Twiggs County GaArchives Obituaries.....Chance, Henry Julian  Jr. 1996
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Macon Telegraph
Henry Julian Chance Jr. was born 7-18-1923 and died 11-21-1996 (Ga. DC# 051481)
and is buried at Mount Zion.

From the Macon telegraph 11-23-1996 page 1
HEART ATTACK KILLS MAYOR OF DANVILLE; HENRY J. CHANCE COLLAPSES DURING CITY
COUNCIL MEETING 

Danville Mayor Henry J. Chance collapsed during a City Council meeting Thursday
night and died later that evening of a heart attack. City Hall was closed Friday
to allow city employees time to deal with the shock of the mayor's death and
make plans regarding the city's continued operation. City Attorney James Maddox
was sitting next to Chance at the meeting when the 73-year-old Chance fell out
of his chair and was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia. ''I was
stunned. I was shocked, to say the least, by the whole thing.'' Maddox said. He
described Chance as one of few remaining public officials ''who really care
about their towns.'' ''The citizens of Danville have no idea how much they are
going to miss him,'' he said. Maddox said Chance was the kind of mayor ''who
repaired frozen pipes in the city on weekends when no one else would and at no
cost to the city.'' Chance's son, Douglas, said his father had been involved in
politics as long as he could remember. Chance had served on the Danville City
Council before becoming mayor and also worked for the Danville Volunteer Fire
Department. According to friends and family, Chance was a modest man who never
let his status of being Danville's mayor affect the way he treated people.
Chance's son, Douglas, said, ''To say he went quietly about his business is a
good description.'' Thursday's Danville City Council meeting was a hearing on
the suspension of Danville Police Chief Craig Nasworthy. Chance suspended
Nasworthy on Oct. 23 based on charges Maddox would not release. ''They are
serious, but they are of the nature that privacy laws will not allow us to
discuss,'' Maddox said. The City Council will meet Tuesday to finalize plans for
the city's operation and to discuss the date of a special election to elect a
new mayor.

From The Macon Telegraph 11-23-1996 page 6B

                                                                       Henry
Chance Jr.

DANVILLE---Services for Henry Julian "H. J. " Chance Jr. will be at 3PM Sunday
in Reece Funeral Home, Jeffersonville, with burial in Mount Zion Baptist Church
Cemetery, Twiggs County. Chance died Thursday. The son of the late Henry Julian
and Georgia Arnold Chance, he was a lifelong resident of Twiggs County. He was
the mayor of the city of Danville for the past 20 years and was a Danville City
Councilman for eight yeras. He was retired from J. M. Huber after 32 years of
service. He was a member of Cool Spring Masonic Lodge No. 185 F&AM, Four County
Exchange Club and Woodmen of the World.Survivors include his wife, Sara Harvey
Chance; children, Douglas and Randy Chance, both of Danville; sisters, Opal and
Molly Chance, both of Danville; and four grandchildren.The family will receive
friends from 7 until 9 tonight in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to
Cool Spring Lodge Building Fund, PO Box 292, Danville 31017


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