Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 3 June 2000 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/ *********************************************************************** OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Ronnie Craft Athens Ronnie Paul Craft, 38, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000. A native of Clarke County, Mr. Craft was a son of Marvin Dennis and Mary Agnes Self Craft of Bishop. He was employed by Armour Plumbing. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Bridges Funeral Home with the Rev. James McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include his wife, Malinda Lee Ridgeway Craft, Athens; a daughter, Kadie Craft, Athens; a son, Anthony Craft, Athens; two sisters, Connie Fowler, Crawford, and Janet Marx, Bogart; a brother, Dennis Craft, Bogart; nieces and nephews. The family is at the residence of Lindon and Mary Ridgeway, 1861 Georgia Highway 82, Statham. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Robert 'Boot' Bryant Toccoa Robert ''Boot'' Bryant, 53, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000. A native of Chatham County, Mr. Bryant was a son of Ditsy Brown and the late Robert Bryant. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at New Hope Sounds of Praise with the Rev. David T. Scott officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in Toccoa City Cemetery. Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Barbara Ann Bryant, Philadelphia; two daughters, Edna Bryant and Sharon Gibson; a son, Bobby ''Boot'' Bryant; three sisters, Louise Owusu, Pamela Swinton and Sandra Mulwee; six brothers, Willie Brown, Marcell Brown, Tony Brown, Jerry Brown, Dudley Mulwee and Jimmy Mulwee. The family is at the residence of Ditsy Brown, Circleview, and will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. today at Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Jessie Walker Dubose Elberton Jessie Walker Dubose of 1484 Athens Highway died Tuesday, May 30, 2000. Mrs. Dubose was a daughter of the late Lewis and Mimmie Kennedy Walker. She attended Tate's Grove Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Martin Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Walker officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include six daughters, Lou Edna Davis, Orena Dubose, Alma Pearl Dubose and Gussie D. Moon, all of Elberton, Imogene Dubose and Doris D. Dubose, both of Atlanta; two sons, Eugene Dubose, San Antonio, and Calvin Dubose, Atlanta; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. C.W. Phelps Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Hazel Lurine Bradberry Commerce Hazel Lurine Bradberry, 73, of 253 Barber St. died Thursday, June 1, 2000. A native of Commerce, Mrs. Bradberry was a daughter of the late Barney and Lena Williamson Pace and was the widow of James Edward Bradberry. She was a nurse. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ivie Funeral Home with the Rev. Will Herring officiating. Burial will be in Howington Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Carol Tatum, Commerce; a son, Thomas Lee Knight, Nicholson; a sister, Elizabeth Green, Nicholson; a brother, George B. Pace, Nicholson; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Linda Gayle Watson Athens Linda Gayle Aycock Watson, 51, of 100 E. Pace Drive died Thursday, June 1, 2000. A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Watson was a daughter of the late John Hartwell and Floy Adeline Wheeler Aycock and was the widow of James Robert Watson. She was a graduate of the Oconee County school system, was employed in the nursing field for several years and was of the Methodist faith. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bernstein Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Survivors include a daughter, Rebecca Dawn Lindsey, Rutledge; a son, Jack Edward Brown Jr., Hull; two brothers, William Donald Aycock, Statham, and Harold Gene Aycock, Lilburn; four grandchildren; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Emily Ann Barnes Cochran Emily Ann Barnes, 72, of Sixth St. died Thursday, June 1, 2000. A native of Bleckley County, Mrs. Barnes was a daughter of the late Rufus and Beulah Simmons Coody and was the widow of Robert O. Barnes. She was a graduate of St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing and was a former state health nurse with Bleckley and Dodge County health departments. She was a former employee of Bryant Nursing Center, Cochran, Carl Vinson V.A. Medical Center, Dublin, and Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, Eastman. She was a member of Cochran First United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women Circle No. 2. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Cochran First United Methodist Church with Dr. Terry DeLoach and Karen Cheek officiating. Burial will be in Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens. Survivors include a daughter, Cindy Hutchins, Winder; a son, Robert W. Barnes, Cochran; a sister, Lois Revel, Cochran; and four grandsons. Pallbearers will be Bill Coody, Greg Coody, Woody Butts Sr., Joey Hutchins, Jason Hutchins and Danny Dykes. Fisher Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Arnold Davis Jr. Cornelia Arnold L. Davis Jr., 78, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000. A native of Rabun County, Mr. Davis was a son of the late Arnold Luther Sr. and Zoie Smith Davis. He was retired from MARTA Transit Corp., was a World War II Army veteran and was a member of Lakemont Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at McGahee-Griffin and Stewart Funeral Home with the Revs. Larry Brown and John Gibson officiating. Burial will be in VFW Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors. Survivors include four sisters, Viola Davis, Cornelia, Dorothy Born, Turnerville, Thena Rodchester, Louisville, Texas, and Jean Bragg, Marietta; nieces and nephews. The family is at the residence of Viola Davis, 280 Old Cleveland Road. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Lattie C. Cook Statham Lattie C. Cook, 96, died Thursday, June 1, 2000. Mrs. Cook was a daughter of the late Samuel N. and Violet Smith Chandler and was the widow of Raymond C. Cook. She was retired as a secretary from Jere Field Law Firm. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Smith Funeral Home, Winder, with the Rev. Jennifer Horton officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Church cemetery. Survivors include two nieces. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill Church, P.O. Box 25, Statham, GA 30666. The family will receive friends after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Matilda Bitzenburger Champion archer NEWBERG, Ore. -- Matilda ''Babe'' Bitzenburger, a national champion archer who taught such movie stars as Vivien Leigh and Tony Curtis, died Sunday. She was 96. Bitzenburger, known as the Annie Oakley of the bow and arrow, appeared in newsreels and television shows in the 1940s, '50s and early '60s dressed in movie-star cowgirl regalia -- black boots, a silver-and-turquoise concho belt and embroidered satin shirts she made herself. She was also the archery coach for Universal Studios. In 1929, she married Henry A. Bitzenburger, who was a competition archer. She soon picked up a bow and turned out to be a natural. By 1946, she had won all but one of the male national field tournaments. She gave up the sport when her husband died in 1972. -- Associated Press [bf]Joseph J. O'Donohue IV [nf] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Joseph J. O'Donohue IV, a former New York socialite who moved here when his money ran out, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 88. O'Donohue, who was once dubbed ''the most beautiful boy in New York,'' was well known in New York City's social circles, entertaining celebrities Josephine Baker, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Gore Vidal and assorted royalty. He also traveled frequently to Germany in the 1930s, where he once dined with Adolf Hitler and expressed his disapproval of his anti-Jewish propaganda. Excessive spending and bad money management ended the high-flying lifestyle O'Donohue had become accustomed to and in 1958 he moved to San Francisco, where he led a relatively quiet life that included friendships with the city's social circle, including Herb Caen and Margot and Harry de Wildt. O'Donohue was born in 1912 in New York to a family that had amassed a considerable fortune, mainly through real estate holdings and the operation of a ferry service between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Entertaining and being entertained by socialites, actors, authors and politicians in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, O'Donohue also was very passionate about ballet, holding a row of seats at the New York Ballet and hosting lavish parties for dancers at his Park Avenue apartment. [bf]Tito Puente NEW YORK (AP) -- Tito Puente, ''The King of Latin Music'' and Grammy-winning artist whose salsa-flavored sound paved the way for Latin musicians from Carlos Santana to Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony, died Wednesday of complications after open heart surgery. Puente was 77. Decades before the current ''Latin explosion'' of Anthony, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez, Puente -- a contemporary of the late Desi Arnaz -- was driving audiences to the dance floor with his animated style and influential music. The native New York City bandleader and percussionist created his own jazz by blending Latin rhythm with the big band stylings of Tommy Dorsey or Count Basie. In six decades, Puente earned five Grammys and recorded more than 100 albums in a career that began at age 13. His most recent Grammy, best tropical Latin performance for ''Mambo Birdland,'' came in February. Puente crossed over before anyone coined the expression, collaborating with traditional jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton. He wrote the song ''Oye Como Va'' years before it became an enormous rock hit for Santana. He performed with various symphonies, and brought his band to the White House for Presidents Carter, Reagan and Bush. But Puente transcended music to enter pop culture. Bill Murray's character in ''Stripes'' worshipped Puente. Puente performed the theme song for ''The Cosby Show,'' and even played himself in the 1992 movie ''Mambo Kings.'' In 1997, he received a National Medal of Arts from President Clinton -- one of dozens of honors bestowed on Puente for both his musical prowess and his ceaseless goodwill. Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. was born April 20, 1923. Initially, Puente was a Fred Astaire-styled dancer but an ankle injury refocused his attention on music. He started his career at age 13, playing in a local nightclub. Fifty-six years later, Puente released his 100th album -- ''The Mambo King 100th LP'' -- and earned a Grammy nomination. [bf]Faye Stewart CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Wood products industry pioneer Faye Stewart, considered the first person to develop a balloon logging system, died Wednesday. He was 84. Stewart was a 1938 Oregon State University graduate in logging engineering. His family was known for its support of forestry, science and athletic programs at the school. The family's most prominent gift to OSU has been their support for the LaSells Stewart Center, named in honor of Stewart's parents, LaSells and Jessie Hills Stewart. The building, across from Reser Stadium, has been a showcase for social policy speeches by major public figures over the years, including Noam Chomsky and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Stewart is considered to be the first person in the world to develop a system using hot air balloons in logging operations. He was president of two companies that specialize in the balloon-logging system: Flying Scotsman Inc. in the Pacific Northwest and Skyhook Enterprises in Canada. Stewart was born in a logging camp and grew up in Cottage Grove. He served in the Army from 1940 to 1946 and attained the rank of colonel. He and his brother, Loran L. ''Stub'' Stewart, and brother-in-law, Larry Chapman, took over Bohemia Inc. in 1946 and built it into a successful lumber products company. [bf]James Arthur Rafferty SEATTLE (AP) -- James Arthur Rafferty, who led a campaign for fluoridation of the city's water supply in the 1960s, died Sunday of colon and liver cancer. He was 72. In 1962 Rafferty was featured in Newsweek magazine after spending $500 of his own money to promote a ballot measure calling for fluoridation. He canvassed locally to get the initiative on the ballot. It was defeated that year but passed two years later. AP-CS-06-02-00 0604EDT send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Margie Ruth Corder Martin Margie Ruth Corder, 70, died Thursday, June 1, 2000. A native of Wise County, Va., Mrs. Corder was a daughter of the late Arthur and Ida Myrtle Roberts Corder and was the widow of Frank McDowell. She was a retired nurse's aid and was of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, with Minister Wayne Logan officiating. Burial will be in Yonah Memorial Gardens. Survivors include a daughter, Velma Roberts, Martin; two grandchildren; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald, Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 7:36 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2000 Dr. Joseph Rolfe Hooten, Jr. Athens Dr. Joseph Rolfe Hooten Jr. was born September 23, 1925 in Ellerslie, Ga., a son of Joseph R. and Allene Askew Hooten of Columbus, Ga. He grew up in Columbus, Ga., graduated from Columbus High School in 1942 and was a member of the National Honor Society. He graduated from Auburn University in 1946 with a BS degree in Education. He began his career in Education in 1946 as principal and coach in Marshallville, Ga. He was the youngest school principal in the State of Georgia at 21. He married Cecilia Webb of Edison, Ga., on Dec. 5, 1948. He received his Masters Degree in Education Administration from Auburn University in 1951. He moved to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla., in 1953 as Assistant Professor of Education. While at FSU he was a high school mathematics teacher at the Florida State University Demonstration School. He was coordinator of television teacher training at the Education Television at FSU, where he taught the first televised course by closed-circuit television and directed a statewide project in classroom utilization of ETV under a Ford Foundation Grant. From 1961 to 1965 he was Director of the Demonstration School. Dr. Hooten attended Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY where he received a Doctor of Mathematics Education degree in 1958. While at Columbia he served as Chairman of the TV committee of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and served as a consultant to the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the production of mathematics programs. He was co-author and author of numerous textbooks and papers including ''Modern Mathematics for Junior High Schools,'' ''Foundations of Secondary School Mathematics,'' ''Modern Mathematics Algebra One.'' These textbooks and the teaching methods he helped develop were the basis of the ''New Math'' currently being taught in schools today. In 1962, while Director of the Demonstration School, he received national attention as he introduced a revolutionary concept of a year round school based on the Trimester system. An Associated Press article by Education writer G.K. Hodenfield told the story of the first school in the country to operate under a year round trimester plan. The State of Florida's House adopted a resolution honoring him for ''outstanding service to public education in Florida.'' In 1965, Dr. Hooten moved to Athens, Ga., and joined the University of Georgia as a professor of Mathematics education. He retired in 1985 as Professor Emeritus. He was an active member of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and member of the All America cities delegation in 1968. In 1970 he ran for and was elected to the Athens City council from the Third Ward. He served two terms as councilman where he was the council's representative on the Athens Model Cities program's policy board and introduced most Model Cities legislation in the council. One of his proudest achievements, which he developed and saw to completion, was Bishop Park, a community recreation park. In 1980 he received a Fulbright grant to work with the Ministry of Education in Lisbon, Portugal, to develop a curriculum for teaching mathematics in kindergarten through sixth grade. He was the only university professor to receive a Fulbright award in 1980 and the first faculty member from the College of Education to win a Fulbright. Dr. Hooten was active in numerous civic organizations including being founder of the Town and Gown Golf Tournament, a member of and speaker for the American Heart Association and The Georgia Heart Association, and President of the Board of Directors of the Athens Community Council on Aging. He was a member of First United Methodist Church where he taught the Pacesetters Class for many years. He was also a member of the Athens Torch Club and Gridiron Secret Society. Survivors are his wife, Cecilia Webb Hooten; two children and their spouses, Joe and Laura Hooten, III of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; David and Ginger Hooten of Columbus, Ga.; four grandchildren, Joe Hooten IV of Asheville, N.C., Tom Hooten of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Jake Hooten and Kate Hooten of Columbus, Ga., and one great grandchild, Raegan Hooten of Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Oconee Hill Cemetery with Rev. Grady Wigley officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Nature Conservancy Georgia Chapter, 1401 Peachtree Street, NE, Ste. 236, Atlanta, GA 30309 or ''Hooten Award for Excellence in Mathematics Education'' with donations made to Department of Mathematics Education Endowment Fund, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald , Saturday, June 3, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc.