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Mr. Lum
O. Brown, 88, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Monday, May 6, 1996
at his
home.
Mr. Brown
was born on June 5, 1907, in Union County, Georgia,
a son of the late Sherman Brown and Alice Berry Brown.
He was a farmer and lifelong resident of this
area. Mr. Brown was a member of Coosa
Methodist Church. Mr. Brown was preceded
in death by two daughters; Kathy Brown, and Brenda Brown, and a son,
Wayne
Brown.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Bennie Fortenberry Brown, of the home; nine
children:
daughters-Florence Winkler, Velma Harkins, Clara Dyer and Bonnie
Henderson, of
Blairsville and Shirley Burnett of Gainesville, GA; sons-Robert Brown
of
Smyrna, GA, Joe Brown of Blairsville, Lum Brown, Jr., of Marietta, and
Jack
Brown of Blairsville; 25 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren, and
five great,
great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held on Wednesday, May 8, 1996 at 2 p.m., from the chapel
of the
funeral home with Reverend Horace Potts and Reverent Eugene Holder
officiating. Special music was presented
by Willaree Davenport,
Ned Wilcoxon, and Lewis Smith. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Herbert Hedden, Terry
Hedden,
William Winkler, James Harkins, Ernie Harkins, Tim Brown, Anthony
Brown, and
Doug brown. Serving as honorary escort
to the family were John Franklin Brown and Clyde Helton.
Interment was held at Coosa Methodist Church
Cemetery.
The
family met with friends at the funeral home on
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville was in charge
of the arrangements.
The
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Mr.
Roland
Barnes, Jr., age 64, of Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, May 30, in
the Fannin
Regional Hospital following an extended illness. He
was a native on Union County, son of the
late Roland and Rushie Plott Barnes. He
was a member of the Blairsville United Methodist Church.
He was also a member of the Blue Ridge
Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite Temple and the Yaarab Shrine Temple. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving
in the Army, and was retired as manager of the Blue Ridge Famers Market.
He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Joann Collins Barnes of the home, a son and
daughter-in-law, Daniel and Jonnie Kay Barnes of Danielsville, GA; four
daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Tommy Patterson of Gainesville,
GA, Cathy
and Richy Stansel of Pendergrass, GA, Cindy and Steve Page of
Nashville, TN,
and Mary Ann Sosebee of Blairsville; four sisters, Louise Wimpy of
Lawrenceville, GA, Lois Townsend of Blairsville, Jean Townsend of
Athens, GA,
and Betty Kilgore of Duluth, GA; 3 grandchildren, Samuel Dan Stansel,
Pam
Sosebee, and Tina Henderson, and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral
services were Saturday, June 1, at 2 p.m. from the Akins Chapel with
the Rev. Ryan
Seawright and Rev. Roger Beck officiating.
Interment was in the Old Union Cemetery in Young Harris with
Military
Honors by the North Georgia Honor Guard.
Pallbearers were James Whitner, Bill Queen, James Jones, Clinton
Collins, Eugene Kuykendall , and Dan
Crawford. Masonic services were conducted
Friday, at
7:30 p.m. by the Blue Ridge Lodge.
Akins Funeral
Home of Blue Ridge in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Willie Mae Young, 76, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday,
may 29,
1996 in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs.
Young was born September 1, 1919, in Union County, Georgia,
a daughter of the late Carl Hedden and Minnie Bell Ledford Hedden. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of
Union County. Mrs. Young was of the
Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Hubert Young, who died in 1985; a son, Tommy Joe Young;
and a
granddaughter, Sandy Anette Nicholson, who died in 1981.
Surviving are
son and daughter in law, rev. Jerry and Anna Young, of Blairsville;
daughter
and son in law, Patsy and Dougles (sic) Nicholson, of Hiawassee;
brother, ray
Hedden of Cartersville; three sisters: Glynn Coker of Canton, Ohio,
Wilma
davenport, of Blairsville, and blanche Rakestraw, of Hiawassee; half
sister,
Betty Rose Bridges, of Blairsville; four grandchildren, Ken Nicholson,
of
Hiawassee, Becky Dyer, Debbie Young, and Patty Joe Young, all of
Blairsville;
three great grandchildren, Ciji Annette Nicholson, Colt Dyer, and
Callie Ann
Dyer, also survive.
Funeral
services were held Friday, May 31, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the chapel of
the
funeral home with Rev. Horace Potts officiating. Special
music was presented by Ken and Elaine
Young. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Tommy Jackson, Charles Partin, Troy Dyer, Bill Beavers,
Ricky
Warren, and John Feathers. Interment was
in Union Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Cochran Funeral Home of
Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mr. Fred
Bentel, 81, of Blairsville, Georgia passed, away at May 31, 1996 in
Union
General Hospital in Blairsville
Mr. Bentel was born June
24, 1914, in Martin County, Florida, a son of the late Karl Herman
Bentel and
Alice Beville Bentel. He worked for
Green’s Department Store as salesman and manager for forty years in
Stuart,
Florida. Mr. Bentel had lived in
Blairsville since 1990, coming here from Stuart. He
was an ordained deacon and has served as a
Sunday School teacher for many years in the
Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Jean Bentel, of Blairsville;
son and daughter in law, Karl Herman and Judy Bentel, of Stuart,
Florida; son,
John Arthur Bentel, of Washington, DC; and son and daughter in law,
Mark
Robbins and Maria Bentel, of Stuart. Six
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held Monday, June 3, 1996 at 2 p.m. from First Baptist
Church of
Blairsville with Rev. Danny Parris officiating.
Special music was presented by The Silver Tones, of First
Baptist
Church. The following gentlemen served
as pallbearers, Robert Gray, Jesse Robbins, Bob Hawks, Neal Moon, John
Turner,
and George Williams. Members of the Tom
Collins Sunday School Class served as honorary escort to the family.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge
of arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Carrie
F. Lance, 88, of Hiawassee, formerly of Blairsville, Georgia,
passed away Friday, May 31, 1996
in Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee.
Mrs.
Lance was born on Clay County, North Carolina, a
daughter of the late Burton Ford and Nellie Gorman Ford.
She was a lifelong resident of this area and
was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Lance had
been preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Ed Lance, in 1986, and a son
James
Ford Lance.
Surviving
are step mother, Nora Ford, of Hiawassee; nephews, Gene Davis of
Nipomo,
California and terry Burton Davis, of Hiawassee; and nieces, Susan
Davis Bright
of Athens, Georgia, and Karen Davis Ditmore, of Dawsonville, Georgia. many other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral
services were held Monday June 3, 1996 at 3 p.m. from the chapel of the
funeral
home with Rev. Horace Potts officiating.
Special music was presented by Ken and Elaine Young. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers, Ernest Gibson, Larry Ford, Homer Nix, Lawson Kimsey, Paul
Smith
and Howard Cunningham. Interment was in
Union Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of in charge
of arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
Bertha Mae Seabolt Reece, 84, of Mariette, Georgia, formerly of
Blairsville,
Georgia, died Wednesday, May 29, 1996 in Marietta.
Mrs.
Reece, former artist, won several honors for her
paintings and she was honored on several occasions by the Marietta
Men’s Garden
Club, as well as the Cobb County Clean City Commission for the
beautiful
landscaping of her yard. Mrs. Reece
loved flowers and nature and always tried to maintain beautiful grounds
for
everyone to enjoy.
Survivors
include her husband, Felton McClellon Reece, of Marietta; two
daughters,
Dardanella Melinda Reece Pentecost of Smyrna, Pamala Rose Reece of
Marietta and
one son, James Preston Reece of Raleigh, NC; four grandchildren, Rhonda
Patrice
Pentecost Cline of Hiram, Georgia, Sonja Denise Pentecost Atenham, and
Ricky
Darren Pentecost, both of Marietta and Jonathan Preston Reece of
Raleigh, NC;
four grandchildren, Kristina Nicole Cline, and Candice Elizabeth Cline
of
Hiram; Gwendolyn Elanine Reece and William James Reece of Raleigh. Her family included one son in law, William
Carl “Buddy” Pentecost formerly of Alabama; one daughter in law, Glenda
Elaine
Williams Reece, of North Carolina; two grandsons in law, Christopher
Todd Cline
of Smyrna, Todd Atenham, of Colorado, two granddaughters in law, Carol
Ellis
Reece of NC, and April Glisson Pentecost of Smyrna.
Mrs. Reece is also survived by her two
sisters, Laurie Lloyd of Hiawassee and Ethel Lloyd of LaFayette,
Georgia.
Services
and burial for Mrs. Reece was held Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 2 p.m.
from Shady
Grove Methodist Church in Blairsville, with Rev. Bill Honaker
officiating. Special music was presented
by Ken and Elaine
Young. The following gentlemen served as
pallbearers: Jonathan Preston Reece, Christopher Todd Cline, William
Henry
Woody, Jr., Rickey Darren Pentecost, James Todd Atenham, and Dale
Nelson Woody.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge
of arrangements.