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Obituaries
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Wed., Jan. S. 2000, Houston Home Journal
Robert Bowen
Robert Howard Bowen,
74. died Dec. 29. 1999.
Services were held Dec.
31 at the Ronnie L. Stewart
and Son Funeral Chapel in
Vidalia. Burial was in Old
Mount Zion Cemetery.
A native of Toombs Coun
ty. Mr. Bowen had lived
most of his life in Eastman,
and lived in Perry for the
past four years. He was
retired from the Georgia
Department of Transporta
tion. and was a Baptist.
Survivors include his chil
dren, Robert Carl Bowen,
Carlene Pierce and Jeanelle
Land, all of Perry; brothers,
David Bowen and Ben
Bowen, both of Lyons, and
Winston Bowen of Yulee,
Fla.: six grandchildren. Rob
bie Bowen, Kevin Pierce.
Brittany Peck. Bridget Mor
ris. Toby Dykes, Keith
Howard and Carl Vance, and
six great-grandchildren.
R.J. 'Jimmy Doss Jr.
R.J. “Jimmy" Doss Jr.,
55. of 315 Ga. 26 E. Twin
Oaks Park #37, Elko, died
Dec. 30, 1999 at the Medical
Center of Central Georgia in
Macon.
Graveside services with
full military honors were
held Dec. 31, in the Perry
Memorial Gardens.
Born in Little Rock. Ark.,
Mr. Doss had lived here for
15 years, moving from St.
Louis, Mo. He was an Army
Vietnam veteran, and a
recipient of the Bronze Star.
He was an assistant man
ager of B.C. Moore's Depart
ment Store, a former
employee of Kellwood, and a
former night clerk at the
New Perry Hotel. He was a
Baptist.
He is survived by his chil
dren, Amy Dix of Klondike.
Julia Hardesty and Jeff
Doss of Little Rock. Melanie
City
and Festival Activities -
Phyllis Bynum-Grace. Inter
governmental Activity - Billy
Jerles, Jointly Owned Gas
Transmission Line - Ralph
Gentry, and Parks and
Recreation - Bobby Glover.
Also Perry-Houston
County Airport - Charles
Lewis, Chamber of Com
merce - Jim Worrall and Lee
Gilmour and Convention
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/ SWEAR Members of Perry City Coun
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Moore and Bobby Glover receive the oath
of office from Perry City Attorney David
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Wellborn of Elko, Charlie
Bradshaw of Kathleen.
James Bradshaw of Bonaire:
sisters and brother, Tina
Sutton and Paul L. Doss, of
Batesville, Ark., Nita Haney
of Woodbridge, Va.; ex
wives, Juanita James of Lit
tle Rock, and Pauline Doss
of Elko, and nine grandchil
dren.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Cynthia Myers
Cynthia Gilman Myers,
39, died Jan. 1, 2000. Ser
vices were held at 11 a.m.,
Jan. 4, in Mathis Funeral
Home, Cochran. Burial was
private.
Mrs. Myers was a busi
ness partner in Myers Con
struction and Grant and
Myers Feed and Seed. She
operated Helping Hands
Animal Shelter and was a
former nurse.
Survivors include her
husband, Marty Myers; chil
dren, Laura Jones of
Gainesville and Josh Jones
of Gresston; mother, Jane
Gilman of Cochran; father
and stepmother. Fleming
and Betty Gilman of
Cochran; sisters and broth
er, Kathy Smith of Warner
Robins, Donnie Gilman and
Sheila Peacock, both of
Cochran; grandmother,
Louise Sparks of Cochran,
and a grandchild.
Jean Rackley Ozbim
Jean Rackley Ozbirn, 69,
of 106 Thornhill Road. Fort
Walton Beach. Fla., died
Dec. 28, 1999, at the Peach
County Hospital in Fort Val
ley.
Services were held at Wat
son-Hunt Chapel Dec. 31,
with Dr. Gene Bowman offi
ciating. Burial was in the
Perry Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Ozbirn was a native
of Kathleen and had lived at
and Visitors Bureau - Jim
Worrall and Lee Gilmour.
In other council business
members Bobby
Glover, James Moore and
Charles Lewis were sworn
into office. All three ran
without opposition in recent
city elections. The three
were sworn in by David
Walker, city attorney.
Lewis was elect-
Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins
Walker (left) during the Jan. 4 meeting of
Perry City Council. All three will serve a
four-year term.
Fort Walton Beach for 30
years. She was a hostess at
Picadilly's and a Baptist.
She is survived by her
daughter, Ramona Arring
ton of Perry: a son, Ronnie
Ozbirn of Orlando. Fla.;
brothers and sisters, John
Rackley of Perry; Wayne
Rackley, M.L. Rackley and
Rose Ellis of Warner Robins;
Lois Bennett of Jacksonville,
Fla., Evelyn Faulkner and
Mildred Howard of Thomas
ton; grandchildren, Brittany
Ozbim and Hunter Ozbirn
of Orlando, Morgan Sweatt
and Hallie Sweatt of Perry.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Porter Farrell Shipes
Porter Farrell Shipes, 74,
of 111 Henson Road
Hayneville, died Dec. 27,
1999 at the Perry Hospital.
Services were held at the
First Baptist Church of
Hayneville Dec. 29, with the
Rev. Olin Hamlin and the
Rev. Gene McKinney offici
ating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Born in Dodge County.
Mr. Shipes lived in Houston
County most of his life. He
was a retired repairman
from Medusa Cement, and a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Hayneville.
He is survived by his wife
Nell Hamsley Shipes of
Hayneville; his son and
daughters. Ray Shipes of
Perry, Peggy Moore of
Albany, Shirley Stone and
Barbara Craft of Hayneville;
his sisters, Geneva McDon
ald of Macon and Lowell
Bembry of Centerville; his
brothers. Charles Shipes of
Hayneville and Franklin
Shipes of Logansville; eight
grandchildren and 1 1 great
grandchildren.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
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ed Mayor Pro-Tern.
VBobby Glover was pre
sented a plaque for his ser
vice as Mayor Pro-tern by
Worrall.
VCouncil approved a
request by Police Chief
George Potter to apply for a
federal grant to assist in
funding code enforcement
activities.
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