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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 9:01 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Frank Childs Sr. Athens Frank Childs Sr., 66, of 4127 Old Danielsville Road died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999. A native of Clarke County, Mr. Childs was a son of the late James Willie and Lenora Hendrix Childs and was the widower of Clarsy C. Childs. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jennie Marie Crowell. He was a retired security guard for the EPA and was a veteran of the Korean War. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Brown Funeral Home, Danielsville, with the Rev. Elmer Butler officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Survivors include two daughters, Charlotte Tittle, Winterville, and Betty Jean Smith, Jefferson; three sons, Billy Trammell, Colton, Curtis Lee Childs, Athens, and Frank Childs Jr., Newnan; two sisters, Frances Maddox, Bogart, and Nettie Bradshaw, Jefferson; two brothers, Otis Childs, Athens, and James R. Childs, Hull; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Wendall Evans, Jeff Evans, Mike Tittle, Lee Benton, Robert Cunningham and Mike Mattox. The family is at the residence of Curtis Childs, 4301 Old Danielsville Road, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:06 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Sara Elizabeth Murray Athens Sara Elizabeth Murray, 75, of 172 White Court died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999. A native of Oglethorpe County, Mrs. Murray was a daughter of the late Willie Edward and Mattie Mae Blew Wills and was the widow of John T. Murray. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy Jean Murray, and two sons, John Junior Murray and John Edward Murray. She was a sewing machine operator at Thomas Textile and was a member of Moons Grove Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Brown Funeral Home with the Revs. Elmer Butler, B.G. Miller and Haney officiating. Burial will be in Moons Grove Baptist Church cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Martha Taylor, Athens; two sisters, Gladis Mann, Nicholson, and Betty Calloway, Winterville; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Nelson Calloway, Wayne Anderson, Allen Cowart, Larry Evans, Lamar Evans and Allen Gunter. The family is at the residence. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 8:57 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Gary Lee Carlson Longmont, Colo. Gary Lee Carlton, 23, formerly of Athens, died Friday, Oct. 22, 1999. A native of Fort Collins, Colo., Mr. Carlson was a son of Jack H. and Sharon Lynn Kivler Carlson. Services were Wednesday. Memorial services are pending. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include three sisters, Lisa Carlson Feder, San Francisco, Calif., Erica Carlson Sandor and Shauna Carlson, both of Athens; four brothers, Clay Carlson, Provo, Utah, Brian Carlson, Fort Collins, Jared Carlson and Brandon Carlson, both of Athens; grandparents, Jack and Vera Carlson, Charleston, Utah. Olpin-Hoopes Funeral Home, Heber City, Utah, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:01 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Annie Porterfield Athens Annie B. ''Dink'' Porterfield, 87, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999. A native of Madison County, Mrs. Porterfield was a daughter of the late Malia and George Bullock and was the widow of Adell Porterfield. She was a member of East Athens Baptist Church for more than 60 years and was a member of Joy Sunday School class. She was retired from St. Mary's Hospital with 25 years of service and was a volunteer with the Athens Community Council on Aging. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, with the Revs. Tom Brown, Don Leaptrott and David Shelley officiating. Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Porterfield, Athens; a sister, Mary Sargent, Monroe; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to East Athens Baptist Church. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:06 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Sybil L. Jordan Winder Sybil L. Jordan, 27, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1999. A native of Barrow County, Miss Jordan was a daughter of Sylvester and Maggie Jordan, Winder. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at White Oak Spring Baptist Church with the Rev. Alfred Hazel officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Garden. Survivors include her parents. Eberhart & Son Mortuary has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 8:57 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Patricia R. Campbell Winder Patricia Rutledge Campbell, 55, died Friday, Oct. 29, 1999. Mrs. Campbell was a daughter of the late Jack H. and Ina O'Kelly Rutledge. She was a member of Clairmont Baptist Church, Atlanta. Services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Plunket officiating. Burial will be in North Atlanta Memorial Gardens. Survivors include her husband, Steve Campbell; two sons, David Childers, Norcross, and Kevin Childers, Winder; a sister, Bebe Johns, Atlanta; and two brothers, Don Rutledge, Winder, and Jon Rutledge, Covington. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:01 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Mamie Simpkins Elberton Mamie Sapp Dye Simpkins, 94, of 651 Rhodes Drive died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999. A native of Clarke County, Mrs. Simpkins was a daughter of the late Edward Young and Katherine Livingston Sapp and was the widow of William Simpkins. She was an educator in Clarke, Elbert, Oglethorpe and Stephens counties and was of the Methodist faith. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Lincoln Heights Cemetery with the Rev. John W. Strong officiating. Survivors include a daughter, Mamie Epps; a son, Ernest Warren Tate; and a grandchild. The family is at the residence of James and Mamie Epps, Country Club Road, Elberton. McKinney-Neal Mortuary has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 8:57 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Lessie Chappell Royston Lessie Hilda Carter Cobb Chappell, 77, of 305 Weatherly Homes died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999. A native of Franklin County, Mrs. Chappell was a daughter of the late Dank and Nancy Saylors Carter and was the widow of Winfred Cobb and of Wayne Chappell. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Edwin Cobb. She was a homemaker and was a member of Old Canon Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pruitte Funeral Home with the Rev. Hugh Hubbard officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters, June Crowe, Toccoa, Judy Cobb, Canon, Jackie Frye, Atlanta, and Peggy Brown, Royston; four sons, Harold Cobb, Airline, Dan Cobb, Hartwell, Tommy Cobb, Royston, and David Chappell, Carnesville; a stepdaughter, Doris Vickery, Lavonia; a sister, Jean Peeples, Royston; a brother, James Carter, Elberton; 22 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Michael Carey, Jack Hill, Dickey Crowe, David Chappell Jr., Kenny Snyder and Ricky Boleman. The family is at the residence of David Chappell, 1865 Georgia Highway 145, Carnesville, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 9:05 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Deaths Elsewhere Rafael Alberti Poet MADRID, Spain -- Rafael Alberti, a renowned poet and the last survivor of Spain's Generation of '27 artistic group, died Thursday. He was 96. Alberti became a member of Spain's Communist Party and was heavily involved in leftist politics in the 1930s. He started the revolutionary magazine Octubre (October) in 1934. The Generation of '27 was a loosely-knit group of writers, artists and filmmakers that included the likes of Federico Garcia Lorca, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel. The group took its name from the year -- 1927 -- when Alberti and other literary figures met in Seville to pay homage to 17th century Spanish poet Luis de Gongora. Its members became some of the leading protagonists of the Surrealist movement. Forrest Anderson Basketball coach EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Forrest ''Forddy'' Anderson, a basketball coach who led Michigan State University to the Final Four in 1957, died Monday from complications of pneumonia. He was 80. Anderson coached from 1954-65. He had a 125-124 record that included a tie for the Big Ten title in 1956-57 and an outright championship in 1958-59. He was fired in 1965 after a 5-18 season and a last-place finish in the conference. Wes Berggren Musician DALLAS -- Wes Berggren, a guitarist and pianist for the psychedelic rock group Tripping Daisy, was found dead in his apartment Wednesday. He was 28. Investigators are awaiting the results of toxicology tests to determine the cause of death. Police said foul play was not suspected. Berggren's wife discovered his body in their Dallas apartment. Tripping Daisy blossomed onto the pop charts in 1995 with ''I Got a Girl.'' a quirky single that propelled the group's second album, ''I Am an Elastic Firecracker,'' to sales of nearly 300,000. Sales of the band's third album, ''Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb,'' were sluggish, though. Island Records dropped them in 1998 as part of its merger between Universal and PolyGram Records, The Dallas Morning News reported today. Their core fans remained true, and the group, which formed in the late '80s at the University of North Texas, had been performing at clubs around Dallas and Fort Worth in recent years. Leonard E. Boyle ROME (AP) -- The Rev. Leonard E. Boyle, who led the Vatican Library into the age of computer catalogs and gift merchandising, died Monday. He was 75. During his 13 at the Vatican, Boyle oversaw the world's largest collection of ancient manuscripts. As keeper of manuscripts and chief librarian, he modernized the library by computerizing its old catalogs and wiring the main reading room for computers. He also tried to make money by selling the rights to its warehouse of images. Boyle was in charge of the library when Ohio State University professor Anthony Melnikas stole pages from an ancient manuscript once owned by the 14th century Italian poet Francesco Petrach. Melnikas was sentenced to 14 months in prison and fined $3,000 for theft. In 1996, the Vatican was forced to pay the equivalent of $8.8 million plus $1.3 million in attorney's fees to settle a lawsuit that resulted from Boyle's sale of exclusive rights to reproduce library images. It is unclear if the two incidents led the Vatican to dismiss Boyle in 1997 or if he accepted early retirement. Frank DeVol LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Frank DeVol, a composer who wrote scores for more than 50 films and received Oscar nominations for ''Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte,'' ''Pillow Talk'' and ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,'' died Wednesday. He was 88. In addition to movie scores, he also wrote the theme music for television shows including ''My Three Sons'' and ''The Brady Bunch.'' He later took on roles as a character actor, appearing in ''Parent Trap,'' ''Fernwood Tonight,'' ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' and ''Silver Spoons.'' He later wrote radio studio arrangements for stars including Rudy Vallee, Ginny Simms, Jack Carson, Doris Day, Kay Starr, Tony Bennett and Vic Damone. Ben Johnson WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Ben Johnson, who grew up poor in Texas and became one of the biggest real estate deal makers in Palm Beach, died Friday of cancer. He was 64. Johnson joked that his childhood in Dallas was so poor his only toy was an old mayonnaise jar. But in 1980, he sold the El Solano oceanfront mansion to Yoko Ono and John Lennon. In 1985, Johnson's wealthy and much older wife of two decades, Johanna C.C. ''Ancky'' Johnson, sued for divorce. He requested alimony sufficient to maintain the lifestyle he had come to enjoy. Charges of drug use and extramarital affairs made the messy split the talk of the island. Still, the two remained friends and Johnson was at his ex-wife's bedside when she died three years ago. send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. LEADSTORIES Story last updated at 8:57 a.m. on Saturday, October 30, 1999 Jewell Carlton Nash Athens Mr. Jewell Carlton Nash, 78, of Athens died Friday, October 29, 1999. A native of Jackson County, Mr. Nash had lived in the Athens area most of his life. He was a son of the late John and Hattie Nixon Nash and the widower of Irene Whitehead Nash. He was retired owner of Nash & Son Truck Parts, a member of the Whitehead Civitan Club, the Classic City Square Dancers, and a member of Forest Heights Baptist Church. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Bernstein Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Lang officiating. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Betty Nash, Bogart, GA; a daughter and son-in-law, June and Bobby Sanders, Athens; two sisters, Clara Norman, Smyrna, GA and Sally Parham, Snellville, GA; grandchildren, Mark Nash, Lane Nash, Dawn Sanders D'Apollonio, and Brook Nash; nine great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Joe Archer, Jimmy Fields, Joe D'Apollonio, Mark Nash, Lane Nash, and Brook Nash. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Saturday evening at Bernstein Funeral Home. Those desiring to do so may make contributions to the Atlanta Area Chapter of the Alzheimer Assoc., 1841 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30329. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 Hassie Mae Scogin Comer Hassie Mae Gearin Scogin, 79, died Friday, October 29, 1999. A native of Madison County, Mrs. Scogin was a daughter of the late Joseph and Telitha Thomas Gearin, and the widow of the late Dabney Wilmer Scogin. She was retired from the Health Care Field. A member of Forest Heights Baptist Church, she was also active in the Bible Mission Church. Graveside Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 31, at Evergreen Memorial Park with Rev. Luther Fouche officiating. Survivors include a son, Paul Scogin, Pittsburgh, PA; two daughters and sons-in-law, Virginia ''Jeannie'' and Jimmy Ledford, Winterville, GA and Barbara and Samuel Moore, Cataula, GA; a sister, Hazel Epps, Danielsville, GA; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren,, one niece and two nephews. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday evening at Bernstein Funeral Home. Those desiring to do so may make contributions to the Atlanta Area Chapter of the Alzheimer Assoc., 1841 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999 send this notice to a friend email the editor Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc.