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MAINSTREET NEWSPAPERS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009
Obituaries
Francine Allen
MAYSVILLE - Francine
Allen, 87, died Saturday,
May 23, 2009.
Born in Banks County,
she was the daughter of the
late Robert B. and Lee Nora
Rylee Telford. She was a
member of Flomer Baptist
Church and was a retired
supervisor for Blue Bell.
Mrs. Allen was preceded in
death by her husband, James
W. Allen; and a brother,
Harold Telford.
Survivors include a daugh
ter and son-in-law, June and
Billy Crowe, Homer; son
and daughter-in-law, Jimmy
and Linda Allen, Maysville;
grandchildren, Dudley
Crowe, Tallahassee, Fla.,
Scott Allen, Talmo, Michelle
Brown, Homer, and Rob
Allen, Maysville; and seven
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, May 26, at
Homer Baptist Church with
the Revs. Charles Crabbe
and Robert Hill officiating.
Burial was in Webbs Creek
Baptist Church cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral
Home, Commerce, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Mary Barnes
WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Mary Jane Barnes, 61,
formerly of Winder, died
Sunday, May 17, 2009.
Eberhart and Son
Mortuary, Winder, is in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Tommy Brunson
JEFFERSON - Tommy
Brunson, 59, formerly of
Buford, died Sunday, May
24, 2009.
Born in Enterprise, Ala., on
September 18, 1949, he was
the son of the late Lewie and
Lorraine Brunson. He was a
1967 graduate of Pompano
Beach High School and was
employed with American
Honda Motor Company,
Alpharetta. He was of the
Baptist denomination.
Survivors include his wife
of 38 years, Cindy Chancey
Brunson, Jefferson; daugh
ters and son-in-law, Brandi
and Anthony Davis,
Swainsboro, and Brooke
Brunson, Jefferson; sons,
Brad Brunson and Blake
Brunson, both of Jefferson;
grandchildren, Jack Davis
and Anna Claire Davis;
sisters, Nina Stedman,
Maryland, and Elaine Sabin,
Atlanta; brother, Hutch
Brunson, Hartwell; sisters-
in-law and brothers-in-law,
Cessie and Greg Walls,
Peachtree City, Connie and
Steve Bennett, and Carol and
Jim Weigher, all of Navarre,
Fla.; brother-in-law and sis
ter-in-law, Walt and Sandi
Chancey, Tampa, Fla.; and
several nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Funeral services were
held Monday, May 25,
in the chapel of Flanigan
Funeral Home, Buford,
with the Rev. Brandon Lail
officiating. Burial followed
in Broadlawn Memorial
Gardens, Buford. Serving
as pallbearers were: Walt
Chancey, Steve Bennett,
Stephen Puckett, Edward
Jackson, Butch Zorn, Greg
Walls, Bugs Dismukes and
Keith Williamson.
Memorial donations may
be made to Hi-Hope Center,
Lawrenceville, or Odyssey
Crisis Care, Athens.
Flanigan Funeral Home
and Crematory, Buford, was
in charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Quill’Bryant
COLUMBUS - Clark
Quillan “Quill” Bryant,
54, died Saturday, May 16,
2009 at St. Francis Hospital,
Columbus.
Born December 10, 1954
in Tate, he was the son of
John Clark Bryant and the
late Pauline Shipman Bryant.
He had been employed by
Transco Transmissions for
over 30 years.
Survivors include his
wife, Robin “Rickie” Hall,
Waverly Hall; daughter,
Brandy Bryant, Athens;
son, Gage Bryant, Waverly
Hall; two stepsons, Matthew
Hall and Cody Hall, both
of Columbus; brother and
sister-in-law, Kenneth and
Jonell Bryant, Colbert; three
sisters, Barbara McCurley
and her husband, Colbert,
Diane Price, Colbert, and
Annette Shuler and her hus
band Greg, Fayetteville;
three grandchildren, Brandon
Bryant, Kinsley Bryant and
Ashton Bryant; and other
relatives and friends.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, May 20,
in the chapel of Striffler-
Hamby Mortuary with the
Revs. Ralph Price and Bill
Taylor officiating. Burial
was Thursday, May 21, at
Danielsville City Cemetery.
Striffler-Hamby Mortuary,
Columbus, is in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Rickey Carder
SUGAR HILL - Rickey
Lynn Carder, 53, died
Tuesday, May 19, 2009,
at Northside Hospital of
Forsyth following a sudden
illness.
Born in Jackson County
on August 6, 1955, he was
the son of Willie Fay Carder
and Bessie Lou Turner.
He was a self-employed
carpenter and was of the
Pentecostal denomination.
Mr. Carder was preceded
in death by his grandpar
ents, the Rev. Herbert and
Mae Turner and William
and Rachel Carder, and his
daughter, Tina Michelle
Carter.
Survivors include his wife,
Ann Carder, Sugar Hill;
sons, Jason Carder, Alto, and
Shane Carder, Toccoa; four
daughters, Amber Kamler
and Katheryn Cronemiller,
both of Gainesville, and
Rachel Hogan and Janet
Martin, both of Sugar Hill;
mother and stepfather, Bessie
and Bill Wilkie, Cleveland;
father, Fay Carder,
Gainesville; two sisters,
Martha Murphy Ballance,
Cleveland, and Diane
Smallwood, St. Augustine,
Fla.; two brothers, Jerry
Carder, Gainesville, and
David Carder, Cleveland;
and 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Friday, May 22, in the chapel
of Memorial Park Funeral
Home with the Rev. Mike
Grizzle officiating. Burial
followed in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Doris Carrington
MILLEDGEVILLE -
Doris Nell Jones Carrington,
82, died Tuesday, May 19,
2009.
She was a native of
Statham, but had made her
home in Milledgeville. She
was a retired executive sec
retary with Concord Fabrics,
did volunteer work for
Oconee Regional Medical
Center and was a member
and longtime volunteer of
the First United Methodist
Church. Mrs. Carrington
was preceded in death by
her husband, Joseph Allen
Carrington.
Survivors include sons
and daughter-in-law, Allen
and Cindy Carrington,
Pawleys Island, S.C., Mike
Carrington, Thomson;
daughter and son-in-law,
Diane and Alex Harrison,
Newnan; grandchildren,
Amanda and Tim Hendricks,
Richmond Hill, Katie and
Greg Joyner, Roswell, Jac and
Bett Carrington, Columbia,
S.C., Taylor Carrington and
Anna Carrington, both of
Thomson; and great-grand
children, Cole and Jack
Hendricks, Richmond Hill.
Funeral services were held
Friday, May 22, at the First
United Methodist Church
with Jay Hodges officiat
ing. Burial was in Rose Hill
Cemetery in Winder.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Oconee
Regional Medical Center
Health Care Foundation, 821
N. Cobb St., Milledgeville,
GA 31061.
Moore's Funeral Home,
Milledgeville, was in charge
of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘O.R.’ Cochran
MAYSVILLE - Obe
Richard “O.R.” Cochran, 86,
died Friday, May 22, 2009,
at BJC Medical Center in
Commerce.
Born in Banks County,
he was the son of the late
Obe and Rilla
Pritchett
Cochran. He
was retired
from the City
of Commerce Water Plant
as a supervisor, was of the
Baptist denomination, and
was a veteran, having served
in the United States Army
during World War II.
Survivors include his wife,
Gladys Hardy Cochran,
Maysville; sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Ricky and Lisa
Cochran, Commerce, and
Rusty and Kim Cochran,
Maysville; daughter and
son-in-law, Paula and Bobby
Tolbert, Commerce; sisters,
Faye Kennedy, Cornelia,
and Louise Davidson,
Maysville; and seven grand
children.
Funeral services were
held Monday, May 25, in
the chapel of Little-Ward
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Swayne Cochran officiat
ing. Burial was in Sunrise
Cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral
Home, Commerce, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Lessie Cooper
JEFFERSON - Lessie
Skelton Cooper, 82, died
Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
A native of Jackson
County, she was the daugh
ter of the late John and Ila
Phillips Skelton. She was
a homemaker, a member
of White Plains Baptist
Church, and an avid gar
dener and cake baker. Mrs.
Cooper was preceded in
death by her husband, Brady
Cooper.
Survivors include daugh
ters and sons-in-law,
Barbara and Gene Reynolds,
Sue and Roy Tolbert, all of
Jefferson, Linda and Gene
White, Winder, Janie and
Johnie Roberts, Concord,
N.C.; eight grandchildren;
18 great-grandchildren;
sister, Ila Jane Roberts,
Winder; special sister-in-
law, Sue Cooper, Statham;
brother-in-law, Guy Cooper,
Winder; and numerous niec
es and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Friday, May 22, in the cha
pel of Evans Funeral Home
with the Rev. Kevin Page
officiating. Burial was in the
White Plains Baptist Church
cemetery. Pallbearers
were Stacy Tolbert, Mark
Reynolds, Jason Lawrence,
Darryl Huntsinger, Gary
Griffin, John McCartney
and Craig Probert.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Willie Davis
ATHENS - Willie Grace
Davis, 84, died Friday, May
22, 2009, at the University
Nursing Home, following
an extended illness.
A native of Jackson
County, she was the daugh
ter of the late Hoyt Thomas
and Etheleen Parr Mealor.
Mrs. Davis was preceded
in death by her husband,
Bernice Eric Davis; broth
ers, Horace, Stewart, Hoyt
Franklin, Ralph and Bobby
Mealor; and a sister, Lucille
Cody. She was retired from
Westclock.
Survivors include a broth
er, Mac Mealor, Athens;
sisters, Dorothy Hill,
Royston, and Ruth Bolton,
Maysville.
Graveside services were
held Monday, May 25, at
Riverside Baptist Church
with the Rev. Jessie Mealor
officiating.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge
of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Buddy’Dyer
GAINESVILLE - Glenn
Henry "Buddy” Dyer,
68, died Friday, May 22,
2009, at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center, following
an extended illness.
Born December 23, 1940,
in Forsyth County, he was
the son of the late Jay Dewey
and Erco Lou Durand Dyer.
He was a tractor mechanic
at Boyd Thomas Tractor
for over 20 years and later
retired from Piedmont
Tractor in Gainesville. He
was a deacon at Canaan
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Dorothy Dyer, Gainesville;
sons and daughters-in-law,
Danny and Clara Dyer,
Gillsville, Dean and Kim
Dyer, Gainesville; sis
ters, Laura Lou Dyer,
Decatur, Druscilla Roberts,
Gainesville, Carmen Dyer,
Snellville; brothers, Jimmy
Dyer, Stone Mountain, and
Phillip Dyer, Florida; sister
and brother-in-law, Delores
and Terry Scroggs, Decatur;
brother and sister-in-law,
Robert and Francis Dyer,
Statham; grandchildren,
Pricilla and Josh Lewis,
Jefferson, Robin and Chris
Harris, Brandy and Cody
Griffin, Mallory Dyer,
Jeremy Dyer and Bethany
Dyer, all of Gainesville;
great-grandchildren,
Emberlee and Annslynn
Harris, Gainesville; and
numerous nieces and neph
ews.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, May 26, in
the chapel of Memorial
Park Funeral Home with
the Revs. Ken Anderson,
Spence Fuller, Hoyt Skelton
and Earl Jarrard officiat
ing. Burial was in Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Barnard Edwards
COMMERCE - Barnard
Rogers Edwards, 72, died
Wednesday, May 20,
2009, at BJC Hospital in
Commerce.
Born in Jackson County,
he was the son of the late
Neri and Addie Belle Dorsey
Edwards.
Survivors include his
wife, Nancy Haley Edwards,
Commerce; sons, Roger
and Rodney Edwards, both
of Commerce; daughters,
Teresa Edwards, Nicholson,
and Terri Edwards,
Commerce; brothers, Billy
Edwards, Danielsville, and
Bobby Edwards, Ila; sis
ters, Mary Alice Floyd,
Danielsville, and Betty Joe
McKinney, Trenton, N.C.;
grandchildren, Tyler Stone,
Christian
Edwards,
Madison
Sewell,
Austin
Edwards,
R J
Edwards,
Ammarae
Edwards,
R i 1 e e
Edwards and Tate Edwards.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, May 23, at the
Macedonia Holiness Church
in Madison County with the
Revs. Kendall Callaway and
Ardis Anglin officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge
of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
David Ellington
STATHAM - David
Milton Ellington, 68, died
Friday, May 22, 2009.
Born in DeKalb County,
he was the son of the late
Parks B.
and Lillian
McDowell
Ellington. He
served in the
United States Army and
had been employed by the
DeKalb school bus system.
Survivors include a
son and daughter-in-law,
David and Michelle Born,
Tennessee; daughter and
son-in-law, Lorrie and Berk
Patten, Winston; step daugh
ter, Denise Frier; grandchil
dren, Daniell and Kristen
Richardson and Brandon and
Jonathon Born; great-grand
son, Bradley Trey Sticher;
brother, Dan Ellington,
Statham; and a sister, Shirley
Olsen, Lawrenceville.
Memorial services were
held Wednesday, May 27,
from Smith Memory Chapel,
with the Rev. Mike Pinson
officiating.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Eugene Emmett
MARIETTA - Eugene
Talmadge Emmett, 77, died
Monday, May 18, 2009.
He was retired from
General Motors Parts
Division Plant in Doraville
and loved his family and
gardening. Mr. Emmett was
preceded in death by a son,
Rickey Emmett; and son-in-
law, Dennis Stephens.
Survivors include his wife,
Bobbie Emmett, Marietta;
Gary Emmett, Mexico,
Melinda Simmons and
husband, Gary, Marietta;
daughters, Barbara Bryant
and husband, Lewis,
Cumming, Lisa and Keith
Hoose, Baldwin; son,
Ronnie Emmett, Macon;
stepson, Brian Lovingood,
Gainesville; stepdaughter,
Eileen Lovingood, Flowery
Branch; sister, Sybil Cato,
Chestnut Mountain; broth
ers and sisters-in-law,
Bradley and Joyce Emmett,
Coventry, R.I., Aubrey
Emmett, Austell, Billy and
Gail Emmett, Gainesville;
six grandchildren; and 14
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, May 20,
at Memorial Park South
Funeral Home with the
Revs. Arthur Southerland
and Gary Simmons officiat
ing. Burial was in Memorial
Park South Cemetery.
Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery
Branch, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Doug’Evans
ROYSTON - William
Douglas “Doug” Evans,
65, died Tuesday, May 19,
2009, at St. Mary’s Hospice
House in Bogart.
Born in Franklin County
on June 24, 1943, he was the
son of the late Morgan and
Florence Royston Evans. He
was a retired truck driver
and a member of Grace
Baptist Church. Mr. Evans
was preceded in death by a
grandchild, Morgan Baker;
brother, Marvin Evans; and
sister, Frances Marlow.
Survivors include his wife,
Ethel Rose Phillips Evans,
Royston; daughter, Gail E.
Baker, Lavonia; stepdaugh
ter, Sonya Eckles, Lavonia;
stepson, Lamar Pullien,
Dewy Rose; grandchildren,
Abie Baker and John Baker;
stepgrandchildren, Daniel
and Danielle Eckles and
Tony and Tonya Pullien.
Memorial services were
held Friday, May 22, at
Grace Baptist Church with
the Revs. Dale Holcomb
and Andy Huff officiating.
Burial was in the Franklin
Springs Baptist Church
cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Grace
Baptist Church Building
Fund or the American
Cancer Society (Franklin
County Chapter).
Pruitt Funeral Home,
Royston, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Sybil’Gilley
HULL - Mary “Sybil"
Gilley, 84, died Sunday,
May 24, 2009.
She was a native of Carroll
County, but lived most of
her life in Hull. She was a
member of the Hull Baptist
Church and the Danielsville
Eastern Star and was the
daughter of the late James
and Rose Pearl Brown. Mrs.
Gilley was preceded in death
by her husband, SGT Grady
W. Gilley, retired; a daugh
ter, Brenda G. Shuler; sister,
Mildred Henson; brothers,
Garland, Clifton and Carlos
Brown.
Survivors include sons,
Brady Gilley and Bradford
Gilley, both of Statham;
daughters, Kaye Suddeth,
Colbert, and Faye Seagraves,
Watkinsville; brother, Curtis
Brown, Bowden; 17 grand
children; 31 great-grand
children; and one great-
great-grandchild.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, May 27,
in the chapel of Bridges
Funeral Home. Burial was in
Evergreen Memorial Park.
Bridges Funeral Home,
Athens, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Christopher Gordon
COLBERT - Christopher
Riley Gordon, 23, died
Sunday, May 24, 2009.
A native of Athens, he
was the son of Nancy and
Fred Snailum, LaMirada,
Calif. He had attended New
Haven Baptist Church.
Mr. Gordon was preceded
in death by his father, Gary
Riley Gordon and his pater
nal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Gordon.
Survivors in addition to
his mother and stepfather
include his brother, John
Corey Gordon, Commerce;
sisters, Melissa (Roy)
Reece, Hull, and Mary Beth
(Nathan Drake) Gordon,
Colbert; son, Tyson Riley
Gordon, Colbert; girlfriend,
Giesla Bray, Colbert; niec
es and nephews, Kelsie
Palmer, Lauren Reece,
Alexis Reynolds and Bryson
Drake; and maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Palmero, California.
Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. on Thursday,
May 28, in the chapel of
Lord and Stephens Funeral
Home East with the Rev.
Derek Anglin officiating.
The family will receive
friends at the funeral home
one hour before the service.
Flowers will be accepted.
Lord and Stephens Funeral
Home East is in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
William Haney
FLOWERY BRANCH
- William Glenn Haney,
82, died Tuesday, May 19,
2009.
Born in Waynesville,
N.C., he was the son of the
late Homer
and Iva Seay
Haney. He
worked as an
insurance agent and was a
veteran of the United States
Army. Mr. Haney was pre
ceded in death by his first
wife, Betty Haney; daughter,
Glenda Giles; and grandson,
Scott DeLauder.
Survivors include his
wife, Annette Algard Haney,
Flowery Branch; son, Jeff
Haney, Covington; daugh
ters, Gwen Hays, Cumming,
and Pat Brueggemann,
Duluth; sons, Jeff Algard,
Hoschton, and Bo Algard,
Duluth; 11 grandchildren;
and nine great-grandchil
dren.
Graveside services were
held Saturday, May 23, at
Georgia Memorial Park in
Marietta.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
American Cancer Society,
1684 Barnett Shoals Rd.,
Athens, GA 30605.
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