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MAINSTREET NEWSPAPERS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009
Obituaries
Sue Anderson
PALM COAST, FLA.
- Sue Elizabeth Hodges
Anderson, 95, formerly of
Maysville, died Wednesday,
May 6, 2009.
Bom on February 1, 1914,
in Chiefland, Fla., she was
the daughter of the late
James and Mahalee Sheppard
Hodges. She was a home
maker and a member of the
Grace Presbyterian Church
in Palm Coast, Fla. Mrs.
Anderson was preceded in
death by her husband, Robert
Thomas Anderson.
Survivors include a daugh
ter and son-in-law, Shirley
Anderson Guthrie and Dr.
Fred F. Guthrie Jr., Bishop;
grandchildren, Fred Guthrie
III, Bishop, Anne Sorrell,
Flovilla, Ala., Ruth Guthrie,
Watkins ville; nine great
grandchildren; and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, May 9, in the cha
pel of Evans Funeral Home
with Dr. Fred F. Guthrie
Jr. officiating. Burial was
in the Sunrise Cemetery in
Maysville.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Family
Life Enrichment Center, PO.
Box 10, High Shoals, GA
30645.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Martha Barnette
WINDER - Martha L.
Barnette, 66, died Tuesday,
May 5, 2009.
Bom in Gwinnett County,
she was the daughter of the
late Marion and Mattie Bell
Kimbell Littleton. She was of
the Baptist denomination and
had been employed by R &
R Manufacturing Company.
Mrs. Barnette was preceded
in death by sons, Terry, James
and Billy Barnette.
Survivors include son
and daughter-in-law, Sam
and Cynthia Barnette,
Winder; eight grandchil
dren; one great-grandchild;
sisters, Mary Holbrock,
Lawrenceville, and Dorothy
Wood, Arnolds ville; and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, May 7, from Smith
Memory Chapel. Burial was
in Ebenezer Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Jordan Bratek
HOSCHTON - Jordan
Matthew Bratek, 17, died
suddenly on Friday, May 8,
2009.
He was the son of Sherri
Bratek-Stoner of Hoschton
and the late James W. Bratek
and was a lifelong resident of
the Atlanta area and a student
at Jefferson High School.
Survivors in addition to
his mother, include sisters
and brother-in-law, Ashleigh
Bratek, Ansleigh Bratek,
Courtney Bratek, Denise
Bratek, Natalie and Chris
Pruett, all of Hoschton;
grandparents, Joe and Carrie
Crump, Suwanee; aunt and
uncle, Lorri and Dennis
Whitaker, Lawrenceville;
nieces and nephews, Caleb
Bratek, McKenzie and Joseph
Pruett, Ryan and Dustin
Gordon.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, May 12, at the
New Community Church in
Hoschton with Pastor Chris
Hoffman officiating.
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Chapel, Buford, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Steven Brookshire
GAINESVILLE - Steven
Paul Brookshire, 36, died
Saturday, May 2, 2009, fol
lowing a sudden illness.
He was the son of Jerry
Brookshire of Alto and moth
er and stepfather, Barbara and
Eddie Gable of Gainesville;
Survivors in addition to his
parents, include a daughter,
Magan McKee Brookshire,
Cornelia; son, Tyler Mckee
Brookshire, Cornelia; sis
ters, Becke Stephenson,
Murrayville, and Denise
Baker, Dawsonville; brother,
Ricky Gable, Gainesville;
grandfather, Louis Tumlin,
Murrayville; and a number
of nieces, nephews and close
friends.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, May 7, in the cha
pel of Memorial Park Funeral
Home with the Rev. Allen
Passmore officiating. Burial
was in Sardis Baptist Church
cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to United
Community Bank for his
daughter, Magan Mckee.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Bill Bryan
WINDER - Bill Bryan,
66, died Saturday, May 9,
2009.
A native of Dover, Ohio,
he was the son of the late
Herbert Donald and Helen
May Finchler Bryan. He was
a retired automotive techni
cian.
Survivors include his
companion, Joann Spence,
Winder; son, Colton
Zamacona; granddaughters,
Stephanie Hunter, Nicole
and Natalie Bagwell; and
great-granddaughters, Haley
Atchley and Trinity Mathis.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, May 12, in
the chapel of Carter Funeral
Home. Burial was in Barrow
Memorial Gardens.
Carter Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Bob Cassady
WINDER - Bob Cassady,
83, died Sunday, May 10,
2009.
Bom in Lewisburg, Ohio, he
was the son of the late Herman
and Anna Penrod Cassady.
He was a former resident
of Monticello,
Ky., and
Beaver Creek,
Ohio. He and
his wife owned and operated
Cassady Wood Specialties in
Dayton, Ohio, for 40 years.
He was a former General
Motors employee and was a
United States Navy Veteran
of World War II, and was a
member of the Winder First
United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cassady was preced
ed in death by a daughter,
Linda Fender; and son, Gary
Eugene Cassady.
Survivors include his wife,
Frances Bellamy Cassady,
Winder; children, Cheryl
Hurr, Winder, Carolyn Sauls,
Cedartown, and Larry E.
Cassady, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held Tuesday, May 12, at
Rose Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Winder
First United Methodist
Church, 280 N. Broad St.,
Winder, GA 30680.
Carter Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Nadine Chastain
JEFFERSON - Nadine
Harper Chastain, 86, died
Saturday, May 9, 2009.
She was born on June 14,
1922, in Jackson County, the
daughter of the late Walter
Harper Sr. and Annie Lee
Patterson Harper. She was
a seamstress with Carwood
Manufacturing in Winder and
was a member of the Oak
Grove Baptist Church. Mrs.
Chastain was preceded in
death by her husband, Hoyt
Chastain; sisters, Ellie Mae
Seay, Bernice Mealor; and
brothers, Harold Harper and
Walter Harper Jr.
Survivors include chil
dren, James W. and Claudia
Chastain, Jefferson, and
Betty J. and Danny Hughes,
Hoschton; grandchildren,
James Chastain, Susan
Ledbetter, Patty Phillips,
Jason Chastain; great-grand
children, Blake Ledbetter,
Amanda Ledbetter and
Ashlyn Phillips.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 11, in the cha
pel of Evans Funeral Home
with the Rev. Tommy Seay
officiating. Burial was in the
Woodbine Cemetery.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
George Christian
COMMERCE - George
Franklin Christian, 68, died
Saturday, May 9, 2009.
Bom on June 14, 1940, in
Tennessee, he was the son of
the late Asa and Vergi Smith
Christian. He was the owner
of a business, which installed
steel buildings. Mr. Christian
was preceded in death by six
brothers; and one sister.
Survivors include a daugh
ter and son-in-law, Sandy
and Allen Kelley, Nicholson;
son and daughter-in-law,
Robert and Kellee Christian,
Suwanee; sisters, Frankie
Woods, Rosie Waterpool,
Sara Dobbs, Clyde Stanifer,
Marie Russell, Charlene
George; brothers, James
Christian, Stewart Christian,
Darrell Christian; grand
daughters, Shanna Echols
and Makaylee Christian.
Memorial services were
held Tuesday, May 12, in
the chapel of Evans Funeral
Home with the Rev. Mike
Phillips officiating.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Jerry Colley
ATHENS - Jerry Colley,
69, died Saturday, May 9,
2009.
A native of Clarke County,
he was the son of the late
Claudia Morrow and Walter
Colley Sr. Mr. Colley was
preceded in death by his wife,
Lila Jean Colley.
Survivors include children,
Nicole Burdon, Pooler, Sam
Colley and Sheila Colley,
both of Athens; grandchil
dren, Destiny Lila Butler and
Damien Alexander Butler,
both of Watkinsville, Samuel
C. Colley, Christopher Colley,
both of Comer, Jeri Lynn
Thompson and Armanda L.
Thompson, both of Athens;
great-grandson, Gabriel
Harris, Athens.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, East, Athens, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Garry Crisp
COMER - Garry Wayne
Crisp, 54, died Tuesday, May
5, 2009, following an extend
ed illness.
Survivors include his wife
of 30 years, Patti Crisp; a
son, Daniel Crisp; daugh
ter, Natalee Crisp; brothers,
David and Darrell Crisp; sis
ters, June Silcox, Jane Stamp,
Donna Stewart; and several
nieces, nephews and other
relatives.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, May 6, at Forest
Lawn Memory Gardens with
the Rev. Jerry Dalton offici
ating.
Calhoun Falls Funeral
Home, Calhoun Falls, S.C.,
was in charge of arrange
ments.
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May 13, 2009.
Louise Davis
CUMMING - Louise W.
Davis, 84, died Friday, May
8, 2009, following an extend
ed illness.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Clarence
Davis; and a daughter, Martha
Elizabeth Nelson.
Survivors include grand
children, MalissaR.andDanny
Parks, Cleveland, Michael J.
and Cammie Ramey, Canton,
Michelle and Glenn Ledford,
Lawrenceville, and Samuel E.
Nelson and Cassandra Frost,
both of Jefferson; 12 great
grandchildren; one great-
great-grandchild; brother
and sister-in-law, Marvin
and Yvette Whitmire, South
Carolina; stepdaughter, Mary
Helen Stanford, Cumming;
and a number of nieces, neph
ews and other relatives.
Funeral services were
held Monday, May 11, at
Antioch Baptist Church with
the Revs. Bo Thompson and
Travis Bridgeman officiat
ing. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the charity
of your choice.
Ingram Funeral Home,
Cumming, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
John Denny
ROYSTON - John Henry
Denny, 85, died Friday, May
8, 2009, at the Hart County
Hospital in Hartwell.
Bom in Hart County on
February 23, 1924, he was
the son of the late Comas
Hoyt and Florence Rucker
Denny. He was a former
Hart County Sheriff Deputy
and was retired as a revenue
agent, having worked with
the State of Georgia. He was
a cattle and poultry farm
er, member of Hart County
Cattleman’s Association, and
member of the Holly Springs
Baptist Church, where he was
a former deacon. Mr. Denny
was preceded in death by his
wife, Mary Fowler Denny.
Survivors include sisters
and brother-in-law, Charlotte
Denny Ayers, Greenville,
S.C., Marilyn Denny and
Burchell Martin, Hartwell;
stepson, Bobby Phillips,
Lavonia; and stepdaughters
and spouses, Sandra and
Donald Ray, Hartwell, and
Annette and Harold Allen,
Daniels ville.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 11, at the Holly
Springs Baptist Church with
the Rev. Mike Westbrook
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Holly
Springs Baptist Church
Cemetery Fund.
Pruitt Funeral Home,
Royston, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Charles Dover
CLEVELAND - Charles
David Dover, 51, died
Sunday, May 10, 2009, at
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center in Gainesville follow
ing a sudden illness.
Bom on August 26, 1957,
in Hall County, he was the
son of Nellie Flanngan Dover
of Gainesville and the late
Arthur T. Dover. He was
retired from Pilgrim’s Pride
and was preceded in death by
a stepson, Chad Eller.
Survivors in addition to
his mother include sons,
Nick and Brad Dover, both
of Gainesville; sisters, Linda
Rider, Cleveland, Barbara
Barton, Gainesville, and
Joyce Mitchell, Lula; broth
er, Robert Flanngan, Winder;
grandson, Brian Dover;
granddaughter, Chastity
Dover; and a number of niec
es and nephews.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday, May 14, at
4 p.m., at Fairview Baptist
Church with the Revs. Hoyt
Skelton, Ralph Smith and
Junior Jones officiating.
Burial will be in Alta Vista
Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, is in
charge of arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Jerry Duckworth
PENDERGRASS - Jerry
Ralph Duckworth, 62, died
Saturday, May 9, 2009, at
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center in Gainesville.
Bom in Blairsville, he was
the son of the late Ralph
Gordon and Dimples Raul
Duckworth. He was married
to Carolyn Rice Duckworth
and was a truck driver.
Memorial services will be
held Saturday, May 16, at 1
p.m., from the Pendergrass
Baptist Church.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, is in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Buckle Up! It's the Law
Jennie Fortson
HULL - Jennie Glenn
Horne Fortson, 87 died
Thursday, May 7, 2009.
Bom in Madison County
on February 21, 1922, she
was the daughter of the late
John Benjamin and Blondine
Scarborough Horne. She
was a retiree of Chicopee
Manufacturing Company and
a member of Victory Baptist
Church. Mrs. Fortson was
preceded in death by hus
bands, Wm S. Fortson and
Elmer B. Christian; brothers
and sisters, JB, Roy, Billy,
Allen, Rossie Bone, Florence
Mealor, Lucy Code and
Blanche Miller; and a grand
daughter, Sandra Fortson.
Survivors include daugh
ters, Jean Davis, Columbia,
S.C., and Robbie (Robert)
Clark, Athens; son, William
Royce Fortson (Jacquie),
Colbert; brothers, James
Horne, Helen, Bobbie Home
(Opie), Greensboro, N.C.;
sisters, Jackie Roberts (Billy ),
Madison County, Carol Smith
(Louie), Athens; seven grand
children; 12 great-grandchil
dren; and eight great-great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
private.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the charity
of your choice.
Bridges Funeral Home,
Athens, is in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Willie Fortson
MONROE, N.C. - Willie
Lee Scarborough Fortson, 86,
formerly of Madison County,
died Thursday, May 7, 2009.
She was the daughter of the
late Samuel Grady and Martha
Patterson Scarborough, and
was preceded in death by her
husband, John B. Fortson.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Norma Gail Cox; brother.
Buddy Scarborough, four
grandchildren; nine great
grandchildren; two great-
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, May 10, at Bluestone
Baptist Church. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews.
Brown Funeral Home,
Danielsville, was in charge
of arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Donald Gooch
JEFFERSON - Donald
Carl Gooch, 80, died
Thursday, May 7, 2009.
Bom on November 12,
1928, in
Jackson
County,
he was the
son of the
late Carl
Spurgeon
and Estelle
Samantha
Hogan
Gooch.
He was a farmer, was retired
from Trell Rail Cars, was a
pioneer in farm-raised cat
fish, a former Farm Bureau
Fanner of the Year in the mid
1970s, and was a member
of the White Plains Baptist
Church. Mr. Gooch was pre
ceded in death by a sister,
Doris Wilbanks.
Survivors include his
wife of 63 years, Doris Ray
Gooch, Jefferson; children,
Sid and Karen Gooch, Olive
Branch, Miss., Donna and
Jeff Wright, Lawrenceville,
and Spurgeon Ray Gooch,
Jefferson; sister, Dorothy
Craven, Gillsville; brother,
Dover Gooch, Jefferson; nine
grandchildren; four great
grandchildren; and two great-
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, May 10, in the White
Plains Baptist Church. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Tony Gresham
NICHOLSON - Tony
Leonardo Gresham, 36, died
Monday, May 11, 2009,
at Doctor’s Hospital of
Augusta.
He was bom in Jackson
County the son of Allen and
Wanda Armstrong Gresham of
Jefferson and was employed
by Harrison Poultry.
Survivors in addition to
his parents, include his wife,
Margaretia Martin Gresham,
Nicholson; daughters,
Lashundra and Marqureattia
Gresham both of Nicholson;
brother and sister-in-law,
Senca and Seprina Gresham,
Jefferson; sister and brother-
in-law, Cornelia and Ronnie
Sewell, Nicholson.
Funeral services will be
at 11 a.m., Saturday, May
16, at The Grove with the
Rev. J.S. David officiating.
Burial will be in Commerce
Cemetery. The family will
receive friends at the funeral
home Friday, May 15, from 6
to 8 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, in charge of
arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
J.D. Harris Jr.
HOSCHTON - J.D. Harris
Jr., 60, died Tuesday, May
12, 2009.
Funeral arrangements
are incomplete and will be
announced later.
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Chapel, Buford, is in charge
of arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
Dale Hessler
ALTO - Dale M. Hessler,
59, died Friday, May 8,
2009.
Bom in Winterville, Ohio,
on September 23, 1949,
he was the son of Paul F.
Hessler, Mango, Fla., and the
late Alene Conley Hessler.
He was a co-owner and chef
at Cornelia Plaza and was
preceded in death by a broth
er, Jarrell Scott Hessler.
Survivors in addition to
his father, include a daugh
ter, Heidi C. Hessler; sisters,
Shirley Blakley, Alto, Paula
Belley, Wesley Chapel, Fla.;
and a grandchild, Raiden
Veino.
Private memorial services
will be held at a later date.
Whitfield Funeral Home,
South Chapel, Baldwin, is in
charge of arrangements.
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May 13, 2009.
JoAnne Hodapp
ST. PAUL, MINN. -
JoAnne
Queen
Hodapp,
65, died
Friday,
April 17,
2009.
She was
bom on
August 16,
1943, the
daughter of the late Charlie
and Leah Queen.
Survivors include her hus
band, Joe Oliver, St. Paul,
Minn.; sons, Danny and
Jimmy Blackmon, both of
Rockmart; brothers, Hoyt
and Weldon Queen, Acworth,
Charlie Queen, Douglasville,
Larry Queen, Dallas, and
Steve Queen, Jasper; sisters,
Maxcille Hite, Smyrna, and
Mary Seabolt, Commerce;
nieces, nephews and other
relatives.
Memorial services will
be held Saturday, May 16,
at 11 a.m., at the South
Cobb Church of Christ in
Mableton.
Announcement cour
tesy of Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce.
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May 13, 2009.
Elaine Knott
MACON - Elaine Candis
Wilburn Knott, 48, died
Saturday, May 2, 2009.
Bom on August 31, 1960,
in Warner Robins, she was
the daughter of the late Roy
C. Wilburn Sr. and Billie
Ruth Parks Wilburn. Her
favorite pastimes were bowl
ing, shopping, cooking for
family and friends, and arts
and crafts, loved ones stated.
Survivors include broth
ers, Roy Wilburn Jr. and
Charlie Wilborn, both of
Warner Robins; sister, Gail
Sloan, Winder; niece, Candis
Wilburn, Macon; stepchil
dren, Eddie and Tabatha
Knott; grandson, Caleb
Knott; aunts and uncles, Abe
and Elsie Rivers, Christine
Parks; cousins and other fam
ily members, Cindy and Joe
Bohannan, Mason and D.J.
Barker, Skip and Vicki Pate,
Cindy and Dana Martin; and
numerous other family mem
bers and close friends.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, May 7, in the cha-
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