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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009
MAINSTREET NEWSPAPERS
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Obituaries
Sue Anderson
PALM COAST, FLA.
- Sue Elizabeth Hodges
Anderson, 95, formerly of
Maysville, died Wednesday,
May 6, 2009.
Bom on February 1, 1914,
in Chiefland, Fla., she was
the daughter of the late
James and Mahalee Sheppard
Hodges. She was a homemak
er and a member of the Grace
Presbyterian Church in Palm
Coast, Fla. Mrs. Anderson
was preceded in death by
her husband, Robert Thomas
Anderson.
Survivors include a daugh
ter and son-in-law, Shirley
Anderson Guthrie and Dr.
Fred F. Guthrie Jr., Bishop;
grandchildren, Fred Guthrie
III, Bishop, Anne Sorrell,
Flovilla, Ala., Ruth Guthrie,
Watkins ville; nine great
grandchildren; and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, May 9, in the chapel
of Evans Funeral Home with
Dr. Fred F. Guthrie Jr. officiat
ing. Burial was in the Sunrise
Cemetery in Maysville.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Family
Life Enrichment Center, P.O.
Box 10, High Shoals, GA
30645.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
Martha Barnette
WINDER - Martha L.
Barnette, 66, died Tuesday,
May 5, 2009.
Born in Gwinnett County,
she was the daughter of the
late Marion and Mattie Bell
Kimbell Littleton. She was of
the Baptist denomination and
had been employed by R &
R Manufacturing Company.
Mrs. Barnette was preceded
in death by sons, Terry, James
and Billy Barnette.
Survivors include son and
daughter-in-law, Sam and
Cynthia Barnette, Winder;
eight grandchildren; one
great-grandchild; sisters, Mary
Holbrock, Lawrenceville, and
Dorothy Wood, Arnolds ville;
and several nieces and neph
ews.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, May 7, from Smith
Memory Chapel. Burial was
in Ebenezer Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Charles Bell
COMER - Charles Bell
Jr., 74, died Sunday, May 10,
2009.
A native of Ft. Branch, Ind.,
he was the son of the late
Charles E. and Marie Barrett
Bell. He was a retired truck
driver for Frito Lay and was
a part time deputy sheriff in
Orange County, Fla., for nine
years.
Survivors include his wife,
Joyce Ann Gerke Bell, Comer;
children, Charles Edwin
Bell (Marge), Cleveland,
Tenn., Terry Bell (Patricia),
Comer, Patricia Cathryn Bell
Buckner, Altamonte Springs,
Fla., Teresa Diane Bell Olson
(Jerome), Colorado Springs,
Colo., Donald Bell (Sue Ann),
Apopka, Fla., Michael Bell,
Gary Bell and Lisa Bell, all of
Orlando, Fla., Gilbert Garner,
Douglas ville, Terry Garner
(Tammy), Carrollton, James
Garner (Sandy), Burlingame,
Kan., Patricia Garner Bell
(Terry), Comer; sister, Bonnie
Carl, Sidney, Mich.; 22 grand
children; seven great-grand
children; and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
held Friday, May 15, at 2 p.m.,
in the chapel of Bernstein
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Twyla Nelson officiating.
Burial will be at Evergreen
Memorial Park.
Bernstein Funeral Home,
Athens, is in charge of
arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
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Jordan Bratek
HOSCHTON - Jordan
Matthew Bratek, 17, died
suddenly on Friday, May 8,
2009.
He was the son of Sherri
Bratek-Stoner of Hoschton
and the late James W. Bratek
and was a lifelong resident of
the Atlanta area and a student
at Jefferson High School.
Survivors in addition to
his mother, include sisters
and brother-in-law, Ashleigh
Bratek, Ansleigh Bratek,
Courtney Bratek, Denise
Bratek, Natalie and Chris
Pruett, all of Hoschton; grand
parents, Joe and Carrie Crump,
Suwanee; aunt and uncle,
Lorri and Dennis Whitaker,
Lawrenceville; nieces and
nephews, Caleb Bratek,
McKenzie and Joseph Pruett,
Ryan and Dustin Gordon.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, May 12, at the
New Community Church in
Hoschton with Pastor Chris
Hoffman officiating.
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Chapel, Buford, was in charge
of arrangements.
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Steven Brookshire
GAINESVILLE - Steven
Paul Brookshire, 36, died
Saturday, May 2, 2009, fol
lowing a sudden illness.
He was the son of Jerry
Brookshire of Alto and moth
er and stepfather, Barbara and
Eddie Gable of Gainesville;
Survivors in addition to his
parents, include a daughter,
Magan McKee Brookshire,
Cornelia; son, Tyler Mckee
Brookshire, Cornelia; sis
ters, Becke Stephenson,
Murrayville, and Denise
Baker, Dawsonville; brother,
Ricky Gable, Gainesville;
grandfather, Louis Tumlin,
Murrayville; and a number
of nieces, nephews and close
friends.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, May 7, in the cha
pel of Memorial Park Funeral
Home with the Rev. Allen
Passmore officiating. Burial
was in Sardis Baptist Church
cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be made to United Community
Bank for his daughter, Magan
Mckee.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, was in
charge of arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
Bill Bryan
WINDER - Bill Bryan, 66,
died Saturday, May 9, 2009.
A native of Dover, Ohio,
he was the son of the late
Herbert Donald and Helen
May Finchler Bryan. He was
a retired automotive techni
cian.
Survivors include his com
panion, Joann Spence, Winder;
son, Colton Zamacona; grand
daughters, Stephanie Hunter,
Nicole and Natalie Bagwell;
and great-granddaughters,
Haley Atchley and Trinity
Mathis.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, May 12, in
the chapel of Carter Funeral
Home. Burial was in Barrow
Memorial Gardens.
Carter Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Bob Cassady
WINDER - Bob Cassady,
83, died Sunday, [ututuu ~~
May 10, 2009. ™ '
Born in
Lewisburg,
Ohio, he was the son of the
late Herman and Anna Penrod
Cassady. He was a former res
ident of Monticello, Ky„ and
Beaver Creek, Ohio. He and
his wife owned and operated
Cassady Wood Specialties in
Dayton, Ohio, for 40 years.
He was a former General
Motors employee and was a
United States Navy Veteran
of World War II, and was a
member of the Winder First
United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cassady was preceded in
death by a daughter, Linda
Fender; and son, Gary Eugene
Cassady.
Survivors include his wife,
Frances Bellamy Cassady,
Winder; children, Cheryl
Hurr, Winder, Carolyn Sauls,
Cedartown, and Larry E.
Cassady, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held Tuesday, May 12, at Rose
Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Winder First
United Methodist Church,
280 N. Broad St., Winder, GA
30680.
Carter Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Nadine Chastain
JEFFERSON - Nadine
Harper Chastain, 86, died
Saturday, May 9, 2009.
She was born on June 14,
1922, in Jackson County, the
daughter of the late Walter
Harper Sr. and Annie Lee
Patterson Harper. She was
a seamstress with Carwood
Manufacturing in Winder and
was a member of the Oak
Grove Baptist Church. Mrs.
Chastain was preceded in
death by her husband, Hoyt
Chastain; sisters, Ellie Mae
Seay, Bernice Mealor; and
brothers, Harold Harper and
Walter Harper Jr.
Survivors include chil
dren, James W. and Claudia
Chastain, Jefferson, and
Betty J. and Danny Hughes,
Hoschton; grandchildren,
James Chastain, Susan
Ledbetter, Patty Phillips,
Jason Chastain; great-grand
children, Blake Ledbetter,
Amanda Ledbetter and Ashlyn
Phillips.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 11, in the cha
pel of Evans Funeral Home
with the Rev. Tommy Seay
officiating. Burial was in the
Woodbine Cemetery.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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George Christian
COMMERCE - George
Franklin Christian, 68, died
Saturday, May 9, 2009.
Born on June 14, 1940, in
Tennessee, he was the son of
the late Asa and Vergi Smith
Christian. He was the owner
of a business, which installed
steel buildings. Mr. Christian
was preceded in death by six
brothers; and one sister.
Survivors include a daugh
ter and son-in-law, Sandy
and Allen Kelley, Nicholson;
son and daughter-in-law,
Robert and Kellee Christian,
Suwanee; sisters, Frankie
Woods, Rosie Waterpool, Sara
Dobbs, Clyde Stanifer, Marie
Russell, Charlene George;
brothers, James Christian,
Stewart Christian, Darrell
Christian; granddaughters,
Shanna Echols and Makaylee
Christian.
Memorial services were
held Tuesday, May 12, in
the chapel of Evans Funeral
Home with the Rev. Mike
Phillips officiating.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Jerry Colley
ATHENS - Jerry Colley,
69, died Saturday, May 9,
2009.
A native of Clarke County,
he was the son of the late
Claudia Morrow and Walter
Colley Sr. Mr. Colley was
preceded in death by his wife,
Lila Jean Colley.
Survivors include children,
Nicole Burdon, Pooler, Sam
Colley and Sheila Colley,
both of Athens; grandchil
dren, Destiny Lila Butler and
Damien Alexander Butler,
both of Watkinsville, Samuel
C. Colley, Christopher Colley,
both of Comer, Jeri Lynn
Thompson and Armanda L.
Thompson, both of Athens;
great-grandson, Gabriel
Harris, Athens.
Lord & Stephens Funeral
Home, East, Athens, was in
charge of arrangements.
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Garry Crisp
COMER - Garry Wayne
Crisp, 54. died Tuesday, May
5, 2009, following an extend
ed illness.
Survivors include his wife
of 30 years, Patti Crisp; a
son, Daniel Crisp; daughter,
Natalee Crisp; brothers, David
and Darrell Crisp; sisters, June
Silcox, Jane Stamp, Donna
Stewart; and several nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, May 6, at Forest
Lawn Memory Gardens with
the Rev. Jerry Dalton officiat
ing.
Calhoun Falls Funeral
Home, Calhoun Falls, S.C.,
was in charge of arrange
ments.
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Louise Davis
CUMMING - Louise W.
Davis, 84, died Friday, May 8,
2009, following an extended
illness.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Clarence
Davis; and a daughter, Martha
Elizabeth Nelson.
Survivors include grandchil
dren, Malissa R. and Danny
Parks, Cleveland, Michael J.
and Cammie Ramey, Canton,
Michelle and Glenn Ledford,
Lawrenceville, and Samuel
E. Nelson and Cassandra
Frost, both of Jefferson; 12
great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; broth
er and sister-in-law, Marvin
and Yvette Whitmire, South
Carolina; stepdaughter, Mary
Helen Stanford, Cumming;
and a number of nieces, neph
ews and other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 11, at Antioch
Baptist Church with the Revs.
Bo Thompson and Travis
Bridgeman officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the charity of
your choice.
Ingram Funeral Home,
Cumming, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
John Denny
ROYSTON - John Henry
Denny, 85, died Friday, May
8, 2009, at the Hart County
Hospital in Hartwell.
Born in Hart County on
February 23, 1924, he was
the son of the late Comas
Hoyt and Florence Rucker
Denny. He was a former Hart
County Sheriff Deputy and
was retired as a revenue agent,
having worked with the State
of Georgia. He was a cattle
and poultry farmer, member
of Hart County Cattleman’s
Association, and member
of the Holly Springs Baptist
Church, where he was a for
mer deacon. Mr. Denny was
preceded in death by his wife,
Mary Fowler Denny.
Survivors include sisters
and brother-in-law, Charlotte
Denny Ayers, Greenville, S.C.,
Marilyn Denny and Burchell
Martin, Hartwell; stepson,
Bobby Phillips, Lavonia; and
stepdaughters and spouses,
Sandra and Donald Ray,
Hartwell, and Annette and
Harold Allen, Danielsville.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 11, at the Holly
Springs Baptist Church with
the Rev. Mike Westbrook
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Holly Springs
Baptist Church Cemetery
Fund.
Pruitt Funeral Home,
Royston, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
Charles Dover
CLEVELAND - Charles
David Dover, 51, died Sunday,
May 10, 2009, at Northeast
Georgia Medical Center in
Gainesville following a sud
den illness.
Born on August 26, 1957, in
Hall County, he was the son
of Nellie Flanngan Dover of
Gainesville and the late Arthur
T. Dover. He was retired from
Pilgrim’s Pride and was pre
ceded in death by a stepson,
Chad Eller.
Survivors in addition to
his mother include sons,
Nick and Brad Dover, both
of Gainesville; sisters, Linda
Rider, Cleveland, Barbara
Barton, Gainesville, and Joyce
Mitchell, Lula; brother, Robert
Flanngan, Winder; grandson,
Brian Dover; granddaughter,
Chastity Dover; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, May 14, at 4 p.m.,
at Fairview Baptist Church
with the Revs. Hoyt Skelton,
Ralph Smith and Junior Jones
officiating. Burial will be in
Alta Vista Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, is in
charge of arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
Jerry Duckworth
PENDERGRASS - Jerry
Ralph Duckworth, 62, died
Saturday, May 9, 2009, at
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center in Gainesville.
Born in Blairsville, he was
the son of the late Ralph
Gordon and Dimples Raul
Duckworth. He was married
to Carolyn Rice Duckworth
and was a truck driver.
Memorial services will be
held Saturday, May 16, at 1
p.m., from the Pendergrass
Baptist Church.
Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce, is in charge of
arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
Jennie Fortson
HULL - Jennie Glenn
Horne Fortson, 87 died
Thursday, May 7, 2009.
Born in Madison County
on February 21, 1922, she
was the daughter of the late
John Benjamin and Blondine
Scarborough Horne. She
was a retiree of Chicopee
Manufacturing Company and
a member of Victory Baptist
Church. Mrs. Fortson was pre
ceded in death by husbands,
Wm S. Fortson and Elmer B.
Christian; brothers and sisters,
JB, Roy, Billy, Allen, Rossie
Bone, Florence Mealor, Lucy
Coile and Blanche Miller;
and a granddaughter, Sandra
Fortson.
Survivors include daugh
ters, Jean Davis, Columbia,
S.C., and Robbie (Robert)
Clark, Athens; son, William
Royce Fortson (Jacquie),
Colbert; brothers, James
Horne, Helen, Bobbie Horne
(Opie), Greensboro, N.C.; sis
ters, Jackie Roberts (Billy),
Madison County, Carol Smith
(Louie), Athens; seven grand
children; 12 great-grandchil
dren; and eight great-great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be pri
vate.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the charity of
your choice.
Bridges Funeral Home,
Athens, is in charge of
arrangements.
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Willie Fortson
MONROE, N.C. - Willie
Lee Scarborough Fortson, 86,
formerly of Madison County,
died Thursday, May 7, 2009.
She was the daughter of the
late Samuel Grady and Martha
Patterson Scarborough, and
was preceded in death by her
husband, John B. Fortson.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Norma Gail Cox; brother,
Buddy Scarborough, four
grandchildren; nine great
grandchildren; two great-
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, May 10, at Bluestone
Baptist Church. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews.
Brown Funeral Home,
Danielsville, was in charge of
arrangements.
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May 14, 2009.
Donald Gooch
JEFFERSON - Donald
Carl Gooch, 80, died Thursday,
May 7,
2009.
Born on
November
12, 1928,
in Jackson
County,
he was the
son of the
late Carl
Spurgeon
and Estelle
Samantha Hogan Gooch. He
was a farmer, was retired from
Trell Rail Cars, was a pioneer
in farm-raised catfish, a for
mer Farm Bureau Farmer of
the Year in the mid 1970s, and
was a member of the White
Plains Baptist Church. Mr.
Gooch was preceded in death
by a sister, Doris Wilbanks.
Survivors include his wife
of 63 years, Doris Ray Gooch,
Jefferson; children, Sid and
Karen Gooch, Olive Branch,
Miss., Donna and Jeff Wright,
Lawrenceville, and Spurgeon
Ray Gooch, Jefferson; sister,
Dorothy Craven, Gillsville;
brother, Dover Gooch,
Jefferson; nine grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren; and
two great-great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, May 10, in the White
Plains Baptist Church. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Tony Gresham
NICHOLSON - Tony
Leonardo Gresham, 36, died
Monday, May 11, 2009, at
Doctor's Hospital of Augusta.
He was born in Jackson
County the son of Allen and
Wanda Armstrong Gresham of
Jefferson and was employed
by Harrison Poultry.
Survivors in addition to
his parents, include his wife,
Margaretia Martin Gresham,
Nicholson; daughters,
Lashundra and Marqureattia
Gresham both of Nicholson;
brother and sister-in-law,
Senca and Seprina Gresham,
Jefferson; sister and brother-
in-law, Cornelia and Ronnie
Sewell, Nicholson.
Funeral services will be at
11 a.m., Saturday, May 16, at
The Grove with the Rev. J.S.
David officiating. Burial will
be in Commerce Cemetery.
The family will receive friends
at the funeral home Friday,
May 15, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, in charge of
arrangements.
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J.D. Harris Jr.
HOSCHTON - J.D. Harris
Jr., 60, died Tuesday, May 12,
2009.
Funeral arrangements
are incomplete and will be
announced later.
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Chapel, Buford, is in charge
of arrangements.
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Dale Hessler
ALTO - Dale M. Hessler,
59, died Friday, May 8, 2009.
Born in Winterville, Ohio,
on September 23, 1949,
he was the son of Paul F.
Hessler, Mango, Fla., and the
late Alene Conley Hessler. He
was a co-owner and chef at
Cornelia Plaza and was pre
ceded in death by a brother,
Jarrell Scott Hessler.
Survivors in addition to
his father, include a daugh
ter, Heidi C. Hessler; sisters,
Shirley Blakley, Alto, Paula
Belley, Wesley Chapel, Fla.;
and a grandchild, Raiden
Veino.
Private memorial services
will be held at a later date.
Whitfield Funeral Home,
South Chapel, Baldwin, is in
charge of arrangements.
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JoAnne Hodapp
ST. PAUL, MINN. -
JoAnne Queen Hodapp, 65,
died
Friday,
April 17,
2009.
She was
born on
August 16,
1943, the
daughter
of the late
Charlie
and Leah Queen.
Survivors include her hus
band, Joe Oliver, St. Paul,
Minn.; sons, Danny and
Jimmy Blackmon, both of
Rockmart; brothers, Hoyt
and Weldon Queen, Acworth,
Charlie Queen, Douglasville,
Larry Queen, Dallas, and
Steve Queen, Jasper; sisters,
Maxcille Hite, Smyrna, and
Mary Seabolt, Commerce;
nieces, nephews and other
relatives.
Memorial services will be
held Saturday, May 16, at 11
a.m., at the South Cobb Church
of Christ in Mableton.
Announcement cour
tesy of Ivie Funeral Home,
Commerce.
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Elaine Knott
MACON - Elaine Candis
Wilburn Knott, 48, died
Saturday, May 2, 2009.
Born on August 31, 1960,
in Warner Robins, she was the
daughter of the late Roy C.
Wilburn Sr. and Billie Ruth
Parks Wilburn. Her favorite
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