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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 7:54 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Golf course legend, Trent Jones dies at 93 Associated Press Photo: obits [INLINE] FILE--Renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones poses in front of the difficult fourth hole at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., in this June 13, 1980 file photo. Jones, 93, died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday, June 14, 2000, according to his daughter, Susan Jones. AP Photo/John Dunn, File [INLINE] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Robert Trent Jones, whose challenging golf course designs annually play a role in crowning champions at the sport's major events, has died. He was 93. Jones, who would have been 94 on June 20, died Wednesday night at his apartment in Fort Lauderdale. He suffered a stroke last July and his health had been failing since, son Rees Jones said. Jones died on the eve of the U.S. Open, a championship he was linked with through his redesign of a number of prominent courses after World War II. ''He probably planned this,'' Rees Jones said from Pebble Beach, Calif., where play began the Open on Thursday. ''The Open really was his angel.'' Rees Jones said he had planned to be with his father on his birthday. The family will hold services in Fort Lauderdale on that day, he said, with his father to be buried later alongside his mother in New Jersey. Called the ''father of modern golf course architecture,'' Jones designed or rebuilt more than 400 golf courses in 43 states and 34 countries during a career that spanned seven decades. More than three dozen of his designs have played host to national or international championships. The Englishman rankled golfers with his risk-reward philosophy, deftly placing hazards that encouraged greater strategy. Jones loved water's potential for extracting penalty strokes and was among the first to employ major earth-moving equipment to realize his vision. He was the one who, with the late Bobby Jones, gave Augusta National, site of the Masters, one of its most picturesque holes by damming up Rae's Creek at critical junctures to create the par-3 16th with a pond in front of the green. ''Bobby Jones in our house was a god,'' Rees Jones recalled. ''Bobby Jones hired my dad just after World War II and he revered him.'' Annoyed that tour pros were routinely breaking 70, Jones liked to say his holes were designed so that ''par was tough but a bogey was easy.'' He provided relief to average golfers with multiple forward tees and by keeping hazards out of their range. Among Jones' best-known creations are Spyglass Hill in Pebble Beach, Calif.; Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio; Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minn.; and Valderrama in Sotogrande, Spain. He also left his mark on a handful of muscular courses that regularly play host to such majors as the U.S. Open, PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. During the 1950s, Jones was asked to rework such revered venues as Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Mich.; Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.; and The Olympic Club in San Francisco. That earned him the nickname ''The Open Doctor,'' but also a host of complaints from pros accustomed to a bounty of birdies. The notoriety, however, wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Players howled at Jones' overhaul of Oakland Hills for the 1951 U.S. Open. Only two players broke par of 70 that week. Ben Hogan won with a 67 in the final round and later said, ''I'm glad I broke this course, this monster, to its knees.'' A fine golfer in his own right, ''Trent'' wasn't above taking club in hand to make a point. On a visit to Baltusrol in 1952, he answered a member's complaint about the redesigned par-3 fourth hole by marching the critic and a few bystanders to the tee. He took a swing, and the ball took one hop before diving into the hole. ''Gentlemen,'' Jones said, ''I think that the hole is eminently fair.'' Jones was born June 20, 1906, in Ince, England, and emigrated with his parents to Rochester, N.Y., five years later. He was a scratch golfer by his early teens, but an ulcer sidelined him from tournament competition. Fascinated by watching Donald Ross create Oak Hill, he became the first person to study expressly for a career as a golf-course designer. He used connections to get special entry into Cornell University, where he fashioned his own program of study by taking courses in landscape architecture, agronomy, horticulture, hydraulics, surveying and economics. In 1930, he formed a partnership with Canadian designer Stanley Thompson that became highly regarded. They parted ways in 1938, and it wasn't until after World War II that Jones flourished. Jones' first masterwork came in 1948, collaborating with Bobby Jones to create Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta. That also was when he adopted the name Trent, from the river in England, to avoid confusion. He often tried to juggle more than a dozen projects at a time, but had a knack for understanding the changes in golf equipment and disposition of the American golfer that preferred golf as a ''target'' sport than the bump-and-run game played overseas. HEAD:Golf course legend, Trent Jones dies at 93 CREDIT:John Dunn/Photo staff CAPTION:Golf course architect Robert Trent Jones poses in a 1980 file photo in front of the fourth hole at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. He died Wednesday night at the age of 93. Jones also designed the University of Georgia golf course which opened in 1968. BYLINE1:Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Robert Trent Jones, whose challenging golf course designs annually play a role in crowning champions at the sport's major events, has died. He was 93. Jones, who would have been 94 on June 20, died Wednesday night at his apartment in Fort Lauderdale. He suffered a stroke last July and his health had been failing since, son Rees Jones said. Jones died on the eve of the U.S. Open, a championship he was linked with through his redesign of a number of prominent courses after World War II. ''He probably planned this,'' Rees Jones said from Pebble Beach, Calif., where play began the Open on Thursday. ''The Open really was his angel.'' Rees Jones said he had planned to be with his father on his birthday. The family will hold services in Fort Lauderdale on that day, he said, with his father to be buried later alongside his mother in New Jersey. Called the ''father of modern golf course architecture,'' Jones designed or rebuilt more than 400 golf courses in 43 states and 34 countries during a career that spanned seven decades. More than three dozen of his designs have played host to national or international championships. The Englishman rankled golfers with his risk-reward philosophy, deftly placing hazards that encouraged greater strategy. Jones loved water's potential for extracting penalty strokes and was among the first to employ major earth-moving equipment to realize his vision. He was the one who, with the late Bobby Jones, gave Augusta National, site of the Masters, one of its most picturesque holes by damming up Rae's Creek at critical junctures to create the par-3 16th with a pond in front of the green. ''Bobby Jones in our house was a god,'' Rees Jones recalled. ''Bobby Jones hired my dad just after World War II and he revered him.'' Annoyed that tour pros were routinely breaking 70, Jones liked to say his holes were designed so that ''par was tough but a bogey was easy.'' He provided relief to average golfers with multiple forward tees and by keeping hazards out of their range. Among Jones' best-known creations are Spyglass Hill in Pebble Beach, Calif.; Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio; Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minn.; and Valderrama in Sotogrande, Spain. He also left his mark on a handful of muscular courses that regularly play host to such majors as the U.S. Open, PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. During the 1950s, Jones was asked to rework such revered venues as Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Mich.; Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.; and The Olympic Club in San Francisco. That earned him the nickname ''The Open Doctor,'' but also a host of complaints from pros accustomed to a bounty of birdies. The notoriety, however, wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Players howled at Jones' overhaul of Oakland Hills for the 1951 U.S. Open. Only two players broke par of 70 that week. Ben Hogan won with a 67 in the final round and later said, ''I'm glad I broke this course, this monster, to its knees.'' A fine golfer in his own right, ''Trent'' wasn't above taking club in hand to make a point. On a visit to Baltusrol in 1952, he answered a member's complaint about the redesigned par-3 fourth hole by marching the critic and a few bystanders to the tee. He took a swing, and the ball took one hop before diving into the hole. ''Gentlemen,'' Jones said, ''I think that the hole is eminently fair.'' Jones was born June 20, 1906, in Ince, England, and emigrated with his parents to Rochester, N.Y., five years later. He was a scratch golfer by his early teens, but an ulcer sidelined him from tournament competition. Fascinated by watching Donald Ross create Oak Hill, he became the first person to study expressly for a career as a golf-course designer. He used connections to get special entry into Cornell University, where he fashioned his own program of study by taking courses in landscape architecture, agronomy, horticulture, hydraulics, surveying and economics. In 1930, he formed a partnership with Canadian designer Stanley Thompson that became highly regarded. They parted ways in 1938, and it wasn't until after World War II that Jones flourished. Jones' first masterwork came in 1948, collaborating with Bobby Jones to create Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta. That also was when he adopted the name Trent, from the river in England, to avoid confusion. He often tried to juggle more than a dozen projects at a time, but had a knack for understanding the changes in golf equipment and disposition of the American golfer that preferred golf as a ''target'' sport than the bump-and-run game played overseas. 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Raymond B. Savage Winder Raymond B. Savage, 63, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000. Mr. Savage was a son of the late John L. and Gertrude Savage and the widower of Ann Williams Savage. He was an electrician and was a member of Union I.B.E.W. #613. He was a member of the Winder First United Methodist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Winder First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Rary officiating. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens. Survivors include a daughter, Vicki Feldman, Dunwoody; a sister, Ann Steed, Statham; and a grandchild. Smith Funeral Home, Winder, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Jessie Corene Skinner Winder Jessie Corene Skinner, 91, died Thursday, June 15, 2000. A native of Hall County, Mrs. Skinner was a daughter of the late Joe and Tiney Patterson Dunagan and was the widow of Collier Skinner. She was retired from Barrow Manufacturing. Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Juanita Jenkins, Summerton, S.C.; a son, Richard Skinner, Winder; four sisters, Etta Hall, Winder, Elizabeth Stills, Dacula, Prene Gibson and Edith Darney, both of Utica, N.J.; a brother, Richard Dunagan, Winder; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Mildred W. Carver Ila Mildred W. Carver, 73, of 1498 Mathis Road died Thursday, June 15, 2000. A native of Savannah, Mrs. Carver was a daughter of W.L. Weathers, Baldwin, and the late Mamie Hazemore Weathers. She was an antique dealer. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, Madison Chapel, with the Rev. David Terrell officiating. Survivors, in addition to her father, include her husband, Wesley E. Carver; a daughter, Darleen Meadows, Statham; two sons, Michael Carver, Ila, and Alan Carver, Danielsville; a step-daughter, Linda Gay, Charleston, S.C.; a step-son, Gene Carver, Pine Bluff, Ark.; two sisters, Betty Harvey, Columbus, and Cheryl Smart, San Jose, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1 Corporation Square, Ste. 127, Atlanta, Ga. 30329 or to Madison County Rotary Club, c/o David Dooley, CPA Inc., P.O. Box 215, Hull, Ga. 30646. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Mamie Lou Dillard Athens Mamie Lou Dillard, 88, of 2715 Danielsville Road, Highway 106, died Thursday, June 15, 2000. A native of Clarke County, Mrs. Dillard was a daughter of the late John Dillard and Julia Howard and was the widow of Albert Dillard Sr. She was a member of Morton Chapel Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Morton Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Rugene Bryant officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include a son, Albert Dillard Jr., Athens; a granddaughter, Patrice Dillard, Athens; a niece and nephew. The family is at the residence. Winfrey's Mutual Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 William Hyde Elberton James William Hyde, 81, of 143 Wildwood Drive died Wednesday, June 14, 2000. A native of Greenwood, S.C., Mr. Hyde was a son of the late James Jefferson and Minnie Lou Jones Hyde. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Lynne H. Wilson. He was a retired manufacturer's representative in the granite industry. He was a U.S. Army veteran during World War II, having served in the 17th Airborne Infantry, and was a paratrooper in the 515th Parachute Infantry. He was a charter member and past president of the Elbert County Historical Society. He was a member of the Fortsonia Baptist Church. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fortsonia Baptist Church with the Revs. Steve Gibson and Jack McVeigh officiating. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Rainey Hyde; a son, William Jeffrey Hyde, San Diego, Calif.; two sisters, Annie Laurie Wansley, Elberton, and Marie H. Dixon, Suwannee; and five grandchildren. The family is at the residence, where they will receive friends. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Fortsonia Baptist Church Building Fund, 2616 Washington Highway, Elberton, Ga. 30635 or to the Elbert County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1033, Elberton, Ga. 30635. Hicks Funeral Home, Elberton, has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Pamela L. Drisker Jacksonville, Fla. Pamela Denise Lumpkin Drisker died Monday, June 12, 2000. A native of Athens, Mrs. Drisker was a daughter of James F. Lumpkin and Annie L. Lumpkin of Athens. Services will be at noon Saturday at New Fountain Chapel A.M.E. Church, Jacksonville, Fla. The body will be placed in the church at 9:30 a.m. Survivors, in addition to her parents, include her husband, Billy Drisker, Jacksonville, Fla.; a daughter, Tamiko Holt, Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Tamerous Lumpkin, Jacksonville, Fla.; two brothers, James K. Lumpkin, Athens, and Toron Smith, Mableton; grandparents, Mable Porter, Horace and Julia Fortson, all of Athens; nieces and nephews. Jackson McWhorter Funeral Home has charge of local arrangements. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Nell H. Thompson Winder Nell H. Thompson, 82, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000. A native of Barrow County, Mrs. Thompson was a daughter of the late Jefferson Virgil Henson and Addie Donaldson Henson and was the widow of John A. Thompson II. She was preceded in death by a son, John A. Thompson III. She was retired from Belks Department Store. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Winder First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Rary officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter Suzanne Smith, Eatonton; a son, Jeff Thompson, Winder; a sister, Jeanette Hardigree, Hartwell; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at Smith Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Winder First United Methodist Church, Youth Fund, 280 N. Broad St., Winder, Ga. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 8:27 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Cecil Cleveland Comer Cecil Mackey Cleveland, 83, formerly of West Howell St., Hartwell, died Thursday, June 15, 2000. A native of Hart County, Mrs. Cleveland was a daughter of the late Sidney Perry Mackey and Lessie Osborne Mackey and was the widow of Kyle Cleveland. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Hartwell First Baptist Church. She attended Hartwell Alliance Church where she taught Sunday school and was pianist. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Strickland Funeral Home with the Rev. Eddie Simmons officiating. Burial will be in Nancy Hart Memorial Park. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Ann Blakely, Lavonia, and Elizabeth Milford, Hartwell; a son, Charles Edward Cleveland, Anderson, S.C.; three brothers, Curt Mackey and Fred Mackey, both of Hartwell, and Lloyd Mackey, Augusta; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. The family is at their respective residences and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Flowers are optional and memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Ruth Skelton, 97 Benson St., Hartwell, Ga. 30643. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 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 7:46 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2000 Evelyn Epps Galt Athens Evelyn Epps Galt, 85, of 825 Hill Street died Sunday, June 11, 2000. A native of Clarke County, Mrs. Galt was the eldest daughter of the late Omie Williams Epps and Benjamin Thomas Epps, Athens pioneer aviator. She was the widow of William R. Galt, Jr. She attended the historic Lucy Cobb Institute and The University of Georgia. At The University of Georgia she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, the Zodiac Honor Societies and president of the Glee Club. After their retirement, Evelyn and William entertained the foreign exchange officers from the Navy School and the Scottish society of clan Donald. Athens-Clarke County proclaimed October 6, 1994 as EVELYN EPPS GALT DAY. She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bernstein Funeral Home Chapel with Father Ralph Marsh officiating. Burial will follow in Oconee Hill Cemetery. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, William R. (Billy), III and Cindy Galt, Athens; daughter and son-in-law, Sylvia G. and Norm Novak, Lawrenceville; daughter Mary Virginia Galt, Athens; brothers, Ben T. Epps, Jr., Atlanta, Charles W. Epps, Topsham, ME, George F. Epps, Harvest, AL, E. Patrick Epps, Atlanta; sister Virginia Whitaker, Yakima, WA; grandchildren, Jason and Paige Galt, Daniel Galt and Gabriel Galt; and a multitude of nieces and nephews. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Those desiring to do so many make contributions to the American Cancer Society, 1060 Gaines School Road, Athens, GA 30605. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Bernstein Funeral Home. Athens Daily News, Friday, June 16, 2000 send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc.