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Mrs.
Belle M. Brown, age 81, of Young Harris, Georgia passed away Monday,
February
15, 1999 following a period of declining health. Mrs.
Brown was born in Union County, Georgia
the daughter of Joseph Porter and Hettie Thomas Nichols.
Together with her
husband Ernest, Belle owned and operated E.L. Brown’s Mercantile and
the Young
Harris Motel in Young Harris for many years.
She is survived by her three daughters and sons-in-law: Betty
and Byron
Bledsoe of Marietta, Georgia, Kathy and Cecil Hughes of Young Harris,
Georgia,
and Sandra and Lynn Gooch of Blairsville, Georgia; her son and daughter
in law:
Billy Ray and Geraldine Brown of Young Harris, Georgia; two brothers:
Lee
Nichols of Blairsville, Georgia, and Frank Quince Nichols of Rosewell,
Georgia;
one sister, Vivian lance of Blairsville, Georgia; six grandchildren:
Belinda
Bledsoe, Kristi Conley, Joel Gooch, Kevin Brown, Nicholas and Nathan
Hughes,
and one great grandchild: Rachel Brown, and a number of nieces and
nephews. Mrs. Brown was preceded in
death by her husband Ernest L. Brown on October 20, 1997 and her
grandson
Douglas Bledsoe. Funeral services were
held on Wednesday, February 17, 1999 at 2 p.m. from the many Forks
Baptist
Church with the Rev. Horace Potts and the Rev. Jimmy Rogers officiating. Interment was in the Many Forks
Cemetery. Music was provided by: Carolyn
Bridges and the Phillips Singers.
Pallbearers were: Tim Nichols, Keith Nichols, Ray Nichols, Mike
Rowe,
Kevin, Brown, and Edward Stroup. Banister Funeral Home of Young Harris, Georgia
in charge of
arrangements.
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Mr.
Bart Winn, age 77, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Sunday,
February 14,
1999 in Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Mr. Winn
was born in Union County, Georgia, on Saturday, May 28, 1921, a son of
the late
George Winn and Ellen Shyukler Winn. He
was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and served in World War II. Mr. Winn was a lifelong resident of this
area, and was a member of Union Baptist Church.
He was also a member of The American Legion, Brown-Davis-Elliot
Woody
Post VFW, #7394.
Mr. Winn was retired form the U.S. Forestry Service.
Surviving
are his brothers, Oscar Winn and Albert Winn, both of Blairsville;
sister, Lida
Collins, of Thomasville, Georgia; several nieces, nephews, and other
relatives
and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held Thursday, February 18, 1999 at 2
p.m. from the chapel of Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, with Rev.
Stacy
Dyer, Rev. Danny Parris, and Rev. Benny Nix officiating.
Special music was presented by Neal and Patsy
Efird. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Harlie Winn, Jimmy Spiva, Michael Spiva Charles Spiva,
Wayne
Hedden, and Bluford Dyer. Serving as
honorary escort to the family was Hoyt Browning. Interment
was in Union Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs.
Lorene Kerby, age 78, of Young Harris, Georgia, passed away Thursday
February
18, 1999 at the Meadow Brook Nursing Home in Tucker, Georgia after a
period of
declining health. Mrs. Kerby was born in
Union County, Georgia, the daughter of Joe and Ida Mae Young Ash.
Surviving are
sons and daughters in law: J.C. and Betty Jo Kerby and Gainesville,
Georgia,
James Bobby and Brenda Kerby of Forest, MS, Jerry Wayne and Patricia
Kerby of
Cumming, Georgia; brothers: Harold Ash of Loganville, Georgia, R.M. Ash
of
Gainesville, Georgia, Raymond Ash of Barnesville, Georgia; sisters:
Marie
Townsend and Jenal. Gorden both of stone Mountain, Georgia, Ruby Nix of
Cleveland, Georgia, Inez of Birmingham, AL; 12 grandchildren, 14 great
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral
services were held Saturday, February
20, 1999 at 2 p.m. from the Old Union Baptist Church with the Rev.
Lester
Sutton officiating. Interment was in the
Old Union Cemetery. Mrs. Kerby’s
grandsons acted as pallbearers. Banister Funeral Home of Young Harris in charge
of arrangements.
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A
celebration of life took place at 10 a.m., February 9, 1999 at St.
Mary’s
Church for Thomas Burns, who passed away peacefully in his home with
his family
by his side February 5, 1999.
Tom was
born September 5, 1923 in Blairsville, GA.
He was called to service for WWII upon graduation of high school. Tom fought in the European African Theater in
the 179th Infantry Division, earning three bronze service stars, a good
conduct
medal, and a Purple Heart for wounds received in Anzio, Italy.
Tom came to
Taft January 1, 1948 becoming employed at Texaco, Inc.
He retired January 1, 1986 after 38 years of
service. He and his loving wife, Mary
spent 13 years doing what he enjoyed most-traveling throughout the
United states, especially the Southwest and
the East visiting
family and friends. His
favorite pastime, four days a week golfing, which he enjoyed with his
many
friends at Buena Vista Golf Course.
Other great loves of life were daily walks and fishing.
Tom is
survived by his wife, Mary of 48 years; daughters and sons in law:
Michele and
David Roark, of Santa Cruz; Kelly and Michael Houghton of Bakersfield
three
loving grandsons: Brent, mark and Blake Houghton; brothers and sisters
in law:
Hansel and Jean of Atascadero, CA; Ford and Amaryllis Burns of
Blairsville, GA;
Dale and Christine Burns of Lawrenceville, GA; sister in law, Jean
Burns of
Schoolmaker, and Rosemarie and Steve Babey of New York.
Tom will also be remembered by many nephews,
nieces, cousins and friends especially Sandra Yeargan, Walter and
Louise Wahl,
Nancy Clark, Harold and Doris Artz, jack and John Dennis and Monisgnor
Loydell
Marth of Taft.
The family
wishes to thank all the fine home health care ladies who so lovingly
cared for
Tom-Betty, Wanda, Colleen, and Kitty, Brenda and Stacy of Optimal
Hospice Care.
Pallbearers
were Walter Wahl, Harold Artz, Jack Dennis, John Dennis, David Roark
and Mike
Houghton.
In lieu of
flowers, the family requests donations be
made to
Optimal Hospice Care, PO Box 80538, Bakersfield, CA. 93380.
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Mr.
Commie M. Brown, age 84, of Young Harris, Georgia passed away
Wednesday,
February 17, 1999 following a period of declining health.
Mr. Brow was born in Union County July 10,
1914 the son of Milas and Modean Caler Brown.
Surviving are
his wife Mrs. Lassie Brown of Young Harris, Georgia, daughter Joyce
Bellingneir
of Gaithersburg, MD; sons: Dennis brown of Eatonton, Georgia, Kenneth
brown of
Dayton, OH, Edwin Brown of New Port, NC, 14 grandchildren, 1 great
grandson and
a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held Friday, February 19, 1999 at 11
a.m. from the Woods Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard
Robertson and
the Rev. Danny Burch officiating. Interment
was in the Many Forks Cemetery. Music
was provided by the church choir.
Pallbearers were: Harold King, Ross Marshall, Perry Nichols,
Frank
Dills, Jerry Kendall and Morris Neal. Banister Funeral Home of Hiawassee in charge of
arrangements.
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Mr.
Francis Paul “Spud” Spiva, age 63, of Savannah, Georgia passed away
Saturday,
February 20, 1999.
Mr. Spiva
was born in Union County on November18, 1935 a son of the late Guy Cook
and
Bessie Lee Duckworth Spiva, but had lived in Savannah for the past 25
years. He was a member of the Savannah
Area Dart Association. He was preceded
in death by sisters, Shirley Martin and Willa Mae Carlisle and
brothers, ED
Spiva and Walter Spiva.
Survivors
include: sister, Dot Spiva of Savannah, GA: brothers: John Spiva of
Canton, GA,
Leon Spiva, Ulric Spiva and Larry Spiva all of Blairsville, GA; special
family,
Sandi Aycock of Kitrell, NC, David Phillips, Connie Payton and Pat Mann
all of
Savannah, GA; many other nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held Thursday, February 23, 1999 at 2
p.m. from the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home with the Rev. James Hughes
officiating. Pallbearers were David
Phillips, Richard
Payton, Stephens Aycock, Frank Nelson, James Spiva, and Craig Griffin. Honorary pallbearers were Bob Reece and Rex
Bellew. Interment was in Shady Grove
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of
arrangements.