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'Walt' Jenkins
Winder
Walton R. 'Walt' Jenkins, 87, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999.
A native of Fulton County, Mr. Jenkins was a son of the late
Frank Sr. and Minnie Mae Pharr Jenkins. He owned Jenkin's Cycle and
Mower Sales and Service, Decatur. He was a member of Carl Baptist
Church and Mountain View Lodge 692, Stone Mountain.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Carter Funeral Home with
the Rev. Mike Sullivan officiating. Burial will be in Carl
Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Minnie Ashe Jenkins; four daughters,
Dorothy Connally, Decatur, Janet Joyal-Standley, Lawrenceville,
Patricia Eason, Monroe, and Randy Reynolds, Lilburn; a sister,
Talulah Moore, Lithonia; a brother, Bob Jenkins, Molena; 11
grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and four
great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
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Timothy Bryant
Newnan
Timothy 'Tim' Alan Bryant, 39, of 221 Brenda Ellen Drive, formerly
of Doraville, died Monday, Nov. 29, 1999.
A native of Stephens County, Mr. Bryant was a son of Robert and
Dorothy Payne Bryant. He was a disabled U.S. Army veteran and was
employed as a counselor in the VA regional office.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Acree-Davis Funeral Home,
Toccoa, with the Rev. Dr. Tommy Childress and the Rev. Randall
Payne officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Baptist Church
cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include his wife, Carolyn
Sturgill Bryant; a stepdaughter, Deborah Sprouse, Asheville, N.C.;
two sisters, Jennifer Hodge, Suwanee, and Janice Williams, Sugar
Hill; a brother, Michael Dennis Bryant, Alto; nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Steve Price, Tommy Sales, Jim Owenby,
Charles Payne, Jeff Klein and Curtis Sturgill.
The family is at the residence of Martha Murphy, Buena Vista
Drive, Toccoa, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
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Donnie L. White
Watkinsville
Donnie L. White, 45, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999.
A native of Toccoa, Mr. White was a son of Margaret Garland
White, Toccoa, and the late Hoyt White. He was a photographer and
was a member of Mars Hill Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Arthur Bowick's Oconee
Chapel. Burial will be in Oconee Memorial Park.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Linda
McCurry White; a daughter, Courtney White, Watkinsville; a son,
Jason White, Athens; and a brother, Danny White, Athens.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
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Gene Edwin Evans
Iva, S.C.
Gene Edwin Evans, 55, of 7221 Highway 181 South died Wednesday,
Dec. 1, 1999.
A native of Bowman, Mr. Evans was a son of the late Issac Thomas
and Mazelle Scoggins Evans. He was preceded in death by a son, Gary
V. Evans. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Hartwell, and was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He was
retired from the granite industry.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Berry Funeral Home,
Elberton, with Father Terence Kane officiating. Burial will be in
in Elmhust Cemetery, Elberton.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Alix Evans; a daughter,
Michelle L. Schleir, Hartwell; a son, Gene Evans Jr., Iva; two
sisters, Eva Mae Evans, North Augusta, S.C., and Elaine Bell,
Elberton; and six grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society or to the Hart Life, 121 Vickery St., Hartwell, GA 30643.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
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Jeanne Baxter Bell
Athens
Jeanne Baxter Bell, 97, died Monday, Nov. 29, 1999.
A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Bell was a daughter of the
late George and Jeanne Baxter and was the widow of Walter Haygood
'Jimmy' Bell. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia
Bell Saye. She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she was
a member of the M&M Sunday School Class. She was retired as a
bookkeeper from Cofer's Home and Garden Showplace.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Bridges Funeral Home with
the Rev. Frank Granger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen
Memorial Park.
Survivors include a grandson, Scott Saye, Temple, Texas; nieces
and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Friday at the
funeral home.
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Susan Crowe Fuller
Toccoa
Susan Annette Crowe Fuller, 38, of Dooley Drive died Tuesday, Nov.
30, 1999.
A native of Lawrenceville, Mrs. Fuller was a daughter of Wynelle
Nash Crowe, Lawrenceville, and the late Billie Crowe. She attended
Toccoa Church of God.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Acree-Davis Funeral Home
with the Revs. Harlon Noles and Dennis Rafala officiating. Burial
will be at Stephens Memorial Gardens.
Survivors, in addition to her mother, include her husband, Danny
Fuller; a daughter, Andrea Fuller, Toccoa; two sons, Jonathan
Fuller and Steven Fuller, both of Toccoa; and three sisters, Linda
Knight and Polly Walker, both of Lawrenceville, and Janet Adkins,
Dandridge, Tenn.
Pallbearers will be Jamie Walker, Jeremy Campbell, Daryl
Addison, Nash Walker, Dwayne Knight and Matthew Perry.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
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Hugh Dorsey Parker
Statham
Hugh Dorsey Parker, 80, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999.
Mr. Parker was a son of the late Offie and Eliza S. Parker. He
was retired from the USDA, where he was in poultry research for
South Eastern Poultry & Research Inc. He was a member of New
Pentecost United Methodist Church and the Methodist's Mens Club. He
was a member of Statham Masonic 624 and Statham American Legion
Post, where he was past commander. He was a member of Atlanta
chapters of Scottish Rite and the Shriners. He was Chairman of
Barrow County Council on Aging and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World
War II. He was a member of Statham Order of the Eastern Star 316,
AARP and Happy Trails Art Club.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Smith Funeral Home, Winder,
with the Revs. Brad Williams and Lisa Cain officiating. Burial will
be in Barrow Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife, Daphne Parker; a daughter, Patricia
Parker Hendrix, Statham; a son, Teddy Parker, Winder; two brothers,
O.C. Parker, Statham, and Hoke Parker, Demorest; four
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to New Pentecost
United Methodist Church Building Fund.
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Jamal Easley
Washington
Jamal Easley, 2 days old, son of Kelvin Easley and Contessa Norman
of 227 Mercer St., died Monday, Nov. 29, 1999.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Pole Branch Baptist Church
cemetery, Tignall, with the Rev. Joe Jones officiating.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a brother,
Demarcus Norman.
The family is at the residence.
Davenport-McLendon Mortuary has charge of arrangements.
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Azailee Dalrymple
Martin
Azailee Purcell Dalrymple, 61, of 2365 River Ridge Road died
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999.
A native of Franklin County, Mrs. Dalrymple was a daughter of
Fletcher A. Purcell, Carnesville, and the late Lois Whitefield
Purcell. She was a graduate of Carnesville High School and was
owner/operator of Artistic Beauty Shop for 39 years. She was a
member of First United Methodist Church of Toccoa.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Jim Bocian officiating. Burial will be in
Toccoa City Cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her father, include her husband, Hal
Dalrymple; two sons, Flay Dalrymple, Toccoa, and Paul Dalrymple,
Dacula; a sister, Geneva Brown, Charlotte, N.C.; two brothers,
Alfred Purcell, Newnan, and Jim Purcell, Forest Park; two
grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Bruce Childs, Larry Holder, Larry Allgood,
Rocky Harding, Bill Moore, Dykes Dalrymple, Randy Arthur and Chuck
Maypole.
The family is at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Flay Dalrymple,
530 E. Doyle St., Toccoa, and will receive friends from 6-9 p.m.
today and from 10 a.m.-noon Friday at Acree-Davis Funeral Home,
Toccoa.
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Helen Griffith Chalker
Siloam
Helen Griffith Chalker, 79, of 4551 Siloam Highway died Tuesday,
Nov. 30, 1999.
A lifelong resident of Greene County, Mrs. Chalker was a
daughter of the late Millard Hart and Bessie Lee Horton Griffith
and was the widow of Willie Fred Chalker. She was preceded in death
by a daughter, Betty Mize. She was a 1936 graduate of Woodville
High School and was a supervisor at Hometown Manufacturing and at
Thomas Textile for a total of 35 years. She was a member of Mount
Stephens Baptist Church, White Plains.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at McCommons Funeral Home,
Greensboro, with the Rev. Dennis Garner officiating. Burial will be
in Greensboro City Cemetery.
Survivors include five daughters, Brenda L. Edwards, White
Plains, Sandra Johnson, Kennesaw, Freddie Kaye Chalker, Ackworth,
Belinda Chalker, Appling, and Linda Chalker, Augusta; four sons,
Robert L. Mize Jr., Batesburg, S.C., Millard M. Mize,
Lawrenceville, Larry E. Mize, Brandon, Miss., and Gerald C. Mize,
Conyers; a sister, Mildred Edmonds, Union Point; a brother, Calvin
Griffith, Greensboro; 22 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and
a great-great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Johnson, Alan Johnson, Robert Mize,
Lance Branyan, Skip Mize, Cliff Mize and Mitchel Mize. Honorary
pallbearers will be Clay Ragsdale, Lance Wilson, Terry Laux, Ray
Davis and Elmer Brown.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
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Idell D. Alewine
Hartwell
Idell Dyar Alewine, 93, of 94 Cade St. died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1999.
A native of Hart County, Mrs. Alewine was a daughter of the late
Jim and Susie Maxwell Dyar and was the widow of Johnny Alewine. She
was a homemaker and was a member of Cross Roads Baptist Church.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Cross Roads Baptist Church
with the Revs. Ben Coleman and David Wilson officiating. The body
will be placed in the church at 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Joy Robinson, Hartwell; a son,
Johnny Verne Alewine, Acworth; two sisters, Leila Adams,
Bowersville, and Clara Osborne, Hartwell; a brother, Inman Dyar,
Conyers; four grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.
The family is at the residence of Joy Robinson, 254 Smith St.,
Hartwell, and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at
Strickland Funeral Home.
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Helen Stroud Stewart
Cornelia
Mrs. Helen Stroud Stewart, 92, of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away on
Wednesday, December 1, 1999, at home following an extended illness.
The daughter of the late James Frank Stroud, Sr. and Lenora Duke
Gulledge Stroud, she was born in Union Springs, Alabama, on
November 6, 1907, but had lived in Cornelia since 1945.
The late Milton and Helen Stewart purchased Standard Telephone
Company in 1939 and were pioneers in the development of the
company. She served on the Board of Directors of Standard Telephone
Company for many years.
Mrs. Stewart was widely known throughout the state of Georgia
for her work with the Chamber of Commerce. She served as Executive
Secretary of the Cornelia Chamber of Commerce from 1948 to 1965.
She graduated in 1952 from the Southeastern Institute for Chamber
of Commerce Executives at the University of North Carolina and
later returned as a member of the faculty, teaching civic affairs.
A room is named in her honor at the Habersham County Chamber of
Commerce office.
She was the first woman to serve on the Board of Trustees for
Cornelia Schools; the first woman to serve on the Grand Jury in
Habersham County and one of the first women to serve on the
Traverse Jury. The Cornelia Kiwanis Club honored her by making her
the first female member of the club. Mrs. Stewart was the pianist
for the Kiwanis Club for 25 years. She was a charter president of
the Cornelia Womens Club and a member of the Cornelia Three Arts
Club. She was a long-term member of the Cornelia United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Kay Stewart and
Dean C. Swanson of Cornelia; one son and daughter-in-law, H. Milton
and Carolyn J. Stewart, Jr. of Lecanto, Fla.; five grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December
3, 1999, at the Cornelia Methodist Church with Dr. Robert Brown,
Revs. Bob Ramsey, Marcus Martin and Richard Scoggins officiating.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 2, from 5:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Interment will be in the Yonah Memorial Gardens.
Whitfield Funeral Home South Chapel in charge of arrangements.
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Sarah Kathleen Wilson
Hull
Sarah Kathleen Wilson, 86, of 68 Charlie Bolton Road, Hull, Georgia
departed this life for her Homegoing to be with her Heavenly Father
November 30, 1999.
She was a native of Madison County, Georgia and was the daughter
of the late Allie N. Spratlin and Susie Belle Williams Spratlin.
She now resides with her late husband, James Hoyt Wilson; her
daughter, Shirley Ann Wilson Perry; her grandson, Master J. Kevin
Wilson; and her only sibling, Allena Spratlin Carithers in their
Heavenly Home who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Wilson will long be remembered by those she taught so
faithfully for over 30 years in the 4&5 Year Old Sunday School
Class of Hull Baptist Church where she was a member and served her
Lord so willingly.
Survivors include her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter:
Altrin, Janice and Mandy Wilson, all of Watkinsville, Georgia; her
daughter, son-in-law: Carlene W. & Bobby Clements of Comer,
Georgia; their children, Carla C. & Marc Patterson; Cory, Tracy and
Little J.R. Clements; Christa Lewis and Little Chase Burdette, all
of Comer.
The children and grandchildren of her late daughter, Shirley Ann
are: Mike & Robin Perry; Wilson, Ann Kennedy and Dottie Jeanne
Perry, Alpharetta, Georgia; Cindy P. Nelms, Colbert; Shaun Nelms,
Athens; Megan P., James and Nikki McCart, Greensboro, Georgia;
Susan P., Timmy and Little Trevor Evans of Milledgeville, Georgia.
Her extended family members are Judy and Jack Hardman and
residents of White Dove Personal Care Home where she had resided
for a couple of years.
Services will be Thursday at 2:00 PM at Hull Baptist Church with
pastor, Rev. Randy Crowe officiating. Interment will be in the Hull
Baptist Cemetery.
Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, East, is in charge of
arrangements.
Flowers will be accepted as well as memorials to Hull Baptist
Church.
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Dr. Kenneth Coleman
Athens
Dr. Kenneth Coleman, 83, of 220 Dearing Street, Athens died
Saturday, November 28, 1999.
Dr. Coleman, son of the late John Amoss and Magnolia Lee Coleman
was born in Devereaux, Georgia (Hancock County) April 28, 1916. He
was a graduate of Boys High Atlanta, received his A.B. and M.A.
degrees from the University of Georgia (1939-1940) and his Ph.D. in
History from the University of Wisconsin in 1953.
He was an officer in the United States Army in Europe during
World War II.
Dr. Coleman taught high school briefly in Atlanta before serving
on the faculty of what was then the Atlanta Division of the
University of Georgia in Atlanta (now Georgia State University). He
joined the history faculty at Athens in 1955. He retired in 1976 as
Professor of History at the University of Georgia in Athens.
Coleman was the author of several important volumes of Georgia
history including The American Revolution in Georgia, Georgia
Journeys, Confederate Athens and Georgia History in Outline, one of
the University of Georgia Press's all time best sellers. When he
was governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter invited Coleman to head up the
publication of A History of Georgia which was published during
Carter's Presidential administration (1977). Coleman shared its
authorship with several colleagues in the History Department of the
University of Georgia. Coleman was co-editor with Charles Stephen
Gurr of The Dictionary of Georgia Biography (1983).
He was a long-time member of the Georgia Historical Society,
where he served several terms as a curator; the Athens Historical
Society; and The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservations along
with numerous other professional historical associations. He was a
life-time member of the Southern Historical Association. Coleman
was a recipient of the Georgia Humanities Award during Governor
Zell Miller's administration.
Dr. Coleman was a devotee of Georgia, of Athens, of the
University of Georgia, of Thomas Jefferson and the 18th century. He
was a long-time good neighbor on Dearing Street where he resided in
his beloved ''Young Harris House.'' All these benefited from his
time and devotion.
He is survived by his sister-in-law, Alberta Nelson Coleman, of
Lexington, Ky. and two nieces, Nancy L. Coleman of Brumunddal,
Norway, and Martha Coleman Staff of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Bernstein's Funeral Home in Athens is in charge of arrangements.
There will be a service at St. Stephens Anglican Church on
Friday at 10:00 a.m. with The Right Rev. Mark Haverland
officiating. A private interment will follow near Devereaux.
In lieu of flowers contributions in Dr. Coleman's memory may be
made to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, The Athens
Historical Society the Hargret Library (Georgia collections) of the
University of Georgia or St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Athens.
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Travers W. Paine Jr.
Valdosta
Travers W. Paine Jr., 82, died on Tuesday, November 30, 1999 in
Valdosta, GA. He played football at Georgia Tech under Coach
Alexander. He was associated with Southern Bell as an engineer in
Valdosta, Augusta, Savannah, Atlanta, Albany and Macon.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Dalton Paine of
Valdosta; three daughters and sons in law, Dorothy and Ron
Youngblood of Roundup, Montana, Suzanne and Joe Collins of Augusta,
Virginia and Keith Anderson of Athens; two sons and daughters in
law, Kate and Travers W. Paine III of Augusta, and Robbie and
William F. Paine of Athens; nine grandchildren, Shawn Youngblood,
Tamara Collins Hunt, Cynthia Houser Collins, Catherine Dalton
Collins, Jason Paine, Travers W. Paine IV, Charlsie Paine, Wesley
Anderson, Alexandra Anderson; one sister, Frances Paine Tapp of
Marietta; and one niece, Helen Tapp Montgomery of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held at 11am, Friday, Dec. 3, 1999 at
the First Christian Church, Valdosta, Georgia with the Rev. George
Bennett officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday from
6-8pm at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made
to the First Christian Church. Carson McLane Funeral Home is
serving the Paine family.
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