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MAINSTREET NEWSPAPERS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009
Obituaries
Francine Allen
MAYSVILLE
Francine Allen, 87, died
Saturday, May 23, 2009.
Bom in Banks County,
she was the daughter of
the late Robert B. and Lee
Nora Rylee Telford. She
was a member of Homer
Baptist Church and was a
retired supervisor for Blue
Bell. Mrs. Allen was pre
ceded in death by her hus
band, James W. Allen; and
a brother, Harold Telford.
Survivors include a
daughter and son-in-law,
June and Billy Crowe,
Homer; son and daughter-
in-law, Jimmy and Linda
Allen, Maysville; grand
children, Dudley Crowe,
Tallahassee, Fla., Scott
Allen, Talmo, Michelle
Brown, Homer, and Rob
Allen, Maysville; and
seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, May 26,
at Homer Baptist Church
with the Revs. Charles
Crabbe and Robert Hill
officiating. Burial was
in Webbs Creek Baptist
Church cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral
Home, Commerce, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Mary Barnes
WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Mary Jane Barnes, 61,
formerly of Winder, died
Sunday, May 17, 2009.
Eberhart and Son
Mortuary, Winder, is in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Tommy Brunson
JEFFERSON - Tommy
Brunson, 59, formerly of
Buford, died Sunday, May
24, 2009.
Bom in Enterprise, Ala.,
on September 18, 1949,
he was the son of the
late Lewie and Lorraine
Brunson. He was a 1967
graduate of Pompano
Beach High School
and was employed with
American Honda Motor
Company, Alpharetta. He
was of the Baptist denomi
nation.
Survivors include his wife
of 38 years, Cindy Chancey
Brunson, Jefferson; daugh
ters and son-in-law, Brandi
and Anthony Davis,
Swainsboro, and Brooke
Brunson, Jefferson; sons.
Brad Brunson and Blake
Brunson, both of Jefferson;
grandchildren. Jack Davis
and Anna Claire Davis;
sisters, Nina Stedman,
Maryland, and Elaine
Sabin, Atlanta; brother.
Hutch Brunson, Hartwell;
sisters-in-law and brothers-
in-law, Cessie and Greg
Walls, Peachtree City,
Connie and Steve Bennett,
and Carol and Jim Weigher,
all of Navarre, Fla.; broth-
er-in-law and sister-in-law,
Walt and Sandi Chancey,
Tampa, Fla.; and several
nieces, nephews and cous
ins.
Funeral services were
held Monday, May 25,
in the chapel of Flanigan
Funeral Home, Buford,
with the Rev. Brandon Lail
officiating. Burial followed
in Broadlawn Memorial
Gardens, Buford. Serving
as pallbearers were: Walt
Chancey, Steve Bennett,
Stephen Puckett, Edward
Jackson, Butch Zom, Greg
Walls, Bugs Dismukes and
Keith Williamson.
Memorial donations
may be made to Hi-Hope
Center, Lawrenceville,
or Odyssey Crisis Care,
Athens.
Flanigan Funeral Home
and Crematory, Buford,
was in charge of arrange
ments.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Quill’Bryant
COLUMBUS - Clark
Quillan “Quill” Bryant,
54, died Saturday, May
16, 2009 at St. Francis
Hospital, Columbus.
Born December 10,
1954 in Tate, he was the
son of John Clark Bryant
and the late Pauline
Shipman Bryant. He had
been employed by Transco
Transmissions for over 30
years.
Survivors include his
wife, Robin “Rickie” Hall,
Waverly Hall; daughter.
Brandy Bryant, Athens;
son. Gage Bryant, Waverly
Hall; two stepsons,
Matthew Hall and Cody
Hall, both of Columbus;
brother and sister-in-law,
Kenneth and Jonell Bryant,
Colbert; three sisters,
Barbara McCurley and her
husband, Colbert, Diane
Price, Colbert, and Annette
Shuler and her husband
Greg, Fayetteville; three
grandchildren, Brandon
Bryant, Kinsley Bryant
and Ashton Bryant; and
other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, May 20,
in the chapel of Striffler-
Hamby Mortuary with
the Revs. Ralph Price and
Bill Taylor officiating.
Burial was Thursday, May
21, at Danielsville City
Cemetery.
Striffler-Hamby
Mortuary, Columbus, is in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Rickey Carder
SUGAR HILL-Rickey
Lynn Carder, 53, died
Tuesday, May 19, 2009,
at Northside Hospital of
Forsyth following a sud
den illness.
Bom in Jackson County
on August 6, 1955, he
was the son of Willie Fay
Carder and Bessie Lou
Turner. He was a self-
employed carpenter and
was of the Pentecostal
denomination.
Mr. Carder was preceded
in death by his grandpar
ents, the Rev. Herbert and
Mae Turner and William
and Rachel Carder, and his
daughter, Tina Michelle
Carter.
Survivors include his
wife, Ann Carder, Sugar
Hill; sons, Jason Carder,
Alto, and Shane Carder,
Toccoa; four daugh
ters, Amber Kamler and
Kathery n Cronemiller, both
of Gainesville, and Rachel
Hogan and Janet Martin,
both of Sugar Hill; mother
and stepfather, Bessie and
Bill Wilkie, Cleveland;
father. Fay Carder,
Gainesville; two sisters,
Martha Murphy Ballance,
Cleveland, and Diane
Smallwood, St. Augustine,
Fla.; two brothers, Jerry
Carder, Gainesville, and
David Carder, Cleveland;
and 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held Friday, May 22, in
the chapel of Memorial
Park Funeral Home with
the Rev. Mike Grizzle offi
ciating. Burial followed in
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
FAX Obits to: 706-387-5431.
Email to: obits@mainstreetnews.com.
Doris Carrington
MILLEDGEVILLE
- Doris Nell Jones
Carrington, 82, died
Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
She was a native of
Statham, but had made
her home in Milledgeville.
She was a retired executive
secretary with Concord
Fabrics, did volunteer
work for Oconee Regional
Medical Center and was a
member and longtime vol
unteer of the First United
Methodist Church. Mrs.
Carrington was preceded
in death by her husband,
Joseph Allen Carrington.
Survivors include sons
and daughter-in-law, Allen
and Cindy Carrington,
Pawleys Island, S.C., Mike
Carrington, Thomson;
daughter and son-in-law,
Diane and Alex Harrison,
Newnan; grandchil
dren, Amanda and Tim
Hendricks, Richmond Hill,
Katie and Greg Joyner,
Roswell, Jac and Bett
Carrington, Columbia,
S.C., Taylor Carrington
and Anna Carrington, both
of Thomson; and great
grandchildren, Cole and
Jack Hendricks, Richmond
Hill.
Funeral services were
held Friday, May 22, at
the First United Methodist
Church with Jay Hodges
officiating. Burial was in
Rose Hill Cemetery in
Winder.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
Oconee Regional Medical
Center Health Care
Foundation, 821 N. Cobb
St., Milledgeville, GA
31061.
Moore's Funeral Home,
Milledgeville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘O.R.’ Cochran
MAYSVILLE - Obe
Richard “O.R.” Cochran,
86, died Friday, May 22,
2009, at BJC Medical
Center in Commerce.
Bom in Banks County,
he was the
son of the
late Obe and
Rilla Pritchett
Cochran. He was retired
from the City of Commerce
Water Plant as a super
visor, was of the Baptist
denomination, and was a
veteran, having served in
the United States Army
during World War II.
Survivors include his
wife, Gladys Hardy
Cochran, Maysville; sons
and daughters-in-law,
Ricky and Lisa Cochran,
Commerce, and Rusty and
Kim Cochran, Maysville;
daughter and son-in-law,
Paula and Bobby Tolbert,
Commerce; sisters, Faye
Kennedy, Cornelia,
and Louise Davidson,
Maysville; and seven
grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held Monday, May 25, in
the chapel of Little-Ward
Funeral Home with the
Rev. Swayne Cochran
officiating. Burial was in
Sunrise Cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral
Home, Commerce, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Lessie Cooper
JEFFERSON - Lessie
Skelton Cooper, 82, died
Wednesday, May 20,
2009.
A native of Jackson
County, she was the daugh
ter of the late John and Ila
Phillips Skelton. She was
a homemaker, a member
of White Plains Baptist
Church, and an avid gar
dener and cake baker. Mrs.
Cooper was preceded in
death by her husband,
Brady Cooper.
Survivors include
daughters and sons-in-
law, Barbara and Gene
Reynolds, Sue and Roy
Tolbert, all of Jefferson,
Linda and Gene White,
Winder, Janie and Johnie
Roberts, Concord, N.C.;
eight grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren; sister,
Ila Jane Roberts, Winder;
special sister-in-law. Sue
Cooper, Statham; broth-
er-in-law, Guy Cooper,
Winder; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were
held Friday, May 22, in the
chapel of Evans Funeral
Home with the Rev. Kevin
Page officiating. Burial
was in the White Plains
Baptist Church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Stacy
Tolbert, Mark Reynolds,
Jason Lawrence, Darryl
Huntsinger, Gary Griffin,
John McCartney and Craig
Probert.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Willie Davis
ATHENS-Willie Grace
Davis, 84, died Friday, May
22, 2009, at the University
Nursing Home, following
an extended illness.
A native of Jackson
County, she was the daugh
ter of the late Hoyt Thomas
and Etheleen Parr Mealor.
Mrs. Davis was preced
ed in death by her hus
band, Bernice Eric Davis;
brothers, Horace, Stewart,
Hoyt Franklin, Ralph and
Bobby Mealor; and a sis
ter, Lucille Cody. She was
retired from Westclock.
Survivors include a
brother, Mac Mealor,
Athens; sisters, Dorothy
Hill, Royston, and Ruth
Bolton, Maysville.
Graveside services were
held Monday, May 25, at
Riverside Baptist Church
with the Rev. Jessie Mealor
officiating.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge
of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Buddy’Dyer
GAINESVILLE
Glenn Henry “Buddy”
Dyer, 68, died Friday, May
22, 2009, at Northeast
Georgia Medical Center,
following an extended ill
ness.
Born December 23,
1940, in Forsyth County,
he was the son of the late
Jay Dewey and Erco Lou
Durand Dyer. He was a
tractor mechanic at Boyd
Thomas Tractor for over
20 years and later retired
from Piedmont Tractor
in Gainesville. He was a
deacon at Canaan Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his
wife, Dorothy Dyer,
Gainesville; sons and
daughters-in-law, Danny
and Clara Dyer, Gillsville,
Dean and Kim Dyer,
Gainesville; sisters,
Laura Lou Dyer, Decatur,
Druscilla Roberts,
Gainesville, Carmen Dyer,
Snellville; brothers, Jimmy
Dyer, Stone Mountain,
and Phillip Dyer, Florida;
sister and brother-in-
law, Delores and Terry
Scroggs, Decatur; brother
and sister-in-law, Robert
and Francis Dyer, Statham;
grandchildren, Pricilla and
Josh Lewis, Jefferson,
Robin and Chris Harris,
Brandy and Cody Griffin,
Mallory Dyer, Jeremy
Dyer and Bethany Dyer,
all of Gainesville; great
grandchildren, Ember lee
and Annslynn Harris,
Gainesville; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, May 26, in
the chapel of Memorial
Park Funeral Home with
the Revs. Ken Anderson,
Spence Fuller, Hoyt
Skelton and Earl Jarrard
officiating. Burial was in
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Barnard Edwards
COMMERCE
Barnard Rogers Edwards,
72, died Wednesday, May
20, 2009, at BJC Hospital
in Commerce.
Born in
J ackson
County,
he was the
son of the
late Neri
and Addie
Belle
Dorsey
Edwards.
Survivors include
his wife, Nancy Haley
Edwards, Commerce;
sons, Roger and Rodney
Edwards, both of
Commerce; daugh
ters, Teresa Edwards,
Nicholson, and Terri
Edwards, Commerce;
brothers, Billy Edwards,
Danielsville, and Bobby
Edwards, Ila; sisters, Mary
Alice Floyd, Danielsville,
and Betty Joe McKinney,
Trenton, N.C.; grandchil
dren, Tyler Stone, Christian
Edwards, Madison
Sewell, Austin Edwards,
RJ Edwards, Ammarae
Edwards, Rilee Edwards
and Tate Edwards.
Funeral services were
held Saturday, May 23, at
the Macedonia Holiness
Church in Madison County
with the Revs. Kendall
Callaway and Ardis Anglin
officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge
of arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
David Ellington
STATHAM - David
Milton Ellington, 68, died
Friday, May 22, 2009.
Bom in DeKalb County,
he was the son of the late
Parks B.
and Lillian
McDowell
Ellington.
He served in the United
States Amiy and had been
employed by the DeKalb
school bus system.
Survivors include a
son and daughter-in-
law, David and Michelle
Born, Tennessee; daugh
ter and son-in-law,
Lorrie and Berk Patten,
Winston; step daughter,
Denise Frier; grandchil
dren, Daniell and Kristen
Richardson and Brandon
and Jonathon Born; great-
grandson, Bradley Trey
Sticher; brother, Dan
Ellington, Statham; and
a sister, Shirley Olsen,
Lawrenceville.
Memorial services were
held Wednesday, May
27, from Smith Memory
Chapel, with the Rev. Mike
Pinson officiating.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
Eugene Emmett
MARIETTA - Eugene
Talmadge Emmett, 77,
died Monday, May 18,
2009.
He was retired from
General Motors Parts
Division Plant in Doraville
and loved his family and
gardening. Mr. Emmett
was preceded in death by
a son, Rickey Emmett;
and son-in-law, Dennis
Stephens.
Survivors include his
wife, Bobbie Emmett,
Marietta; Gary Emmett,
Mexico, Melinda
Simmons and husband,
Gary, Marietta; daughters,
Barbara Bryant and hus
band, Lewis, Cumming,
Lisa and Keith Hoose,
Baldwin; son, Ronnie
Emmett, Macon; step
son, Brian Lovingood,
Gainesville; stepdaughter,
Eileen Lovingood, Flowery
Branch; sister, Sybil Cato,
Chestnut Mountain; broth
ers and sisters-in-law,
Bradley and Joyce Emmett,
Coventry, R.I., Aubrey
Emmett, Austell, Billy and
Gail Emmett, Gainesville;
six grandchildren; and 14
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, May 20,
at Memorial Park South
Funeral Home with the
Revs. Arthur Southerland
and Gary Simmons offi
ciating. Burial was in
Memorial Park South
Cemetery.
Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery
Branch, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Doug’Evans
ROYSTON - William
Douglas “Doug” Evans,
65, died Tuesday, May
19, 2009, at St. Mary’s
Hospice House in Bogart.
Bom in Franklin County
on June 24, 1943, he was
the son of the late Morgan
and Florence Royston
Evans. He was a retired
truck driver and a member
of Grace Baptist Church.
Mr. Evans was preceded
in death by a grandchild,
Morgan Baker; brother,
Marvin Evans; and sister,
Frances Marlow.
Survivors include his
wife, Ethel Rose Phillips
Evans, Royston; daughter,
Gail E. Baker, Lavonia;
stepdaughter, Sonya
Eckles, Lavonia; step
son, Lamar Pullien, Dewy
Rose; grandchildren, Abie
Baker and John Baker;
stepgrandchildren, Daniel
and Danielle Eckles and
Tony and Tonya Pullien.
Memorial services were
held Friday, May 22, at
Grace Baptist Church with
the Revs. Dale Holcomb
and Andy Huff officiating.
Burial was in the Franklin
Springs Baptist Church
cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Grace
Baptist Church Building
Fund or the American
Cancer Society (Franklin
County Chapter).
Pruitt Funeral Home,
Royston, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 27, 2009.
‘Sybil’Gilley
HULL - Mary “Sybil”
Gilley, 84, died Sunday,
May 24, 2009.
She was a native of
Carroll County, but lived
most of her life in Hull.
She was a member of the
Hull Baptist Church and
the Danielsville Eastern
Star and was the daughter
of the late James and Rose
Pearl Brown. Mrs. Gilley
was preceded in death by
her husband, SGT Grady
W. Gilley, retired; a daugh
ter, Brenda G. Shuler;
sister, Mildred Henson;
brothers. Garland, Clifton
and Carlos Brown.
Survivors include sons,
Brady Gilley and Bradford
Gilley, both of Statham;
daughters, Kaye Suddeth,
Colbert, and Faye
Seagraves, Watkinsville;
brother, Curtis Brown,
Bowden; 17 grandchil
dren; 31 great-grandchil
dren; and one great-great-
grandchild.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, May 27,
in the chapel of Bridges
Funeral Home. Burial was
in Evergreen Memorial
Park.
Bridges Funeral Home,
Athens, was in charge of
arrangements.
Published by MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.
May 27, 2009.
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