Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 15 Jun 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 8:08 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2000 D.J. Gibson Washington D.J. Gibson, 64, of 218 Baltimore Road died Thursday, June 8, 2000. A native of Wilkes County, Mr. Gibson was a son of the late Claude and Estell Gibson. He was a member of Gibson Grove Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Reeves Chapel Baptist Church, Tignall, with the Rev. G.L. Avery officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Claude Gibson and Curtis Gibson; two sisters, Eula M. Turman, Washington, and Mary J. Nelson, Chattanooga, Tenn.; and a brother, Willie Claude Gibson, Cincinnati, Ohio. McLendon Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Thursday, June 15, 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 8:08 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2000 Otis C. 'Junior' Barnett Nicholson Otis C. ''Junior'' Barnett, 63, of 3258 Sanford Road died Tuesday, June 13, 2000. A native of Jackson County, Mr. Barnett was a son of Ovida Mildred Wilson Barnett, Nicholson, and the late Otis Barnett and was the widower of Jean Pittman Barnett. He was retired from Dairy Pak and was a member of New Harmony Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at New Harmony Baptist Church with the Rev. Kenneth Dillard officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors, in addition to his mother, include a daughter, Wanda Barnett, Nicholson; a son, Keith Barnett, Nicholson; four sisters, Walla Mae Butler, Danielsville, Gail Edwards, Hull, Agnes Peterman, Nicholson, and Betty Ann Poole, Anderson, S.C.; and five brothers, Bobby Barnett, Arnoldsville, Jimmy Lee Barnett, Rome, N.Y., Mickey Barnett, Athens, Weldon Barnett and Wendell Todd Barnett, both of Nicholson. Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Thursday, June 15, 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 8:08 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2000 Jack Brown Sr. Cornelia Jack Brown Sr., 54, of 1062 Kinney Mill Road died Tuesday, June 13, 2000. A native of Lincolnton, Mr. Brown was a son of the late Benny Frank and Nellie Moore Brown. He was retired from CMI Industries as a cloth cutter and was of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at McGahee-Griffin and Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia, with the Rev. Ronald Mote officiating. Burial will be in Baldwin City Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mary Jones Brown; a daughter, Julie ''Dawn'' Brown Nix, Toccoa; a son, Jack ''Darrell'' Brown Jr., Mount Airy; two brothers, Terry Brown and Tracey Brown, both of Lincolnton; and two grandchildren. The family is at the residence. Athens Daily News, Thursday, June 15, 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 8:08 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2000 Joe T. Grant Toccoa Joe T. Grant, 74, of Lovell Circle died Monday, June 12, 2000. A native of Grand Bahamas, Mr. Grant was a son of the late Melvin and Virginia Grant. He was retired from Toccoa First Baptist Church, was a World War II veteran and was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles White officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Greater Hope Baptist Church cemetery, Martin. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Breazeale Grant, Westminster, S.C.; two daughters, Teresa Renee Grant and Avonda Meshell Grant; two sons, Joe Timothy Grant Jr. and Omelious Rolester Grant; two sisters, Macy Kay Grant and Florene Kay Grant, both of Toccoa; a brother, Curtis Thompson Grant, Toccoa; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. today at Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home. Athens Daily News, Thursday, June 15, 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 8:08 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2000 Johnnie Loue Dixon Jefferson Johnnie Loue Hollis Dixon, 84, of No. 4 Jefferson Terrace Apartments died Wednesday, June 14, 2000. A native of Jackson County, Mrs. Dixon was a daughter of the late Joseph and Evelyn Hollis and was the widow of George Buford Dixon. She was retired from the textile industry and was a member of Victory Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Evans Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Woodbine Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Lance Cannon, Jefferson; a son, Roger Dixon, Jefferson; a sister, Annie Jarrett, Athens; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Athens Daily News, Thursday, June 15, 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 7:43 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2000 Bethany Suzanne Bacle Commerce Bethany Suzanne Bacle, 22, died Monday, June 12, 2000. A native of Tyler, Texas, Miss Bacle was a daughter of Bob and Jeanne Bacle, Commerce. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Danielsville, and had lived in Commerce since 1990. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith Baptist Church, LaGrange, with the Revs. Douglas Duncan and Charles Chapman officiating. Burial will be in Meadoway Gardens Cemetery, LaGrange. Survivors, in addition to her parents, include a sister, April Joy Bacle, Commerce; a brother, Robert Ben Bacle, Jr., Cornelia; her maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Ollie Belle Burson, LaGrange; three aunts and their husbands, Sue and Bill Frampton, LaGrange, Alice and Andy Koone, Pine Mountain, Gail Bacle, Hull; an uncle, Jody Allen, LaGrange; her fiance, Joe Dumais, II, Commerce; and several cousins. The family is at the residence of her grandparents, Kenneth and Ollie Belle Burson, 103 Hazel Way, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home, LaGrange. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald , Thursday, June 15, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc.