Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison of Augusta died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003 at the residence of his sister, Louise Jennings. His funeral was 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Faith Christian Fellowship Center in Sardis, with Elders Wallace Mosley and Arnold Kelly officiating. Burial was in the Smith Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery.
Mr. Ellison, a native of Burke County, was a retiree of Sam-sons and a member of the Pentecostal House of Prayer in Sardis. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold Mack Ellison and Mae Etta Ellison. Survivors include a son, Char-les Freeman of Sardis; three daughters, Nicole Ellison, Ton-ya Ellison and Linda Ellison, all of Brooklyn, N.Y.; eight sisters and two brothers-in-law, Louise Jennings, Alberta Lassiter, An-nie Mae Dunn, Eleanor and Sa-mmy Bradford, all of Augusta, and Freddie Lee Kelly, Sandra Ellison and Yvonne Harrison, all of Sardis, and Viola and Harvey Anderson of Waynesboro. Pallbearers were Calvin Perkins, Mark Gardner, Willie J. Smith, William Talton, Curtis Shubert and Darlyn Ball.
Bethel Green
Bethel Green of Waynesboro died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003 at Br-entwood Terrace Health Center. Her funeral was 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, at Phinazee and Son Chapel, with the Rev. Dollie F. Jones officiating. Burial was in Pines Cemetery.
Mrs. Green was retired. She was a graduate of Waynesboro High and Industrial School. She moved to New York at an early age to pursue a career in singing and stage performance and later moved to California. She was preceded in death by her father, Talmadge Clark and husband, Mr. Green. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Talmadge Dewitt and Louise Lodge of Waynesboro; three grandchildren, Talmadge Lodge Jr., Portia Lodge Washington and Louis A. Lodge; six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Talmadge Lodge Jr., Bobby Givens, Tal-madge Givens, Nekita Bostic, Elijah Williams and Thomas Lynch.
Honorary pallbearer was Louis A. Lodge.
Rev. Edward E. Williams
Rev. Edward Earl Williams, 47, of Waynesboro died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 at the VA Medical Center. His funeral was 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at The Lord’s House of Praise, with Bishop Paul Capers officiating. Burial was in Pines Cemetery.
Rev. Williams, a native of Jacksonville, N.C., was a pastor and had built Shiloh Apostolic Church in 1995, where he was a member. He served in the U.S. Army for six years. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Earl Williams and Della Louise Williams. Survivors include his widow, Barbara Lewis Williams; two sons, Charlie Jackson and Eddie Williams, both of Waynesboro; five daughters and a son-in-law, Dedra L. and Robbie Carter of Girard and Charlotte Jackson, Shalonda Williams, Miriam Williams and Shatrina Williams, all of Waynesboro; four brothers and a sister-in-law, Clinton Jr. and Margorie Mitchell, Roland Lee Williams, James Roosevelt Williams and Charlie Ray Williams, all of Jacksonville; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Bertha W. and Gregory Brown and Doris J. Williams, all of Jacksonville; and 11 grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Henry Gray, Thomas Armstrong, Tony Hilton, Tony Sims, Akill Snelling, Joe N. Walker and Leonard Douse.
James Hughes
James Hughes, 51, of Waynes-boro died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003 in Chester, Ga.
His funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Roberson Grove Baptist Church, with the Revs. Bobby Williams Sr. and Alvin Lewis officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Hughes was a native of Burke County.
Survivors include a brother and sister-in-law, Willie and Dene Hughes of Augusta; nine sisters and five brothers-in-law, Georgia Hughes, Bessie and John Watson, Josie M. Hughes, Minnie L. Hughes, Daisy and Johnny Mims, Shirley and Curtis, Tracie Hughes, Nadine and Joseph Bates Jr. and Claretha and Mickey Griffin, all of Waynesboro; and his parents, Joe Hughes and Sammie L. Hughes, both of Waynesboro.
Pallbearers will be nephews. A wake service will be held Friday, Feb. 14, at the Phinazee & Son Funeral Home in Waynesboro from 7 to 9 p.m.
Judge William C. Hawkins
William Colbert Hawkins, 88, retired Superior Court Judge of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003 at Gentilly Place in Statesboro.
His funeral was 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at the Sylvania First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lonnie Norris officiating. Burial with military honors accorded was in the Sylvania City Cemetery. Judge Hawkins was born near Social Circle in Walton County. He graduated from Monroe High School in 1932 and the University of Georgia, with an A.B. degree in 1937 and a J.D. in 1939. At the university, he was president of the Gridiron Club, Omicron Delta Kappa and Demo-stherian Literary Society, a member of Sphinx, Blue Key, Scabbard and Blade, a Cadet Captain, Cavalry, R.O.T.C. and Campus Leader in 1936. He served as Major, Army Air Corps in World War II and was a Colonel, JAGC, USAR Reserve, retiring in 1974. He was a graduate of Command and General Staff College. He graduated from the Advanced Course, Judge Advocate General’s School and was assigned as Reserve Military Judge, Army Trial Judiciary, 1964-1974. In August 1939 he began practice of law in Sylvania and except for military service in World War II, practiced until February 1969, when he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court by Gov. Lester Maddox, to succeed Judge Walton Usher, deceased. He retired to the position of Senior Superior Court Judge in March 1984. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1951-52, 1955-58 and served as a member of the State Programs Study Committee in 1955 and the State Democratic Executive Committee in 1955-58, was House of Representatives Floor Leader in 1957-58 and also a Mason, Shriner, a member of the Sylvania Rotary Club, the Sylvania First Baptist Church and a Democrat. Survivors include his widow of 55 years, Katrine Rawls Hawkins, M.D., of Sylvania; a daughter and son-in-law, Cathy H. and Jess Stokes of Oliver; a son, William “Bill” C. Hawkins Jr. of Sylvania; a brother, Gen. Glen Hawkins of Monroe; and two grandsons, Stephen Stokes and Will Stokes of Oliver.
Pallbearers were Dr. C. Edward Hagan, James Snow, Ed Reddick, Grady Reddick, Sheriff Mike Kile, Billy Howard and Duane Bohr. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to United Way of Screven County, P.O. Box 27, Sylvania, Ga. 30467-0027.
Robert D. Shuman
Robert Daniel Shuman, 86, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003.
Graveside services were 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Burke Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Way-nesboro, with the Revs. Da-vid Carter and Henry Erwin officiating.
Mr. Shuman, a native of Vidalia, grew up in Statesboro. He was the son of the late John Jarvin and Mary Alice Stewart Shuman. In January of 1940, he saw a need to stop Hitler and went to Canada to train as a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot. He participated in the Battle of Britain at its height when the average life expectancy of a fighter pilot was two weeks, and all that stood between Hitler and the free world were 59 squadrons of the RCAF and RAF. Churchill made reference to these valiant men when he said, “Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed to so few.”
When the war was moved to the European continent he was shot down over France while on a mission to support Allied commandos behind the German lines. He spent 3˝ years in German POW camps. While imprisoned he lived next door to Paul Brinkhill who wrote The Great Escape that later became the movie starring Steve McQueen. Mr. Shuman is featured in the video at the American POW Museum in Andersonville, Ga.
After the war he met and married Carolyn Mundy Shuman, moving to her hometown of Waynesboro where he became a merchant and a farmer. He lived and worked in Waynesboro for the next 58 years where he founded Mundy-Shuman Furniture Company. He was active in the First Baptist and First Methodist churches of Waynesboro and established four college scholarships for those interested in entering the full-time Christian ministry. He was an active Rotarian for over 50 years and was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow for his service to his country in the RCAF and his service to Rotary. Survivors include his widow, Carolyn Mundy Shuman; a son, Robert Daniel Shuman Jr. of Dublin; two brothers, the Rev. L.J. Shuman of Kingstree, S.C. and Albert Shuman of Statesboro; a sister, Mary Dell Trapnell of Dallas, Texas; and four grandchildren, Sarah Harper of Milledgeville, Katherine Shuman and Robert Daniel Shuman III, both of Dublin and Elizabeth Shuman of Atlanta. Pallbearers were L.J. Shuman, Albert Shuman, Rob Shuman, Dave Harper, Bobby Edmonds, Bobby Neely, Lamar Murray, Steve Crawford, Dennis Taylor and Bo Cochran. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Waynesboro Rotary Club. Memorial contributions may be made to Habitat for Humanity or WINGS of Dublin-Laurens County.
Jaylee Ana Beeson-Broome
Jaylee Ana Beeson-Broome, infant, did Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at the Medical College of Georgia. Graveside services were 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at 110 Scarlett Oaks Drive in Waynesboro, at the Beeson Family Cemetery. Survivors include her parents, Sara Elisabeth Beeson and Jason Lee Broome.
Edward E. Williams
Pastor Edward Earl Williams, 47, of Waynesboro died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 at the VA Medical Center. His funeral was 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at The Lord’s House of Praise, with Bishop Paul Capers officiating. Burial was in Pines Cemetery.
Pastor Williams, a native of Jacksonville, N.C., was pastor of and had built Shiloh Apostolic Church in 1995. He served in the U.S. Army for six years. He was preceded in death by his father, James Earl Williams. Survivors include his widow, Barbara Lewis Williams; two sons, Charlie Jackson and Eddie Williams, both of Waynesboro; five daughters and a son-in-law, Dedra L. and Robbie Carter of Girard and Charlotte Jackson, Shalonda Williams, Miriam Williams and Shatrina Williams, all of Waynesboro; four brothers and a sister-in law, Clinton Jr. and Margorie Mitchell, Roland Lee Williams, James Roosevelt Williams and Charlie Ray Williams, all of Jacksonville; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Bertha W. and Gregory Brown and Doris J. Williams, all of Jacksonville; and 11 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Henry Gray, Thomas Armstrong, Tony Hilton, Tony Sims, Akill Snelling, Joe N. Walker and Leonard Douse.
Corine McPherson
Corine McPherson, 83, of Burke County died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003 at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. Her funeral will be 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 841 Jones Ave., Waynesboro, with the Rev. Richard Holland officiating. Burial will be in Pines Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Mable Y. Bailey; a son, Ernest McPherson; four grandchildren, Victor W. McPherson, LaVisa E. Bentley, Lisa M. McClenton and Quinetre S. Snooks; nine great-grandchildren, Tiffani Jennings, Devin McClenton, Cameron McClenton, Jaydin McClenton, Amber McPherson, Damien McPherson, Ondrea McPher-son, Quinton Watson and Quincie Watson; a dedicated cousin, Elizabeth Jones; a prospective daughter-in law, Brenda Douglas; an uncle, Tommy Coleman; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Friends may call at the residence of Ernest McPherson, 158 Eula Lane, Waynesboro, or at Phinazee and Son Funeral Home, 404 W. 8th St., Waynes-boro, tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 19) 8-9 p.m.
Corine McPherson
Corine McPherson, 83, of Burke County died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003 at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. Her funeral will be 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 841 Jones Ave., Waynesboro, with the Rev. Richard Holland officiating. Burial will be in Pines Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Mable Y. Bailey; a son, Ernest McPherson; four grandchildren, Victor W. McPherson, LaVisa E. Bentley, Lisa M. McClenton and Quinetre S. Snooks; nine great-grandchildren, Tiffani Jennings, Devin McClenton, Cameron McClenton, Jaydin McClenton, Amber McPherson, Damien McPherson, Ondrea McPher-son, Quinton Watson and Quincie Watson; a dedicated cousin, Elizabeth Jones; a prospective daughter-in law, Brenda Douglas; an uncle, Tommy Coleman; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Friends may call at the residence of Ernest McPherson, 158 Eula Lane, Waynesboro, or at Phinazee and Son Funeral Home, 404 W. 8th St., Waynes-boro, tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 19) 8-9 p.m.
Wyley Minick
Wyley Minick, 54, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003 at his brother’s residence under the care of St. Joseph Hospice. His funeral was 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, in the Chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mike Brown officiating. Burial was in the Brooklet City Cemetery. Mr. Minick, a native of Bulloch County, was a graduate of Willingham High School in Macon and a 1974 graduate of Georgia Southern University. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Vietnam War. He lived in Waynesboro and Valdosta before moving to Nashville, Ga., several years ago. He was a commercial plumber with R.M.S. Plumbing in Nashville. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dereta Nesmith Barnes. Survivors include two sons, Joel Minick of Macon and Terry Jackson of Macon; three brothers, Johnny Minick of Augusta, Ronny Minick of Atlanta and Dick Minick of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Elaine Minick Stone of Miami Shores, Fla. and Sherry Minick of Oakland, Calif.; and his father and stepmother, Jake and Hazel Minick of Brooklet. Pallbearers were Danny Smith, Gary Barnes, Toby Nesmith, Bennie Johnson, Landy Johnson and Tom Little. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Hospice of Augusta, 2260 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, Ga. 30904. Friends may sign the online register at www.joineranderson.com.
Rutha Mae Sams
Rutha Mae Sams of Augusta died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2003 at University Hospital, Augusta. Her funeral was 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Portersville Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Reese officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sams, a native of Burke County, was a homemaker. She was a member of Portersville Missionary Baptist Church where she served as the “Mother of the Church.” She was preceded in death by her parents, Martha Reeves Hart and Carlton Hart. Survivors include eight sons and seven daughters-in-law, Sheridan and J.P. President of Atlanta, James and Helene Sams of Augusta, Williford and Patricia Sams of St. Petersburg, Charlie III and Eloise Sams, Robert and Eloise Sams, Willie and Gwendolyn Sams and Leroy Sams, all of Augusta, and Sammy and Janice Sams of New Ellenton, S.C.; two daughters and two sons-in-law, Betty J. and Jimmy Williams of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Josephine S. and John Jones of Augusta; a sister and brother-in-law, Irene and Frank Sams of Augusta; and 27 grandchildren, 63 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
