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The Summerville News, Thursday, September 29, 1988
DEATHS
Lillie Colbert
Mrs. Lillie Mae Colbert, 61,
Chickamau%a Rte. 3, died
Tuesday afternoon at her
residence following a long
illness.
Mrs. Colbert was born in
Chattooga County on March
22, 1927. She was a member of
the Shannon Church of God of
Prophecfi' and was employed
by the Rossville Mills.
Surviving are her widower,
Thurman C(fbert; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Evans, Cloudland;
one daughter, Mrs. Wanda Sue
Brown, Cloudland; two sons,
Charles Colbert, Chickamauga,
and Danny Colbert, Flintstone;
one sister, Mrs. Barbara Simp
son, Cfiickamauga: one
brother, Jack Evans,
Cloudland; six g’randchildren.
six great-grandchildren, six
step-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews. 5
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. today in the chalgel of
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Revs. Don Brock, Jeff
Ford and Darrell Simpson
Ellenburg
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Interment will be in West
Hill Cemetery.
Active pfilbearers will be
Jimmy Weathers, Eddie Ra
Weathers, Todd Colbert, Rofi
Colbert, Robert Strickland and
Bill Bass.
Honorary pallbearers will
be Maxi Co{bert Lonnie Hat
cher, Darrell McKeehan, Jerry
Westbrook, Robert Flarity and
Jesse Bass.
~ They are asked to assemble
at the funeral home at 1:45
p.m.
Lola Ledford
Mrs. Lola Ledford, Sum
merville Rte. 5, died Sunday,
Sept. 25, at her residence.
“Mrs. Ledford was born in
Copperhill, Tenn., daughter of
the late Willis and Mf'rtle
Holloway Ledford. She belong
ed to the Church of God and
was retired from Summerville
Manufacturing Company.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Madlane Edgeworth,
Summerville, ang Mrs.
Katherine Hunter, Henagar,
Ala.; two brothers, Hygras
Ledford and Johnny Hunter,
Summerville; three grand
children; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, in
the chapel of Erwin-Petitt
Funeral ‘;{ome with the Rev.
Paul Edgeworth officiating.
Interment was in Summer
ville Cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews.
George Odom Sr.
George Odom Sr., 77, of
Grove Oak, Ala., died Friday
afternoon, Sept. 23, in a
Gadsden, Ala., gnospit;al. 3
Mr. Odom was a retired
farmer.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Fannie Berry Odom; one
daughter, Mrs. Inez Holcomb,
Geraldine, Ala.; two sons, the
Rev. Howard Odom, Berryton,
and George Odom Jr., Gyrove
Oak; 11 grandchildren, several
great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. (CDT) Sunday, Sept.
25, at the Piney Grove Baptist
Church.
Interment was in the
church cemetery. L
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
made the announcement for
the family.
Robert Shamblin
Robert Lewis (Rob)
Shamblin, 24, Summerville
Rte. 3, died Sunday morning,
Sept. 25, from injuries receiv
ed from an accident.
Mr. Shamblin was born on
May 22, 1964 in Nashville,
Tenn., son of Robert Lewis
Shamblin and Jo Hood
Shamblin. He was a member of
Beersheba Presbyterian
Church and a veteran of the
U. S. Air Force.
Survivors include his
garents, Robert and Jo
hamblin, Summerville Rte. 3;
one sister, Miss Janet
Shamblin, Columbia, Tenn.;
several aunts and uncles.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, in
Beersheba Presbyterian
Church with the Rev. Thurston
Wilson officiating.
Interment was in
Macedonia Cemetery.
Pallbearers included Doug
Shamblin, Bill Shamblin, Mark
Griffith, Hershel Griffith, Mar
vin Jones and Andy Fehler.
Hill Chzfi)el of Lane Funeral
Home had charge of the
arrangements.
Bryant Ward
James Bryant Ward, 76,
Summerville Rte. 2, died
Thursday afternoon, Sept. 22,
in Oak View Nursing Home.
Mr. Ward was born on Jan.
21, 1912 in Chattooga County,
son of the late Jos% and El{a
Dempsey Ward. He was a
memger of Belmont Baptist
Church. He was a retired
farmer. Brothers, Holland,
Millard and Lonnie Ward and
sisters, Mrs. Myrtlene Broome
and Nora Ward, died earlier.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Josie Reynolds
Ward; one sister, Mrs. Bessie
Weaver, Trion; several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, in
the Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home with the Revs. John
Mann and Bobby Tinney
officiating. Al R
Interment was in Oak Hill
Cemetery. U
Pallbearers included
Houston Ward, Paul Ward,
Alvin Ward, Charles Ward, Bil
ly Ward, Franklin Ward,
Johnny Edmonson, Greg Har
rison and Gary Moore.
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Honor Presented By Governor
Gov. Joe Frank Harris, right, is shown
gresenting James Franklin Burrage of
ummerville with the “Georgia Textile
Citizen of the Year' award durinfi recent
ceremonies at the State Capitol. Burrage
is a card technician with Harriet and
Henderson Yarns Inc., Berryton. He and
his wife have also been recognized for
Local Students Get Scholarships
Four Shorter College
students from the Chattooga
County area, Judy Brewster,
Teresa Skates, Elaine Thomas
and Beth Youngblood have
been awarded the Paul
Douglas Teacher Scholarship
from the state of Georgia.
The Paul Douglas Scholar
ship program is a non-need bas
ed scholarship program
established to encourage
students to pursue teachinfi
careers in “‘critical fields' suc
as mathematics, science, the
foreign languages, or special
education. Students must have
between 3.0 and 4.0 cumulative
grade point average (on a 4.0
scale) and must complete an
essay expressing their desire,
commitment, and specific
reasons for pursuing a t.eachinF
career in the pre-school,
elementary or secondary school
levels. e
FOUR WINNERS
The four scholarship win
ners, all awarded the maximum
$5,000 grant are: i
Judy Bumgarner Brewster,
the wif)é of John Brewster of
Lake Wanda Rita in Summer
ville. She is a sophomore mid
dle grades major with a
More Roofing Bids
Sought By Powell
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harl(?' Powell is again
seeking bids this week on
repairing the roof on the office
of the Chattooga Sheriff's
Department.
A bid opening on the repair
work was scheguled for this
gast Friday morning but no
ids were submitted to
Powell's office. Powell had
sought sealed bids on the pro
ject and had advertised in q‘he
News for two weeks prior to
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teaching emphasis in
mathematics ams) science. She
is the daughter of Mrs. Annie
Lois Bumgarner, Marion
Street, Summerville.
Teresa Michelle Skates, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Skates, Trion Rte. 1.
Awarded this scholarship for
the second year, Miss Skates is
a senior majoring in middle
grades education with an em
phasis in mathematics and
science.
Elaine Thomas, a junior
middle grades major and the
wife of Greg Thomas, Pinecrest
Drive, Summerville. Her
teaching emphasis are in the
areas of mathematics and
social studies. This is the se
cond year the scholarship has
been awarded to Mrs. Thomas
as well.
Elizabeth Ann Youngblood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Youngblood, Armuchee Rte. 1.
She is a junior majoring in ear
ly childhood education with an
em%hasis in social sciences.
rewster, Thomas and
Youngblood are all graduates
of Chattooga High School and
Skates is a graduate of
LaFayette High School.
the planned bid opening last
week.
Another bid opening has
been scheduled for 10 a.m. Fri
day, Oct. 7, at Powell's office.
The ad calls for the work to be
completed during October, us
ing new felt and 210-Ib. or more
three-in-one shingles.
The August term Chat
tooga Grangu Jury had noted
that the roof on %e structure
was leaking and had already
ruined part of the ceiling in one
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