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OBITUARIES
The NEWS extends deepest sympathy to members of the
bereaved families.
Joe Parks Moseley
Joe Parks Moseley of Route 5,
Covington, was killed on April
12, in an automobile accident on
Highway 20, in Henry County. A
native of Newton County he was
80 years old and a member of
Bethany Presbyterian Church.
He was a prominent retired New
ton County farmer.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, April 14, at the
Chapel of Caldwell and Cowan
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Funeral Home with Dr. .Sam Bur
ney Hay, Sr. and Rev. Lamar
Hicks officiating. Interment was
in Bethany Cemetery with pall
bearers being C. W. Moseley,
B. R. Cowan, J. R. Mangham,
Frank Christian, Herbert Craig
and James R. Cowan.
Surviving are two sons, John
Cowan Moseley, Covington;
Wayne Gibson Moselev. South
Pasadena, California; daughter,
Mrs. Alice Jo Cronan, Covington;
eight grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Sidney Roy Byrd
Funeral services were held for
Sidney Roy Byrd of Route 2, Cov
ington, on Sunday afternoon, Ap
ril 14, at Gum Creek Presbyter
ian Church, where he was a mem
ber. Officiating at the services
was Rev. Lane Irwin, pastor of
the chui ch.
Mr. Byrd, a native of Newton
County, was 55 years old. He
had been an employee of the
State of Georgia for many years,
serving as a prison guard. He
passed away suddenly at his home
on Friday, April 12.
Interment was in Gum Creek
Cemetery with J. C. Harwell and
Son Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements. Serving as pall
bearers were Harold Mote, Jim
my Byrd, Gerald Williams,
Brasher Bentley, Charles Byrd,
Billy Byrd and Pat Middlebrooks.
Surviving are two brothers,
Parks Byrd, Covington; Floyd
Byrd, Oxford; four sisters, Mrs.
Fred Townley, Mrs. Claude Dial,
Mrs. Aubrey Williams, all of
Covington; Mrs. George Sherrell,
Conyers and several nieces and
nephews.
Miss Pearl Burney
Miss Pearl Burney of Coving
ton passed away in a private hos
pital on Thursday, April 11, fol
lowing an illness of approximate
ly two months. A native of Mad
ison, she had made her home
here with her niece, Mrs. Nat
S. Turner, since 1963. During
her visits here prior to this
time, and since her residence
here she had endeared herself
to a wide circle of friends. She
was born on June 14, and would
have been 89 years old this year.
Miss Pearl, as she was known
to her many friends, was a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church,
the Fidelis Matrons Sunday
School Class and the Mary Mal
lard Missionary Circle, where
she took an active part as long
as her health permitted.
Graveside services were held
at Madison City Cemetery on
Saturday morning, April 13, with
Rev. Edgar A. Callaway and Rev.
Charles Rush officiating. Cald
well and Cowan Funeral Home
were in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are one niece, Mrs.
Nat Turner, Covington; a great
niece, Mrs. L. H. Simkins, Au
gusta; great-nephews, Lt. Frank
B. Turner, Louisville, Kentucky;
Nat S. Turner, 111, Gainesville
and Sam Pollock, Jr., Gadsden,
Alabama.
Miss Jewel Hyatt
Miss Jewell Hyatt, a native of
Newton County, passed away in
Atlanta on Saturday, April 13,
following a lingering illness. She
was born and spent most of her
lifetime in Newton County, being
a member of Mt. Tabor Church
and a retired school teacher.
At the time of her death in At
lanta, where she had made her
home for the last few years with
her nieces, she was 84.
SP/4 Danny Richardson’s Rites
Held Saturday At Porterdale
Funeral services for SP/4
Danny Joe Richardson of Route
1, Covington, were held at the
Porterdale Baptist Church Sat
urday afternoon, April 13, with
Rev. H. N. Earnest, pastor of
the church, officiating at the last
rites.
Richardson, a native of Newton
County, was 20 years old at the
time of his death in Vietnam on
April 3. A 1966 graduate of
Newton County High School, he
entered the service on November
3, 1966 and received his basic
training at Fort Benning, then
transferred to Fort Polk, Louis
iana and later to Ft. SIU, Okla
homa. He was sent to Vietnam
on November 28, 1967 and was
serving with the First Cavalry
Joan Dial Will Receive The
Miss Clara M. Hays Scholarship
Announcement is made that
Miss Joan Dial will receive the
Clara Mae Hays Scholarship for
the school year 1968-69. Under
the leadership of the late Miss
Hays, the Newton County Educa
tion Association established a
SIOO scholarship fund to be
awarded each year to a deser
ving young person, from Newton
County, who is a junior or sen
ior in college and plans to teach
in the State of Georgia for at
least one year after graduation.
Upon the death of Miss Hays,
friends of this beloved visiting
teacher, estabUshed the Clara
Mae Hays Scholarship Fund. Be
ginning with this school year, the
interest from this fund will be
added to the contribution from
the local G. E. A. unit.
Miss Dial is the daughter of
Mrs. J. B. Dial and the late Mr.
Dial. She will be a senior next
year at the Georgia College at
Milledgeville. She was an out
standing student at Newton Coun-
Interment was in the Owens
Family Cemetery near Oxford,
with J. C. Harwell and Son Fun
eral Home in charge. Serving
as pallbearers were B. L. Cook,
W. o. Cook, Buddy Cook, Clyde
Cook, Ben H. Cook and Gerald
Cook.
Miss Hyatt was the last mem
ber of her immediate family and
Is survived by several nieces
and nephews.
Horace Lunsford
Horace Lunsford, lifelong cit
izen of Covington and Newton
County died at the Veterans Hos
pital in Atlanta on Wednesday
morning, April 17. No arrange
ments had been made at the time
of going to press.
The body is to be taken to J.C.
Harwell and Son Funeral Home
for plans and burial, which will
be in Covington City Cemetery.
Robert L. Digby
Robert L. Digby, 82, passed
away in a private hospital on
Friday, April 12, following a
short illness. A native of Jasper
County, he was a retired mer
chant of Newton County, a Mas
on and a member of Zion Bap
tist Church, where funeral ser
vices were held Sunday afternoon,
April 14, with Rev. Edgar Will
iams and Rev. Fred Boozer off
iciating.
Interment was in Baptist Cem
etery, Porterdale, with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home In
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Jack Dig
by, Cleveland Digby, Sidney Dig
by, Mickey Digby, Dennis Dig
by and Jerry Patterson. Masons
were in charge of Masonic grave
side services.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Robert L. Digby, sons, T.B. Dig
by, both of Covington; J.R. Digby,
E.L. Digby, Porterdale; Adell
Digby, H.W. Digby, Porterdale;
daughters, Mrs. Dora McGee,
Mrs. Elsie Wommack, Mrs. Nina
Stevens, Porterdale; step-dau
ghter, Mrs. Bessie Rider, Mon
roe; sisters, Mrs. Nora Jeffries,
Porterdale; Mrs. Berta Mae
Walton, Mansfield; Mrs. Scrap
Leech, Monticello; Mrs. Ida
Meadows, Atlanta; 19 grandchild
ren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Zion Baptist
Revival Set
April 21-26
Zion Baptist Church cordially
invites you to attend their Spring
Revival beginning Sunday, April
21 through Friday, April 26, with
Rev. Loyd Wood as evangelist.
Services will start Sunday
morning at 11:00 a. m. Even
ing services will begin each night
at 7:45.
Rev. Wood is Pastor of Cullo
whee Baptist Church In Cullo
whee, North Carolina. He was
graduated from Truett McConn
ell and Mercer University and
also attended Southern Seminary.
Mrs. Wood is the former El
aine Cecil Bagley and she plans
to accompany her husband to
Georgia.
Special music will be presented
each night under the direction of
Mr. L. G. Norton. A Nursery
will be provided at all services
for children through age three.
Zion Baptist Church is loca
ted at the intersection of Geor
gia Highways 20 and 212.
The Veterans Administration
pays out $2.3 billion annually
in nonservice-connected benefits
to needy veterans, widows and
parents of veterans.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Division when he was killed at
his base at Qui Nhon from multi
ple wounds from enemy fire in
the base camp.
Interment was in Lawnwood
Memorial Park with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home In
charge of arrangements. Serv
ing as pallbearers were Wayne
Campbell, Ray Fuller, Butch
Woodruff, Glenn Berry, Jerry
Evans and Jerry Durden.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Giles Richardson, Cov
ington; four brothers, Billy Rich
ardson, Ophelika, Kansas; Hubert
Richardson, Marietta; Charles
Richardson, Franklin Richard
son; both of Covington; sister,
Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, Scott
dale and grandmother, Mrs. Fan
nie Casteel, Stone Mountain.
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ty High School and has made an
enviable record at Georgia Col
lege.
Those serving on the Scholar
ship Committee for the Newton
County Education Association are
the following: Mrs. D. C. Moore,
chairman; James Bohannon, Miss
Eva Mask, Mrs. R. H. Patterson,
Mrs. Jerry Aldridge, and Mrs.
J. D. Smith.
Library News
The library enjoyed a good
month In view of the fact that
Spring Holidays Interrupted the
operational routine. A total of
4910 students used the library
and a total of 1591 books were
checked-out, of which 1020 were
fiction and 571 were non-fiction.
The largest single day of att
endance was on March Bth when
394 students used the library.
The largest single day of circula
tion was March 18th when 223
books were checked-out.
We have reclved 4 new sec
tions for shelving books that has
helped quite a bit in solving our
book placement problems. We
are grateful to Mr. Burke and
his industrial art classes for
building these.
This month, Mr. Walker has
worked hard In repairing over
300 books; so that they might be
circulated.
Danny Jefferies suceeded
Tommy Thompson as President
of the Library Club. Tommy’s
outside activities became too
much for him to continue in off
ice, although he is remaining on
the staff.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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"Six Flags” Schedules Senior Night Party
On Saturday night, May 4th,
high school seniors and their
dates only will have the use
of Six Flags Over Georgia for
a special “Senior Night.’’
In addition to all the facili-
ties of the giant sls million fam
ily entertainment center being in
operation, two top bands will be
on hand as added entertainment.
The Spontaneous Generation and
the Soul Support will play at
Six Flags on “Senior Night.’’
WQXI Radio personality "Ca
huna’’ Stu Collins will introduce
the bands and emcee this special
party for seniors and their dates.
Great Southwest Corporation
President, Angus G. Wynne, Jr.,
said that “Senior Night” is Six
Flags’ way of doing something
special for the area’s graduat
ing seniors. Seniors usually like
to stay out late once or twice
during the graduation period, and
"Senior Night” gives them that
opportunity, but assures parents
as to the whereabouts of their
youngsters.
Seniors from area high schools
will use a special coupon on
"Senior Night.” They will ob
tain this coupon from the senior
class officers in their respec-
Livingston 4-H
Met April sth
The Livingston School Clover
leaf 4-H Club met Friday, April
5. Dianne Ledford read Psalms
101:1-8 and led in the pledge
of allegiance to the American
Flag. Harriet Johnson gave a
demonstration on making pea
nut butter cookies.
The meeting was then turned
over to Miss Carolyn Joyner
and Mrs. Lottie Johnson who gave
a demonstration on table tech
nique and manners.
Wayne Glaze led in the pledge
to the 4-H Flag after which
the meeting was adjourned.
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’’Holding Forth The Word
Phi. 2:16 Os Life” COVINGTON, GA.,
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Special Service
w.—• Sunday, April 21, 1968
11:00 A.M. 7:30 P. M.
Morning Service Evening Service
R. Hudson Moody WEDNESDAY PRAYER SERVICE • 7:30 P.M.
Pastor
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10:00 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL 1:30 P.M. TRAINING UNION
tive schools. This coupon, when
presented at Six Flags, will al
low each senior and his date
to purchase a ticket for “Senior
Night”. Price of admission for
this special party, with the cou-
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Sunday School 10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Message by Pastor
Training Union 7:00 P.M.
Evening Worship 8:00 P.M.
Message by Pastor
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Radio Program Over WGFS 9:00 A.M.
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Thursday, April 18, 1968
pon, will be $4.50 per student.
A similar event has been held
successfully at Six Flags Over
Texas in Dallas/Fort Worth and
Disneyland. Six Flags represent
atives invite educators, students
and parents to contact the Public
Relations Office at Six Flags Over
Georgia if any questions arise.