Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 9 Oct 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 7:11 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2000 The Rev. Ernest Ivester Toccoa The Rev. Ernest Wilson Ivester, 72, of 1306 Talmadge Drive, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000. A native of Habersham County, Mr. Ivester was a son of the late P.B. and Blanch Jameson Ivester. He was employed by Wabco for 24 years, and was an ordained Baptist minister who had served at Old Toccoa Baptist Church, Broad River Baptist Church and the Habersham Baptist Church. He was the interim pastor at Northside Baptist Church, Alto Baptist Church and Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and the Monday Morning Prayer Breakfast. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Antioch Baptist Church with the Revs. Jerry Mize and David Harbin officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Doris Keeling; a daughter, Sandra Hayes, Loganville; a son, Kenneth Ivester, Toccoa; a brother, Arthur Ivester; and three grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Sam Ivester, Coleman Ivester, Connie Ivester, Roger Harrison, Perry Black and Jack Keeling. Pallbearers are asked to assemble at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at Acree-Davis Funeral Home. The family will be at the residence and will receive friends from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. today and from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour Tuesday at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Monday, Oct. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 7:12 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2000 Lillian Morrow Bethlehem Lillian ''Yogi'' Morrow, 57, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000. A native of Barrow County, Mr. Morrow was a son of Magnolia Morrow, Bethlehem. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Appalachee Shoals Baptist Church with the Bishop Dewey Long officiating. The body will be placed in the church at noon. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Deborah Ann Morrow, Bethlehem, Samantha Delene Morrow, Statham, and Elizabeth Morrow Edmondson, Decatur; two sons, Travis Franklin Fowler, Winder, and Scotty Garnell Morrow Sr., Statham; four sisters, Bonnie Edwards, Detroit, Mich., Virginia Russell, Bethlehem, Inez Carroll, Decatur, and Willie Faye Partlow, Gainesville; three brothers, Lenn Morrow, Detroit, Mich., and Joe Morrow and Charlie ''Sonny Boy'' Morrow, both of Bethlehem; and four grandchildren. Eberhart & Son Mortuary, Winder, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Monday, Oct. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 7:12 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2000 Mother Bush Colbert Mother Gladys Johnson Bush, 85, of 145 Alberta Drive, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000. A native of Oglethorpe County, Mrs. Bush was a daughter of the late Rubin and Quilla Moody Johnson, was the widow of Brother Howard Bush and was preceded in death by a son, Howard Johnson. She was retired from the University of Georgia and was a member of Waggnors Grove Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Waggnors Grove Baptist Church with the Pastor Roy Thomas, Evangelist Otelia Smith and the Rev. Watson Thomas officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Gholston Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Reba Colbert, Colbert, and Odessa Wallace, Atlanta; a son, Curtis Bush, Atlanta; two sisters, Lois Foot and Willene Colbert, both of Chicago; two brothers, James Johnson, Atlanta, and Alvin Johnson, Chicago; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Mack and Payne Funeral Home, Athens, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Monday, Oct. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 7:12 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2000 George McGrady Royston George Washington McGrady, 77, of 144 Argo Road, Royston, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000. A native of Carol County, Va., Mr. McGrady was a son of the late Wayatt and Minnie Farris McGrady. He was retired from Overhead Door company and was of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Pruitt Funeral Home with the Rev. Leon Carson officiating. Burial will be in Nancy Hart Memorial Park, Hartwell. Survivors include his wife, Dessie Carey McGrady; two daughters, Christine Decker, Kernersville, N.C., and Alice Markstorm, Annandale, Minn.; a son, George A. McGrady, Athens; two sisters and three brothers, all of Laurel Folk, Va.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Monday, Oct. 9, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc.