Clarke Co. GA - Obits from the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald 20 May 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 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Mamie White Flowery Branch Mamie Massey White, 81, died Saturday, May 19, 2001. A native of Banks County, Mrs. White was a daughter of the late George D. and Nancy Iona Massey, and was the widow of Walter White. She was a homemaker and a member of White Oak Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Whitfield Funeral Home, South, Baldwin, with the Rev. James Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Rock Springs Baptist Church cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Gail White, Richardson, Texas; two sons, Walter White, Douglasville, and David White, Oakland, Calif.; and a granddaughter. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at funeral home. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Betty Hammond Athens Betty Irene Hammond, 72, of 155 Towns Grocery Road, died Saturday, May 19, 2001. A native of Clarke County, Mrs. Hammond was a daughter of the late Charlie and Ola Epps Hardigree, and was the widow of William Clifford Hammond. She was a homemaker and was retired from Thomas Textile. She was a member of Whitehall Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, with the Rev. Curtis Hammond officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Survivors include two daughters, Shelby Brehm, Bogart, and Karen Fountain, Athens; four sons, Clifford Hammond and Buddy Hammond, both of Athens, Glenn Hammond, McDonough, and Phil Hammond, Watkinsville; two sisters, Jean Loggins, Colbert, and Joyce Loggins, Athens; two brothers, Curtis Hardigree and Franklin Hardigree, both of Athens; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 John Payne Surfside Beach, S.C. John Bruce Payne, 67, died Tuesday, May 15, 2001. A native of Stephens County, Mr. Payne was a son of the late Wayne and Myrtle Payne Sr. and was the widower of Freda Payne. He was retired from Local 798 Pipeline and was a US army veteran. Services were held Saturday at Belin Memorial Cemetery, Murrells Inlet, S.C. Survivors include two sons, Larry Payne, Illinois, and John Payne, Florida; a brother, Wayne Payne Jr., Toccoa; and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospice, P.O. Box 1409, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29578. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Murrells Inlet, S.C. had charge of arrangements. Announcement courtesy of Whitlock Mortuary, Toccoa. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Kathryn Pipitone Athens Kathryn Renee Pipitone, 47, of 265 Tanglewood Drive, died Friday, May 18, 2001. A native of New York City, Mrs. Pipitone was a daughter of Richard ''Dick'' and Sally Sferrazza Pipitone. She was a graduate of Clarke Central High School and attended the University of Georgia. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Father Joy Nellissery officiating. Survivors in addition to her parents include a sister, Mara Moore, Marietta; two nieces, Megan Moore and Monique Moore, both of Marietta, and a nephew, Alex Moore, Marietta. The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today . In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary's Hospice, P.O. Box 6588, Athens, Ga. 30640, or Athens Community Council on Aging, Inc., 135 Hoyt St., Athens, Ga. 30601. Bernstein Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Rev. J.B. Wilkins Jr. Winder J.B. Wilkins Jr., 77, died Friday, May 18, 2001. A native of Barrow County, Rev. Wilkins was a son of the late Rev. J.B. and Parlee Montgomery Wilkins Sr. He was the owner of Appliance Service Center, was a World War II army veteran and pastor of several area churches and was a member of Appalachee Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Carter Funeral Home with the Revs. Junior Yancy, Harry Brogdon, Kevin Wilkins and Stacy Myers officiating. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, Imogene Wilkins; a daughter, Jackie Anderson, Lawrenceville; a son, Phillip Wilkins, Lawrenceville; two sisters, Nena Mae McDougal and Sally McDougal, both of Winder; a brother, Hoyt Wilkins, Hoschton; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends all day today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to a charity of choice. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 200 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Florence Hodge West Columbia, S.C. Florence Walters Hodge, 86, died Thursday, May 17, 2001. Mrs. Hodge was a daughter of the late Rev. Robert E. and Annie M. Walters and was the widow of Edward L. Hodge. She had resided in Athens for the past nine years and was a watchcare member of Athens First Baptist Church. She was a retired bookkeeper for the South Carolina Department of Mental Health and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church where she was active in the WMU. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Lanier Gardens with the Rev. Bill Ross officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27, 2001 at Gibson Cemetery with the Rev. Don Davis officiating. Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Hodge McCullough, Athens; and two grandsons, Darrin Lee McCullough, Savannah, and Gary Hodge McCullough, Knoxville, Tenn. Thompson Funeral Home, West Columbia, S.C. has charge of arrangements. Bridges Funeral Home has charge of local arrangements. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Dora Lee Sharp Athens Dora Lee Sharp, of 190 Calvin St., died Tuesday, May 15, 2001. Mrs. Sharp was a homemaker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Mack and Payne Funeral Home with Pastor Willie Mae Eberhart and the Rev. Isaiah Eberhart officiating. Burial will be in Eastlawn Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Barbra A. Collins, Atlanta; and a niece, Gladys Jackson, Athens. The family is at the residence. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Daniel Cabaniss Bostwick Daniel Carmichael Cabaniss, 66, of 2620 Apalachee Road, died Thursday, May 17, 2001. A native of Clarke County, Mr. Cabaniss was a son of the late Emmett Overton Cabaniss and Louise Carmichael. He was a veterinarian. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Gibbs Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Tribble officiating. Burial will be in Maxeys Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy C. Cabaniss; three daughters, Ann Thornton, Bostwick, Laura Kreutter, Plainsboro, N.J., and Dee Peterson, Sparkill, N.Y.; a sister, Isabelle Hassinger, Columbia, Mo.; three brothers, Henry Cabaniss and Bill Cabaniss, both of Maxeys, and Emmett Cabaniss, Stephens; and three grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the residence. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gibbs Memorial Baptist Church. Simmons Funeral Home, Madison, has charge of arrangements. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 David Parker Atlanta David Frederick Parker, 47, died Wednesday, May 16, 2001. Mr. Parker was a son of James A. and Janet E. Monahan Parker, Valencia, Calif. He was a 1972 graduate of Meadowdale High School in Dayton, Ohio, and was employed with Kroger Company in Atlanta. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Southwick-Good Funeral Chapel, Columbus, Ohio, with the Rev. James L. Summers officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Survivors in addition to his parents include a sister, Nancy Winnery, Philadelphia, Penn.; a brother, Charles Parker, Philadelphia, Penn.; two stepsons, Mark Allgood and Chad Allgood, both of Athens; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until the funeral hour Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the National Brain Injury Association, Inc., 105 North Alfred St., Alexandria, Va. 22314. Athens Banner-Herald, Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Eulala Amos Athens Eulala Amos died on May, 18, 2001 at St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, Georgia. The daughter of John F. Amos and Verda Leedy Amos, Ms. Amos was born in Fredericktown, Ohio, on May 29, 1907. She attended Ashland College and began a teaching career immediately thereafter at Columbia School in Mount Vernon, Ohio from 1927 to 1938 and served as its principal from 1938 to 1943. She also taught art at Mount Vernon High School from 1943 until 1944, while attending Ohio State University in quest of a Bachelor of Science degree in education. In 1945 she received her degree from Ohio State and began teaching, while working on a master's degree in ceramics. Her thesis documented her discovery of a unique means of glazing with a silver amalgam, a characteristic of her pottery for which she is particularly known. In 1949, Lamar Dodd, having been impressed by her summer stint teaching at the University of Georgia in 1945, prevailed on Ms. Amos to accept his invitation to teach full-time at the University. She became an associate professor in 1956 and a full professor in 1966, teaching ceramics, crafts, and art education until her retirement as a professor emerita in 1970. During her career her work was included in several major exhibitions, among them the Art League Show in Columbus, Ohio, and the Butler Art Show in Youngstown, Ohio. Her ceramics were featured in a series of exhibitions in St. Paul, Minnesota, where one of her silver-inlaid pots received a Purchase Award; in the Decorative Arts-Ceramics series of exhibitions in Wichita, Kansas; and in exhibitions at Cornell University, the Smithsonian, and the Ceramic National Exhibition in Syracuse, New York. Ms. Amos received the award as''Woman of the Year in Art'' for Athens, Georgia in 1963, and in 1997 the Georgia Museum of Art hosted a retrospective of her work, entitled''Of Clay and Fire: The Pottery of Eulala Amos,'' inspired by a response Ms. Amos made to a student in 1996: ''Of clay we are made, and fire. This is true of the pots and of you and me and everybody else who lives and breathes.'' Ms. Amos is survived by her loving friend and companion of forty-nine years, Elizabeth Taylor Sheerer, and other many close and loving friends. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 90 Carlton Street, Athens, Georgia 30602-6719. Her friends will receive visitors on Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, from 6-8 p.m. at Lord and Stephens East, 4355 Lexington Road, Athens (706-546-1587) and a memorial service will be held at Central Presbyterian Church, in early June; the exact date and time to be announced. Athens Banner-Herald , Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:51 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Blanche Jackson Butler Watkinsville Blanche Jackson Butler of Watkinsville died May 19, 2001. She was 90 years old. A native and lifelong resident of Oconee County, she was the daughter of the late Fred Jackson and Maggie McGarrigle Jackson. She was the widow of J. Arthur Butler, and was a member of Union Christian Church, Oconee Pilot Club, the Flat Rock Club, the Watkinsville Garden Club and the Oconee Friendship Club. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday in Union Christian Church. Rev. Keith Weekley will officiate. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She is survived by a daughter and a son-in-law, Ann and A.S. (Bud) Giles of Watkinsville; a son, Alton Giles of Stone Mountain; a brother, Glenn Jackson of Statham; two grandchildren, Ken Giles of Davis, Calif. and Brook Butler of Atlanta; two great-grandchildren, Sarah Giles and William Giles; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Holly Giles. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Arthur Bowick's Oconee Chapel, Watkinsville, is in charge of arrangements. Athens Banner-Herald , Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Charles Hill, 1921-2001 Athens, Ga. Charles R. Hill, 80, of 155 Greencrest Drive, died May 17, 2001. A native of Laurens, S.C. he was a son of the late Grover and Annie Elmore Hill and was preceded in death by a son, David R. Hill. He had made his home in Athens since 1962 and was a retired Union Representative for International Paper Workers. Mr. Hill was a World War II veteran of the US Navy and was a member of Tuckston United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be Saturday, May 19, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. at Lord & Stephens Chapel, EAST with Drs. Doug Thrasher and Monica R. Hill officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife, Anna C. Hill; daughter, Linda Hill of Athens; granddaughter, Dr. Monica R. Hill of Columbus, Ohio, and two sisters, Sara Hill of Laurens, S.C. and Margaret Canavan of Silver Springs, Md. Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Athens, is in charge of arrangements. www.lordandstephens.com. Athens Banner-Herald , Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc. OBITUARIES Story last updated at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001 Lee Fincher Jerkins Athens Lee Fincher Jerkins, Winston Drive, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2001 following an extended illness. A native of Mount Villa, Ga., Mr. Jerkins was the son of the late Fordie Lee and Blanche Fincher Jerkins. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Cheek Jerkins and sister, Mary Roberta Rogers. He attended West Georgia College and received a degree in accounting from the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was a member of the Athens Country Club, the Athens City Club, Gridiron Secret Society, Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Society of Former FBI Agents. He served as a special agent with the FBI before attending the University of Georgia and was a veteran of the US Marine Corps. Survivors include three sons, R. Keith Jerkins and Jeffrey H. Jerkins, both of Athens, and Gregory L. Jerkins, Bishop, Calif.; one sister, Ellen Jennette Finley, Savannah; three grandchildren, Stuart, Rachel and Jake Jerkins. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 Monday, May 21, 2001 from the grave side in Evergreen Memorial Park. Rev. Grady Wigley will officiate. The family will receive friends at Bernstein Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. Sunday evening. The family asks that in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the Athens YMCA, 915 Hawthorne Ave., Athens, Ga. 30606, or the Atlanta Area Chapter of the Alzheimer Association, 1925 Century Blvd., Suite 10, Atlanta, Ga. 30345. Athens Banner-Herald , Sunday, May 20, 2001 This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, May 20, 2001. send flowers to this funeral share your memories email the editor send this notice to a friend Šopyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc.