Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 30 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 9:05 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 Dr. Jimmy Oliver Morris Athens Jimmy Oliver Morris, 52, of 553 Castalia Street, died Monday, September 27, 1999. A native of Troop County, Georgia, Dr. Morris was the son of James Oliver Morris and the late Myrtle White Morris. He graduated from LaGrange High School with honors, June, 1964; received the BFA degree, 1968; MAE in Art Education, 1972; and Doctor of Education degree, 1975 from the University of Georgia; He lived and worked in Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. Morris was the director of Athens-Clarke County's newly rededicated Lyndon House Arts Center. His artwork was featured in the first exhibition at the Lyndon House, located off Hoyt Street on the edge of downtown Athens, when it was originally dedicated as an arts center in 1974. He joined the Clarke County School System in 1968 as an art teacher at Clarke Junior High School. After attending graduate school, teaching art at three universities in the early 1970s, and coordinating fine arts for a South Carolina school district, Morris returned to lead the Clarke County as the school system's fine arts coordinator in 1982. He continued to lead the fine arts program until his retirement in June. He also served as the system's director of community relations from 1992-98. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Athens. He was a graduate of Leadership Athens, 1984; a member of Clean and Beautiful Committee, Phi Delta Kappa Honors society for Education, Editorial Advisory Committee for Athens Newspaper; Taylor Grady Advisory Board; Morton Theatre Corporation, Athens Puppet Theater Company of Athens and others too numerous to list. He had a long list of publications and had lectured on numerous occasions all over the United States. Funeral services will be 4 PM Friday from the Emmanuel Episcopal Church with Father Newell Graham officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. A reception immediately following the services at the Lyndon House on Hoyt Street. Survivors in addition to his father include a sister Glenda A. Morris deOrlich and brother in law Rodolfo Orlich, San Jose, Costa Rica; one niece, Raquel Orlich. Pallbearers will be Joel Cordle, Ernest Hardaway, David Harvell, John Mattox, W. Robert Nix, and Willard Smith. The family will receive friends at Bernstein Funeral Home on Thursday evening from 6 until 8. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Lamar Dodd Chair of Fine Arts / Foundation for Excellence in Public Education, P.O. Box 1708, Athens, Ga 30603-1708. Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:06 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 David Robinson Athens David A. Robinson, III, 61, of 145 Canterbury Drive died September 29, 1999. A native of Clarke County, Mr. Robinson was a son of the late David A. Jr. and Annie Elizabeth Sims Robinson. He attended The University of Georgia and since 1993 was employed as sales representative for Parts Associates, Inc. where he was in the Winners Circle for 3 years. He was employed with Bowman Distribution for 13 years where he was District Agent of the Year in 1985. Mr. Robinson was a charter member of Cleveland Road Baptist Church where he served as past Finance Chairman and Brotherhood Director. He was a longtime member of Athens Evening Optimist Club and served 2 terms as President. He was Optimist of the Year in 1976, served as Lt. Governor of the Georgia District in 1981-82 and was a life member. David and his wife of 36 years, Brenda, traveled extensively through the United States and other countries and shared D & B Antiques. He was an avid woodworker and enjoyed refinishing antique furniture. Funeral services will be Friday, October 1, 1999 at 2:00PM at Lord and Stephens Chapel, West, with Rev. Barry Davis officiating. Interment will be in Social Circle City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Killens, Don Pickering, J.W. Parham, Bob Doster, Ralph Costa and Lester McLeroy. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Athens Evening Optimist Club. Survivors include his wife, Brenda L. Robinson; Sister, Mary R. Smith; niece, Rita Smith Evans; nephew, Larry Harper; and 3 great nephews, Joshua Suarez, Brandon Evans and Chad Evans, all of Athens. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 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 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 William R. Bedgood Jr. Athens William Randall Bedgood Jr., 82, died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1999. A native of Athens, Mr. Bedgood was a son of the late W.R. Bedgood Sr. and Melba McGowan Bedgood. He was preceded in death by a son, William ''Bill'' Randall Bedgood III. He was a local businessman beginning with Bedgood Lumber and Coal Co. then the University Hotel Court. He was charter member of Beech Haven Baptist Church, a former member of the Clarke County Board of Education, a Clarke County Commissioner, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and a Rotarian. A World War II veteran, he was decorated four times with the silver star for his 41 missions over North Africa, Italy and Axis occupied countries as a B-17 bomber pilot. He retired as a Lt. Colonel from the USAF Reserve. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Beech Haven Baptist Church with Dr. Stewart Simms officiating. Burial will be in Oconee Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Diane B. Miller, Atlanta, and Glyn B. Green, Beaufort, S.C.; three sons, Richard C. Bedgood, Athens, James D. Bedgood, Colbert and Robert E. Bedgood, Cumming; three sisters, Patsy B. Rogers, Colbert, Millie B. Warren, Athens, and Melba B. Mole, Pensacola, Fla.; six grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Rick McCue, Jack McCue, Jay Kelly, Christopher Miller, Ed Warren, and Dan Bowdin. The family is at the residence of Millie Warren, 360 Woodhaven Parkway, from 5-6:30 p.m. today, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Bridges Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the building fund at Beech Haven Baptist Church, 2390 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606 or to a charity of the donor's choice. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 Hattie Louise Hulin Tignall Hattie Louise Hulin, 90, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 1999. A native of Washington, Mrs. Hulin was a daughter of the late Simon and Lucy Brewer and was the widow of Harvey Hulin Sr. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Reeves Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. William Evans officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Ozzela Ware, Anidlia Hamm and Betty Anderson; two sons, Harvey Hulin Jr. and Arthur Hulin; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. McLendon Memorial Funeral Home, Washington, has charge of arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 James Kendall Whitfield Lavonia James Kendall Whitfield of 47 Brickyard Road died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999. A native of Oconee County, S.C., Mr. Whitfield was a son of the late Robert Horace and Christine Bradberry Whitfield. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Lawrence. He was a member of Beaverdam Baptist Church, was a U.S. Army veteran, and was a retired carpenter. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Hamby Funeral Home with the Rev. Ben Johnson officiating. Survivors include his wife, Crystal Lynn Whitfield; three daughters, Reatha Gillam, Seneca, S.C., Sandy Baker, Westminster, S.C., and Shelly Estep, Lavonia; two sons, Jimmy Whitfield, Lawrenceville, and Kelly Estep, Lavonia; a sister, Margaret Grant, Valdosta; a brother, Lamar Whitfield, Anderson, S.C.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. today at the funeral home. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 David Robinson Athens David A. Robinson III, 61, of 145 Canterbury Drive died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999. A native of Clarke County, Mr. Robinson was a son of the late David A. Jr. and Annie Elizabeth Sims Robinson. He attended the University of Georgia and was employed as a sales representative for Parts Associates, Inc., where he was in the Winners Circle for three years. He was employed with Bowman Distribution for 13 years, where he was District Agent of the Year in 1985. He was a charter member of Cleveland Road Baptist Church, where he served as past Finance Chairman and Brotherhood Director. He was a longtime member of Athens Evening Optimist Club and served two terms as president. He was Optimist of the Year in 1976, served as Lt. Governor of the Georgia District from 1981-1982 and was a life member. He was co-owner and operator of D & B Antiques with his wife. He was a woodworker and refinished antique furniture. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West, with the Rev. Barry Davis officiating. Burial will be in Social Circle City Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Brenda L. Robinson; a sister, Mary R. Smith, Athens; a niece and a nephew; and three great-nephews. Pallbearers will be John Killens, Don Pickering, J.W. Parham, Bob Doster, Ralph Costa and Lester McLeroy. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Athens Evening Optimist Club. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 Carlton S. Butler Hoschton Carlton S. Butler, 70, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999. A native of Jackson County, Mr. Butler was a son of the late Claude and Mattie Cross Butler. He was a member of Sharon Baptist Church. He owned Butler Shavings and was a supplier to many agricultural operations in this area. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sharon Baptist Church with the Revs. Robert Peevy and Marion Prather officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Frances Butler; three daughters, Ruby Musser and Michele Butler, both of Auburn, Christine Butler, Hoschton; a son, Dennis C. Butler, Hoschton; stepmother, Catherine Butler, Fayetteville; four sisters, Frances Bailey, Hampton, Retha White, Becky McGahee and Margie Shaw, all of Fayetteville; two brothers, James Butler, Fayetteville, and Raymond Butler, Sharksburg; and five grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 4-9 p.m. today and Friday at Carter Funeral Home, Winder. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 Maurice Erwin Hartwell Maurice Edward Erwin, 65, of 70 Fifth St. died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1999. A native of Habersham County, Mr. Erwin was a son of Jewel Church Erwin of Rossville and the late Robert ''Bob'' Erwin. He was raised in the home of Judy F. McClain of Hartwell and the late Don V. McClain. He was former owner and operator of Erwin's Shell Station and was a rental agent for U-Haul. He was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and was a U.S. Army veteran. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Strickland Funeral Home with Dr. Dan Vincent officiating. Burial will be in Nancy Hart Memorial Park. Survivors, in addition to his mother and foster mother, include a sister, Carolyn Carson, Rossville; two foster sisters, June McClain, Hartwell, and Patsy Lovell, Watkinsville; and three foster brothers, Dwight McClain and Eli McClain, both of Hartwell, and David Lovell, Watkinsville. Pallbearers will be Thomas Griffin, Joe Brown, Ricky Floyd, Randy Floyd, Richard Williams and Lawrence O'Barr. The family is at the residence. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 Frank Turman Elberton Frank Turman of 2039 James Bailey Road died Sunday, Sept. 26, 1999. Mr. Turman was a son of the late Henry and Janie Dubose Turman. Services will be at noon Friday at Cades Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Moss officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Ruby Tate Turman; seven daughters, Margie Nell Mahoney, Ledonia Murray, Homerzell Hughes, Ivry Phillips and Jewel Turman, all of Atlanta, and Janie Ware and Frances Norwood, both of Atlanta. C.W. Phelps Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:16 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 Tom Foster Poultry farmer HICKMAN, Calif. -- Tom Foster, former head of Foster Poultry Farms, died Sept. 22 of complications from diabetes. He was 49. Foster was the youngest of Max and Vedra Foster's three sons, all of whom were raised to be involved in the family poultry business begun in 1939. He took over the company at the age of 27 after his brother, Paul, died of a heart attack after running the company for eight years beginning in 1969. In the early years of this decade, the Fosters retained ownership, but brought in an outside chief executive officer and board of directors. With $990 million in annual sales and 7,000 employees, Foster Farms ranks 207th on Forbes Magazine's list of America's 500 top privately held companies. Melvin Jones LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Melvin Jones, vice-chancellor for business at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 48. Jones suffered a massive heart attack while in Washington Monday night. He was to give a speech to the Institute for International Research. As vice chancellor, Jones had oversight of all university services that support the academic and student affairs programs, including human resources, facilities, landscape services, custodial, parking, police and mail services. Prior to coming to Lincoln, he was vice president for financial affairs and treasurer at Marquette University. Other professional positions he held were director of the department of finance for the Government of the District of Columbia, oversight of the District of Columbia for the U.S. Senate, vice president of Howard University, budget administrator for Iowa City, Iowa and an agent for the Internal Revenue Service. Anneli Cahn Lax NEW YORK (AP) -- Anneli Cahn Lax, the editor of the Mathematical Association of America's New Mathematical Library Series, died Friday. She was 77. Ms. Lax retired from New York University in 1992 where she taught for 31 years after 18 years there in other posts. In her dissertation at NYU, she made significant contributions to the theory of hyperbolic equations, a mathematical theory about aspects of the behavior of many waves. But she may be best known for her work toward the understanding of mathematics by both students and lay people. Begun in 1961, the New Mathematical Library Series had published 36 volumes by 1995. The series aimed to make mathematics accessible to the general reader without sitting on technical accuracy. Lax was a longtime active member of the New York Academy of Sciences and was instrumental in shaping its program for science education for children. Among the honors she won was an award for distinguished service to mathematics from the mathematical association. Charles A. Lord PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Charles A. Lord, a longtime Common Pleas Court judge who was later appointed to a senior judge in Commonwealth Court, died Monday of cancer. He was 79. On that appellate court, Lord wrote a 1996 opinion upholding a lower court that found a Uniontown tax on merchants as unconstitutional and he joined in a 1995 opinion removing a Common Pleas Court judge from a case after he told an attorney that he didn't care about due process. He also participated in a 1998 decision allowing state Treasurer Barbara Hafer to cancel a contract that her predecessor awarded to a Boston bank just before leaving office. Lord was elected to Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in 1973. John Wilds NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- John Wilds, a veteran New Orleans newspaperman who found a second career writing histories and biographies, died Monday. He was 91. Wilds spent more than four decades in journalism, first as bureau chief for The Associated Press in New Orleans, then as a writer and editor for the city's afternoon newspapers, The New Orleans States and The States-Item. He hit upon his second career in the early 1970s when he was assigned to write a history of the States-Item, published in 1976, the year before the newspaper's centennial. He retired in 1978 but continued writing, including histories of Ochsner Medical Institutions, the Orleans Parish Medical Society and the Port of New Orleans. He also collaborated on a biography of Dr. Alton Ochsner and on histories of New Orleans and of Louisiana. He worked for the AP in Florida and New Orleans for 13 years before going to work at The States. In 1958, The Times-Picayune Publishing Co. bought The Item and merged it with The States to create The States-Item. Wilds became the city editor. In addition to his newspaper work, Wilds did freelance work for Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated, and he covered medical conventions for medical publications. His freelance assignments ran the gamut from historic moments, such as James Meredith's integration of the University of Mississippi, to a feature on an Audubon Zoo stakeout to watch a whooping crane lay eggs. Survivors include his wife Tommie Lee Pittman Wilds, his son John S. Wilds, and a grandson. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc. Story last updated at 9:06 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, 1999 Death notice [INLINE] Annie Sims, 92, of Statham, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999. Eberhart & Son Mortuary, Winder, has charge of arrangements. online athensAthens Daily News/Banner Herald Šopyright 1999 Athens Newspapers Inc.