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PAGE 16A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1.2011
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Randy Robinson
Mr. Randy Robinson, age 58
of Jasper, passed at Piedmont
Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., late Fri
day evening, August 26, 2011.
Survivors include his wife,
Candy Robinson, Jasper; daugh
ter, Emily Robinson, Jasper;
brother, Scotty Robinson, Dou-
glasville, Ga.; and sister, Janet
Cooper,Virginia.
A funeral Mass was held
Monday, August 29, at 2 p.m. at
Our Lady of the Mountain
Catholic Church with Father
Charles Byrd officiating. Inter
ment followed in Lake Forest
Memorial Park. Cagle Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
www.caglefuneralhome.com
Donald Jackson
Mr. Donald Andrew Jackson,
age 62 of Jasper, Ga., passed at
his residence early Monday
morning, August 22, 2011.
Mr. Jackson
was a veteran
of the Vietnam
War having
served in the
US Army.
Survivors include his wife,
Jane Jackson, Jasper; son Lucas
Jackson, Jasper; daughter, Kalli
Jackson, Jasper; sisters, Wanda
Joiner, Homerville, Ga., Nelda
Register, Perry, Fl„ and Karen
Chauncey, Homerville, Ga.; and
nieces and nephews, Jennifer,
Lamar, Haley, Ivykaye, Garrett,
Hamp, Taylor, Miley and
Michaela.
The funeral service was held
Friday, August 26, at 11 a.m.
from the Chapel of Cagle Fu
neral Home with the Rev. Danny
Parker officiating. Interment fol
lowed in The Georgia National
Cemetery in Cherokee County
with local Chapter #47 DAV in
charge of military graveside rites.
Pallbearers were: Garrett Regis
ter, Ned and Danny Carlson,
Keith DeLoach, Billy Walton
and Calvin Smith. The family did
accept flowers or memorials may
be made to Georgia Mountain
Hospice, 70 Caring Way, PO
Box 580, Jasper, Ga. 30143.
www.caglefuneralhome.com
Max Childers
Mr Max Childers, age 69 of
Jasper, passed at his residence
early Thursday morning, August
25,2011.
Survivors include his wife,
Jean Childers, Jasper; sons and
daughters-in-law, Mark and
Brandy Childers, Jasper, Chris
and Dawn Childers, Marble
Hill, Corey and Shannon
Childers and Chad and Sarah
Childers, all of Jasper; daughters
and son-in-law, Lisa Heaton,
Canton, Gaylene and Jimmy
Gleason and Kaylene Marlow, all
of Jasper; brothers, Bobby
Childers, Fairmount, Herman
Childers, Calhoun, Bo and Junior
Childers, both of Fairmount, Ed,
Sylvester and Melvin Childers,
Talking Rock; and sisters, Bon
nie Pruitt and Linda Childers,
both of Jasper. Nineteen grand
children, one great-grandchild
and several nieces and nephews
also survive.
The funeral service was held
Saturday, August 27, at 2 p.m.
from the Chapel of Cagle Fu
neral Home with the Revs. Char
lie Buchanan and Jonathan
Jarrett officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the Jerusalem Baptist
Church Cemetery with Shawn,
Tony and Jason Childers, Gene
Mayhan, Jamie Elrod and Jeff
Denney serving as active pall
bearers. Honorary pallbearers
were Mitchell Bozeman and
Glenn Jarrett.
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A shining light is dimmed
Cheryl Blankinship dies
By Dan Huth,
Progress contributor
A bright light that brought
hope and help to Pickens’ under
privileged was dimmed Sunday
when Cheryl Blankinship died at
Atlanta’s Piedmont Hospital.
Cheryl had steadfastly refused to
give in to multiple health prob
lems throughout her life, until
she was no longer able to con
tinue the fight and died peace
fully in the 55th year of a life
spent serving others.
When the homeless had
nowhere to turn, Cheryl’s photo
graphic memory spun through all
the resources available in North
Georgia, and she swung into ac
tion. When a nearly blind widow
faced the loss of heat in the midst
of a cold spell, Cheryl knew just
who to call - at home-during a
weekend - to keep the lady safe
and comfortable. It wasn’t un
common for Cheryl to ferry a
suddenly homeless family to a
motel where she paid for their
room out of her own pocket -
even though it often meant she
might have to do without.
Cheryl was preceded in death
by her parents, Ruth Bunch Co
ester and George G. Coester; as
well as a brother, Joe. Her
mother’s people were Pickens pi
oneers, with the Bunch name still
common in the Hinton/ Ludville
area, and a road named after
them.
Bom in Marietta, she was a
proud graduate of Auburn Uni
versity. She recently satisfied a
lifelong dream of living in Scot
land when she moved to Edin
burgh. “I can smell the sea and
watch the swans. People are so
friendly. And they take their dogs
everywhere,” she wrote to a
friend. “Could it be any more
perfect?”
In Jasper, Cheryl founded the
Community Resource Center,
where she served as director.
She designed a program that
helped those without education
to earn their GED diploma. She
counseled her clients on inter
view skills, and taught them how
to fill out a resume.’ In 2009 she
was recognized by the North
Georgia Employer Committee
for her “continued support and
commitment to individuals with
disabilities.”
When the U.S. Department of
Commerce could not identify
enough qualified Pickens Coun-
tians to hire as census-takers,
Cheryl offered the Resource
Center’s facilities to help train
and test them. As a result, many
unemployed Pickens County cit
izens were hired to fill the lucra
tive positions.
She had a heart for the down
trodden and worked tirelessly
around the clock to help them.
She saw the Catholic charity St.
Vincent de Paul as ideally situ
ated for this purpose, and con
tributed time, funds, even
donated an automobile to help
the needy. “Not only was Cheryl
an active supporter and volun
teer, but she helped us immeasur
ably in streamlining our
processes so we could help more
of the needy - and do it more ef
ficiently,” explained past Presi
dent Jack Marcacci. “President
Mike Martin and I are going to
miss her terribly, and so will the
community.”
A passionate animal-lover,
Cheryl never saw an abandoned
animal she wouldn’t adopt or
help. Among the organized char
ities where she worked were the
Jasper Women’s Shelter, the
Homeless Shelter, Pickens Ani
mal Rescue and Good Samaritan
Health Center.
CARES Executive Director
Larry Starr remembers “Cheryl
was one of the first to volunteer
when we opened our doors.” She
was a fixture at the Community
Thrift Store, according to Thrift
Store founder Don Russell.
“Cheryl was a living example of
what’s good about Pickens
County -caring for one another -
Chicken lays quadraple-yokers
Good egg—Blanche, prize
laying hen of Sherry Swaf
ford (left) of McClain Moun
tain Road, produced the
oversized egg shown at right.
The big one measures three
and a quarter inches long,
out-sizing the double-yoker
beside it, Swafford noted.
Blanche “always lays dou
ble yokers, ” Swafford said,
“but this is the largest egg
I’ve ever seen laid by any
chicken. My grandson, Ko-
rdell Hall, and I candled it
and believe we saw four yolks
inside. That would make it a
quadruplet! ”
A “happy chicken, ”
Blanche dines on chicken
feed, cornbread, fresh fruit,
and veggies, Swafford said.
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giving help where help is
needed,” he remarked. “We lost
a big part of the heart of Pickens
county when we lost Cheryl.”
Donations may be given to St.
Vincent de Paul. Typical of her
desire not to draw attention to
herself, Cheryl Blankinship re
quested that there be no memo
rial service. But there will be
hundreds of quiet, personal trib
utes burning in the hearts of
those this bright light has
touched.
James Hensley
Mr. James (Charli) Hensley,
age 72 of the Yellow Creek Com
munity, passed at his residence
early Friday morning, August 26,
2011.
Survivors include his son and
daughter-in-law, Chris and Tracy
Hensley, Marble Hill; brothers
and sisters-in-law, Harold and
Phyllis Hensley, Jasper, and
Gene and Katherine Hensley,
Dawsonville; sister and brother-
in-law, Martha and Henry Green,
Dawsonville; and granddaughter,
Heather Hensley. Five nieces and
mother of son, Cricket Hensley,
also survives.
The funeral service was held
Sunday, August 28, at 2 p.m.
from Corinth Baptist Church
with the Rev. Rodney Pilcher of
ficiating. Pallbearers were: Dale
Helton, Leon Bearden, Steve
Hart, Chris, Harold and Gene
Hensley, Jason Goforth and
Henry Green. Cagle Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
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Card of Thanks
The family of Mary Carol
Prather would like to thank
everyone for their prayers and
support; also for the food and
flowers during her death. We
thank Deborah and the singers
for their beautiful songs.
We thank Grant, Randy,
Harold and Alan for their spiri
tual messages of the True and
Living Gospel. I know it went
out to many and I hope that
they take heed. Carol would
have been well pleased with
her funeral.
Carol and Donald never had
any children of their own but
they loved their nieces and
nephews on both sides of the
family. They prayed many a
prayer for them to be saved.
They loved Free Hope Church
and laid up prayers for the
church and the sinners.
Carol had declining health
for many years. She had nu
merous health problems and
was constantly in pain. She had
asked the Lord that if she
couldn’t get better, would He
just take her on. Thank God
that after all the pain and suf
fering she had been through all
those years, that on the day she
died God called her very
quickly.
Revelation 22:7: Behold I
come quickly: blessed is he that
keepeth the sayings of this
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