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Mr. Tom Kehr, age 68, of
Mr. Kehr was born in
Surviving are his wife, Marita, of
Blairsville, GA: daughter: Debra Ann
Kehr, of Blairsville; son and daughter-in-law, Karl Richard “Rick” and Leslie
Kehr, of Montgomery, AL; brother, Edwin Grant Kehr, of State College,
Pennsylvania; sister: Shirley J. Steinninger, of Oaks, Pennsylvania; and
granddaughter, Amy Patrice Kehr, of Maryville, Tennessee; many other relatives
and friends also survive.
Funeral services were held in
Blairsville on
In lieu of flowers, if you wish,
memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Blairsville Debt Retirement Fund,
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs.
Annie Mae Paris Register, age 96, of Sunset Dr., Young Harris, passed away on
Monday, June 25, 2001 in the Lanier Park Hospital in Gainesville following an
extended illness. Mrs. Register was born
on
Surviving
Mrs. Register are two daughters and sons-in-law: Rita Ann and Joseph Miller of Houston, TX,
Barbara Jane and Robert Lofgren of Golden, CO; one brother: H.D. Paris of
Hiawassee; eight grandchildren: Linda
Cloud, Kerry Morby, Richard, Terryl Ann, and Robert D. Lofgren, Kristi Wysocki,
Fred Register III, and Deidre Gaskill; many other relatives and friends also
survive.
Funeral
services were held on
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements.
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Mrs. Ruby Little Twiggs, age 80, of
Mrs. Twiggs was born in
Survivors include a daughter: Sarah Rebecca Carroll, of Sharpsburg, GA;
brother and sister-in-law, James Guy and Anna Lee Thomas Little, of Evening
Shade, Arkansas; six grandchildren and their spouses: Richard and Andrea Thompson, of Sharpsburg;
Mike and Starr Thompson, of Signal Mountain, TN; Derek and Denise Carroll of
Peachtree City, GA; Danny and Angie Carroll, of Fairburn, GA; Pat and Jimmy
Gilbert of Florilla, GA; and Lisa Carroll, of Florida; nine
great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral services were
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.
The
Blairsville, GA
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Mr. David Benjamin Lyon, age 91, of
Blairsville, GA. formerly of Ballground, GA. passed away Thursday, July 5,
2001, in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.
Mr. Lyon was born in Cherokee
County, NC. on Saturday, September 11, 1909, a son of the late John Marion Lyon
and Dora Hendrix Lyon. Mr. Lyon was a
retired farmer and cabinet builder and had lived in Blairsville for the past
three years, coming from Ballground, GA. where he had lived most of his
life. He was a 25 year member of Soil
Conservation Service and a committee member of the Cherokee County Democratic
Party. Mr. Lyon was a member of
Chalcedonia Baptist Church in Canton, GA.
He is survived by his loving wife of
66 years, Leona Little Lyon, of Blairsville; and daughter Sheryl Lyon Johns, of
Dacula, GA; six grandchildren: Barbara
Sweet of Ballground, Tommy Sweet of Chatsworth, GA; David Sweet, of Houschton,
GA; Susie Sweet, of Boston, Massachusetts; Jasen Johns, of Atlanta; and Anda
Johns Mason, of Frederick, Maryland; two great grandchildren also survive: Jayson Sweet and Andrew Sweet, along with
many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Friday,
July 6, 2001, at 2 p.m. from Pleasant Hill Christian Church in Ballground with
Rev. Glen Roark officiating. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers:
David and Tommy Sweet, and Jayson Sweet and Jasen Johns. Interment was in Pleasant Hill Christian
Church Cemetery.
The family suggest, that if desired,
memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, % Sue Upchurch, 4344 Mulky
Gap Road, Blairsville, GA 30512.
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville
in charge of arrangements.
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Von H. Cunningham, 80, of Young
Harris, GA. died Friday, June 29, 2001 in Chatuge Regional Nursing Home.
He was a native of Clay County, but
had lived in Young Harris since 1954. He
was a son of the late Clyde and Effie Mae Byers Cunningham. He had served in the U. S. Army during WWII,
and was a member of the Hayesville VFW Post #6812, and the D.A.V. He was a member of Old Brasstown Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his wife of 53
years. Mary (Georgie) Cunningham of
Young Harris, GA; two sons: Mike
Cunningham of Suwannee, GA. and Ray Cunningham of Alpharetta, GA; one
sister: Zadie McCall of Douglasville,
GA; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held at 11
a.m., Monday, July 2 at Old Brasstown Baptist Church with Revs. Billy Stiles
and Jimmy Rogers officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery with military graveside rites conducted by the American
Legion Post #96, DAV Chapter #73 and VFW Post #10222. Pallbearers were: Cecil Cheek, Derwin Adkins, Esco Wimpey,
Ernie Gibson, Lonnie Marcus and Perry Nichols.
Honorary Pallbearers were: Robert
Hafner, John Allen, Howard Mann and Albert Biladeau.
The
family requests memorials may be made to Old Brasstown Baptist Church, Murphy
Highway, Young Harris, GA. 30582 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, Western NC
Chapter, 3 Louisiana Ave., Asheville, NC. 28806
Ivie Funeral Home, Hayesville, was
in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs. Eugenia Kidd Rosander, age 85,
of Young Harris, GA passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2001 following a brief
illness. She was born September 4, 1915
in Lavonia, GA., a daughter of the late Charles Alexander Kidd and the late
Ruth Magill Kidd. She was the widow of
Richard Rosander. She was preceded in
death by husbands, Woodrow Crawford and William H. Champion and a brother,
Charles Alexander Kidd, Jr. Mrs.
Rosander was a member of Sharp Memorial United Methodist church. For many years she was an active volunteer
with the Towns County Chamber of Commerce.
She is survived by a daughter Shelley Steele Champion of Greenville, SC;
a son, William H. Champion of Jacksonville, FL; three grandchildren: W. Andrew Arnold, Sharon Arnold Kitsos, Brian
E. Arnold and three great grandchildren.
Also surviving are a sister Blanche Kidd Sewell of Atlanta, GA and a
sister-in-law Frances Bradford Kidd of Lavonia, GA.
Funeral services were held Monday,
July 9, 2001 at 1 p.m. from Sharp Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev.
John Kay officiating. Interment was in
the Laurel Hills Memory Garden. In lieu
of flowers memorials may be made to Sharp Memorial United Methodist Church
Building Fund, Young Harris, GA 30582.
Banister Funeral Home of Hiawassee
in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs. Mary Will Hunt Phillips, age
90, of Hiawassee, GA. passed away Thursday, July 5, 2001 following a brief period
of declining health. She was born in
Young Harris, GA. on July 18, 1019, the daughter of the late Joel Garnie and
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Hunt. After Mary
will finished high school in 1927 and Young Harris College in 1929, she taught
in the Young Harris Elementary School.
She married Lawrence M. “Short” Phillips on October 1, 1943, and assumed
the duties of wife and mother to two small boys. She continued teaching and attended
University of Georgia on Weekends and in the summer and received her B.S. in
Education in 1953 and then a M. Ed. In 1961.
After 16 years of classroom teaching, she became Towns County’s first
visiting teacher, a role she continued for 26 years. While serving in this capacity, she
encountered many children who could not attend school for lack of clothing,
shoes and supplies. She always made sure
these needs were met. She was
instrumental in beginning the first two Special Education classes in Towns County
and arranging for the first school nurse who administered immunizations in all
the twelve county schools. In 1963, Mary
Will began her own campaign toward a head Start program for Towns County, which
became a reality in 1964. In 1971, she
helped establish the Towns County Retired Education Association (TCREA), of
which she became the second president and was an outstanding leader in numerous
capacities. Upon her retirement, she
spent her time working with her beautiful flowers, traveling, playing tennis
and operating the This-n-That Gift and Antique Shoppe. Mary Will was also an active ember of Old
Union Baptist Church where she served and held various offices in the WMU and
taught in the children’s departments for many years. She was a charter member and first president
of Friendship Community Clubhouse. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence M. “Short” Phillips; son,
Douglas Phillips, brother, T. J. Hunt; sister, Ethel Aline Perry. Survivors include one son and
daughter-in-law, Morris and Loyce Phillips of Hiawassee, GA; daughter-in-law,
Evalee Phillips of Woodstock, GA; one sister, Ettie Marie Baggett of
Scottsboro, AL; and one brother and sister-in-law, Joel “Scud” and Faye Hunt of
Santa Rosa Beach, FL; grandchildren:
Dwayne, David and Steven Phillips of Hiawassee, GA; Marsha McClure of
Athens, GA; Larry Phillips of Sharpsburg, GA; Reggie Phillips of Hiawassee, GA;
Shawn Phillips of Woodstock, GA; Regina Davis and Joy Tibbs of Canton, GA;
great-grandchildren: Blake, Megan,
Dillon and Evan Phillips of Hiawassee, GA; Sarah and Alex McClure of Athens,
GA; Josh and Christy Phillips of Woodstock, GA; Christopher Phillips of
Blairsville, GA; Taylor Davis and Jeremy Hodge of Canton, GA;
great-great-grandchildren: Astin Hodge
of Canton, GA; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Saturday, July
7, 2001, at 2 p.m. from the Old Union Baptist Church with the Rev. John Kay and
the Rev. Jimmy Rogers officiating.
Interment was in Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dwayne Phillips, David
Phillips, Steven Phillips, Larry Phillips, Reggie Phillips, Terry Phillips, and
Shawn Phillips. Banister Funeral Home of
Blairsville in charge of arrangements.
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Mr. Billy Ray Brown, age 45, of
Young Harris, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2001 in the Union General Hospital
following an extended illness. Mr. Brown
was born on Feb 3, 1956 in Towns County, the son of the late Ray Brown and
Geneva McClure Brown. He was a Towns
County native. He was preceded in death
by his father Ray Brown in 1991 and by one brother, Gary Brown in 2001. Mr. Brown was of the Baptist Faith.
Surviving Mr. Brown are his mother,
Geneva Brown of Young Harris; two sisters:
Betty Totherow of Young Harris, and Jennifer Elliott of Blairsville; one
brother; Larry Brown of Young Harris; many other relatives and friends also
survive.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at 2 p.m. from the Zion United Methodist Church with
Rev. Victory McVay and Rev. Sam Nichols officiating. Special music was presented by Charlotte
Young and Linda Davenport. The following
gentlemen served as pallbearers: Kenneth
Pickelsimer, Timm Ingram, Hines Hooper, Terry Ingram, Ray Groves, and Tom
McVay. Interment followed in the Brown
Family Cemetery in Young Harris.
Mountain View Funeral Home of
Blairsville in charge of arrangements.