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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 8:39 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2000
Everton Chambers
Athens
Everton Chambers, 42, of 115 Willow St., died Thursday, April
20, 2000.
A native of Jamaica, Mr. Chambers was a son of Myrtle Chambers.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Pompey's Chapel Baptist
Church cemetery, Washington, with the Rev. W.R. Ferrell
officiating.
Survivors include a daughter, Latashia Ervin, Douglasville; a
son, Devon Ervin, Douglasville; a sister, Brenda Kennedy,
Washington; and two brothers, Ansley Chambers, Tampa, Fla., and
Gardner T. Dalton, Washington.
Davenport-McLendon Funeral Home, Washington, has charge of the
arrangements.
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Annie Lou Rich
Danielsville
Annie Lou Booth Rich, 87, of 25 Mathis Road, died Saturday,
April 22, 2000.
A native of Madison County, Mrs. Rich was a daughter of the late
William Singleton and Carrie Carter Booth, was the widow of Charles
L. Rich, and was preceded in death by two daughters, Margie R.
Brown and Mildred R. Harris. She was retired from Georgia
Sportswear and was a member of Providence Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Providence Baptist Church
with the Revs. Johnny Tucker and Albert Vaughn officiating. The
body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include three sisters, Ruby M. Weeks, Fairfax, Va.,
Nellie B. Watson, Danielsville, and Addie B. Wilson, Greenville,
S.C.; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Billy Booth, Bobby Booth, Wesley Chandler,
Tim Hardman, Jr. McGee, D.L. Mealor, Jr. Shields and Nelson
Stovall.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Brown's
Funeral Home.
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Story last updated at 8:39 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2000
Notie Yearby
Athens
Notie B. Yearby, 85, of 190 Augusta Ave., Apt. B, died Thursday,
April 20, 2000.
A native of Madison County, Mrs. Yearby was a daughter of Roy
Johnson and Nora Johnson Yearby.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fair Play Baptist Church,
Hull, with the Rev. Gazzara Mitchell officiating. The body will be
placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Margie Yearby, Athens; three
sisters, Mamie L. Crawford and Juanita Johnson, both of Athens, and
Myra Johnson, Washington, D.C.; three brothers, Roy Johnson,
Sarasota, Fla., Fordie Johnson, Athens, and John Henry Johnson,
Decatur; a grandchild; three great-grandchildren; six
great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. today at
Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home.
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Melburn Segars
Toccoa
David Melburn Segars, 71, of 1182 Garland Road, died Saturday,
April 22, 2000.
A native of Franklin County, Mr. Segars was a son of the late
Stephen David and Sallie Carroll Segars, and was preceded in death
by a son, William David Segars. He was retired from Harmony Grove
Mills and was a volunteer fireman with Pocataligo Fire Department.
He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at New Hope Baptist Church
with the Revs. David Sosebee, Jimmy Owensby and Dillard Austin
officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Reba McKie Segars; a daughter, Inez
Hembree, Maysville; three sons, Troy Segars, Homer, Wayne Segars,
Lincolnton, and Kenneth Segars, Danielsville; seven grandchildren;
and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Wade Segars, Scotty Segars, Edward Segars,
Jeff Segars, Jonathan Segars and Stephen Segars. Honorary
pallbearers will be members of the Pocataligo Fire Department.
The family will be at the residence and will receive friends
Sunday afternoon and night.
Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Toccoa, has charge of the
arrangements.
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Gerald Mitchell Sr.
Jefferson
Gerald Randall ''Jerry'' Mitchell Sr., 60, of 620 Payneville
Road, died Saturday, April 22, 2000.
A native of Jackson County, Mr. Mitchell was a son of A.G. and
Lottie Toney Mitchell, Jefferson. He was co-owner of Mitchell
Hardware and Lumber and was a member of Brockton Road Baptist
Church.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Brockton Road Baptist Church
with the Revs. Jesse Mealor and Hulon Hill officiating. Burial will
be in Bethany Methodist Church cemetery.
Survivors in addition to his parents include his wife, Linda
Scales Mitchell; a daughter, Shane Chaisson, Jefferson; a son,
Mitch Mitchell, Jefferson; a brother, Billy Mitchell, Jefferson;
and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Bill Mitchell, Billy Norris, Joe Elrod, Jeff
Potts, Danny Hart, Lamar Roberts, Timmy Little, Talmadge Green and
Clay Dale.
Evans Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
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Betty Sue Allen
Canon
Betty Sue Bratcher Allen, 59, of 750 Roper Road, died Saturday,
April 22, 2000.
A native of Hart County, Mrs. Allen was a daughter of the late
Tom and Julia Mae Sullivan Bratcher. She was a homemaker and a
member of the Cross Roads Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Pruitt Funeral Home with
the Rev. Ben Coleman officiating. Burial will be in the Cross Roads
Baptist Church cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Thomas Allen, Canon; three
sons, Nelson Allen, Danielsville, Wendell Allen, Royston, and
Ronnie Allen, Canon; four sisters, Louise Hicks, Edna Davis, Margie
Holland and Sara Andrews, all of Lavonia; a brother, Bobby
Bratcher, Lavonia; and six grandchildren.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
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Eva Archibald
Augusta
Eva Leenell Archibald, 64, died Friday, April 21, 2000.
A native of Cleveland, Miss., Mrs. Archibald was a daughter of
the late Lester and Ben Roby Finley Stanton, and was the widow of
Millard Price Archibald. She was a retired social worker.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Peachtree Memorial Park,
Norcross.
Survivors include a brother, Robert Stanton, Mt. View, Tenn.
Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, has charge of the arrangements.
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Sadie Robinson
Winder
Sadie Bentley Robinson, 85, died Friday, April 21, 2000.
Mrs. Robinson was a daughter of the late Alice Birts and Homer
Luther Bentley, and was the widow of W.H. ''Robbie'' Robinson. She
was a member of the First Christian Church of Winder.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Christian Church
of Winder with the Rev. John Richardson officiating. Burial will be
in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Betsy R. Pritchard, Canton, and
Melissa Donaldson, Ellijay; a son, W.H. Robinson III, Rome; two
sisters, Helen Bachelder, Athens, and Myrna Morris, Winder; a
brother, Allen Bentley, Monroe; six grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 3-5 and 6:30-8:30 p.m.
today at Smith Funeral Home, Winder.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimers
Foundation, 1841 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329, or the First
Christian Church of Winder.
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John Scott
Cornelia
John Ervin Scott, 69, of 808 Galloway St., died Thursday, April
20, 2000.
A native of Banks County, Mr. Scott was a son of the late Jasper
and Lithia Scott. He was a member of the Israel C.M.E. Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Israel C.M.E. Church,
Cornelia, with the Revs. Keith Ellison and Oliver Dorsey
officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial
will be in Level Grove Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Latrella Scott; a son, Victor L.
Scott, Alto; three sisters, Bertha Davis, Easley, S.C., Ninia
Mayfield, Toccoa, and Mary Broner, Cornelia; three brothers, Amos
Scott, Cartersville, Herschel Scott, Baltimore, and Barkely Scott,
Cornelia; and five grandchildren.
The family will be at the residence.
Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home, Toccoa, has charge of the
arrangements.
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Henry Lomax
Madison
Henry Grady Lomax, 75, of 707 South Main St., died Friday, April
21, 2000.
A native of Morgan County, Mr. Lomax was a son of the late Ann
Griffith and Edward Lomax. He was the retired vice president of
Banks of Madison and was a member of the Lion's Club, the American
Legion and the VFW. He was the Sunday School Treasurer and member
of the Madison Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Madison Memorial Park with
Dr. Jim Ross officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Kathryn B. Lomax; a son, Kirby
Murdoch, Madison; two sisters, Agnes Childs, Madison, and Dorothy
Flanigan, Athens.
The family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. today at Simmons
Funeral Home.
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Story last updated at 7:56 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2000
Sarah Brown
Royston, Georgia
Mrs. Sarah Margaret Dixon Brown, 82, of 1246 Shirley Rd.,
Royston, Georgia died Friday, April 21, 2000 at Cobb Memorial
Hospital in Royston, Georgia.
Mrs. Brown was born in Elbert County, July 21, 1917 daughter of
the late Joe and Alice Colvard Dixon. She was a homemaker and of
the Baptist faith. Her husband was the late Robert N. Brown.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Gloria
Brown, Royston, Georgia; a granddaughter, Suzanne Brown, Royston,
Georgia; two sisters, Willie Pearson and Hattie Hall, both of
Royston, Georgia; a brother, Robert Dixon, Royston, Georgia; she
was preceded in death by one son, Robert Michael Brown.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brown will be 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23,
2000 at the Chapel of Pruitt Funeral Home with the Rev. Williard
Crider officiating. Burial will follow in the Mill Shoal Baptist
Church cemetery.
The family is at the home of Tim and Gloria Brown, 1232 Shirley
Road, Royston, Georgia.
Pruitt Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Story last updated at 7:56 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2000
William C. Reynolds
Athens
Mr. William C. ''Billy'' Reynolds, age 72, 298 Lenox Road,
passed away Saturday, April 22, 2000.
A native of Warren County, Mr. Reynolds had lived here in Clarke
County most of his life. He was the son of the late Alfred C. and
Effie Lexie Askew Reynolds. He was retired from the Benson Bread
Company after 43 years as a route salesman. He was a member and
deacon of the Central Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian Williams Reynolds, Athens;
son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Deborah Reynolds, Nicholson;
son, Richard Reynolds, Athens; daughter and son-in-law, Marie and
Chad Hargrave, Woodstock; and daughter, Karen Archer, Athens;
sisters, Ruby Smith and Myrtle Ray, both of Athens and Mattie
Couch, Tyron; nine grandchildren; and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 24, from
the chapel of Bernstein Funeral Home with the Revs. Randy Smith,
Horace Couch and Robert Passmore officiating. Interment will follow
in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Junior Askew, Benny English, Ned Couch, Rick
Smith, Bobby Williams and Danny Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will
be C.P. Shaw, Ben Vaughn, Kenneth Hammond, Harold Sorrow, Chandler
Ray and Ed Gulley.
The family will receive friends Sunday evening at Bernstein from
7-9 p.m.
Bernstein Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Story last updated at 8:34 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2000
Jessie Henrietta Beusse Bright
Mancos Co.
Henrietta Bright, 96, passed away April 20, 2000, at the Valley
Inn Nursing Home in Mancos, Co., where she had lived since 1993.
Henrietta was a very loving, caring friend to many who will truly
miss her.
Henrietta was born September 8, 1903 in Athens, Ga., to Jessie
(Middlebrooks) and Jesse Hoyt Beusse. She graduated Athens High
School in 1920; attended Glen Eden in CT and the University of
Georgia where she was a Phi Mu; graduated from St. Luke's Hospital
School of Nursing, Richmond, Va. She worked as a Registered Nurse
in Va. and S.C. hospitals.
In 1937 she married Graham Bernard Bright of Richmond. A former
professor at V.P.I. (now Va. Tech) in Blacksburg, Va., Graham had
served in WWI and later served in WWII. After his death in 1947,
she lived and worked in Beckley, W.V., where she was a member of
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (1950-63).
Returning to Athens, she was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church (1963-93) and most recently St. Paul's in Mancos, Co.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie and Jesse
Beusse; brother Thomas C. Beusse; husband Col. Graham B. Bright;
grandson Phillip Andrew Steckel. She is survived by daughter Rita
Graham Bright and son-in-law Don Lathrop of Hesperus, Co.;
granddaughters Jesseka Zeleike of Tucson, AZ., and Julie Wren of
Boulder, Co.; sister Ruth Beusse of Athens; sister-in-law, Anna
Belle Beusse and nephew Tom Beusse of Athens; cousins Dorothy Hogue
Nicholas of Celloden, W.V.; Ann Cabaniss of Athens; and Tom Greer
of Dalton, Ga.
At her request, there will be cremation and interment of ashes
at Arlington National Cemetery. Death was due to natural causes.
Ertel Funeral Home, Cortez, Colo., has charge of the
arrangements.
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