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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Lucien Haymons |
Funeral services for Lucien
Haymons, 87, of Mcßae, who died |
Wed., February 19, at his resi-{
dence following a long illnessi
were held Fridey at 2:00 pm,, |
at Fishing Creek Baptist Church. |
Burial was in the church)|
wemetery with Harris and Smith |
Wuneral Home in charge of ar-’
rangements. i
Mr. Haymons was born in!
*Treutlen County on June 22, 1881 |
sthe son of the late Mahulda Spell |
and Thomas Haymons. He was|
married to the former Zimmie}
#odoms on June 6, 1903 in Treut- |
len County and was a member of |
Fishing Creek Baptist Church, l
Survivors include his wife of |
Mcßae; five sons, Buford of Or-i
‘lando, Fla, Lucien, Jr., of Wheel- |
#r County, Herschel of Decatur,
and Lofton and Fred of Mcßae;
wone daughter Mrs. Leila B, Mc
iCrelles of Tampa, Fla.; 17 grand- |
children, 9 great grandchildren |
and 3 great great grandchildren.l
Daniel Browning, Jr. |
Funeral services for Daniel|
Browning, Jr, 50, of Helena, who
died of an apparent heart attack
at his residence, Monday, Feb. 17,
were held Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.
4rom the Chapel of Harris and
Smith Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Paul Strickler, pastor of the
Helena Baptist Church officiating.
Burial was in the Helena Ceme
tery with Harris and Smith in‘
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Browning was born in Hel-l
ena, on December 6, 1918 the son |
wf the late Ruby Nash and Dan-!
iel Browning.
Pallbearers were, Pat Patter
son, Guy Evans, George Thomp
son, Roger Brown, W. C. Wooten,l
@and Bishop McLaughlin.
Burvivors include two daugh
fters, Mrs. Shirley Harris and
Miss Frances Browning of At-
Janta; and one brother, Albert
Browning of Helena.
Ira Wilkes
Funeral services for Ira Wilkes,
54, who died Thursday, ¥eb. 13
amexpectedly at his residence in
Laurens County were held at 2
pm. Sunday in Rock Springs
"Baptist Church.
The Rev, H. W. Willard offici
ated. Burial was in Bracewell
Cemetery.
Mr. Wilkes was a lifelong resi
dent of Laurens County. He was
a member of Woodmen of the
World and was a farmer,
Surviving are four brothers,
Luther Wilkes, Alex Wilkes, and !
Jim Wilkes, all of Glenwood, and |
Aaron Wilkes of Ludowici; thr(‘(‘!
sisters, Mrs, Audie Bracewell of
Glenwood, Mrs. Claudie Smith
and Mrs. Clio Melton, both of
Dublin. |
Townsend Funeral Home ofi
Dublin was in charge. i
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Mrs. Annie L. Evers |
Funeral services for Mrs, An-|
mie L. Evers, 72, of Eastman, who
died Thursday, Feb. 13 in the
PDodge County Hospital after a
Jong illness, were held Friday at
3 pm. in the chapel of Horne
Funeral Home. .
The Rev. Billy Vaughn officiat- |
ed with burial in Live Oak Ceme- '
tery near Rebecca. !
Mrs. Evers was a native of]
Dodge County and a member of |
Salem Baptist Church in Doug-é
Jas. |
Survivors include four daugh-‘
ters, Mrs. Rosie Gantt of Albany,
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Mrs. Annie Cooley of Eatonton, !
lMiss Mattie Evers of Eastman,'
sand Mrs. Marie Carol of Roseville, |
|Calif.; four sons, Walter Evers|
]of Douglas, Mack Evers of East-|
iman, Beasley Evers of Albany |
|and William Evers of Gainesville, |
;Tex.; and two sisters, Mrs. Sudie
|Fountain of Mcßae and Mrs. J.'
|'T. Sapp of Dudley.
~ Lawrence H. }
McCranie |
Lawrence Hamilton McCranie,i"
|67, of 2015 E. 50th St., Savannah, '
|died Saturday night at his home '
laster a long illness. ‘
’ A veteran of both the Army}]
and the Navy, he was a news-§1
paper carrier for the Savannah |’
Morning News. A native of Dodge i
County, he had lived in Savan-§
nah most of his life. I
Surviving are his wife, Mrs./.
Miriam Weston McCranie; a son,g]
Lawrence H. McCranie Jr.; three|
brothers, Dennis McCranie of
Eastman, Fred McCranie of Win- |
ter Garden, Fla. and Oscar Mec- ]
Cranie of Uvalda; and three sis
ters, Mrs. Ola Thompson of Hel- !
ena, Mrs. Minna Cannon of East-|]
man, and Mrs. Johnnie Buchanan'!
of Mcßae. |
Funeral services were held,
Monday at 3 p.m. at Henderson
Brothers Funeral Home.
Staten H. Davis |
Funeral services for Staten H.|
Davis, 62, of Lumber City, who
died Wednesday, Feb. 12 in a
hospital at Hazlehurst, were held |
lat 3 p.m. Friday in Lumber City |
Methodist Church. |
The Rev. Ralph Savarese and
the Rev. Donnie Sutton officiated |
with burial in Riverside Ceme- |
tery. ;
Mr. Davis was a lifelong resi- |
dent of Telfair County. He was a[
member of the Methodist denom- |
ination. 3
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. |
Eunice Grace of Lumber City. |
Thomas - Wainwright Funeral !
Home of Hazlehurst wds in';:
charge. |
SRS SR e R |
Reno W. Cravey |
Funeral services were held fromi
the Helena Baptist Church 'l‘ues-‘i
day at 11 am. for Reno Wilson ;
(Son) Cravey, 55, of Helena, who|
died in the Telfair County Hos-i
pital Sunday morning about 8:00
o'clock after suffering a heart at-|
tack. !
Services were conducted by t,hei
Rev. Gene Cook, Pastor of Sha-|
ron Baptist Church, assisted by
|the Rev. Harvey Strickland, Pas-/
ilor of the Milan Baptist Church. |
Burial was in the Helena ceme—%
tery with Harris & Smith Funeral |
Home in charge of arrangements.
Pallliearers were Charles W,
|We]ch‘ Jimmie Ryals, Thomas;
|Cravey, Wayne Powell, Jimmy
IJones and Clarence Selph. ?
Honorary pallbearers were!
Loris Grimes, J. D. Clark, Harvey |
Ashley, L. E. Batchelor, Joe|
Selph and Clarence Cook. :
Mr. Cravey was born in Fitz-|
gerald but had lived in Telfair
County most of his life. His first |
wife was Miss Ada Lee Welch!
and after her death he was mar-|
{ried to Miss Louise White, who
lsurvives him. He was a member |
{of Harmony Baptist Church. i
’ Survivors, in addition to his |
|wife, are four daughters: Mrs. Wi
| L. (Pete) Dykes, of Eastman; Mrs. |
%Jack Jones, of Jacksonville; Miss |
| Theris Cravey, of Helena and Mrs |
lGerald Wells, of Mcßae; one son, |
R .T. (Buck) Cravey; six grand-;
WHEELER COUNTY EACLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GECRGIA
children; five sisters, Mrs. Willie
| Lewis, of Helena; Mrs. John H.
|Woodall and Mrs. McNaughton
{Powell' of Macon; Mrs. Etheridge
(Jones, of Lumber City; Mrs. Lu
ther Selph, of Milan, and one
{brother, Ed Cravey, of Mcßae.
.~ Harry C. Fussell
! Funeral services for Harry C.
‘Fussell, 55, of Milledgeville, who
idied Tuesday, February 11 fol
‘lowing a brief illness, were held
|Saturday, February 15, at 1:30
Ip.m. in the main chapel on the
grounds of Central State Hospital.
! Dr. Joe Holliday and the Rev.
'B. L. Carswell officiated with
| burial in Rockwell Baptist Church
Cemetery near Milan. 1
| Mr. Fussell was head of the
‘housekeeping department at Cen
‘tral State Hospital in Milledge
‘ville. He was a member of the‘
‘Baptist denomination.
! Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
'Grace White Fussell of Milledge
!ville; a daughter, Mrs. Marvin R.
;Farmer of Ft. Knox, Ky.: his!
‘mother, Mrs. W. T. Fussell of El-;
lerslie; a brother, Raymond M.
;Fussell of Mcßae, and a sister,]
' Mrs. Steve M. Harris of Ellerslie.
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Mrs. Nomie V.
Johnson
Funeral services for Mrs. Nomie
Victoria Johnson, 83, of Glenwood
who died Friday night were held
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Beulah
Baptist Church.
! The Rev. A. D. Stanfield and
‘the Rev. Daniel Mims officiated
‘with burial in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Johnson was a native of
Bleckley County and had lived
in Wheeler County 60 years. She!
was a member of Beulah Baptist
Church. i
Survivors include two sons,
Carlton Johnson and Willard
Johnson, both of Glenwood; two
daughters, Mrs. David Gillis of‘
Glenwood and Mrs. W. E. Brown |
of Panama City, Fla. and a broth-l
er, Henry Wynn of Dublin. |
Robert E. Humphrey f
Funeral services for Robert
Edward Humphrey, the infant|
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Humph- |
rey, of Warner Robins, who diedg
Saturday night in the Macon Hos
pital were held at 3 p.m. Monday |
in the Magnolia Park Cemetery
'lwith the Rev. Ernest Kilgore of—'
ficiating.
i Survivors besides the parents,
linc]ude a brother, Michael Hum- !
' | phrey of Warner Robins; and his |
; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Es
[ Humphrey of Alamo and Mr. and |
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;l Byron A. Thompson ;
! Funeral services for Byron Al
| Thompson, 76, of Lumber City,|
Iwho died in a Macon hospital |
‘fTuesday, Feb. 11 were held Fri-t
}day at 11 am. in the Lumber City |
Methodist Church. |
i The Rev. Ralph Savarese, the,fi
{Rev. Warren Grimes and the Rev. |
\William J. Irvin officiated with!
burial in Riverside Cemetery.
l Mr. Thompson was a native of |
lLaurens County but had lived%
most of his life in Lumber City. |’
He was a retired postman and a|
member of Lumber City Metho-f]
{dist Church. He was a member@'
§and first commander of American ’
I»Legion Post 211, and a World War |
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§Charles Ussery, George Haymons, !1
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Honorary pallbearers were V.
A. Livingston, Eschol Pipkin, Har
,ris Rogers, W. L. Cheek, Wilson
|Varnadoe, Dudley Benton, Louie
\Varnadoe, Jack Dawson, Fred
|Stone, E. B. Dowdy, Lonnief
'White, T. M. Elder, Paul Powell,
‘iLeon Brewer, V. O. Burkhalter
‘and Walter Stapleton.
% Survivors include his wife and
'a son, Byron A. Thompson Jr. of
§Lumber City, and two brothers,
Dr. E. F. Thompson of Valdosta
and Paul A. Thompson of Bluff
City, Tenn.
Miles Funeral Home of Hazle
zhurst was in charge.
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; Mrs. Charles E.
i Sumner 3
. Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February 25, at 3:00
p.m. at Spring Hill in Atlanta for
Mrs. Charles E. Sumner, of Mem
phis, Tenn., formerly of Atlanta |
Chaplain John R. Esaias officiated
with burial in Westview. |
~ Mrs. Sumner, the former Miss |
Cora Willcox of Mcßae, lived here
for many years, and will be re
membered by many local resi
dents.
She is survived by one son -
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1969
-lCharles E. Sumner, Jr., of Mem
-| phis; three grandchildren; two
ltgreat—grandchildren and several
| nieces and nephews.
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iiThomas Daniel Clark
} Funeral services were held
,Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. from Rock
| well Baptist Church for Thomas
| Daniel Clark, 50, of the Rockwell
| community, who died Sunday af
ternoon in the Telfair County
| Hospital. He was found Sunday
| morning near Rockwell Church
,isuffering from a severe beating
iand gun shot wounds.
| Services were conducted by the
| Pastor, the Rev. B. L. Caldwell,
| with burial in the church ceme
| tery. Harris & Smith Funeral
{Home was in charge of arrange
iments.
{ Mr. Clark was born in Telfair
County on July 6, 1918, the son of
John Thomas Clark and Mrs.
| Mary Elizabeth West Clark, and
| was a member of Rockwell Bap
| tist Church,
Survivors include a sgister, Mrs,
Horace Clements, of Jacksonville
| and several nieces and nephews.
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