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PAGE 6A October 14, 2015 Nellie Grant Hollingsworth Jan. 17, 1920 - Oct. 12, 2015 Nellie Gertrude Grant Hollingsworth completed her earthly life on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 at the age of 95. She was born in Monroe County on Jan. 17, 1920, the daughter of Joseph Clarence and Nannie Smarr Grant. Nellie was a graduate of Mary Persons High School and a 1940 graduate of her beloved Bessie Tift College. After graduating from Tift, Nellie pursued a career as a bookkeeper and followed a lifelong path of community service. During World War II, she served with the Rationing Board in Monroe County. She worked as a bookkeeper with Walthall Oil Company in Macon and for many years was the bookkeeper for Willie Mack Tribble Pure Oil Company in Forsyth. After retiring from that posi tion, she served as church secretary for Forsyth First Baptist Church. During much of tenure at First Baptist Nellie chaired the church Social Committee and also provided the Wednesday Night Supper for midweek services. In 1991, she and Angeline Ashe DeLeGal organized a Meals on Wheels program for shut-ins. Nellie directed this program for many years. Nellie completed her pro fessional career as bookkeeper for the E. W. Banks Company in Forsyth. Nellie was active in the Forsyth Junior Women’s Club/Women’s Club, serving as Treasurer for many years and receiving recognition for her service in numerous areas. She was a former member of Cabaniss Chapter 415 United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her love for Tift College was shown by her work with the Tift Alumni where she served as President and also with the Okie Order of Tift Alumni. For over 60 years she corresponded and visited with close friends from her Tift years. In 1998, Nellie received the Distinguished Tift Alumna Award from the Okie Order. Service and compassion were hallmarks of Nellie’s life. Many ill or bereaved persons were recipients of a Nellie pound cake, usually hot from the oven. She lived the philosophy of “random acts of kindness” long before the phrase became a catch word. Many Tift students through the years were beneficiearis of home-cooked meals and relaxing visits in Nellie’s home. Students were eager to be “adopted by Miss Nellie”. Much of Nellie’s life was lived at home as she faithfully cared for her mother, but that did not prevent her enjoying travel and adventure. During the 1940s Nellie was a participant in the 41 Motorcade, a caravan of cars driving to Chicago when U.S. Highway 41 was first paved. Fifty years later, in 1994, she enjoyed a trip out west where she climbed rocks in the Badlands of South Dakota, rode out on the range and had dinner with cowboys on a Montana ranch, explored Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, and rode up Pike’s Peak. Between these two adventures were many enjoyable trips to the mountains of north Georgia, to beaches in Georgia and Florida, and many other locations. In 1988, Nellie became re-aquainted with a wid owed friend who had pastored in Forsyth during World War II. After a touching courtship, Nellie and Willis B. Hollingsworth were married in January, 1989. They enjoyed a brief six months before Dr. Hollingsworth’s death. In addition to her parents and husband, Nellie was predeceased by her siblings J. Ray Grant, Sr., George C. Grant, and Lois G. Bryant and by her niece, Mary Grant Morris. Although Nellie had no children of her own, she was much beloved by generations of nieces and nephews as well as her “adopted” Tift family. She is survived by nieces and nephews Priscilla Grant Doster, Ecl.D., and husband Ernest Jackson of Forsyth; J. Ray Grant, Jr., M.D., and wife Leigh of Forsyth; Frances Barnes Grant, M.D., of Macon; Martha Grant Clark and husband Tom of Snellville; and Clarence Bryant of Hawkinsville. Great-nieces and nephews include Amanda Doster Parks (Keith) of Forsyth, Katherine Doster Fletcher (Will) of Watkinsville, Jessica Grant of Forsyth, Natalie Grant Estes (Aaron) of Jackson, Amelia Grant White (Patrick) of Auburn, AL, W. Barrett Grant (Beth) of Atlanta, Michael Ray Grant (Sarah) of Atlanta, Grant Clark of Savannah, Kelly Morris Faris (Mike) of Atlanta, and Johnathan Bryant of Hawkinsville. Nellie’s epitaph provides a true summary of her life: “Meticulous Bookkeeper - Excellent Cook - Beloved Aunt”. Visitation will be at Forsyth First Baptist Church at 1 p.m. on Thursday, October 15. Funeral ser vices, conducted by Dr. Dan Whitaker, will be held at the church at 2 p.m., with burial afterward in Forsyth City Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Barrett Grant, Michael Grant, Grant Clark, Johnathan Bryant, Aaron Estes, Patrick White, Dick Bazemore and Bill Bazemore. Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations in Nellie’s memory may be made to the Meals on Wheels program of Forsyth First Baptist Church, 95 West Morse Street, Forsyth, GA 31029. uKeporter. IN MEMORY Kathryn Brewer Benson Tingle Nov. 15, 1926 - Oct. 7, 2015 Kathryn Brewer Benson Tingle, 88, of Forsyth slipped into eternal rest on Oct. 7. Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 at Forsyth United Methodist Church with her nephew, the Rev. Mike Benson, officiating. Burial was private. Mrs. Tingle was born on Nov. 15, 1926 in Atlanta. She was the daughter of the late Kate and Charlie Benson and grew up in Smarr. After grad uating from Mary Persons High School she attended Nurse’s training and eventually retired after 43 years of nursing at the Forsyth Clinic. She was an exceptional role model with a servant’s heart. She was a member of the Forsyth United Methodist Church. After retirement she enjoyed traveling with her friends, working in her yard, and enjoying her pets at her home along the bank of her beloved Tobesofkee Creek. She was given the gift of time that her first love and husband, Archie Tingle, and her devoted daughter, Barbara MacMillan, were not. Survivors include daughter, Kathy Jenkins, and son, Joe Tingle (Ava) of Forsyth; son-in-law, Buzzy McMillan (Annette) of Calhoun; four grandchil dren and 10 great-grandchildren; brother, Charles (Betty Jane) Benson of Warner Robins; and sister- in-law, Sue Benson of Forsyth. She was preceded in death by her brothers Bob Benson, Allen Benson, Harold Benson and sister Louise Melton. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, dona tions be made to Save-A-Pet Inc., P.O. Box 933, Forsyth, GA 31029 or the Forsyth United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 108, Forsyth, GA 31029. The family may be contacted at the residence of Kathy Jenkins, 3598 Hwy 42 South, Forsyth, GA 31029. Please visit www.monroecountymemori- alchapel.com to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of arrangements. Angela Smith November 9, 1965 - October 3, 2015 Macon - Ms. Angela Smith, daughter of the late Wilmer Smith Sr. and Elizabeth S. Smith, tran sitioned on Monday, Oct. 5. Services were held Friday Oct. 9 at Little Rogers CME Church, 9754 Thomaston Road, Macon. Burial Macon Memorial Park. She is survived by a loving and devoted daughter, Mykala Faith; loving and devoted mother, Elizabeth S. Smith; seven sib lings, Wilmer Smith, Jr., Hughel Smith, Wynell Seldon, Mary Joyce Smith, Jerome “Ricky” Smith, Charles E. Smith, Harold Smith and a host of relatives and friends. The family can be con tacted at 9191 Thomaston Road, Macon. Freeman Funeral Home, Forsyth had charge of arrange ments. w r I n J * Stuart Shorty Bergman Sept. 26, 1965-Oct. 6,2015 Stuart “Shorty” Bergman, of Forsyth was called home to the Lord Oct. 6,2015 after a long battle with head, neck and throat cancer. He was born Sept. 26, 1965 to Janice M. Bergman and the late Harry “Bud” Bergman-Retired USN in Memphis, Tenn. Being the son of a Navy man Stuart spent time in the Philippines and San Diego,Calif., returning to Memphis often and then settling there as an adult. Stuart was very active in the Memphis Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Pirate community, volunteering at conventions as well as events at St. Jude Children’s Hospital. While in Memphis he was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church Frayser. He moved to Forsyth in June of 2014 and was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church of Barnesville. The last six months of his life were spent at Pruitt Health Care Monroe (Hilltop) where he made many friends among the patients as well as staff. Survivors include his mother: Janice Bergman (Forsyth); fiance: Rebecca Wasson (Forsyth), two step-daughters: Jessica Wasson (Bristol, Tenn.) and Cheyenne Feltman (Forsyth); brother & sister- in-law: Bryan & Terri Bergman, nephew: Morgan Sims (Memphis); aunt & uncle: Annette & Ray Armstong (Memphis), and cousins: David Barnes (Palmersville, Tenn.), Scott Barnes (Memphis), Anglea Corley (Memphis); Audra Young (Atoka, Tenn.). Celebration of Life Service will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church, 1530 US Hwy. 41, Barnesville, on Saturday Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. Flowers can be delivered to the church the day of service or, if wished, dona tions can be made in Stuart’s memory to American Cancer Association. Langford continued from front letproof panel for $99. THE MERE fact these items are on the market is a sad commentary on where we are in this world today. If I had a stockbroker, I would be saying “buy, buy, buy.” IN LAST week’s MCR, I hope you read the guest column by Erick Erickson entitled Gold Dome: Pay to play. Most of you know Erick Erickson as a popular WSB right-wing radio host, a frequent fill-in for Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News contributor from Macon. I nearly missed his column because, for some rea son, I’ve never been a fan. He predicted the days of the GOP con trolling the legislature in Georgia are coming to an end. He says the Republican Legislators view their office as a get-rich-quick scheme. He said the Legislature under the leadership of Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and Speaker David Ralston is noth ing more than a Ponzi scheme of check writers. And I really loved the part about Republican leaders are for sale to the highest bidder and do not listen to voters. Erickson explains that lobbyists and special interest groups, like billionaire casino own ers, are hauling money into the State Capitol. There’s little doubt that casinos are in our near future in Georgia. THERE WERE words of one of the most promi nent Republican, con servative pundits in our country. I have been writing about the she nanigans under our Gold Dome for quite some time now. Erickson is very plugged into the Republicans and what’s going on at the Capitol. If he says it’s bad, then I believe it must be very bad! I feel so vindicated! GEORGIA ISN’T the only place with warn ing signs that the GOP is falling apart. Look at what’s going on in Washington. The GOP there is in a tailspin. They are in a mellava hess. Marilyn Langford of High Falls writes a regular op-ed column in the Reporter sharing the liberal perspective on events. Curtis Wesley Parker Mr. Curtis Wesley Parker, age 51, of Jackson, GA, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Wesley was born in East Point, GA to the late Harold W. Parker, Sr. and the late Nellie Elizabeth Wade Parker. He was owner of Parker and Sons Roofing Contractors, Inc. Wesley loved hunting, fishing, and golfing with his brothers. He was of the Presbyterian faith. Wesley is survived by his wife of 27 years, Sarina Parker; son, Cameron Parker; brothers, Harold W. Parker, Jr. and Alan W. Parker, Sr.; sister, Doris Ann Coffey; and several nieces and nephews. It was Wesley’s wish to be cremated and no for mal services will be held. Those who wish may sign the online guest registry at www.sherrell- westburyfh.com Sherrell-Westbury Funeral Home, 212 East College Street, Jackson, is serving the Parker fam ily. Eula Mae Davis January 27, 1928 - October 3, 2015 Forsyth - Funeral services for Mrs. Eula Mae Moore Davis were Saturday, Oct. 10 at William Chapel AME Church, 9818 Zebulon Road. Burial was in Amos Moore Cemetery. Survivors include her nephew, Samuel (Sophia) Mobley; niece, Jessie Ruth Jackson; two step children, JW (Linda) Davis, Catherine (Melvin) Lawrence and a host of other relatives and friends. Freeman Funeral Home has charge of arrange ments. Milton Terry Bowden Jr. November 14,1985 - October 1, 2015 Forsyth - Funeral services for Milton Terry Bowden Jr. were held Thursday, Oct. 8 at Rocky Mount United Methodist Church. Rev.Jamaar Pye Pastor and Officiating. Survivors include children Elijah Isiah Bowden, Eliza Clarencia Faith Bowden; mother Josephine (Johnny) Deeds; father Milton (Brenda) Bowden Sr. and three brothers. Freeman Funeral Home had charge of arrange ments. 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