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Myrtle
Mae West Howard, age 94, Blairsville, GA and Clay County, NC, died
Sunday,
September 14, 1996 in a Towns County Georgia hospital.
She was a
native of Denver Co. Colorado but had lived most
of her life in the Knoxville area before returning to Blairsville, GA
seven
years ago. She had worked at Millers
Department Store as a gift wrapper. She
was a member of Liberty Baptist Church.
She was the daughter of the late Isaac Marshall and Texana Pack
West. She was preceded in death by her
husband James Otis Howard.
She is
survived by one daughter; Ruth Jeanette Campbell, of
Clay County, NC, four sisters: Geneva Boring, of Liberty, NC, Ruth
Cobb, of
Gastonia, NC, Grace Williams, of Blairsville, GA and Alice Tate of
Gastonia,
NC. One grandchild,
Reva Jo Payne, two great grandchildren, Timothy Lee Payne and Ami
Elizabeth
Payne Burr and three great-great grandchildren; Christopher Jonathan
Burr,
Elizabeth Anne Payne and Catherine Jo Burr.
A graveside
service and burial was held Tuesday, September 17, 1996 at 11 a.m. at
the
Liberty Community Cemetery in Cherokee Co., NC.
The Rev. William “Sonny” Payne officiated.
Townson
Rose Funeral Home in Murphy, NC was in charge of arrangements.
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Mr.
Sim c. Ballard, age 70, of Hiawassee, GA, passed away Thursday
September 12,
1996 in Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee, GA.
Mr. Ballard was born August
27, 1926 in Union County, a son of the late Fred M. and Beulah Mae
Shuler
Ballard. Mr. Ballard was a well known
musician, and hosted his own T.V. program.
He was a World War II U. S. Army Veteran and a member of Woods
Grove
Baptist Church.
Survivors
include his wife, Margie Ballard of the home; children, Sue Ellen
Ballard
Brewer of Hayesville, NC, Carson Steve Ballard of Gainesville, GA,
Clayton
Ballard of Lawrenceville, GA, Sadie Ballard McElroy of Gainesville, GA,
Roxann
Ballard of Hayesville, NC, Jeannie Ballard McMillan of Gainesville, GA,
Connie
Arlene Ballard Pressley of Gainesville, GA, Stan Ballard of
Murrayville, GA;
step-son Jimmy Wayne McKinney of Hiawassee, GA; brothers James Ballard
of Young
Harris, GA and William Hunnicutt of Hayesville, NC; sisters Ruby
Rhinehart of
Young Harris, GA and Ruth Rogers of Peachtree, NC; sixteen
grandchildren and
eleven great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held Saturday September 14, 1996 at 2 p.m. from the
Chapel of
Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Ledford and Rev. Chris Anderson
officiating. Music
was by the Masters Trio and Bobby
Taylor. Pallbearers were Tony Pressley,
Timothy Pressley, Terrell Foster, Johnny McElroy, Jeff Allison and
Michael
Garrett. Interment was in Macedonia
Baptist Cemetery.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Hiawassee, GA was in charge of arrangements.
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mrs. omie elizabeth johnson worthy
Mrs. Omie Elizabeth Johnson Worthy, 77, of
Blairsville, Georgia passed away Friday, September 13, 1996 in Union
General
Hospital in Blairsville.
Mrs.
Worthy was born in Randolph County, Alabama on December
10, 1918, a daughter of the late Marvin Johnson and Sally hale Johnson. Mrs. Worthy had just moved to the Blairsville
area recently, coming from Phenix City, Alabama. She
was of the Protestant faith.
Surviving
are daughters, Sarah M. Stewart and Shirley Gail Farmer, both of
Blairsville;
son, Bill Pendergrass of Jacksonville, FL; and son, Rudy Pendergrass of
Phenix
City, Alabama; sister and brother in law, Nona Mae and William Sr.
Kendricks,
of Phenix City; 24 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren, and several
nieces
and nephews also survive.
Mrs.
Worthy’s daughter, Sarah M. Stewart and her husband Harold are the
owners and
founders of the Stewart Community Home in Columbus, GA, a nonprofit
Congregate
Care Home, which began in 1976.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Worthy were held locally on Sunday, September 15,
1996 at 2
p.m. from Liberty Baptist Church with Rev. Brent Chatham officiating.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
was in charge of local
arrangements.