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Saturday, February 26,1994 "Houston Times~Journal
Charlie Frank Harris
WARNER ROBINS-Charlie Frank Harris, 53, of 503 American Blvd.,
died Tuesday, Feb. 22,1994 in a local hospital. Bom in Houston County,
he was the son of the late Frank Harris and the late Fannie Harris.
Survivors: son, Charlie Frank Harris Jr. of Warner Robins; sisters and
brothers. Precious Houser, Trudy Ragin, Fannie Harris, Mattie Smith,
Lillie Bell Brooks, and James Harris, all of Warner Robins, Mary Alice
Hightower of Riviera, Fla., Sarah Frances Warren of Perry and Freddie
Woolfork of Macon.
Services: Will be held Saturday, Feb. 26, 1994 in the Jerusalem
Baptist Church in Bonaire at 2 p.m. Burial will take place in the Beulah
Church Cemetery. The Rev. George Brooks will officiate. Richardson
and Son Funeral Home in Warner Robins has charge of arrangements.
Mack Mathis
Mack "Puncho" Mathis, 49, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 1994 at his
residence. Both in Houston County, he was the son of the late Willie C.
Mathis Sr. He attended Houston County public schools and was a retired
automobile mechanic. Survivors: children, Darrell Jones, Susan Jones
and Gregory Jones, all of Warner Robins; mother, Evelyn Mathis of
Warner Robins; sisters and brothers, Willie C. Mathis Jr., Ruby Mathis,
Velma Mathis and Bell Jones, all of Warner Robins, Rude Mathis of
California, Roy Mathis of Albany, Nell Howard of Perry, Mary Johnson
of Clinchfield, and Handy Mathis of Macon; and two grandchildren.
Services: WUI be held Saturday, Feb. 26, 1994 in the Nelson's
Memorial Mortuary in Warner Robins at 1 p.m. Burial will take place in
the Holly Grove Church Cemetery in Pinehurst Bishop Porter Ferguson
will officiate. The family may be contacted at the residence of Willie C.
Mathis, 218 Devonwood Drive, Warner Robins.
Gil Harbin
VALDOSTA-Gil Harbin, 57, of Valdosta, died Saturday, Feb. 19,1994
at his home. A native of Akron, Ohio, Mr. Harbin had lived in Valdosta
since 1958. He was Director of Economic Development for the Valdosta-
Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce. He served three terms as Mayor
of Valdosta from 1974 to 1980. Mr. Hardin also served two terms as a
City Councilman from 1970 to 1974. He was President of the Georgia
Municipal Association 1977 to 1978 and was named one of the five
Outstanding Young Men of Georgia in 1972. He was a member of First
Baptist Church of Valdosta and a veteran of the United States Air Force.
Survivors: wife, the former Glen Ann Asbell of Valdosta; two sons
and a daughter-in-law, Lee and Pattie Harbin of Houston, Texas and
Captain Greg Harbin (USAF) of Perry; three granddaughters, Gracie
Harbin, Emma Kate Harbin and Georgia Alden Harbin of Houston, Texas;
two brothers, Lafe Harbin of Akron, Ohio, and Glen Harbin of Fl Myers,
Fla.; in-laws, Edna and Ellison Williamson of Albany; five nephews and
four nieces. He was proceeded in death by his parents Emma and George
Harbin and his father-in-law Glen Bryant Asbell.
Services: Will be held Monday, Feb. 28, 1994 in the First Baptist
Church in Valdosta at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mac Weaver will officiate.
Interment will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery in Valdosta. The family will
receive friends at Carson McLane Funeral Home in Valdosta from 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27.
Frances Berry Johnson
EAST ELMHURST, N.Y.-Frances Berry Johnson, died Friday, Feb.
18,1994. Bom in Taylor County, she lived in the Perry area for a number
of years. She was the daughter of the late Cora Burke and Alonzo Berry.
She was a former member of Sl James AME Church in Perry and had
served on its usher board. She was a member of First Baptist Church in
East Elmhurst and its usher board also. Survivors: son, Howard Dent
II of East Elmhurst; brother, Leroy Berry of Green Pond, S.C.; four
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services: Will be held Sunday, Feb. 27, 1994 in die Bethseda
Baptist Church at 3:30 p.m. Burial will take place in the Neislerv
Cemetery in Reynolds. The Revs. Alvin Turner and Leo McCrary will
Alicia Long Resigns
From Position With
County Authority
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
March 2, 1994, will mark the
end of an era at the Houston
County Development Authority
when Alicia Long, administrative
assistant, leaves the position.
Long, who said she was leaving
the position because of personal
reasons, would have celebrated her
third year with the authority in
May.
"I'm going to miss her," said
Tim Martin, executive director of
the Houston County Development
Authority, saying that Long was
his right hand and his left hand. He
added that Long had a lot of con
tacts in the community and knew
the community well.
Long started as the administra
tive assistant for the development
authority under Dick Ulm. When
Ulm resigned August 2, 1993,
Long ran the day-to-day operations
of the office until Martin was hired
as executive director in December,
1993, a period of four months.
"It made me feel good that the
(Houston County Development Au
thority) board had confidence in me
during that interim period (between
Ulm's resignation and Martin's hir
ing)," said Long.
In the three years that she has
been with the authority, Long said
that there has been a diversity in the
types of industry the authority has
teen contacting for the county. "We
used to rely on the base and the
contracts the base developed," she
said.
Long also said that the county
has come together in the last three
years, working with the Base Re
alignment Committee to keep
Robins Air Force Base open and
with the Department of Defense to
get a payment center for Robins Air
Force Base. "We would have gotten
the pay center if (former Secretary
of Defense) Les Aspin had not
changed the rules," she said.
"Growth in the last three years
has been phenomenal," said Long.
However, in spite of the indus
trial growth that she has seen, Long j
said she was proudest of the per
sonal growth she has had in the po
sition.
Death notices
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officiate. The family may be contacted at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Mathis, Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Reynolds. Hicks and
Sons Funeral Home in Reynolds has charge of arrangements.
Jessie Brown Dameron
NORFOLD, VA.-Jessie Brown Dameron, 78, of Norfold, Va., died
Wednesday, Feb. 23,1994. Bom in Memphis, Tenn., she was a member
of the Christ s Sanctified Holy Church and was area chairperson of the
American Heart Association for many years. She was a homemaker and
was married to the Rev. D. O. Dameron. Survivors: husband, Rev. D.
O. Dameron of Norfolk; daughter, Rhoda D. Farrer of Virginia Beach,
Va.; grandsons, Donald F. Farrer 111 and John D. Farrer, both of Virginia
Beach, Virginia; brothers, Lee Brown and Jack Brown of Memphis,
Tenn., and Robert Brown of St Louis, Mo.
Services: Will be held Sunday, Feb. 27, 1994 in the Christ's
Sanctified Holy Church at 2 p.m. Burial will take place in the Church
Cemetery in Perry. The Rev. Thomas W. Mustin and Rev. Bobby
Collins. Visitation will be open.
Elsie Bowen
HENDERSON-Elsie Bowen, 71, of 2939 Highway 41 South, died
Thursday, Feb. 24, 1994. She was the daughter of the late Justin and
Mary Odessa Harris and a member of the Henderson United Methodist
Church and a retired grocery store owner and operator. Survivors:
daughter, Patricia Comer of Warner Robins; son, James Clark Bowen of
Unadilla; 2 grandchildren, Wayne Comer of Douglas and James Clark
Bowen, Jr. of Cordele; one great-grandchild, Steven Daniel Comer of
Pinehurst
Services: Will be held Saturday, Feb. 27, 1994 in the Bowen-
NeSmith Funeral Home in Unadilla. The Rev. Cham White will officiate
and Doris Thames will be the organist. Burial will take place in the
Walnut Cemetery.
Violet Ann Vance
Memorial Service for Violet Ann Vance, 52, of 288 Bailey Street,
Athens, Ga., was 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16. She died Sunday.
Violet was a native of Gwinnett Co., Georgia and the daughter of Lena
Kirkpatrick Davis of Tucker, and the late Emory Go-don Davis.
Survivors include her mother, three brothers: James Gordon Davis of
Cherry Log, John Marion Davis of Elberton and Charles Pittman Davis of
Lilbum. Seven sisters: Betty Jean Sharpton of Lawrenceville, Barbara
Lou Babb of Lawrenceville, Mary Christine Brown of Morrow, Carolyn
Joyce Anderson of Elberton, Brenda Sue Redmond of Toccoa, Judy
Elizabeth Cooks of Sacremento, Calif., and Donna Gail Patterson of
Dewey Rose.
The Service was held at Lord and Stephens Funeral Home East in
Athens with Rev. Buford Lockman officiating. Interment at Auburn
Cemetery.
Volunteers Are Needed In
Several Areas Of The County
Volunteers are needed in the
following areas of the county:
•International City Festival
Helpers needed for one Saturday in
May to help run booths, set-up, and
clean-up grounds.
•Softball coaches and assistants
needed for Special Olympics teams
forming in April.
•Do you like to cook? Keep
house? Garden? Would you be
willing to teach others these skills?
•Leant how to rescue and assist
animals and their owners in a
disaster (fee for training).
•Clerical Positions open in Perry
and Warner Robins.
•Rape Crisis Counselors needed
to assist victims in Perry and
Warner Robins. Training provided.
•Would you be willing to take
someone unable to get out on
special outings, to the store, or to
doctors appointments, etc.? If so,
call 912-953-9333.
Sleeping on the side
of the road in Perry
is now more
comfortable than ever.
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Sergeant Mickey Dees discusses safeguard homeowners
can taka to protact their property from burglars to the Perrv
Exchange Club this week.
Homeowners Can Safeguard
Homes Against Burglaries
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Although the Houston County
Sheriffs Department is nearly 25
percent ahead of the national aver
age for solving residential burglary
cases, Sgt. Gerald “Mickey” Dees
says there is still plenty homeown
ers can do to help deter and solve
such crimes.
“I challenge you to make it as
difficult as possible for these people
to break into your home,” guest
speaker Sgt. Dees told members of
the Perry Exchange Club during
their regular meeting on Thursday.
“Be creative and use your
imagination to keep these intruders
out. . .use as much imagination as
they use to get into your home.”
even complimentary continental „
breakfast. All with famous
Marriott hospitality, and for as
little as $34.95 a night.
For reservations and informa
tion, call (912) 987-4454, your
travel agent, or 800-228-2800.
Or just stop by. After all, we
are neighbors now.
Marriott s answer to economy lodging.
An investigator with the local
sheriff’s department for the past
eight years, Dees says that among
the precautions residents can take in
protecting their personal property
and home are:
•Recording serial numbers of
televisions, stereos, computers and
other electronics and then storing
these records in a safe place outside
the home. Dees points out that
these items are very difficult to re
cover without serial numbers.
“Even if we think it is your
television set at the pawn shop, we
can’t take it back just on a descrip
tion. Electronics companies make
and distribute thousands of the same
Please see EXCHANGE, page 9A
Fairfield
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