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MAINSTREET NEWSPAPERS
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009
Funeral services were held
Sunday, March 1, in the cha
pel of Memorial Park Funeral
Home with the Rev. Howard
Collins officiating. Burial was
in Alta Vista Cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Humane
Society of Hall County, 845
West Ridge Rd., Gainesville,
GA 30501.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Drue Faye Harrison
COLBERT - Drue Faye
S. Harrison, 92, died Friday,
February 27, 2009, at Bell
Minor Nursing Home.
A native of Madison County,
she was the daughter of the
late Samuel Grady and Martha
Patterson Scarborough. She
was retired from General
Motors Lakewood Assembly
Plant after 40 years, where
she worked as a registered
nurse. She was a member of
Bluestone Baptist Church.
Mrs. Harrison was preceded
in death by sisters, Thelma
S. Riggs, Dorothy Mae
Scarborough; brothers, John
David Scarborough, Sam Joe
Scarborough, Asa Candler
Scarborough, Luther Lamar
Scarborough and Kendal
Grady Scarborough.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Wilma Faye Summerville;
sister, Willie S. Fortson; broth
er, Buddy C. Scarborough;
and grandchildren, William E.
Summerville and Audra Faye
Summerville.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, March 1, at Bluestone
Baptist Church with the Revs.
Ray Jenkins, George Lovely
and Ethridge officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Bluestone Baptist
Church.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, Danielsville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Jannie Hubbard
CARLTON - Jannie
Virginia Hubbard, 84, died
Saturday, February 21, 2009.
Survivors include daughters,
Frances Johnson, Merlaine
Smith and Nora Jennings;
sons, Curtis, Larry and Terry
Hubbard; sisters, Annie
Johnson and Susie Kelley; 17
grandchildren; and 19 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, February 26, at New
Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Burial was in the church cem
etery.
Jones Lexington Funeral
Chapel, Lexington, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Tommy Johnson
JEFFERSON - Tommy
Newton Johnson, 59, died
Sunday, March 1, 2009.
Bom on December 17,1949,
in DeKalb County, he was
the son of Mary Ann Camp
Johnson of
Jefferson
and the
late Luther
Johnson.
He was
a truck
driver for
Harrison
Poultry in
Bethlehem, and was preceded
in death by a son, Tommy
“Little Tommy” Johnson
Jr.; and a brother, Ronnie
Johnson.
Survivors include his wife,
Darlene Jones Johnson,
Jefferson; children, Tammie
Hernandez and Rebecca
Johnson, both of Duluth, Patti
Moon, Hollywood; stepchil
dren, J.R. Gross, Covington,
Tenn., Dusty Gross, Mumford,
Tenn.; Chinoe Jackson,
Jefferson; sister, Brenda Davis,
Jefferson; brother, Stephen
Johnson, Talmo; six grand
children; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 4, in the
chapel of Evans Funeral
Home with the Rev. Henry
Webb officiating. Burial was
in Jackson Memorial Park in
Commerce.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Justin Kerch
WINDER - Justin James
Davis Kerch, 22, died Tuesday,
February 24, 2009.
He was a graduate of Dacula
High School and was voted
for the best laugh in his Senior
Class. He graduated from
the Roosevelt Institute for
Vocational Rehabilitation in
Warm Springs. He played ten
nis with the Special Olympics
and was a car enthusiast.
He was survived by his
father, Jack Kerch and wife
Tam’ra; mother, Debi Davis,
Winder; brother, Jonathan D.
Kerch, Duluth; sister, Jennifer
J. Kerch, Buford; stepbroth
er, Chris Kerns, Gainesville;
grandmothers, Frances R.
Kerch, Atlanta, and Joan B.
Davis, Winder.
Funeral services were
held Friday, February 27, at
Memorial Park South Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev.
David Gravitt officiating.
Burial was in Memorial Park
South Cemetery in the Garden
of The Apostle.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Justin
James Davis Kerch Memorial
Fund in care of 4121 Falcon
Parkway, Flowery Branch,
GA 30542.
Memorial Park South
Funeral Home, Flowery
Branch, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Nathan Kubitzky
HULL - Nathan Holland
Kubitzky, 44, died Sunday,
February 22, 2009.
A native of Clarke County,
he was the son of Martha Kay
Kubitzky of
Hull. He was
an electronics
sales repre
sentative and
was currently employed with
Burton and Burton in the gift
industry. Mr. Kubitzky was a
veteran, having served in the
United States Navy.
Survivors in addition to his
mother, include his former
wife, Kelly Veal, Maysville;
son, Elijah Paul Kubitzky,
Maysville; sister, Barbie
Hendrix, Hull; and a brother,
Kevin Kubitzky, Athens.
Memorial services were
held Saturday, February 28, in
the chapel of Lord & Stephens
Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may
be made to a Custodial Fund
for Elijah Kubitzky. You can
send checks made out to Elijah
Kubitzky at Wachovia Bank,
Attn. Matthew Carr/Elijah
Kubitzky Custodial Fund, 135
Sycamore St., Jefferson, GA
30549.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, West, Bogart, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Louise Manders
ATHENS - Louise Cole
Manders, 89, formerly of
Winder, died Friday, February
27, 2009.
A native of Barrow County,
she was the daughter of the
late Sam and Dellie Mae
Manders Cole. She was pre
ceded in death by her husband,
John Richard Manders Sr.;
son, Robert Samuel Manders;
and daughter, Dorothy Lou
Manders.
Survivors include daughter,
Jane Manders, Athens; sons,
John Manders, Statham, and
George Manders, Winder; ten
grandchildren; and 12 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, March 3, from the
Chapel of Carter Funeral
Home, with the Revs. Hal Tapp
and John Burchfield officiat
ing. Burial was in Carter Hill
Christian Church cemetery.
Carter Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
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Mary Menser
BETHLEHEM - Mary
Madelain Menser, 86, died
Saturday, February 28, 2009.
Bom in Newhaven, Conn.,
she was
the daugh
ter of the
late Gerald
and Marie
Louise
Giverdon
Dowd. She
was pre
ceded in
death by
her husband, Lawrence Joseph
Menser; and sister, Betty
Post. Mrs. Menser loved
Ornithology and was devoted
to working with birds of prey,
had won humanitarian awards
working with injured birds of
prey, and was licensed in the
state of Florida for rehabili
tation of birds of prey. She
was a published author and
poet, loved wildlife photogra
phy, a member of the Barrow
Senior Center, a member of
St. Anna’s Catholic Church, a
charter member of the WWII
Museum and a past member
of the VFW and American
Legion Ladies Auxiliary.
Survivors include sons and
daughters-in-law, Mark C. and
Margo Menser, Fort Meyers,
Fla., Franz P. and Mary Ann
Menser, Ayden, N.C.; daugh
ters and sons-in-law, Sharon
andRichardKohus, Bethlehem,
Theresa “Lauren” and Ralph
Davies, Tahachapi, Calif., and
Paulette and Ray Metz, Salem,
Conn.; grandchildren, Joseph
and James Menser, Scott
and Steven Kohus, Heather
Bell and Hillary Peters;
great-grandchildren, Joshua,
Matthew and Collin Kohus,
Dalton Mrazik, and Logan
and Morgan Menser; brother,
David Dowd, New York, N.Y.;
sisters, Pauline Greeney, Deep
River, Conn, and Geraldine
Cathcart, Beverly, Mass.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 4, at Smith
Memory Chapel, with Father
Daniel Toof officiating. Burial
was in Barrow Memorial
Gardens.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Sandy CreekNature
Center, 205 Old Commerce
Road, Athens, Georgia 30607.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Ethel Morgan
HOMER - Ethel Evans
Morgan, 84, died Friday,
February 27, 2009.
Born in Jackson County,
she was the daughter of the
late Fletcher and Elsie Savage
Evans. She
ships in
Savannah
during
World War
II, and in
manufac
turing for
many years.
She was a
member of
the Mt. Pleasant Methodist
Church, and was preceded
in death by her husband,
Raymond “R.C.” Morgan.
Survivors include children,
Florine Black and Randall
Morgan, both of Homer,
Letitia Westbrook, Commerce;
sisters, Viola Standridge,
Hartwell, and Montine Davis,
Jefferson; brothers, Loyd
Evans, Jefferson, Lonzo
Evans, Statham, and Connie
Evans, Gulf Port, Miss.; nine
grandchildren; 12 great-grand
children; and nine great-great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, March 1, at the Mt.
Pleasant Methodist Church
with the Revs. George Tubbs,
Phil Ferguson and L.C.
Standridge officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Patricia Morris
COLBERT - Patricia Marie
Morris, 77, died Sunday,
March 1, 2009.
A lifelong resident of
Madison County, she was the
daughter of the late Annie
Eva Sharp and James Redden
Morris. She was a member of
the Colbert United Methodist
Church. Mrs. Morris was pre
ceded in death by sisters and
brother-in-law, Katie and Bill
Toney, Lucille Morris; broth
ers, C.B. Morris and Johnny
Morris; sister-in-law, Agnes
Morris; and a brother-in-law,
Hoyt Logan.
Survivors include sisters and
brother-in-law, Betty Logan,
Irene and Ted Osborne; broth
ers and sister-in-law, Clifford
and Rebecca Morris, Joe
Morris; sister-in-law, Oline
Morris; and many nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, March 3, at the
Colbert United Methodist
Church with the Revs. James
R. Haralson and Calvin Code
officiating. Burial was in
Colbert Cemetery. Pallbearers
were Mike Morris, Randy
Morris, Jim Osborne, Joe
Donald Morris, Buddy Logan,
David Rutledge, Kenneth
Rutledge, Raymond Shedd
and Dwayne Kidd.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Colbert United
Methodist Church Building
Fund, Colbert, GA 30628.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, Danielsville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Martha Peace
EASTANOLLEE - Martha
Ethelyn Peace, 84, died
Monday, February 23, 2009.
Bom on December 8, 1924,
in Franklin County, she was
the daughter of the late Miles
Ray and Gladys Pressley
Fulghum. She was a home
maker and a member of the
New Hope Baptist Church.
Mrs. Peace was preceded in
death by siblings, Eva Jean
Bennett, Howard Fulghum,
Ray Fulghum, Elizabeth Wells
and Joyce Bennett.
Survivors include her hus
band, Otis Peace; sons, Calvin
Peace, Anderson, S.C., Curtis
Peace, Mulberry, Fla., and
Randy Peace, Manassas, Va.;
daughters, Yvonne Sosby,
Commerce, Mary Peace
Ayers, Cornelia; sister, Edna
Sue Elrod, Eastanollee; seven
grandchildren; and 14 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, February 26, at
B.D. Ginn Memorial Chapel
with the Rev. Jewell Gaines
officiating. Burial was in the
New Hope Baptist Church
cemetery.
Ginn Funeral Home,
Carnesville, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
David Perry
JEFFERSONVILLE -
David Barry Perry, 59, for
merly of Hull, died Tuesday,
February 24, 2009, at the
Jeffersonville Nursing Home
and Rehab Center.
Born in Jackson County,
he was the son of the late
Charles Wallace and Sarah
Dell Adams Perry. He worked
as a machine operator for a
bottling company.
Survivors include three
daughters; brother, Rodney
Perry, Hull; and a sister, Janet
Pless, Toccoa.
Memorial services were
held Thursday, February 26,
at Gordon’s Chapel United
Methodist Church cemetery
with the Rev. Kenneth Dillard
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Michael Rico
AUBURN - Michael Rico,
47, died Saturday, February
28, 2009.
Bom in Cd. Juarez Chich,
Mexico, he was the son of the
late Pablo Rico and Clementina
Rico Garcia.
He was a veter
an of Operation
Desert Shield
and Desert
Storm, serving in the Air
Force as a Technical Sergeant.
Mr. Rico was a member of St.
Monica’s Catholic Church.
Survivors include daugh
ter and son-in-law, Victoria
and Micah Cooper, Athens;
and daughter Elicabeth
Rico, Warner Robins; broth
ers Carlos Rico, Rockford,
Ill., Pablo Rico, Escondido,
Calif., Jesus Rico, Rockford,
Ill., Alejandro Rico and Jose
Rico, both of El Paso, Texas,
Manuel Rico, Jacksonville,
N.C.; sisters, Irma Rico,
Aurora, Ill., Mercedes Rico
Garcia, Belvedere, Ill., Bertha
Rico, El Paso, Texas, and
Lupe Rico, Rockford, Ill.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, March 3, at Smith
Memory Chapel, with Father
Carlos Bustamante officiat
ing. Burial was in Georgia
National Cemetery, Canton.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Foster Seabolt
GAINESVILLE- Foster
Odell Seabolt, 84, died
Monday, March 2, 2009.
A native of Jackson County,
he had lived most of his life
in Hall County. He was bom
on September 28, 1924, the
son of the late Clarence and
Josephine G. Seabolt. He
retired from
Jackson
Electric
Membership
Corporation with 38 years of
service. He was a volunteer
at The Oaks at Limestone and
was of the Baptist denomina
tion. He was a veteran, having
served in the United States
Army during World War II.
Mr. Seabolt was preceded in
death by his wife, Sara Doster
Seabolt.
Survivors include a son and
daughter-in-law, Ronnie and
Doris Seabolt, Murrayville;
daughter and son-in-law,
Julie and Todd Sears, Buford;
granddaughter and grandson-
in-law, Tina and John Barger,
Murrayville; great-grandson,
Jacob Barger, Murrayville.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 4, in the
chapel of Little & Davenport
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Ralph Smith officiating. Burial
was in the Jackson Memorial
Park in Commerce.
Little & Davenport Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Michael Smith
STATHAM - Michael
Bernard Smith, 37, died
Sunday, February 22, 2009.
Bom on May 17, 1971, he
was the son of John Smith
of Athens and Mary Lindsay
(Arnold) of Statham. He
attended Winder Barrow
High School in Winder, after
which he worked at McLane
Distribution Center.
Survivors in addition to his
parents, include a daughter.
Amber Smith; grandparents,
George and Louise Barnett,
Statham; brothers and sister-
in-law, Wayne Edward and
Carlton Lanier and Kathy
Smith, all of Statham; neph
ews, Kantravious, Zachery
and Anthony Smith, all of
Statham; and a niece, Erin,
Statham; aunts, Artelia Jackson
(Elton), Athens, and Ollie Mae
Rittenberry (Edward), Ashton,
Tenn.; uncle, Curtis Camp Jr.
(Shirley), Athens; a host of
other relatives and friends;
and a special devoted friend,
Michelle “Sissy” Peters.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, February 26, at
Fairfield Baptist Church with
Pastor S. Watkins Sr. and
Minister A. Lipscomb offici
ating.
Eberhart & Son Mortuary,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Codie Stiwinter
MAYSVILLE - Codie
Nathan Stiwinter, 24, died
Friday, February 27, 2009,
from injuries received in an
accident.
He was the son of James
Henson and Cheryl Stiwinter
of Maysville, and was a 2003
graduate of Jackson County
Comprehensive High School.
Survivors in addition to his
parents, include grandmoth
er, Lucile Crain, Maysville;
brother, Tobie D. Stiwinter,
Maysville; and sister, Julie C.
Stiwinter, Winder.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, March 3, in the cha
pel of Ivie Funeral Home.
Burial was in Memorial Park
Cemetery in Gainesville.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
Casey Turpin
LULA - Nicholas Casey
Turpin, known to his family
and friends as Casey Turpin,
23, died Thursday, Febmary
26, 2009, at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center, following
injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident.
Born in Hall County on
February 12, 1986, he was
the son of Otho Leroy Jr. and
Carol Smith Turpin. Casey
was a member of Main
Street Gospel Church and
was employed with Southern
States and Timeless Rods and
Custom Cars. He enjoyed RC
cars, flying model airplanes
as well as working on his
truck and restoring old cars.
He was preceded in death by
his paternal grandfather, Otho
Turpin Sr.; maternal grand
parents, Jesse Carl and Eliose
Dills Smith.
In addition to his parents
survivors include fiance, Amy
Norrell, Gillsville; brothers
and sister-in-law. Shannon and
Christina Turpin and Corey
Turpin, all of Lula; sister and
brother-in-law, Shonnie and
Darrell Griggs, Lula; grand
mother, Virginia Turpin, Lula;
nieces, Kayla Marie Williams-
Turpin, Orlando, Fla., Ashley
Dockery, Jefferson, Taylor
Dockery, Kelly Mae Dockery,
Ally Turpin and Rylee Turpin,
all of Lula; nephew, Ethan
Turpin, Lula.
A Celebration of Life was
held Monday, March 2, 2009,
from Main Street Gospel
Church in Lula, with the
Revs. Buster Autry and Doug
Morris officiating. Burial was
in Westview Cemetery.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart
Funeral Home, Cornelia, was
in charge of arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
‘Grandpa Ray’ Warner
JEFFERSON - Ray Harold
“Grandpa Ray” Warner, 66,
died Thursday, February 26,
2009.
A native of Springfield,
Mass., residing in Georgia
since the early seventies, he
was the son of Donald Warner
of The Villages, Fla., and the
late Lucille Warner. He was an
active dedicated, baptized ser
vant of Jehovah, attending the
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s
Witnesses in Jefferson.
Survivors in addition to
his father, include his wife,
Deborah Warner; sons,
Chester and Chapin Warner;
daughters, Cheri Sridej, Cindi
Wilson; a daughter raised as
his own, Wendy Wiggins;
long-time friend (daughter),
April Shelton; two sisters; one
brother; two brothers-in-law;
two sisters-in-law, 11 grand
children; and a host of nieces,
nephews, other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 28, in
the chapel of Evans Funeral
Home with Jay Jones serv
ing as officiator. Burial was
in Evans Memory Gardens in
Jefferson.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Dillon and
Heather Wiggins, and Ashley
Warner education fund, c/o
Regions Bank, 15 Lee St.,
Jefferson, GA 30549.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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March 5, 2009.
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