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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 8:04 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
State Sen. Roberts dies at 62
Associated Press
ATLANTA -- State Sen. Sam Roberts never let his battle with
cancer get in the way of his duties at the Capitol, where he showed
up for work even when chemotherapy left him weak and nauseated.
Roberts died Monday night at age 62. Friends said the
Douglasville Republican had planned to return for the 2000
legislative session, which starts next week, until his health took
a turn for the worse at Christmas.
''He knew that the odds were not good, but he was focused,''
said Senate Minority Leader Eric Johnson, R-Savannah. ''He didn't
want to quit and he didn't want to take a long vacation. He wanted
to end his life at the Capitol, serving the people of his
district.''
Roberts, who ran his own insurance agency in Douglasville, was
elected to the Senate in 1996. He was diagnosed with lung cancer
days before he was re-elected in 1998.
Roberts moved a leather recliner into his Capitol Hill office
and often napped between meetings. But he never missed a day of the
legislative session last year, even on days when he took
chemotherapy in the morning.
''I had made a commitment to the people in the district that I
was going to represent them,'' Roberts said in an interview last
year. ''I'm pretty strong on commitments.''
Despite his deteriorating health, Roberts continued to work
until last week helping constituents with problems, said Sen. Bill
Stephens, who shared an office suite with Roberts.
''He would call in and get his messages, or have somebody call
and get his messages, and he would do his best to return the calls
and do what he could,'' said Stephens, R-Canton.
Never one to seek the spotlight, Roberts rarely rose to speak
during debates and introduced few bills. He wasn't much for
partisan sniping, either.
''If the lieutenant governor or the other side was going to get
mad at a Republican, it wasn't going to be Sam Roberts,'' Johnson
said.
Stephens described his friend as a rare politician who ''always
gets caught doing what he said he was going to do.''
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, the Senate's presiding officer, said he
was ''profoundly saddened'' by Roberts' death.
''It is a great tragedy that his career as a legislator was cut
short, and I extend my deepest sympathies to his family,'' Taylor
said in a statement.
Last year, Roberts set his hopes on passing a single bill aimed
at giving police better tools to crack down on uninsured drivers.
Johnson said Republicans plan to keep pushing the measure this
year.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Heritage
Baptist Church in Douglasville.
Gov. Roy Barnes will order a special election to fill Roberts'
Senate seat, but no date had been announced Tuesday evening, said
Joselyn Butler, the governor's spokeswoman.
Roberts is survived by his wife, Sue, his mother, two children,
a stepdaughter and two grandchildren.
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Phillip Bruce Shrader
Commerce
Phillip Bruce Shrader, 62, of 289 Hebron Road died Monday, Jan.
3, 2000.
A native of Tazewell County, Va., Mr. Shrader was a son of the
late Homer and Mary Virginia Wilburn Shrader. He was a painter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Little-Ward Funeral Home.
Survivors include a daughter, Lynn Cox, Snellville; two sons,
Michael Hart, Brookhaven, and Phillip Bruce Shrader Jr.,
Lawrenceville; a sister, Dorothy Atkins, Nitro, W.Va.; five
brothers, Bill Shrader, Ohio, Daniel Shrader, Decatur, Dorn
Shrader, Virginia, Jinks Shrader, Florida, and Sonny Shrader,
Eatonton; and two grandchildren.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Jewel B. Crook
Hartwell
Jewel Cash Brown Crook, 92, of 59 Oakland St. died Monday, Jan.
3, 2000.
A native of Hart County, Mrs. Crook was a daughter of the late
James C. and Neta Cobb Cash and was the widow of William M. Brown
Sr. and Arad Crook. She was former co-owner of Crook's Parts in
Hartwell, charter member of the Hartwell Pilot Club, Daughters of
the American Revolution, the Sewing Club and Nancy Hart chapter of
the Eastern Star. She was a member of Hartwell First Baptist
Church, Alathean-Friendship Sunday School Class, WMU, Fellowship of
Christian Senior and a former Sunday school teacher in the primary
department.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hartwell First Baptist
Church with the Revs. F. Hugh Kirby and Charlie Wilson officiating.
The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be
in Nancy Hart Memorial Park.
Survivors include a son, William M. ''Billy'' Brown Jr.,
Hartwell; three sisters, Alybel White, Blairsville, Ruth
Christenbury, Concord, N.C., and Helen Cloud, Macon; two
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hartwell First Baptist Church, 81 E.
Howell St., Hartwell, GA 30643.
Strickland Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Jewel B. Crook
Hartwell
Jewel Cash Brown Crook, 92, of 59 Oakland St. died Monday, Jan.
3, 2000.
A native of Hart County, Mrs. Crook was a daughter of the late
James C. and Neta Cobb Cash and was the widow of William M. Brown
Sr. and Arad Crook. She was former co-owner of Crook's Parts in
Hartwell, charter member of the Hartwell Pilot Club, Daughters of
the American Revolution, the Sewing Club and Nancy Hart chapter of
the Eastern Star. She was a member of Hartwell First Baptist
Church, Alathean-Friendship Sunday School Class, WMU, Fellowship of
Christian Senior and a former Sunday school teacher in the primary
department.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hartwell First Baptist
Church with the Revs. F. Hugh Kirby and Charlie Wilson officiating.
The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be
in Nancy Hart Memorial Park.
Survivors include a son, William M. ''Billy'' Brown Jr.,
Hartwell; three sisters, Alybel White, Blairsville, Ruth
Christenbury, Concord, N.C., and Helen Cloud, Macon; two
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hartwell First Baptist Church, 81 E.
Howell St., Hartwell, GA 30643.
Strickland Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:17 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Mary Jane Glenn
Toccoa
Mary Jane Haynie Glenn, 85, of Highview Road died Saturday, Jan.
1, 2000.
A native of Oconee County, S.C., Mrs. Glenn was a daughter of
the late Uller and Eller Haynie and was the widow of Abraham Glenn.
She was a homemaker and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship Baptist Church
with the Revs. Karl Moore, Leon Oglesby and T.G. Staggers
officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial
will be in Toccoa City Cemetery.
Survivors include a brother, Major Haynie, Clemson, S.C.
The family is at the residence of Major Haynie, 148 Abel St.,
Clemson.
Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Myron E. Gooch
Jefferson
Myron E. Gooch, 73, of 999 Lee St. died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000.
A native of Jackson County, Mr. Gooch was a son of Jesse Frank
Gooch and the late Viola McNeal Gooch. He was a contractor and was
a member of First Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church
with the Revs. G. Todd Wilson, G.A. Lawson and Bob Davis
officiating. Burial will be in Jackson Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife, Navona B. Gooch; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Jimmy and Barbara Gooch, and Bobby and Susan
Gooch, all of Jefferson; a sister and brother-in-law, Nell and Joe
Dale, Gainesville; a brother and sister-in-law, Lewis and Gwen
Gooch, Live Oak, Fla.; seven grandchildren, Kimberlie, Christopher,
Justin and Blake Gooch, and Kelli Sheridan, all of Jefferson, and
Kristi and Donnie Johnston, Commerce; and two great-grandchildren,
Logan and Tyler Johnston, Commerce.
The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. today at Jackson
Funeral Home, Jefferson.
Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Dallas L. Phillips
Athens
Dallas Leroy Phillips, 73, of 329 Dearing Garden Apartments died
Monday, Jan. 3, 2000.
A native of Clarke County, Mr. Phillips was a son of the late
Walter C. and Inez Phillips. He was a 1944 graduate of Athens High
School and was a U.S. Army and Navy veteran. He received his law
degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1961 and
practiced law in Fairbanks, Alaska before retiring to Athens in
1990.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Evergreen Memorial Park
with Father Mandy Brady officiating.
Survivors include five sons, Robert ''Sam'' Phillips, Spokane,
Wash., Dallas ''Stacey'' Phillips, Fairbanks, David ''Scott''
Phillips, Seymour, Ind., Michael ''Mike'' Stuart Phillips, Phoenix,
Ariz., and Daniel ''Dan'' Brian Phillips, Palm Springs, Calif.; and
two sisters, Jean Hunnicutt, Athens, and Barbara Tucker, Palm
Springs.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, 489 Prince Ave., Athens GA 30601.
Bernstein Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Hazel Vasser
Hartwell
Alice Hazel Vasser, 74, of 94 Cade St. died Tuesday, Jan. 4,
2000.
A native of Hart County, Miss Vasser was a daughter of the late
Samuel Lester and Eunice Moore Vasser. She was a member of Sardis
Baptist Church and the Ladies Sunday School Class.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Strickland Funeral Home.
Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in Greenwood Memorial
Gardens, Greenwood, S.C.
The family is at their respective residences and will receive
friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Bertha Ann Kinney
Clarkesville
Bertha Ann Lawson Kinney, 87, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000.
A native of Stephens County, Mrs. Kinney was a daughter of the
late Joseph T. and Genie Williams Lawson and was the widow of
Herbert E. Kinney. She was a member of Hill's Crossing Baptist
Church and the Order of the Eastern Star, Clarkesville Chapter. She
was a homemaker.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hillside Memorial Chapel
with the Revs. J.T. Tyson and Donald Holbrook officiating. Burial
will be in Hill's Crossing Baptist Church cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Marion Kinney Bowden, Athens; a
son, Mitchell Kinney, Martin; a sister, Blanche Lawson Barber,
Tucker; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
'Peanut' Vickery
Hartwell
James H. ''Peanut'' Vickery, 68, of 711 S. Leard St. died
Friday, Dec. 31, 1999.
A native of Hart County, Mr. Vickery was a son of the late James
W. and Mattie Hembree Vickery. He was a retired loom fixer from
Harwell Mills and was a member of Mount Olivet Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Strickland Funeral Home
with the Revs. Joe Black and Richard Beilski officiating. Burial
will be in Nancy Hart Memorial Park.
Survivors include a daughter, Joan V. LeCroy, Hartwell; a
sister, Sallie Gaines, Anderson, S.C.; a brother, Bobby Vickery,
Hartwell; and two grandchildren.
The family is at the residence of Joan LeCroy, 265 Forest Creek
Circle, Hartwell.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Michael Kelly Luem
Toccoa
Michael Kelly Luem, 16, of Hwy 184, Toccoa, son of Dr. Carl R.
Luem and Carol Scott Luem, died Monday, January 3, 2000 at Stephens
County Hospital.
Born November 2, 1983 in Orange County, California, he had lived
in Toccoa for the past 6 years. He was a member of Glad Tidings
Assembly of God and was a student at Stephens County High School
where he was a member of the Stephens County Indians Football Team.
Survivors include his parents; three brothers, Alex Luem of
Denver, Co., Matthew Luem of Los Angeles, Ca., Nick Luem of Tucson,
AZ.; five sisters, Tracy Arnett of Orange County, Ca., Andrea Luem
of Denver, Co., Chan'l Croft of Orange County, Ca., Amy Luem and
Sarah Luem both of Toccoa; Grandparents, Lena Luem of St. Louis,
Mo., Wayne and Betty Scott and Marian Scott all of Orange County,
Ca.
Michael was the nephew of Kelly Luem, Michael Scott, Connie
Holdroyd and Cindy Gutierrez. His cousins include, Angela, Patrick,
Beth, Melanie, Brian, Nicole, Noelle, Carrie, Katie, Nathan, Amanda
and Andrew.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday, January 7,
2000 from the Glad Tidings Assembly of God with the Rev. Malcolm A.
Schaad and the Rev. Mark Anthony officiating. Burial will follow in
Roselane Cemetery.
The body is at the mortuary where the family will receive
friends from 7pm until 9pm Thursday Evening.
The family will be at the home on Hwy 184.
Whitlock Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Robert 'B.R.' Kelley
Winterville
Robert ''B.R.'' Kelley, 63, of 149 Dunlap Road died Friday, Dec.
31, 1999.
Mr. Kelley was a son of the late Carey Arnold and Magnolia
Kelley. He was a retired meat cutter.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Billups Grove Baptist
Church with the Rev. William Habersham officiating. The body will
be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Burial will be in New Zion
Church cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Erma J. Winfrey, Athens; a son,
Rufus D. Smith, Winterville; and a grandson.
Pallbearers will be Jessie Clarke, Nelson Ollie, Tonto Brown,
George Watkins Jr., Steve Clarke, Stevie Watkins and Sylvester
Johnson. Flower bearers will be Jan Watkins, Queen Lewis, Dorothy
Collins, Jackie Harper, Rhonda Harper, Theodora Parrish and Ann
Clarke.
The family is at the residence.
Mack & Payne Funeral Home, Athens, has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 8:14 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Patricia S. Struve
Du Pont, Ind.
Patricia S. Struve, 63, formerly of Athens and Pawleys Island,
S.C., died Monday, Dec. 27, 1999.
A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., Mrs. Struve was a daughter of the
late Ernest and May Rector Smith and was the widow of Donald
Struve. She attended high school in Athens and was a graduate of
the University of Georgia. She was a retired self-employed
accountant and was of the Methodist faith. She was a member of the
Madison, Ind. Country Club, Litchfield Country Club, Pawleys
Island, S.C.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Survivors include a son, Richard Bezjian, Valencia, Calif.; a
sister, Ruth Ann Cumuze, Pawleys Island, S.C.; three grandchildren;
nieces and nephews.
Vail-Holt Funeral Home, Madison, Ind., has charge of
arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Doris Irene Fuller
Geneva
Doris Irene Vandegriff Fuller, 78, formerly of Ellijay, died
Monday, Jan. 3, 2000.
A native of Athens, Mrs. fuller was a daughter of the late
Benson Reed and Mamie Cantrell Vandegriff. She was preceded in
death by a son, Stacy M. Fuller. During World War II, she was
employed by Bell Bomber in Marietta, a division of Lockheed, where
she helped construct the first B-29 that bombed Hiroshima. She was
a homemaker and was a member and elder of Geneva Presbyterian
Church and was Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Easter Star,
Chapter 124, Sandy Springs.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Geneva City Cemetery with
the Rev. Lynn McManious officiating.
Survivors include her husband, Milton D. Fuller; a son, Floyd
Benson Fuller, Kennesaw; three sisters, Jeanette Silvey, Athens,
Myrtle Barnes, Ranger, and Margaret Griffey, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
two brothers, B.R. Vandegriff, Griffin, and Victor Vandegriff,
Ellijay; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at Talbotton
Funeral Home, Talbotton.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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Story last updated at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Ruby Mae Minish
Commerce
Ruby Mae Minish, 88, of Route 1 died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000.
A native of Homer, Mrs. Minish was a daughter of the late James
Rufus and Daisy Payne Green and was the widow of Melvin Lee Minish.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Jane Dispain. She
was a textile worker at Harmony Grove Mills.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Ivie Funeral Home with the
Revs. Curtis Green and Marvin Lutrell officiating. Burial will be
in Grey Hill.
Survivors include three daughters, Frances Brown, Homer, Linda
Jordan, Commerce, and Rebecca Williamson, Jefferson; four sons,
Coil Lee Minish and Douglas Minish, both of Commerce, Ronnie Minish
and Rudolph Minish, both of Homer; 25 grandchildren; 39
great-grandchildren; and 20 great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the
funeral home.
Athens Daily News, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000
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