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Mrs. Estella
K. (Granny) McGaha, age 69, of Blairsville passed away on Sunday, April
24,
2005 in the
Surviving
Mrs. MaGaha are four daughters and three sons-in-law, Mary and Roger
Weaver,
Alice Ballard, Susie and Jerry Cheek, and Minnie Jane and Joe Williams
all of
Blairsville; two sons and daughter-in-law, Freddie and Pat McGaha, of
Blairsville, Charles and Angie McGaha of Murphy; three sisters, Effie
Davis of
College Grove, OR, Libby Mashburn and Irene Abernathy both of Murphy,
five
brothers, Luther and Edwin Abernathy both of Charlotte, NC, Bruce and
David
Abernathy of Murphy, Henry Abernathy of Hayesville, fifteen
grandchildren, many
other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held on
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Rev.
Charles Burwell Clarke III, age 27, of
Surviving
Mr. Clarke are his father, Charles B. Clarke Jr., step mother, Karolyn
Clarke
both of Blairsville; mother, Joan Barrow; grandmother, Deloris Clarke
of
Blairsville; step sister, Danniel Palacios of Blairsville; aunt, Linda
S.
Blanton of
Memorial
services will be held on
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
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Mr.
Watson Benjamin Dyer, age 103, of
A native
of
Survivors
include a sister, Desma Frances Dyer of
Educated
in
Mr. Dyer
was forty-two years of age when he joined the U.S. Navy in World War
II. His
major service was on the USS Bushnell, a submarine tender, which
traveled
between
He was a
member of Sons of the American Revolution, and a mason.
He was a member of
His work
included bookkeeping in
Prior to
his retirement and following, he pursued his keen interest in genealogy
which
led him to produce five books of family history on the Dyer, Souther,
Collins,
Jackson, Ingram and related families.
All are now out of print but are in genealogy libraries
throughout GA
and elsewhere. He and Mrs. Dyer were
founding members of the Northwest Georgia Historical and Genealogical
Society. He served as president for 16
years and he and Mrs. Dyer edited and produced the Society’s quarterly
publication. He was active in the
Dyer-Souther Heritage Association and attended yearly reunions in July
through
2002. Unable to travel the distance from
Cave Spring to Blairsville, he missed the 2003 and 2004 gatherings.
Funeral
services were conducted at the chapel of the Lester Litesey Funeral
Home in
Interment
was in the Aargon, GA city cemetery with military honors by the Polk
County, GA
Honor Guard.
Those
wishing to make gifts in Mr. Dyer’s memory may contribute to the
Dyer-South
Heritage Association Cemetery Fund which provides care for the
The
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Mrs.
Alice Ostrander, age 75, of the
Surviving
Mrs. Ostrander are one son and daughter in law, Thomas and Nancy Taylor
of
A
memorial service will be held at a later date and will be announced. Interment will follow in the Bushnell, FL
National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers if
you wish, the family requests that memorials may be made to the Macon
County
Humane Society in Mrs. Ostranders memory.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.
The
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Services
for Thomas Coke Penland of Thomasville are at
This
notice courtesy of Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville.