BILLY MCCANNON, Obituary, 25 Sep 1996, Madison Co, GA

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Athens Daily News - Online, Friday, 27 Sep 1996

'Billy' McCannon
Colbert

Clifford "Billy" Matthew McCannon, 66, Madison Oaks, died Thursday, 
Sept. 26, 1996.

A native of Oglethorpe County, Mr. McCannon was a son of the late 
Sam and Sallie Holiday McCannon. He was a retired truck driver and 
was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church 
with the Rev. Lee Singley officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen 
Memorial Park, Athens. The body will be placed in the church at 
1:30 p.m.

Survivors include his wife, Shelby Harper McCannon; three sons, Russell 
McCannon, Bogart, Steven McCannon, Hull, and Charles McCannon, 
Jacksonville, Fla.; a daughter, Sheila Barnett, Bogart; two stepsons, 
Keith Porterfield, Kitty Hawk, N.C., and Frank Porterfield, 
Danielsville; two stepdaughters, Tina Hilley and Misty McElreath, 
both of Colbert; three brothers, Sam McCannon, Arnoldsville, Walter 
McCannon, Elberton, and Grady McCannon, Watkinsville; two sisters, 
Shirley King, Athens, and Betty Lovett, Sylvania; six grandchildren; 
and five stepgrandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Talmadge Booth, Grady Allen, Harold Ferguson, Bill 
Madden, Buddy Moore and Wallace Powell.

The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.
today at Brown Funeral Home, Danielsville.