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Obituaries
Peggy Darsey Waldrop
Peggy Darsey Waldrop. 60. of Kath
leen. died Dec. 6, at her home. Ser
vices will be held at Watson-Hunt
Chapel at 2 p.m., Dec. 9, with the Rev.
Jimmy Rozier officiating. Burial will
be in the Bowers Cemetery in East
man. Visitation will be at the Watson-
Hunt Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30
p.m., Dec. 8.
Mrs. Waldrop was a native of Dodge
County, and had lived in Houston
County for 37 years. A retired civil
service employee from Robins Air
Force Base, she was a member of the
Pentecostal Holiness Church in
Hawkinsville.
She is survived by her husband.
James Waldrop of Kathleen; her
daughters, Daphene Rogers of Pine
Mountain and Wanda Blackstone of
Kathleen; her mother. Molly Darsey of
Hawkinsville. and brothers and sis
ters: Ann Saylor. Malen Darsey and
Amos Darsey, all of Hawkinsville.
Larry Darsey and Ellie Lee Wilson,
both of Perry; Alice Johnson of Elko,
Maxine Belflower of Roddy, Christine
Albritton of Bonaire, and two grand
children.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Sadie Byrd
Sadie Byrd of Perry died Dec. 7,
1999. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements. Funeral
plans were incomplete at press time.
Collis Howard Griffin
Collis Howard Griffin, 68. of Kenne
saw, died Nov. 29, 1999. A memorial
service was held on dec. 2 at the Med
ford-Peden Funeral Home in Marietta.
Mr. Griffin was a resident of Cobb
County and a self-employed para
chute designer and manufacturer. He
held a bachelors degree and master’s
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degree in engineering from Georgia
Tech, and had worked at Lockheed for
33 years. He was also a skydiver, and
performed 61 jumps on his 60th
birthday.
He is survived by his wife. Mary
Jane Griffin, two sons, Collis Griffin
111 of Marietta and C.G. Griffin of Ken
nesaw; six daughters, Diann Smith of
Marietta, Elaine Vamadoe of Cochran,
Paul Faye Owens of Deland, Fla.,
Dawn Mclntyre of Canton. Yvonne
Martin of Marietta and Denease Grif
fin of Woodstock; two sisters, Dot
Sandufor of Perry and Mildred
Howard of Macon; two brothers,
Robert Griffin of Stockbridge and
Phillips Griffin of Perry; 13 grandchil
dren, five great-grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews. In lieu of
flowers, contributions can be made to
the Rene Henderson Fund at Suntrust
Bank, Northwest, GA NA, P.O. Box
1313 Rome, Ga., 30162-1314.
Glenn Lee VanFossen
Glen Lee VanFos
sen, 82, of Perry, died
Dec. 5. 1999. Funeral
services were planned
for 11 a.m., Dec. 8, at
the Crossroads Unit
ed Methodist Church,
with entombment in
Perry Memorial Gar
dens Mausoleum.
A native of Ohio, he
had lived in Perry for
49 years. He was a
graduate of Ohio State University with
a degree from the College of Agricul
ture, Department of Rural Economics.
He was a retired Real Estate Broker
and Appraiser; member of the Local,
State and National Board of Realtors;
an associate member of the American
Society of Real Estate Appraisers; for
mer member and chairman of Hous
ton County Planning and Zoning
Home Journal photo by Charlotte Perkins
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VanFossen
Wed., Dec. 8, 1999
Commission; past president of the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce and
a member of the board of directors of
the Bank of Perry.
Survivors include his wife, June
Crisman VanFossen of Perry; chil
dren, Don B. VanFossen of Perry,
Jane Ellen Macdonald of Naperville.
111., and Judy James of Cumming;
brothers, William and Danny VanFos
sen of Croton, Ohio, and five grand
children.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home has
charge of arrangements.
O.G. Bates
O.G. Bates, 78, of 208 St. John
Ave., died Dec. 1, 1999 at the Houston
Medical Center in Warner Robins.
Funeral services were held on Dec. 4
at Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church,
with the Rev. Johnny Rogers, the Rev.
Herston Ware and the Rev. B.E.
Simons officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Bates was born in LaGrange.
He was a retired building superinten
dent for 20 years with Hillcrest Foods
in Suwannee. He had lived here eight
years, moving from Ft. Mill, S.C. He
was a member of the Christ’s Sancti
fied Holy Church.
Survivors include his wife. Eliza
beth Dempsey Bates of Perry; his
daughter, Pat Cosby of Jacksonville,
Fla.; his son, Bobby G. Bates of Nor
folk, Va.; his sisters and brother,
Marie Williams, Ocie Mae Dempsey,
Frances Simons, and Carl Kessler, all
of Perry. Elizabeth Hill of Norfolk. Va.,
and Ollie Cosby of McDonough; and
three grandchildren.
Verlon Bell
Verlon Bell, 57, of Perry, died Dec.
7, 1997. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements, which
were incomplete at press time.
County school
lunch menus set
Special to the Home Journal
tut is served with every
meal. Breakfast features fresh
fruit or fruit juice; cereal and
toast are a daily breakfast
choice. Lunches offer a variety
of fruits and vegetables daily.
PBJ sandwiches are
" on the menu. ■ +mnrw*
Dec. 9 Breakfast: pigs in
a blanket. Lunch: cheeseburg
er or souther chicken w/roll
or pizza. Manager's choice for
dessert.
Dec. 10 Breakfast: man
ager's choice. Lunch: burritos
or country fried steak w/gravy
and roll or pizza. Manager's
choice for dessert.
Dec. 13 Breakfast:
breakfast pizza. Lunch: ham
burger or manager's choice or
baked potato w/toppings. Mil
lion Dollar cookie for dessert.
Dec. 14 Breakfast:
bacon, egg, and croissant.
Lunch: chicken sandwich or
ravioli w/cheese sticks and
garlic bread or pizza. Manag
er’s choice for dessert.
Dec. 15 Breakfast: waf
fles w/syrup. Lunch: Winter
Holiday dinner.
_J3ec. 16 Breakfast:
sausage biscuit. Lunch:
nachos w/.cheese and beef or
sub sandwich or pizza. Choco
late chip cookie for dessert.
Dec. 17 Breakfast: manag
er’s choice. Lunch: steak nugget
w/roll or barbecue on bun or
pizza. Jell-o cookie for dessert.
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HONORED Phil Smith (right), principal at Perry
High School, receives congratulations from Glenn Clow
er, president of the Perry Ministerial Association on
Smith’s retirement as PHS principal Dec. 17. He received
an engraved clock from the organization for “his years
of service as a Christian educator.”
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