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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009
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Davenport Funeral Home with
the Revs. Matt Wethington
and Cecil Holcomb officiat
ing. Interment was in Hillside
Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Georgia
Mountain Food Bank, RO.
Box 233 Gainesville, GA
30503, or For Her Glory at
North Georgia Community
Foundation, P.O. Box 1583,
Gainesville, GA 30503.
Little and Davenport
Funeral Home, Gainesville,
was in charge of arrange
ments.
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‘Bill’Mize
SAUTEE - William ‘Bill’
Jack Mize, 83, died Monday,
January 12, 2009, at his resi
dence following an extended
illness.
He was born September 3,
1925, in Banks County, the
son of the late Paul and Viola
Fowler Mize. He served as a
radio/communications opera
tor in the U.S.
Navy during
World War II
followed by a
tour in the U.S. Air Force.
He sang in the choir and
was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church in Warner
Robins. Mr. Mize retired from
Atlanta Gas Company after
34 years service, where he
served as manager of the
Liquid Gas (LNG) Plant in
Jones County. He had been a
resident of Sautee Nacoochee
since October 2001. He was
preceded in death by his first
wife Wanda Newsom Mize;
and sisters, Maxine Orser and
Bea Brooks.
Survivors include his
wife, Irene Wendt Mize,
Sautee Nacoochee; daughter,
Dr. Jacquelyn Mize-Pettit,
Auburn, Ala.; sons, William
Wendt, Milledgeville, and
Donald Wendt, Cleveland;
brother, Ed Mize, Salt Lake
City, Utah; grandsons, Stefan
Pettit, Auburn, Ala., and
Jeremiah Wendt, Cleveland;
granddaughters, Wendy
Wendt, Sautee Nacoochee, and
Kari Pennington, Cleveland;
one great-grandson; two
great-granddaughters, three
nieces and two nephews.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 14, from
the funeral home chapel with
the Rev. Bob Prim officiating.
Burial was in the Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Alexander Funeral Home,
Cleveland, was in charge of
arrangements
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Larry Patrick
WINDER - Larry Patrick,
61, died Saturday, January 3,
2009.
Mr. Patrick worked for
Johns Manville in Winder for
over 32 years.
Survivors include his wife
of 39 years, Denise Patrick;
children, Donnie and Carmen
Patrick, Todd and Lynn
Patrick, Kevin Lee Patrick,
Brandi Nicole Patrick, all of
Winder; grandchildren, Kayla
Patrick, Kimberly Jackson,
Toni Patrick, Nicklous
Patrick, Krysta Mangubat,
Christopher Patrick, Kayli
Patrick and Cali Patrick; sis
ters, Flora Holman, Hoschton;
Geneva Wills, Lawrenceville;
nephews, Jerome Patrick and
Harold Cheek.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 6, in the
Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim
Stewart Funeral Home, with
Brother Charles Reese offi
ciating. Burial was in Barrow
Memorial Gardens.
Tim Stewart Funeral Home,
Lawrenceville, was in charge
of arrangements.
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Britton Pilgrim
WINDER - Infant Britton
Beck Pilgrim died Tuesday,
December 30, 2008.
Bom in Clarke County, he
was the infant son of Drew and
Tiffany Pilgrim of Winder.
Survivors in addition to
his parents, include a broth
er, Claxton Pilgrim, Winder;
grandparents, Vicki Pilgrim
and Bob Beck, Wayne and
Lynda Terrell, all of Winder;
great-grandparents, Ann
Claxton, Talbotton, Marcella
Pilgrim, Thomson, and
Grady and Annette Kennedy,
Winder.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, January 3, 2009, at
the First Christian Church
with the Rev. Jim Brooks offi
ciating.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Jack Porter
CORNELIA - Jack Russell
Porter, 70, died Friday, January
9, 2009, at his residence.
Born in Loganville on
March 2, 1938, he was
the son of the late Wilkins
Haynie and Bessie Minnell
Hammond Porter. He grew up
in Jefferson, graduating from
Jackson County
High School,
and also from ———^
the University
of Georgia with a bachelor's
degree in business administra
tion. He was a veteran, having
served in the United States Air
Force during the Vietnam War
and the Cuban Missile Crises.
He later retired as senior vice-
president of the First National
Bank of Habersham with over
30 years of service. Mr. Porter
was a member of the Grant
Reeves V.F.W. Post #7720,
the Cornelia Masonic Lodge
#92 F&AM, and was Baptist.
Survivors include his wife
of 46 years, Danielle Rangier
Porter, Cornelia; daughter
and son-in-law, Monique
and David Johns, Flowery
Branchy; son and daughter-
in-law, Eric and Dawn Porter,
Clermont; sisters, Annis
McClure, Jefferson, Grade
Dalrymple, Anderson, S.C.;
and grandchildren, Jordyn
Porter and Kreed Coley, both
of Clermont.
Memorial services were
held Monday, January 12, at
Whitfield Funeral Home with
the Rev. Phillip Williams offi
ciating. His wishes were to be
cremated.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Compassionate
Hospice of North Georgia,
2565 Thompson Bridge
Rd., Ste. 112, Gainesville,
Ga. 30501-1723, or to the
American Arthritis Foundation
of Georgia, 550 Pharr Rd.,
NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30305.
Whitfield Funeral Home,
South Chapel, Baldwin, was
in charge of arrangements.
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Evelyn Purgason
COMMERCE - Evelyn
Waldrip Purgason, 72, died
Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at
BJC Hospital in Commerce.
Bom in Gwinnett County,
she was the daughter of the
late Minor and Annie Bell
Mayfield Waldrip.
Mrs. Purgason was preced
ed in death by her husband,
Jesse William Purgason; a
daughter, Tina Purgason; five
brothers; and two sisters.
Survivors include children,
Jesse Purgason, Commerce,
and Kathy Purgason, Franklin;
brothers, James Waldrip,
Lilburn, and Nathaniel
Waldrip, Lawrenceville;
grandchildren, Jason Purgason
and Christina Purgason;
great-grandchildren, Ansley
Purgason, Kayli Purgason,
Dalton Purgason, Logan
Purgason
and Hunter
Purgason;
and nieces
and neph
ews.
Funeral
services
were held
Friday,
January 9, in the chapel of Ivie
Funeral Home with the Revs.
Howard Spruil and Perry
Smith officiating. Burial was
at the Unity Baptist Church
Cemetery in Roosterville,
Ga., in Heard County.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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William Reeves
WINDER - William H.
Reeves, 77, died Monday,
January 5, 2009, at Barrow
Medical Center, following an
extended illness.
Born on May 1, 1931,
in Huntsville, Ala., he was
retired from the Air Force
after 20 years
of service, and
also worked
12 years at
Westinghouse.
Mr. Reeves was preceded in
death by his parents; three
brothers; and one step-broth
er.
Survivors include his wife,
Martha Jane Reeves, Winder;
daughter, Lola L. Kiser,
Gainesville; sons, Willie L.
Lee Jr., West Palm Beach, Fla.,
Patrick Reeves, Philip Reeves,
John Reeves and Marie Terez,
all of France; five grandchil
dren; three great-grandchil
dren; and a sister, Nita Jones,
North Carolina.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 9, at Hopewell
Baptist Church, with the Rev.
Robbie Forrester officiating.
Burial was in the Georgia
National Cemetery.
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Charlotte Barbara and
Lenzy Mavis Savadge
JEFFERSON - Charlotte
Barbara Savadge and Lenzy
Mavis Savadge, infant twins,
died January 8, 2009, at
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center in Gainesville.
They were preceded in death
by their great-grandparents,
James and Charlotte Savadge;
and great-grandmother,
Barbara Bailey McPherson.
The twins are survived
by their parents, David B.
Savadge, II and Tiffany
Denton-Savadge; grand
parents, David and Belinda
Savadge, Jefferson, LaVerne
and Ricky Martin, Lula,
and Steve and Martha
Vaughn, Elberton; great-
grandparents, Jack and Dot
Vaughn, Lavonia, Doc &
Jean Martin, Gainesville,
Lenzy and Elizabeth Barnes,
Bowersville; great-grandfa
thers, Gerald L. Springfield,
Summerfield, Fla., and James
W. McPherson, Jefferson; sis
ter, Ivy; twin brothers, Easton
and Tyson; and numerous
aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, January 11, at the
Chapel of Memorial Park
Funeral Home with interment
to follow in Memorial Park
Cemetery. The Pastor Mike
Phillips officiated.
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Lucille Saxon
LUMBERTON, N.C. -
Lucille Jordan Saxon, 90, born
in Commerce, died Tuesday,
January 6, 2009, at Sunbridge
Care and Rehabilitation in
Elizabethtown, N.C.
Survivors include a son,
Johnny Saxon, Lumberton,
N.C.; daughters, Carolyn
Vendrick, Lumberton, N.C.,
Claudette Ray, Nakina,
Janiece Radcliff, Coconut
Creek, Fla., and Mary Ann
Butler, White Oak; 17 grand
children; 25 great-grandchil
dren; and three great-great-
grandchildren.
Local arrangements includ
ed a visitation at Ivie Funeral
Home on Friday, January 9,
with a service on Saturday,
January 10 in the funeral
home chapel. Burial was in
Grey Hill Cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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‘TC.’Sims
WINDER - John Thomas
‘T.C.’ Sims, 72, died
Wednesday, December 31,
2008.
He was the son of the late
C.L. and Lona Stroud Sims.
He worked many years in
South Georgia and Florida
with an irrigation company.
He was also a skilled cement
finisher. Mr. Sims was pre
ceded in death by broth
ers, Curtis, Willie, Roscoe,
Charles and R.L. Sims.
Survivors include daughters,
Johnnie Sims and Vanessa
Sims, both of Winder; grand
children, Corey Simmons,
Winder, Brantavious Sims,
and Shakurah Billings, both of
Statham; brothers, Clarence
(Annie Lois) Sims, Statham,
Herman (Mable) Sims, and
Arthur Sims, all of Chicago,
Ill..; sisters, Emma Sims
and Annette Sims, both of
Statham, Eloise Sifford, San
Bernardino, Calif., and Mary
(Luther) Morrison, Hoschton;
sister-in-laws, Ida Sims and
Louise Sims, both of Statham,
and Connie Sims, Winder; and
many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 7, from
Fairfield Baptist Church,
Statham, with Pastor Sylvania
Watkins officiating.
Eberhart and Son Mortuary,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Steven Smith
HULL - Steven Jeffrey
Smith, 36, died Sunday,
January 11, 2009.
Bom on February 9, 1972,
he was the son of the late
Harold A. Smith and mother
and step-father, Shelby and
Wallace Easley.
Survivors in addition to
his mother and step-father,
include sons, Cory Wallace
Smith and Parker Addison
Smith; and fiance, Lawanna
Herrin.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 14, at
New Haven Baptist Church
with the Rev. Derek Anglin
officiating. Burial was in Grey
Hill Cemetery.
Brown Funeral Home,
Danielsville, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Bennie Towe
CARLTON - Bennie
Edward Towe, 64, died
Sunday, January 4, 2009.
A native of Clarke County,
he was a son of the late Bertie
Lou Whitfield and James
Gordon Towe. He served in
the Vietnam
War in the
United States
Army and
retired from Stanfield Air
Systems after 30 years.
Survivors include his wife,
Lillie Belle Johnson Towe;
children, Virginia Lynn Webb,
Crawford, Carla Jean Michael,
Arnoldsville, Barbara Dianne
Myers and Dennis Michael
Dixon, both of Carlton,
and Debbie Lucke, Florida;
brothers, Bobby G. Towe,
Arnoldsville, Harvey L. Towe,
Watkinsville, and Harrison R.
Towe, Arkansas; grandchil
dren, Letisha Hicks, Melissa
Myers, Joshua R. Michael,
Michael Dixon, Zachary
Mason Webb, Joseph Clifford
Webb Jr. and two other grand
children.
Funeral services were
Wednesday, January 7, in the
chapel of Lord & Stephens
Funeral Home with the Revs.
Russell Bruce and Hoyt
Johnson officiating. Burial
was in Sandy Cross Baptist
Church Cemetery. Pallbearers
were Stanley Johnson, Matt
Matthews, Mike White, Jason
Johnson, Mitch Allen, and
Jimmy Green.
Memorials contributions
may be made to Oglethorpe
County Recreation
Department, PO Box 261,
Lexington, Ga. 30648.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, East, Athens, was in
charge of arrangements.
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‘Herb’ Valentine
GAINESVILLE - Dr.
Herbert Edward “Herb”
Valentine, Jr. died Tuesday,
January 6, 2009, at his resi
dence.
Bom on August 25,1917, in
Valentines, Va.,
he graduated
from Randolph
Macon
College in Ashland and The
University of Virginia School
of Medicine. He joined the
Navy in 1943 as a medical
officer and was assigned to
the first Marine division in the
South Pacific, serving in com
bat in Okinawa and Peleliu.
He returned to complete his
residency at Emory, and later
moved to Gainesville to begin
private practice. He admitted
one of the first patients to the
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center.
Mr. Valentine practiced
medicine in Gainesville for
43 years and served as Chief
of Staff of the Medical Center
and was named Civitan Man
of the Year in 1963. He was an
active member of the Kiwanis
Club and the St. Paul United
Methodist Church. He was
a founding member of the
Chattahoochee Country Club
and of the Christian Education
Center, now Centerpoint.
He was passionate in the
love of his family, the care of
his patients, and Gainesville
High School athletics. He
attended thousands of practic
es and games, and was faith
fully tmsted to be on the side
lines. In later years, he and
his wife, Bonnelle, through
their love of land and farm
ing created Valentine Farms
in Pendergrass, becoming
national leaders in the breed
ing of Angus cattle. Through
this adventure, they devel
oped lifelong friendships with
cattlemen locally and nation
ally.
Survivors include his wife
of 65 years, Bonnelle Lawson
Valentine, Gainesville, sons
and daughter-in-law, Thomas
E. Valentine, Gross Pointe,
Mich., Richard L. and Cherry
Valentine, Gainesville, and Dr.
C. Michael Valentine Shannon
Valentine, Lynchburg, Va.;
grandchildren Leigh, Brad,
Catherine, Jack and Brooke;
sister and brother-in-law,
Anne Valentine and Don
Pfeiffer, Cammarillo, Calif.
A memorial service was
held Saturday, January 10, at
the St. Paul United Methodist
Church.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Gainesville
High School Athletic Fund,
P.O. Box 3141, Gainesville,
Ga. 30503, St. Paul United
Methodist Church Building
Fund, 404 Washington Street,
Gainesville, Ga. 30501, or
a favorite charity of one’s
choice.
Mason & Ward Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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John Weaver
ROYSTON - John Paul
Weaver, 74, died Monday,
January 12,2009, at the Brown
Memorial Convalescent
Center in Royston.
Born in Hart County on
June 20, 1934, he was the
son of the late Robert and
Anzibell Whiten Weaver. He
was a retired auto body shop
repairman, owner of John's
Body Shop and was Baptist.
Mr. Weaver was preceded in
death by brothers, Lawrence
Weaver and Joe Weaver; and
sisters, Doris James and M.B.
James.
Survivors include daugh
ters and sons-in-law, Susan
and Stewart Berryman and
Christie and Gary Dove, all
of Royston; sister, Bobbie
Woodall, Bowman; four
grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 15, in the
chapel of Pruitt Funeral Home
with the Revs. Terry Wood
and James Gunn officiating.
Burial was in the Franklin
Memorial Gardens - South.
Pruitt Funeral Home,
Royston, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Horace Wilson
GILLSVILLE - Horace
Wilson, 73, died Monday,
January 5, 2009, at Northeast
Georgia Medical Center in
Gainesville, following a sud
den illness.
Bom on April 19, 1935, in
Hall County, he was the son of
the late Floyd
T. Wilson and
Minnie M.
Turpin. He was
a member of
the Lebanon United Methodist
Church and also attended
Gillsville Baptist Church.
Mr. Wilson was retired from
the United States Army, hav
ing served his country in the
Korean and Vietnam Wars. He
worked in security for Indalex
Caradon.
Survivors include his wife,
Mathey Wilson, Gillsville;
sons, Randall Wilson,
Cornelia, Chad Wilson and
Donnie Wilson, both of
Winder, and William Rock
Stratton, Lula; daughters,
Sandy Mauer, Cumming, Faye
Withrow, Flowery Branch, and
Shyla Curtin, Gillsville; step
daughters, Dahlia Atkins and
Bonnie Robin, both of Texas;
brothers, Harvey Wilson,
Gillsville, and Howard
Wilson, Maysville; sisters,
Myrtle Cagle, Grace Hewell
and Virginia Roberts, all of
Gillsville; 25 grandchildren;
38 great-grandchildren; and
two great-great-grandchil
dren; and a number of nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, January 7,
at Gillsville Baptist Church
with the Revs. Bill Calhoun
and Marshall Dale officiat
ing. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Ward’s Funeral Home,
Gainesville, was in charge of
arrangements.
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‘Jim’Wilson
WINDER - James K. “Jim”
Wilson, 74, died Friday,
January 2, 2009, at Athens
Regional Medical Center.
Bom in Edgewood, Ill., he
was the son of the late John
R. and Anne E. Ort Wilson.
He was a United States
Army Veteran mmuu
and served in
Germany at ~
the close of the
Korean War. A member of
Hebron Baptist Church and the
Dove Sunday School Class,
he was retired from Pmdential
Insurance Company. Mr.
Wilson was preceded in death
by a brother, Bill Wilson.
Survivors include his wife,
Shelby J. Wilson; brother,
Jack Wilson, Terre Haute,
Ind.; sister, Vivian Boozer,
Centralia, Ill.; daughters and
sons-in-law, Julie and Dennis
Becker, Winder, and Jill and
John Overton, Cumming;
granddaughter, Amanda
Good, Winder.
Memorial services were
held Sunday, January 11, at
Wages Lawrenceville Chapel
with the Rev. Mac Palmer
officiating
Memorial contributions may
be made in memory of James
K. Wilson to the National
Parkinson’s Foundation at
www.Parkinson.org, or by
calling 1-800-327-4545.
Tom W. Wages Funeral
Home, Lawrenceville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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Montine Wilson
COMMERCE - Montine
Lavonia Wilson, 86, died
Friday, January 9, 2009, at
her residence, following an
extended illness.
She was the daughter of
the late Sanford Stanford and
Kate Ramsden Clack, and
the widow of William Lloyd
Wilson.
Survivors include a
son, Nim Wesley Wilson,
Lawrenceville; daughters,
Dorothy Evelyn Clack,
Commerce, and Helen W.
Smith, Lawrenceville; sister,
Lucille Clack, Lawrenceville;
seven grandchildren; 15 great
grandchildren; and two great-
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Monday, January 12, in the
chapel of Ivie Funeral Home,
with the Revs. Bill Carpenter
and Raymond Wilson offi
ciating. Graveside services
were held at the Rock Spring
United Methodist Church
cemetery in Lawrenceville.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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