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Deaths
Obituaries in The
Summerville News
are published free
of charge. Thereis
no charge to either
the funeral home
or the family of the
deceased.
Mary Hall
Homemaker
Dies February 18, 2000
Mary Lou Hall, 83, Narrows
Road, Mountain View commu
nity, Trion, died Fridag in Oak
View Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center, Summerville.
Mrs. Hall was born on Aug.
14, 1916 in Walker County,
daughter of the late Thomas W.
and Mattie Akins Gayton. She
was a homemaker and a mem
ber of Central Avenue Baptist
Church.
Survivors include her wid
ower, Bramlett P. Hall; two
daughters, Linda L. Blansit,
Trion, and Charlotte E.
Forrester, Rome; four sons, the
Rev. Leon W. Hall, LaFayette,
Ramon P. Hall, Rome, Wifiie B.
Hall, Panama City, Fla. and H.
Eugne Hall, Trion; two sisters,
Ruth Roberts, Summerville and
Virginia Brock, Illinois; 15
grandchildren, 22 great-grand
children and two great-great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday at Central Av
enue Baptist Church with the
Revs. Owen Davis, Leon Hall,
Odell Hall and Darwin Blansit
officiating. Interment was in the
West Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
grandsons.
Mason Funeral Home,
Summerville had charge of ar
rangements.
James Jackson
Local Relatives
Dies February 17, 2000
James “Wormy” Kermit
Jackson, 61, LaFayette, died
Thursday, Feb. 17, at his home.
His father Kermit Jackson
and stepmother Dot Jackson
both died earlier.
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He was a member of the
Linwood Baptist Church.
Survivors include his
widow, Betty Jo Cannon Jack
son, LaFayette; two sons and
dau§hters-in-law, William Ray
“Billy” and Tamera Jackson,
Summerville, James Robert
“Bobby” and Beth Lee Jackson,
LaFayette; mother and st?fa
ther, Irene Wooten and Glen
Crole, Dalton; two sisters,
Mildred Ling, Dalton and Audrey
Tucker, LaFayette, two brothers,
Claude Jacison and Allen
Cables, Dalton; two granddaugh
ters, Hannah Jackson, laFtisyene
and Stephanie Jackson, Sum
merville; four grandsons, Patrick
Young, Billy Bob Jackson, and
Blake Jackson, LaFayette and
Drew Jackson, Summerville;
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Sunday at Linwood
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Derrill Hughes and Brother
David Thompson officiating. In
terment was in LaFayette
Memor{ Gardens.
Pallbearers were Eddie
Suddeth, Jason Hagood, Jerry
Cannon, Mark Battles, Ricky
Morrison and Gene Suddeth.
Honorary pallbearers were
Ronzie Carrol, Mack Waters,
Gene Wallin, Edward Asher and
Jim McGaha.
Arrangements were by Wal
lis-Wilbanks Funeral Home,
LaFayette.
James Lewis
City Retiree
Dies February 20, 2000
James Dale “Jimmy” or
“Tiny” Lewis, 61, of Elm Street,
Summerville, died Sunday
evening at his residence.
Mr. Lewis born June 18,
1938 in Chattooga County, son of
the late James Clifton and Sara
Ellen Johnson Lewis. He was re
tired from the Ciz of Summer
ville as the water filter plant og
erator. He was a member of the
Summerville First United Meth
odist Church, a member of the
Summerville Blue Lodge F & AM
No. 704, the Chattooga County
Shrine Club, Yaarab Temple,
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Post No. 6688, and Order No.
434 of the Eastern Star. He was
a Scottish Rite Mason.
He is survived by his widow,
Johnnie Lavena Payne Lewis;
daughter, Kimberly Michelle
Lewis and son, James Clifton
Lewis 11.
Funeral services were held
at3p.m. Tuesda{. at the Mason
Funeral Home chapel with the
Revs. Jimmy Wilborn and Jim
Dykes officiating. Interment was
in Summerville Cemetery with
military graveside rites con
ducted by American Legion Post
5 Honor Guard.
Active pallbearers were
Jackie Pierce, Gordan Allen,
Mike Howell, Tommy Fisher,
Jimmy Woodard, Robert Tucker,
Dickey Anderson, Randy Ander
son, Jimmy Wilkerson, Elliot
Lewis, Ronald Prince and Bob
Maxey.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Chattooga
County Shrine Club, Yaarab
Temple and Summerville Blue
Lodge No. 704.
Ruthie Shipman
Eastern Star -
Dies February 16, 2000
Ruthie M. Shipman, 78,
Wildlife Lake Road, Summer
ville, died Wednesday evening,
Feb. 16, at the residence of
granddaughter Melody Whaley.
Mrs. Shipman was born on
April 20, 1921, in Dade County,
daughter of the late William A.
and Elizabeth Lowrance Brown.
She was a homemaker, a mem-
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ber of the Cloudland Presl?te
rian Church and a member of the
Eastern Star.
Her husband Charlie F.
Shigman, daughter Paulette
Mc ullo‘g’gh and grandson
Charles W. Shipman, all died
earlier.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Brenda Ridley, Sharpsburg;
one son and daughter-in-law,
Wayne and Ann Shipman,
Tallapoosa; eight qrandchildren,
14 great-grandchildren and two
great-great-Prandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17 at
the chapel of Mason Funeral
Home, Summerville, with a
graveside service following at 11
a.m. FridaK at Mt. Olive Cem
etery with the Rev. Roger
McDonald officiating.
Active pallbearers were Mac
Shipman, Gene Dollar, Steve
Whaley, Bill Smith, Ray
Forrester and Cass Huff.
Chattooga County has
boufht a new mower to mow
public properties around the
county, including around the
county’s senior center and multi
purpose building on Senior
Drive, among other county gov
ernment sites.
Ace Hardware of Trion sub
mitted the sole bid on the eguip
ment, which had been adver
tised.
The proposal, which was
accepted by County Commis
sioner Jim Parker, was $4,100
for a 14-horsepower, 48-inch cut
Ya Zoo Kee l(\{vdro mower and a
Maddux Industries MX 300
stand-up sulky.
Heart Walk Saturday at CHS
The American Heart Association will sponsoring its
2000 “Heart To Heart Walk” at Chattooga High Scfiool
(CHS) Saturday. Registration and a rece%tion are sched
uled from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria,
said Julianne Roach, Heart Association field director.
The walk will be held at the CHS track.
A ceremonial reading of the names of those in Chat
tooga County who have %iied from heart disease will be
conducted as hundreds of red and white balloons are re
leased in honored of heart disease victims and survivors.
The red balloons symbolize county residents with
heart disease and the white balloons are in honor of those
who have died from heart disease, Ms. Roach said.
Kenneth Thompson, 11, a Lyerly Elementary School
fifth grader, will be named “Heart To Heart Poster Boy,”
representing Chattooga County and 11 other counties at
the event.
Kenneth is a heart disease survivor.
The public is invited, Ms. Roach said.
Four Injured In
Three Accidents
Four people were injured in
three trafgce(r)nishaps during the
past week, according to the Geor
gia State Patrol (GSP).
One person was injured Fri
day in a two-car mishap on U.S.
27. According to the report by
Trooper C. H. Sizemore:
A 1988 Ford Mustang
driven by Tremayne C. Shep
herd, Summerville was traveling
north on U.S. 27 in the inside
lane. A 1995 Nissan Altima
driven by Tracy Demetrias Burts,
Summerville was attempting to
cross U.S. 27 from Selmon Road
to a private lot on the north
United States
Census
2000
2-A
Irvin Promises Probe Into Horse
Deaths On Farm At Menlo
By D. J. LAAN
Staff Writer
Tommy Irvin, commis
sioner of the state Department of
Agriculture (DOA), said this
week that his department will
o?en a “full-scale investigation”
of the circumstances surround
ing the death of horses and a colt
at a Menlo farm.
No charges had been filed as
of near noon Wednesday.
Two state DOA inspectors
had already visited the farm this
past Thursday evenin%_,hFeb. 17
and twice on Friday. They said
they were investigating reports
of animal abuse and neglect of
horses on the property.
The DOA veterinarians said
they found two dead horses and
several other horses that 1&_11‘)-
geared in good condition. The
ead animals appeared to have
been dead for several days, they
said.
COM. IRVIN
Commissioner Tommy
Irvin of the DOA called The News
from Savannah on TuesdaK af
ternoon, saying he would head
back to Atlanta early Wednesday
morniné. His office would then
open a full-scale investigation to
determine if charghes would be
brought against the dproperty
owner, he said, and to determine
how the animals died, who has
been in charge of the animals
and other issues.
“There are other animals
still on that farm and if we de
termine neglect is an issue with
those deag animals, then we
could legall( impound these
other animals,” Commissioner
Irvin said. “I can assure you and
the people of Chattooga County
that we are diligently interested
in why those animals died.”
The inspection resulted
from several calls to the state
agenC{) and to The Summerville
News by citizens who had either
seen one of the dead animals or
had heard about them from
bound side of U.S. 27 and pulled
in front of the Shepherd vehicle
from the turn lane.
Burts was injured and taken
to Floyd Medical Center by Chat
tooga County Emergency Medi
cal Service. He was also ¥re
sented a citation as a result of the
accident, according to the GSP
report.
THREE VEHICLES
Two peorle were injured in
a three-vehicle traffic mishap at
the Intersection of Ga. 48 and
James Street. According to the
report by Trooper D. B. Jones:
A 1992 Ford Thunderbird
driven by Tommy Junior Ellis,
Summerville, was stopped on Ga.
48 attempting to turn left onto
James Street. A 1989 Dodge LE
-250 pickup truck driven by Kay
Trawvis Scott, Hazel Green, Ala.
and a 1999 Dodge Dakotqrpickup
truck driven by John Tolbert
Kittrell, Atlanta, were traveling
east on Hwy. 48. The Scott ve
hicle could not stOfiJ in time to
avoid striking the Ellis vehicle in
the rear. The Kittrell vehicle
skidded in an attempt to avoid
the Scott vehicle but struck it in
the rear.
Ellis and Kittrell were in
jured but were not transported
for treatment.
No citations were issued ac
cording to the GSP report.
ONE INJURED
One person was injured ina
two-car traffic mishap at the in
tersection of Ga. 114 and Rac
coon Creek Road. According to
the report by Trooper J. S.
Carroll:
A 1998 Ford Escort driven
by Justin Earl Smith, Trion was
travelli{‘\ig north on Raccoon
Creek Rd. and attempted to turn
left onto Ga. 114 and struck a
1997 Dodge RAM 3500 Rickup
truck driven by Jason Robert
Hammond, Trion in the
westbound lane of Ga. 114 a
proximately five feet north of tg;.
centerline. ,
Smith was il?ured but was
not transported for treatment.
He was also issued two citations
as a result of the mishap, accord
ing to the GSP report.
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MR. IRVIN
other residents who live near the
farm
Calls to the Lookout Moun
tain Animal Rescue (LMAR), the
local chapter of the Humane So
ciety, were also apparently made
by some of those same g;zog]e.
Theresa Smith, LMAR di
rector, said she went to the farm
and took photographs of one
dead animal she said was mar
ginally visible from the road.
“Idon’t have all the details,”
she said about this situation. “I
spoke to a state veterinarian who
was sent to the Menlo farm by
the DOA and I was told that there
are dead animals. It's very alarm
ing.”
DEPT. OF
AGRICULTURE
The DOA sent a second in
spector to Menlo on Friday dur
ing daytime hours since the first
inspector visited the Menlo farm
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near dark the previous day, it was
learned.
The insgector called Ms.
Smith and she directed him to
the Menlo farm.
She said the inspector lo
cated two dead animals and
placed a notice on a door of the
residence, notifying the owner(s)
of state violations about leaving
dead animals in the open. No one
answered the door, the inspector
later told her, Ms. Smith said.
FRUSTRATION
The next mornier(lig, Ms.
Smith said she returned to the
property and saw that the gate at
the front of the prorerty had
been chained and locked. A
“Posted” sign had been taped on
the fence, too, she said.
Another E?‘uine Division
inspector with the DOA visited
the Menlo farm on Mondai'l. The
inspector called Ms. Smith and
asked that she be accompanied
to the Menlo site.
The two women found a
dead colt after arriving at the
farm, Ms. Smith said.
The DOA insgfctor placed
another notice on the glz:te of the
farm and told Ms. Smith that the
original notice, which had been
glaced on the front door of the
o_t(xise, had been removed, she
said.
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