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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009
MAINSTREET NEWSPAPERS
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Survivors include children,
Loriane Shelton, Nicholson,
Cathe White, Athens, Pam
(Ruff) Smith, Danielsville,
and E. Kenneth (Jean) Murray,
Monroe; a brother, Horace
Williamson, Columbia,
S.C.; sister-in-law, Margie
Williamson, Nicholson; 12
grandchildren; and 21 great
grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held Thursday, July 9, at
Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Memorials contributions
may be made to Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery Fund.
Lord and Stephens, East,
Athens, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Ora Parten
ROYSTON - Ora Estelle
Parten, 94, died Thursday,
July 2, 2009, at her resi
dence.
Born in Franklin County on
August 31, 1914, she was the
daughter of the late Obediah
and Nellie Carey Parten. She
was retired from Chicopee
in Royston and was of the
Methodist denomination.
Miss Parten was preceded
in death by brothers, Archie,
Jim, Harold, and John Parten;
and sisters, Mertha Parten,
Emma Lou Fortson and
Mattie Lee Smith.
Survivors include several
nieces and nephews; several
great-nieces and nephews;
and several great-great-nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, July 4, in the chapel
of Pruitt Funeral Home with
the Rev. Allen Carmichael
officiating. Burial was in the
Pennington Chapel United
Methodist Church cemetery.
Pruitt Funeral Home,
Royston, was in charge of
arrangements.
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July 9, 2009.
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Beverly Pittman
NICHOLSON - Beverly
Dean Pittman, 71, died
Saturday, July 4, 2009, at
Heritage Healthcare of
Athens.
Born in Jackson County,
she was the daughter of
the late David Cecil and
Margarite Harris Matthews.
She was a member of New
Harmony Baptist Church
and was retired from Wilkins
Industrial. Mrs. Pittman was
preceded in death by her hus
band, Henry Grady Pittman.
Survivors include daugh
ters, Deborah Jarrard,
Hull, and Tara Hembree,
Nicholson; sons, Phil Pittman,
Nicholson, and Matt Pittman,
Glasklo, Ky.; a sister, Barbara
Hembree, Winterville; six
grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Friday, July 10, at 3
p.m., at New Harmony Baptist
Church with the Revs. Andy
Edwards and David Harbin
officiating. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, is in charge of
arrangements.
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Judy Reddish
JEFFERSON - Judy
Elaine Reddish, 54, died
Thursday, July 2, 2009.
Born in Jackson County,
she was the daughter of
Horace Bryant, Jefferson, and
the late Mary Bryant. She had
worked as a bookkeeper.
Survivors in addition to her
father include her husband,
Ray Reddish, Jefferson;
two sons, Greg Duncan and
Tony Duncan; one daughter,
Michelle Howington; one
brother, David Bryant; one
sister, Virginia Bruce; 10
grandchildren, Christopher
Duncan, Timothy Duncan,
Calista Duncan, Jake Turner,
Alex Turner, Andrew Duncan,
Layne Duncan, Madison
Turner, Joseph Duncan and
Bryson Duncan.
Funeral services were held
Monday, July 6, in the cha
pel of Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson.
Evans Funeral Home,
Jefferson, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Kelsey Shepley
WINDER - Kelsey McCall
Shepley, 19, died Thursday,
July 2, 2009.
Born in Hall County, she
was the daughter of David
and Debbie Webb Shepley,
Winder. She was a member of
Gospel Light Baptist Church.
Survivors in addition to her
parents include a son, David
Colt Thornton, Winder;
grandparents, Blain and Carol
Shepley, Gerald and Jan
Webb, and Deloris Bozman;
three sisters, Leah Whitney
Shepley, Lyndsey Jordan
Shepley and Loryne Welch,
all of Winder; one brother,
Ethan Shepley, Winder; and
several nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Funeral services were held
on Sunday, July 5, in Smith
Memory Chapel at Smith
Funeral Home, Winder, with
Pastor Dave Stroup offi
ciating. Burial followed in
Barrow Memorial Gardens,
Winder.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Gospel Light
Baptist Church, 1250 Tom
Miller Road, Bethlehem, Ga.
30620.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Bobby Sherman
HOSCHTON - Robert
“Bobby” Milton Sherman, 72,
died Sunday, July 5, 2009.
Born in Danbury, Conn., he
was a son of the late Clifford
and Laura Swanson Sherman.
He was of the Baptist denom
ination and was a member of
the Moose Lodge.
Survivors include his wife,
Naomi Grace Vermilica
Sherman, Hoschton; sons and
daughter-in-law, Edward and
Cynthia Sherman, Carrollton,
and Ricky Killmon, Sebring,
Fla.; six grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held
on Tuesday, July 7, in Smith
Memory Chapel at Smith
Funeral Home, Winder,
with Tom Kasting officiat
ing. Burial followed in White
Chapel Memorial Gardens.
Smith Funeral Home,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Helen Smith
JEFFERSON - Helen M.
Smith, 87, died Friday, July
3, 2009, at her residence.
Born in Franklin County,
she was the daughter of
the late John and Ophelia
Stevenson McConnell. She
was a member of Apple
Valley Baptist Church and
was a homemaker.
In addition to her parents
Mrs. Smith was preceded in
death by her husband. Herald
Smith; three brothers, Gene,
Mack and Roger McConnell;
and a sister, Rea Harris.
Survivors include two sons,
James Smith, Monroe, N.C.,
and Horace Smith, Hull; two
daughters, Frances Grier,
Flowery Branch, and Marie
Williams, Dunwoody; one sis
ter, Mary Sewell, Carnesville;
two sisters-in-law, Mary
Adams, Commerce, and
Lucille Smith, Nicholson;
seven grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
on Sunday, July 5, in the
chapel of Little-Ward Funeral
Home, Commerce, with the
Rev. Lee Hunter and Chaplain
Bill Hayes officiating. Burial
followed in the Rogers Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the American
Cancer Society.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, was in charge of
arrangements.
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Rodney Swanson
HULL - Rodney M.
Swanson, 69, died Saturday,
July 4, 2009, at his residence
following a courageous year
long battle with leukemia.
Born in Escanaba, Mich.,
he was the son of the late
Amber and Clarence Swanson
of Skokie, Ill., and the hus
band of Patricia Sheridan
Swanson. He was raised
in Skokie, Ill., and was a
graduate of Colorado State
in Durango, with a degree
in agri-business. His lifelong
love affair with horses and
hounds that began in his teens
in the Chicago area became a
long and distinguished career
as a Professional Huntsman
with organized foxhunting
clubs in Texas, New Mexico,
Illinois, South Carolina, and
Georgia.
Prior to his retirement
last year, Swanson served
as Professional Huntsman
for Shakerag Hounds for 20
years, overseeing all hunt and
breeding activities for the
club. He came to Shakerag
from Charleston, S.C., where
he served as Professional
Huntsman for Middleton
Place Hounds for 15 years.
For more than 10 years,
he was Master of his own
private pack of foxhounds,
Grandfather Mountain
Hounds, of Linville, N.C.
Since 2007, he was also
Master of his own private
beagle pack. Nowhere Farm
Foot Hounds, Hull.
Swanson was a member
of the American Foxhound
Association, the Master of
Fox Hounds Association, and
sat on the board of direc
tors of the Madison County-
Oglethorpe Animal Shelter.
He was also a breeder of
Belted Galloway Cattle and
a member of the Belted
Galloway Society, as well
as the Georgia Cattlemen’s
Association.
He was an avid bird-hunter,
and since his retirement was
actively involved in training
birddogs. Swanson was a
member of Quail Unlimited.
Along with his professional
duties at both Shakerag and
Middleton, “Mr. Rod” was
devoted to educating and
mentoring children and teens
interested in riding and hunt-
related activities, including
junior and children’s hunt
programs. For many years,
he also served as horseman
ship instructor at summer
camp programs he developed
in North Carolina and New
Mexico.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society, the
American Cancer Society, or
the Madison County Food
Bank.
Friends and family were
invited to attend and partici
pate in a celebration of Rod’s
life on Tuesday, July 7, at the
Shakerag Hounds Clubhouse,
3898 Neese-Commerce Rd.,
Hull.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce was in charge of
arrangements.
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William Tiner
COMMERCE - William
Landrum Tiner, III, 64, died
Friday, July 3, 2009, at BJC
Medical Center, Commerce.
Born in High Point, N.C.,
he was the son of Grace
Louise Lance Tiner, Carlton,
and the late William Landrum
Tiner, Jr. He was a member of
the Masons.
Survivors in addition to his
mother include two daughters,
Betty Thomas, Commerce,
and Lynn Harrison,
Marshallville; one son, John
Tiner, Marshallville; one
brother, Charlie Tiner; two
sisters, Judy Duke and Sue
Scogin; five grandchildren
and three great-grandchil
dren.
A private memorial service
will be held at a later date.
Little-Ward Funeral Home,
Commerce, is in charge of
arrangements.
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Henry Witt
Henry Witt, 67, died
Sunday, June 28, 2009.
Survivors include a sister,
Nell Sims, Bogart; and sister
and brother-in-law, Mildred
and Wesley Hosch, Winder.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, July 2, at New Hope
A.M.E. Church, Hoschton,
with the Rev. Latham Mills
officiating. Burial was in
Barrow Memorial Gardens.
Eberhart & Son Mortuary,
Winder, was in charge of
arrangements.
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‘Bill’ Womer
CLARKESVILLE
Reverend William “Bill”
Womer, Clarkesville, died
Sunday, July 5, 2009.
We give thanks and praise
to God for Bill’s faith in Jesus
Christ his Savior and Lord.
Born on December 8, 1937
in Pittsburgh, [uujiyu
Pa., he was 888» ~
the son of the
late William
Clarence Womer and Ida K.
Womer.
Bill was baptized into the
Christian faith in 1937 and
confirmed April 2, 1950 at
Messiah Lutheran Church
in Philadelphia, Pa. Bill
attended Girard College in
Philadelphia, Pa., served
in the U.S. Air Force from
1955 to 1961. He worked for
Concordia Publishing House
in St. Louis for nine-and-
a-half years, while attend
ing and graduating from
Upper Iowa University with
a degree in Political Science
and Business Administration.
He then entered Concordia
Theological Seminary in
1979. He was ordained
in 1982 at Grace Lutheran
Church in Holiday Island/
Eureka Springs, Ark., where
he had served his year of
vicarage in 1981. Bill served
two churches during his min
istry, Grace Lutheran Church
in Ark. from 1981 to 1990
and Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church in Gainesville, Ga.
from 1991 to 2006. While
serving Grace Lutheran
Church full time, he served
as a mission planner for
two other churches, one in
Shell Knob, Mo. and one
in Berryville, Ark. While
serving Good Shepherd he
served as a mission plan
ner for Winder, Ga., now
known as Arms of Grace and
recently worked with the Rev.
Roger Schwartz and now the
Rev. Peter Grana with the
Clarkesville, Ga. mission.
Survivors include his wife,
Frances Womer, Clarkesville;
son, Mark Womer, Winder;
grandsons, Justin, Tracy and
Charles Dylan Womer, all of
Winder; and one great-grand
daughter, Kayden Danielle
Womer, Winder.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, July 11, at 11 a.m.
at Trinity Lutheran Church in
Toccoa, with interment to be
at 3 p.m. in Memorial Park
Cemetery. The Rev. Peter
Grana will officiate. The
family will receive friends on
Friday, July 10, 2009 from
7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral
home.
May our loving and merci
ful Lord, by his grace, com
fort the family with the assur
ance of the resurrection from
the dead of all those who
like Bill, fall asleep in Jesus
Christ.
The family requests that
memorials for Pastor Bill
be made to Trinity Lutheran
Church, Post Office Box
1154, Toccoa, GA 30577.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, Gainesville, is in
charge of arrangements.
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