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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:59 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Laurel Brewer Creech
Winterville
Laurel Brewer Creech, 52, died Saturday, March 25, 2000.
A native of Fitzgerald, Mrs. Creech was a daughter of Jake E.
and Lois Mitchell Brewer Jr. She was a member of First Presbyterian
Church, Fitzgerald, and Alpha Delta Kappa. She was a first-grade
teacher at Whit Davis Road Elementary School, Athens, and had
taught school in Macon and Fitzgerald. She was a 1965 graduate of
Fitzgerald High School, received an undergraduate degree from
Georgia Southern College and a master's degree from the University
of Georgia.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian
Church, Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Don Cooke officiating. Burial
will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include her husband,
Jamie Creech; three sons, Scott Willis, Cumming, Brice Willis,
Athens, and David Creech, Atlanta; and three sisters, Beth Gould,
St. Simons Island, Mary Stacey, Dover, Tenn., and Lynn Woodsworth,
Fitzgerald.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Hospice,
Humane Society or to First Presbyterian Church, Fitzgerald.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Paulk
Funeral Home, Fitzgerald.
Announcement provided by Bridges Funeral Home, Athens.
Athens Daily News, March 28, 2000
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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:59 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Marjorie Fairey Haston
Pawleys Island, S.C.
Marjorie Fairey Haston, 74, formerly of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Athens and Clayton, died Saturday, March 25, 2000.
A native of Orangeburg, S.C., Mrs. Haston was a daughter of
Marjorie Houston Fairey and the late William F. Fairey and was the
widow of Dr. Hugh Haston Jr. She was a member of Ortegan United
Methodist Church and Timuquana Country Club, Jacksonville.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Pawleys Island Presbyterian
Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her mother, include four daughters,
Marjorie H. Dannelly, Independence, Va., Deborah H. Mickler,
Columbia, S.C, Holly M. Haston and Kathryn H. Walsefield, both of
Charlotte, N.C.; a son, Hugh B. Haston III, Jacksonville; a
brother, Dr. William F. Fairey Jr., Pawleys Island; and 10
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Pawleys Island Church, P.O. Box 190,
Pawleys Island, SC 29585.
Goldfinch Funeral Home, Murrells Inlet, S.C., has charge of
arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:59 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Ed Nessmith
Athens
Ed Nessmith, 51, of 163 Stoneybrook Court died Sunday, March 26,
2000.
A native of Montgomery, Ala., Mr. Nessmith was a son of the late
Reginald and Edith Marie Storey Nessmith. He was an
illustrator/photographer at the U.S. Navy Supply Corps School and
was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a gardener and artist.
Services will be announced later.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Nessmith; a daughter, Cynthia
Kaye Nessmith, Crossville, Ala.; a sister, Sue Bailey, Warner
Robins; a brother, Tom Nessmith, Atlanta; and a granddaughter.
Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, East, has charge of
arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:59 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Edythe Simmons
Toccoa
Edythe Simmons, 98, died Sunday, March 26, 2000.
A native of Monroe County, N.Y., Miss Simmons was a daughter of
the late Esbon and Elizabeth Gaston Simmons. She was employed in
the circulation department of Anderson Independent for a number of
years and was a member of Toccoa First Alliance Church.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Toccoa City Cemetery with
the Rev. Edwin Simmons, officiating.
Survivors include two nephews, David Simmons, Westminster, and
the Rev. Edwin Simmons, Hartwell.
The family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. today at
Acree-Davis Funeral Home.
Athens Daily News, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:59 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Barbara W. Wilson
Winterville
Barbara Willingham Wilson, 63, of 115 Beaver Run Road died
Sunday, March 26, 2000.
Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of the late Ambus and Lessie P.
Willingham and was the widow of Matt Wilson. She was preceded in
death by a daughter and a son. She was a homemaker.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Springfield Baptist
Church, Comer, with Pastor Debra Price and the Rev. Horace Ellison
officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Burial
will be in Pleasant Hill Church cemetery.
Survivors include three daughters, Kathryn Pope, Athens, Touring
Howard, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Laura Ann Skelton, Comer; four
sons, Michael C. Wilson, Athens, Tony Wilson and Welton Wilson,
both of Winterville, and Gene B. Wilson, Chattanooga; and a sister,
Jeannette Skelton, Comer.
The family is at the residence.
Mack and Payne Funeral Home, Athens, has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:59 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
'Tori' Brown
Baldwin
Victoria Skyler ''Tori'' Brown, 10 months, died Sunday, March
26, 2000.
Tori was a native of Habersham County.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Baldwin Cemetery with the
Rev. Larry Barnes officiating.
Survivors include her parents, Rudy and Tina Schabert Brown,
Baldwin; two stepsisters, Brooke Brown and Sarah Brown, both of
Bedford, Ind.; a stepbrother, Joey Brown, Bedford; her
grandparents, Alfred ''Al'' and Debbie Martin, Baldwin; her
great-grandmothers, Johanna Brown, Bedford, and Barbara Schabert,
Phoenix, Ariz.
Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Cornelia, has charge of
arrangements.
Athens Daily News, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
George Harry Nelson
Comer
George Harry Nelson, 62, of 98 Sears Road died Wednesday, March
22, 2000.
A native of Garden City, Kan., Mr. Nelson was a son of the late
Warren and Pearl Mitchell Nelson. He was a retired railroad
supervisor, was of the Baptist faith and was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Survivors include a sister, Judy Smith, Sierra Vista, AZ; a
brother, Warren K. Nelson, Colorado Springs, CO; and a goddaughter,
Christiana Newton, Penrose, CO.
Bernstein Funeral Home, Athens, has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald
, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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OBITUARIES
Story last updated at 7:31 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Guy Gravitt
Colbert
Guy Leon Gravitt, 50, of 51 Northwood Circle died Friday, March
24, 2000.
A native of Jackson County, Mr. Gravitt was a son of the late
John Henry and Bertie Wood Gravitt and was the widower of Juanita
Kittle Gravitt. He was retired as a security guard from Georgia
Security and was of the Baptist faith.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Bethabara
Cemetery, Monroe, with the Rev. Jack Lindsey officiating.
Survivors include two sisters, Shirley Kerr, Colbert, and Peggy
Bryant, Statham.
Brown's Funeral Home, Danielsville, has charge of arrangements.
Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald
, Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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