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John Brooks ATLANTA - Services for John Robert Brooks will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Nelson's Memorial Mortuary, Warner Robins, with burial in Mount Beulah Church Cemetery, Bonaire. Brooks died Saturday, May 26, 2001. A native of Mansfield County, he was the son of the late George Brooks and the late Lula Petty. He was educated in Atlanta public schools and was a retired employee of the city of Warner Robins. Survivors include his wife, Eura L. Brooks of Warner Robins; daughters Dorothy Byrd of Atlanta, Patricia B. Robinson, JoAnn Brooks, Mary Love, Pearlie Perkins, Elaine Sipp and Freddie Hall, all of Warner Robins; sons Joseph Brooks of Jasper, Texas, James Brooks of Cincinnati, Nathaniel Brooks and Anderson Sipp, both of Warner Robins, and Charles Sipp of Detroit; brothers Lonnie Williams, Amos Williams and Mathes Williams, all of Atlanta; sisters Inell Adams, Lucy M. Burns, Minnie Young and Alice Young, all of Atlanta; 27 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. The family may be contacted at 211 Reid St., Warner Robins. William Butler
Survivors include his companion, Gerolene Jackson of Warner Robins; children Veronica Lynch of Warner Robins, Vernon Keith Butler and Vincent Reginal Butler, both of Jacksonville, Fla., Janice Shine of Miami, Tonya Snipes and Sharon Snipes, both of Macon; stepchildren Andrea Jackson and Edward Bynum III, both of Warner Robins, and Michael Jackson of Germany; sister Jessie Wilson of Chicago; 23 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The body will be placed in the church at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The family
will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Nelson's Memorial Mortuary.
The family may be contacted at Lot 66, Red Fox Run, Warner Robins.
Willie Curles
Survivors include her daughters Muriel Wade and Beverly Behal, both of Cotton, and Mary Jo Shiver of Perry; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Rev. Caroyl Edwards
Survivors include his wife, Ellen D. Edwards of Ocilla; sons Clinton
Edwards of Ashburn and Jerry Edwards of Ocilla; daughter Melba McNatt of
Ocala, Fla.; sister Avie E. Murphy of Young Harris; brothers Wendell R.
"Billy" Edwards of Houston, Texas, and Carlton W. Edwards of Akin, S.C.;
eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Louise Fleming
Survivors include her son Howell Lary of Alpharetta; grandchildren Joe Lary of Conyers, Kyle Moody of Logansville, Ryan Moody of Alpharetta, Tami Tolson, Betsy Cape and Jimbo Lary, all of Macon; and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Snow's Memorial
Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue. The family may be contacted at the home of Betty
Lary, 1220 Newberg Ave., Macon.
L.R. Goings
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Pruett Goings of Milan; daughter Cindy G. Gunter of Macon; and sister Lola G. Whittemore of Warner Robins. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Stokes-Southerland
Funeral Home, Eastman. The family may be contacted at the residence, 89
J.B. Riley Road, Milan. The body will be placed in the church one hour
before services on Monday.
Leonard H. Graham
Survivors include his wife, Ella Graham of Calhoun; daughters Patti Mullis of Dublin and Rachael Patterson of Dalton; brothers Johnny Graham and Donald Graham, both of Chauncey; sister Mildred Moore of Chauncey; two grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Lillie James
Survivors include her husband, Milton James Sr. of Macon; children Lucious Huff Jr. of Orlando, Fla., Linda Holmes, Vanessa James, Jennifer Greene, Milton James Jr. and Martinya James, all of Macon; sister and brother Ida Mae Tooley of Jacksonville, Fla., and Roman Ware Jr. of Macon; nine grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. The family may be contacted at 3171 Bethune Ave. Jones Brothers Eastlawn
Memorial Chapel has charge of arrangements.
Rev. I.G. Johnson
Survivors include his wife, Minnie Johnson of Thomaston; stepson Carlton Hoyle of Thomaston; stepdaughter Bonnie Cheatham of Atlanta; brother Edward McHargue of Thomaston; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and four stepgrandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Nazareth Baptist Church
Cemetery Fund, Hwy. 16 East, Zebulon 30295.
Millard L. Jones
Survivors include his wife, Melba B. Jones of Macon; son Kadar Jones of Macon; and brother Roscoe Jones of Lakeland, Fla. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mount Zion Baptist Church
Building Fund, 7015 Rivoli Road, Macon 31210, or to First Baptist Church
at the Mall Building Fund, P.O. Box 90669, Lakeland, Fla. 33804-0669. The
family may be contacted at the residence, 498 Wesleyan Drive, Macon, or
at 1735 Cordova Circle W., Lakeland, Fla. Bowen-NeSmith Funeral Home, Vienna,
and Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home, Lakeland, have charge of arrangements.
Rufus Lancaster Sr.
Survivors include his wife, Opal B. Lancaster of Hawkinsville; daughter Linda Lee of Pineview; sons Reggie Lancaster of Hawkinsville and Rudy Lancaster of Cordele; sisters Letisha Hall of Perry, Floretta Baylin and Jacqueline Dorminy Jackson, both of Winston Salem, N.C.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family may be contacted at the residence on Lumpkin Street in Hawkinsville.
Clark Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Deloria B. Martin
Survivors include her son William C. Martin of Vienna; daughter Joann Roberts of Palm Beach, Fla.; brother Carryl Bethel of Dallas, Texas; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Irene B. Morris
Survivors include her husband, Don Morris of Lizella; sons James Luther Sellars of Stockbridge and Jerry Morris of Gray; sister Jackie McDaniel of Macon; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Betty Nipper
Survivors include her husband, Bobby E. Nipper of Cordele; sons Ernie Nipper of Cordele and Brian Nipper of Odum; daughter Marcia Phillips of Cordele; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Willie Perdue
Survivors include her grandchildren Denise Pitts and Drexel Pitts, both of Macon; and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today.
Tom Rawlins Jr.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia "Jean" Rawlins of Helena; daughters Ronna Rawlins Johnson of Welcome, Md., and Peggy Jo Birch of Latta, S.C.; sons William Thomas Rawllins III and James Andrew Rawlins, both of Helena, and Greg White of Douglas; brother Jonny Kearce of Five Point, Ala.; sisters Sara Dwight of Macon, Jewel Lawrence of Winter Haven, Fla., Ellen Watson of Dublin, Ruby Spires of Alma, and Sara Jo West of Dublin; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
Emma Robinson
Survivors include her children Peggy Carswell of Irwinton, LaShell Thomas of Gordon and Larry Holcomb of Sicklerville, N.J.; brother Edward Hawkins of Detroit; sisters Juanita Jackson of Macon, Veata Holcomb and Nettie Holcomb, both of Cincinnati and Evelyn Patterson of Detroit; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the residence, 1360 Asbell Road,
Irwinton. Whipple & Allen Funeral Home, Toomsboro, has charge of arrangements.
Myrtle Stewart
Survivors include her son Charles A. Stewart of Athens; grandchildren Lisa Hill of Athens, Cynthia Dillard of Montgomery, Ala., Christ Stewart of Monroe and Drake Stewart of Snellville; and five great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Sammons Funeral
Home, Soperton. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Poplar Springs
United Methodist Church, Adrian.
Howard Wagner
STEWART, Mary Lucille: 75, of 179 Fox Road, died Thursday, May 31, 2001.
Services were held Saturday, June 2, 2001, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of
Hart's Mortuary with the Reverends Jimmy Corbitt and Jeff Morrow officiating.
Burial was in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. Hart's Mortuary had charge
of arrangements.
PINKHAM, Mrs. Martha Davidson Goldwire Fellows: 83, of Salisbury, N.C., died Saturday, June 2, 2001, at 6:12 a.m. at Rowan Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born Dec. 12, 1917, in Macon, Ga., daughter of the late Mattie Mae Mitchell Davidson and the late George D. Davidson. She was educated in the Bibb County schools. Her career covered many phases of food service, including working at Parrish Bakery, owner of Jay's Restaurant, which she purchased in 1979, and later retiring from Eddie's Deli, which was owner by her daughter Martha Bostian and the late Bill Bostian. She was a member of Milford Hills Baptist Church and the Salisbury Moose Lodge, where she enjoyed socializing with friends and playing a game of bingo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Oulton Pinkham, in 1982, and a daughter, Arlene Foster, in 1995. A granddaughter, Jeanie Head, also preceded her in death. She is survived by sons Charles L. Fellows and Clarence B. Fellows Jr., both of Salisbury; daughters Joann Gaither of Woodleaf, N.C., Virginia Kraemer of Piscataway, N.J., Clarise Spires of Hickory, N.C., Sharon Sealey of Charlotte, N.C., Claire Snider of Richmond, Va., and Martha Bostian and Debbie Mesimer Insley, both of Salisbury. She is also survived by two brothers Jim Davidson of Jupiter, Fla., and Joe Davison of Macon; two sisters Frances Davis of Macon and Betty Emory of Atlanta. Surviving grandchildren are Ricky Foster, Christine Henderson, Richard Gaither, Stephen Martone, Jackie Martone, Crystal Denny, Chanda Antoon, Chad Bostian, Monica Bostian, Michael Snider, Seth Snider, Dallas Mesimer, Dakotah Insley, Christopher Goff, Derrek Goff and Chad Insley. Eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild also survive. A brother, Buddy Davison of New York state, preceded her in death as did two sisters, Claire Sikes and Marion Dykes, both of Macon. "Martha's love of life and gentleness touched all who knew her. She freely shared her happiness and her laughter and was a gift to us all. During her final illness, her strength of spirit banished sadness and fear and sustained her family and friends." A memorial service celebrating her life will be at 1 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2001, at James C. Lyerly Chapel conducted by the Rev. Carroll Robinson, pastor of Lebanon Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the family plot of City Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C. Visitation will be held 7-8:30 p.m. today at Lyerly Funeral Home, 515 S. Main St., Salisbury, N.C. At other times, the family will be at the residence of a daughter, Debbie Mesimer Insley, 106 Yorkshire Drive, Salisbury, N.C. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 5315 Greenbrook Drive, Charlotte, N.C. 28205. FLEMING, Louise Lary: 88, formerly of Vineville Christian Towers, Macon, died June 1, 2001, at a local hospital. Services: 2 p.m. Monday, graveside, in Riverside Cemetery, main gate. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. today at Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue. The family will be at the residence of Betty Lary, 1220 Newberg Ave., Macon. Born in Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Fleming was the daughter of the late Evan Howell and Ethel Marbury Forbes. She was the widow of Horry P. Fleming. Mrs. Fleming was retired from C&S National Bank and was a member of Vineville Presbyterian Church. She was a past president of America's Secretaries Club. Mrs. Fleming was preceded in death by a son, James Robert Lary Jr. Survivors: one son Howell Lary of Alpharetta, Ga.; two daughters-in-law Wanda Lary of Alpharetta and Betty Lary of Macon; six grandchildren Joe Lary of Conyers, Kyle Moody of Logansville, Ryan Moody of Alpharetta, Tami Tolson of Macon, Betsy Cape of Macon and Jimbo Lary of Macon; eight great-grandchildren Adam Lary, Tyler Lary, Katelyn Moody, Blake Tolson, Ricki Tolson, Kacie Cape, Jayme Lary and Jacob Lary. Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue, has charge of arrangements. |