Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 14 Feb 2001 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 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Annie M. Glidewell Scales Elberton Annie Maude Glidewell Scales, 95, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001. A native of Mount Airy, N.C., Mrs. Scales was a daughter of the late Joseph W. Glidewell and Pearl Blackmon Glidewell. She was preceded in death by two sons, Roy C. Scales and Donald E. ''Donnie'' Scales. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Berry Funeral Home with the Rev. Lloyd Shepherd officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Joseph W. ''Billy'' Scales and Robert J. ''Bobby'' Scales, both of Elberton; a sister, Stella Pickens, Greenville, S.C.; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. The family is at their respective homes and will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of choice. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Henrietta Dixon Athens Henrietta Dixon, formerly of 1336 W. Hancock Ave. died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001. A native of Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Dixon was a daughter of the late Henry D. Hicks and Lucy J. Hicks. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hill First Baptist Church with the Rev. Benjamins G. Rivers officiating. The body will be placed in the church at noon. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery. Survivors include five cousins, Mildred Weir and Frederick L. Jones, both of Athens, Hattie Jones, Atlanta, Alice Mae Pollack and Thomasine Wills, both of Detroit, Mich. The family is at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jones, 132 Julious Drive, Athens. Winfrey's Mutual Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Emma A. Stitt Commerce Emma A. Stitt, 84, of 157 Lewallen Road died Monday, Feb. 13, 2001. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Silver Shoals Baptist Church with the Revs. David Bowen and Perry Smith officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Doria A. Hubbard and Joan Pritchard, both of Maysville, and Gay Painter, Baldwin; a son, Ronnie Hubbard, Commerce; two sisters, Dora Long, Longcreek, S.C., and Louis Fincannon, Homer; two brothers, Garfield Arnold, McDoungh, and Charlie Arnold, Homer; 14 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Ivie Funeral Home. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Veronica 'Ronnie' Hughes Athens Veronica ''Ronnie'' Hughes, 75, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001. A native of Grand Fork, ND, Mrs. Hughes was a daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Schnider Deitz and was the widow of John Frank Hughes. She worked in the shipyards during World War II and later for Thomas Textile Manufacturing. She was a member of the Unity Christian Church, Maysville. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Bridges Funeral Home with the Revs. Ray Fumea and Linwood Smith officiating. Burial will be at 4:30 p.m. at Unity Christian Church cemetery with the Rev. Dennis Harris officiating. Survivors include three daughters, Margaret Chancey, Bethlehem, Cindy Childs, Commerce, and Mary Perry, Hull; three sons, Alan W. Hughes, Athens, Ned Hughes, Watkinsville, and Jeff Hughes, Flowery Branch; a brother, LeRoy Deitz, Frazee, MN; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. The family is at the residence of Alan W. Hughes, 140 Victory Estates Drive, Athens, and will receive friends from 5:30-7:30 p.m. today at from 2 p.m. until time of service Thursday. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Freddy Wittop Former UGA professor ATLANTIS, Fla. -- Freddy Wittop, Tony Award-winning costume designer who later taught drama at the University of Georgia, has died at age 89 after a short illness. Wittop, who died Feb. 2 at JFK Medical Center, is best known for his work on ''Hello, Dolly!'' for which he won a Tony Award in 1964. The designer created the memorable sequined crimson gown for its star, Carol Channing, who wore the dress while singing the musical's show-stopping title song. Wittop had a long association with ''Dolly!'' producer David Merrick and did the clothes for such Merrick shows as ''Carnival!'' (1961) with Anna Maria Alberghetti; ''Subways Are for Sleeping'' (1961); ''The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd'' with Anthony Newley (1965); ''I Do! I Do!'' with Mary Martin and Robert Preston (1966), and ''The Happy Time'' with Robert Goulet (1968). Among his other musicals were ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' (1965) and ''George M!'' (1968). Born in the Netherlands in 1911, Wittop moved with his family to Belgium, where he apprenticed with the resident designer at the Brussels Opera. Moving to Paris in 1931, Wittop designed for the Folies Bergere and other music halls, creating hundreds of costumes for chorus girls as well as such stars as Josephine Baker and Mistinguette. Wittop also studied Spanish dance and in the 1930s began a professional dancing career in Paris that led to an international tour with the dancer Argentinita. He also toured with Pilar Gomez, Jose Greco and Tina Ramirez. After he retired from the theater, Wittop served as an adjunct professor in the school of drama at the University of Georgia in Athens. The designer recently was chosen as the 2001 recipient of the Theatre Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Award for ''lifetime achievement in theatrical costume design.'' The award will be accepted posthumously on his behalf on April 6 in New York. Wittop is survived by a sister, Martina Wittop Koning, of the Netherlands. -- Associated Press Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Charles E. Hilley Toccoa Charles Edward Hilley, 60, of 727 Hunters Creek Road died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001. A native of Franklin County, Mr. Hilley was a son of Eula Hardman Hilley, Toccoa, and the late John B. Hilley. He was employed with Yamaha Motor Corp., Newnan, and was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at New Bethel Baptist Church with the Revs. Tommy Childress and Paul Collins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Undine Crunkleton Hilley; two daughters, Donna McFarlin and Stacey Brown, both of Carnesville; three brothers, Jackie Hilley, Toccoa, Pat Hilley and John Hilley, both of Columbus; and two grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Larry McFarlin, Steve Milford, Eric Hilley, Ted Crunkleton, Scott Crunkleton and Paskel Hilley. The family is at the residence. Acree-Davis Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 John Franklin Kimbrough Jr. Athens John Franklin Kimbrough Jr., 67, of 12024 Jefferson Road died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001. A native of Royston, Mr. Kimbrough was a son of the late John Franklin Kimbrough Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Prather Kimbrough. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia and attended Centennial Christian Church, White Plains. He was a retiree of the procurement department of the University of Georgia. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Centennial Christian Church with the Rev. Charlie Cook officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include a daughter of Burlington, N.C.; two stepdaughters; a sister of Douglasville; and two step grand-daughters, both of Burlington, N.C. Memorials may be made to Centennial Christian Church, c/o James Lanier, Veazey Road, White Plains, Ga. 30678. Bernstein Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Lois W. Smith Eastman Lois W. Smith, 83, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001. A native of Telfair County, Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Freeman Wylie and Gertrude Chesnut Wylie and the widow of Eugene Smith. She was a member of Eastman First Baptist Church and the Fidelis-Ruth Sunday School class. She was a homemaker and past president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, Eastman Garden Club and the Order of Eastern Star. Services were Sunday at Southerland Funeral Home, Eastman, with Dr. Jerry Peele officiating. Survivors include two daughters, Dianne S. McElheney, Athens, and Karen S. Clements, Eastman; three sons, Jerry T. Smith, Ray E. Smith and Gregory P. Smith, all of Eastman; two sisters, Mildred Wright, Scotland, and Gladys Mills, McRae; 16 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Aubrey Corbitt, Dr. Wayne Smith, David Connell, Bill Braswell, Luke Morgan and Don Ross. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Fidelis-Ruth Sunday School class of First Baptist Church, 5107 Oak St., Eastman, GA 31023. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 8:22 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 Simon Grady Puckett Winder Simon Grady Puckett, age 82, of Winder, died February 13, 2001. Born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia to the late E. Anderson and Azalee Hayes Puckett, Mr. Puckett had been a resident of Barrow County for the past fifty-five years. He was a retiree of the Georgia Power Company with thirty-five years of service and was also a retired volunteer fireman with the Winder Fire Department after twenty years of service. Mr. Puckett was an Army Veteran of World War II, a member of the Winder First Baptist Church and the Winder Masonic Lodge #333 F.& A.M. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, February 15, 2001 from the Chapel of Carter Funeral Home with Rev. John Talley officiating. Internment will be at Barrow Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 2-9 P.M. at the funeral home. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the Winder First Baptist Church, 200 North Broad Street, Winder, Georgia, 30680. Surviving are: wife, Clara Hogan Puckett of Winder; daughter, Milly Hammett of Lawrenceville; son, Calvin Puckett of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; four sisters, Dorothy Busbin and Maggie Puckett, both of Athens, Rosa Harrison of Decatur and Ann Lord of Center; three brothers, Carroll Puckett, Milton Puckett and Billy Puckett, all of Athens; three grandchildren, Amanda Hummel of Norcross, Jay Puckett and Natalie Puckett, both of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; two great-grandsons, Dakota Hummel and Zachary Hummel, both of Norcross; a number of nieces and nephews. Carter Funeral Home of Winder is in charge of arrangements. Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc.