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PAGE 8A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JANUARY 21.2021
Donald Lodge
Donald Edward Lodge,
88, died peacefully on Jan. 6,
2021.
Born in Marshalltown,
Iowa to George N. Lodge and
Lucille Anna Nepras Lodge,
he grew up in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. After completing his
education at Franklin High
and Coe College and follow
ing service in the Army in
Austria and England, he
earned a Masters Degree in
Marketing from the Univer
sity of Iowa. Work experi
ence included the Iowa
Department of Business De
velopment, Georgia Tech,
Boise Cascade, Inland Steel,
the State Department of NY
at Plattsburgh and the Geor
gia Department of Industry
and Trade. His work in eco
nomic development took him
to the Philippines, South
Korea, Egypt, Nigeria,
Ghana, Guatemala and
Nicaragua.
Don had many accom
plishments and talents. He
was an Eagle Scout. An avid
model railroader, he had a
number of articles published
in national rail magazines.
His rail photos were pub
lished in four books. He
replicated a model railroad of
1954 Cedar Rapids and even
tually donated it to the Cedar
Rapids Historical Society. An
accomplished amateur pho
tographer, his works were ju
ried into a number of exhibits
and galleries in Ohio and
Georgia. His rail photos were
published in four books.
In Pickens County he and
his wife were active in the
Marble Valley Historical So
ciety, Sharptop Arts and
Crafts Association and Sas
safras Literary Society. He
was also an active volunteer
in a multitude of capacities
while in residence at Wesley
Woods Towers in Decatur,
GA.
A lifelong tinkerer, he was
not afraid of DIY home proj
ects including plumbing,
electrical and renovation as
well as auto repair. He passed
his photography and tinker
ing interests and skills to his
sons, all of whom are skilled
photographers.
He is preceded in death by
his wife of 48 years, Darlene
N. Lodge of Atlanta. His chil
dren from his first marriage
to Jennifer Atchison (At
lanta), survive him: John
(Terri) of Mandeville, LA;
Jeffrey (Jenny Nicholson) of
Alexandria, VA, Ann Hes-
skamp (Bob) of Atlanta, GA;
Stuart Lodge of Atlanta and
step daughters Lynnette
Payne (John Moore); Sandra
Payne; Karen Payne Morris
(Matthew) and eight grand
children and three great
grandchildren.
Donations in his honor
may be made to Foundation
of Wesley Woods, 1817
Clifton Road NE, Atlanta GA
30329
Sandra Weaver
Sandra Joan Haygood
Weaver, 63, of Jasper passed
away Tuesday, December 29,
2020 at her residence.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
January 3, 2021 at the Sose-
bee Memorial Chapel with
Rev. Kenny Morris officiat
ing. Interment followed in
Sunrise Memorial Gardens
Cemetery.
Ms. Weaver was a mem
ber of Cool Springs Baptist
Church. She loved animals
and sports, especially basket
ball. Most of all she enjoyed
spending time with her
grandchildren.
Sandra was preceded in
death by her dad, Jimmy
Haygood and grandparents,
Ruth and Charlie Ray and
Ruby and Cliff Haygood. She
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is survived by her son, Char
lie Weaver (Amanda);
mother, Peggy Joan Hay
good; grandchildren, Braxton
Slade Weaver and Brody
Chance Weaver; fiance,
Tyree Forester; siblings, John
Haygood (Carolyn), Sharon
Holcomb (Perry) and Mike
Haygood (Denise); several
nieces, nephews, aunts, un
cles, cousins and many
beloved friends.
Sosebee Funeral Home,
Canton, Ga. is honored to
serve the family.
Ted Lambert
U.S. Veteran
Grady W. (Ted) Lambert,
96, passed on January 8,
2021, at the Pavilion-THS in
Lebanon, TN.
The son of William and
Florence Scott Lambert, Mr.
Lambert was born and raised
in Jasper, GA. He was a
World War II veteran, having
served in the U.S. Air Force.
Mr. Lambert retired from
Lockheed Martin, Marietta,
GA, and was a member of the
Georgia Masons Grand
Lodge of Macon, GA.
In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death by
his stepmother, Anna Hefner
Lambert; brothers, Wilburn
and Fred Lambert; sister,
Lola (Mac) Hutchings; wife,
Allene Groves Lambert;
daughter, Patricia McClen
don, granddaughter, Laci
Landreth and special friend
and companion Joan Pearson.
Mr. Lambert is survived by
daughters Peggy Lindsley-
Lambert, Lebanon, TN; Bet-
tye (Mike) Brown,
Chattanooga, TN, and Can
dace Lambert, Trenton, GA;
eight grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren, and
beloved niece, Jan (Russ)
Scritchfield.
Gathering of family and
friends was held on Saturday,
January 16, 2021, from 1 to 2
p.m. at Hermitage Funeral
Home, 535 Shute Lane Old
Hickory, TN 37138. A me
morial Celebration of Life
was held at 2 p.m. in the
Tulip Grove Room of the
Hermitage Funeral Home,
with Johnny Markham offici
ating.
The family wishes to ex
press their gratitude to the
caregivers at Pavilion As
sisted Living & Pavilion-
THS who lovingly cared for
Mr. Ted.
Jeanene Moore
Jeanene S. Moore of
Jasper, Georgia passed away
in Glendale, Arizona on the
evening of January 8, 2021 at
the age of 83 after complica
tions of COVID-19.
Jeanene was born April
28, 1937 in her parents’home
in Cleveland, Georgia. After
graduating from Cleveland
High School in 1955, she got
a job at the telephone com
pany and moved to Atlanta
and lived in a church home
with four other girls. In De
cember 1955, she met her
husband, Ernest, on a blind
date and they were married
six months later on June 30,
1956 and began their family
right away.
Jeanene worked at C&S
Bank as a bank teller for a
short time, then became the
bookkeeper for the title com
pany she and Ernest began in
1986. Upon selling the title
company in 1997, she and
Ernest retired to Jasper,
Georgia in a beautiful moun
tain lakeside home. She en
joyed the next 20 years
golfing, traveling and being
with family and friends. Due
to health reasons, they moved
to Glendale, AZ in August
2018. Upon the passing of
Ernest on October 17, 2018,
Jeanene remained in their
new apartment in the As
sisted Living Community of
Orchard Pointe of Arrowhead
in Glendale, AZ that she ab
solutely loved.
The last years of Jeanene’s
life were troubled with de
mentia. She lost interest in
activities she previously
loved to do and was just
happy to sit in her chair read
ing or doing paint-by-number
paintings of scenery, children
and snowmen. She stated
many times over the last few
years she was ready to go
anytime God was ready for
her, and her family takes
comfort in knowing she is
now with God through her
belief in Jesus.
She is survived by her
brother, Raymond Simmons
(Gainesville, GA); brother,
Leroy Simmons (Marietta,
GA); daughter, Cyndi
Kennedy (Auburn, GA);
daughter, Donna Moore
(Glendale, AZ); son, David
Moore (Atlanta, GA); grand
sons, Ethan and Evan
Kennedy; great grandchil
dren, Ella and Easton
Kennedy; and many nephews
and nieces.
She is predeceased by her
mother, Nellie Simmons; her
father, Grover Simmons; her
sister, Evelyn; her sister,
Helen; her brother, Hansel;
her brother, Hoyt; her brother
Hayne; and her husband,
Ernest.
In lieu of flowers the fam
ily requests donations be
made to The Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer Foun
dation, Inc., 13770 Noel
Road, Suite 801889, Dallas,
Texas 75380.
A funeral service will be
held at a future date when
friends and family can com
fort each other safely.
Gertrude
Kilpatrick
Gertrude Raper Kil
patrick, 86, went to be with
her Heavenly Father on Fri
day, January 15, 2021.
She was bom in Cherokee
County, North Carolina on
June 18, 1934 to the late
James and Lourina Raper.
Gertrude was a founding
member of River Valley Bap
tist Church in Murphy. She
was also a member of the
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians and a life-long resi
dent of Cherokee County.
She was an avid gardener
that loved beautiful flowers
and quilting. One of her
greatest joys was taking care
of children.
In addition to her parents,
Gertrude was preceded in
death by her husband
William Howard Kilpatrick;
brothers, Marcus, Tom, Wen
dell, Horace, Hoyt, Pearly,
Goldman, and Guy Raper
and two sisters, Lillian Allen
and Dorothy Webster.
Gertrude is survived by a
son, Rex Kilpatrick and wife
Beverly, and two daughters,
Helen and Polly Kilpatrick;
three brothers, Tniman,
Charles, and Henry Raper,
and six sisters; Maggie Stiles,
Louise Davenport, Irene
Mathis, Reba Davis, Mary
Long, and Marie Nations.
Gertrude is also survived by
a precious granddaughter,
Hannah Kilpatrick; many
nieces and nephews; and
many great nieces and great
nephews.
A private family funeral
was held Tuesday, January
19, 2021 at River Valley Bap
tist Church. Reverend Eric
Nations, Joe Long, and
Daniel Webster officiated.
Music conducted by Tim
Nicholson. Burial followed
in the church cemetery. Pall
bearers were Matthew, Luke,
Jerry, and Jeff Raper, Tim
and Colby Davis. Honorary
pallbearers were all other
nephews and great-nephews.
Family requests that
masks be worn and social
distancing procedures be ob
served during the visitation
and service.
You may send tributes to
the Kilpatrick family at
www.townson-rose.com
Townson-Rose Funeral
Home is in charge of all
arrangements.
Jody Cagle
September 6, 1943 -
January 11, 2021
Jo Lynn Cagle (Jody) of
Nelson, GA passed away Jan
uary 11, 2021 at Northside
Hospital Cherokee due to
complications from Covid-
19.
For those of you who
knew her, you knew our
Mama was a beautiful
woman inside-out, that en
joyed working in her flowers,
traveling (even if it was just
riding around), walking on
the beach looking for shells
or shark teeth, laying in the
bed at night watching the
deer and other animals that
came into her back yard as
well as many other things,
But her absolute favorite was
visiting Cades Cove, She
never got tired of going there.
She became Memaw to a
lot of the neighborhood boys
of Nelson. She always took
the time to sit down, talk and
listen when they came by and
always made sure she at least
offered them something to
eat before they left. She sure
loved each and every one of
them.
We must mention her
Golden Girls group. They
have shared ups, downs, lazy
days by the pool, many ad
ventures, and have all been
there for each other. Most im
portantly, they shared lasting
friendships throughout the
years and deep love for each
other. Mama always looked
forward to getting together
with these girls. You ladies
brought a lot of joy and
laughter into her life. We are
so forever grateful that she
had each of you.
After Daddy died, she was
able to find love again. They
have really had some adven
tures together, Their last ad
venture was December 2020
when they took off to
Brunswick and the Golden
Isles - this was a gift to each
other. We never heard our
Mama laugh as much until
they found each other. Their
love blossomed like a whirl
wind on Facebook for all to
see (admittedly, sometimes
we cringed). But she was the
happiest she had been in a
long time, almost as if she
had transformed into a giddy
young girl, head over heals in
love. We know she loved
Rodger Brown so very much
and know he loved her. For
this Rodger, we are eternally
grateful.
Our Mama loved all her
grandchildren very much and
was always happy to see
them visit. Some of these she
either helped raise or did
raise as her own. She cher
ished every single one of
them. Many of them grew up
being at her house around her
and Daddy frequently. They
all got the peanut butter and
sugar sandwiches or her cin
namon toast. While she
would have preferred to keep
them all as children, she en
joyed watching them grow
into adults. She was super
proud of each of you. She
would end her conversations
with I love you Hun...
Mama had a special side-
kick the last several years of
her life, Aspen. They were
thick as thieves - going on
one adventure after another.
Aspen was with Mama a lot
and gave her a lot of enjoy
ment. They cooked together,
played together, took care of
Grandma together, just so
much we can't begin to list
them all. One thing is for
sure, Mama loved Aspen
with all she had.
There are many things we
could say about our Mama.
She was a lot of things to dif
ferent ones: a Mother, a
Memaw, a love of their life, a
sister, an aunt, a cousin and a
friend. She touched a lot of
peoples lives in ways we will
never know. She wasn't per
fect, but she was our Mama.
There have been so many
people who have said a
prayer, called, messaged or
thought about her and us. We
have no words to express our
heartfelt thanks to everyone.
We will miss her very much,
but know we will see her in
the resurrection - Revelation
21: 3-5.
We would also like to ex
press our deepest gratitude to
the doctors and nurses in the
ER department and on floor
6 East of Northside Cherokee
for going above and beyond
in giving our mother excel
lent care and comforting her
like a surrogate family due to
our not being able to be with
her, letting us visit by means
of video calls, and for mak
ing sure we were there with
her in her final moments. We
will treasure that always.
She is survived by her
special love: Rodger Brown;
son: Shannon Cagle of
Cartersville; two honorary
sons: Sammy Cagle Jr. of
Nelson and Johnathon Cagle
of Nelson; daughters and
sons-in-law: Trudy & Ricky
Chastain of Talking Rock,
Janie & Jeff Elliott of Marble
Hill, Lisa & Mark Fuller of
Henagar, AL, and Kelly &
Troy Magness of
Cartersville; brothers and sis-
ters-in-law: Benny & Brenda
Thacker of Nelson, Troy &
Penny Thacker of Nelson and
Ricky Thacker of Nelson.
She is also survived by six
teen grandchildren and thirty-
one great grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews
that she dearly loved.
She is preceded in death
by her parents: Truman and
Izzie Thacker, husband: Mar
vin Cagle, son: Sammy
Cagle, granddaughter: Lind
sey Weaver, and sister: Patsy
Heath.
She was a member of Nel
son Baptist Church.
Due to the Covid-19 vims
and concern for the safety of
all, there will be no arrange
ments for a service at this
time. Mama's final request to
us (her last piece of Mom ad
vice) was to do everything
we could possibly do to pro
tect ourselves, our families
and others from this virus.
When it is considered safe to
do so, we will have a celebra
tion of life service. In lieu of
flowers, Mama requested do
nations be made to St. Jude's
Hospital.
Cagle Funeral Home is
honored to serve the Cagle
family.
Lana Barrett
August 9, 1941 -
January 11, 2021
Miss Lana Sue Barrett,
79, of Jasper, passed away
Monday, January 11, 2021 at
Clay County Care Center in
Hayesville, NC.
Miss Barrett is survived
by her brothers, Bill Barrett
of Jasper, James Barrett of
Jasper, and Ferman Barrett Jr.
of Chatsworth; sister, Haley
Ballew of Talking Rock; sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be
held at 2 p.m. Wednesday,
January 13, 2021 at Bethel
Christian Church Cemetery,
with Rev. Bobby Timms offi
ciating.
Cagle Funeral Home is
honored to serve the Barrett
family.
Joe Eller
November 4, 1931 -
January 12, 2021
U.S. Veteran
Mr. Roy "Joe" Eller, 89, of
Villa Rica, passed away
Tuesday January 12, 2021 at
Tanner Medical Center.
Mr. Eller is survived by
his wife, Martha Eller of
Villa Rica; daughters, Patti Jo
Eller of Villa Rica and Robin
Len Eller of Villa Rica; sis
ters, Julia Biddy of Austell
and Helen Free of Jasper;
two grandchildren, Christo
pher Dixon and Christina
Feltz; four great-grandchil
dren and one great-great-
grandchild; several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan
uary 16, 2021 at the Chapel
of Cagle Funeral Home, with
Rev. Raymond Coffman offi
ciating.
Interment was at Cross
Roads Baptist Church Ceme
tery following the funeral
service.
Cagle Funeral Home is
honored to serve the Eller
family.
Peggy Cagle
May 4, 1935 -
January 14, 2021
Peggy Ann Cagle, 85, of
Jasper, passed away Thurs
day January 14, 2021 at her
residence.
Peggy is survived by her
son and daughter-in-law,
Terry and Glenda Cagle of
Cagletown; daughters and
sons-in-law, Trena and Larry
Jones of Cagletown, and
Tammy & Scott Reed of
Jasper, two grandchildren,
Mandy and Nick Stewart and
Kolbie Miller; three great
grandchildren, Isaiah
Roberts, Turner Stewart and
Olivia Miller; brother and
sister-in-law, Gene and Betty
Taylor of Jasper; sister-in-
law, Ruthalee and Robert
Taylor; several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Guy Cagle
and grandson, Jeremiah
Cagle Reed.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Janu
ary 17,2021 at Bethany Bap
tist Church, with Rev. Scott
Price and Rev. Johnny
McPherson officiating.
Interment was in the
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