Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 9 Feb 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 8:07 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Edith Jones Watkinsville Edith Louise Jones, 77, of 86 White St. died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000. A native of Windsor, Conn., Mrs. Jones was a daughter of the late Harry L. and Grace M. Baldwin Hubbard. She worked at Traveler's Insurance Company and Hartford National Bank in Connecticut. She attended Sylvia's Beauty School and retired from Southern Piedmont Experiment Station. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, West, Bogart, with Chaplain Chuck Smith and the Rev. Barry Davis officiating. Burial will be in Oconee Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband, Harold B. Jones Jr.; a son, David A. Jones, Bogart; a sister, Ruth Amero, East Walpole, Mass., and a brother, Harry Hubbard, Enfield, Conn. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:07 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Harry J. DeFoor Toccoa Harry James DeFoor, 54, of 108 Robin Circle died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000. A native of Blue Ridge, Mr. DeFoor was a son of Jewell DeFoor, Toccoa, and the late Alexander DeFoor. He was employed with Luftex, Toccoa, and was a member of the Eastanollee Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Acree-Davis Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Ivester officiating. Burial will be in Stephens Memorial Gardens. Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Patricia Williams DeFoor; three daughters, Jan Gauthreaux, Lavonia, Patty DeFoor Dalrymple and Pam DeFoor, both of Toccoa; four sisters, Joann Whitworth, Toccoa, Barbara Royals, Forest Park, Judy DeFoor, Royston, and Lavonne McConnell, Toccoa; two brothers, George DeFoor and Doug DeFoor, both of Toccoa; and a granddaughter. Pallbearers will be Bryan DeFoor, Paul Whitlock, Jody DeFoor, Stacy DeFoor, William Whitlock, Steve Royal and Ken Royals. The family will be at the residence. Flowers are optional and memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:06 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Lucy M. White Gibson Alto Lucy Mozelle White Gibson, 79, of 441 White Road died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000. A native of Banks County, Mrs. Gibson was a daughter of the late Anderson and Evie Cobb White. She was a homemaker and was a member of Mount Sinai Congregational Holiness Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Sinai Congregational Holiness Church with the Revs. Jeff Appling, Ross Palmer and Herman Nation officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include a son, Kermit Gibson, Alto. The family is at the residence of Peggy Goodson, 1247 Wynn Lake Road, Alto. McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:07 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Dorothy Ann Daniel Jefferson Dorothy Ann Daniel, 60, died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2000. A native of Jackson County, Mrs. Daniel was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Willie Young. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Maxey Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. A. Jackson officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include her stepmother, Betty Jean Young, Winder; her husband, Eugene Daniel Sr., Jefferson; two daughters, Michelle Browner and Wanda Daniel, both of Jefferson; four sons, Eugene Daniel, Andre Daniel, and Martin Daniel, all of Jefferson, and Anthony Daniel, Athens; four sisters, Dolly Mae Tuggle and Lennise Little, both of Jefferson, Ethel Lee Young and Charnessa Lee Young, both of Winder; eight brothers, I.V. Young and Norman Lee Young, both of Atlanta, David Young, Keith Young, Robert Young, Sherman Lee Young and J.B. Young, all of Jefferson, and Kenny Young, Ohio; and 15 grandchildren. Eberhart & Son Mortuary, Winder, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:07 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 James Thomas Potts Commerce James Thomas Potts, 53, of 161 Victoria Way died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000. A native of Jackson County, Mr. Potts was a son of the late Jim Henry and Eula Mae Hayes Potts. He was a truck driver. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ivie Funeral Home with the Revs. Donald Wilson and Charles Hardy officiating. Burial will be in Grey Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Jackie Dianne Potts; a daughter, Shannon Maria Lester, Commerce; two sons, Terry Potts and Jeff Potts, both of Commerce; a sister, Louise Brown, Maysville; a brother, Henry Arthur Potts, Nicholson; and two grandchildren. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:06 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Lester O. Coon Athens Lester Orville ''The Bishop'' Coon, formerly of Collegedale, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000. A native of Linckloen Center, New York, Mr. Coon was a widower of Naomi C. Coon. He served as pastor, evangelist and revivalist in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for 71 years. He was a former pastor of the Apison Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Standifer Gap Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Apison Seventh-day Adventist School is named in his honor, The Lester Orville Coon Seventh-day Adventist School. He was instrumental in building the Cahutta Seventh-day Adventist Church. He attended the Atlantic Union College and was a member of the Madison Seventh-day Adventist Church. Services were held Jan. 9 at Apison Seventh-day Adventist Church with the Revs. Desmond Cummings Sr., Roger Coon and Harold Flynt officiating. Burial was in New York. Survivors include his wife, Madge S. Coon; five daughters, Emma Flynt, Jacksonville, Fla., Lillian Bagley, Plainsville, Marilyn-Shirley Martin, Ooltewah, Nellie Stone, Redlands, Calif., and Wallis Gebow, Kingman, Ariz.; two sons, Douglas Coon, Apopka, Fla., and Victor Coon, Titusville, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Madge Davis, Palm Harbor, Fla.; three stepsons, Joe Lambeth, Macon, Jeff Lambeth, Athens, and Page Lambeth, Bodega Bay, Calif.; 32 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Apison Seventh-day Adventist Church. Heritage Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:06 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 John Glode Athens John Charles Glode, 71, died February 6, 2000. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, he was the son of the late Frank William and Mary Ellen Burton Glode, and was preceded in death by a brother, Franklin Glode of Florida. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served in the Korean Conflict. Mr. Glode had been employed as a firefighter in Manchester, CT for a number of years before moving to St. Simon's Island, where he was head of security at the King and Prince Hotel. After moving to Athens in 1985, he was employed as a security guard with St. Mary's Hospital. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, February 9, 2000, at 1:00 PM, at New Covenant Worship Center. Robert Costa will officiate. Interment will take place in Florida. Survivors include his wife, Lois Guynup Glode of Athens; three daughters and sons in law, Linda and Morris Moon of Athens, Deborah and Thomas Smith of Brunswick, Nancy and Robert Costa of Watkinsville; two sisters, Mary Ellen Warayz of Massachusetts, Francis Gyngell of Florida; five grandchildren. The family may be contacted at their residences. Memorials may be made to A.O.E. Food Bank, 180 Oakbent Court, Athens, Ga. 30606. Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, West, is in charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald , Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:06 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Doug Henning Magician NEW YORK -- Doug Henning, the mustachioed hippie magician who helped repopularize the craft in the 1970s with TV specials and Broadway shows, has died at 52. Henning, who had suffered from liver cancer for five months, died Monday in Los Angeles. Henning's showmanship and boyish enthusiasm helped revive a genre that had lagged in popularity for decades. He offered audiences an entertaining mix of music, comedy and spectacles like a vanishing elephant. Born near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Henning said he first became fascinated with magic as a child, when he saw a performer levitate a woman on ''The Ed Sullivan Show.'' Henning's shaggy hair, bushy mustache and tie-dyed shirts -- replaced later by more flamboyant shimmery costumes -- became well-known in the United States in the 1970s and '80s. His rock musical ''The Magic Show'' ran on Broadway for more than four years in the 1970s. ''When Doug opened that show on Broadway, that was the starting point of a huge boom in magic that has continued to this day,'' said Lance Burton, a Las Vegas-based magician. ''Every magician that's out there working today owes Doug Henning a great debt.'' Henning is survived by his wife, Debbie. -- The Associated Press Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:07 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Elizabeth C. Christian Royston Corine Elizabeth Boles Christian, 71, of 250 Cook St. died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000. A native of Hart County, Mrs. Christian was a daughter of the late Walter and Mamie Brown Boles and was the widow of T.C. Christian. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Grace Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pruitt Funeral Home with the Revs. J. Duane Hall and Johnny Stowe officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include a son, Thomas ''Tommy'' Hill, Royston; a sister, Winnie Roach, Royston; and eight brothers, George Boles, Donald Boles, Ray Boles and Tony Boles, all of Hartwell, Mack Boles, Gene Boles, Dale Boles, and Hugh Boles, all of Royston. The family is at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Boles, 288 Cook St., Royston, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:07 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Marcus Eugene Casper Union Point Marcus Eugene Casper, 65, of 205 Carlton Ave. died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2000. A native of Hall County, Mr. Casper was a son of the late Edison Marcus Casper and Louise Epps Casper. He was a laborer for Seaboard Farms and was of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Greenlawn Cemetery with the Rev. Johnny Barrett officiating. Survivors include a sister, Virginia Casper Smith, Gainesville; and four brothers, William H. Casper, Tucson, Ariz., Jack Casper, Union Point, Joel Casper and Wayne Casper, both of Athens. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Callaway Funeral Home, Union Point. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:06 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 Dave Peverett Musician ORLANDO -- ''Lonesome'' Dave Peverett, who as lead singer of the British blues-rock quartet Foghat produced rock staples such as ''Slow Ride'' and ''Third-Time Lucky,'' has died of complications from kidney cancer. He was 56. Peverett died Monday from pneumonia at an Orlando hospital after a year-long battle with cancer, Foghat's manager, Michael McConnell, said today. His wife, Linda, and their three children were with him. ''Dave was one of the hardest working guys in the business,'' McConnell said. Heavily influenced by blues and early rock 'n' roll, Foghat built a large base of fans through frequent touring and produced such hits at ''Slow Ride,'' ''Third-Time Lucky'' and ''Driving Wheel'' in the 1970s. Foghat was born from the blues band Savoy Brown. Peverett, drummer Roger Earl and bassist Tony Stevens quit that band and decided to form their own group in 1970. Rod Price became the group's lead guitarist. The group wanted to take the sound of Savoy Brown a step further and add more of a rock edge to their basic boogie blues. Foghat took their name from a word that Peverett and his brother invented some years earlier in a Scrabble game. Foghat's albums included ''Fool for the City,'' ''Foghat,'' ''Rock and Roll Outlaws,'' ''Night Shift,'' and ''Stone Blue.'' It was their seventh album, ''Foghat Live,'' in 1977 that brought them their biggest success, going double platinum. Peverett was born April 16, 1943, in Dulwich, England and raised in London. After he was diagnosed with cancer, he had a kidney removed, underwent radiation and chemotherapy and had thought the cancer was in remission, McConnell said. A private funeral service will be held Thursday in Orlando. -- The Associated Press Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:06 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 M.C. Berryman Macon M.C. Berryman, 76, of 1955 Amos St. died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000. A native of Franklin County, Mr. Berryman was a son of the late Robert Berryman and Lucy F. Featherson Berryman. He was retired from Ralston Purina Company and was a member of Royston Baptist Church. He attended Franklin County public schools. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Royston Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Berryman officiating. Burial will be in Pine Crest Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Lillie McGlockling Berryman, Macon; and a brother, Jimmie E. Berryman Sr., Columbus, Ohio. Pallbearers will be nephews. The family is at the residence of Lillie Berryman, 1955 Amos St., Macon. Hutchings Funeral Home, Macon, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc.