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. .The Summerville News, Thursday, February 17, 1994
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Deaths
Obituaries in The
Summeruville News
are published free
of charge. There is
no charge to either
the funeral home or
the family of the
deceased.
7.C. Baker
T. C. Baker, 72, Franklin
Street, Menlo, died Saturday
night in the Chattooga County
Hospital.
Mr. Baker was born in
Chattooga County on July 17,
1921, son of the late Tom and
Zethyr Weaver Baker. He was
a member of the Menlo Baptist
Church and was retired ?rom
Best Manufacturil(lfi. His wife,
Patsy Lee Chandler Baker,
died earlier.
Surviving are one sister,
Sara Yarbrough, Summerville;
one brother, Jim Baker, Menlo;
and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday in the Menlo
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Kenny Roach officiating. Inter
ment was in the Ami
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Scott Gayler, Calvin Baker,
Terry Baker, Stacey
Rhinehart, Hildon Baker,
Larry Staton, Billy Baker and
Tim Hogg.
Honorary pallbearers were
men of the Menlo Baptist
Church, Ralph Chamblee, Fay
Maxey, Max White, Barry
Brown, Butch Young, John
Espfl, Willard Brown and Ed
die Mac M?fiors.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home,
Summerville, had charge of
arrangements.
Allen Benson
Allen Benson Jr., 61, 275
Allgood Street, Trion, died last
Thursday evening in the Chat
tooga County Hosgital.
" He was a member of New
Bethel Baptist Church, a
veteran of the Korean Conflict,
and retired from Harriet &
Henderson Yarns Inc. His
&larents, Allen Benson Sr. and
rs. Lillie Mae Penn Benson;
one sister, Mrs. Dorothy
Chambers; and one brother,
Jefferson Benson, died earlier.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Evelyn Maxine Sturdi
vant Benson, Trion; three
daughters, Sandra McLemore,
Summerville, and Mrs. Mar
jorie Buckley, Chattanooga,
Tenn., and Miss Lynette Ben
son, Decatur; one brother, Ran
dy Benson, Rome; one aunt,
Mrs. Mae Covington, Summer
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ville; one uncle, James Cov
ington, Summerville; three
grandchildren; sisters-in-law;
rothers-in-law; friends, in
cluding Charles Wooten, Lero
Booker, Sherman ’l‘rammeli
Robert Burns and Hillman
Hix; and a host of nieces,
nelphews, cousins and other
relatives.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Sunday in the New
Bethel Baptist Church, Con
gress Street, Summerville,
with the Revs. O.J. Jordan,
Kevin Roach and other
ministers officiating.
Flowerbearers were
missionaries.
Honorary pallbearers were
Charles Wooten, Leroy Booker,
Sherman Trammell, Robert
Burns and Hillman Hix. Active
pallbearers were officers of the
church. Interment was in Sum
merville Cemetery.
Arrangements were made
by Willis Funeral Home,
Dalton.
Maudic Evans
Mrs. Maudie Mae Morgan
Evans, 82, Cedar Bluff, Va,,
died Tuesday in a Richlands,
Va. hospital following a long
illness.
She was born in Emmerson
on March 18, 1911, daughter of
the late Roy Edgar and Lillie
Mae Vandoren Padgett
Morgan. She had made her
home in Chattooga County
area most of her life, moving to
Cedar Bluff, Va., eight months
ago. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church, Ozona,
Fla.
Her husband, Henry Grady
Evans; two daughters, Frances
Myrtle Evans Hartline, and
Iva Nell Evans; one son,
William Eugene Evans; five
brothers, Martin M. Morgan,
W. C. Morgan, P. A. Morgan,
R.E. Morgan and Bud
Morgan, all iied earlier.
Surviving are one daughter,
Edith Ovell Evans Lane,
Marietta; three sons, Carl
Henry Evans, Cedar Bluff, Va.,
Elton Lamar Evans and Jim
my Lee Evans, LaFayette; one
sister, Flora Dotson, Lyerly; 12
grandchildren; four great
grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Rev. Don Moreland of
ficiating. Interment will be in
West Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Randall
Dotson, Clark Dotson, J. W.
Hunt, Chester Hunt, Frank
Majors and Benny Morgan.
They will meet at the funeral
home at 12:45 p.m. Friday.
The body will lie in state at
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
after 6 p.m. today, where the
family will receive friends from
7 until 9 p.m.,
Doshic Howell
Mrs. Doshie F. Howell, 91,
Trion Rte. 1, died Monday in
Pineview Health Care Center,
Winfield, Ala.
She was born in Marion
County, Ala., on Dec. 17, 1902,
dau%;xter of the late Arthur
and Violet Womsley Frederick.
Mrs. Howell was a member of
the New Bethel Bz(i}ptist
Church. Her husband, Grady
R. Howell, and a daughter, An
nie Lee Pollard, died earlier.
Survivinl§ are - three
daughters, Pearl Ava Weir,
Sipsey, Ala., Myrtle
McWhorter, Trion, and fieba
Harris, Hamilton, Ala.; one
son, Hymon Howell, Atlanta;
and several g‘r.:ndchildren;
great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. todag in the chapel of
the Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home with the Revs. James
Robert Patterson and Waydell
Howell officiating. Interment
will be in West Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
grandsons.
Thomas
Jefferson
Thomas Rudell Jefferson,
279 Campbell Rd., Tunnel Hill,
died Monday afternoon, Feb. 7,
in Hamilton Medical Center.
He was a member of Oak
Hill Baptist Church, son of the
late Rev. and Mrs. Mack C.
(Mollie Johns) Jefferson. He
was a retired carpenter, and a
farmer.
Survivors are his widow,
Mrs. Janie Smith Jefferson,
Tunnel Hill; two daughters,
Elizabeth Jefferson, Riverdale,
and Mrs. Janice Golston, East
Point; a son, Rudy Jarome Jef
ferson, Tunnel Hill; two step
sisters, Clydie Scott and
Gussie Jones, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; six grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; nieces,
nephews, cousins and others.
The funeral was held at 2
;])).m. Saturday in the Mount
eria Baptist Church, North
Sparks Street, Ringgold, with
the Revs. J. T. Suttle, Floyd
Croft, Dewey Boyd, Aaron
Foster and others officiating.
Flowerbearers were Lillian
Miller, Marcella McDade,
Gloria Jean Baker, Ma.rfi Alice
Tinson, Mary Croft, Evelyn
Harris and Mary Jo Lumpkin.
Casketbearers were Melvin
Burton, Paul Croft, Nathan
Lumpkin, Charles Starling,
J. C. Young, Billy Joe Jackson,
Jerold Tyrone Tinson and Jose’
Mullins. Interment was in Tun
nel Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements were made
by Willis Funeral Home,
Dalton.
frank Kane
Frank Joseph Kane, 30,
Cloudland, ancr formerly of
Rome, died Feb. 8 after a long
illness.
He was born in Lakenheath,
En%land. July 8, 1963, son of
Robert Kane and Linda
Prestwood Kane, Cloudland.
He was a graduate of Darl
ington School and Auburn
University, where he was a
member of the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity.
Survivors include his
parents; two sisters, Elizabeth
Kane and Mary K. Chambers,
Atlanta; and his grand
mothers, Mrs. John W. Little
and Mrs. Chatles Prestwood,
Fort Payne, Ala.
Graveside services were
held Thursday in Myrtle Hill
Cemetery, Rome, with the
Revs. Dr. G. Donald Black and
James Wofford officiating.
Pallbearers were Mark
Burns, Tom Landstreet, Ben
McGuffey, Rollin Nora,
Granger Russell and David
Bray.
Memorial contributions
may be sent to Cloudland
Presbyterian Church,
Cloudland.
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Marshall
Ozment
Marshall Ozment, 53, Sum
merville Rte. 5, died Tuesday
afternoon at Chattooga Coun
ty Hospital.
He was born in Cherokee
County, Ala., on Jan. 12, 1941,
son of the late Ben and Callie
McDonald Ozment. He was a
member of South Summerville
Baptist Church and was
employed in the dye depart
ment of what is now Mohawk
Industries, Inc., for 34 years.
Surviving are his widow,
Anita Mosley Ozment; a
daughter, Leisha Peek, Sum
merville; a son, Brian Ozment,
Summerville; two sisters, Myr
tle Mobbs, Summerville, and
Betty Miller, Mableton; a
brother, Billy Joe Ozment,
Summerville; a granddaughter;
a grandson; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. today in the J. D. Hill
Funeral Home chapel with the
Rev. Jimmy Brfiant Offidm
Interment will be in Greenhi
Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be
Terry Ozment, Joel Ozment,
Kavin Stephens, Jamie Biddle,
Jeff Miller and Leslie Biddle.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Olin Henderson, Dann
Mosley, Howard Pollard, Bu(i
dy Gentry, Ernest Fuller,
Rlalfilburn Mitchell, Wayne
Gilliland, Jerry Bridges, L. C.
Crane, Roy Cox, Dale Lawson,
Chester I—{unt. Lamar Nixon,
Tommy Rosson, Donald
Teague, Buck Helton and
Oliver Brown, as well as
em%loyees and former workers
of the Mohawk dye plant. They
are asked to meet at the funeral
home today at 1:45 p.m.
The Summerville Police
Department made 11 arrests
for driving under the influence
(DUI) of intoxicants and six
drug arrests in January.
During the month, three ar
rests were made for felony
violations of the Georgia Con
trolled Substances Act, while
three misdemeanor arrests
were made.
In all, four %ambling
char%es were filed, plus six for
shoplifting, one for obstruction
of officers and 10 for visiting a
disorderly house.
One person was charged
with possession of non-tax-paid
whiskey, while one fine was
levied for a violation of the
child restraint law.
The department made 125
cases and answered 261 com
plaints, while patrolling 11,879
miles in January. Officers in
vestigated 18 accidents, issued
15 warnings and collected
$7,009.80 in fines.
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DUI File
At least six motorists were
charged with driving under the
influence (DUI) of intoxicants
this past week in Chattooga
County, according to jail
records. Thgly included:
Ruth B. Teems, 67, Marvin
Street, Summerville, who was
also charged with failing to
yield the nght-of-way; Charles
Alley, 23, Summerville Rte. 2,
also charged with driving after
his license had been suspended
and failing to yield the right-of
way; Charles S. Pittman, 27,
Broomtown Road, LaFayette,
also charged with not having a
license, not having tail lights
on his vehicle, ans having an
(l)‘{)en container of alcohol;
oward E. Hogue, 39,
Cullman, Ala.; Billy Jack Mit
chell, 39, Rainsville, Ala.; and
Charles T. Tollet, 43, Summer
ville Rte. 3, also charged with
driving after his license had
been suspended, and failing to
use his vehicle’s turn signal.
Farrar Charged With Burglary
A Summerville man has
been charged with burglarizing
a car dealer’s property and try
ing to take a 1990 luxury
sports car.
Chief Tony Gilleland of the
Summerville Police Depart
ment said Charles C. ‘‘Carrie”’
Farrar, 35, North Congress
Street, Summerville, was
charged with burlflary, enter
inf an automobile, and two
fe ony charges of violating the
state’s drug laws.
The chief said Farrar
allegedly broke a window on
the north side of Joseph
Jackson Auto Sales, 315 N.
Commerce St., on the early
evening of Feb. 9, apparently
cutting his left wrist in the
process.
CORVETTE
A sliding door in the
business was opened and Far
rar allegedly began backing a
1990 model white Corvette out
of %\e building, Chief Gilleland
said.
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Summerville police arrested two men and seized five and
one-half gallons of non-tax-paid whiskey this past week.
Capt. Mary Bullard and Det. David Westbrooks display
the liquor. The two arrested were Roland Wooten, 56,
and Henry Gaddiston, 49, both of Summerville. (Staff
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Thursday, March 3rd. For your information
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MAIN OFFICE LOBBY
Monday & Tuesday 9:00 - 5:00
Wednesday 9:00 - 1:00
Thursday & Friday 9:00 - 6:00
Saturday 9:00 - Noon
MAIN OFFICE DRIVE-IN WINDOWS
Monday & Tuesday 7:30 - 5:30
Wednesday 7:30 - 1:30
Thursday & Friday © 7:30 - 6:00
Saturday 7:30 - 1:00
TRION OFFICE LOBBY
Monday &, Tuesday 9:00 - 4:00
Wednesday 9:00 - 1:00
Thursday 8:00 - 5:30
Friday : 9:00 - 6:00
Saturday CLOSED
TRION OFFICE DRIVE-IN WINDOWS
Monday & Tuesday 7:30 - 4:00
Wednesday 7:30 - 1:00
Thursday 7:30 - 5:30
Friday : 7:30 - 6:00
Saturday 7:30 - Noon
LYERLY OFFICE LOBBY & DRIVE-IN
Monday 8:30 - 1:00
Tuesday 8:30 - Noon
Wednesday CLOSED
Thursday 8:30 - 4:30
Friday - 8:30 - 6:00
Saturday CLOSED
MENLO OFFICE LOBBY & DRIVE-IN
Monday & Tuesday A 8:30 - 2:00
Wednesday CLOSED
Thursday 8:30 - 4:00
Friday 8:30 - 6:00
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Jackson himself was driv
ing by and saw the car being
backed out of his business, the
chief added, and r%fiorted the
incident to police. The sg?ect
in the attempted theft fled the
scene on foot, police said. Far
rar was arrested later, suffer
ing a cut on his wrist. A signifi
cant amount of blood was
found inside the business and
on the car, reports stated.
When Farrar was arrested,
he allegedly had controlled
drugs in his possession, Chief
Gilleland said.
Participating in the in
vestigation with Gilleland were
Capt. Mary Bullard, Det.
David Westfirooks, Lt. James
Little, Sgt. Terry Williamson
and Officers Tracy Maddux
and Tim Fulmer.
COCAINE ;
Meanwhile, Summerville
police have also arrested a local
resident on charges of possess
ing cocaine with intent to
resell, and with selling cocaine
within 1,000 feet of a housing
prol'gct. : o
et. Westbrooks identified
the suspect as Carl Edward
Shropshire, 23, Summerville
Rte. 1.
Westbrooks said Shrop
shire was arrested after he was
seen allegedly selling crack co
caine to an undercover agent
for the police department.
Several “rocks” of suspected
crack were seized at the time of
the arrest, the detective said.
Chief Gilleland assisted in the
investigation.
DIMES
Dimes valued at $350 were
reported stolen from the home
of Wanda Parker, Ramey
Street, this past Saturday, ac
cording to S%t. Duane Jackson
and Officer Fulmer. The back
door had been left open, they
said.
Lt. Harold Tucker said Of
ficer Fulmer found that a win
dow had been broke on the east
side of Tom's Shoe Shop, First
Avenue, Sunday evening. The
police department received a
telephone call about the broken
window, reports indicated.
Officer Larry Bennett in
vestigated a $9.66 gasoline
drive-off from Sherry’s Conoco,
North Commerce Street, Sun
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ar fencing was
stolen from Ingles fooéetg:rm
in Summerville between Feb. 9
and Tuesdl}l{, according to Of
ficer Tom Kendrick.
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Won’t Sell
Alcohol
The new Red Food Store in
the Wal-Mart shopping center
will not sell beer and wine, ac
cording to Larry Weesner,
district manager for Red Food.
While Red Food auto
maticall{ applies “for all ap
licable licenses and permits,”
eVeesner said, “it is not our in
tent to open up our new Sum
merville store with beer- and
wine in it.”
“We feel that we know our
customers and what our
customers want and we will
meet the needs of our
customers,” he continued. “As
such, we will not be selling beer
and wine in the new Summer
ville store.”
Weesner said some of the
current store’s customers had
voiced concern about the
possibility of the new store sell
ing alcohol when it opens. The
existing store is located just
north of the new site on U. S.
Highway 27, north of
Summerville.