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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
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John Irvin
COMMERCE - John
Franklin Irvin, 68, died Friday,
March 6, 2009, at St. Mary's
Hospice House.
Born in Jackson County,
he was the son of the late
John Albert “Bub” and Annie
Stribling Irvin. He was a
member of Friendship Baptist
Church and was a retired store
owner.
Survivors include sisters,
Billie Herrin and JoBeth
Lawson, both of Cornelia; and
a number of nieces and neph
ews.
Funeral services were held
Monday, March 9, in the chapel
of Little-Ward Funeral Home
with the Rev. Donald Wilson
officiating. Burial was in the
Yonah Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the St. Mary’s
Hospice House, 1660 Jennings
Mill Rd„ Bogart, GA 30622.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Wade Jackson
ROSWELL - Wade
Hampton Jackson Jr., 38, died
Wednesday, March 4, 2009.
Born in Athens, he was
the son of Charlsa Alexander
Jackson and Wade H. Jackson
Sr. of Winder. He had attend
ed North Point Community
Church in Alpharetta. Mr.
Jackson was employed by A.
T. & T. as a senior financial
analyst.
In addition to his parents, he
is survived by his wife, Kristi
Hackett Jackson, Roswell;
son, Robert Jackson, Roswell;
and brother, Ben Jackson,
Jefferson.
A graveside service was held
Sunday, March 8, at Barrow
Memorial Gardens with the
Revs. Gordon Griffin officiat
ing.
Memorials may be made to
Eagle Ranch, P.O. Box 7200,
Chestnut Mountain, GA 30502,
or The American Cancer
Society, 1684 Barnett Shoals
Road, Athens, GA 30605.
Carter Funeral Home, Winder,
was in charge of arrange
ments.
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March 11, 2009.
‘Rusty’Jones
LEXINGTON - Russell
Haney “Rusty” Jones, 42, died
Friday, March 6, 2009, at his
residence.
Bom in Athens, he was the
son of Betty Jones Martin and
the late Carroll Blaine Jones.
He lived most of his life in
Barrow and Jackson County,
only recently moving to
Lexington. He was a mechanic
with M & M Transmission and
loved camping and fishing. Mr.
Jones was preceded in death
by grandparents, Hoke Henry
and Annie Elizabeth Jones
and Curtis Eugene and Edna
Truelove.
Survivors in addition to
his mother include his wife,
Tiffany McDonald Jones,
Lexington; children, Trevor
McDonald Jones, Trenton
McDonald Jones, Ryan Jones,
Lindsey Jones; niece, Brittany
Hayes; siblings, Lonnie Jones,
Brenda Harper, Janie Wood,
Eric Jones, Elaine Hayes; and
one grandson.
Memorial services were
held Monday, March 9, in the
chapel of Lord & Stephens
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Brian Armour officiating.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, East, Athens, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Frances Lewis
Frances Thompson Lewis,
83, born in Jefferson, died
Saturday, March 7, 2009.
She was a loving wife, moth
er and grandmother, loved
ones stated. Mrs. Lewis was
preceded in death by her lov
ing husband of 59 years, C.M.
Lewis Jr.; and a son, Charles
Lewis.
Survivors include a son and
daughter-in-law, Gerald and
Debbie Lewis; daughter and
son-in-law, Lourie and Leslie
Willard; five grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren; and a
sister, Elizabeth Thomas.
Graveside services were
held Tuesday, March 10, at
Fairview Memorial Gardens
with Evangelist David Decker
officiating.
Horis A. Ward, Fairview
Chapel, Stockbridge, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
‘Tommy’ Marcus
CLARKESVILLE
Thomas E. “Tommy” Marcus,
69, died Thursday, March 5,
2009, at the Northeast Georgia
Medical Center.
Bom on January 20, 1940,
in Habersham County, he was
the son of the ||m.uu|j —
late George G.
and Drucilla
Heaton Marcus.
He was retired from Scovill
Manufacturing with 39 Vi
years of service, and was a
cabinetry graduate of North
Georgia Technical Institute. He
was a veteran, having served
in the United States Army. Mr.
Marcus was preceded in death
by brothers, Junior Marcus and
Houston Marcus; and a sister,
Maebelle Marcus.
Survivors include his
wife, Ann Whitfield Marcus,
Clarkesville; daughters
and sons-in-law, Chantay
and Greg Beck, Mt. Airy,
Tanoa and Kenneth Turner,
Alto, and Shanda and Steve
Dowdy, Homer; sister, Mary
Alice Ivester, Turnerville;
brothers and sisters-in-law,
G.W. and Geraldine Marcus,
Demorest, Charlie and Hazel
Marcus, Cornelia, Claude and
Jean Marcus, J.C. and Kathy
Marcus and James and Annie
Marcus, all of Clarkesville;
eight grandchildren; and four
step-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, March 8, at Whitfield
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Jan Devereaux officiating.
Burial was in Yonah Memorial
Gardens.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, Georgia Chapter,
2302 Park Lake Dr., Suite 210,
Atlanta, GA 30345, attention
Amanda Gilbert.
Whitfield Funeral Home,
North Chapel, Demorest, was
in charge of arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Hubert McDougal
JEFFERSON - Hubert
Ronald McDougal, 61, died
Friday, March 6, 2009.
Bom in Jefferson, he was
the son of the
late Richard
and Sallie
Mae Chanon
McDougal. He
was a carpenter and a United
States Army veteran of the
Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife of
38 years, Ethellene Swafford
McDougal, Jefferson; sister,
Laverne Jones, Winder; and
many nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held
Sunday, March 8, in the chapel
of Evans Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the American
Diabetes Association, 17
Executive Park, Suite 115,
Atlanta, GA 30329.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Larry McGinnis
FLOWERY BRANCH -
Larry Wayne McGinnis, 51,
died Saturday, March 7, 2009.
Bom in Jackson County, he
was the son of the late Carl and
Annie Williamson McGinnis.
He worked as a forklift driver
in the poultry industry and was
of the Baptist denomination.
Survivors include broth
ers, Dwight McGinnis,
Martinez, Tony McGinnis,
South Carolina; sisters, Shirley
Gravely, Jefferson, Mary Ann
Martin, Gainesville, and Linda
Crane, Flowery Branch; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 11, in the
chapel of Evans Funeral Home.
Burial was in the Woodbine
Cemetery in Jefferson.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Billy Mealor
COMMERCE - Billy
Eugene Mealor Jr., 50, died
Monday, March 9, 2009, at his
residence.
Bom in Jackson County, he
was the son of Betty Hardy
Turner of Athens and the late
Billy Eugene Mealor Sr. He
was retired from E.R. Snell
Company and was a member
of Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
Survivors in addition to his
mother, include a son, Adam
Mealor, Maysville; broth
ers, Steve Mealor, Maysville,
James Mealor, Abbeville; and
two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 11, in the
chapel of Little-Ward Funeral
Home with the Rev. Kenny
Baker officiating. Burial was
in Grey Hill Cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
John Parrish
BALDWIN - John Elbert
Parrish, 53, died Thursday,
March 5, 2009.
Bom in Emanuel County on
September 1, 1955, he was
the son of Loretta Backens
Aspray of Greenville, S.C. and
James Parrish and stepmother,
Patsy, of Turnerville. He was
employed in sales with Coca-
Cola Enterprises in Gainesville
and was of the Baptist denom
ination. He enjoyed fishing,
camping, and was a loving
husband and father, loved ones
stated.
Survivors in addition to
his parents, include his wife,
Susan Parrish, Baldwin; daugh
ters, Jenna Parrish and Nicole
Parrish, both of Baldwin; a
son, Nick Parrish, Baldwin;
brother and sister-in-law, Jeff
and Shonna Parrish, Easley,
S.C.; sister, Debbie Parrish,
Simpsonville, S.C.; mother-in-
law and father-in-law, Bobbie
and Danny Barton, Cornelia;
brother-in-law, Randy Smith,
and wife, Judy, Clarkesville;
nieces, Holly Daves and Emily
Parrish.
Memorial services were
held Saturday, March 7, in the
chapel of McGahee-Griffin &
Stewart Funeral Home with
the Revs. Jeff Mann, Paris
Whitworth and George Wooten
officiating.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart
Funeral Home, Cornelia, was
in charge of arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Terry Patton
HULL - Terry Wayne
Patton, 56, died Saturday,
March 7, 2009, at Athens
Regional Medical Center.
Born in Barrow County,
he was the son of the late
William Harold and Rosette
Bruce Patton. Mr. Patton was
preceded in death by his wife,
Brenda Sue McDaniel Patton.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Tiffany Lynn Patton; broth
ers, Larry Joe Patton, Statham,
Timothy David Patton, Winder;
sisters, Sheila Renfroe, Winder,
Betty Sue Hardigree, Statham;
grandchildren, James Blake
Moon, Karley Nichole Moon,
Savannah Denise Patton and
Emma Grace Patton.
Services will be private.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, Commerce, is in charge
of arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Vader Odell Ray
GILLSVILLE - Vader
Odell Giles Ray, 72, died
Wednesday, March 4, 2009,
at Northeast Georgia Medical
Center following a brief ill
ness.
She was born on April 5,
1936, in Hall County, the
daughter of the late Johnny G.
and Lillie Mae Poston Giles.
She retired from the United
States Government with 28
years of service, and was of
the Southern Baptist denomi
nation. Mrs. Ray was preced
ed in death by sisters, infant
Laura Mae Giles and Patricia
Willard; brothers, John Lee
Giles and David Giles.
Survivors include her hus
band of 52 years, Oscar H. Ray,
Gillsville; sons and daughters-
in-law, Harold A. “Buster” and
Penny J. Ray, Kansas City,
Mo., and Jeffrey M. and Jennie
Ray, Destin, Fla.; grandsons,
Brandon Ray, Garrett “Dusty”
Ray and Gregory “Beau”
Scafide; granddaughters,
Megan Agnor and Karoline
Starr; sisters, Sylvia Ann
Young, Clayton, and Patsy
Sikes, Lawrenceville; brothers,
Frank Giles, Blairsville, and
Henry Giles, Jefferson; and
five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, March 7, in the cha
pel of Memorial Park Funeral
Home with Pastor Ed Gill offi
ciating. Burial was in Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
‘Bobcat’ Simmons
BRASELTON - Jimmie H.
“Bobcat”
Simmons
Sr., 73,
died Friday,
February
27, 2009.
Born in
Columbia,
N.C., he
was a vet
eran, hav
ing served in the United States
Army.
Survivors include his wife,
Isabella; daughters, Renee
White (Ron), Jeannett Hyde
(Doug), Sue Perkins (Fane),
Jo Morgan, Ellen Morgan and
Angela Reid (Vel); sons, (1)
Jimmie Simmons (Heidi),
Samuel Morgan, Thomas
Morgan, (2) Jimmie Simmons;
12 grandchildren; and sisters-
in-law, Helen, Lena and Lou.
Memorial services were held
Sunday, March 1, in the cha
pel of R.T. Patterson Funeral
Home with the Rev. John
Bower officiating.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the VA Voluntary
Service, 1670 Clairmont Rd.,
Decatur, GA 30019.
R.T. Patterson Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments.
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‘Jerry’Smith
JEFFERSON - Gerald
Neal “Jerry” Smith, 67, died
Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Born in Jackson County,
he was the son of the late
Marvin Curtis Smith Jr. and
Lucille Ginn Smith. He was
retired from the food service
industry. Mr. Smith was pre
ceded in death by his wife,
Annette Dowdy Smith; broth
ers, Marvin Curtis Smith Jr.,
and Bobby Smith.
Survivors include daughters,
Bonnie Anglin, Commerce,
Janice Nelms, Jefferson;
son, Marvin Curtis Smith,
Danielsville; sisters, Linda
Murray, Colbert, Carolyn
Craft, South Carolina; brother,
Jimmy Smith, Athens; and 11
grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held Thursday. March 5, at
the Bethany United Methodist
Church Cemetery with Minister
Robin Self officiating.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Martha Spurlock
DAWSON - Martha Pace
Spurlock, born on February
24, 1922, died Friday, March
6, 2009.
She was a lifelong resident of
Dawson, the daughter of Earle
Jackson and Jessie Melton
Pace, both Dawson natives,
and a sister to Laura Rebecca
West, all of who preceded her
in death. She was a correspon
dent for The Dawson News
and The Albany Herald before
she began her teaching career
in Terrell County. She was a
faithful member of the First
Baptist Church of Dawson for
80 years and the Minnie Clark
Sunday School Class.
Survivors include her hus
band, A.D. Spurlock; chil
dren and spouses, Nathan
and Marsha Twinkle Baxter,
Athens, formerly of Commerce,
Earle and Linda Fain Spurlock,
Albany, Sandy and Carolyn
Spurlock, Athens, and Ronnie
and Laura Gray, Cordele; ten
grandchildren; and 12 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Monday, March 9, at the First
Baptist Church with Wyman
Richardson and the Rev. Noel
Pace officiating. Burial was at
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Earle J.
Pace Prayer Room at the First
Baptist Church of Dawson, 309
Church St., NE, Dawson, GA
39842, and The Terrell County
Public Library, 913 Forrester
Dr., SE, Dawson, GA 39842.
Harvey Funeral Home,
Dawson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Bobby Stephenson
COMMERCE - Bobby
Odell Stephenson, 71, died
Saturday, March 7, 2009, at St.
Mary's Hospice House.
Born in Jackson County,
he was the son of the late
Willie Odell
and Johnnie
Sue Wood
Stephenson.
He was retired from Reliance
Electric and was a veteran,
having served in the United
States Army. Mr. Stephenson
was preceded in death by a
brother, Leon Stephenson; and
a sister, Joan Stephenson.
Survivors include his wife,
Betty Jo Dailey Stephenson,
Commerce; daughters and sons-
in-law, Donna and Mike Jones,
Athens; Sherri and Bob Marsh,
Hull; brothers, David, Jimbo
and Tommy Stephenson, all
of Commerce; sisters, Shirley
Bell, Jefferson, Linda Adams,
Nicholson, and Kay Franklin,
Horton, Ala.; grandsons. Rusty
McDuffie, Jefferson, Josh
McDuffie and Kyle Gillespie,
both of Commerce; great
grandchild, Carsen McDuffie,
Jefferson; and special son and
best friend, Bubba.
Funeral services were held
Monday, March 9, in the cha
pel of Little-Ward Funeral
Home with the Rev. Charles
Crabbe officiating. Burial was
in Grey Hill Cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Odell Whitsel
COMMERCE - Odell
Whitsel, 85, died Tuesday,
March 10, 2009, at Hill Haven
Nursing Home.
Born in Franklin County,
he was the son of the late
Thomas and
Leary Roberts
Whitsel. He -
was a member
of Victory Baptist Church, was
employed as a painter, and was
a veteran, having served in
the United States Army during
World War II. Mr. Whitsel was
preceded in death by his wife,
Lavonia Boyd Whitsel.
Survivors include sons,
Neal Whitsel, Commerce, and
Kenny Whitsel, Jefferson; sis
ter, Hazel Whitsel, Demorest;
four grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m.,
in the chapel of Little-Ward
Funeral Home. Burial will be
in Jackson Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends
at the funeral home Wednesday,
March 11, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, is in charge of
arrangements.
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Don Williams
AUBURN - Don Williams,
74, died Thursday, March 5,
2009.
A lifelong resident of Barrow
County and member of the
Midway United Methodist
Church, he
was the son
< the late C.
E. “Luss” and
Bertie Etheridge Williams. Mr.
Williams was a United States
Army Veteran and member of
Auburn Masonic Lodge # 230,
F. & A. M. He was a retiree of
Sears-Roebuck and Company
with 36 years of service where
he served as a stock controller.
Survivors include his wife,
Claudine West Williams; son,
Chuck Williams; daughter,
Donna Williams Patrick; two
grandchildren, Cale Williams
and Chad Williams; and sis
ter, Mamie Ashworth, all of
Auburn.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, March 7, in the cha
pel of Carter Funeral Home
with the Rev. David Moore
officiating. Burial was in
Barrow Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may
be made to The Midway United
Methodist Church Building
Fund, 215 Kilcrease Road,
Auburn, Georgia 30011.
Carter Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Robert Wood
LULA - Robert Lee Wood,
82, died Tuesday, March 3,
2009, at the Northeast Georgia
Medical Center in Gainesville.
Born in Franklin County, he
was the son of the late Elisha
and Lura Phillips Wood. He
was retired from the University
of Georgia Physical Plant and
Athens/Clarke County, and
was a member of the Gordon
Baptist Church. Mr. Wood was
preceded in
death by his
first wife,
Clarice
J a r r e t t
Wood; a
sister, Inez
Grizzle;
and broth
ers, Donnie
Wood, Austin Wood and Gene
Wood.
Survivors include his wife,
Myra Jean Bennett Wood,
Lula; children, Ron and
Beth Wood, Greenville, S.C.,
Martha and Curtis Campbell,
Emory and Amber Wood, all of
Lula, David Wood and Hailey
Allen, both of Gillsville, Mike
and Beverly Wood, Homer; 23
grandchildren; 23 great-grand
children; brothers, Edward
Wood, Arnoldsville, John
Wood, Athens, and Donald
Wood, Danielsville.
Funeral services were held
Friday, March 6, at Macedonia
Congregational Holiness
Church in Madison County
with the Rev. Dennis Taylor
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 11, 2009.
Virginia Wood
COMER - Virginia Martin
Wood, 94, died Monday, March
2, 2009.
Born on April 24, 1914,
she was the daughter of the
late Vance Martin and Mary
Drake. She was a member
of Vineyard's Creek Baptist
Church, was of the Baptist
denomination, and was pre
ceded in death by her husband,
Reuben C. Wood.
Survivors include a son,
Kenneth M. Wood; daughter
and son-in-law, Gwen and
Waymon Kelley; grandchil
dren, Wanda (Joe) Llewallyn
and Michael (Kim) Kelley;
great-grandchildren, Kevin
Llewallyn, Kelley Llewallyn,
Heather Kelley and Brooke
Kelley; great-great-grandchil
dren, Bridgett Llewellyn and
Alley Kelley.
Funeral services were
held Saturday, March 7, in
Vineyards Creek Baptist
Church with the Revs. Calvin
Code, Dalton Carrington and
Dr. Larry Green officiating.
Burial was in the church cem
etery. Pallbearers were Chris
Chasteen, Len Graham, Donnie
Patton, Tommy Patton, Derrick
Brown and Homer Chasteen.
Honorary pallbearers were Ray
Dove and Todd Arrowood.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Cemetery Fund
of Vineyards Creek Baptist
Church, P.O. Box 183, Comer,
GA 30629.
Brown Funeral Home,
Danielsville, was in charge of
arrangements.
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