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Funeral Held
Thursday for
Mrs. Sheppard
Funeral services for Mrs.
Edward (Carlene Jones)
Sheppard of Salem Communi
ty, were held Thursday after
noon, May 31, at Honey Creek
Baptist Church with Rev. Olin
Moon officiating. He was as
sisted in conducting the ser
vices by Rev. Carl Standard.
Mrs. Sheppard, 40, died at an
Atlanta hospital on May 29. A
native of Newton County, she
was a member of Honey Creek
Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband,
Edward L. Sheppard, Coving
ton; son, Edward Lamar Shep
pard, Conyers; daughter, Miss
Gloria Jean Sheppard, Cov
ington; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. J. Jones, Conyers; sister,
Mrs. Ernest W. Johnson, Con
yers.
Interment was in Honey
Creek Cemetery with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Dew
ey Henry, Henry Dyer, C. E.
Skinner, Bob McCart, John
McCart, James Standard.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
Final Rites
Held Monday
For Mrs. Speaks
Mrs. Lollie Hawkins Speaks
died Monday, June 3, at a pri
vate hospital, after a short ill
ness. A native of Talbot Coun
ty, she was 61 years old. She
had been an employee of Cov
ington Mills for three years.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Cal
vary Baptist Church with Rev.
Carl Cassidy, pastor, officiat
ing. Interment was in Crest
lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, with
J. C. Harwell and Son Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Surviving are her husband,
Forrest Speaks, Covington;
three brothers, D. J. Hawkins,
Frank Hawkins, Atlanta; E. J.
Hawkins, Macon; sister, Mrs.
Kate Logan, Jacksonville, Flo
rida and a number of nieces
and nephews.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deepest
sympathy to them in their sor
row.
Final Tribute
Paid Mrs. Lee
On Wednesday
Last tribute was paid Mrs.
Carlton A. Lee, who died of a
heart attack at her home Mon
day night in Atlanta, were
held there Wednesday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock, at the
graveside in Arlington Ceme
tery, Atlanta. Dr. Jesse War
wick conducted the final rites.
Mrs. Lee, wife of Dr. Carlton
A. Lee, was the sister-in-law
of Miss Dorothy Lee of Cov
ington. A native of Atlanta,
Mrs. Lee, the former Miss Ruth
Cain, was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cain.
She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Surviving Mrs. Lee are her
husband, one son, Richard
Carlton Lee, of Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif.; three sis
ters, Mrs. Lucile Cain Single
tary; Mrs. Lillian Yantis and
Mrs.’ Alice Cain Neal; and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers were:
James Robert Lee, Lester Lee,
Jr. Ned Lee, Raymond Yantis,
Jr?, Dyer Euibanks and Lester
Lee Eubanks. .
The News joins a wide circle
of friends in extending sincere
svmpathy to Miss Lee and oth
er members of the bereaved
family.
Common Market countries
take about 20 percent of our
total agricultural exports, say
Ohio State University Exten
sion economists.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
Mansfield School Graduating Class Hears Rep. John J. (Jack) Flynt
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MANSFIELD SCHOOL'S eighth grade class and program participants
are shown in the picture above. Front row, left to right: Dolores Davis,
Patsy Sams, Lottie Knight, Janie Henderson, Elaine Autry, Faye Brock,
Juanita Gillman, Suzan Elliott and Priscilla Prosser. Back row: Bill
Hodges, Freddie Christian, Mac Hays, Rufus Spears, Mrs. Lois Robertson.
Heard-Mixon Junior High Has Program at School Cafeteria
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MEMBERS OF THE HEARD-MIXON Junior High School’s eighth grade
are shown above at their graduation program Friday evening at the
school cafeteria. From left to right: Judy Elaine Lassiter, Julius Phillip
Palmer-Stone School Class Program Held at Allen Memorial Church
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MEMBERS OF THE PALMER-STONE Elementary School Bth Grade
Graduating Class are shown at their graduation exercises held Friday
night at the Allen Memorial Methodist Church in Oxford. The graduates
are: Shirley Farrow, Dewey Fisher, Stanley Kiser, Patty George, June
Howard, Elaine Knight, Mike Kitchens, Dan Vaughn, Linda Ellis, Larry
Lundy, Patsy Farrow, Bill Skinner, Linda Cole, Michael Housworth,
Wanda Reagan, Gene Ellis. Allen Neely. Martha Moon, Ronnie McCart,
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7,1962
teacher; Congressman John J. (Jack) Flynt, main speaker; and W. Harvey
Kitchens, principal. Not pictured, Wayne Dalton, Ricky Wilbanks, Sandra
Milford and Lane Brewer.
Jones, Joan Blaine Tomlin, Douglas Lanier Reynolds, Linda Dale Jones,
Thomas Ferald Campbell, Carol Juanita Mask, Thomas Howard Parham
111, Linda Dianne Martin and M. D. Mcßae, principal.
Joy Henderson, Danny Barnes, Linda Durand, Patricia Waters. Tally
Young, Shirley Wander, Mary Ann Carroll, Mary McGiboney, Charles
Womack, Diane Range, Brenda Hays, Alma Jean Rutledge, Bernice Mc-
Cart, Rita Jones, Billy Shepherd, Cynthia Holifield, Tony White, Linda
McCart, Amos McCart, Lanier Edge, Dennis Prickett, Bill Ellington, Jim
my Taylor, Bobby Stone, Jimmy Jones, Bill Aaron, Elvin Fuller, Ricky
Johnson, Jo Beam, and Ronnie Carr.
Mrs. Penick's
Sister Killed
In Je! Crash
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Cum
ring of Griffin, sister and bro
ther-in-law of Mrs. Marshall S.
Penick, were among passen
gers aboard the ill fated A i r
France jetliner, which crashed
in Paris, Sunday.
Mrs. Cumming, nee Miss
Inez Parker, was the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Parker, and a native of Mur
freesboro, N. C. She attended
Shorter College; and her teach
ing career included posts on
Quitman and Decatur Facul
ties. For two years she served
as manager of the University
of Georgia Press. A fine arts
devotee, Mrs. Cumming was
keenly interested in Religious
Art, and was much in demand
as a speaker in this field; and
authored many articles which
appeared in the Georgia Alum
ni Magazine and the Atlanta
Journal - Constitution Maga
zine. Painting was another of
her pursuits, and for several
years she has instructed art
classes in Griffin. She was a
past president of Griffin Gar
den Club, and a member of
Griffin Baptist Church.
Funeral services are pending
final information and arrange
ments.
The News Joins hosts of
friends throughout this section
in deepest sympathy to Mrs.
Penick and the bereaved fam
ily, in their tragic loss.
Roy W. Wallace
Os Rutledge,
Died Tuesday
Funeral services for Roy W.
Wallace, prominent Rutledge
banker and financier who died
Tuesday night in Madison
Hospital, will be held at 3:00
o’clock, this (Thursday) after
noon, at Rutledge Baptist
Church.
Mr. Wallace, 70, was a native
of Rutledge, the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wal
lace. He was a graduate of
North Georgia College, and re
ceived his LLB from the Uni
versity of Georgia, where he
was a member of Sigma Nu
Fraternity.
Upon the death of his fath
er, Mr. Wallace succeeded him
as president of the Bank of
Rutledge. Keenly interested in
the progress of his community,
Mr. Wallace contributed much
toward the welfare and devel
opment of this section. He was
an active member of the Rut
ledge Baptist Church of which
he was a deacon, and had serv
ed as a Sunday School teacher.
He was a past president of the
Rutledge Lions Club; a mem
ber of the Elks Club and At
lanta Athletic Club.
Among survivors are his
wife, the former Miss Kath
leen Melton of Crawfordville;
one son, Roy W. W'allace, Jr.
of Atlanta; four grandchildren:
and three brothers, Earl Wal
lace, West Palm Beach, Fia.;
Leonard, Madison; and Harold
Wallace of Rutledge.
The News joins numerous
other friends in extending
deepest sympathy to the be
reaved family.
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Mrs. Berry is
In Dress Revue
Newton County Home Dem
onstration members are in at
tendance at the Annual Con
ference of the Georgia Home
Demonstration Council at Rode
Eagle 4-H Center this week.
Those attending from New
ton County are: Mrs. Sara
Groves, Home Demonstration
Agent, Mrs. Roy Aiken, New
ton County Council President,
Mrs. J, F. Burns, Mrs. C. H.
Berry, Jr., Dress Revue Con
testant, Mrs. C. H. Berry Sr^
Mrs. J. T. Wallace, and Mrs.
George L. Cherry.
The State Home Demon
stration Dress Revue climaxes
the event again this year. Miss
Leonora Anderson reports that
the setting of the revue this
year is an international air
port. The contestants are to
board flights for tourist mec
cas around the world. It will
be a travel log of what the ele
gantly dressed woman would
wear on a trip abroad, be it a
horse show in India or cruis
ing down a Venetian canal.
State winners are to be
named in the four classes of
clothing construction and buy
ing. Consumer buying is a new
division of the dress revue this
year. It’s to point up the fact
that clothing skill isn’t limit
ed to sewing. It includes wis®
buying practices as well.
“Maybe we’ll have a revue
winner coming back to New
ton County,” Mrs. Groves
stated. The member from New
ton County competing in th®
revue is Mrs. Hilda (C. H.)
Berry, Jr., a member of the
Almon Home Demonstration
Club.
Mrs. Everett
Member Pioneer
Family, Dies
Mrs. W. T. (Sallie) Everett,
86, died at a private hospital
Sunday, after a short illness.
A native of Walton County, sh®
was the oldest member of Mt.
Pleasant Church.
Mrs. Everett was the mother
of Mrs. Howard Ewing and
Mrs. G. C. Young of Covington.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the First
Methodist Church in Social
Circle with Rev. Raymond
King, pastor of Mt. Pleasant
Church officiating. He was as
sisted in the services by Rev.
Mell Simons and Rev. H. D.
Purcell of Cartersville.
Surviving are four sons, Os
car Everett, Ben Hill; Clarence
Everett, East Point; Jesse Eve
rett, Atlanta; Billy Everett, La-
Grange; six daughters, Mrs.
Foster Hogan, Social Circle;
Mrs. G. C. Young, Mrs. Howard
Ewing, Covington; Mrs. Henry
Lott, Decatur; daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Johnny Everett, Monroe;
Mrs. Hershell Everett, Social
Circle; 30 grandchildren and
23 great-grandchildren.
Interment was in Social Cir
cle Cemetery, with J. C.
Harwell and Son Funeral Hom®
in charge of arrangements.
Grandsons served as pallbear
ers.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extend
ing deepest sympathy to then®
in their sorrow.
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