Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Betty Jo Moore
1931-2004
Betty Jo Hayes Moore, Athens Street, Hartwell, formally of Athens, passed away on Friday May 21, 2004. She led a beautifully fulfilling life and fought courageously but lost her battle with cancer.
A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Moore was the daughter of the late Willard Hiram and Marie Frances Hayes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Lamar Moore; brothers William George 'Jake' Hayes; Emmitt Donald Hayes and Charles Edward Hayes and sister Mary Sybil Nixon. Mrs. Moore was a member of the Athens Country Club, The Cateechee Golf Club of Hartwell, past member of the Wednesday Bridge Club and the Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club; past member of the Hartwell Garden Club and a member of the Abundant Life Baptist Church in Hartwell.
Survivors include one son Jimmy Moore, Hartwell; sisters Gertrude Morris, Athens; Wilda Lord, Watkinsville and Elizabeth Burrell, Watkinsville and a number of nieces and nephews. Also surviving are 'adopted daughter' Brenda Spears of Hartwell and 'adopted son' Joey Tucker of Athens.
Funeral services will be held at 1PM Tuesday at Prince Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Ricketts, Rev. Ted Kelly and Coach Mark Richt officiating. iIntermentwill follow in Evergreen Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at Mrs. Moore's residence in Hartwell from 2-8PM Sunday and in Athens from 6-9PM Monday
at Bernstein Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Brian Butcher, Dick Ferguson, Mark McKinnon, Terry Patterson, Bryan Pulliam, Lenford Smith, Buddy Spears and Chad Tucker. Honorary pallbearers will be members of her Wednesday Bridge Club and Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club.
Bernstein Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy Appling Dixon
CORDELE - Funeral services for Dorothy Appling Dixon will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 10, 2006, in the sanctuary of Gethsemane Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery. The Rev. Jeff Wilson will officiate the services.
Mrs. Dixon died Monday, June 5, 2006.
The processional will be led by Rev. Wilson and a selection will be rendered by the Gethsemane Mass Choir. Prayer and Scripture will be read by the Rev. L.D. Cobb Sr. and the choir will sing another selection. Reflections will be given by family members and friends and selections will again be rendered by the choir. The family will be presented with an African-American heirloom Bible as a keepsake from the funeral home staff.
She was the daughter of the late Hosie Appling and the late Ada Waston Appling and was the widow of the late Jack Dixon. She was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Church.
Survivors include her children, Roscoe Appling, Zachery (Teresa) Appling, Marcus Harris, Terrence Harris and Devion (Olakesta) Harris all of Cordele; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele and Vienna has charge of the arrangements.
Faith Stewart Hillenbrand
1917-2004
Athens - Faith Stewart Hillenbrand, 86, died Friday, May 7, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Ga.
Mrs. Hillenbrand was born on November 10, 1917 in Tokyo, Japan, to American missionary parents, who died while she was still a girl. As the eldest of four children, she spent much of her youth in caring for her three siblings in Fort Valley, Ga. After her graduation from Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, she taught in the Georgia School System for a year. In 1941, she departed for Burma as a missionary. While in Rangoon, she met Vice Consul Martin Hillenbrand, whom she married
in June of 1942.
After Japan entered the war, she became an ambulance driver with the St. John's Ambulance Corps. During the Japanese advance on Burma, she left for Calcutta on one of the last BOAC Flying Boats to stop at Rangoon. Once in Calcutta, she managed General Stillwell's Calcutta office while he was in Assam, training Chinese forces in the hope of recapturing Burma from the Japanese.
As the wife of a Foreign Service officer, she accompanied her husband on assignment to numerous posts, including Lourenco Marques, Bremen, Washington, D.C., Paris, Berlin, Bonn and Budapest, where her husband served as the first U.S. Ambassador to the Hungarian Peoples' Republic. In 1972, her husband was assigned to West Germany as Ambassador, where Mrs. Hillenbrand fulfilled her official duties as hostess with elegance and finesse; she took these duties seriously, and set an example that was rarely equaled.
In 1976, she and her husband moved to Paris, France, where they lived for six happy years. In 1983, her husband accepted a position at the University of Georgia, and they moved to Athens, where Mrs. Hillenbrand was active in the University Women's Club, and the Wednesday Study Club. She spent much of this time traveling with her husband, and her love of gastronomy took them on several dining tours of the great restaurants of France.
Mrs. Hillenbrand is survived by her husband of nearly sixty-two years, Martin J. Hillenbrand, and by her three children, Ruth Quinet of Seattle, Washington, David Hillenbrand of Toronto, Canada and Savannah, Georgia, and John Hillenbrand of Athens, Ga., who remember her for her adventurous and rebellious spirit, her love of travel and fine dining, her garden and her dogs, her intense loyalty to her friends and family, and her generous spirit. She was the loving grandmother of Derrick Quinet, Stuart Hillenbrand, and Joseph Hillenbrand.
A memorial service will be held at two o'clock P.M. on Wednesday, May 12 at Athens First United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the St. Mary's Hospice, P.O. Box 6588, Athens, Ga. 30604.
The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall immediately following the service.
Bernstein Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Gertrude C. Shealy
MILNER - Funeral services for Gertrude C. Shealy, 102, will be held at 2 p.m. today, June 6, 2006, in Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Perry Funeral Chapel of Ashburn has charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Shealy died Saturday, June 3, 2006, following a lengthy illness.
Windy Whitfield
1948-2004
Athens, GA
Windy Whitfield, 56, of 405 Greystone Terrace died Monday, November 15, 2004.
A native of Kingsport, TN, Ms. Whitfield was a daughter of Fred and Mandy Solomon of Kingsport, TN. She was employed as a flight attendant for U.S. Airways for thirty-four years and was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her sister, Evelyn S. Bowyer.
Survivors include her daughter, Lauren Ashley Whitfield of Athens; her sisters: Marty Carter of Athens, Maxine Minor of Charleston, SC, Rose Morrill of Davenport, IA; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Memorial Services will be held 4:00 pm Saturday, November 20, 2004 at St. James United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jerry Varnado officiating.
The family will receive friends Friday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 at the home of Dr. Jeff and Marty Carter, 105 Raintree Court, Athens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Evelyn S. Bowyer Scholarship Found, c/o Georgia State University Foundation, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303-3083.
Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Jean Hale Goddard
1936-2005
Eatonton, GA
Jean Hale Goddard, age 69, formerly of Athens, GA, died Monday, January 17th, 2005, at Eatonton Health and Rehab Center.
A native of Clarke County, Ms. Goddard was a daughter of the late M.D. and Susie Hollis Hale. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Avie Spinks and Allene Turner, and one brother, Red Hale.
Survivors include her son, Scott Goddard of Atlanta; a sister, Mae Ballew, Athens; and several nieces and nephews. At her request, private services will follow after cremation.
Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Bernice V. 'Bebe' Peavy
ROCHELLE - Funeral services for Bernice V. 'Bebe' Peavy, 87, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 5, 2006, in the M.G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier and Son Funeral Home. Burial followed in Friendship Baptist Church cemetery in Pineview. The Rev. James Faircloth officiated the services, directed by Frazier and Son Funeral Home of Rochelle.
Mrs. Peavy died Saturday, June 3, 2006, in Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville.
Larry G. Kernell
VIENNA - Memorial services for Larry G. Kernell, 60, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 7, 2006, in Brannen-NeSmith Funeral Home of Unadilla. Brannen-NeSmith Funeral Home of Unadilla has charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Kernell died Sunday, June 4, 2006, at his residence.
Rev. Albert Lee Cooks Sr.
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Funeral services for the Rev. Albert Lee Cooks Sr. of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Cordele, will be held at 2 p.m. today, June 6, 2006, in the sanctuary of Beulahland Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Hardshell Cemetery. The Rev. D.L. Brown will officiate the services.
Mr. Cooks died Tuesday, May 30, 2006.
Survivors include his wife, Mae Hattie Cooks of Melbourne, Fla.; his children, Susie Mae Woods of Abilene, Texas, McArthur Cooks of Dallas, Texas, Annie R. Jones and Stefannie N. Davis both of Lake Mary, Fla., Mae H. Robinson of Palm Bay, Fla., Shaquanna Cooks of Titusville, Fla., Willie C. Cooks of Mt. Verde, Fla., Albert L. Cooks Jr. and David L. Cooks both of Melbourne, Fla., Barner L. Cooks of Orlando, Fla., Eddie L. Cooks of Sharps, Fla., and Charlie C. Clark of Cordele; a special grandson, Joseph Cooks of Melbourne, Fla.; daughters-in-law, Laura Clark of Cordele, Carol Cooks of Mt. Verde, Fla., April Cooks and Lydia Cooks both of Melbourne, Fla., and Bernice Cooks of Orlando, Fla.; sons-in-law, Jessie Woods of Abilene, Texas, Carl A. Graham and Scotty L. Davis both of Lake Mary, Fla., and Cornelius Robinson of Palm Bay, Fla.; sisters-in-law, Susie Mae Hamilton and Lillie Mae Colbert of Cordele, and Lucille Davis of Pehoke, Fla.; 36 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren.
J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele and Vienna has charge of the arrangements.
Inez Ford Neal
CORDELE - Funeral services for Inez Ford Neal will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, 2006, in the sanctuary of Greater Morris Tabernacle Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery. The Rev. Jesse Watts will officiate the services.
Mrs. Neal died Friday, June 2, 2006.
The processional will be led by Rev. Watts and a selection will be rendered by the Piney Grove Baptist Church Choir. Prayer and Scripture will be given by the Rev. W.W. Wilson and a solo will be sung by Valorie Royal. Reflections will be given by family members and friends and the choir will render another selection. The family will be presented with an African-American heirloom Bible as a keepsake from the funeral home staff.
Survivors include her husband, Arlee Neal of Cordele; a son, Ernest Lee Neal of Cordele; a daughter, Gayla (James) Bleach of Cordele; a sister, Annie (Jacob) Heath of Brooklyn, N.Y.; brothers, Cleve Ford Jr. of Cordele, Henry (Omie Lee) Ford and Renzie Ford of Vienna, and J.R. Ford of Tifton; a granddaughter, Sheena Ray of Cordele; sisters-in-law, Nell Ford and Elizabeth Ford of Cordele, Ethel Lee Jones of Vienna, and Emma Nora Neal of St. Petersburg, Fla.; special nieces and nephews, Janice McCray, Annie (Clarence) Johnson and Larry Ford of Cordele; and special friends, Ashley, Minnie, Rico, Lillie, Ricky, Michelle, Kimberly, Sarah, Jaamal, Willie Mae, Frankie, Jody and Lewis.
J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele and Vienna has charge of the arrangements.
Lucy H. Wilson
ABBEVILLE - Funeral services for Lucy H. Wilson, 73, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, June 12, 2006 in the Siloam Baptist Church. The Rev. James Faircloth, Rev. Talmadge Wilcox and Rev. Tommy Baker will officiate. iIntermentwill be held in the Siloam Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson died Saturday at her residence.
Born in Wilcox County on November 12, 1932, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Hunter and Eula Mae Conner Hunter. She was a member of Siloam Baptist Church and was a retired civil service employee from Robins Air Force Base. She was a former librarian for the Wilcox County Library System and delivery person for the Macon Telegraph.
Survivors include her daughters, Karen (Kenny) Croft of Ocilla, Kathy (Jerry) Harvey of Abbeville and Tina (Donnie) Keene of Abbeville; sisters, Thelma Padgett of Kathleen, and Sara Gibbs of Abbeville; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, June 11, 2006 at Frazier and Son Funeral Home in Rochelle.
Frazier and Son Funeral Home has charge of these arrangements.
