie Nell Stewart of Alachua, FL; brother and sister in law, Rhul and Charlotte Dawson of Watkinsville; a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Wendell Dawson, Dan Dawson, David Dawson, Randy Dawson, Doug Dickens, Mark Dawson, James Lance and Jonny Lay. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7:00 until 9:00 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Farmington Cemetery Trust Fund, PO Box 767 Farmington Ga 30638. Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, West, is in charge of arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:04 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Allie Irene Emerson Athens Allie Irene Emerson, 89, of 185 Park Avenue died Thursday, September 23, 1999. A native of Oglethorpe County, Mrs. Emerson was a daughter of the late Early and Goldie Towns Fowler. She was the widow of Patrick Emerson and was preceded in death by an infant son, Michael Richard Emerson and two sisters, Ruth Fowler Bond and Sue Fowler Woods. She was a homemaker and a member of West End Baptist Church. Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Bernstein Chapel with Dr. Larry Elliott officiating. Burial will be in Oconee Hill Cemetery. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Mike E. Sr. and Pamela Bell Emerson, Madison, GA; a daughter and son-in-law, Pattie Emerson and James F. Law, Athens, GA; a sister, Edna Fowler Bryant, Athens; five grandchildren, Patrick and Steven Law, and Michael, Jr., Ashley, and Hannah Emerson; and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Harry Woods, Ralph Bryant, Tommy Bond, John Woods, Todd Turk and Ben O'Kelley. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7-9 pm and Friday from 2-4 pm. Those desiring to do so may make memorial contributions to West End Baptist Church, 890 Boulevard, Athens, GA 30601. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:42 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Stuart Robert Seligson Athens Stuart Robert Seligson, beloved father, grandfather and mentor, died at the age of 66 on September 23 at Athens Heritage Home. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Lori and David Brooks of Athens and Sharyl and Mark Naftal of Atlanta; one brother, Dr. Edwin Seligson of Los Angeles, CA. Stuart will be sadly missed by his four grandchildren, Dillon and Erika Brooks and Laurin and Mitch Naftal. Stuart was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He attended the University of Miami and served in the Army Intelligence in Germany. Later he received his law degree in Atlanta, MBA at Indiana Northern University and pursued a lifelong career in the hotel and restaurant business. Mr. Seligson raised his family in Stone Mountain where they remained until the early 1990's. Graveside services will be held at the Hebrew National Cemetery in Raleigh, NC at 3:00 pm on Friday. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1905 Powers Ferry Road, Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30339 or the children's charity of your choice in memory of Mr. Seligson's long time ambition to help children. Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 7:54 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Edris Smith Cornelia Edris Smith, 90, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999. A native of Coburg, Ontario, Canada, Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Percy Frederick and Rose Ida Presley Stone and was the widow of Arthur William Smith. She was preceded in death by a son, Warren Purvis Smith. She was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Cornelia, and the Order of the Eastern Star. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Blaine Walker officiating. Survivors include two daughters, Edris Gillet, Bartonville, Ill., and Lynette Doolen, Delafield, Wis.; two sons, Garth Irwin Smith, Cornelia, and Stuart Evan Smith, Walden, Vt.; two sisters, June Kingsmill, Trent River, Ontario, and Lillian Watson, Toronto, Ontario; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Memorial Fund; PO Box 165, Cornelia, GA 30531. The family will receive friends after the memorial service in Scoggins Hall. McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Lena Cosby Wall Washington Lena Cosby Wall, 89, of 502 Orchard St. died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999. A native of Wilkes County, Mrs. Wall was a daughter of the late Jim Cosby and Sally Williamson and was the widow of Hogan Wall. She was a homemaker and a member of Phillips Mill Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Resthaven Cemetery with the Rev. Albert Huyck officiating. Survivors include a son, Hogan Wall Jr., Washington; and four grandchildren. Hopkins Funeral Home, Washington has charge of arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 7:55 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Rose Paoletto Toccoa Rose Louise Carta Paoletto of 328 Valley Road died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999. A native of Binghamton, N.Y., Mrs. Paoletto was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Eva Nitto Carta. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Toccoa, the Day Circle, the Friendship Club, the United Methodist Women, the Off Beats Band and the Emma Vickery Ladies Bible Class. She was a former member of Toccoa Woman's Club. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Acree-Davis Funeral Home with the Revs. Jack Lamb, Jim Bocian and Hal McKewen officiating. Burial will be in Stephens Memorial Gardens. Survivors include her husband, Carmen L. Paoletto; two daughters, Diane Good, Toccoa, and Jayne McKewen, Birmingham, Ala.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Pallbearers will be William Good, Roger Martin, Todd Russell, Charles McKewen, Peter Sayeski, Ben Sayeski, Frank Sayeski and Tom Paoletto. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Toccoa or to the Stephens County Unit of the American Cancer Society. The family is at the residence. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:35 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Chester Thomas Rives Jefferson Chester Thomas Rives, 74, of 88 Doster Road died Thursday, Sept. 23, 1999. A native of Jackson County, Mr. Rives was a son of the late Lude Thomas and Ava Hogan Rives. He was retired from textiles and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served in the European Theatre. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Evans Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Hardy officiating. Burial will be in White Plains Baptist Church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Alline Shannon Rives; two daughters, Mary Frances Rives and Wanda Rives Mahaffey, both of Jefferson; two sons, Larry T. Rives and Harold J. Rives, both of Jefferson; two sisters, Angie Dye and Mildred Rives, both of Danielsville; and two grandchildren. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 7:56 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Amos Leroy Simmons Baldwin Amos Leroy Simmons, 77, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 1999. A native of Banks County, Mr. Simmons was a son of the late Oscar and Bessie Broome Simmons. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, was self-employed, and was a member of Leatherwood Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at McGahee-Griffin Funeral Home with the Rev. Clyde Garrison officiating. Military burial will be in Level Grove Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Faye House Simmons; two daughters, Wanda Garrison, Cornelia and Irma Herrin, Baldwin; a son, Charles ''Buck'' Simmons, Baldwin; two sisters, Gwen Clark, Cornelia, and Catherine Rice, Gainesville; a brother, Edwin Simmons, Toccoa; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family is at the residence. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:17 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Shirley P. Terry Commerce Shirley P. Terry, 67, of 4440 Mount Olive Road died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999. A native of Fulton County, Mrs. Terry was a daughter of the late Shirley and Corine Clayton Pawley. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Chapel Holiness Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Ivie Funeral Home with the Revs. Bill Smith and Eugene Pritchett officiating. Burial will be in Grey Hill. Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Claude Terry; three daughters, Gina House, Rocky Mount, N.C., Cindy Kinney, Commerce, and Teresa Timms, Duluth; a son, Bryan Terry, Commerce; three sisters, Lila Champaine, Covington, Sylvia Tarpley, Decatur, and Hazel Turpin, Atlanta; two brothers, Milton Pawley, Douglasville, and Perry Pawley, St. Simons; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:38 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Stella Burnette Broach Madison Stella Burnette Broach, 68, of 3860 Brownwood Road died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999. A native of Monroe County, Mrs. Broach was a daughter of the late Simeon Burnette Knight and Minnie Ruth Malcolm. She was a housewife and a member of VFW Auxiliary Post 4706, Decatur. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Brownwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Smith officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Clarence P. Broach; three daughters, Linda Gibbs and Sandra Tindol, both of Conyers, and Pamela Sorrels, Coppell, Texas; four sisters, Lillian Hencely, Clarksville, Carolyn Patrick Eatonton, Allene Glass Tucker, and Judy Morris, Phenix City, Ala.; two brothers, John Knight, Madison, and Marlin Knight, Rutledge; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Simmons Funeral Home. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 7:58 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Howard Conn Winterville Howard Conn, 67, of 275 Smokey Road died Thursday, Sept. 23, 1999. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Mr. Conn was a son of Bill and Mary Alameida Streett of Haleiwa, Hawaii, and the late William O. Conn and was the widower of Mary Aaron Conn. He was retired from Westinghouse, was a U.S. Navy veteran, and was a member of Word of Life Congregational Holiness Church, Colbert. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Word of Life Congregational Holiness Church. The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Athens Memory Gardens. Survivors, in addition to his mother and stepfather, include two daughters, Rhonda Rawlins, Atlanta, and Judy A. Conn, Winterville; a son, Randall Conn, Winterville; a sister, Dorothy Holzapfel, Fayetteville, N.C.; three brothers, Robert Conn, Wooster, Ohio, Theodore Conn, Evansville, Ind., and Wilford Conn, Absecon, N.J.; three grandchildren; nieces and nephews. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:08 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 George C. Scott Los Angeles By Cynthia L. Webb Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- George C. Scott, the forbidding-looking, gravel-voiced actor who turned in an Oscar-winning performance as the profane and patriotic Gen. George S. Patton then declined the honor, has died at 71. Scott died Wednesday of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm at his home 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles. With his imperious presence, curled lip, animated eyebrows and the broken-nose profile of a Roman consul, Scott seemed born to play the role of the legendary World War II general in ''Patton'' in 1970. But his memorable roles also included Gen. Buck Turgidson, the fatuous blowhard in Stanley Kubrick's ''Dr. Strangelove''; the pool-hall bookie who menaces Paul Newman in ''The Hustler''; the high-powered ringer who worked to destroy small-town lawyer James Stewart in ''Anatomy of a Murder''; and the dedicated doctor surrounded by incompetence in ''The Hospital.'' ''He made every actor proud to say that they were in the same profession,'' said actor Jack Lemmon. Scott dismissed moviemaking as tedious and said he only made films for the money. ''I have to work in the theater to stay sane,'' he once said. ''You can attack the stage fresh every night.'' He made his Broadway debut in ''Comes a Day'' in 1958, quickly earning his first of four Tony nominations. The others were for ''The Andersonville Trial'' in 1959, ''Uncle Vanya'' in 1974 and ''Death of a Salesman'' in 1975. He also won three Emmys -- the most recent last year as a supporting actor in a remake of ''12 Angry Men'' -- and was nominated for four Oscars. It was the award he wouldn't accept, the Oscar for ''Patton,'' that cemented his reputation as a Hollywood outsider. He had been nominated for ''Anatomy of a Murder'' in 1959 and said nothing about it. But then he tried to decline the nomination for ''The Hustler'' in 1962, calling the Academy Awards a meaningless popularity contest. When he was nominated for ''Patton,'' he again tried to drop out, dismissing the awards as a ''meat parade.'' ''Oh my God!'' Oscar presenter Goldie Hawn exclaimed that night. ''The winner is George C. Scott!'' As the film collected seven Academy Awards, Scott spent the evening watching hockey. Despite his very public snub, Scott was nominated the following year for ''The Hospital.'' He didn't win. In private life, Scott was a bellicose drinker whose nose was broken five times in four barroom brawls and one mugging. He was married five times -- twice to the same woman, actress Colleen Dewhurst. Interviewers told of meeting a loud, intimidating man who would answer his phone by shouting, ''Who the hell is it?'' He could be friendly one moment and dismiss a question as idiotic the next. When he appeared in the play ''Plaza Suite'' in 1968, co-star Maureen Stapleton reportedly told director Mike Nichols at rehearsal: ''I'm so frightened of George, I don't know what to do.'' ''My dear,'' Nichols replied, ''the whole world is frightened of George.'' The actress, contacted Thursday, said she was too shocked by the news to talk about Scott. Born in Wise, Va., on Oct. 18, 1927, Scott was raised in Detroit. After joining the Marines in 1945, too late for action in World War II, he spent the next four years burying the dead at Arlington by day and boozing at night. ''You can't look at that many widows in veils and hear that many taps without taking to drink,'' he once said. After the Marines, he enrolled at the University of Missouri, intending to become a journalist. But he was captivated by acting after he tried out for a school play. ''I'll never forget that day,'' he said in 1985. ''I was terrified when I went on, and I was certain I'd been terrible.'' Then, as he was leaving the stage, the head of the drama department approached and said, ''You're good. Where have you been?'' He later came to the attention of Joseph Papp, the impresario of the New York Shakespeare Festival. In rapid succession in 1957-58, he appeared in ''Richard III,'' ''As You Like It'' and ''Children of Darkness.'' For his work in all three productions he received the off-Broadway best actor Obie and a Theatre World award as a ''promising personality.'' Early marriages to Carolyn Hughes and Patricia Reed produced two daughters, Victoria and Devon, and a son, Matthew. Scott also acknowledged a child born out of wedlock during his school years. He met Dewhurst when they appeared together in ''Children of Darkness'' and they were married in 1960, divorced in 1965, remarried in 1967 and divorced in 1972. They had two sons, Alexander and Campbell, himself an actor. Scott then married actress Trish Van Devere in 1972. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 8:54 a.m. on Friday, September 24, 1999 Deaths Elsewhere Gene Elkus CINCINNATI -- Gene Elkus, a former radio announcer who directed growth of the Gentry clothing stores, died Tuesday after collapsing from a stroke during Yom Kippur services. He was 79. Elkus was a radio announcer at Cincinnati's WLW-AM in the early 1940s and helped produce programs for singer Kate Smith.Doris Allen Doris Allen SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Doris Allen, a maverick Orange County Republican who became the California Assembly's first female speaker, died Wednesday of colon cancer. She was 63. Mrs. Allen lived in Westminster and spent 12 years in the Assembly. She sparked a ferocious GOP fight by using the Democratic backing of former Speaker Willie Brown, who was being pushed out by term limits, to gain enough votes to become speaker. Mrs. Allen, who was removed from office in 1995 by a recall campaign, believed she never received credit for what she had accomplished during her four-month tenure as speaker. After serving in the Army during World War II, he took over his father's Cincinnati clothing store and built it into the 18-store Gentry retail chain. His son, Michael, joined the company in 1969 and sold it in the late 1980s. Cornelia Porea Goske PARMA, Ohio (AP) -- Cornelia Porea Goske, who covered the wedding of Lauren Bacall to Humphrey Bogart as an Associated Press newswoman in the 1940s, died Sunday at a nursing home in Mayfield Heights. She was 81. Writing under her maiden name, Cornelia E. Porea, she covered the Bacall-Bogart wedding in 1945. She later taught in Parma schools for more than 20 years and eventually returned to writing articles for the old Cleveland Press and the suburban Sun weekly newspapers. She grew up in Warren and graduated from Kent State University, where she taught journalism for two years before becoming a reporter. Earnest Hoberecht WATONGA, Okla. (AP) -- Earnest Hoberecht, a retired United Press International executive and war correspondent, died Wednesday. He was 81. As a UPI correspondent, Hoberecht reported on the Korean War and the war in Vietnam, and he was on the Battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered during World War II. UPI named Hoberecht chief correspondent in Tokyo in 1945. He became general manager for Asia in 1948 and retired in 1966. Hoberecht graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1941. He returned to Oklahoma after retiring and became president of Blaine County Abstract Co. and Earnest Hoberecht Insurance Agency and chairman of Watonga Abstract Co. Benny Kalama HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaiian music legend Benny Kalama, former musical director for the ''Hawaii Calls'' radio show, died Tuesday at his Lanikai home. He was 83. Kalama, a falsetto singer and ukulele and bass player, performed with some of Hawaii's most famous musicians and was a member of the Royal Hawaiian Serenaders from 1948-52. His recording career started in 1938. His lone solo album, ''He is Hawaiian Music,'' came out in the early 1980s. In 1993, Kalama received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts. For about 20 years until his retirement in 1997, Kalama played at the Halekulani in Waikiki with The Islanders. J. Doug Kelm ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- J. Doug Kelm, a former campaign aide for Hubert H. Humphrey, lobbyist and chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Commission, died Monday at a Canadian fishing lodge. He was 76. Kelm, a heavy smoker, was recently in the spotlight for his lobbying efforts to derail the state's lawsuit against tobacco companies, which he claimed would hurt Minnesota taxpayers while enriching lawyers. Neil McGaughey PRENTISS, Miss. (AP) -- Mystery writer Neil McGaughey died Tuesday at his childhood home in Prentiss. He was 47. An autopsy was being conducted to determine the cause of death. McGaughey, a longtime Jackson resident, published four books and was working on his fifth. Among his books were ''Otherwise Known as Murder'' and ''A Corpse by Any Other Name.'' Bishop Basil Rodzianko WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bishop Basil Rodzianko, the retired bishop of the Orthodox Church in America, died of a heart attack Friday. He was 84. For more than 30 years, the bishop made regular radio broadcasts from England and the United States to his native Russia and the Soviet Union. He came to the U.S. from England in 1978 as bishop of Washington and of the Orthodox Church in America. He later took on additional duties as bishop of San Francisco and the West and moved to San Francisco. He retired in 1984 and returned to Washington, but continued religious broadcasts via Voice of America and Vatican Radio. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc.