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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, AMMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Harris Mayo
Anderson
Funeral services for Harris
Mayo Anderson, 66, of Glen
wood, who died Tuesday, Jan.
12, were held at 11a.m. Friday,
Jan. 15, in Glenwood Baptist
Church with burial in Glbnwood
City Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson, a lifelong
resident of Wheeler County, was
retired from the Georgia High
way Department with 40 years
service. He was a member ai
Glenwood Baptist Church and
Woodman of the World.
Pallbearers were, Arthur
Joiner, Mackey Simpson, Troy
Guinn, Allen Brantley, William
Fields and John Tipton.
Honorary Pallbearers were,
Marcus Bomar, Henry Mont
ford, Willie Adams, Joe Brown
Mercer, Jimmy Clark, Wallace
Adams, Dixon Morrison, Will
Rowland, Bailey Watson and
Pot Clark.
He is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Ray Price of
Savannah, Mrs. Hugh Gilbert
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Jack Adams
of Dublin; a sister, Mrs. George
Ethridge of Warner Robins;and
two brothers, Oscar Anderson
of Macon, and JohnE. Anderson
of Savannah.
Murchison Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge.
Mrs. 0. B. Burch
Funeral services were held
from the Jacksonville Methodist
Church Friday at 3:00 p.m.,
for Mrs. Aleph Mann Burch,
88, widow of the late Oscar
Burch, who died last Wednesday
in the Telfair County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Services were conducted by
the Rev. C. C. Burdette assis
ted by the Rev. Cecil Harrell.
Burial was in the Block House
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were John Ed
ward Dopson, Clyde Dopson,
Dopson Rogers, L. H. Rogers,
Horace Walker, Jr. and Jack
Walker.
Mrs. Burch was born in Jack
sonville on August 6, 1882, the
daughter of Frank Rambo and
Henrietta Sikes Mann. She was
married to Mr. Burch in Jack-
sonville on November 10, 1908
and was a member of the Jack
sonville Methodist Church.
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49 Acres Corn Base
8 Acres Cotton
2.1 Acres Wheat
Located Near Stuckey
Contact: E. H. Fulford, Rt. 6, Box 128
Dublin, Ga. 31021
Phone 272-5285 or 272-3144
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She is survived by one son,
Howell Burch ofMilan; a daugh
ter, Mrs. L. A. Dopson of
Jacksonville; eight grandchil
dren; and eight great-grand
children.
Mrs. Mamie Kinnett
Funeral services were held
from Block House Baptist
Church Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
for Mrs. Mamie Wells Kinnett,
65, widow of the late Steve
Kinnett, who died in the Telfair
County Hospital Friday night
after a brief illness.
Services were conducted by
the Rev. Wade Ward, assisted
by the Rev. J. W. Herndon,
pastor of the Mcßae Methodist
Church, with burial in Block
House Cemetery. Harris and
Smith Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Kinnett was born in
Telfair County on July 23, 1905,
the daughter of Jasper Brooks
and Cora Williams Wells. She
was married to Mr. Kinnett
on September 1, 1924, and was
a member of Block House Bap
tist Church.
Survivors include a son,
Daniel B. Kinnett of Mcßae;
two daughters, Mrs. Duke
Spires of Warner Robins, and
Mrs. Bill Spires of Mcßae;
two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Jones
and Mrs. L. C. Jones of Jack
sonville; five brothers, D. War
ner Wells of Fort Valley, Geiger
Wells and Reno Wells of Jack
sonville, Theo Wells of Wray,
and J. B. Wells of Brunswick;
12 grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Ervin Otis
Couey
Mrs. Naomi McDaniel Couey,
60, of Alamo, died unexpectedly
in the Wheeler County Hospital
last Tuesday, January 12.
Funeral services were held
from the Alamo Methodist
Church on Thursday, January
14, at 3:00 p.m., conducted
by the Rev. John Carroll of
Lakeland, assisted by the Rev.
Richard Altman. Burial was in
the Glenwood Cemetery with
Harris and Smith Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Hilton Mc-
Alum, Pat Clark, Billy Boy
Avery, Jacob Clark, Bobby Cox
and Forrest Fields.
Mrs. Couey was bom in Lau-
rens County on December 12,
1910, the daughter of Lewis
and Virginia Browning Mc-
Daniel. She was married to
Mr. Couey in April 1950, and
was a member of the Alamo
Methodist Church.
Survivors include her hus
band; one son, Roy I^ee Kent
of Wichita Falls, Texas; a
daughter, Mrs. Joann Allen of
Lakeland, Fla.; two grand
children; a sister, Mrs. Bob
Simpson of Glenwood; and three
brothers, J. J. McDaniel of
Glenwood, Smith McDaniel and
Lamar McDaniel of Alamo.
Mrs. Cora W. Walker
Funeral services for Mrs.
Cora W. Walker, 85, of Rhine,
a retired School teacher, who
died Wednesday, Jan. 13, were
held at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15,
in Rhine Baptist Church. Burial
was in Bay Springs Cemetery.
Survivors include three
nieces, Mrs. Willie Maude
Whittley of Americus, Mrs. W.
L. Calhoun of Orlando, Fla.,
and Mrs. Ervin Ellerbee of
Thomaston; and two nephews,
Doyle McCrannie and J. D.
Womble, both of Rhine.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home of Eastman was in charge.
John William
Clements
John William Clements, 71,
of 3002 Columbus Road, Macon,
died last Wednesday morning
at his home of an apparent
self-inflicted gunshot wound,
according to Macon detectives.
Mr. Clements told his family
earlier that he was considering
suicide, police said. A 32
caliber pistol was found near
the body by the detectives. He
was a native of Telfair County
and was a retired carpenter.
He was a Baptist.
Bom in Telfair County on
December 18, 1899, he was
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Clements.
Funeral services were held
from Mt. Galilee Baptist Church
Friday, January 15, conducted
by the Rev. Maxie Lott of Fitz
gerald. Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Earl Bland,
Jesse Smith, Carl lake, Leon
Wilkes, Oscar Hulett, Charles
Cooper and Fred Stone.
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When a bird calls, we listen.
To (he mewing of gulls. The shree! of the hunting hawk.
The hoo-eek! hoo-eek! of a w ood duck coming to roost
in a beaver pond. The iambic call of a bobwhite quail.
Each of nature's voices has a message, from the
silence of a flower to the rhythmic roar of the sea. But
the time for just listening is gone. Strong environmental
action is needed now.
That’s why we pay farmers to plant transmission
rights-of-way with crops for wildlife. Have professional
foresters caring for our 62,000 acres of woodlands.
Build cooling towers to protect the rivers. And install
electrostatic precipitators to keep the air fresh and clean.
Through these and many other programs, we’ve ac
tively promoted conservation for a long time. And are
especially active now. Because it could be now. or never.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve®
Survivors include his wife,
the former Miss Ethel Trudie
Byars; two daughters, Mrs. R.
L. Graham and Mrs. Emma
Boone; a step-daughter, Mrs.
Helen Freeman; and a step
son, Harold L. Eady, all of
Macon; 10 grandchildren; and
four brothers, Henry Clements,
Willie Clements, Charlie
Clements and Joe Clements,
all of Jacksonville.
Homer Hart
Funeral services were held
in the chapel of Harris and
Smith Funeral Home Saturday
at 3:00 p.m., for Homer Hart,
65, who died Friday in the
Telfair County Hospital, with
the Rev. Harvey Strickland,
pastor of the Milan Methodist
Church, officiating.
Mr. Hart was bom in Telfair
County on January 13, 1906,
the son of Thomas H. and Julia
Williams Hart, and was a mem
ber of Mt. Zion Methodist
Church.
He is survivedbytwosisters,
Mrs. James Colwell and Mrs.
Gus Cravey of Milan.
Burial was in the Sand Grove
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Willie Albert
Kennedy
Funeral services for Willie
Albert Kennedy, 59, of Rt. 1,
Cadwell, who died Saturday,
January 16, in the Claxton Hos
pital in Dublin, following a long
illness, were held Tuesday at
3:00 p.m., from the Sandgrove
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Russell Lowery, pastor of the .
Redhill Holiness Baptist Church
officiating.
Burial was in Sandgrove
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Kennedy was bom in
Telfair County on December
14, 1912 the son of the late
Herschel Madison and Leila
Spencer Kennedy. He was mar
ried to the former Lila Mae
Gay on September 22, 1934
in Telfair County.
Survivors include his wife
cf Rt. 1, Cadwell; five sons,
Thomas E. Kennedy of Ft. Ben
ning, Herschel J. Kennedy of
Atlanta, Clarence Kennedy’ of
Warrenville, S. C„ Floyd Ken
nedy of Tucker, and Valda Ken
nedy of Cadwell; three daugh -
ters, Mrs. Geneva Patifaul of
Rentz, Mrs. Birde Mae Holland
of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and
Mrs. Wamell McCamp of Dex
ter; and five brothers, Raymond
L. Kennedy of Big Springs, Tex
as, Edward L. Kennedy and
Walter E. Kennedy of Macon;
Bevis Kennedy of Tacoma,
Washington, and Charlie M.
Kennedy of Sacramento, Calif.
W. D. Whigham
Funeral services for Wilton
D. Whigham, 54, of East Point,
who died Monday in Decatur
Veterans Hospital, were held
at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the
chapel of Home Funeral Home
in Eastman. Burial was in
Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Whigham, a native of
Dodge County, was a member
of Poplar Springs Baptist
Church. He was supervisor of
claims for the Southeastern
Demurrage and Storage Bureau
in Atlanta. He had lived in
East Point 18 years.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ruby Hardin Whigham;
four sisters, Mrs. W. H. Gid
dens of Chauncey, Miss Chris
tine Whigham and Mrs. E. E.
Yawn, both of Eastman, and
Mrs. W. E. Lee of Macon;
and three brothers, Otis Whig
ham and John Whigham, both
of Eastman, and Dr. Edward
L. Whigham of Coral Gables,
Florida.
Wade R. Wommack
Funeral services for Wade
Roger Wommack, 59, who died
Saturday in Alamo, were held
at 2 p.m. Monday in the Union
Springs Baptist Church. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Wommack was born in
Laurens County and was a life
long resident of Cedar Grove.
He was a plumber and a cabinet
maker. He was a member of
the Cedar Grove Masonic Lodge
and the Union Springs Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Iris Bryant Wommack of
Alamo; mother, Mrs. Annie
Laura Hartley Wommack of
Dublin; two sons, Wayne Wom-
WE BUY PECANS
Ga. Pecan Auctions will not operate
the pecan auction this season, but Bill
Warthen, Manager, Ga. Pecan Auctions
will be paying highest prices for all
varieties.
Sell your pecans at Brick Ware
house, at underpass in Vidalia, Ga.
Ga. Pecan Auctions also does
custom cracking.
Murchison Funeral Home
Owned And Operated By
Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Ouzls
Telephone 537-4121
537-7305
Agent For United Family Life
Insurance Company
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Landscaping
Custom Farm Land Preparation
BROWNING BROTHERS
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mack of Cadwell and Jimmie
Wommack of Alamo; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Marlyn Barnett of
Eastman, and Mrs. June White
of Alamo; three brothers, A.
H. Wommack erf Dublin, J. M.
Wommack erf Glenwood, and
Willard Wommack of Washing
ton, D. C.; four sisters, Miss
Gladys Wommack of Decatur,
Mrs. Ada Lee Childs of Wash
ington, D. C., Mrs, Ethel Far
mer of Carrolton, and Mrs.
Mary Sightier of Glenwood.
Townsend Brothers Funeral
Home of Dublin was in charge
of arrangements.
Veteran Lawmen
Hold Top Posts
In State Patrol
With the change of command
cf the Georgia Department erf
Public Safety under the Carter
administration, the three top
positions are now held by men
whose service in law enforce
ment totals nearly 80 years.
They are:
Col. Ray Pope, of Waycross,
director; Lt. Col. Lewis G.
Bell of Hogansville, deputy di
rector, and Maj. J. Herman
Cofer of Douglasville, com
mander of the State Patrol’s
uniform division.
Also, the new director of
the Georgia Bureau of Investi
gation, a division of the Public
Safety Department, adds an
other 28 years of experience
at the top level of the state’s
No. 1 law enforcement agency.
He is Hugh Smith of Tifton,
who was promoted from captain
to major when appointed to the
new position.
Col. Pope, 52, began his ca
reer with the State Patrol in
1939, was Waycross police chief
from 1961 to 1969, and was the
senior law enforcement pro
gram specialist of the South
eastern region of the U. S.
Justice Department’s Law En
forcement Assistance Adminis
tration before being appointed
state public safety director by
Gov. Jimmy Carter.
The new safety director, who
in 1969 completed requirements
for a degree in criminal justice
from South Georgia College in
Douglas, is a past president
cf both the Georgia Peace Of
ficers Association and Georgia
Association of Police Chiefs.
He also served as vice chairman
of the Governor’s Commission
on Crime and Justice, and led
the way in pushingfor minimum
standards and training for the
state’s law enforcement of
ficers.
Lt. Col. Bell, a 58-year-old
native of Carroll County', joined
the patrol in 1939, receiving
his training in the same trooper
school with Col. Pope. Bell,
who came up through the ranks,
was named the first superinten
dent of the Georgia Police
Academy, and in 1967 was
named deputy director, the
position he now holds. He has
a diploma in police adminis-r
tration from Northwestern Uni
versity Traffic Institute.
Maj. Cofer, a career trooper
who once served as a driver
and aide to former Lt. Gov.
Peter Zack Geer, was com
mander of the State Patrol post
at Douglasville before being
promoted from captain to major
and given command of the en
tire uniform division. The 43-
year-old native of Eastman went
with the patrol in 1950 as a
license examiner and worked
his way up through the ranks.
GBI Maj. Smith, considered
one of the top crime investi
gators in Georgia, joined the
patrol in 1942. After serving
in the Navy during World War
11, he rejoined the patrol. In
1952, he was transferred to
the GBI and in 1967 was ele
vated to the rank of captain
and named supervisor over
Politics On Parade
By Sid Williams
• a • * a U
A fl & a &
Governor Carter’s so-called
reorganization bill passed the
House of Representatives last
Friday, but with the amend
ment that constitutional offi
cers could veto any section af
fecting their departments. The
bill now goes to the Senate,
where Lt.-Governor Lest e r
Maddox is most likely to work
to amend it further. At least,
he told us Friday that he is not
satisfied with the bill in its
present form.
Undoubtedly, some form of
bill will finally be enacted into
law', but. as we have written
several times before, it will be
only a “God and Mother" type
of legislation, and will scarcely
rive the Governor more power
than he has under present law.
One of the biggest complaints
we hear about the Governor's
whole scheme is that he didn't
sit down in advance with de
partment heads and tell them
what he has in mind. This
should have included both ap
pointive and elected officials.
As it stands now, nobody knows
what his proposed reorganiza
tion will consist of, and, there
fore, everybody is naturally
hostile to it, or, most certainly,
no better than neutral.
Another point made to us by
a high state official is: The
Governor now suggests a new
Constitution; why couldn't all
the reorganization he proposes
be done in this document?
Good question.
»»»•»»
There is a move afoot among
elected state officials to have a
bill introduced in the Assembly
raising these officials' pay to
$30,000 a year. However, Bill
Burson, new State Treasurer,
has told them that he will have
no part of any such proposal.
He says that he knew what the
Treasurer’s salary was when he
ran for the office, and he won’t
accept any increase during this
term of office.
If — Burson says — the bill
goes into the hopper with hh
name included, he will contact
the legislators representing his
home county of Upson and ask
them to delete his name by
amendment.
* * * * * •
Georgia Dept. Commanders
representing the seven major
veterans organizations met last
Thursday to map plans for the
annual observance of Memorial
Day. But, most of the meeting
was taken up with expressions
of concern over the Atlanta
School Board’s action in decid
ins to skip Memorial Day as a
Area B (South Georgia). Ke
recently earned an Associate
Degree in Criminal Justice
from South Georgia College.
Glenwood Civic Club
Holds Meeting
The Glenwood Civic Club met
on January 7, at 7 o’clock at
the Glenwood Methodist Church.
We had a fish supper with a
meeting following the meal. We
had a large attendance for only
the second meeting.
We grew from nine at the
first meeting to thirty three
at th6 second. We anticipate
an even larger number at the
next meeting. During the meet
ing, a very beneficial discus
sion was held. The first of
ficers are going to retain their
offices for awhile.
The Glenwood Civic Club is
going to werk in conjunction
with the mayor and city council
to help make improvements
around Glenwood. The officers
will attend the council meeting
the first of February.
The group will discuss work
ing out a date for a clean-up
in the city of Glenwood. We
will work for this to become
an annual event.
The next meeting will be
held at the First Baptist Church.
We will have a meeting follow
ing the evening meal.
Wayne Johnson,
Publicity Chairman
The new barber, after badly
nicking a customer while giving
him a shave, tried to make him
feel better by asking, “Do you
want your head wrapped in a
towel?”
“No thanks,” replied the cus
tomer, “I'll carry it home under
my arm.”
holiday, so as to make up for
the holiday declared on Martin
Luther King’s birthday.
They decided to meet with
Atlanta school officials and
urge the Board to select an
other day. If the Board refuses,
the vets organizations will wage
a statewide campaign to put
pressure on the Atlanta Board.
Obviously, these veterans
leaders — like all other decent
Georgians — bitterly resent the
honoring of such a despicable
person as King in lieu of our
war dead, both white and black.
We predict that the pressure
on the Atlanta Board will be so
intense that they’ll wind up ob
serving Memorial Day as a hol
iday.
• **«**
Six Negro legislators have in
troduced a bill in the House
which would require the State
Personnel Board to remove all
references to any misdemeanor
offenses from personnel records
of job applicants. The reason,
of course, is that they want
more Negroes on the state pay
roll, no matter their criminal
record. It won’t be enacted into
law.
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Governor Carter infuriated
many members of the Assembly
when he made his State of the
State speech last Thursday by
appearing with a heavy body
guard of state troopers. The leg
islators felt insulted in that he
appealed tri be fearing assassin
ation from some of them.
Obviously, Carter got the
message, for on Friday, to de
liver his budget speech, the
Governor appeared with his
usual escort of Representatives
and Senators.
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Lt.-Governor Lester Maddox
continues to have invitations to
speak ! all over the state. Since
moving .from the 2nd floor of
the Capitol to the Jm, he has
had more than 20 such invites.
Incidentally, Mad^ftx is for
tunate to have been able to per
suade the capable and charm
ing Mrs. Eleanor Owens, his
personal secretary as 'Governor,
to accompany him to the Lt.-
Governor's office.
* * * * *
Veteran legislator Sloppy
Floyd, who suffered a heart dis
order about two weeks ago, has
gone home from an Atlanta
hospital. He is expected to re
turn to the Assembly next week
to conduct hearings on the ap
propriations bill. His many,
many friends are delighted that
he’s feeling so well.