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Deaths
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.
Mary Dillard
Spring Creek Member
Dies f“ebruary 7, 2000
Mary Euretha Smith
Dillard, 76 Rose Circle, Trion,
died Monday at Redmond Re
gional Medical Center, Rome.
Mrs. Dillard was born on
April 21, 1923 in Chattooga
County, daughter of the late Joe
Lee and Royce Reed Smith. She
was retired from the American
Glove Co. She was a member of
Spring Creek Baptist Church.
Her husband Barce Dillard,
a sister Lila Thomas and broth
ers J. C. Smith, Boyd Smith and
Jack Smith all died earlier.
Mrs. Dillard is survived by
adaughter, Marie Dillard Hend
erson, Rome; a son, Anthony
Lamar “Tony” Dillard, Athens;
two sisters, Eunice Cargle, Trion
and Dorothy Wilbanks, Augusta;
and two grandchildren, Steven
and Shawn Henderson.
Funeral services will be held
at 4 p.m. today at Spring Creek
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Jimmy Wilborn officiating. In
terment will be in Spring Creek
Church Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
nephews and friends of Spring
Creek Baptist Church.
Honorary pallbearers will
the Ladies Sungay School class
of Spring Creek Baptist Church
and Barbara Young, Nadine
Fortner, Ann Romine and Mar
garet Wilbanks.
James Goodridge
Jr.
Self-Employed
Dies February 8, 2000
James Samuel Goodridge
Jr., 63, Ridie Street, Menlo died
Tuesday at his residence.
Mr. Goodridge was born on
June 11, 1936, in Cherokee
County, Ala., son of the late
James Samuel and Mary Hamp
ton Goodridge.
Mr. Goodridge was a self
employed painter.
Sister, Rubel Morgan and a
brother William “Bill” Goodridge
both died earlier.
Mr. Goodridge is survived
by his widow Shirley Jo Pritchett
Goodridge; one son, Sammy
Goodridge, Menlo; four daugh
ters and sons-in-law, Patty
Thornton, Menlo, Lori and
Greglg Patterson, Angie and
Charles Benton, LaFayette and
Beverly and Mike Wilson, Sum
mervil)le; two brothers, Bobby
Goodridge, Trion and Orban
Goodridge, Summerville; three
sisters, Louvinia Langston,
Cloudland, Vera Alexander,
Mountain View and Sue Tucker,
Jamestown, Ala.; and nine
grandchildren. e
Funeral services will be held
at 1 p.m. today at the chapel of
Mason Funeral Home, Summer
ville, with the Rev. Billy Dempsey
officiating. Interment will be in
Greenhillgs Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be
Charles Benton, Gregg
Patterson, Mitchell Sneed, Mifie
Wilson, J. B. Gentry and Yvonne
Wigley. =
Honorary %allbearers will
be nef)hews, Chub Langston,
Bud Eleam, Roy Berry, John Van
Horn, Kenneth Jones, Don
Lively and Billy Willingham.
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Dorothy Rennedy
Library Board Member
Dies February 5, 2000
Dorothr Weems Kennedy,
79 Sunnydale Road, Menlo died
Saturda{ evening in Redmond
Regional Medical Center, Rome.
~ Mrs. Kennedy was born on
Sept. 3, 1920, in Chattooga
County, daughter of the late Tho
mas Stubbs and Cora Mae
Kendrick Weems. She was a
member of the Lyerly United
Methodist Church, a member of
the Eastern Star Order 434, and
a member of the Chattooga
County Library Board of Trust
ees.
Her husband John Knox
Kennedy died earlier.
Survivors include two
daufihters, Pam Hegwood,
Menlo and Elizabeth Lavell, Fort
Mill, S.C.; two sons, James
Kennedy, Lexington, N.C. and
Tom Kennedy, Philadelphia,
Penn.; one brother, Marnell
Weems, Summerville; six grand
children and two great-grand
children.
Funeral services were held
11a.m. Wednesda‘y at the chapel
of Mason Funeral Home, Sum
merville, with Revs. Tommy
Pledger and Tom Martin offici
ating. Interment was in the Al
pine Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
John Knox Kennedy 11,
Jonathan Hegwood, Tim
Hegwood, William Lavell; Geof
Duncan and Mike Poole.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of Eastern Star Order
434 and members of the Chat
tooga County Library Board.
Memorial gifts may made to
the Camp Hamby building fund
or Chattooga County Friends of
the Library.
Trudy Roonce
Former Trionite
Dies February 5, 2000
Trudy Mae Ramey Koonce,
96, 2633 U.S. 41 south of Cal
houn, formerly of Trion, died
Saturday at the residence of her
daughter, Betty Suggs, following
alongillness. :
Mrs. Koonce was born on
Dec. 30, 1903 in Walker County,
daughter of the late Charley and
RutE Maddox Ramey.
Her husband Cecil H.
Koonce and son Lewis Koonce,
both died earlier. Mrs. Koonce
had been a resident of Gordon
County for the past 12 years, hav
ing moved from Trion.
Survivors include two
daughters, Betty Suggs, Calhoun
and Janelle Yarbough,
Hogansville; one son, Johnny
Koonce, Hogansville; one
brother, Howard Ramey,
LaFayette; one sister, Doroth
Henry, LaFayette; 11 grandchil)-'
dren, 17 great-grandchildren, 13
great-great-grandchildren nieces
and nephews. o
Funeral services were held
at 11a.m. Monday at the Bradley
Anderson Memorial Chapel of
Max Brannon and Sons Funeral
Home with the Revs. Wayne
Ballard and Fred Walker offyi'ci
ating. Interment was in Trinity
Cemetery, Trion.
Active pallbearers were
Johnny Bo{)t, Rockey Bolt,
Thyrone Johnston Sr., Buck
Walker, Jerry Koonce and Joel
Yarbough.
Honorary pallbearers were
Bobby Seale, Ted McNeil Sr., Ted
McNeil Jr., Thyrone Johnston
Jr., and John Walker.
Ora Little
Doctor’s Widow
Dies February 6, 2000
Ora Lee “Betty” Horton
Little, 86, Chattanooga, died
Sunday in a local health care fa
cility.
The Summerville News,
February 10, 2000
Mrs. Little was a resident of
Trion for more than 40 years and
aresident of Chattanooga, for the
gast 12 years. She worked for the
ennessee Valley Authority
while the Chickamauga Dam was
being built. She was a member
of the Brainard church of Christ.
Her husband Dr. Gwynne
H. Little and grandson Robert
11-_lorton Campbell both died ear
ier.
Survivors include a son, Dr.
Gwynne H. Little, Wolfforth,
Texas; two daughters, Nancy
Clark and Susan Campbell, Chat
tanooga; seven grandchildren
and five great-great-grandchil
dren; several nieces and neph
ews.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
north chapel Chattanooga Fu
neral Home with Ministers
Ronnie Missildine and Hugh
Glaze officiating. Interment was
in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Henry Walker
Former Local Pastor
Dies January 30, 2000
The Rev. Henry Gradf\l'
Walker, 85, Liberty Churc
Road, White Plains, a former
pastor of Summerville United
Methodist Church, Liberty
Church Road, died Sunda{, Jan.
30 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Ath
ens.
The funeral was held at 2
.m. Feb. 2 at Liberty United
Rlethodist Church with the Revs.
Nat Long, Dana Overton-Garret
and Gary Nicholas officiating.
Burial was in the church cem
etery.
The Rev. Walker, a native of
Jackson County, was a minister.
He had served at Comer-Colbert
Methodist Church, Porterdale
Methodist Church, Summerville
Methodist Church, Young Har
ris Memorial Methodist C%lurch,
Athens, Buford Methodist
Church, Sl.garta Methodist
Church, LaFayette Methodist
Church and St. Mark Methodist
Church, Augusta. He also served
on the White Plains Methodist
Charge. He was former member
of the Kiwanis and Lions Clubs.
He was a graduate of the
University of Georgia and Emory
University. He was a member of
North Georgia Conference of the
United Metiodist Church.
Survivors include his
widow, Carol Gentry Walker,
White Plains; threergaughters,
Angela Walker Deeri%, Siloam,
Janis Walker Fowler, Thompson,
and Martha Walker Cham%lee,
Greenville, S.C.; a sister, Ruth
Walker, Gray; six grandchildren
and six fireat-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Danny
Chamblee, Brian Chamblee, T.
W. McKinley, Andrew
Chamblee, George Boswell and
Farrett Boswell.
Memorials can be made to
Liberty United Methodist
Church.
McCommons Funeral
Home had charge of arrange
ments.
Council To Meet
5 p.m. Monday
The City of Summerville
Mayor and City Council will meet
at 5 p.m. Monday in the council
meeting room at City Hall.
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Chattooga’s Jobless Rate In December 1 Of Area’s Lowest
Chattooga Countg's prelimi
nary December g.o less rate
dropped two-tenths of a point
from November’s revised final
figure, the Georgia Department
of Labor reported.
The preliminary December
rate was only 2.4 percent, com
pared with the November rate of
2.7 percent.
THIRD LOWEST
Chattooga's December rate
was the third lowest in the 10-
county Coosa Valley Regional
Development Center area. It tied
with Gordon County. The lowest
rate in the region in December -
1.9 percent - was in Paulding
County, the department re
ported.
The highest rate in the re
gion in December was Haralson
Weesner Foreman
Of Grand Jury
Larry Weesner, Ga. 114,
Summerville, has been elected
foreman of the February term of
the Chattooga County Grand
Jury.
Carol Waters, Fish Hatchery
Road, Summerville, was elected
vice foreman when the panel met
Monday morning at the Chat
tooga County Courthouse.
Connie Ellison, Oak Hill-Al-
Bine Road, was elected clerk and
oris Allen, Johnson Cemetery
Road, L{erly, was elected assis
tant clerk.
The group chose Leo Lanier
clarifications
Billy Don Ivester, 41, of
15577 U.S. 27, Trion, convicted
of sexual battery, is on a public
list of local sexual offenders reg
istered at the Chattooga County
Sheriff’s Office.
His listing was confirmed by
the GBI.
Ivester had originally been
charged with sodomy and agfi_ra
vatég sodomy, the sheriff’s office
said, but Ivester was convicted
on a reduced charge of sexual
battery.
We regret that the informa
tion we obtained was not accu
rate.
The state’s Internet address
for reviewinéfthe names of reg
istered sex offenders by county,
city, ZIP code or name is
http://www.ganet.org/gbi/
When a person arrives at the
main GBI page, he or she can
clickon “Searc%\" attheleft of the
screen and then search for of
fenders. Limited information is
available on each person regis
tered. It can be reached by chck
ing on the offender’s name.
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County at 3.8 percent.
Overall in the 10-county re
gion, the December unemploy
ment rate was 2.8 percent, just
three-tenths of a percent under
the November fiiure of 3.1 per
cent. However, the preliminary
December regional rate was the
lowest ever recorded. in North
west Georgia, the Labor Depart
ment said.
STATEWIDE
..The statewide jobless rate in
December was 3.2 percent, down
from 3.6 percent in November.
Based on the revised No
vember and preliminary Decem
ber statistics:
Chattooga County’s work
force was 13,558 in November,
112 fewer than the December to
tal of 13,670.
as its bailiff.
Other Grand Jurors selected
Monday were:
Clentis M. Poole, Summer
ville; David S. Ward, Menlo;
Dorthia J. Stowe, Trion;
Waymon D. Blansit, Summer
ville; Billy M. Young, Lyerly;
JoAnn Mitchell, Lyerly; Tony L.
Farrow, Summerville; Gai{ L.
Burts, Summerville; Thomas L.
Broyles, Summerville; Billy W.
Gilliland, Summerville; Doris J.
Rinehart, Trion; Martha J.
Gardner, Lyerly; Elaine R.
Prince, Summerville; Michael
Mills, Gore; Melvin L. Jones,
Summerville; William A. Brown,
Summerville; Randal C. Bishop,
Summerville; Susan T. Daffron,
Summerville; and Ira Pollard Jr.,
Summerville.
PAC Coffee
House To Open
The Pennville Alliance
Church will open the PAC Coffee
House at 7 p.m. on Thursday,
Feb. 17.
Families are invited to come
and enjoy light food and bever
ages (no alcohol) and interactive
entertainment. This session will
feature the mime of Leanne Bow
man, and music by Ron and
Teresa Pope, as well as door
prizes.
The event is designed to
serve the entire family.
The PAC Coffee House will
be held in the fellowshi% hall of
the Pennville Alliance Church -
located at 50 Greenhill Memorial
Garden Road, between Allen-
Smith Chevrolet and Howell
Motors.
The contact person can be
reached at 857-2316.
The public is invited.
Those employed in Decem
ber amounted to 13,347, or 157
more than the 13,190 who were
reported on the gofi in November.
Some 368 people out of
work were actively looking for
jobs in November, 45 more than
the 323 job-seekers in Decem
Over $73,000 Is Spent On Heating
North Georgia Community
Action, Inc., has announced that
$73,469 was used to help offset
the cost of home heating for 474
low-income households in Chat
tooga County. This represents
every elifiible Chattooga County
household that completed an
application.
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WORK FORCE
In December, 1998,
Chattooga’s jlgbless rate was 2.9
percent. The labor force then was
12,660, or 1,010 fewer than this
past December’s work pool.
North Georgia Community
Action, operated the Regular
Energy Assistance Program un
der contract with the State of
Georgia Department of Human
Resources. The statewide pro
ram opened for the homebound
%households in which every
member was confined to the
The rate in Chattooga,
regionwide and statewide
dropped in December because
temJ)oralx workers were hired in
trade and serve-related indus
tries for the holiday season, said
Michael Thurmond, state {abor
commissioner.
home because of medical condi
tions or disabilities) and frail eld
erly (households in which every
member age 70 2'ears or older)
on Oct. 18 and for the general
fiublic (all other low-income
ouseholds) on November 22.
J’l‘he statewide program closed on
an. 14.