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J.B. Dial Died Suddenly
At His Covington Home
J. B. Dial died suddenly at
his home on Old Monticello Str
eet on Wednesday evening, Jan
uary 11. A native of Newton
County, he was 53 years old and
an employee of Wood-Dickinson
Furniture Company. He was a
charter member of Covington
Lions Club, being a past presi
dent of this organization; a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church
and Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6,
of Covington.
Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist Church on Fri
day afternoon, January 13, with
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway, pastor
of the church, officiating. In
terment was in Lawnwood Mem
orial Park with Caldwell and Co
wan Funeral Home in charge.
Serving as pallbearers were Dr.
H. E. Collier, W. B. Lewis,
A. R. Hooten, Jack Allen, Johnnie
Johnson and Lewis White. Mem
bers of Covington Lions Club
served as honorary escort.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Cecile T. Dial, one son, Benson
Dial, two daughters, Mrs. Rich-
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ard Gray, Miss Joan Dial, all
of Covington; one brother,
William Dial, Social Circle; three
sisters, Mrs. Llnlous Jeffries,
Oxford; Mrs. F. E. Savage Jr.,
Mrs. Herman Adams, Covington
and four grandchildren.
The NEWS joins a host of
friends of the family in extending
deepest sympathy to them in
their sorrow.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Pearl Young
joins her in expressing sincere
appreciation to everyone for their
kindness during her Illness and
hospitalization. She is now a
patient at Westbury Nursing
Home, Jenkinsburg, and will ap
preciate hearing from and seeing
her friends from home, and ex
tends grateful thanks to all for
your thoughtfulness.
Attend Church Sunday
Mrs. Mitcham,
Succumbed On
January 12
Mrs. K. C. Mitcham of Route
1, Oxford, died in a private hos
pital on January 12, following a
lingering Illness. At the time of
her death she was 86 years old
and was a member of Corinth
Christian Church.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon, January 14,
at the Chapel of Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home with Rev.
Edgar A. Callaway and Rev. Don
Hardison officiating at the last
rites. Interment was in Coving
ton City Cemetery with Caldwell
and Cowan in charge of arrange
ments.
Surviving are two step-sons,
J. P. Mitcham, Atlanta; Seymour
Mitcham, Oxford; one step
daughter, Mrs. C. O. Nixon, Cov
ington; two brothers, A. P. Can
non, Conyers; H. F. Cannon, Cov
ington and several nieces and
nephews.
The NEWS joins friends of
the family in extending deepest
sympathy to them in their be
reavement.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to take this
means of expressing our sin
cere appreciation for the many
wonderful expressions of sym
pathy in our recent bereavement.
Mrs. J. B. Dial
Joan Dial
Benson Dial
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gray
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M. Pennington Rites Held
Madison On Wednesday
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Funeral services for Brooks
Maddox Pennington, Sr. were held
on Wednesday, January 18, 1967
at 2:30 p. m. at the First Met
hodist Church of Madison. In
terment was in the Pennington
Cemetery at Pennington, Ga.
Mr. Pennington was born at
Pennington, Morgan County on
March 4, 1899. He attended
GMC and Emory at Oxford.
Mr. Pennington was chairman
of the Board of Pennington Grain
& Seed, Inc. operations in Madi
son, and Vidalia, Columbia, South
Carolina; Orlando, Florida; and
Greensboro, North Carolina. He
was chairman of the Board of
Pennington Methodist Church
where he served as Sunday Sc
hool Superintendent for over
twenty-five years.
A great humanitarian Mr. Pen
nington was very active in church
and civic affairs. He was a
member of the American Legion,
the V. F. W., the Kiwanis, and
was a Mason. He served under
General Pershing on the Mexican
Border and was a Veteran of
World War I. He was a mem
ber of the Last Man’s Club of
Graveside Rites
Held Friday For
Robin Cason
Graveside services were held
Friday afternoon, January 13, at
Lawnwood Memorial Park for
Robin Elaine Cason, who died in
a private hospital on January 11.
Rev. Bill Fortner and Rev. A. C.
Clemons officiated with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home In cha
rge of arrangements.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Judy Moore Cason of Covington,
and father, Wayne Cason in the
US Army; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Moore, Mrs. Helen
Cason, Covington; Jack Cason,
Greensboro; great - grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baxter,
Covington; Mrs. Willie Baker,
Loganville; Mrs. Ossie Bell
Moore, Porterdale; Mrs. Donie
Hancock, Covington and Mrs.
Cora Burnett, Porterdale.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending deep
est sympathy to them In their
sorrow.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
Meets every Friday Night
8:00 p.m. at the new Covington
Health Center.
IF YOU HAVE A DRINKING
PROBLEM YOU ARE
URGED TO ATTEND.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Augusta, Georgia. He held an
honorary life membership in the
Georgia Seedmen’s Association.
Mr. Pennington is survived by
his wife, Lucille Braswell Pen
nington; one son, State Senator
Brooks Pennington, Jr. of Madi
son, and one daughter, Mrs. Ro
bert Usher Thomason of Madison;
brothers, W. C. Pennington, De
catur; Rayford Pennington,
Rome; Ralph Pennington, De
catur; sisters, Miss Lil Pen
nington, Decatur; Mrs. Olin Wea
ver, Decatur; Mrs. Earl Blair,
Atlanta; Miss Rebecca Penning
ton, Covington, seven grandchild
ren, all of Madison.
Rev. Jack Gillespie officiated
assisted by Rev. Roger Stone and
Rev. William Byington. Pallbear
ers were the directors of his
company, Tom Booth, Car
ter Shepherd, Hugh Cromarite,
Robert Cromartie, Robert M.
Hurd, Rex Chastain, James
Moore and Carlton Stanton.
The NEWS extends deepest
sympathy to members of the be
reaved family.
Thos. Callaway 111
Died Friday
Thomas Greene Callaway, 111,
of Atlanta and Covington, died on
Friday, January 13, at the age of
17. A native of Atlanta, he made
his home both in Covington and
Atlanta and was a student at
Woodward Academy in College
Park.
Funeral services were held at
the Chapel of Harwell Funeral
Home on Sunday afternoon, Jan
uary 15, with Rev. E. Owen Kel
lum, Jr., pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Covington,
and Chaplain Park Tucker of
Woodward Academy, officiating
at the last rites.
Interment was in Covington
City Cemetery with J. C. Har
well and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. His
classmates at Woodward Aca
demy served as honorary escort
with active pallbearers being Asa
Candler, V., John Candler, Rob
ert Griffith, Jordan Callaway,
Jr., John Lamar Callaway, Addi
son Terry Jr., Edgar Wood and
Donald Stephenson.
He is survived by his father,
Thomas G. Callaway Jr., one
sister, Miss Keren Callaway,
both of Atlanta and Covington;
grandmother, Mrs. Asa Candler
Jr., Atlanta; Aunts, Miss Sara
White Callaway, Covington; Mrs.
Homer Thompson, Atlanta; Mrs.
Edgar Chambers, Chattanooga,
Tennessee and uncles, Sam Can
dler and H. Lawson David, At
lanta.
The NEWS joins the many
friends of the family in extend
ing deepest sympathy to them
in their bereavement.
Bible Study Week
At High Point
Set Jan. 20-22
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Dr. Bowen
January Bible Study Week will
be observed at the High Point
Baptist Church January 20-22.
Dr. I. W. Bowen, of the Depart
ment of Religion at Tift College
in Forsyth will be teaching the
book of Amos. Classes will be
held Friday and Saturday nights
beginning at 7;30 each night, and
on Sunday morning and Sunday
night.
Dr. Bowen will teach one 45-
mlnute period during the Sunday
School hour on Sunday morning
and another during the Training
Union hour Sunday night. Both
worship services, morning and
evening, will be devoted also to
this study. Sunday School be
gins at 9:45, Morning worship
at 11:00; Training Union begins
at 5:45 and Evening Worship
at 7:00.
The public is cordially Invited
to any and all of these sessions
to hear this outstanding speaker
make the message of Amos live
today.
Elliott Was
Rotary Speaker
Charles Elliott, Southern Field
Editor of Outdoor Life, and a
regular columnist for the Atlanta
Constitution, was the guest
speaker at the Covington Rotary
Club meeting on January 10.
Mr. Elliott, a native of Coving
ton and now residing in the city,
is an authority on hunting and
fishing all over North America
and many parts of the world.
The program was arranged
by Rotarian Otis Spillers.
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Mrs. Lewis, 86
Dies At Nursing
Home In Decatur
Mrs. Nancy Pope Lewis, a
native of Newton County, died
in Moody Nursing Home, De
catur, on January 16, at the age
of 86. she was a member of
High Point Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning, January 18,
at the Chapel of Caldwell and
Cowan Funeral Home with Rev.
R. Hudson Moody officiating. In
terment was in High Point
Churchyard Cemetery with pall
bearers being Herbert Norman,
Lubie Norman, Edward Norman,
James Tuggle, Obie Parker and
Sam Mask.
She is survived by one son,
James N. Lewis Sr., Marietta;
daughter-in-law, Mrs. B. C.
(Christine) Lewis, Atlanta; two
brothers, Oscar Pope, Jim Pope,
four sisters, Mrs. Henry Nor
man, Mrs. A. J. King, Mrs. Tom
mie King, all of Covington; Mrs.
Clarence Boyd, Monticello and
four grandchildren.
The NEWS joins the friends
of the family in extending deep
est sympathy to them in their
bereavement.
Death Claims
Leroy Moss
Funeral services for Leroy
Goss of Ridge Avenue, Stone
Mountain, were held Tuesday af
ternoon, January 17, at Zion Bap
tist Church with Rev. J. H. Law
son and Rev. Homer Johnson of
ficiating. Interment was in the
churchyard cemetery.
Mr. Goss died Sunday, January
15, at the age of 71. He was a
native of Rockdale County, a
member of Zion Church and a
veteran of World War I.
He is survivied by his wife,
Mrs. Leroy Goss, Stone Moun
tain; sons, James Leroy Goss,
Covington; Charles R. Goss, Tuc
ker; C. W. Goss, Clarkston; Wil
liam H. Goss, Decatur;Horaces.
Goss, Clarkston; George L. Goss,
Lawrenceville; daughters, Mrs.
C. B, Wilson, Conyers, Mrs. J. G.
Wheeler, Decatur; Mrs. H. G.
Spivey, Stone Mountain; Mrs. B.
E. Leach, Lawrenceville; parents
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Goss, Jen
kinsburg; brothers, J. C. Goss,
Homer P. Goss, both of Conyers;
40 grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
The NEWS joins the many fr
iends of the family in extending
deepesty sympathy to them in
their bereavement.
Porterdale PTA
To See Interesting
Film Tonight
PORTERDALE—The Parent-
Teacher Association of Porter
dale School will enjoy the film
“Where Children Come First”
at their meeting on Thursday,
January 19, at seven o’clock in
the Porterdale School Au
ditorium. Mrs. Wilton Cheek,
program chairman, will bring
the devotional.
All parents who have not of
ficially joined for this year are
urged to do it at this meeting.
The nominal fee is only fifty
cents a year.
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COVINGTON MAYOR WALKER HARRIS (right) holds a handful of
polyethylene pellets as John D. Fennebresque of Mobil Chemical
looks on (left) during a tour of the local Plastics Plant of Mobil
on Friday morning. The pellets are made into film and bags on the
various lines at the Covington plant.
Funeral Monday
Held For
Lillie Mobley
Mrs. Lillie Mobley of Route
3, Covington, died Sunday, Jan
uary 15, in a private hospital
where she had been a patient
for several months, following
a lingering illness. A native of
Walton County, she was 75 years
old, and had made her home in
Newton County most of her life
time.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, January 16,
at High Point Baptist Church,
where she was a member. Of
ficiating at the last rites were
Rev. Marion Mobley, pastor of
the High Point Church, and Rev.
Hudson Moody, pastor of the Bap
tist Tabernacle. Interment was
in High Point cemetery with
J. C. Harwell and Son Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements,
and grandsons serving as pall
bearers.
Surviving are two sons, C. A.
Mobley, E. H. Mobley, one
daughter, Mrs. Bill Parish, all of
Covington; one sister, Mrs. Ste
lla Cochran, Douglasville; 22
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Families of all faiths find that we
have a thorough knowledge of religious
requirements for funerals. Moreover, we
respectfully attend to each detail to as
sure services which are accurate in
every way.
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Thursday, January 19, 1967
grandchildren; 41 great-grand
children and six great-great
grandchildren.
The NEWS joins a host of
friends in extending deepest sym
pathy to the family in their sor
row.
Sen. Pennington
Named To Four
Committee Posts
ATLANTA—Lt. Gov. George
T. Smith has announced com
mittee assignments for Senator
Brooks Pennington, Jr. of Mad
ison.
The senator was named to the
committees as the 1967 session
of the Georgia State Senate began
deliberations on new bills.
Lt. Gov. Smith said the new
Senate body would be one of
the most productive in recent his
tory. He praised the caliber
of men in the Senate and said
the citizens of Georgia could be
proud of them.
Committee assignments for
Senator Pennington are Agricul
ture & Natural Resources, Ap
propriations, Defense & Veterans
Affairs, and Highways.