Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 26 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 10:33 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Millie Sisk Canon Millie Bennett Sisk of 44 Baskins Ext. died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000. A native of Franklin County, Mrs. Sisk was a daughter of the late Robert and Ida Baskins Bennett and was the widow of Fredrick Singleton Sisk. She was preceded in death by a son, Danny O'Neal Roach. She was a member of Canon United Methodist Church and was a homemaker. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Pruitt Funeral Home, Royston, with the Revs. Eldon Massey and Paul Creason officiating. Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Wilson, Canon; a grandson, raised in the home, Danny Ray Gee, Canon; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family is at the residence of Janene Blalock, 737 Old Canon Church Road, Bowersville, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 10:33 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Reese Lee Seals Union Point Reese Lee Seals, 61, of 3162 Greensboro Road NW died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000. A native of Taliaferro County, Mr. Seals was a son of the late Tommy and Estelle Barcus Seals. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael R. Seals. He retired from the State Department of Transportation in 1997. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Greenwood Baptist Church with the Revs. James Dotson, Coleman Hayes Jr. and Terry Seals officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Jessie P. Dotson Seals; two daughters, Lessie M. Seals and Ruth Seals, both of Crawfordville; three sons, Robert Seals and Billy J. Seals, both of Crawfordville, and Carlyle Seals, Union Point; a stepdaughter, Earnestine Woods, Crawfordville; two stepsons, Jackie Harris, Dallas, Texas, and Charles Harris, Atlanta; five sisters, Mamie Burley and Alma Burley, both of Crawfordville, Ophelia Greer, Norwood, Bobbie N. Johnson and Cora B. Seals, both of Atlanta; two brothers, Tommy Seals Jr. and Willie Earl Seals, both of Crawfordville; two stepsisters, Annie W. Ware and Jessie B. Chenault, both of Washington; and 14 grandchildren. Watts Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 10:33 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Lizzie Mae Bryant Elberton Lizzie Mae Kinley Bryant, 79, of 1112 Brewers Bridge Road died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2000. A native of Anderson County, S.C., Mrs. Bryant was a daughter of the late Fred W. and Lucy Moates Kinley and was the widow of Terrell J. ''T.J.'' Bryant Jr. She was retired from Oxford Manufacturing, Bowman, and was a member of Faith Baptist Church, Bowman. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Berry Funeral Home with the Revs. James Bannister and Kent Barrett officiating. Burial will be in Faith Baptist Church cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Gloria Fortson, Elberton; three brothers, Jasper Kinley and F.W. Kinley, both of Royston, and Henry Kinley, Athens; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Tommy Kinley, Gary Kinley, Jimmy Carroll, Pete Kirk, Dennis Kinley and Douglas Kinley. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 10:33 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Eugene G. Caputi Hull Eugene G. Caputi, 77, of 151 Wellington Drive died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000. A native of Allendale, N.J., Mr. Caputi was a son of Louis and Rose Lauano Caputi and was the widower of Dorothy A. Caputi. He was a machinist, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and was of the Protestant faith. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, East. Burial will be in Athens Memory Gardens. Survivors include two sisters, Adaline Caputi, Ramsey, N.J., and Phyllis Caputi, Barefoot Bay, Fla.; three brothers, Louis Caputi, Ramsey, Alfred Caputi, Tom River, N.J., and Robert Caputi, Hull; nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1060 Gaines School Road, Suite B-2, Athens, GA 30605. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Athens Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 10:33 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Fred Sanders Hartwell Fred Sanders, 77, of 202 Swan Sanders Road died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000. A native of Hartwell, Mr. Sanders was a son of the late Jess and Rose Thrasher Sanders. He was retired from Hartwell Sports and Vickery Lumber Co. after 35 years and was a member of Milltown Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Strickland Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Meeks officiating. Burial will be in Nancy Hart Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Owens Sanders; three daughters, Joyce Vickery, Rex, Janie Blackmon and Judy Greenway, Hartwell; two sons, Alton Sanders and Thomas Sanders, both of Hartwell; two sisters, Opal Reid, Hartwell, and Mary Moore, Athens; 13 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Russell Sanders, Jay Blackmon, Michael Sanders, Freddie King, Christopher Sanders, Kenneth Vickery, Kevin Vickery and Keith Vickery. The family is at the residence. Athens Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 10:04 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Henry Cecil Beggs Montgomery, Ala. Beggs, Henry Cecil, 57, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died Monday, October 23, 2000, at the Coosa Valley Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 27, 2000, at 11 a.m. from Alabama Heritage Funeral Home with Rev. Randall Peacock officiating. Burial will follow in Alabama Heritage Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Beggs, Montgomery, AL; one son and daughter-in-law, Henry Cecil, Jr. and Marijayne Ward Beggs, of Memphis, TN. Visitation will be held Thursday, October 26, 2000, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Student Organization Foundation, c/o Paggie McSpadden, P.O. Box 302101 Montgomery, AL 36130-2101. Alabama Heritage directing. Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald , Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 Šopyright 2000 Athens Newspapers Inc.