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Family
and friends mourn the passing of Juliette McIntire Shaner, age 75, of
Blairsville,
GA on April 4, 2009 of cancer. Mrs.
Shaner grew up in Hagerstown, MD. She
earned an Associate in Arts degree from Hagerstown Community College. She graduated from Hood College in Frederick,
MD, with a Liberal Arts degree, and received a Masters of Library
Science
degree from Carnegie Mellon Library School in Pittsburgh, PA. She was a children’s librarian in Silver
Spring, MD. The Shaners lived in
Atlanta, GA and retired to Blairsville a number of years ago, and
recently
celebrated their 50th Wedding anniversary in September, 2008. Mrs. Shaner was an active volunteer for the
Friends of the Union County Library.
Mrs.
Shaner is survived by husband Gordon Wesley Shaner and
two children: son, John Wesley Shaner of Ocoee, TN, and daughter,
Margaret
Shaner Gardner of Canton, GA. She was
preceded in death by her fraternal twin sister, Lucy Whetmore Hill, of
Parkersburg, WV. Other survivors include
two brothers: Robert McIntire and his wife Carol, of Cape May
Courthouse, NJ,
and George McIntire and his wife Marie of Abington, MD, as well as
several
nieces and a nephew. She has three
grandchildren: Allyson and Mason Shaner of Ocoee, TN and Elena Gardner
of
Canton, GA.
A
memorial service was held on the afternoon of Wednesday,
April 8, 2009. In lieu of flowers, the
family requests memorial gifts be made to the Friends of the Union
County
Library in Blairsville, GA.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Mrs.
Winnie Ruth Holden Maynard age 66 of Groves Mtn., Blairsville formerly
of
Toccoa, GA, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at her home
following an
extended illness. Mrs. Maynard was born on
Aug. 28, 1942
in Clayton, GA, the daughter of the late Tisha Holden.
Mrs. Maynard was a member of the Blairsville
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Surviving
Mrs. Maynard are her loving husband, Silas Maynard
of Blairsville, one son, Belton K. Moore of Baltimore, MD, daughter and
son-in-law, Sonya and Duane Chandler of Nottingham, PA, two
step-daughters and
sons-in-law, Carla and Jim Cochran of Nottingham, PA, Kimberly and
Randy Little
of Quarryville, PA, one step-son and daughter-in-law, David Kevin and
Kathryn
Maynard of Peach Bottom, PA, eleven grandchildren, many other relatives
and
friends also survive.
A memorial
service was held on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 6 p.m. from the Kingdom
Hall of
Jehovah’s Witness with Wayne Visage officiating. In
lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests
that memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in memory of
Mrs.
Maynard.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Mrs.
Alice May Rector age 73 of Sunset Drive Edmond, OK, formerly of
Blairsville
passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 in the Deaconess Hospital in
Oklahoma
City, OK following an extended illness. Mrs.
Rector was born on Aug. 31, 1935 in Dinuba, CA, the daughter of the
late Roy
Williamson and the late Dorothy Borton Williamson.
She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother
and great grandmother. Mrs. Rector was a
member of the Sunset Heights Baptist Church.
Surviving Mrs.
Rector are three daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Dennis Wooten
of
Amarillo, TX, Linda and Mike Hickey of Jacksonville Beach, FL, Nancy
and
Charlie Snyder of Taft, CA, four sisters and two brothers-in-law, June and Eston Nichols of Sieravista, CA,
Dixie Shockley of Hot Springs, AR, Merry Flynn of Charlotte, NC,
Margaret
Elaine and Don Lacy of Clovis, CA, eight grandchildren, Tausha,
Rebecca,
Brandy, Jennifer, Nick, Nichole, Nathaniel and Christopher; ten great
grandchildren: Lacey, Danisha, Trevor, Jerome, Mercedes, Christian,
Alexxia,
Curtis, Lexus and Jonah; many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Sunday, April 5,
2009 at 3 p.m. from the New Union
Baptist Church with the Rev. Harrison Bradley officiating.
Special music was presented by Josh Dills. The
following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Dennis Wooten, NICK Wooten, James Bradley, Brian Payne,
Nathan
Burnette and Keith Payne. The family met
with friends at the funeral home on Saturday evening from 6-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family
requests
that memorials may be made to the New Union Baptist Church in memory of
Mrs.
Rector.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Mr.
Claxton
Dewey Townsend age 64 of Owltown Rd., Blairsville passed away on
Monday, April
6, 2009 in the Union General Hospital in Blairsville following an
extended
illness. Mr. Townsend was born on Dec.
16, 1944 in Union County, the son of the late James Dillard Townsend
and the
late Carrie Reese Townsend. Claxton was
a native and lifelong resident of Union County.
He was a brickmason by trade for many years.
He was preceded in death by two brothers,
Herbert and Wayne Townsend, two sisters, Barbara Dalton and Gwendolen
Virginia
Townsend. Claxton was a loving husband,
father, brother and grandfather.
Surviving
Mr. Townsend are his loving wife of thirty-two years, Nancy Whitt
Townsend of
Blairsville, two sons and one daughter-in-law, Keith and Laura Townsend
Rosser
of Alpharetta, C.J. Townsend of Blairsville, one daughter and
son-in-law,
Nichole and Chris Churchill of Blairsville, two sisters and one
brother-in-law,
Katie Cooper of Blairsville, Maxine and Louie Hughes of Young Harris,
one
brother, Denny Townsend of Woodstock, three grandchildren, Emily, Davis
and
Thomas Rosser, many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 2 p.m. from the
Mountain View
Chapel with the Rev. Stacy Dyer and Rev. Bob Bone officiating. Special music was presented by John Nix, Ken
Young, Edward Mashburn and Bobby Saxon. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers, George Wilson, Michael
Whitmire,
Ricky Sullivan, Dustin Townsend, Mickey Ensley and Bobby Dalton. Interment followed in the Shady Grove
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Mary
Jo Daniel passed away on March 1, 2009.
Born in Blairsville, GA, on September 4, 1924, she was the
daughter of
Bynum and Ellen Patterson Walker. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Ray.
She is survived by her four children, Barb Hanna, Patsy (Allan)
Myers,
Danny Daniel and Tommy (Veronika) Daniel; sisters, June Brown, Louise
McAfee
and Maxine Walker; nine grandchildren, Jim (Amy) Pace, Kim (Alex)
Mascioli,
Zac, Josh, Nick, Jen, Faith, Raymond and Jud Daniel; six
great-grandchildren,
Alexandria, Taylor, Renee and Tabitha Pace, Amara and Ramia Mascioli.
Mary Jo
was a wonderful wife, mother, mother-in-law,
grandmother and sister. Her love for her
family had no boundaries. She loved
their visits, their phone calls, or just hearing about what was
happening with
them.
She was
the type of person that made others want to do
things for her.
She loved
to always be on the go, whether it be local travel
with her friend Nettie Skeens or overnight travel with her daughters,
sisters
and special friend Donna Grace. As she
was traveling she always had her “wordsearch” and cell phone with her. That way she could pass away tine and keep in
touch with her family while traveling.
But she was always happy to return home, where she enjoyed her
bird
feeders, her summertime flowers and seeing Raymond and Jud who lived
next door.
She
helped Barb start Kozmic Korner Preschool and was
Director there for over 16 years. The
children attending preschool loved seeing her and giving/receiving her
hugs. Parents were comforted to know
that “Miss Jo’ was there to take care of their precious children. They knew their children were not only safe
but surrounded by her love.
Mary Jo
attended New Hope Chapel in Canal Fulton and in earlier
years was a top salesperson of Avon. She
won many awards, including all the appliances in her home.
As Josh
recently wrote her, on a scale from 1-10, how much
do I love you? He said a ten, but I
think all of us would agree there is no number great enough to describe
our
love for her. We will miss her so much.
Funeral
service was on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 1 p.m. at the Schermesser
Funeral
Home, 600 E. Turkeyfoot Lake road (Route 619 in Green), with Reverend
Ken
Morrison officiating. Interment was in
East Liberty Cemetery.
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flora nelle nicholson (nick) price
Mrs.
Flora Nelle Nicholson (Nick) Price,
86, died Easter morning, April 12, in her Blairsville home. Born Thanksgiving day,
November 30, 1922, she was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. James
M. Nicholson; her siblings, Frank, Barbara Ruth, and George; her
husband,
Thomas Edward Price; and son, Leon Price.
A Union
County resident for most of her life and
salutatorian of Union County High School, Mrs. Price was born in
Harrogat, TN,
graduating from Carson-Newman College in 1943.
The majority of her vocational life was spent at Life of Georgia
where
she was employed as the company’s first traveling cashier, working as
quality
control over the North and Southeastern offices. Later,
after marrying Edd Price in 1953, she
worked at Union County hardware and as bookkeeper to several local
mercantile
businesses. Later, with the help of
family, she opened her home-based craft store, Handcrafts by Price,
where she
sold a variety of original hand-crafted items.
She also wrote and published works of poetry and is featured in
Barbara
R. Sampson’s, her sister’s, chapbook published in 2000 with her poem
entitled
“Homecoming’ with the poignant ending life of”. .. That you have come
back safe
again is gift enough for me.”
Nick, as
she is lovingly remembered, is survived by her
nieces, Barbara Freeman and Sylvia Sampson-Haney; daughter, Peggy Price
Deyton;
son-in-law, Don Deyton; daughter-in-law, Pat Price; grandchildren,
Elisa Black,
Christopher Price, Cara Varnell, and Kristen Waters; nieces and
nephews, Wes
Freeman, Rhonda Kirkland, Ashley Haney, Jarrod Freeman, and Ryan
Freeman; and
six great-grandchildren, Alan Black, Natalie Varnell, Olivia Varnell,
Sophia
Varnell, Eli Waters, and Nathan Waters; and other family and friends.
A
memorial service is planned for Saturday, April 18, at 1
p.m. at the Mountain View Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends on Saturday from noon to 1 p.m.
at the
funeral home. Flowers are accepted; or
in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Union County Humane
Society’s
Mountain Shelter in her memory.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.