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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
OBITUARIES
JOHN W. “BO” DEMPSEY JR.
WARNER ROBINS - Mr. John W. “Bo”
Dempsey, Jr. passed away on Sunday, Sept. 28,
2003, at Macon Northside Hospital. Services
will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Trinity
United Methodist Church, with interment fol-
lowing in Magnolia Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7
until 9 p.m. Thursday at McCullough Funeral Home. In lieu
of flowers the family suggests donations to the Alzheimer’s
Foundation.
Dempsey was born in East Point. He graduated from
Russell High School where he was an All-State football and
track standout, and was a member of the ROTC. He then
joined the Marines where he was a rifle expert, and an All-
American right fielder for the 1951 Camp Lejeune baseball
team. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean
War. After his service he signed with the Atlanta Crackers
baseball organization and after a year moved up and played
for one year with the New York Giants and three years with
the St. Louis Cardinals Organization. He was the Assistant
Golf Pro at Meadowbrooks Country Club in Atlanta, then
Head Pro at Griffin Country Club. He was the first golf pro
in Houston County, having worked first at Perry Country
Club, then later at Sandy Run Golf Club (now International
City Golf Club). He was instrumental in making it so civil
ians could play at the RAFB Golf Course. He was retired
after 33 years from civil service at Robins Air Force Base,
where he had been an inventory management specialist. He
was a member and former commander of the DAY VFW,
American Legion, American Federation of Government
Employees (Treasurer), the PGA of America, the Georgia
State Golf Association and the Seniors Golf Association of
Georgia. His parents, John W. Dempsey Sr. and Lena H.
Dempsey, and brothers, Groover Dempsey and Joseph
Dempsey, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys M. Dempsey; sons,
Steven R. Dempsey (and wife Mary Leigh); Douglas W.
Dempsey; John R. Dempsey (and wife Kelly); Jeffrey S.
Dempsey, all of Warner Robins; sister, Eleanor D. Weeks,
Brunswick; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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MARY K. ELLIS
WARNER ROBINS - Mary K. Ellis, 103, of Warner
Robins, died Sept. 23, 2003. Memorial services will be held
at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003 (TODAY), in the chapel
of Heritage Memorial Funeral Home. Jerry Bisping, DCO,
will officiate.
Ellis was born in Marietta and was the widow of James
“Cal” Ellis.
Survivors include her daughter, Lucia (Gene) Brantley of
Warner Robins; granddaughters, Sandra B. Creighton,
Merri Brantley and Beverly Goethe.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of
Houston County Building Fund, 103 Westridge Drive,
Warner Robins, GA 31088.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrange
ments.
GEORGIA NELSON
WARNER ROBINS - Georgia Nelson, 90, of Warner
Robins, died Sept. 29, 2003. Graveside funeral services will
be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003 (TODAY), at
Magnolia Park Cemetery. The Rev. Jim Cowart will offici
ate.
Nelson, a native of Beatrice, Neb., was the widow of
Donald M. Nelson Sr. She moved to Houston County in
1943 and later retired from Robins Air Force Base. She was
also a member of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her sons, Donald M. Nelson Jr. of Falls
Church, Va., and Ralph W. (Robin) Nelson of Warner
Robins; grandchildren, Wayne Nelson and Jan Nelson, both
of Warner Robins, Bryan Nelson of Houston, Texas, Donald
M. Nelson 111 of Richmond, Va., Jeannie Mirani of Vienna,
Md., Philip Nelson, Toby Nelson and Becky Nelson, all of
Falls Church, Va., Adrienne Nelson Thorpe of
Lawrenceville, and Amy Nelson Conner of Hawkinsville;
and six great-grandchildren.
The family received friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s
favorite charity.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrange
ments.
JAN MOODY STANDARD
COVINGTON - On Sept. 28, 2003, Jan Moody Standard
lost her battle with cancer. Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, in Salem Methodist Church, Salem
Road, Covington.
Standard was the daughter of Beth Moody Faulkner and
the late Wallace R. Moody Sr. She was a 1966 graduate of
Perry High School and attended Georgia Southern College.
She is survived by her husband Bob E. Standard and two
daughters, Shelley Turner (Ryan), Lara Mason (Bill); a
granddaughter, Madison Ann Mason; a sister, Terre Moody
Walker of San Ramon, California/Duluth, Ga.; a brother, W.
Reid Moody Jr. of Atlanta; her mother, Beth Moody
Faulkner of Duluth; and stepfather, Glen Faulkner.
Visitation was from 6-9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, at Wheeler
Funeral Home, Brownsville Road, Covington.
If wished, in lieu of flowers donations may be made to
Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Family and friendships are the true comforts at this time.
The family thanks so many for their caring calls and
remembrances.
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Elderly woman's home torched
Juvenile taken into custody
WARNER ROBINS - A 16-year-old
has been taken into custody and others
may be charged after during which an
elderly woman’s home was broken into
and a fire started Monday afternoon.
Capt. Brett Evans of the Warner
Robins Police Department said when
the resident came home about 3 p.m.
she found a fire inside her home.
Apparently, entry was forced and a
fire started a fire in the kitchen area,
Evans said.
The Warner Robins Fire Department
responded and was able to contain the
fire to that area of the home located in
the 500 block of Arrowhead Trail, he
added.
There was no one inside the resi
dence when the woman came home
and found the fire, he said.
No injuries were reported.
The juvenile taken into custody was
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in recruiting physicians and
marketing,” Hammock said.
“However, the results have
not produced a sufficient
level of births to maintain
the unit at an adequate clin
ical volume.”
A “major renovation and
expansion of obstetrics serv
ices” began in 1996, accord
ing to Frank Aaron, CEO of
Houston Healthcare.
Most recently, the author
ity recruited two new obste
tricians, Dr. Elisabeth
Wagner and Dr. Cheryl
Young, to practice in Perry.
According to Aaron, both
have announced plans to
continue practicing locally
and apply for privileges at
Houston Medical Center.
The birth decline does not
appear to be an indicator of
an overall decline in Perry
admissions. Admissions
(excluding newborns) are up
4.4 percent - 204 through
the first six months this
year, as opposed to 165 at
the same point last year.
Houston Healthcare offi
cials attribute at least some
of the delivery decline at
Perry Hospital and the rise
at Houston Medical Center
to Perry mothers choosing
the latter over the former.
Over 50 percent of births
from mothers residing in
Perry are delivered at
Houston Medical Center,
according to Mary Jane
Kinnas, spokeswoman for
Houston Healthcare. Over
75 percent of births from
mothers residing in
Houston County occur
there, Kinnas said.
The Women’s Center
offers nine birthing suites, a
dedicated C-section room
and a neonatal intensive
care unit.
There are six labor and
delivery beds at the Perry
ward.
The fate of those beds,
while strategically deter
mined, has yet to be firmly
set, according to Kinnas.
First, the move must be
Perry Hospital
births
Over the past 10
fiscal years
1993 339
1994 350
1995 361
1996 289
1997 295
1998 269
1999 265
2000 253
2001 243
2002 246
2003 196
(For example, fiscal
year 1993 represents
March 1, 1992-
Feb. 28, 1993. The
current fiscal year is
2004.)
Source: Houston
Healthcare Complex
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turned over to the Houston County
Sheriffs Department Juvenile
Division.
Anyone with information is asked to
contact Lt. Bobby Brantley at 929-
6912.
- Emily Johnstone
Perry gives land for jobs
PERRY - In a called meeting
Monday night, the Perry City Council
voted unanimously to release its claim
to 32.752 acres in the Perry Industrial
Park to the Houston County
Development Authority, which will, in
turn, grant the land to Riverwood
International for a planned expansion.
Earlier this year, Riverwood
announced plans to expand its Perry
facility, a move that is expected to
bring at least 100 jobs to the area.
The land is in two parcels - one 20
acres, the other 12.752 - both in the
Perry Industrial Park near
approved by the Georgia
Department of Community
Health. Kinnas said the
authority does not have a
timeline for the consolida
tion, but it expects to be
under way by the end of this
year.
She added that the
authority doesn’t view the
move as closing the Perry
ward so much as consolidat
ing services with Houston
Medical Center.
Perry personnel will be
offered other roles within
Houston Healthcare,
Kinnas said. With the cur
rent nursing shortage, it is
likely all who want to stay
with the company will be
able to do so.
Such equipment as may be
needed at the Women’s
Center will be transferred,
Kinnas added.
Several options are being
considered for the space cur
rently occupied by the birth
ward. It could house a
Women’s Breast Center,
which is part of Houston
Healthcare’s strategic plan,
or a rehabilitative unit for
stroke and orthopedic
patients. Hospice of
Houston County has also
approached the authority
about the possibility of
using the space for an inpa
tient hospice unit.
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Riverwood’s facility.
The city owned the land jointly with
the authority. It released its claim for
$lO, according to the deed.
Perry Mayor James Worrall said the
land is worth the jobs it will create for
Perry.
- Jon Suggs
Perry CVB funds events
PERRY - The Perry Area
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Authority recently approved funding
for a trio of upcoming events.
The authority:
• Approved an allocation of $1,500 to
the Georgia Horse Council, which will
meet in Perry in January.
• Approved funding $3,500 to the
Georgia High School Rodeo
Association
• Approved funding SI,OOO to Perry
Tae Kwon Do for a regional tourna
ment to be held in November.
- From staff reports
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