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MAINSTREET NEWSPAPERS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012
Obituaries
Carolyn Barnett
NICHOLSON - Carolyn
Jane Barnett, 72, died
Monday, January 9, 2012 at
her residence.
Born in Jackson County, she
was the daughter of the late
Oliver and Babe Howington
Sailers. She was a mem
ber of the Antioch United
Methodist Church and was
a homemaker. Mrs. Barnett
was preceded in death by her
husband, Tommy Barnett.
Survivors include daugh
ters, Sherri Allen and Susan
Kenimer, both of Nicholson;
sons, Tommy Charles
Barnett, Terry Barnett and
Michael Barnett, all of
Nicholson; a sister, Joyce
Tolbert, Commerce; twelve
grandchildren; and twelve
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m., Thursday,
January 12 at the chapel of
Little-Ward Funeral Home
with the Rev. Dennis Kesler
officiating. Interment will
follow in the Antioch United
Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends at the funeral home
Wednesday, January 11,
from 6 to 8 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, is in charge of
arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
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Ramsey Burks
HOSCHTON - Ramsey
McDonald Burks, 78, died
Tuesday January 4, 2012.
Born in Dyersburg, Tenn.,
he was the youngest of seven
children, the son of the late
Harry Black and Novella
Ramsey Burks. He grew up in
Columbia,
Tenn.,
played
drums and
gradu
ated from
Central
High
School.
He held
degrees
from Vanderbilt University
(BA 56), and the Stonier
Graduate School of Banking
at Rutgers where he finished
first in his class. After two
years of service in the United
States Army in Germany, he
brought his young family
to Atlanta. He joined Trust
Company Bank of Georgia in
1958 and held various posi
tions of management there
until his retirement from
SunTrust in December 1993.
He married his beloved wife
Karen in 1982. His personal
interests included finance and
investing and he put these to
use in retirement by volun
teering at the WSB Radio
Consumer Action Center. He
also enjoyed tennis and vol
unteered at the 1996 Atlanta
Olympic Games Tennis
venue. He had his pilot’s
license and was a fan of
WW II aviation. He was a
responsible and caring man
who loved his family and
while his lifelong presence
will be missed, the founda
tions he built will continue
to endure.
In addition to his wife
Karen (Hinck) Burks, sur
vivors include three sons,
Wendell (Sara) Burks,
Alpharetta, Stephen
(Cristina) Burks, Huntsville,
Ala., and Harry (Shannon)
Burks, Los Altos, Calif.;
stepchildren, Kim (Mark)
Alexander, Duluth, and Steve
Wagner, Duluth; five grand
children, Andrew (Lynne)
Burks, Palo Alto, Calif.,
Harrison Burks, Alpharetta,
Conner Burks, Alpharetta,
Lauren Burks, New York,
N.Y., Erin Burks, Los Altos,
Calif.; three step-grandchil
dren, Hayley Alexander and
Lauren Alexander, Duluth,
and Evan Wagner, Suwanee;
two brothers. Bill Burks,
Rochester, N.Y. and Paul
(Marcie) Burks, Santa Rosa,
Calif.
Mr. Burks was preceded
in death by brothers, Harry
Burks, Jr. and Edward Burks;
and sisters, Rosalie Burks
Wright and June Burks
Jackson Geny.
No services will be held
immediately. A private cel
ebration of his life will be
held near Columbia, Tenn. in
the spring.
In lieu of flowers, dona
tions may be made to the
American Cancer Association
in memory of Ramsey M.
Burks.
Wards Funeral Home,
Gainesville, is in charge of
arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
Wanda C. Cannon
HARTWELL - Wanda
C. Jordan Cannon, 84, died
Saturday, January 07, 2012
at Hartwell Health Care
Center.
Born on March 7, 1927 in
Royston, she was the daugh
ter of the late Henry and
Thelma Edwards Jordan.
She was a retired seamstress
for Elberton Manufacturing
Company and was a member
of the Liberty Hill United
Methodist Church. Mrs.
Cannon was preceded in
death by her husband, Calvin
C. Cannon Sr.; a son, Lamar
Cannon; sister, Lanora Dean;
and two brothers, Madison
Jordan and Kennister
Jordan.
Survivors include three
daughters, Joyce Foster,
Hartwell, Kathy Hill and her
husband Doug, Danielsville,
and Debbie Trotter, Hartwell;
two sons, Calvin Cannon Jr.
and his wife Linda, Elberton,
and Morris Cannon and his
wife Hazel, Bowersville; two
sisters, Condyce Phillips and
her husband Jack, Marietta,
and Martha Ginn, Hartwell;
eleven grandchildren; and
fourteen great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were
held Monday, January 9, in
the chapel of the Strickland
Funeral Home of Hartwell
with the Rev. Kathleen
Deegan-Neal officiating.
Burial was in the Memorial
Garden of Prayer.
Memorials may be made to
the Alzheimer’s Association,
1925 Century Blvd., Suite
10, Atlanta, GA 30345-3315,
or Hospice Advantage, 2470
Daniel’s Bridge Rd., Bldg.
100, Suite 171, Athens, GA
30606.
The Strickland Funeral
Home of Hartwell was in
charge of all arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
Lucy Carroll
BOWERSVILLE - Lucy
Foster Carroll, 90, died
Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at
her residence.
Born in Hart County on
August 18, 1921, she was the
daughter of the late Fred and
Tommie Bennett Foster. She
was formerly co-owner and
operator of Howard Carroll
Furniture Company. She was
a member of the Bowersville
United Methodist Church,
where she was a member
of the Quilting Group. Mrs.
Carroll was preceded in death
by her husband, Howard
Wayne Carroll.
Survivors include a
daughter and son-in-law,
Nancy and David Nichols,
Commerce; son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Wayne and Pam
Carroll, Hartwell; grandchil
dren and spouses, Ashley and
Santiago Tagtachian, Brent
and Lindsey Nichols, Kenzie
and Jason Cheek and Chris
Carroll; and great-grand
children, Mateo and Mila
Tagtachian and Emmarie and
Anabelle Nichols.
Funeral services were
held Friday, January 6 from
the chapel of Pruitt Funeral
Home with the Revs. Don
Nestor and Eldon Massey
officiating. Burial was in the
Bowersville City Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to the Bowersville United
Methodist Church, c/o Floyd
Hill, 7274 Bowersville Hwy.,
Bowersville, GA 30516.
Pruitt Funeral Home,
Royston, was in charge of
arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
Willie Mae Collins
NICHOLSON - Willie
Mae Collins, 94, died
Monday, January 2, 2012 at
St. Mary’s Hospice House.
Born in Jackson County,
she was the daughter of the
late Milton and Lucy Allie
Aaron Turk. She was a mem
ber of the Antioch United
Methodist Church and was
retired from Harmony Grove
Mill. Mrs. Collins was pre
ceded in death by her hus
band, Marcus Boyd Collins;
and daughter, Peggy Hix.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Jackie Smith, Nicholson;
sister, Nancy Ginn, Jefferson;
three grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; and
three great-great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 4, from
the chapel of Little-Ward
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Dennis Kesler officiating.
Interment was in Jackson
Memorial Park.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
Calvin Crocker
LULA - Calvin S. Crocker,
92, died Tuesday, January
10, 2012 at his residence.
Born on May 11, 1919,
he was the son of the late
James Dayton and Ollie
Parker Crocker. Mr. Crocker
was a member of Mt. Sinai
Congregational Holiness
Church and was retired from
Mt. Vernon Mills. He was
a lifelong resident of Banks
County and a United States
Army veteran who fought on
the front lines in Germany
during World
War II. Mr.
Crocker was an
evangelist who
enjoyed read
ing his Bible, fellowshipping
with others and gardening.
Mr. Crocker was also preced
ed in death by a son, Stanley
Wayne Crocker; sisters,
Mary Tims, Lanora Groover,
Winnie Crocker; and broth
ers, Coy Lee Crocker and
Laster Crocker.
Survivors include wife,
Rachel Elizabeth Sartin
Crocker of the home; sons
and daughters-in-law,
Swayne and Willie Mae
Crocker, Cornelia, and
Ronnie and Nancy Crocker,
Cornelia; daughters and
sons-in-law, Evalene and
Lewis Davidson, Brenda and
Arthur Arrowood, Magalene
and Samuel Pruitt; daugh-
ter-in-law, Jeanette Duncan
Crocker, Lula; 12 grandchil
dren; 25 great grandchildren;
and one great-great-grand-
child.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday, January
12, at 2 p.m. at the cha
pel of McGahee-Griffm and
Stewart with the Revs. Deron
Crocker, Tracy Davidson,
and Todd Pruitt officiat
ing. Interment will be in
Mt. Sinai Congregational
Holiness Church Cemetery
with full military honors
provided by the American
Legion Post #84, Rabun
County DAV Chapter #15
and Grant Reeves VFW Post
#7720.
The family will receive
friends at the funeral home
from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
on Wednesday, January 11.
Flowers are accepted or
memorials may be made
to Hospice of Northeast
Georgia Medical Center,
2150 Limestone Pkwy.; Suite
222, Gainesville, GA 30501.
McGahee-Griffin &
Stewart Funeral Home,
Cornelia, is in charge of
arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
(19090-42.20)
Charlie Gary
ALAMOGORDO, NEW
MEXICO - MSgt U.S.A.F.
Retired Charlie Theodore
Gary, 73, died Saturday,
December 17, 2011, in Las
Cruces.
He was born on February
14, 1938, in Commerce, the
son of Theodore Roosevelt
and Charlie Willie (Gunter)
Gary. He was a Master
Sergeant in
the United
States
Air Force
retiring in
1983. Mr.
Gary was
preceded
in death by
a brother,
Joe Gary.
Survivors include his wife,
Phyllis Gary, of the fam
ily home; daughter, Tamara
Aires, Colorado Springs,
Colo.; son, Reid Gary,
Dallas, Texas; five grandchil
dren, Lauren Bonds, Kayla
Joplin, Amber Gary, Elam
Swilley and Aaron Swilley;
two great-grandchildren,
Hunter and Alyssa; a brother,
Donald Gary and wife Jane,
Nicholson; and sister, Sheila
Pardue, Commerce.
Memorial services were
held Wednesday, December
21, at Alamogordo Funeral
Home with Ken Timblin
officiating. Full Military
Honors were provided by
the Holoman Air Force Base
Steel Talons Honor Guard.
Cremation took place at
PCS.
Alamogordo Funeral
Home, New Mexico, was in
charge of arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
Lee Harrison
GRANT, FLA. - Lee
Harrison, 73, died suddenly
Friday, December 30, 2011,
doing what he loved most,
fishing.
Lee was born in Winder,
the son of the late Ernest
Lee and Willie Langford
Harrison. He graduated
from North Georgia College
with honors and was retired
after 44 years in the space
industry.
Survivors include his wife,
Pat Casey Harrison; a son,
Dennis Harrison; sister,
Nancy Hill, Milledgeville;
brother, Johnny Harrison,
Bogart; nephew, Kevin Hill,
Rainbow City, Ala.; two
nieces, Sara and Lauren
Harrison, Bogart; and his
dog, Sally.
A memorial service will
be held in Grant, Fla. on
Thursday, January 12, 2012.
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January 11, 2012.
Louise McElroy
MONROE - Louise Sims
McElroy, 94, died Tuesday,
January 3, 2012.
Born in Winder, she was
the daughter of the late F.
Colbert and Clara Marable
Sims. She was a member
of Hebron Christian Church.
Mrs. McElroy was preced
ed in death by her husband,
Robert C. McElroy; a son-
in-law, Billy Brown; brother,
James Sims; and nephew,
Ted Sims.
Survivors include children,
Bobby and Sherri McElroy,
Monroe, and Claire Brown,
Bethlehem; grandchildren,
Karen and Tom Phillips,
Jim Bob and Erin McElroy,
Timothy and Carrie McElroy,
and Mike and Robin
Brown; great-grandchildren,
Garrison McElroy, Carlie
Phillips, and Matti and Tyler
Roof; and nieces and neph
ews, Rebecca Sturdivant
Rieder, Cathy Sims and
James H. Sims.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 5, from
Hebron Christian Church
with the Revs. Gordon
Griffin and Danny Shoemake
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Hebron
Christian Church, 2461
Hebron Church Rd., Winder,
GA 30680.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
Feliciano Mendez Jr.
LULA - Feliciano Mendez,
Jr., 68, died Monday, January
9,2012, at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center, following an
extended illness.
He was born November
1, 1943, the son of the
late Feliciano and Timotea
Mendez, Sr. Mr. Mendez
was a Marine Sergeant
where he served three terms
in the Vietnam War. He was
the recipient of the Purple
Heart, two Bronze Stars, and
numerous other ribbons and
citations. Mr. Mendez was
a member of First Baptist
Church in Gainesville, VFW
and DAV.
Survivors include his wife,
Marilyn Drake Mendez; a
son, Vincet Mendez, Sugar
Hill; son and daughter-in-law,
Andy and Kathy Mendez,
Poplar Bluff, Mo.; daughter,
Ursula Cade, Portsmouth,
Va.; son and daughter-in-law,
Mark and Angie McKernan,
Williamson; daughters,
Sondra McKernan, Canton,
and Sherry L. Smith,
Gainesville; daughter and
son-in-law, Cindy and Ken
Donnelly, Powder Springs;
brother and sister-in-
law, Trinidad and Carmen
Mendez, Shelby, Mich.;
sisters, Lucia Galvan, Hart,
Mich, and Maria Del Refrigo
Paiz, Alice, Texas; sister and
brother-in-law, Betty and
John Moen, Norton Shores,
Mich.; 16 grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m., Friday,
January 13, at the chapel
of First Baptist Church of
Gainesville with interment
following at Memorial Park
South Cemetery. Bill Coates
will officiate. The family
will receive friends from 6
to 8 p.m., Thursday, January
12, at Memorial Park South
Funeral Home.
Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery
Branch, is in charge of
arrangements.
Published by MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.
January 11, 2012.
(19078)
Marjorie Moore
Marjorie McCarty Moore
passed away Thursday,
January 5, 2012.
She was born July 5, 1918
in Madison County, the
daughter of the late Howard
and Lois Winfrey McCarty.
She was
preceded
in death
by her
husband,
Donald P.
Moore; a
daughter,
Shirley
Moore
Griffith;
brother, Loyd McCarty;
and sister, Lucille McCarty
Fowler. She lived her adult
life in Athens, and was a
longtime member of Central
Baptist Church.
Survivors include sons,
Stephen E. Moore (Tina),
Gillsville, Terry Moore
(Teresa), Watkinsville,
Wayne Moore (Paulette),
Hull, Larry Moore (Ann),
Hull; a daughter, Glenda
Moore Miller (Pelham),
Powell, Tenn.; and a brother,
Alton McCarty, Comer; nine
grandchildren; and 15 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, January 8, in the
chapel of Bridges Funeral
Home with the Rev. Terry
Smith officiating. Interment
was in Meadow Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Bridges Funeral Home,
Athens, was in charge of the
arrangements.
Published by MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.
January 11, 2012.
(19076)
Margaret Nation
MAYSVILLE - Margaret
Lucille Nation, 85, died
Friday, January 6, 2012, at
Hill Haven Nursing Home in
Commerce.
Born in Banks County,
she was the daughter of the
late Thomas Earle and Ellen
Davis Whitehead. She was
the last surviving member
of her immediate family.
Mrs. Nation was preceded
in death by three children,
Linda Allison, John Nation
and Bill Nation.
Survivors include children,
Patsy Hudgins, Deborah
Mason and Donald Nation,
all of Maysville, Joyce
Hovator, Mena, Ariz., Janice
Lichliter, Anderson, S.C.,
JoAnn Lathan, Lugoff, S.C.,
Dennis Nation and Ricky
Nation, both of Commerce;
21 grandchildren; several
great and great-great-grand-
children; and nieces and
nephews.
Closed casket grave
side services and interment
was held Saturday, January
7, from the Banks County
Memorial Gardens in Homer
with the Rev. William
Campbell officiating.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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January 11, 2012.
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Hazel Nix
PENDERGRASS - Hazel
L. Funderburk Nix, 76, died
on Wednesday, January 4,
2012.
Bornin JacksonCounty, she
was the daughter of the late
Albert and Rosa M. Pressley
Funderburk. She was retired
from Wayne Poultry was
a mem
ber of the
Pond Fork
Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Nix
was pre
ceded in
death by
her hus-
band,
Billy Nix;
Funderburk
Funderburk;
Justin Nix.
Survivors
brothers, R.L.
and J.W.
and grandson,
include her
children, Patricia Parson,
Commerce, Donald Nix,
Ronald Nix and Debbie
Gillespie, all of Pendergrass;
brothers, L.C. Funderburk,
Jefferson, T.W. Funderburk,
Gene Funderburk,
Johnny Funderburk, all
of Pendergrass, and Larry
Funderburk, Jefferson;
sisters, Sadie Strange,
Covington, Ruby Franklin
and Fannie Lance, both of
Pendergrass; 11 grandchil
dren; and 17 great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 7, in the
Pond Fork Baptist Church
with the Rev. Johnny Knight
officiating. The burial was in
the church cemetery.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
Published by MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.
January 11, 2012.
(875)
‘Michael’ Ogburn
STATHAM - George
"Michael” Ogburn, 72, died
Saturday, January 7, 2012.
Born in Atlanta, he was
the son of the late Sarah J.
Ogburn. He was a member
of Heritage Baptist Church,
member of Carter Hill
Masonic Lodge #268, and
was past member of Yaarab
Shrine Club. Mr. Ogburn
was preceded in death by a
daughter, Deanne Ogburn-
Cagle; and three grandchil
dren.
Survivors include his wife,
Carolyn Ogburn, Statham;
two sons and daughters-
in-law, Robert and Annette
Ogburn, Bethlehem, and
Darien and Tracey Ogburn,
Grayson; three daughters and
sons-in-law, Michelle and
Johnny Weaver, Dahlonega,
Renee and Bobby Queen,
Bremen, and Christa and
Larry Edge, Zebulon; 12
grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be
held Saturday, January 14, at
2 p.m. from Smith Memory
Chapel with Pastor Shane
Hill officiating. The family
will receive friends Saturday
from 12 to 2 p.m. at the
funeral home. The body will
be cremated.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Heritage
Baptist Church, 1867 Dooley
Town Rd., Statham, GA
30666.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, is in charge of
arrangements.
Published by MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.
January 11, 2012.
(18360)
Alexis Redmond
AUBURN - Alexis
Michelle Redmond, 4, died
Wednesday, January 4,
2012.
Born in Winder, she was
the daughter of Bradford
Paul and Darlene J. Edge
Redmond of Auburn. She was
preceded in death by grand
parents, Richard Redmond
and Mary Sue Edge.
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