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Robert Attaway HAWKINSVILLE - Services for Robert Marion Attaway will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Houston Lake Baptist Church Cemetery. Robert died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000. Survivors include his parents, John and Chantel Attaway; brothers, Kyle Attaway and John Attaway of Hawkinsville; grandparents, Joann and Johnny Attaway of Macon, Linda and Tommy Ashmore of Hawkinsville, Lori and David Diring of Warner Robins, Kathy and Dale Farris of Missouri, and Marie Kate; and great-grandparents, Margaret Attaway of Perry, Frances Dunagan of Abbeville and Mary and George Brauner of Missouri. Family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home.
Robert Benge
Survivors include his wife, grace Benge; children, Neal Benge of Byron and Nancy Gibbs of Cordele; brothers, Dickie Benge and Tommy Benge of Macon; and six grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Snow's Memorial Chapel,
Pio Nono Avenue.
Edsel Burch
Survivors include his wife, Betty Burch; children, Jack Burch and Kay Burch of Decatur, and Jan Hogan of Jackson; sisters, Addis Hall of Macon and Mildred Smith of Cadwell; two grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Hospice of Laurens County,
1103 Bellevue Ave., Dublin 31021. Richard and Joyce Stanley Funeral Home
has charge of arrangements.
Arthur Cox Jr.
Survivors include his children, Diana Cox and Arthur Lee Cox III of Warner Robins; brother and sisters, Clarence Cox, Mary Clayborn and Nellie Ridgell of Warner Robins; and four grandchildren. Family will be at 223 Madrid St.
Christopher Cunningham
Survivors include his parents, Janis Bassett of Louisville, Ky., and Robert Cunningham of Macon; children, Deresa Cunningham and Bobby Cunningham; sisters and brothers, Alice Wilson Toni Cunningham and Tammy Cunningham, all of Louisville, Connie Spires of Juliette, Thomas Cunningham of Byron, David Bassett of Louisville, Charles Cunningham of Warner Robins; and grandmother, Mary Carroll. Family will receive friends from 9 a.m. Monday until following the rosary
in Snow's Memorial Chapel, Cherry Street.
Thomas Fletcher
Survivors include his wife, Jeannette Fletcher; son, Thomas Fletcher of Juliette; brother, Jack Fletcher of Forsyth; and two grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 5 to 7 tonight in Snow's Memorial Chapel,
Cherry Street. Memorials may be made to Methodist Home for Children and
Youth, 304 Pierce Ave., Macon 31214.
Iris Gillis
Survivors include her husband, Carl Gillis Jr.; children, Connie Wammock and Gwenda Gillis of Adrian, Gayla Reed of Alexandria, Va., and Gil Gillis of Dublin; sister, Doris Huey; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 2623 Washington Road,
Building F No. 104, Augusta 30904 or American Heart Association, 1685 Terrell
Mill Road, Marietta 30067. Adams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Doris Haff
Survivors include her husband, Robert Haff; children, Jason Haff and Denise Jump of Dublin; mother, Blanche Plank of Fort Plain, N.Y.; sisters, Shirley Wittmann of Albany, N.Y., Kathy Meehan of Scopia, N.Y., and Marshia Seeley of Fort Plain; and four grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight in Townsend Brothers
Funeral Home.
Mary Hayes
Survivors include her sister, Sallie Holmes of Macon. Family will receive friends following services Wednesday. Snow's Memorial
Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue, has charge of arrangements.
Ralph Hyman
Survivors include his wife, Christine B. Hyman; children, Doris Durden of Clearmont, Fla., and Evelyn Pierce of Gray; and three grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Moores Funeral
Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pierce Memorial United
Methodist Church.
Laura James
Survivors include her brother, Charlie Edwards of Montezuma. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Watson-Mathews
Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to County Line Baptist Church Building
Fund, Route 2, Ellaville.
Helen Jolley
Survivors include her children, Chuck Jolley and Tommy Jolley, both of Deepstep, Dorothy Anderson of LaGrange, Brenda Wilkes of Anderson, S.C., and Laney Martin of McIntyre; brother and sister, Charles Hudson of Enterprise, Ala., and Voncille Matuevich of Springfield, Ill.; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight in Lang's Chapel and
will be at 1861 Veal Road.
Patrick Kelly
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Edna and Ed Daniel of Jackson; brothers, Carey Kelly of Loganville, Clarence Daniel of Newnan, Joseph Daniel of Jackson. Sherrell, Wilson, Mangham Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Ruth Manders
Survivors include her children, Shelby Garrett of Macon and Louise Gauldin of Land O'Lakes, Fla.; brothers, Rufus Belflower of Macon and Eugene Belflower of Fitzgerald; companion, J.C. Faulkner; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
Ila McPherson
Survivors include her children, Eris Farmer of Forsyth and Dwight McPherson of Blanch, Tenn.; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Monroe County Memorial
Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Christ United Methodist
Church, P.O. Box 162, Forsyth 31029.
William Rogers
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Rogers; children, John Rogers of Milledgeville, Lawrence Rogers of San Diego and William Rogers of Melbourne, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home
and will be at 194 Lovers Lane, Sparta Highway. Memorials may be made to
Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Thurman Ross
Survivors include his children, Elizabeth Ross of Stockbridge, Jane Williams of Hawkinsville and Sarah Ross of Conyers; sisters, Judy Martin of Americus and Marilyn Brock of Huntsville, Ala.; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Vaughn Funeral Home.
Ruby Schwalls
Survivors include her children, Lorita Jackson of Plantation, Fla.,
and Joyce Gabrysiak of Swainsboro, and James Smith of Lebanon, Tenn.; nine
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Lydia Searle
Survivors include her husband, Billy Searle; father, Henry Pritchett; son, Kenny Allen; sisters, Angela Delgado, Scarlett Durrant and Valorie Moore of Warner Robins, Penny Ashe of Centerville, and Wendy Lynch of Oklahoma. McCullough Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
E. Roy Simons
Survivors include his wife, Eunice Simons; son, Ernie Simons of Sparta; brother, Louis Simons of Warrenton; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home.
Memorials can be made to Knowles Chapel Methodist Church.
Paul Thigpen
Survivors include his son, Mark Thigpen of Muskegon Heights, Mich.; stepson, Edward Thigpen; sisters and brothers, Laura Davis and Geneal McDaniel of Soperton, Alda Edge of Vidalia, S.T. Thigpen of Gainesville, Fla., and Jerry Thigpen of Jonesboro, Ark.; and three grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
Debra Thomas
Survivors include her children, Antonio Thomas, Bronay Johnson and Jarvis Johnson; mother, Effie Marshall; brothers and sisters, Dwight Thompson, Wayne Thompson, Ronald Reid, Jimmie Thompson Jr., Emcy Thompson, Tommie Marshall, Lindsey Marshall, Alexander Thompson, Derrick Reid, Brenda Stapleton, Carla Thompson, Edith Thompson, Hazel Thompson, Janet Thompson, Pamela Tomblin, Sandra Carson and Tonie Marshall. Bentley & Sons Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
James Walters
Survivors include his wife, Ima Walters; daughter, Becky Tompkins of Tifton; mother, Ruby Walters of Ocilla; a grandchild. Perry Funeral Chapel, Ashburn, has charge of arrangements.
Brian Weber
Survivors include his wife, Debbie Weber; children, Autumn Weber and Nicholas Weber of Dublin; parents, Mervyn and Betty Weber of Dublin; sister, Debbie Chaido of Des Moines, Iowa. Family will receive friends at 1395 Wade Hampton Road, 6:30 to 9:30
Tuesday. Adams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Joyce Wood
Survivors include her husband, James Wood; children, Angela Cramer of Deepstep, Joy Wood of Sandersville, Wanda Carey of Tennille; sisters and brothers, Frances Simpson of Harrison, Betty Wood of Tennille, Jack Waters of Clearwater, S.C., Franklin Waters of Sandersville, and Ray Waters and Robert Crooms. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight in the funeral home and will be at 11659 Deepstep Road. Memorials can be made to First Church of the Nazarene. Grady Altman
SWAINSBORO - Services for Grady Lanier "Rabbit" Altman will be at 3 p.m. today in Peebles-Curry-Durden Mortuary with burial in Eastbrook Cemetery. Altman, 54, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. He was a retired grounds keeper from East Georgia College. Survivors include his wife Lena Altman; children, Marie Bedgood of Rincon,
Wendy Sirmon of Adrian, and Tony Altman of Swainsboro; sister and brothers,
Betty Rodriguez of Wadley, Alvie Altman of Millen, Danny Altman of Swainsboro,
Roger Altman of Wilmington Island, and Kenneth Altman of Athens; and four
grandchildren.
Robert Ashmore
AIKEN, S.C. - Services for Robert Evans Ashmore were Monday in First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Magnolia Gardens, Augusta. Ashmore, 85, died Thursday, May 4, 2000. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. He was vice president, retired from Riegel Textile. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Ashmore; children Carole Martin of Burlington, N.C., and Elizabeth Veltri of Jacksonville, Fla.; brother Walter Ashmore of Macon; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church,
224 Barnwell Avenue, Aiken, S.C. 29802 or American Cancer Society, P.O.
Box K, Aiken, S.C. 29802. Shellhouse Funeral Home in Aiken, S.C., has charge
of arrangements.
Reba Bennett
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Services for Reba Bennett will be at 11 a.m. today in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald. Bennett, 86, died Saturday, May 6, 2000. She was a member of North Shore Bible Church and was a homemaker. Survivors include her children David Bennett of Cambridge, Mass., and Robyn Block of Huntsville; sister, Elaine Jones of Auburn, Calif.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Paulk Funeral Home in Fitzgerald has charge of arrangements.
Clotheile Bennett
HARLEM - Services for Clotheile Bennett will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester. Bennett, 72, died Monday, May 8, 2000. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors include her children Samuel Bennett of Guyton, David Bennett of Harlem and Judy Braswell of Canton; brother and sisters Shirley Kennedy of Byron, Ellma Giddens of Tifton and Georgie Mae Quaglietta of Albany; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today in Frazier and Son
Funeral Home, Rochelle.
Leonard Brock
REBECCA - Services for Leonard Brock will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in M.G. Frazier Memorial Chapel with burial in New Bethel Cemetery, Pitts. Brock, 74, died Monday, May 8, 2000. He was a heavy machine operator and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Betty Brock; children, R.V. Brock and Karen Brock, both of Albany, Connie Brock of Thomasville, Julia Cummings of Rebecca, Rita McGarrah of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; brother and sisters, Horace Brock of Leesburg, Mildred Parrish of Plant City, Fla., Lillian Smith and Lenora Hudson, both of Pelham; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral
home and may be contacted at 226 Kennedy Road, Rebecca. Frazier and Son
Funeral Home, Rochelle, has charge of arrangements.
W.R. Browning Jr.
GLENWOOD - Services for W.R. Browning Jr. will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church of Glenwood with burial in Glenwood City Cemetery. Browning, 79, died Monday, May 8, 2000, in a Dublin hospital after a brief illness. He was a retired timber producer. He was a member of Glenwood Masonic Lodge and Woodman of the World. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church of Glenwood. Survivors include his wife, Jewell Browning; children Joni Towns of Glenwood and Jean Williams of Waynesboro; sister, Gwendolyn Cox of Alamo; and six grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Ronnie L.
Stewart & Son Funeral Service, Glenwood. The body will be in the church
at 2 p.m.
Nichelle Butler
WRIGHTSVILLE - Services for Nichelle Butler will be at 3 p.m. today in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Butler, 20, died Thursday, May 4, 2000. She was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Dougkevis Butler, Micheal Butler, and Ricktavious Butler; father, Tommy Horne; sisters and brothers, Felicia Jackson and Shawn Jackson, both of Dublin, Katina Horne, Johnny Butler, Douglas Butler, Tyrone Butler, Tony Horne, Calvin Horne and Tommy Davis, all of Wrightsville; and grandparent, Wesley Mae Horne of Wrightsville. The family may be contacted at the residence on Route 1, Wrightsville.
Dudley Funeral Home, Dublin, has charge of arrangements.
Robert Carter
Services for Robert W. "Bob" Carter will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Wesleyan Drive Baptist Church with burial in Macon Memorial Park. Carter, 62, died Monday, May 8, 2000. An Army veteran, he was retired from Robins Air Force Base and worked at Tattnall Square Academy. He coached Macon Little League and was an organizer of North Macon Little League Association. He was a member of Wesleyan Drive Baptist Church and Fellowship Men's Sunday School Class. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Carter; children Wanda Morrison of Lizella and Sucee Daniel of Macon; stepson Billy Daniell of Tybee Island; sister and brothers Donna Bone of Commerce, Carl Carter of Macon and Calvin Carter of Midway; two grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and a great-stepgrandchild. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Snow's Memorial
Chapel, Cherry Street. Memorials may be made to Association for Retarded
Citizens, 4664 Sheraton Drive, Macon 31210 or Windsor Academy, 4150 Jones
Road, Macon 31206.
Ethel Harris
Services for Ethel Q. Harris will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Crest Lawn Funeral Home with burial at 3 p.m. in Satille Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. Harris, 91, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. She was a spinner, retired from Bibb Mills. She was a member of White Oak Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter Sharon Chapman of Macon; sister Alma Trobaugh of Macon; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home
and will be at 780 Orange Terrace.
Mae Holston
Services for Mae B. Holston will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Bethesda Baptist Church with burial in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Holston, 88, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. She was a homemaker and member of Bethesda Baptist Church. She was the widow of Harper Holston Sr. Survivors include her children Sandra Barry, Lewis Holston and H. Alec Holston Jr., all of Macon, and Betty Smraker of Birmingham, Ala.; sister Kate Rivers of Jackson; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Snow's Memorial
Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue, and will be at 4430 Jones Road, Macon 31216.
Thomas Hooper
Services for Thomas Bertron Hooper will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Holsey Temple CME Church with burial in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. Hooper, 90, died Saturday, May 6, 2000. He was a claims adjuster, retired from Atlanta Life Insurance Co. A community and political activist, he was a member of the Morehouse College Alumni Chapter, Homosophian Civic Club and national and local democratic parties. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hooper. Survivors include his daughter Martha Wilkins Hooper. Family will be at 1970 Vining Circle. Hutchings Funeral Home has charge
of arrangements.
Inez Hopper
SOUTH PITTSBURGH, Tenn. - Services for Inez A. Hopper will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald. Hopper, 88, died Monday, May 8, 2000. She was a former steno/clerk with Atlantic Coastline/CSX Railroad. She was a member of First Baptist Church and was formerly of First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, where she was organist, pianist and choir director. She was a Georgia PTA lifetime member, member of Twin City Garden Club and former member of Fitzgerald Woman's Club. Survivors include her husband, Jack Hopper; daughter Eva Cate of South Pittsburgh; stepdaughter, Linda Kaczmarczyk of Virginia Beach, Va.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Paulk Funeral Home in Fitzgerald has charge of arrangements.
Doris Hurt
MILLEDGEVILLE - Services for Doris Mae Gadson Hurt were Monday in New Covenant Seventh-day Adventist Church. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Hurt died Wednesday, May 3, 2000. She worked at Savannah/Chatham County Board of Education and the Big "M" Restaurant. She was a member of New Covenant Seventh-day Adventist Church. Survivors include her husband, Danny Hurt Sr.; children Velkeyta Gadson, Danny Hurt Jr. and Tidra Hurt, all of Thunderbolt; sisters and brothers Allie McGirt, Shirley Benemon, Anthony Gadson, Freddie Gadson, German Gadson, Irene Hines and Carolyn Gadson, all of Savannah, Delores Randall of Norfolk, Va., John Gadson of Atlanta. Peoples Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
H. Braxton Johnson
DOUGLAS - Services for H. Braxton Johnson will be at 3 p.m. today in Satilla Memorial Gardens. Johnson, 72, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. He was a carpenter and Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Oneida Johnson; children Lee Johnson of Baxley and Kathy Fletcher of West Green; brother and sister Johnny Johnson and Dorothy O'Steen, both of Douglas; and four grandchildren. Ricketson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Oscar Kiser
WARNER ROBINS - Services for retired Col. Oscar Julius Kiser will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cornerstone Baptist Church with burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Kiser, 78, died Monday, May 8, 2000, in a local hospital. Born in Athens, he was the son of the late Virgil Lee and Etta Kiser. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He received the Bronze Star, Air Force Meritorious Medal, Joint Services Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaves and 24 other awards and decorations. He earned his law degree as well as his English degree, which he used as a teacher in Vietnam at the University of Saigon. He was fluent in four languages. He was Houston County coroner for two years and was an ordained Baptist minister. He was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Kathleen. Survivors include his wife, Ann Marie Kiser; children Perry Lee Kiser of Perry, Wanda Williamson of Eufaula, Ala., Sandi Carnot of Valrico, Fla., and Donna Groberg of Perry; twin brother, Arthur Kiser of Warner Robins; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in McCullough
Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931
Arlington Road, Bethesda, Md. 20014.
Richard Lombardo
WARNER ROBINS - Services for Richard "Rick" J. Lombardo will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial in Parkway Memorial Gardens with military honors. Lombardo, 59, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. He was retired from the Air Force as a senior master sergeant and was a military police superintendent in Vietnam. He received the Meritorious Service Medal. He was a security specialist at Robins Air Force Base. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, American Legion and Robins Air Force Base Officers Club. Survivors include his wife, Sharry Lombardo; children Anthony Lombardo of Birmingham, Ala., Karen Lombardo of Kathleen and Kelly Curry of Warner Robins; stepdaughter, Mikella Procopio of Warner Robins; sister, Diane D'Errico of Cranston, R.I.; seven grandchildren. A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today in Heritage Memorial Funeral Home
with a visitation to follow. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society,
P.O. Box 4406, Macon 31208.
Susie McCrary
FORT VALLEY - Services for Susie McCrary will be at noon Wednesday in Central Union Baptist Church with burial in Willowlake Memorial Gardens. McCrary, 68, died Saturday, May 6, 2000. She attended Peach County public schools and was a member of Central Union Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Ida Johnson of Fort Valley and Billy McCrary of Americus; brothers and sister, Mack McCrary, Florence Dunlap, both of Fort Valley, and Lewis McCrary of Warner Robins; and three grandchildren. C. J. Edwards Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Sandra McMahan
Services for Sandra Jean McMahan will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Crest Lawn Funeral Home. Burial will be private. McMahan, 42, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. Born in Peach County, she was the daughter of the late William Wade Sr. Survivors include her husband, Michael McMahan; daughter Kimberly Pate of Warner Robins; mother, Eva Wade of Byron; brothers and sisters Greg Wade, Judy Davis, William Wade Jr., Steve Wade, all of Byron, May Staines of Warner Robins and Linda Knighton of Eatonton; and two grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home
and will be at 923 W. Ormond Terrace, Macon, and 5302 Houser Mill Road,
Byron.
Otha Moody
PERRY - Services for Otha Davison Moody will be at 11 a.m. today in Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with burial in Hickory Springs Cemetery. Moody, 85, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. She was a homemaker and the widow of Raymond Moody. She was a member of Crossroad Methodist Church. Survivors include her daughter Joann Carter of Perry; four grandchildren;
and nine great-grandchildren.
James Purvis Jr.
PERRY - Services for James Ludwig Purvis Jr. will be private. Purvis, 74, died Monday, May 8, 2000. The son of the late J.L. Purvis Sr. and Pearl Purvis, he was a sales rep, retired from Sherwin Williams Co. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War and was a member of American Legion. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Perry. Survivors include his wife, Ann J. Purvis; children, James Purvis III of Raleigh, N.C., Michael Purvis of Perry and Edward Purvis of Canton; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Perry First Baptist Church. Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home has charge of arrangements.
Geneva Rigby
EASTMAN - Services for Geneva Rigby will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Southerland Funeral Chapel with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery. Rigby, 80, died Monday, May 8, 2000. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Survivors include her sisters and brothers, Mollie Ferndon of Jacksonville, Fla., Barbara Clements of Fitzgerald, J.T. Rigby of Eastman, Johnny Rigby of Warner Robins, Rayvan Rigby of Columbus, James Rigby of Sumter, S.C., and Turner Rigby of Phenix City, Ala. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. today in Stokes-Southerland
Funeral Home and may be contacted at the Rigby residence, Route 3, Rigby
Road, Eastman.
Cathy Ross
GORDON - Services for Cathy Anita Ross will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Spring Hill CME Church with burial in the church cemetery. Ross, 37, died Friday, May 5, 2000. Born in Gordon, she received her education in Wilkinson County schools. She was formerly employed at Springs Inc. for 14 years and was a member of Spring Hill CME Church. Survivors include her husband, Victor Ross; children Keena Lockett and Victoria Ross, both of Macon; parents, Jim Van Lockett of Milledgeville and Georgia M. Burney of Macon; and brothers Bobby Burney of Texas City, Texas, and Jimmie Lockett of Atlanta. The family may be contacted at 515 Mountain Spring Road. The body will
be in the church at 2 p.m. Jones Brothers Eastlawn Memorial Chapel in Macon
has charge of arrangements.
Clarence Smith
ST. SIMONS ISLAND - Services for the Rev. Clarence Ethen "C.E." Smith Jr. will be at 10 a.m. today in College Place United Methodist Church, Brunswick, with burial at 4 p.m. in Swainsboro City Cemetery. Smith, 76, died Friday, May 5, 2000. He was a member of South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church for more than 50 years. He attended the College United Methodist Church and was a member of New Life Sunday School Class. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Smith; children, Sharon Mays of Alpharetta, Judy Barner of Berea, Ohio, Aimee Combs, Heather Fathauer and Clarence Smith, all of Brunswick, Emory Smith of Tifton, Kenny Fathauer of North Royalton, Ohio, Adam Fathauer of Gahanna, Ohio, and Glenn Smith of Coral Springs, Fla.; sisters, Dolores Woosley of Manteca, Calif., and Lottie Godbee of Miller; and 16 grandchildren. The body will be in the church at 9 a.m. today. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to Building Fund of College Place United Methodist
Church, 3890 Altama Avenue, Brunswick 31520. Edo Miller and Sons Funeral
Home, Brunswick, has charge of arrangements.
Harry Stanley Jr.
Services for Harry Stanley Jr. were Friday in First Congregational Holiness Church. Burial was in Rockwell Baptist Church Cemetery. Stanley, 66, died Wednesday, May 3, 2000. He was a truck driver, retired from P.I.E. Trucking Co. He was a member of Rockwell Baptist Church and attended First Congregational Holiness Church. He was the son of the late Harry Stanley Sr. Survivors include his wife, Iris Stanley; son Curtis Stanley of Jones County; stepchildren Church Coller of Savannah, Mearl Cooler of Gray, Margie Bragg of Macon and Shirley Dixon of Greenville, Texas; mother, Alma Stanley of Vidalia; sister and brother Maggie Warnock of Vidalia and Otis Stanley of Milan; and eight grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Congregational Holiness
Church Building Fund, 4127 Chambers Road, Macon 31206 or Vista Care Hospice,
750 Baconsfield, Suite 115, Macon 31211. Ingleside Memorial Chapel had
charge of arrangements.
Olen Thompson
WARNER ROBINS - Services for Olen P. Thompson will be at 11 a.m. today in Central Baptist Church with burial in Magnolia Park Cemetery. Thompson, 70, died Saturday, May 6, 2000. He was retired from the maintenance division at Robins Air Force Base. He was a member of Central Baptist Church, 8:30 Pete Joyner Sunday School Class and Sunday School secretary in the children's class. Survivors include his wife, Johniece Thompson; children Randy Thompson of Warner Robins and Terry Thompson of Bonaire; sister and brothers Jewell Stapleton of Lumber City, and Edward Thompson and James Thompson, both of Warner Robins; and four grandchildren. Heritage Memorial Funeral Home, Warner Robins, has charge of arrangements.
Carolyn Walker
FITZGERALD - Services for Carolyn Cooper Walker will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Walker, 86, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. She was retired from the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service after 30 years of service. She was the widow of Clifford Walker. She was a member of First Baptist Church, a former Primary Department Sunday School teacher, a member of the choir for 50 years, a member of WMU and a member of Faith Sunday School Class. Survivors include her children, Randall Walker of Valdosta and Linda Myers of Tifton; sister, Martha C. Walker of Fitzgerald; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Paulk Funeral
Home.
Frances Weaks
Services for Frances Weaks will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Slater's Funeral Home, Milledgeville, with burial in Council Cemetery. Weaks died Saturday, May 6, 2000. She was a member of Parker Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include a niece, nephew and several other relatives.
Jacqueline Whatley
VIDALIA - Services for Jacqueline Whatley will be at 11 a.m. today in Lyons City Cemetery. Whatley, 73, died Sunday, May 7, 2000. She was a lab technician at blood banks in Waycross, Jacksonville, Fla., and Augusta. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include her brother Will Whatley of Vidalia; and niece and nephew Marijack Whatley and Tom Whatley, both of Marietta. The family requests no flowers. Murchison Funeral Home has charge of
arrangements.
Horace Wilkes
EAST DUBLIN - Services for Horace Earl Wilkes will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Pleasant Springs Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Wilkes, 34, died Saturday, May 6, 2000. Survivors include his son Anthony T. Wilkes of Macon; parents, Judon and Reta Fae Wilkes of East Dublin; and sister and brothers Margie Fountain, Bennie Wilkes, Fred Wilkes and Tommy Wilkes, all of Dublin. Family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in Stanley Funeral Home, Dublin. |