Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 24 Aug 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 11:31 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2000 Norma Virginia Crane Auburn Norma Virginia Brown Crane, 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000. Mrs. Crane was a daughter of the late Roy and Claudia Peterson Brown. She was the widow of Charles C. Crane. She was a housewife and was a member of Trinity Hill Methodist Church, Augusta. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Seventh Day Adventist Church. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Oliver, Cumming, and Donna Love, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; a son, Robert S. Crane, Auburn; a sister, Jane Brown, Memphis, Tenn.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. The family will receive friends after 10 a.m. Friday at Smith Funeral Home, Winder. Athens Daily News, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 11:31 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2000 Elizabeth J. Kent Harbin Marietta Elizabeth Jane Kent Harbin, 85, of 3179 Terrace Drive died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000. A native of Jackson County, Mrs. Harbin was a daughter of the late Walter and Pearl Smith Kent and was the widow of Henry Harbin. She was retired from the textile industry and was a member of Sandy Plains Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, with the Rev. Donald Mason officiating. Burial will be in Woodbine Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Harbin and Deborah Harbin, both of Marietta; a sister, Frances Croy, Monroe; and three brothers, Grover Kent, Harold Kent and Isaac Kent, all of Gainesville. Pallbearers will be Bobby Veal, Chris Seagraves, Donald Kent, Doug Kent, Gerald Matthews and Larry Reynolds. Athens Daily News, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 11:06 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2000 Scott Munson Cutlip Madison, Wis. Madison, Wisconsin Athens, Georgia Scott Munson Cutlip, age 85, of Madison, Wisconsin, died on Friday, August 18, 2000, after a brief fight with cancer. He was born on July 15, 1915, in Buckhannon, West Virginia, the only child of Janet Munson and Okey Scott Cutlip. He was raised by his uncle, George Carper Reger. Scott was a reporter for the Buckhannon Record in 1933, and reporter and weekly editor with the West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Co., Morgantown, West Virginia from 1935 to 1938. He was graduated from Syracuse University in 1939 with a B.A. in Journalism and Political Science. He received a Masters of Philosophy degree in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1941. After serving as public relations director for the West Virginia State Road Commission he enlisted in the United States Army Air Force in 1942. First assigned to public information, and later counter-intelligence, he advanced from the rank of private to Major in three years. He served in World War II with the Fifth Air Force from Australia through the occupation of Japan. When he returned from overseas, Scott introduced the study of public relations at the University of Wisconsin in 1946, and taught that subject and news editing at the UW from then until 1974. He also served the University on the President's staff in 1947-49. He served as advisor to United States Army and other Armed Services graduate students, and guided more than 130 of them in their master's theses. Throughout his career as a professor and administrator Scott contributed widely to the life of his Universities, raising funds and working on numerous faculty committees. He was a forceful proponent of faculty governance. In 1975 he went to the University of Georgia School (now College) of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Athens. He was appointed Dean of the School in 1976 and served as Dean until 1983, when he became a University Professor until his retirement in 1985. He is the author (with Allen Center, and Glen Broom) of Effective Public Relations, the basic textbook and all-time best seller in the field: first edition published in 1952, the eighth in 2000. The book is also published in several foreign languages. Scott was also author of: The Unseen Power: Public Relations. A History; Fund Raising in the United States: Its Role in America's Philanthropy; Public Relations History from 17th to 20th Century: The Antecedents. He compiled A Public Relations Bibliography. He was the author of numerous other articles, papers, and book reviews, contributed chapters to other books, and was a consultant to several corporations, and public and private institutions. During and after his career he devoted many hours and much energy to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, in Madison. He was a member of the Board of Curators from 1958 until 1975, and served as President of the Society, 1964-1967. Among other major projects, he helped found the Society's Mass Communications History Center. Among his awards and citations are: the Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research, the Association for Journalism Education and Mass Communication, 1991; the Golden Anvil Award, the Public Relations Society of America, 1995; the International Association of Business Communicators 25th Anniversary Award, 1995; the Department of the Army Commander's Award for Public Service, 1984; inducted into the Arthur W. Paige Society Hall of Fame, 1987; inducted into the Public Relations Society of America College of Fellows, 1990. He was additionally honored with the named Scott M. Cutlip Award for Professional Distinction as a Fund Raising Executive presented by the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives; with the named Scott M. Cutlip Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of American, University of Wisconsin. He received an honorary Litt. D. from West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1971. Scott lectured, conducted workshops and seminars, consulted and did research in Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, England, Wales, the Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Greece, India, Venezuela, and Japan. Scott was a member of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; the Association for Education in Journalism; Public Relations Society of America, APR (Accredited in Public Relations); and the Madison Literary Society. He was a Life member of the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. He was preceded in death in 1997 by his adored wife of 50 years, Erna, of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He is survived by several cousins, and his loving son George, and beloved daughter-in-law Nancy, both of Madison. He will be remembered by many friends and former students around the world. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., followed by a reception until 5:00 p.m., on September 5th at the Blackhawk Country Club in Madison (Shorewood Hills). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wisconsin History Foundation, Scott M. Cutlip Endowment, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. Cress Funeral Services, Madison, Wisconsin (608) 238-3434 Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald , Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 11:07 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2000 Dr. Nelle Tumlin Scholz Americus Dr. Nelle Tumlin Scholz, 81, passed away August 20, 2000 in Americus, Georgia. A Georgia native and lifelong educator, she graduated from Marietta High School, attended Bob Jones University, and held a bachelor's degree from Asbury College in Kentucky, as well as master's and doctoral degrees in education from the University of Georgia. S he served with the American Red Cross in Europe during WWII, taught high school in Fayetteville, Georgia and Marlette, Michigan, served as Director of Women's Personnel for Ralston Purina Company in St. Louis, Missouri, and as dean of women at Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia. Approximately twenty years of her career were spent at the University of Georgia in Athens, where she retired as Director of Counseling and Testing in 1984. She championed the rights and issues of women and their careers, and was very active in the Methodist Church, particularly the First United Methodist Churches in Athens and Tifton. She survived two husbands: Norman William Scholz of Marlette, Michigan, and Byron L. Southwell of Tifton, Georgia, and is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Ella Scholz of Murrayville, Georgia, her grandson, Norman Scholz III, four of her seven siblings, and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held in the chapel of the First United Methodist Church in Athens on Sunday, August 27, 2000 at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to either Magnolia Manor Retirement Center in Americus or the University of Georgia. Cremation Society of the South in charge of arrangements 770-941-5352. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald , Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc.