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. The Summerville News, Thursday, September 17, 1987
DEATHS
Agnew Services
Held On Friday
Frank A. Agnew, 73, 107
Red Horse Rd., Summerville,
died at 7:03 p.m. Sept. 8 in
Chattooga County Hospital.
Mr. %new was born Oct. 1,
1913 in Walker County, son of
the late John and Ola Ellis
Agnew. He was a lifelong resi
dent of Chattooga Count;¥_.l He
was a graduate of Trion High
School and Darlitllfton School
and attended the University of
Alabama.
In his early years, he was an
active dairyman and a
cattleman.
Mr. Agnew was owner
operator of the Farmer's Supp
ly Store for 30 years, past
gresident of the Summerville
etail Merchants Assn., and a
charter member of the Trion-
Summerville Rotary Club. He
was active in promoting the
Boy Scouts of America and the
Future Farmers of America.
Mr. Agnew was a member and
elder of the First Presbyterian
Church, PCA.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Annette Bates
Agnew; three sons, Clinton
Agnew and John Agnew, Sum
merville, and Robert Agnew,
Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs.
Sara Myers, Trion, and Mrs.
Jean Singleton, Murphy, N. C.;
one grandson, Clint Agnew:
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. last Friday in the Hill
Chapel of the Lane Funeral
Home with the Revs. Billy
Davies and John MacGregor
officiating.
Interment was in Alpine
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Lambert Jones, John Paul
Jones, Willie Dooley, Jack
Brown, W. A. Hutchins, Joe
Cavender and James Marks.
Honorary pallbearers were
Raymond Davenport, C. H.
McCullou‘%h, James Rice,
Oscar McWilliams, Hamilton
Alexander, Ralph Agnew,
Harry Ellis, Henry Woogs and
officers of the First
Presbyterian Church, PCA.
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Cleveland
Barbare
Cleveland ‘“‘Buck’’ Barbare,
42, LaFayette, died Tuesday in
Greenvilf;, Miss. He attended
school in LaFayette and was an
Army veteran of the Vietnam
War.
Surviving are one son,
David Barbare, LaFayette; five
brothers, Harold and Fred Bar
bare, Taylor, S. C., Mike Bar
bare, Enoree, S.C., Vernon
Barbare, Rock Spring, and Jer
rery Barbare, Summerville;
two sisters, Mrs. Bobbie Thom
son, Austin, Texas, and Mrs.
Sue Woodard, LaFayette.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Friday in the
LaFayette Chapel of Lane
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Harvey Lively officiating.
Interment will be in Little
john Cemetery with full
military honors.
The body will lie in state at
LaFayette Chapel of Lane
Funeral Home after 4 p.m.
today.
The family will receive
friends from 6 until 9 p.m.
today.
trby Barnes
Erby C. Barnes, 70, Centre,
Ala., died last Thursday at
11:15 aF.m. in the Centre
hospital.
He was born in Cherokee
County, Ala., on Aug. 3, 1917,
son of the late Clark Barnes
and Octivia McCullough
Barnes. Mr. Barnes was a
member of Mill Creek Baptist
Church.
Survivin}g are his widow,
Mrs. Annie Barnes, Centre; one
daughter, Mrs. Jean Burk;
three sisters, Mrs. Cloe
Youngblood and Mrs. Ivanelle
Woodall, Summerville, Mrs.
Clevedell Myers, Smyrna;
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Saturday in the
chapel of Perry Funeral Home
with the Rev. Ralph Brown
officiating.
Interment was in Union
Hill (Needmore) Cemetery.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral li,ome
made the annoucement for the
family.
Lucy Hampton
Mrs. Lucy Lorene Hamp
ton, 66, 122 North Commerce
St., Summerville, died Monda
night at Redmond ParK
Ho?\gital in Rome.
rs. Hampton was born on
Feb. 26, 1921, daughter of the
late Jim Dar and %luma Mae
Blevins. Her husband, Oliver
Hampton, died earlier.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Lima Sue Hunter, Lyerly;
one son, Billy Glenn Hampton,
Summerville; two sisters, Mrs.
Betty Jo Forehand, Dallas,
Texas, and Mrs. Donald Heath,
Rome; five brothers, Floyd
Blevins, Buford, Clyde Blevins,
Jacksonville, Fla.,, L.D.
Blevins, Fitzgerald, Wallace
and Homer Blevins, Rome; 11
grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home with the Rev. Owen
“Bud" Davis officiating.
Interment was in Summer
ville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
grandsons and Lamar Hall.
Honorary pallbearers were
Pat Dodd, ’l}lm Blevins, Ricky
Harris, Tony Blevins and Bil
ly Hurley.
Naomi Hurley
Mrs. Naomi Hurley, 58,
Summerville Rte. 3, died Sept.
9 in Oak View Nursing Home.
She was born in Cherokee
County, Ala., on Nov. 4, 1928,
daughter of the late Ben Oz
ment. Mrs. Hurley was a
member of Mt. Alto Baptist
Church.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Deborah Sue Brown,
Summerville; one son, Dale
Hurley, Rome; mother, Mrs.
Callie McDonald Ozment,
Summerville; two sisters, Mrs.
Myrtle Mobbs, Summerville
and Mrs. Betty Miller,
Mableton; two brothers, Billy
Joe Ozment and Marshall Oz
ment, Summerville; three
grandchildren; several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. last Friday in the
chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home with the Rev. Johnny
Tinney officiating.
Interment was in Mill
Creek Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Joel Ozment, Terry Ozment,
Steve Marshall, Tommy
Stephens, Jeff Miller and
Bruce Peek.
Morgan Laney
Morgan Gilbert Laney Sr.,
64, 11 Bittings Ave., Summer
ville, died Tuesday afternoon in
the Veterans Administration
Medical Center, Augusta.
Mr. Laney was born in
Alabama on July 19, 1923, son
of the late Odus and Ada
Laney. Mr. Lane was
employed with the Hilf,Chapel
of Lane Funeral Home and
with Ellenburg Monument Co.
He was a veteran of World War
II and a member of American
Legion Post 129 and the
church of Christ.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Ollie M. Laney, Summer
ville; two daughters, Mrs. Vera
McWhorter and Mrs. Debbie
Smith, Summerville; one step
daughter, Mrs. Betty Mathis,
Trion; three sons, Gathan G.
and Morgan G. Laney Jr.,
Summerville and Cecil Laney,
Trion; three stepsons, Kell
and Floyd Wells, Summervill)é
and Leon Wells, Trion; two
brothers, Charlie Laney, Trion
and Clarence Laney, Rome;
and 27 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hill
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with the Rev. John E. Tinney
and Minister Ronnie Fisher
officiating.
Interment will be in Sum
merville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
the employees of Lane Funeral
Home. Peri
Honorary pallbearers will
be John Echols, William Ellen
bur%, Gary McConnell and
Earle Rainwater.
Anna Manpis
Mrs. Anna Leo Manis, &6,
205 Charlton Rd. Rome,
formerly of Chattooga County,
died at 7:15 p.m. Sunday
following a sud(fen illness.
She was born in Bartow
County on June 6, 1901,
daughter of the late Rebecca
Lucinda Kirby Wheeler and
Jasper Lorenzo Wheeler. She
attended Cohutta llifih School,
Berry College and Berea Col
lege and moved to Flog'd Coun
ty in 1949 from Chattooga
County.
Mrs. Manis was a member
of First United Methodist
Church, Rome, was active in
the United Methodist Women,
the Salvation Army Auxiliary,
the Armuchee Chapter of the
Farm Bureau, the Rome Music
Lovers Club, the Home
Demonstration Club, and the
Floyd County Democratic Par
ty. For the past 23 years she
was active with the l%ed Cross
Volunteers.
On June 6, 1922 she was
married to Thomas Watson
Manis Sr. He died on Jan. 22,
1980. A son, William K. Manis,
died on Sept. 21, 1982.
Survivors include a
daughter, Mrs. Randolph
“Rebecca’ Green, Rome; three
sons, Wheeler J. Manis and
Roger L. Manis, Rome,
Thomas W. Manis Jr., Dalton;
16 grandchildren; and 10
great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were
Mark Manis, James Manis,
Knight Manis, Wesley Manis,
Roger Manis Jr., Thomas
Manis 111, Richard Green and
Jerrfi' Self.
onorary escorts included
American Red Cross
volunteers.
Jenninfis Funeral Home,
Rome, ad charge of
arrangements.
.
Lucille Mobbs
Mrs. Lucille Doster Mobbs,
80, Summerville Rte. 1, died
Saturday night in a Gadsden,
Ala., hospital.
Mrs. Mobbs was born in
Chattooga County on March
25, 1907, daughter of the late
Crawford and Viola Williams
Doster. She was a member of
the South Summerville Baptist
Church. Her husband, Marion
Mobbs, died on April 11, 1982.
Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Marceline
Hurley, Summerville and Mrs.
Joyce Brown, Dallas, Texas;
one sister, Mrs. Sara Alex
ander, Trion; six grand
children; 11 great
grandchildren; several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 11 a.m. Monday in the Sou%
Summerville Baptist Chure
with the Rev. Jimmy Bryant
officiating.
Interment was in Green
Hills Memory Garden.
Active pallbearers were
David Hurley, Dennis Cox,
Sean Reeves, Ray Reeves,
Mack Bridges and Gary
Phillips.
Honorary pallbearers were
the Dorcas Sunday School
Class of the South Summerville
Baptist Church.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
Thomas Smith
Thomas Alvin Smith, 54,
Ringgold, died Monday at his
home.
A native of Section, Ala.,
Mr. Smith was a son of the late
Charles Cleveland and Annie
Sidney McKensey Smith. Mrs.
Smith was a former resident of
Chattooga County.
A resident of the Chat
tanooga area, he was employed
with Container Corporation of
America. He was a R)rmer resi
dent of Chattooga County.
He was a veteran of the
Korean conflict, serving in the
U.'S. Armyv.
Survivors include
daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Ann
Lamgb, Ringgold, Mrs. Cynthia
Diane Rogen. Rossville, and
Mrs. Vickie Lynn Wright,
Chickamauga; sisters, Mrs. Or
ma Allen, Chickamauga, Mrs.
Linda Bowman, Bryant, Ala.,
and Mrs. Lois Stewart, Trion;
brothers, Ray Smith, Lorain,
Fla., and Herman Smith, Flat
Rock, Ala.; six grandchildren;
and several nieces and
nephews.
Services were held at 4 p.m.
Wednesday in the South Crest
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with the Rev. Walter Hicks
officiating.
Burial was in Tennessee-
Georgia Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Wendell
Lamb Sr., Tommy Howard,
David Teems, Delbert Lee
Williamson, Bedford Shrader
and Greg Shell.
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The family of Mrs. Clara B.
Greene would like to extend
thanks to our friends and
neffhbor.s' for their fellowship
and sympathy during this dif
ficult time. Also, for the
beautiful flowers, food and for
the ministers and their kind
words of encouragement and
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home.
God bless everyone.
ROTARY CLUB MONDAY
Head Of Public Safety
Department Sets Talk
Col. Curtis Earp Jr., com
nissioner of the Georgia
[)e{)artment of Public Safety,
vill address the Summerville-
I'rion Rotary Club at noon next
Monday at %‘he Tavern, Trion.
Rotarian Dr. Gary Smith
has charge of the program.
Colonel Earp assumed
duties as commissioner and as
commander of the Georgia
State Patrol on Oct. 3, 1986.
He was named followinf a
scandal in the State Patrol in
volving alleged ticket-fixing
and the purc%wse of a vehicle
under questionable cir
cumstances by former commis
sioner, Col. Hugh Hardison,
Cedartown. Hardison was
never charged with any wrong
doing in the case but was fired
by Lfie Public Safety Board.
Chattooga County Sheriff
Gary McConnell now serves on
the state panel that oversees
the Department of Public
Safety.
MEMBERSHIPS
Colonel Earp is a member of
the International Association
of Chiefs of Police, American
Society for Industrial Security,
National Association of Chiefs
of Police, Georgia Association
of Chiefs of Police, Peace Of
ficers Association of Georgia,
Atlanta Metropol and several
other professional police
organizations.
Colonel Earp, 48, is a native
of Valdosta.
A graduate of the ROTC
Program at Florida State
University, he was commis
sioned as a regular army of
ficer, Military Police, in
August, 1960. Colonel Earp is
a graduate of the Infantry Of
ficer Basic Course; Airborne,
Ranger, and Pathfinder
Schools; the Military Police Of
ficer Familiarization Course;
the Military Police Officer Ad
vanced Course; and the U. S.
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MILITARY
Colonel Earp’s principal du
ty assignments included nor
mal company grade positions
in both infantry and Military
Police units; senior battalion
advisor and district senior ad
visor in the Republic of Viet
nam; provost marshal of Fort
Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield
and the 24th Infantry Division;
commander of the Area Con
finement Facility at Fort
Bragg; chief of Law Enforce
ment Operations, provost mar
shal's office, and general staff
officer of XVII% Airborne
Corps; commander of the 728th
Military Police Battalion in the
Republic of Korea; provost
marshal of the U. S. Army In
fantry Center and Fort Benn-
infi, and commander, Military
Police Activity; and provost
marshal, Fort Meade, Md.
Colonel Earp'’s decorations
include the Silver Star, Combat
Infantryman's Badge, Legion
of Merit, Bronze Star Medal
with two Oak Leaf Clusters,
Purple Heart, Meritorious Ser
vice Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, Air Medal, Republic of
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry
with one Silver and two Bronze
Stars, and numerous other
U. S. and foreign awards.
Colonel Earl'&). his wife, Jai
K. Earp, R.N. Ph.D, and
daughters, Melanie and
Jessica, reside in Conyers.
The program was arranged
by Rotarian Tommy Toles.
PANEL TOLD
Firm Goes To Arkansas
A firm that had looked
closely at Chattooga County
this summer has fiecided to
build a plant in Arkansas, the
Summerville Industrial
Development Authority was
told Tuesday morning.
Grady McCalmon, Sum
merville city manager, told the
panel that the Hanes hosiery
company made a decision to
locate in Arkansas rather than
in Georgia because of what the
company described as
Georgia's “liberal” workmen's
comgensation laws.
owever, McCalmon said
he felt that growth is about to
“break loose” in the Chattooga
area.
Although there was a lot of
interest demonstrated by pro
spects looking at the city’s in
dustrial park and speculative
building this summer, there
has been little activity recent-
Sales Tax
Revenue
For County
Chattooga County schools
received $432,438.05 in sales
tax revenues during the first
six months of the current
calendar year while the Town
of Trion received $161,244.06
durinf that same period for its
schools, according to Marcus
E. Collins, state revenue
commissioner.
Meanwhile, Chattooga
Commissioner Harry Powell
received $656,672.0§ during
the first six months of 1987 for
roads and bridges, the Revenue
Department said.
SAT Course Set
A course on taking the
Scholastic Agtitude Test
(SAT) will be held from 8:30
am. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 26 at Walker Area
Technical School. The fee will
be $lO cash.
ly, he indicated.
Sue Spivey, executive vice
president of the Chattooga
Chamber of Commerce, said
surveys had indicated that the
most active time for prospects
is the period between I\f:rch
and June.
Butch Eleam, Authority
treasurer, said the panel had
$12,145.63 in its account as of
Tuesday.
It also decided to meet at
7:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at
city hall and to skip October
and December. The annual
meeting will be held next
December.
Eula Amos, Authority
chairman, pointed out that the
Japan-America Society will
present a program on economic
growth on Nov. 4 at Berry
College.