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The Summerville News, Thursday, February 14, 1985
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DEATHS
Lelia Adams
Mrs. Lelia B. Adams, 70,
of Summerville, passed uur
l\l“dl's'. Feb. 5, in the Oa
View Nursing Home after a
lonfity iliness,
: Ch‘wuborncz::. 25, I‘:H
n tLooga , Mrs,
Adams was the d.ut;’hm of
the late John and Mrs. Annie
Williamson Burton.
;M Survivors are two sisters,
rs. Mary Burts of Napels,
Fla., and Mrs. Julia Shrop
shire of Buffalo, N.Y.; two
uncles, Roscoe Williamson of
Summerville and Isaiah
Williamson of Dayton, Ohio;
nieces, nn:rhovu and other
friends and relatives also sur
vive,
Services were held Sunday,
Feb. 10, at 2:30 p.m. at Oak
Hill Baptist Church with the
Revs. James Dallas and Willie
Womble offichdnq.
J Interment was in Oak Hill
Jemetery.
Price and Sons Mortuary
was in charge of ar
rangements.
Harrison
Blackmon
Harrison Blackmon, 74, a
resident of Route 1, Summer
ville, passed away Sunday
afternoon, Feb. 10, in a Rome
holnul.
r. Blackmon was born in
Harrison Count‘y; Nov. 12,
1910, son of the late Harrison
Honré Blackmon and Fannie
Lou Chapman Blackmon. He
was a retired textile worker
and was Church of God by
faith,
Survivln& are four
dlufiuen, rs. Annette
Mau inugf Bremen, Mrs,
Brenda Strickland of Decatur,
Mrs. Betty Burroughs of Con
yers ln:‘ Mrs. lmo‘{;n Bur
l‘fllllll 3 t sons,
Chester m of Sum
merville, Leon Blackmon of
Atlanta, Rufus Blackmon of
Forest Park, Roy Blackmon of
Atlanta, Wfiym Blackmon of
Decatur, Bil l{op.“' Blackmon
of Atlanta, Donnie Blackmon
of Mableton and Ricky
Blackmon of Trion; one sister,
Mrs. Alma Nicolades of
Baltimore, Md.; 42 grand
children; 18 great
grandchildren; and several
n:en and nephews also sur
vive.
Funeral services were held
Wodneadlfi. Feb. 13, at 1 p.m.
from the Hill Chapel of &no
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IBIIIE et ————
LI i i,
| Dty & DOOO e mmtieatitsriseomemmecrans
Funeral Home with the Rev.
sm( Wright officiating,
w nterment was in Sweet
ater Com‘(‘rfi
7 Act.hl';l p:l nnD were
on ackmon, Dann
thlmon. David Scrlckhnj:
Michael Helms, Lamar
Blackmon and Robin
Blackmon.
Hil Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home was in charge of ar
rangements. -/«
Clim Blansit
Clim Lee Blansit, 70, of
“"“"r’mz' dar T b 781
away A ~ B, at 7:
E.Om.uirn a Health Care
nter.
Mr. Blansit was born
March 11, 1914 in DeKalb
County, Ala., son of the late
Oscar Blansit and Della Short
Blansit. He was a member of
the Mountain View Bw:uat
Church, a veteran of World
War II and a retired textile
worker,
Survivors are his wife,
Mrs. Jana L. Biddle Blansit;
four sons, Darwin Blansit of
Trion, Jesse Blansit, Walzmon
Blansit and Kenneth Blansit,
all of Summerville; two
sisters, Mrs. Pearl Cordell and
Mrs. Ou':.l Biddle g:ot (}3‘?&-
tanooga, Tenn.; two rs,
I..uha Blansit of Rossville
:.nd ordonT Bhn:i‘t of Ch&;-
nooga, Tenn.; nine grand
c:dlldnnwwddnvud : nieces
a s also survive,
Funeral services were held
at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb, 10,
from the Mountain View Bap
tist Church with the Rev.
Douglas Brandon, the Rev.
J.B. Wheeler and the Rev.
C. E. Reece offlchtln&
Interment was in the West
Hill Cemetery.
Active llbearers were
Lesley BME. mcky Biddle,
Jimmy Pinion, 'Shon]"
Hawkins, Troy Griffith Jr.,
andn'l‘hnon Earwood,
onorary pallbearers were
the Men's B:'r'ldaz School
Class of Mountain View Bap
tist Church, neighbors, Tim
Thompson, Tommy Thomp
son and Dr. Herman Spivey.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home was in charge of ar
rangements.
v
Mary Combs
Mrs. Mary LeAnne
Combs, 63, a resident of 213
Second St., Trion, passed
away Friday, Feb. 8, at 8:26
a.m. in Redmond Park
ket
was born in Chattooga
County May 4, 1921, daughter
of the late James T. Arden
and Willia Crowder Arden.
:or:.. Co;lr;b- wgy a re':.‘i’rod
mill employee and a
member of the Trion United
Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband,
Clarence Combs of Trion; one
brother, Louis Arden of Trion;
and several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m.
from the ch.hol of Erwin-
Petitt Funeral Home with the
Rev. Billy Wright officiating.
Interment was in West
Hill Cemetery.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home was in charge of ar
rangements.
George Doster
George E. Doster, Sr., 84, a
resident of Route 4, Summer
ville, passed away Monday
morning, Feb. 11, at his
residence.
Mr. Doster, a lifetime resi
dent of Ch-uoo_y- County,
was born Feb. 17, 1900 and
was a son of the late Clinton
Erfls:t Doster and Grace Ger
t Ponder Dester. He was
a member of the Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church and
was a prominent farmer and
community leader in the Gore
Comqmmimsy' his wif
Surviv s wife,
ru.hWinlern [h)lmm;A(l,i::w
aughter, Mrs. Mary ©
Pul:fa of Misawa, Japan; two
sons, Goorw E. Doster, Jr.,
and James W. Doster, both of
Route 4, Summerville; two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Gordon of
Route 4, Summerville and
Mrs. Doyle Toles of Rome; one
brother, J. R. Doster of
Deltona, Fla.; grandchildren;
great-grandchildren; and
:’w‘:nl nieces and nephews
mm will be
held Thursday, ttodnfiv) Feb.
14, at 2 p.m. from the Pleasant
Grove E:rl-bt Church with
the Rev. Mark Kelley and the
Rev. Jack Richardson of
ficiating.
Interment will be in the
Church Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Don Gordon, Sidney Gordon,
Harold Gordon, Randy Toles,
Doster Toles and Robert
Speer.
Hill Chapel of Lane
Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Troy Holtzelaw
fi&{ Frank Holtzclaw, 60,
a resident :l R?mclh:d field
representative in ttooga
County for the Social Security
Administration, died Wednes
day, Feb. 6, in Rome.
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Jimelle Freeman
Holtzclaw; two da:rhwn.
Mrs. Sharon Patton of Birm
ingham, Ala., and Ms. Candice
Lynn Holtzclaw of Rome;
three sons, le Holtzclaw
of Rome, Wi Lee (Bill)
Holtzclaw and Thomas Eric
Holtzclaw, both of Helen; one
sister, Mrs. Jean Hadden of
Greensboro; one brother,
Horace Holtzclaw of Eaton
ton; five grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services were held
Friday, Feb. 8, at 2 %.m. from
thochcrol of T-lle'{ rother’s
Funeral Home in Rome.
Interment was in West
Hill Cemetery in Dalton.
s '!‘tlle{ Brother's Funeral
Home of Rome was in charge
of arrangements,
James Miller
James Wallace Miller, 55,
of Armuchee, Route 1, passed
away Wednesday evening,
Feb. 6, in Floyd Medical
Center.
He was nsmzmbe(r: ;‘)f Pgnd
i AME Zion Church, a
m of the Korean Conflict
and employed by 8. 1. Storey
Ellenburg
Monument
Co.
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Display in
North
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Lumber Company:
Survivors are one sister,
Mrs. Florence Elizabeth
m: o‘fm(.?h. brother, Nu%uld
tuno?. 'enn.;
two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Zella
Mae Miller and Mrs. Emma
Miller; one brother-in-law,
Chester Sewell; and a host of
nieces, nephews, cousins and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, Feb. 10, at 1:30 from
the Pond Sma AME Zion
Church in nd with the
Rev. Talmadge Clark and
other ministers olficiadn'j
N l"wfiw i‘:. cn'.s'
Nationa t
tanooga, Tenn., Monday, Feb.
11, at 10:30 a.m.
Flowerbearers were Effie
w:g l"‘hinls:‘y, . Ollie
geworth, sie ndsxu
Emma Powell, Inez Cov
ington and Janice Foster,
Honorary pallbearers were
Mamon Price, Merial Wig-
Bins. Elzra Perry, Jonas
unaway and Clo;& Martin.
Active pallbearers were
John Hudfim. John An
thony, Jeff Stamper, Moss
Adams Sr., Andrew Lawrence
and George Dozier.
Willis Funeral Home of
Dalton was in charge of ar
rangements,
Margaret Parker
Mrs. Margaret Hall
Parker, 79, of L(-)P-‘yom.
passed away Saturday morn
ing, Feb. 9,
& Q‘d':l. ymg“vu the
ter o
an: Jenny Hall. She 3
g.rocod.d in death by her hus
nd, Tut Parker, and a son,
Donald Mac Parker.
She was a member of the
Second Baptist Church ?
LaFayette. ;
Mrs. Parker is survived by
three d-ufhm. Mrs. Bar
bara Littlejohn and Mrs.
Beck& Lee, both of LaFayette
and Mrs, Saralyn Thomas of
Trion; five sisters, Mrs. Foye
Willi;‘t::y. a{u.uflobll::
ra . Mrs. Mary Lo
%olciol and Mrs. Jeanette
Brown all of LaFayette
Mrs. Doria“ Bobr“ol
tan . nn.; :
chilgun; 14 great:
grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews also sur
vive.
id Monday at 3 p.m. st the
g at .m. at
&afl 3&:& Cgutch withe
Revs. { Mikell, C. F.
Strickland and Luther Parker
officiating.
. l'!nu.wméut Co'.. “in
aFayette Cit metery.
Active pxlbann were
Carl Martin, Randy Calhoun,
Bruce Crabtree, Bryan Queen, |
Joel Hegwood and Tony Par
ris. |
Honorary pallbearers were
Danny Laney, Bob Wilhelm,
Jimmy Mize, Tebo Brock, Ed
Cole, James Jackson, Jim
Hollis, Bobby Broome, Jimmy
g;nnfih. Robert lgrvonnon.
na mns. aughn
Lo?in- a ayne P;P‘“
ane Funeral ou*
LaFayette Chapel, was
charge of the arrangements. 4
Thelma
Pettyjohn
Mrs. Thelma Pou{john.
64, a resident of 1000 Cathy
Lane, Summerville, passed
away Wednoodne. Feb. 6, at
2:20 p.m. in Oak View Nursing
Home.
She was born in Dooley
County, June 15, 1920,
daughter of the late Claude B.
Fulton and Cordelia Neal
Fulton. Mrs. Pm.fljohn was a
retired glove mill employee
:?d ; mémber (gh thoh‘Pnon
eights Baptist Church.
gurvivin‘ are her husband,
James Melvin Poux:ohn of
Summerville; one daughter,
Mrs. Donna Bartlett of Sum
m""’fl%'&"fi".m' four
yjohn of :
sisters, Mrs. Jewel Hix, Mrs.
Lula Preast, Mrs. lda Hendrix
all of Summerville, and Mrs.
Velma Horton of Marietta;
two brothers, C. B. Fulton of
Arlington, Va., and Don
Fulton of Forest Park: two
snndchildmn. Tammy Marie
artlett and Terrill Brian Pet
tyjohn; and several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held
Friday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. from
the chaglol of Erwin-Petitt
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Jimmy Bryant officiating.
Interment was in Summer
ville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
nephews.
Erwin-Petitt Funerpl
Home was in charge of sar
rangements.
Jeff Stamper
Jeff David Stamper, Jr.,
68, of 407 Division Street,
Romc;ihan:.;”dorm&ly o‘FS“m‘day.
merville, away Fri
morm:f. Feb. 8 in Floyd
Medical Center.
He was a member of Pro
spect Ba%ist Church, a
veteran of World War II and
the Korean Conflict and
retired from Shorter College.
% Survivors are his wife,
rs. Allene Stamper; one
dl:fht.. Mrs. Joyce Stamper
Bell of Chattanooga, Tenn.;
one foster daughter, Mrs,
Selena Lawrence Snmg of
tam o atta '
Tonnp:l:m sisters, Mrs. ffi
0, Mrs.
Mrs. Ruth Brannon of Sum
merville; two brothers, Charlie
Stamper of Summerville and
James Stamper of Chat
tanooga, Tenn.; five grand
children; five great
randchildren; one uncle,
sohn Thomas Stamper of
Ringfold; and nieces and
Mfi ws and a host of other
relatives also survive,
Funeral services were held
e P’ ot
t ist
Church in West Armuchee
with the Rev. James Dallas
and other ministers of
ficiating.
lnhflgfl:’t on:l“ in Chat
tanooga Na Cemetery.
Members of the church
were flowerbearers and
pallbearers.
Arrot;pmnu were by
Willis Funeral Home of
Dalton.
Fred Tallent
Fred Luther Tallent, 86, a
'?ll:’ g :"cdmu 5 '?‘“oudn .
ville, away ,
Feb. 192. at 6:30 p.m. in tgo
local ho-_FIuL
Mr. Tallent was born in
Cherokee County, Ala., July
16, 1898, son of the late
Goorx Tallent and Maggie
Lee Barkley Tallent. He was a
retired farmer and carpenter.
Surang are his wife,
Mrs. Minnie Tallent; three
sisters, Mrs. Ethel Thomas of
Marietta, Mrs. E. P. Fincher
of Summerville and Mrs. Roy
Fleming of TTrion‘;‘ é::
e t
oy Al ang Gords Tellemt
of Broomtown, Ala.; and
UNHEARD OF SAVINGS IN THE ENTIRE STORE
THE MORE YOU BUY .. .THE MORE YOU SAVE!
(AND THE LESS WE HAVE TO MOVE!)
BRAD RAGAN
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132 South Commerce St. Summerville, Ga. Phone 857-2456
several nieces and nephews
also survive.
wh‘gnl services willF:
ursday, (today) E
14, at 3:30 p.m. from the Hill
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with the Rev. Richard Gard-
Ew the Rev. Tony
llmflthLycfly
Active pallbearers will be
Waymon Fincher, Jim Flem
ing, Steve Tallent, Larry
Thomas, Wayne Tallent and
Lul? Weesner.
ill Chapel of Lane
Funeral Home will be in
charge of arrangements.
Thomas
Townsend
Thomas Herbert Town
send, 65, of Blainvillo.rud
away at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8,
in Augusta Talmadge
Momorh’ Hospital.
Mr. Townsend was born
March 12, 1919, in Blairsville,
son of the late Thomas F.
Townsend and Carsie Spivey.
gl:aumm . ‘Coun und o
Ly a tex
.- nhopneom iannth
was
a brother, Ira V. Tmnrx
and three sisters, Mrs. Mary
Sweetman, Mrs. Effie Farmer
and Mrs. Goldie Farmer.
Survivors are one
d::hur. Ms. Patricia Town
of Atlanta; two sons,
Jackie Townsend and Donald
Townsend, both of Atlanta;
one brother, Neal Townsend
of Washington, Mich.; three
gisters, Mrs. Versie Teems of
Armmada, Mich., Mrs. Floy
Haymes of Utica, Mich., and
Mrs. Dairl Price of Trion; one
sister-in-law, Mrs. Ann Town
send of Trion; seven grand
nephews survive.
Funeral services were held
at 2 pm. Mondy. Jan. 11,
from the chapel of the Akins-
Nix Funeral Home in
Blairsville,
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Cemetery in M ‘
Akins-Nix Funeral Home
was in charge of ar
rangements.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home made the announce
ment for the family.
Mamie Vaughn
Mrs. Mamie Rounsaville
Vaughn, of 49 Hawkins Drive,
Summerville, passed away
Friday w-nnl Feb. 8, in the
Shepherd Hill Health Care
Center.
She was a member of New
Hope United Methodist
Church, former school teacher
and worker, and the widow of
Cleveland Vaughn Sr.
Survivors are three sons,
Cleveland Vlu’hn Jr., Charles
A. Vaughn of Summerville
and Robert E. Vaughn of Col
orado Springs, Colo.; one step
daughter, Mrs. Rosalyn
Malcolm; one stepson, Harold
Arnold of Atlanta; three
dl\lghun-in-hw. Mrs. Willie
L. Vaughn, Mrs. Jimmie L.
Vaughn and Mrs. Portia
Vaughn; two sisters-in-law,
Mrs. Marie Rounsaville of
Summerville and Mrs. Eliza
Rounsaville of Chattanooga,
Tenn.; l‘o'jnndchlldre' n; nine
g:-t-gr children; a dear
iend, Mrs. Edna Walker of
Summerville; and a host of
nieces, nephews, cousins,
other relatives and friends
also survive.
Funeral services were held
Tueod:g: Feb. 12, at 2 p.m.
from New Hope United
Methodist Church in Summer
ville with the Rev. John King,
the Rev. O.J. Jordan, the
Rev. E. E. Mitchell and other
m:nunmnt was in Summer-
Vi cmu .
umnlm the various
churches were flowerbearers.
Officers of the various
churches were honorary and
active pallbearers.
Arrangements were by
Willis Funeral Home of
Dalton. ’
Hattic Watkins
Mrs. Hattie Pauline
Watkins, 75, a resident of 107
paseed Monday, Feb. 4,
away Y, 4,
at lt:..'l’o a.m. in a Rome
fin. Watkins was born in
Chattooga County May 7,
1909, d-:fht« of the late Si
meon Paul Smith and Virginia
Doster Smith. She was a
member of the South Summer
ville Bortist Church, was
retired from Montgomer
Knitting Mill and was pne-l
ed in death by her husband,
Millard Watkins, Sept. 13,
1963.
Surviving are one
daughter, Mrs.' Billie Dean of
Summerville; grandchildren
include Alan and Susan Dean
of Augusta and Karen and Pat
-~ o hildnn.Am. ::3
t
mm of Aué:a;
one sister, Miss Mary th
of Summerville; and several
nieces and nephews also sur
vive.
Funeral services were held
Wodnudafi. Feb. 6, at 3 p.m.
from the Hill Clngl of &M
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Talmadfe Barnes and the
Rev. Jimmy Bryant of
ficiating.
Interment was in Summer
ville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Hubert Palmer, Bob
Smithson, Harold Pickle,
Anderson Smith, L.D. Mc-
Curllmd Jimmy Lewis.
onorary pallbearers were
Eula Margaret Hall Sunday
School Class of South Sum-
Hill l(.Zglpel of Lane
Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
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