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THURSDAY. MAY 27. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 9A
Obituaries
Henry Bond III
US Veteran
Henry Bond III, 85, died
Thursday, April 22, 2021, in
Gainesville, GA. His funeral
will be held at Ailey United
Methodist Church in Ailey,
GA on Saturday, June 19,
2021 at 1 p.m., with the Rev.
Denise Vaughn of the Episco
pal Church of the Annuncia
tion in Vidalia, GA
officiating. Interment will
follow at the Peterson Ceme
tery in Ailey, GA.
Henry was bom February
16, 1936, in Chattanooga, TN
to Henry Bond, Jr. and Kath
leen James Lynch Bond. He
grew up on Lookout Moun
tain, TN, attended The Mc-
Callie School, and graduated
from The Darlington School
in Rome, GA. He attended
Sewanee (The University of
the South), before graduating
from The University of Ten
nessee at Chattanooga with a
BA in Business. He subse
quently graduated from
Washington University in
Saint Louis with an MBA.
On June 21, 1961, Henry
married Laura Massee
Walker, his wife of 57 years,
in Pensacola, FL. He served
his country in the Air Na
tional Guard, stationed in
France at Toul Rosieres AFB
(where daughter Laura was
bom). He also worked for
General Electric in Schenec
tady, NY (where son Henry
was bom), before ultimately
settling in Georgia for the re
mainder of his life. He pur
sued a career in Information
Technology Consulting,
working for much of his ca
reer at Management Science
American and American
Software.
A lifelong Episcopalian,
Henry served as an Episcopal
Church Verger. He was in
volved at The Cathedral of
St. Philip in Atlanta, The
Episcopal Church of the
Holy Family in Jasper, and
Grace Episcopal Church in
Gainesville. Henry also had
life-long passions for square
dancing, music, and playing
bridge.
Henry is survived by his
two children, Laura Bond
Barker and Henry Richmond
Bond; their spouses, Jack
Barker and Stephanie Bond;
as well as his four grandchil
dren, Kathleen and Martha
Barker, and Julia and Daniel
Bond. He was preceded in
death by his wife, Laura
Massee Walker Bond, his
parents, Henry Bond, Jr. and
Kathleen James Lynch Bond
Kemp, and his sister, Frances
Kathleen “Kay” Bond Sco-
bell Benson.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations to
The Episcopal Church of the
Holy Family, 202 Griffith
Road, Jasper, GA 30143; or
Grace Episcopal Church, 422
Brenau Ave, NE, Gainesville,
GA 30501.
Nathan Pilgrim
Nathan M. Pilgrim, 66, of
Gumming, Georgia, passed
away on Sunday, May 16,
2021. Nathan was born on
May 16, 1955 in Marietta,
Georgia to Roy E. Pilgrim,
who predeceased him, and
Jeanette Hicks McBride, who
survives him.
Though he and his family
always called Georgia home,
as the son of an Army Staff
Sergeant, Nathan spent much
of his childhood traveling
and moving between differ
ent states and countries. He
was blessed to have experi
enced a lot of what the world
had to offer. After graduating
from F.T. Wills High School
in Smyrna, Georgia, Nathan
continued the military tradi
tion and joined the United
States Navy, where he served
as a Cryptologic Technician.
Upon being honorably
discharged from the Navy,
Nathan came home to find
that his parents had rented
out his room to a girl named
Kathy. As one could say, the
rest was history. From the
moment they met, Nathan
and Kathy were the light of
each other's lives. They mar
ried in 1979, and in their
more than 40 years together,
until death did them part in
2018, they had a love that
only dreams are made of. To
gether, Nathan and Kathy
shared a daughter and grand
daughter; and, while Nathan
was never much one to share
his many personal, academic,
and career accomplishments,
he would say that his biggest
achievement was his family.
Kathy, Lyndsei, and Elise
gave Nathan an endless
amount of joy and pride. To
him, his girls were blessings
he received by the grace of
God. For that, Nathan was
thankful and felt that no one
could ever ask for anything
more.
Throughout his life,
Nathan was an inspiration to
others. He worked harder
than most, and yet he still
found time to always be there
for anyone who needed him.
He was an incredible hus
band, father, grandfather, and
brother, and will be missed
beyond measure. But, as he
would say, "this is God's
plan," and Nathan is now
once again with his wife,
Kathy, and all the family
members that have gone be
fore him. He is home, and his
heart is whole.
Today, in addition to his
mother, Nathan is survived
by his daughter, Lyndsei
(Joshua Pacini) of Atlanta,
GA; his granddaughter, Elise;
and his sisters, Devera (Mac
Granville) of Canton, GA and
Tamara (Don Hank) of Holi
day, FL. He is also survived
by three nephews, Garrett,
Chandler, and Logan; his
dog, Jackson; and a wealth of
extended family and friends.
The funeral service was
held Sunday, May 23 at 3
p.m. in the Chapel of Roper
Funeral Home. Interment
will take place at Georgia
National Cemetery at a later
date.
Arrangements are en
trusted to the staff of Roper
Funeral Home & Crematory.
The family accepted flow
ers or memorial contributions
may be made to American
Heart Association in his
honor.
American Heart Association
PO Box 840692
Dallas TX 75284-0692
or heart.org
Ken Lacey
Ken Lacey, 75, of Fair-
mount, Georgia died Tues
day, May 18, 2021. He was
bom on July 17, 1945 in At
lanta, Georgia to the late
Noel Eugene Lacey and Vir
ginia Statham Lacey.
He was the owner of
Rainbow Carpet Mills in
Fairmount for over 50 years.
Ken was a pilot for many
years. He loved to fly and
fish.
He is survived by his chil
dren, Jeff and Gail Lacey and
Matt and Rita Lacey; grand
children, Logan Lacey and
Emily Lacey; Special grand
goddaughter, Gracie; his
partner for many years, Eva
Mae Roland; his step mother,
Dorothy Lacey; his great
friend, Ben Carr.
A private family grave
side service was held at John
son Cemetery in Fairmount,
Georgia on Friday, May 21,
2021 with Mark Owens and
Michael Yancey officiating.
Pallbearers include Jeff
Lacey, Matt Lacey, Logan
Lacey, Clay Townsend, Chris
Johnson, and Calvin Watts.
To leave condolences and
sign the online guest book
please go to, www.maxbran-
nonandsons.com
The Brannon family and
staff are honored to serve the
family of Ken Lacey.
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On
Tuesday April 20,
2021, Norma Morrison, also
known as Bess, went to be
with her Lord and Savior, at
the age of 98. Bess was born
December 1, 1922 in Enter
prise, Alabama and attended
Sidney Lanier High School
where she met Fred Borland.
They were married and had
two children, Judy (de
ceased), and Rick. Fred was
a career military officer, Cap
tain US Army Airborne
Ranger. He died in active
duty and Bess later married
Bert Morrison, a WWII sur
vivor and POW, now de
ceased. Bess has many
grandchildren and many
great grandchildren. After re
tiring from a Civil Service
career, Bess enjoyed travel
ling, and her social life play
ing bridge at the
Montgomery Bridge Club in
Montgomery Alabama, earn
ing a Life Master Bridge
Player award. The previous
6 years Bess was a resident of
Jasper, Ga. living with her
son and daughter-in-law,
Rick and Rhonda Borland,
enjoying her final days with
extended family.
Bess was a true southern
woman, one of a kind, very
independent and practical,
and had a witty, quick, sense
of humor. She was kind, and
Stone Mountain to downplay Confederate
symbols without removing carving
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Serv
ice
The state board that over
sees Stone Mountain Park
voted Monday to tone down
its Confederate imagery but
stay in keeping with a state
law prohibiting the removal
of historic monuments from
public property.
The Stone Mountain Me
morial Association’s Board
of Directors passed four res
olutions to give the giant
carving of three Confederate
leaders on the side of the
mountain historic context
with a museum exhibit to be
located at the park’s Memo
rial Hall.
The resolutions also call
for relocating the Confeder
ate flags that line the park’s
main walk-up trail to the
base of the mountain, de
signing a new logo for the
park and seeking national
historic site designation for
a covered bridge at the park
designed and built by a
Black contractor from
Athens.
“By law, Stone Mountain
Park is a Confederate me
morial,” Bill Stephens, the
association’s CEO and a for
mer state senator, said fol
lowing Monday’s votes.
“But there were things we
could do to tell a complete
story that’s acceptable to the
3 million Georgians who
come here every year.”
The Stone Mountain
carving was sculpted during
the last century over a pe
riod of decades, a time that
saw the rebirth of the Ku
Klux Klan at a 1915 gather
ing atop the mountain and
the 1954 U.S. Supreme
Court order desegregating
schools.
The project was con
ceived during the Jim Crow
era, when Confederate
monuments sprang up
across the South glorifying
the “Lost Cause” of the
Civil War as an honorable
struggle for Southern inde
pendence rather than a fight
to preserve slavery.
That interpretation of the
war later fell into disfavor,
particularly during the Civil
Rights era and - more re
cently - during the protests
against police brutality that
spread across the nation last
year following the murder
of George Floyd, a Black
man from Minneapolis, by a
white police officer.
With Confederate statues
toppling across the South,
critics of Stone Mountain’s
depictions of Confederate
President Jefferson Davis
and Generals Robert E. Lee
and Stonewall Jackson have
called for the carving to be
removed.
Representatives of the
Stone Mountain Action
Coalition and other groups
showed up at Monday’s
meeting with signs carrying
messages including “Don’t
Celebrate Treason” and
“Tell the Truth: Remove the
Carvings.”
Dennis Collard, a mem
ber of the Stone Mountain
Action Coalition, said Stone
Mountain Park is the wrong
place to honor the Confed
eracy.
“This is not a battlefield.
This is not a cemetery,” he
said. “People come here for
recreation...It is time to stop
pretending this place is
about Civil War heritage.”
But Grady Vickery, a
member of the Sons of Con
federate Veterans, said
Stone Mountain is an appro
priate place to remember the
war dead.
“This carving is a monu
ment,” he said. “This carv
ing is to stand for 80,000-
and-some unknown soldiers
who put it all on the line to
go fight...That monument is
for all of those who never
came home.”
Rev. Abraham Mosley,
who took the reins recently
as the association’s first
Black chairman, said there
was no way the board could
please everybody, given
such polarized views on the
park’s purpose.
“We want to tell the
whole story, the good, the
bad and the ugly,” he said.
“History isn’t good and
pleasant to all of us. But it’s
history.”
The proposed museum
exhibit provided for in one
of the resolutions approved
on Monday will be devel
oped by a seven-member
advisory committee, to in
clude members of the board
as well as community lead
ers.
The board is due to adopt
a design for a new logo by
July 1.
The resolution calling for
the Washington W. King
Bridge to be designated a
national historic site sets a
goal of Sept. 1.
never judgmental, and be
cause of that, she made
friends and amazing memo
ries with all who knew her.
A celebration of life for
Bess will be held with her
family members in Jasper at
a later date. May God Bless
all that knew her. Phil 1:3.
Michael Towns
Age 70 of Jasper, GA,
passed on Friday, May 21,
2021.
No service.
In Their Honor of Jasper
Funeral Home
Alvin McAdoo Jr.
Alvin Roland "Sonny"
McAdoo, Jr., age 89, of Ac-
worth, Georgia passed away
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at
Redmond Regional Medical
Center in Rome, Georgia.
Sonny was born November
6, 1931 to Alvin Roland
McAdoo, Sr. and Frances Lu
cinda Chandler McAdoo in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Sonny moved as a young
boy to Atlanta, Georgia and
grew up in Virginia High
lands. He graduated from
Bass High School Class of
1949 where he lettered in
football and then attended
college at Georgia Institute of
Technology.
As an entrepreneur, Sonny
established McAdoo Tire
Company on Northside Drive
in Atlanta and opened a sec
ond location in Panama City
Beach, Florida supplying re
tread tires to Sam’s Club,
Delta, and many other small
and large businesses through
out the area.
Sonny cultivated lasting
relationships, valued his life
long circles of friends, and
enjoyed many interests. As a
private pilot, Sonny learned
to fly at a small grassy field
just south of Atlanta - now
known as Atlanta Hartsfield
International Airport. A
beach lover, he cherished
sunset walks along the dunes
and white sandy beaches of
the untouched days of
Panama City Beach. An avid
tennis player, over 50 years
of his heart and soul was ded
icated to keeping Bitsy Grant
Tennis Center alive and well.
A self-taught pianist, he en
riched himself playing his
baby grand piano at home
and concert-going with
friends. A fine dancer, Sonny
was a regular Black Tie Club
member and planned the per
fect gatherings serving over
30 years on the board for
Serendipity. A great conver
sationalist, he was always
there to listen and was an
amazing historian and story
teller. A southern gentleman,
patient and kind and deeply
caring of others, Sonny was
an honest, thoughtful man of
impeccable character. He
was a most gracious, gentle
and loving father, immensely
proud of his three children.
Sonny is survived by his
oldest daughter, Deborah
Lynn McAdoo of Jasper;
youngest daughter and son-
in-law, Dena Renee McAdoo
Malsom and Brian Malsom
of Marietta; grandchildren,
Olen Tray Oates, Blue River
Goodman, Eric Edward Mal
som, Tyler Maxwell Malsom,
Lauren Elizabeth Malsom,
Jessica Emily McAdoo, Mor
gan Alena McAdoo; and sev
eral other friends and
relatives. He is preceded in
death by his wife Barbara
Ann Holland McAdoo; his
son, David Owen McAdoo;
and his brother, Terry N.
McAdoo.
A private graveside serv
ice was held on Friday, May
21, 2021 at Sunrise Memorial
Gardens in Jasper, Georgia
with arrangements entrusted
to the staff of Roper Funeral
Home and Crematory. Invita
tions will be sent by email for
a Celebration of Life Service
to be held June 13 in Mari
etta, Georgia. Socializing on
the porch in the rocking
chairs is a tradition at Bitsy
Grant Tennis Center and is
part of Sonny’s legacy. In
lieu of flowers, please con
sider donating to a special
Sonny McAdoo “Keep Rock
ing” fund dedicated to keep
ing the rocking chairs around
for young and old tennis en
thusiasts for years to come.
For donations visit bitsyten-
nis.com/friends-of-bitsy-
grant. To contact the family,
please email Sonny’s daugh-
t e r s
dena.malsom@gmail.com or
deborahly nnmc adoo @icloud
.com.
Mary Elkins
Mary Lucile Pagel Elkins
of Jasper, Ga., passed away
on April 29, 2021 at Pied
mont Mountainside hospital,
surrounded by loved ones.
Lucile was bom in Mont
gomery, Alabama on August
7, 1948 to Jack and Mary
Bradley Pagel and immedi
ately brought joy and laugh
ter into the world. The family
later moved to Roberta,
Georgia where Lucile grew
up. She graduated from
Crawford County High
School in 1966 and went on
to receive her bachelor's de
gree from Georgia College as
well as her Master's in Edu
cation several years later. She
began her long and success
ful career teaching high
school at her alma mater.
Lucile was fortunate
enough to meet and marry
her soul mate Joe Elkins in
1975 and the couple had
three daughters. Joe and Lu
cile fell in love with the
North Georgia mountains
and moved the family to
Jasper in 1988. Lucile began
teaching fifth grade at Jasper
elementary school and later
Pickens County middle
school where she taught until
she retired. She truly loved
teaching and had a gift for
seeing the best in her students
and helping them see it in
themselves.
Lucile was known for her
generous heart, twinkling
eyes, great hugs and the im
mense love she had for her
family and friends. She en
joyed gardening, listening to
music, being an active mem
ber of the Democratic party,
and being with her children
and grandchildren.
Lucile is preceded in
death by her parents, siblings
and dear husband, Joe. She is
survived by her children Jess
and David White of Jasper;
Emma Elkins and Jonathan
Terry of Marietta; Bonnie
and Brandon Curley of Holly
Springs; seven grandchil
dren; her brother, Johnny
Pagel of Fairbanks, Alaska;
and several nieces and
nephews.
The family invites all of
Lucile's friends to share in a
celebration of her life at noon
on June 6, 2021 at Lee New
ton Memorial Park in Jasper.
In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made to ACES youth
home in Jasper, Ga.
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