Anthony (2), Bennett, Jones, Shrard - Madison County, GA ***************************************************************** 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/ Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net Thanks to The Madison County Journal and Mike Buffington for his permission to upload the obituaries to the Madison County GAGenWeb Archives - 23 April 2001 http://www.mainstreetnews.com/Active/Mad.html ***************************************************************** The Madison County Journal, July 26, 2000 Weldon F. Jones Weldon F. Jones, 92, of Commerce, died Friday, July 21, 2000, at BJC Medical Center. Mr. Jones was born February 1, 1908, in Hall County. He was a son of the late Warren and Ada Ivey Jones. Mr. Jones was retired from Harmony Grove Mill and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 23, in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Revs. Curtis Hammond, Dennis Kesler and Henry Webb officiating. Burial was in the Friendship Baptist Church cemetery. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Ester Lynch Jones; one son, Gene Jones, Nicholson; two daughters, Betty Carithers, Nicholson, and Lucille McDonald, Jefferson; one sister, Ruby Lord, Danielsville; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------- The Madison County Journal, July 26, 2000 Roger D. Anthony Roger Dewitt Anthony, 74, of Commerce, died Saturday, July 22, 2000, at his residence. Mr. Anthony was born March 7, 1926, in Commerce. He was a son of the late Ardell and Ethel Howington Anthony. Mr. Anthony was a carpenter. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Katherine Hill, and a sister, Louise Manley. Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 25, in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce with the Rev. Dennis Kesler officiating. Burial was in Grey Hill Cemetery, Commerce. Mr. Anthony is survived by his wife, Frances L. Anthony; one son, Jimmy Ardell Anthony, Commerce; three daughters, Deborah S. Benton, Danielsville, Julie Cooper, Maysville, and Wanda Kay Giddons, Commerce; one sister, Annie Lou Manley, Jefferson; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------- The Madison County Journal, July 26, 2000 Mary S. Sherard Miss Mary Susan Sherard, 96, of Commerce, died Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at Athens Heritage Nursing Home. Miss Sherard was born September 10, 1903, in Jackson County. She was a daughter of the late Neal and Mary Susan Anderson Sherard. Miss Sherard was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Commerce. She was preceded in death by a sister, Grace Sherard. A memorial service was held Monday, July 24, in the chapel of Little- Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. Don Paulson officiating. Survivors include one brother, Wiley Sherard, Suffolk, Va.; two nephews, Christopher Sherard and Sammy H. Sherard, both of Suffolk, Va.; and a cousin, Walter Freeman, Danielsville. Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------- The Madison County Journal, July 26, 2000 Sara F. Anthony Mrs. Sara Frances Anthony, 51, of Tignall, died Sunday, July 23, 2000. Born in Jackson County, Mrs. Anthony was a daughter of the late George Thomas and Mary Helen Bennett. She had lived in Jackson County for most of her life and worked as a beautician. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 27, in the chapel of Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, with the Revs. Elmer Butler and Mitch Elder and Pastor Patsy Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Mrs. Anthony is survived by her husband, Mike W Anthony; one daughter, Kimberly Michele Anthony, Tignall; four sons, Neal Cox and Greg Cox, both of Winterville, Scott Cox, Carnesville, and David Cox, Nicholson; two sisters, Tina Kujaneck, Winterville, and Charlotte Boyd, Carnesville; two brothers, George Bennett, Commerce, and Tommy Bennett, Marietta; 16 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The family was to have received friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, is in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------- The Madison County Journal, July 26, 2000 Virginia Bennett Mrs. Virginia Bennett, 74, of Commerce, died Monday, July 24, 2000, at BJC Medical Center. Mrs. Bennett was born January 26, 1926, in Franklin County. She was a daughter of the late Tom and Neta Hayes Bennett. Mrs. Bennett was a homemaker and of the Baptist denomination. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 26, in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Revs. Donald Wilson and Willie Herring officiating. Burial was in the Trinity Methodist Church cemetery, Royston. Survivors include two sons, Charles Bennett, Commerce, and William Floyd Bennett, Woodstock; two sisters, Annie Bell Scoggins and Gladys Waters, both of Commerce; four grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.