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. The Summerville News, Thursday, February 6, 1992
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Obituaries in The
Summerville News
are published free
of charge. There is
no charge to either
the funeral home or
the family of the
deceased.
Sybil Byars
Mrs. Efibfl C. Byars, 92,
ille, died at 12:30
p.m. Tuesday.
She was born in Cherokee
County, Ala., on Oct. 26, 1899
daughter of the late David
Oscar Preskitt and Azzie Hen
son Preskitt. She was a
member of South Summerville
Baptist Church and a
homemaker. Her husband,
Paul F. Byars, died earlier. One
son, R. T. Byars, died in May,
1970. One dausgter. Haynie
Byars, died in October, 1980.
One sister, Gertrude Jackson
and two brothers, Sidney and
Aubrey Preskitt, all died
earlier.
She is survived by two
daughters, Hazel Vaufihn,
Summerville, and Ophelia Hall,
St. Petersburg, Fla.; one son,
John D. Byars, Warner
Robins; four sisters, Grace
Smith, Rome, Mildred Canada,
LaFayette, Azzie Milam, Birm
ingham, Ala., and Laura Com
er, Texas; four brothers, Carl
Preskitt, Cocoa Beach, Fla.,
Oscar and Franklin Preskitt,
Birmingham, Ala.,, Ralph
Preskitt, Gunersville, Ala.; 16
grandchildren; 32 great
grandchildren; five great-great
grandchildren; and nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 am. today in the Hill
Chapel of Lane Fyuneral Home
with the Revs. Jimmy Bryant
and Wa{dell Howell of
ficiating. Interment will be in
Green.hflls Memory Garden.
Active pallbearers will be
Sonny Byars, David Byars,
Bobby l3s¥‘ars, Billy Vaughn,
Darrel inner and Barry
Vauglem. Honorary ]fmllbearers
will be Employees of Oak View
Nursing Home, Charles White,
Wa¥ne Matthews, Randolph
Kellett, Roy Kellett, Sam
Cavin and Joey Byars.
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Former Menlo
Mayor Passes
Mrs. Frances Kather¥n
Mac Vane, 77, Fayetteville,
N.C., a former mayor of
Menlo, died Saturday at the
home of her daughter in
Fayetteville.
Born in Menlo, she was the
daughter of the late Cicero C.
and Maude Calloway Story.
She was a graduate of Jackson
ville State University and
Peabody College. From the late
1930 s to the mid 19705, she
was emploged on occasion as a
public school teacher, with
most of her time at Menlo
School. She was a member of
Menlo ngtist Church where
she served as a fiianist for
several years. She was a
member of the DeKalb County
Business and Professional
Women’s Club, Fort Payne,
Ala., and was the mayor of
Menlo for two terms in tie late
19705.
She was the widow of Dr.
Gordon K. Mac Vane.
Survivors include a
daughter, Carole M. Cuthill,
Fayetteville, N.C.; a sister,
Leah Rigdon, Menlo; three
grandchildren, Wendy Tread
away, Menlo, and Casel?: and
Johnny Cuthill, both of Fayet
teville, N. C.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. WednesdaK at Menlo
Baglt‘:ist Church with the Rev.
John F. Cuthill Jr. officiating.
Interment was in Alpine
Cemetery.
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home had charge of
arrangements.
Patsy Collins
Patsy M. Collins, 50, North
Congress Street, Summerville,
died Friday night in a Rome
hospital.
Mrs. Collins was born in
Chattooga County on Oct. 2,
1941, daughter of the late
William and Josie Spain
Luallen. She was a Baptist. A
son, Michael Anthony Collins,
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died earlier.
Survivors are her widower,
Thomas Lamar Collins; one
daughter, Kathy Lynn Dodd,
Summerville; two sons,
Thomas R. Collins and Gary F.
Collins, Summerville; two
daughters-in-law, Margie Col
lins and Tracy Pointer, Sum
merville; one son-in-law, Niel
Ashmore, Summerville; six
brothers, Billy, Larry, Wayne,
Robert and Leroy Luafien,
Summerville, and Kelly
Luallen, Rome; four sisters,
Betty Edgeworth, Jo Pierce,
Henrietta Barnes and Linda
Pierce, Summerville; one aunt,
Ruth Cornelius, Summerville;
and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 4 p.m. Monday in the Hill
chafiel of Lane Funeral Home
with the Rev. Billy Wright of
ficiating. Interment was in
Summerville Cemetery.
Active gallbearers were
Junior eech, Larry
Edgeworth, William Bryant,
Danny Barnes, Stevie Collins
and fimmy Collins.
Ernest Cooper
Ernest L. Cooper, 83, Sum
merville Rte. 3, died at 7:30
E.m. Monday in a Rome
ospital.
He was born in Chattooga
County on June 12, 1908, son
of the late Willie Calvin and
Mittie Gertrude Cook Cooper.
Mr. Cooper was a retired
farmer and textile worker, and
a Methodist.
Survivin are two
daughters, (§ina Williamson,
Summerville, and Carolyn
Williams, LaFayette; two sons,
Lee Cooper and Tim Cooper,
Summerville; one step
daughter, Glenda Patton,
Ring%gld; one sister, Sarah
Jane Hood, Summerville; two
brothers, Tommy Cooper,
Cedartown, and Gene Cooper,
Boynton Beach, Fla.; six
grandchildren; one great
grandchild; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with Minister Stanley Baker
officiating. Interment will be in
Macedonia Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Lloyd Gilreath, Deward
Cooper, Paul Cooper, Jim Pat
ton, Gary Cooper and Dorman
Gilreath. Honorary pallbearers
will be members of the Riegel
Quarter Century Club.
Alford Kinsey
Alford Warren ‘‘Pete”
Kinsey, 50, 2481 Floyd Springs
Road, Armuchee, a captain
with the Rome Fire Depart
ment, died Monday night at his
home, after a long illness with
cancer.
Mr. Kinsey was born in
Floyd County on Sept. 2, 1941,
the son of Mary Cowart Kinsey
and the late G.L. “Bud”
Kinsey. He had spent his entire
life in Floyd County and was a
1960 graduate of Armuchee
High School. He was a member
of the Floyd Sflrin s Baptist
Church and the %lorthwest
Georgia Poultry Association.
At the time ofriis death, Mr.
Kinsey was a captain with the
Rome Fire Department where
he had served for the past 27
years. He was also a poultry
producer for Gold Kist. He
served in the U. S. Army Na
tional Guard.
Sux:vivinlgmare his widow,
Lavonia L. Kinsey, Armuchee;
two daughters, Amy Kinsey
and Jill Kinleg. Armuchee;
mother, Mary C. Kinsey, Ar
g ko
a| reath, Armuchee;
nieces and nephews,
Funeral services were held
at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the
Flozd Springs Baptist Church
with the Revs. Jim Brackett
and Bill Adams officiatinl_fl. In
terment was in the Floyd
Springs Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Ray Peucgh, Kelly Everett,
Monroe Caldwell, Jack Lum
kin, Larry Kinsey and Bill
Buke. Members of the Rome
Fire Department served as
honorary ;l)‘allbearers.
Fred Talley's Parkview
Chapel Funeral Home, Rome,
had charge of arrangements.
Robert
Luallen, dr.
Robert Lee Luallen Jr., 16,
Clyde Street, Summerville Rte.
5, died in a traffic accident at
1:20 a.m. Sunday.
He was born in Floyd Coun
ty on Sept. 11, 1975, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Luallen Sr.
He was a student at Chattooga
High School, and a Baptist.
He is survived by his
arents; a sister, Paige Luallen,
gummerville; two brothers,
Daniel Luallen and Justin
Luallen, Summerville; grand
i))arents, Mrs. Ethel Luallen,
. C. Brown, Summerville, and
Cleavie Riley, Calhoun; and
several aunts and uncles.
Funeral services were held
at 11 am. Tuesday in the
chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home, with the Revs. Rick
Walker and Willie Bearden of
ficiating. Interment was in
Summerville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Joey Rector, Anthony Hogue,
Scott Carrol, Robbie Ramer,
Steve Burgess and Clint
Young.
Gene Morgan
Gene Morgan, 72, Summer
ville Rte. 2, gied at 1:45 p.m.
Monday in a Rome hospital.
He was born in Cherokee
County, Ala., Feb. 27, 1919,
son of the late General Forest
Morgan and Mary Dooley
Mo§an.
e was a member of the
Spring Creek Baptist Church,
a member of the Quarter Cen
tury Club of Mount Vernon
Mifi,s, a veteran of World War
11, serving in the U. S. Army
and was em%loyed in the
Maintenance Department of
Mount Vernon Mills.
Surviving are his wife,
Doris Grogan Morgan; one
daughter, filaine Agemathy,
Pie«fmont. Ala.; one son, Steve
Morgan, Jacksonville, Ala,;
two stepdaughters, Jane
Clarke Blgckmon, Trion, and
Carolyn Free, Rome; one step
son, William Roy Clarke,
Atlanta; one sister, Essie Mae
Hayes, Summerville; one
brother, Walter Lee Morgan,
Summerville; six grand
children; three great
grandchildren; several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at the Spring Creek Baptist
Church at 2 p.m. today with
the Rev. Jimmy Wilborn of
ficiating. Interment will be in
the Spring Creek Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Sherman Wilbanks, Duel
Romine, Jimmy Palmour, Bil
ly Mull, Albert Rutledge and
Johnny Gentry. Honorary
;S)allbearers will be the Men's
unday School Class of Sprinlg(
Creek Ba(rtist Church, Jac
Smith and Sam Wardlaw.
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home will g: in charge of the
arrangements.
franpk Purcell
Frank E. Purcell, 76,
Franklin Street, Menlo, died at
8 a.m. Saturday in a Rome
hospital.
He was born in Walker
County Jan. 27, 1916, son of
the late Joe H. and Lizzie Bell
Moss Purcell. He was a retired
farmer. A son, Jimmy Purcell,
died earlier.
Survivors are his widow,
Ma;Fie Simmons Purcell,
Menlo; one daufhter, Glenda
Hamilton, Menlo; two sons,
Paul Purcell, Trion, and Ken
neth Purcell, Douglasville; two
brothers, Emmett Purcell,
Love Joy, Joe H. Purcell Jr.,
Menlo; one sister, Dixie Sprag
gins, Trion; seven hSrandsons;
two great-grandchildren; and
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Sunda¥‘in the chapel
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Revs. Jim Cordell and
James Wofford officiating. In
terment was in Trinity
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
TOM£ Purcell, Mike Sim
mons, David Spraggins, Jerry
Day, Ro;lSimmons and Mike
Purcell. ououri pallbearers
were Hugh Leath, Joe Alex
ander, Ra:fih Chamblee, Max
White, Neil Bowman, James
Farmer, Marion Hunter, Mar
vin Gontsry J 311:1 'l’ho;nlaolrry
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near the Trion wastewater treatment
plant on U. S. Highway 27 at the Chat
tooga River. They have gathered in the
tops of trees near the plant and river for
Suspension Is Reduced For Pless
Punishment of a Summer
ville policeman has been reduc
ed, according to John Sim
mons, city manager.
Chief Larry Bennett and
C?t. Eddie Colbert originally
reduced Sgt. Barry Pless to
patrolman, suspended him
without pay for two weeks, and
placed him on 30 days proba
tion when he returned to work.
That action was taken in late
January.
Pless appealed the action to
Simmons. After negotiations
In ‘Serious’ Condition
The condition of a Chat
tooga County man who was
severely burned in a fire that
took the lives of two of his
children had worsened by
midweek.
Wayne Roberts, 32, Red
Agnew Road, Summerville,
was reported in “serious’’ con
dition at Erlanger Medical
Center in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Wednesday morning. He was
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Buzzards At Sewer Plant
between Pless and Chief Ben
nett, Simmons said, Bennett
reduced the suspension time
from two weeks to one week.
Simmons agreed to the
change and affirmed the demo
tion and Erobationary period.
Pless had 10 working days
from this past Friday to appeal
the action to the full mayor and
council of Summerville.
NO HEARING
Meanwhile, Simmons said a
hearing before the mayor and
council for Sgt. Houston Lon-
in the intensive care burn unit.
Roberts had been reported
in “stable”” condition on Jan.
29, and in ‘‘fair”’ condition on
Jan. 21.
The Jan. 17 fire that burn
ed Roberts over 100 percent of
his body took the lives of his
daughters, Joycelyn Shaßay
Roberts, 3, and Felicia De-
Wayne Roberts, 2.
the past several weeks. Passing motorists
have previously complained about the
plant’s “rige" odor. But it ap‘parently ap
peals to the buzzards. (Staff Photo By
Earl McConnell).
don had not been rescheduled.
It has been postponed twice.
Once because London wasn’t
given pr(g)er notice of the hear
ing, and the second time
because a key witness had just
had surgery.
Longon was suspended
with pagr on Jan. 12 after being
char%e with aggravated bat
terK y a woman who describ
ed herself as her %irlfriend. She
charged he had beaten her at
his home.
His case is not expected to
come before a Chattooga grand
jury before August.
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Menlo Lowers
Millage Rate
By JULIE GRIFFIS
Staff Writer
Menlo city residents can
look forward to a lower tax
millage rate for fiscal year
1991-92, in the city any way.
Tuesday night, the town
council voted unanimously to
lower the tax-millage rate gom
five to four mills.
With the increase in the
county tax digest, council
members expect to collect more
money in 1991-92 than in fiscal
year 1990-91 under the five mill
rate.
In other business, Billy
Wright of Wright Sanitation
Service, Summerville, asked
the council to increase garbage
pick-up fees from $3.50 to $4
per month.
Wright has been 'providins
the service to Menlo for sever
years and said he’s now losing
money.
The council tabled the re
quest until the February
meeting.
Mx:ror Theresa Canada told
council members she received
a thank-you letter from Nor
thwest Georgia Regional
Hospital, Rome, thanking the
city for its efforts in the
Mayor’s Christmas Motorcade.
She also said she has receiv
ed a couple of phone calls from
residents complaininf of
homes having trash and debris
scattered on their f'ards.
The counci voted
unanimously to send letters to
the homeowners in question.
Water Main
Washes Road
A broken water line wash
ed away fiart of a road in the
Smallen Road-Oak Hill Road
area Tuesday morning.
Summerville Police Sgt.
Monroe Mathis reported that
the city had placed bright
orange traffic marker cones in
the road but they were struck
by a motorist.
The motorist was not iden
tified and no injuries were
reported.