Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Rosie M. Clayton
SPARTA - Rosie M. Clayton, 71, of Route 2, Box 40, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, in a local nursing home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Union Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Martha L. Timmons of Sparta; a brother, Charlie Brooks of Sparta; a sister, Ida Barnes of Florida; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The family will be at Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta at noon today.
Shirley Clary
EATONTON - Shirley Clary, 65, of 130 Crooked Creek Bay Road died April 11, 2002, in a local hospital. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Vining Ivy Hill Chapel in Eatonton, with burial in Heritage Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include her husband, Kelly Clary of Eatonton; a daughter, Andrea Cliett of Byron; two brothers, Charles Evans of Griffin and Jimmy Evans of Newnan; two sisters, Florence Williams and Patricia Dozier, both of Griffin; and two grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Nicholas Akins
Nicholas Chase Akins, newborn son of Tammy Pounds-Akins and Douglas Akins of Milledgeville, died Monday, Aug. 12, 2002. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Baldwin Memorial Gardens.
Other Survivors include a brother, Brandon Pounds of Milledgeville; his grandparents, O.T. and Sheela Pounds of Milledgeville and JoAnn Terrell of LaGrange; great-grandparent, Roby Allen of LaGrange; and Granny, Gladys Pounds of Milledgeville. The family was at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Thursday night.
Williams White Columns Funeral Home of Milledgeville has charge of arrangements.
Joseph Andrews
HADDOCK - Joseph "Bob" Andrews of 197 Matthews Road died Wednesday, June 4, 2003, in a Gray nursing home after a long illness. The family will be at the residence of Vickie Manson at 114 Cedar Point Road in Milledgeville.
Peoples Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Mildred Brown
Mildred Brown of 125 Wolverine St., died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001, in a local hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Slater's Funeral Home, with burial in Bone Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Eddie Lee Brown; her mother, Mildred H. Wright of Milledgeville; two brothers, Leroy Wright Jr. of New Jersey; and Michael Surienony of Blackshear; a sister, Marion Holsey of Milledgeville; and three grandchildren. The family will be at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Brown at 115 Horne Ave.
Anthony Clayton
SPARTA - Anthony Clayton, 45, of 881 Gaissert Road died Tuesday, April 9, 2002. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Galilee Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Gail Anderson of Sparta; his mother, Willie Mae Meminger of Milledgeville; five brothers, Thomas Clayton of Sparta and Leon Tucker, Dennis Tucker, Willie L. Clayton and Reggie Meminger, all of Milledgeville; and three sisters, Viola Huff of Sparta and Vanessa Davis and Benita Clayton, both of Milledgeville. The family will be at the residence and at the residence of Willie Mae Meminger on North Clark Street in Milledgeville.
Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta has charge of arrangements.
Ann Hitz
Ann I. Hitz, 103, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2002, in a Tucker nursing center.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Baldwin Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Hitz was a native of Pennsylvania but made her home in Milledgeville for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas R. Hitz Sr.; two sons, Thomas R. Hitz Jr. and Dr. George Hitz. She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
Survivors include two daughters-in-law, Betty Hitz and Margie Hitz; three grandchildren, Linda Shinkle, William T. Hitz and Randy Hitz; and two great-granddaughters.
Moores Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Lizzie M. Chapman
SPARTA - Lizzie Mae Chapman of 334A Railroad St. died Wednesday, June 4, 2003. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul CME Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Mason Chapman; a son, Larry Chapman of Sparta; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta has charge of arrangements.
Jestine Solomon
Jestine Solomon of 552 Sparta Road died Monday, Dec. 17, 2001.
The body will be at Chapel of All Faiths at 1 p.m. Sunday, with services at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Austin Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Solomon was a native of Haddock, and attended the public schools of Baldwin County. She was retired from Central State Hospital. She was preceded in death by her mother, the late Annie Pearl Howard.
Survivors include a son, Joe Lee Solomon and wife, Bola, of Milledgeville; four daughters, Angela Fordham and husband, Nathaniel, Karen Denise Solomon, Priscilla Anderson and husband, Lee, and Jacqueline Larkin and husband, Isaac, all of Milledgeville; her father, John Henry Ford of Gray; six brothers, Thomas Howard of Atlanta, James Howard and wife, Daisy, Madison Howard and wife, Loretta, and Gregory Ford, all of Milledgeville, Glen Ford of Columbus and Curtis Ford of Macon; six sisters, Ethel Massey, Laura Howard, Ellastine Ford and Shelia Finney, all of Milledgeville, Patricia Richardson of Atlanta and Johnda Ford of Macon; 23 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; several nephews, nieces including a devoted niece, Lisa R. Simmons of Milledgeville, great-nephews, great-nieces, cousins including Victoria Parks of Milledgeville; several devoted friends, Sandra Jones, Charles Foster, Jimmy Frazier, Eddie Porter, Betty Jones and Aleren Harris, all of Milledgeville; and a special friend, Ira Lee Solomon of Pottsville, Pa.
The family will be at the residence.
Slater's Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
G. Rufus Sessions
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Dr. G. Rufus Sessions, 57, who served as chief scientific officer at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Commands's (USAMRMC) Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), died of cancer on Saturday, May 24, 2003, at his home in Silver Spring.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Christian Church of Milledgeville.
Inurnment will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery.
Born in Milledgeville on Nov. 29, 1945, he was a son of the late James Ross and Mattie Lucile Harrell Sessions.
During his tenure at TATRC, Dr. Sessions demonstrated an unparalleled depth of commitment to his work and contributed immeasurably to the field of telemedicine and advanced medical technologies. He was unrelentingly diligent in working toward the acceptance of these technologies in the user community, and as a result, distinguished himself as a pioneer in a field that is inherently forward-looking. In 2001, Dr. Sessions received the prestigious Thurman Award, the highest honor granted by USAMRMC for achievement in the field of telemedicine.
Before joining TATRC, Dr. Sessions served more than 20 years in the U.S. Army and retired as a lieutenant colonel. While on active duty, he spent many years at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, where his research focused on the behavorial effects of pharmacological agents and stressors. Dr. Sessions also taught for three years at the U.S. Air Force Academy, which underlies his excellence both as a scientist and an educator.
A native of Milledgeville, Dr. Sessions earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Florida Presbyterian College, now Eckerd College, a master's degree in general psychology and a doctorate in biopsychology from the University of Georgia.
Dr. Sessions loved sports and was competitive in tennis, diving and fencing when he was younger. He also enjoyed soccer and canoeing. Recently he was an avid golfer and snow skier and loved and excelled at country-western dancing.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Jane Sessions; four stepchildren, Jason, Matthew, Megan and Amy Hauk, all of Frederick, Md.; a brother, Howard F. Sessions and his wife, Grace, of Milledgeville; a sister, Kathy Ivester Allen of Macon; and several nieces and nephews. He will also be remembered by his extended family and lifelong friends and acquaintenances, especially Rebecca and Holly Hattaway.
Those desiring may make memorial contributions to the G. Rufus Sessions Scholarship Fund, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Keeney and Basford Funeral Home in Frederick, Md., has charge of arrangements.
Dora M. Burke
CANTON - Dora Mavis Logue Burke (Mrs. W. P. Burke), 57-year resident and career nurse of Canton, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, in Fallbrook, Calif., at the age of 79.
A memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002, at First Baptist Church of Canton.
Born in Laurens County, Mrs. Burke spent her life in service to others. She attended nursing school at Emory University and worked at Coker Hospital in Canton and at the former R.T. Jones Memorial Hospital in Canton until her retirement in 1993. Her nursing career spanned 54 years, 40 years as an operating room nurse. Mrs. Burke also served on the Board of Examiners of Practical Nurses of Georgia from 1953 to 1968. She was an avid walker and devoted rose gardener.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Greg L. McKee Jr. of Fallbrook, Calif.; a sister, Pearl Allen of Milledgeville; and three grandchildren, Alexandra McKee of Anchorage, Ark., Gregg S.B. McKee of Escondido, Calif., and Meredith McKee of Boston, Mass.
Memorial donations to San Diego Hospice, 4311 Third Ave., San Diego, Calif. 92103, your local hospice or the American Cancer Society are suggested in lieu of flowers.
Williams White Columns Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Ulysees R. Battle
SPARTA - Ulysees R. Battle, 74, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2003. The body will be at Hunt's Chapel AME Church at 1 p.m. Saturday, with services at 2 p.m.
Survivors include four daughters, Dorothy Boone, Rosa Grant, Yvonne Grant and Eleanor Hamilton; two sons, Hilton Ragland and Alexander Battle Jr.; 17 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Friday.
Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta has charge of arrangements.
Baby Boy Arrington
Jonathan Patrick Arrington, infant son of Wesley and Bridgett Adams Arrington, died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, in a Macon hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Washington County.
Survivors other than his parents include his grandparents, William and Rachel Garland of Warthen.
Williams Funeral Home of Milledgeville has charge of arrangements.
Eva Armstrong
WHITE PLAINS - Eva Armstrong, 74, of 2220 Lanier Road, White Plains, died Saturday July 26, 2003, in a hospital in Athens. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday in the New Greenspring A.M.E. Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Richard H. Armstrong; a daughter, Annie Gail Armstrong; four sons, Samuel Lee, John Henry Armstrong, Lonnie Armstrong and Paul Howard Armstrong; a brother, Willie Ed Bailey; 17 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta has charge of arrangements.
Mable Dixon
SPARTA - Mable Dixon, 90, of Route 1, Sandersville Highway, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, in a Sparta nursing home.
Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta has charge of arrangement.
Lester Bundrage
SPARTA - Lester Bundrage, 80, of 544 Sandy Run Road died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Sandy Run AME Church, with burial in Powel Grove Church Cemetery.
Survivors include four sons, Lester Bundrage Jr., Marvin Bundrage, John Bundrage and Alvin Bundrage, all of Atlanta; 11 daughters, Eleverean Huntley and Patricia Daw, both of Pennsylvania, Evelyn Gibson, Bertha Williams, Roberta Stephens, Louise Bundrage, Olivia Bundrage and Vivian Bundrage, all of Atlanta, Rosee Bundrage of Milledgeville, Deborah Huskins of Macon and Willie Mae Davis of Devereux; 37 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
The family will be at Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta at noon today.
Mary Roberts
SPARTA - Mary Barnes Roberts, 43, died Saturday, June 15, 2002, in a Milledgeville hospital.
Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta has charge of arrangements.
Jessie Walker
Jessie Walker, formerly of 109 Wright Street, died Sunday, April 13, 2003, in a Sparta health care facility. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Griffin Memorial Chapel, with burial in Memory Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Ann Walker Waller of Milledgeville; five grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Slater's Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Annie B. Gray
IVEY - Annie Barnes Gray, 79, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003, at her residence.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Williams Memorial Chapel in White Columns Funeral Home with Bobby Brooks officiating. Burial will be in Baldwin Memorial Gardens in Milledgeville.
Mrs. Gray was the daughter of the late John Avery and Callie Ragan Barnes. She was a native of Boone, N.C., but lived in Ivey for a number of years. She was the widow of Elam Gray. She was a homemaker and a member of Rich Mountain Baptist Church in Elkin, N.C.
Survivors include four daughters, Betty Houck of Ivey, Ida Huddleston of Tennessee, Barbara Pittman of Bartlett and Alice T. Gossett of Milledgeville; a brother, Tom Barnes of North Carolina; a sister, Ruby Tucker of North Carolina; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Williams-White Columns Funeral Home in Gordon has charge of arrangements.
