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The Summerville News, Thursday, January 7, 1988
DEATHS
Scoggins Rites
Held At Church
J. Austin Scog%in& died at
5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, at
Floyd Medical Center, Rome,
after a long illness. He was 95.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. last Thursday, Dec.
31, at Pennville church of
Christ with ministers Walter
Neal and Phillip Gray of
ficiating. Interment was in
Trion Cemetery.
Mr. Scoggins, a resident of
210 Trion Rd., Summerville,
served as tax collector of the
county for 24 years. He was
also a prominent Summerville
businessman prior to his
retirement.
Mr. Scoggins, before his
death, was the last surviving
charter member of the
Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club, which was organized in
1937.
He was born on May 18,
1892, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Scoggins. Mr.
Scoggins was a member of
Pennville church of Christ and
the Men's Sunday School
Class. He was a veteran of
World War I and a member of
Post 6688, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Mr. Scoggins had been a
widower three times. Mrs.
Clara Worsham Scoggins died
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MR. SCOGGINS
in 1963, Mrs. Maude Adams
Scoggins died in 1971 and Mrs.
Elsie Shelly Scoggins died in
1985.
+ Survivors include a sister,
Mrs. Lyra Perry, Atlanta;
brother-in-law, William Wor
sham, Summerville; several
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers included Jack
Gresham, Billy Worsham, Jim
my Plummer, Frank Watts,
Benny Sprayberry and Lewis
Mahan.
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home had charge of
arrangements.
Leone Bushin
Miss Leone Glenn Busbin,
85, Lyerly, died Dec. 31 in
Chattooga County Hospital
following an extended illness.
She was born Jan. 9, 1902
in Chattooga County, daughter
of the late John F. and Josie
Glenn Busbin. She was a
member of the Lyerly United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include nieces,
Louise B. Hubler, Cloudland,
Mrs. Becky Copeland, Ring
gold, Mrs. Martha Shook,
Summerville, and Mrs. Eva
Mae Stewart, Cave Spring,
Mrs. Farris Bradford, Rome,
and Mrs. Mattie Lee Hester,
Douglasville; and one nephew,
James ‘‘Buddy’’ Busbin,
Summerville.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hill
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with the Rev. Peggy Lowe
officiating.
Interment was in the
Tohnson Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Pete Farrow, Bob Farrow,
Tommßy Busbin, Terry Busbin,
Buzz Busbin, Tony Price, John
Copeland and Dennis Farrow.
Benjamin
Edwards
Benjamin Franklin Ed
wards, 90, of 209 Bittings
Ave., Summerville, died Mon
day morning at his residence
fol{owin a %ong illness.
Mr. lgdwards was born Jan.
16, 1897, in Chattooga County,
son of the late William A, and
Alice Wilson Edwards and was
a Baptist. He wasretired from
the ghattooga County works
camp as a guard with 22 years
of service. A daughter, Bennie
Lee Edwards, died on April 19,
1937.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Kathleen Smiley
Edwards, Summerville; three
sons, J. W. and Sam Edwards,
Summerville, and Ted Ed
wards, Rome; one daughter,
Mrs. Frances Edwards
Van Pelt, Summerville; nine
grandchkildren; 11 great
grandchildren; one great-great
gandchild; two step-great
grandchildren; two brothers,
Tom Howard Edwards,
LaFayette, and Harvey Ed
wards, Gadsden, Ala.; four
sisters, Mrs. Susie Gregory
and Mrs. Onellie Wilson, Sum
merville, Mrs. Artee Little,
LaFayette, and Mrs. Kate
Dyer, High Point, N. C.
Graveside services were
held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in
Lyerly Cemetery with the Rev.
Jimmy Bryant officiating.
Grandsons served as
pallbearers.
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home had charge of
arrangements.
Mary £mma
Elsberry
Mary Emma Elsberry, 81,
died Dec. 15 in a Fort
Oglethorpe hospital.
Her husband, Henry
Elsberry, died on Nov. 21,
1970.
Survivors include two
sisters, Beatrice Crider, Trion,
and Agnes Chambers, Rome;
two brothers, Robert Clyde
Patrick, Mableton and Alfred
Patrick, Summerville; several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Dec. 17 at Wallis and Son
Funeral Home, LaFayette,
with the Rev. Jimmy Wilborn
officiating.
Interment was in Howell
Cemetery.
Walter Harris
Walter Leroy Harris, 60,
York Road, LaFayette, died
Jan. 1 in Hutcheson Medical
Center.
Mr. Harris was born on
Feb. 16, 1927 in Walker Coun
ty, son of the late Roy Lee and
Mabel Laymons Harris. He
was a member of the Dry Creek
Baptist Church, Chairman of
the Deacon's Board and a
member of the Men's Sunday
School Class. He was retired
from Salem Carpet Mills.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Lorrene Green
Harris; two daughters, Mrs.
Arlene Templeton, Fort
Oglethorpe and Mrs. Dianne
J(fimson, LaFayette; two sons,
the Rev. William Harris, Sum
merville, and Eddie Harris,
LaFayette; four sisters, Mrs.
Betty Parker, LaFayette, Mrs.
Frances Brook, lLaFayette,
Mrs. Frankie Ruth Parker,
LaFayette, and Mrs. Melvina
Carrington, LaFayette; nine
grandchildren; one great
grandchild; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Sunday from the
Lane Y“uneral Home Chapel,
LaFayette, with the Rev. Cecil
Cordell and Rev. Mickey
Skates officiating.
Interment was in the
Naomi Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Sterling Harris, Charles Har
ris, Gary Brooks, Ralph Green,
Dale Parker and Jimmy
Williams.
Honorary pallbearers were
L. B. Green, Kenneth Harris,
Johnny Harris, Charles Green,
Hobert Williams, J. L.. Long,
Jim Craig, Roy Godbee, An
drew Carmon and Randy
Parker.
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William Lawson
William Troy Lawson, 81,
235 Pine St., Trion, died at 5:04
am. Dec 31 in Chattooga
County Hospital.
He was born in DeKalb
County, Ala., on May 4, 1906,
son of the late George W.
Lawson and Catherine Wells
Lawson. Mr. Lawson was a
retired carpenter and a
Baptist.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Mae Turner Lawson,
Trion; two daughters, Mrs.
Louise Caheely, and son-in-law,
Joe Caheely, Trion; Mrs. Peggy
Sumner and Charles Sumner,
Summerville Rte. 3; one sister,
Mrs. Gladys Hick, Roslee, Ala.;
three grandsons, Charles
Sumner Jr., William Sumner
and Richard Sumner; one
granddaughter, Bevérly
Sumner; one great
granddaughter, Charis
Sumner; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Saturday in the
chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home with the Rev. Jack
Chandler and DeWayne White
officiating.
Interment was in West Hill
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
William Sumner, Charles
Sumner Jr., Richard Sumner,
Melvin Stoner, J. C. Witt and
Tom Cox.
Frances
Slaughter
Frances Slaughter, 69,
Jonesville, Ky., died Dec. 17
after a long illness.
Mrs. Slaughter was born in
1918 in Chattooga County,
daughter of the late William
Henry and Leona Parker
Mullen of Summerville. She
was a member of Bethany Bap
tist Church in Holbrook, Ky.
She and her husband owned
and (){)eratvd Slaughter’s
General Store in Holbrook for
21 years.
The Slaughters were
scheduled to observe their
42nd anniversary celebration
on Dec. 23.
Survivors include her
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Grades Due Jan. 19
The first semester and six-week grading period will end
next Thursday, Jan. 14, in the Chattooga 80unty school
system, officials announced this week.
Parents should expect to see the grades of their students
for those periods on Tuesday, Jan. 19, they added.
County school officials also reminded students that the
Homework Hotline is back in operation Monday through
Thursday from 4:30 until 6:30 p.m. each of those days.
Teachers will be available during those days and hours
to help with homework or school problems, they added.
The hotline is part of the system's stay-in-school pro
gram. The News revealed in January, 1987, that the coun
ty system had the highest dropout rate in Georgia.
City Recreation,
Gore Get Funds
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harry Powell awarded
grants to the Summerville
Recreation Department and
the Gore Vo?unteer Fire
Department as one of his last
official acts of 1987.
The commissioner confirm
ed this week that he had writ
ten a check to the city recrea
tion department for SIO,OOO
last Thursday, Dec. 31. The
check was written from the
county's general fund and
didn't involve money con
fiscated from a suspected drug
dealer in 1987, the commis
sioner asserted.
Powell said he also gave the
Gore Fire Department $5,000
in county fumgs to help toward
the purchase of a fire truck.
The SIO,OOO given to the
Restrooms Bids
Will Be Sought
The Summerville Recrea
tion Board voted Tuesday
evening to seek bids on
building restrooms at the Fair
way Recreation Center. The
proposed restrooms would be
the same as those at Morgan
Field between Lyerly Highway
and Bolling Road.
The panel also decided to
ask the é)ity of Summerville for
$7,829 in additional funds to
complete renovation work at
the Bolling Road pool. Chat
tooga Commissioner Harry
Powell last week gave the
recreation department SIO,OOO
toward the pool work.
Recreation Board members
also voted to seek help from
the Council in fighting van
widower, Martin Slaughter;
one daughter and son-in-law,
Marlene and Dwight
McComas; one son and
daughter-in-law, Kenneth and
Anita Slaughter; one grand
daughter and four grandsons,
Kentucky; two nieces, Amalene
Elrod and Elizabeth Reynolds;
and several cousins, Chattooga
County.
Funeral services were held
Dec. 20 in Owenton, Ky.
Interment was in
Jonesville.
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recreation department is ex
pected to assist in the renova
tion of the Bolling Road swim
ming pool, according to city
offician.
Ralph Stanley, recreation
director, expressed apprecia
tion for the funds.
It was in late 1986 and ear
ly 1987 that city officials, the
recreation board and Powell
became embroiled in a
disagreement about Powell's
decision to cut off county funds
to the department. The com
missioner said the cutoff was
made necessary by the end of
federal Revenue Sharing funds.
The city and recreation of
ficials toyed with the idea of
imposing fees on non-city
residents but finally decided
against the proposa{
dalism at the Fairway Park.
Ralph Stanley, recreation
director, said three basketball
goals at the park have been
torn down ancf) swimming pool
Eipes and chlorinator damaged
y vandals. The park has also
been plagued by motorists
parking at the facility and
drinking alcoholic beverages,
he added.
Meanwhile, Stanley
reported that 255 youngsters
are involved in 17 youth
basketball teams this year.
The spring baseball season
was also discussed by the
board.
IDA Banquet
The Summerville Industrial
Development Authority will
hold its annual banquet at 6:30
p.m. next Tuesday at The
Lookout restaurant,
Cloudland.
Local Student
Angela Johnson, 313 East
Washington St., Summerville,
made the 1987 fall quarter
Dean'’s List at Georgia Tech. A
management major, Johnson
had to achieve a 3.0 grade Foint
average or better to qualify.
Dog Bite Case
Trial Possible
"Phe dog bite case filed by a
Chatt;ooga County couple
against Commissioner Harry
Powell and the county's road
superintendent may fie tried
during the February term of
Superior Court.
The case was g}laced on the
?re-trial calendar Monday. The
irst week of civil cases has
been set to begin on Monday,
Feb. 1, and the second week
has been scheduled to start on
Feb. 8.
LAWSUIT
Terry and Dwana William
son filed a SIOO,OOO lawsuit
against Powell and Billy Will
ingham in May, 1987. They
alleged that they went to the
county public works camp in
Summerville on Feb. 4, 1986
and that Mrs. Williamson was
bitten by a dog that was runn
ing loose on tfie premises.
The couple charged Powell
and Wiflingham with
negligence and not placing ade
quate notice of the dog at the
camp.
The commissioner and the
road superintendent denied
knowledge of Mrs. Willingham
being bitten. They also denied
that they or the county were
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negligent.
Powell and Willingham said
last August that the owner of
the dog, named Sally, was
unknown, and that it “began
staying around the county
maintenance barn" about two
years before the February,
1986 incident.
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A “Beware Of Dog" sign
was erected on the chain link
fence around the maintenance
barn, they said, althou%h they
weren't aware that Sally had
demonstrated any vi¢iousness.
Willingham and Powell fil
ed their first interrogatories to
the Williamsons on Dec. 29,
along with a demand that they
produce certain documents.
Powell's deposition was taken
on Dec. 10.
The two county officials
said the county enjoyed
sovereign immunity and
wasn't subject to the lawsuit.
AA, Farrar. Jr. #ng
Carlton Vines, Summerville at
torneys, represent the William
sons, while Ron Womack and
Norman Fletcher, LaFayette,
are representing Powell and
Willingham.