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.. The Summerville News, Thursday, October 8, 1987
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DEATHS
Robert Akins
Robert Horton Akins, 76,
103 South Congress St., Sum
merville, died Sunday momir;f
at Redmond Park Hospital,
Rome.
Mr. Akins was born in
Floyd County on Feb. 4, 1911,
son of the late Ira and Anna
Akins.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs.
Annie McCoy, Silver Creek.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hill
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with the Revs. Jimmy Bryant
and Jimmy Bailey officiatinfii
Interment was in West Hi
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Davis Akins, James Akins,
Henry Milton, Oscar McCool,
Clifford Milton and Odis
Akins.
Honorary pallbearers were
E. C. Pesterfield, John Paul
Jones, Gene Kellett, Clifford
“Tip"’ McCollum, Leonard
Bryson, Wayne ‘‘Pete” Den
son, Rile 'l‘readwa[y)' and the
Quarter C);ntury Club of Riegel
Textile Corp.
Olen Allmon
Olen Louis Allmon, 68,
Cloudland, died Monday even
infi at Redmond Park Hospital
following a long illness.
Mr. Allmon was born on
May 18, 1919 in Walker Coun
ty, son of Mrs. Amanda
Allmon and the late James H.
Allmon. Mr. Allmon was a
member of Menlo Baptist
Church and a Scottish Rite
Mason.
Survivors include his
widow, the former Kathryn
Shropshire Allmon; one sister,
Mrs. Marie Jones, Atlanta;
mother, Mrs. Amanda B.
Allmon, Atlanta.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Menlo
Baptist Church witg; the Rev.
Kenny Roach officiating.
Interment was in West Hill
Cemetery.
Nephews served as
pallbearers.
Lane Funeral Home had
charge of the arrangements.
Bobby
Chappelear
Bobby Eugene Chappelear,
49, Atlanta, died unexpectedly
on Sept. 29 in Atlanta.
Mr. Chappelear was born in
Chattooga County on Nov. 8,
1937, son of the late Voy
Henry Chappelear. He was
employed by Lockheed
Georgia Co. as line foreman.
Mr. Chappelear was a Baptist.
Surviving are one son,
Ricky Chappelear, Summer-
Ellenburg
Monument
Co.
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Lucille and Harold Plit)xmmer.
Menlo; one brother, Wayne
Chappelear, Roswell; several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Oct. 1 in the chapel
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Revs. John Crowe and
Greg Ledford officiating.
Interment was in Ami
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Mark Goodson, Ricky Ham
monds, Don Dodson, Glenn
Willingham, Randall
Magnusson and Clyde Manley.
Edith DeWitte
Mrs. Edith Copeland
DeWitte, 69, Annapolis, Md., a
former resident otp Chattooga
County, died Saturday in
Annapolis.
Mrs. DeWitte was born in
DeKalb County, Ala., on Sept.
29, 1918, daughter of the late
Joseph Copefiand and Mar‘{
Frances Lindsey Copeland.
Her husband, Virgil Boyd
DeWitte, died on June 13,
1978.
Surviving is one daughter,
Mrs. Beverly DeWitte Gamp,
Annapolis.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. today in the chapel
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Revs. C. F. Strickland
and Phillip Doris officiating.
Interment will be in West
Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Jim McCollum, C.H.
McCollum, Leo Lanier, W. E.
Roper, David Millican, James
Neal and Robert Bowen. They
are asked to assemble at the
funeral home at 10:45 a.m.
today.
Doris Floyd
Mrs. Doris Aileen Floyd,
55, Trion Rte. 1, died at 8:45
a.m. Friday in Redmond Park
Hospital.
She was born in Walker
County on Jan. 10, 1932,
daughter of the late Charles F.
Williams and Mable Harris
Williams. Mrs. Floyd was an
employee of Riegel Textile
Corp., and a Baptist.
gurvivin are her widower,
Randolph Ffi)yd, Trion Rte. 1;
three sons, Gary Wayne Floyd
and Marty Floyd, Trion, Ran
dy Fay Floyd of Summerville;
one daughter, Mrs. Sherri In
gle, Summerville; two brothers,
Richard Williams, Chat
tanooga, Tenn., and Charles
Williams, Rossville; five
sisters, Mrs. Barbara Hall,
Trion, Mrs. Muriel Ward, Sum
merville, Mrs. Betty
Huckabee, LaFayette, Mrs.
Joyce Turner, Rossville, and
Mrs. Alice Reeves, Ringgold;
five half brothers; two half
sisters; one grandson, Nathan
Lee Floyd; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Sunda¥in the chapel
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Rev. Johnny E. Tin
ney officiating.
Interment was in Green
Hills Memory Garden.
Active pallbearers were
Ronnie Mulf,) Billy McCollum,
Billy Ward, Rodney Williams,
Br){lan Huckabee and David
Hall.
Audrey Hall
Mrs. Audrey Evelyn Hall,
64, 35 11th St., Trion, died on
Oct. 1 in Floyd Medical Center.
She was born in DeKalb
County, Ala., on April 9, 1923,
daugher of the late James O.
Jeniins and Alice Da
Jenkins. Her husband, Noafi
Hall, and a daughter, Audrey
Hall, died earlier.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Brenda Housch, '%rion:
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six sons, Austin Hall, Billy
Hall and Jerry Hall, Trion,
Noah Hall an:ly Richard Hall,
LaFayette, Truman Hall, Lyer
lg: one sister, Mrs. Alice
rumbelow, Atlanta; one
brother, Robert Jenkins, South
Carolina; two half sisters, Don
na Jenkins and Mona Jenkins,
Nevada; two half brothers,
Jimmy Jenkins and Dwight
Jenkins, Nevada; 18 grand
children; five great
grandchildren; several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the
chapel oF Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home with Rev. Thomas E.
Lee officiating.
Interment was in Howell
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Foy
Renfroe, David Jenkins, Grady
Jenkins, John Henry Jenkins,
Thomas Renfroe, Winston
Renfroe, Howard Hughes and
Bill Moore.
Ruby Hurley
Mrs. Ruby Mae Bagley
Hurley, 79, 1 Lyerly St., Sum
mervifie, died Monday in Red
mond Park Hospital gt,)llowing
a short illness.
Mrs. Hurley was born in
Cherokee County, Ala., on Dec.
11, 1907, daughter of the late
Georie Warren and Mary Lot
tie Clifton Bagley. Her hus
band, Miles Irby Hurley, died
on May 5, 1984, and a son,
Miles l¥loyd Hurley, died on
Feb. 4, 1947.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Mary Jo
Woodham, Summerville, and
Mrs. Ruth Garner, Centre,
Ala.; one son, Billy W. Hurley,
Summerville; eight grand
children; ang eight
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Hill
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with the Rev. Gene Jay
officiating.
Interment was in Unity
Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Ala.
Lane Funeral Home had
charge of the arrangements.
Ronald Jackson
Ronald Ray Jackson, 28,
Gaylesville, Ala. Rte. 1, died
Saturday at a Centre, Ala.,
hospital.
Mr. Jackson was born on
Oct. 28, 1958 in DeKalb Coun
ty, Ala., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Julius C. “Punch” Jackson.
Survivors include his
arents, Gaylesville, Ala.;
Erothers, Robert, Keiffer and
Donald Jackson, Gaylesville;
sisters, Mrs. Mary éardner,
Gaylesville, Mrs. Linda
Whiteside, Henagar, Ala., and
Mrs. Brenda Woodall, Cedar
Bluff, Ala.; grandmother, Mrs.
Flora Crane, Gaylesville;
several aunts, uncles and
cousins.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Sunday in Perry
Funeral Home Chapel, Centre,
with Minister Mike Mitchell
and the Rev. Carl Bolt
officiating.
Interment was in the Bethel
Cemetery.
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home made the announcement
for the family.
Fanniec Moses
Mrs. Fannie Kennedy
Moses, 85, Lyerly Highway,
died Saturday afternoon at
Chattooga County Hospital.
Mrs. Moses was born in
Trion on June 3, 1902,
daughter of the late Eliah
Walier and Eliza King. Her
husband, Harvey J. Moses,
and a son, Ollie Moses, both
died earlier.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Neoma Hampton, Lyerly;
three sons, Charles I\loses.
Rome, William Moses,
Cloudland, and Rog Moses,
Uray; 10 ‘frandchil ren; five
great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 3 g.m. Monday at Gravel
Hill Baptist Church.
Interment was in Gravel
Hill Cemetery.
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home had charge of
arrangements.
Callic ozment
Mrs. Callie McDonald Oz
ment, 82, 201 Marvin St., Sum
merville, died Oct. 1 at her
residence.
She was born in Cherokee
County, Ala., on March 27,
1905, daughter of the late John
McDonalg and Ira Van Pelt
McDonald. Mrs. Ozment was a
member of the Oak Bower
Methodist Church. Her hus
band, Ben Ozment, died on
Dec. 14, 1971, and two
daughters, Mozelle Bartlett,
died on Feb. 28, 1976, and
Naomi Hurley died Sept. 9,
1987.
Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Myrtle
Mob%s, Summerville, and Mrs.
Betty Miller, Mableton; two
sons, Billy Joe Ozment and
Marshall Ozment, Summer
ville; three brothers, Jim
McDonald, Lyerly, Tom
McDonald, Summerville and
Bill McDonald, Attalla, Ala,;
three sisters, Mrs. Beatrice
Mills, Summerville, Mrs. Grace
Edwards, Trion, and Mrs. Lis
sie Clowdis, Chickamauga; 11
grandchildren; 12 great
grandchildren; several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the
chapel oP Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home with the Revs. Johnny
Tinney and Edwin Lassetter
officiating.
Interment was in Green
Hills Memory Garden.
Active Jpallbearers were
%randsons: oel Ozment, Terrty
zment, Brian Ozment, Jeff
Miller, Lesley Biddle, Tommy
Stephens, Bruce Peek and
Steve Marshall.
Honorary pallbearers were
great-grandchildren % gd
riends of High Rise. *
Lora Pritchett
Mrs. Lora Jane Pritchett,
69, Menlo, died Sunday night
in Redmond Park Hos itaf.
She was born in BeKalb
County, Ala., on June 10, 1918,
dau%hter of the late J.T.
Wigley and Minnie AKins
Wigley. Mrs. Pritchett was a
member of Menlo Baptist
Church and was retired from
Best Manufacturing Co. Her
husband, Floyd Pritchett, died
on Feb. 4, 1387.
Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Shirley
Goofiridge and Mrs. Joyce
Brown, Menlo; one son, Wayne
Pritchett, Menlo; two sisters,
Mrs. Hazel Arthur, Fort
Payne, Ala., and Mrs. Addie
O’Shields, Marietta; one
brother, T. J. Wigley Jr., Cen
tre, Ala.; eight grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren;
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Menlo
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Kenny Roach officiating.
Interment was in Green
Hills Memory Garden.
Active pallbearers were
Jackie Pritchett, Samuel
Goodridge, Dennis Cabe,
Lance Wigley, Billy Joe Arthur
and Tom Brown.
Honorary pallbearers were
Ladies of tfie Menlo Baptist
Church.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
Infant Stephens
Infant Joshua Lamar
Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Reynolds, Summerville
Rte. 4, died Sept. 29 in
Erlanger Medical Center, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Survivors other than the
garents include one sister,
alon Stephens, Summerville;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Willard Stephens,
LaFayette, Mrs. Judy Bridges
Summerville, and gud
Reynolds, Summerville; great
andparents, H. H. Stephens,
firising Fawn, Mrs. Pauline
Bridges, Summerville and Mrs.
Beulah Reynolds, Summer
ville.
Graveside services were
held at 11 a.m. Oct. 1 in Sum
merville Cemetery with the
Rev. Melvin Bridges
officiating.
Lane Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
James Wester
James Carnul Wester, 67,
18 Stevens St., Summerville,
died Thursday in Erlanger
Medical Center following a
short illness.
Mr. Wester was born in
DeKalb County, Ala., on Dec.
12, 1919, son of the late James
Franklin Wester and Sarah
Jones Wester. Mr. Wester was
a member of New Cannan Bap
tist Church and was retired
from the Austell and Boxboard
Paper Plant.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Sarah Mae Tapp Wester,
Summerville; two daughters,
Mrs. Jo Ann Hughes,
Crossville, Ala., and Mrs.
Dorothy Isham, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; three sons, James Terry
Wester, Crossville, Ala., Dan
ny Ray Wester and Timothy
Andrew Wester, Summerville;
two sisters, Mrs. Beatrice
Owinsby, Geraldine, Ala., and
Mrs. Estelle Dingler,
Crossville, Ala.; two brotfiers,
Cecil and Elton Wester, Lithia
Springs; six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Saturday in Liberty
Baptist Church, Geraldine,
wit?l the Rev. Sanford Deßerry
officiating.
Interment was in Liberty
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Jimmy Tapp, Kenneth Tucker,
Larry Tucfier, Rickey Tucker,
Donnie Tucker ang Harold
Baldwin.
Hill Chapel of the Lane
Funeral Home had charge of
arrangements.
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vited to attend an organiza
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da{', Oct. 20 at the Summer
ville Recreation Center.
A number of adult
volunteers and students has
already expressed an interest
in starting a county-wide
scouting program.
Tina Meachen, field
representative of the Moccasin
Bend Girl Scout Council, will
have charge of the program.
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The City of Summerville’s new leaf—eatinfi
machine may begin its rounds this mont.
if leaves begin falling in quantity earlier
than expected. City crews experimented
with the e(tlipment on Union §treet Tues
day to work out a few glitches in its opera
Chiefs Promote Prevention
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Staff Writer
More than a few Chattooia
County residents have brought
their fireplaces and wood
heaters out of “‘mothballs’ dur
ing recent cool mornings, ac
cording to local firefighters,
who are observing Fire Preven
tion Month in Georgia.
Chief John Echols of the
Summerville Fire Department
and Chief Larry Rising of the
Trion Fire Department, asked
area residents to exercise cau
tion when firing up their
heaters — or installing coal or
wood heaters.
MAJOR CAUSE
“One of the major causes of
house fires that we see is im-
Eroperly installed wood
eaters,’”” Rising said.
“Sometimes people will have
heaters instalFed in old
fireplaces that may not be set
up for heater installment. If
you're going to have one in-
Leaf-Eater May Begin Early
stalled in a fireplace, you
should check the fireplace area
for safety, and never leave the
heater unattended.”’
“Sometimes we'll see fires
that start in chimneys,” Rising
said. “Wood will build up on
the inside of a chimney, and a
spark could start a fire. You
should have your chimney
cleaned every year, with no
more than two going by
without inspecting it.”’” Rising
said that fires can also start
from gas and electric heaters.
“Another major cause of
fires is smoking in bed,” said
Echols. “You should never
smoke in bed, and items such
as matches and lighters should
be kept away from children.”
COOKING
“Cooking equipment as well
as heating equipment, can be
fire hazards,” said Echols.
*“Caution should be exercised
when cookin,i. Also, you should
make sure that your furnace,
stove, fireplace, and other
heatin% equipment are working
proper y.
‘You should also be careful
with portable space heaters,”
Rising added. ‘“They need to be
tion. The city will announce in advance
where the equipment will operate. Shown
from left are city employees Avery Pierce,
Billy Knowles and Harold Tucker, city
superintendent. (Staff Photo).
kept away from curtains,
draperies, and other flammable
material. Make sure there is
adequate ventilation as well.”
KEROSENE
“If you use a kerosene
space heater,” Echols said,
““make sure that the heater has
an automatic shut-off and an
automatic starter. Use only
K-1 kerosene, and never use
gasoline in a kerosene heater,
because it could explode.”
In case a fire were to occur,
Echols recommends the in
stallation of smoke detectors.
“Fires often start at night
when the family is asleep. A
warning from a smoke detector
could mean the difference bet
ween life and death. It would
also be a good idea to have a
fire extinguisher handy.”
NIGHT FIRES
“Since most fires do start
at night,”’ said Rising, *‘a fami
ly needs to have a pre-planned
fire escape program. Two
routes would actually be bet
ter, in case of separation while
leaving the house. A predeter
mined meeting lplace outside of
ttée house should also be decid
od.”