Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Allen Winn
Mr. Allen “Wayne” Winn, age 22 of Jasper, passed away April 17, 2004 at his residence.
Survivors include his parents, Allen andGrace Winn of Jasper; grandparents, Clara Jane Young of Jasper, Billy Garrett of Talking Rock and Sam and Joyce Winn of Tate; daughter, Haley Winn of Jasper; and brother, Sam Winn of Jasper.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerrold Young officiating. Interment followed in the Lake Forest Memorial Park.
Etna McGehee
Mrs. Etna N. McGehee, age 86 of Jasper, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2004 at Mountainside Medical Center in Jasper.
Survivors include her son, Luke McGehee of Valrico, Fl.; brothers, Ed Gilleland, Sandy Springs, Walt and Roger Gilleland, both of Alpharetta, and Gene Gilleland, Ball Ground; brother-in-law, Webb McGehee, Swanee, Ga.; sisters, Helen Townley, Canton, Atholine Wilkie and Mary Watkins, both of Ball Ground, and Dorothy Pruitt, Jasper; sisters-in-law, Lizzie Grant of Ellijay and Pearl Gilleland of Canton; grandchildren,Tammy Davis, Rebecca Daughtry, Patricia Riel, Pricillia Coone, Luke and Samantha McGehee; and great-grandchildren, Erik, Evan and Lee Davis, David and Jeanie Daughtry, Andrew Riel, Kayla Coone and Tyler Mazet.
A memorial service was held at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 24 from the Kingdom Hall in Jasper with Barry Nerli officiating. Cagle Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Bertie Ryder
Mrs. Bertie Ora Belle Norton Ryder, age 89 of Jasper, passed away April 11, 2004 at Mountainside Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. T. “Jake” Ryder; and sons, Wayne and Jerry Ryder.
Survivors include her sons, Tommy Ryder of Marble Hill, and Terry Ryder of New Egypt, N.J.; daughter, June Gilbert of Jasper. Twelve grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 14from Roper Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Keith Cook officiating. Interment followed in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The following served as pallbearers: Doug Ryder, Gabe Duckett, Billy Gilbert, John Gerrard, Scott and Russell Pendley.
Danny Whitmore
Mr. “Danny” Stephen Daniel Whitmore, age 62 of Woodstock, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2004. He was the devoted son of the late Rollin E. and Martha A. Whitmore.
Mr. Whitmore was retired from Lockheed and a member of the Cherokee Shrine Club and Canton Masonic Lodge #77.
Survivors include his sister and brother-in-law, Myra and Larry Stewart of Dallas; brother and sister-in-law, Craig Randall and Claudia Whitmore of Ball Ground; sisters-in-law, Luvania Whitmore Turner and Shirley Whitmore; brother-in-law, S.T. Waldrop. Children, 12 nieces and nephews and 24 great-nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 3:30 Thursday, April 29 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Benny Young officiating. Interment followed in Cherokee Memorial Park.
Betty Wheeler
Mrs. Betty Ruth Wheeler, age 70 of Ball Ground, passed away Monday, April 26, 2004 at Mountainside Medical Center. She was a homemaker, a member of Ball Ground Church of God and a church musician for 55 years.
Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Luke Wheeler of Ball Ground; son and daughter-in-law, Lynn and Donna Wheeler of Ball Ground; parents, Ruby and Leo Taylor of Ball Ground; grandchildren, Nathanael, Beeca and Matthew Wheeler. A host of family and friends also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 29 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Marcus Hand and James Gambill officiating. Interment followed in Macedonia Memorial Park.
Evelyn Christopher
Evelyn B. Christopher, age 63 of Dundee, Fl., passed away April 28, 2004 at Winter Haven Hospital due to respiratory failure.
Mrs. Christopher was born March 6, 1941 in Marble Hill, Ga. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Waverly.
Survivors include her husband of 40 years, Jackie Christopher of Dundee; daughter, Lisa Cantrill of Waverly, Fl.; son, Roy Gene Jackson of Sandersville, Ga.; brother, C.J. McEntire of Niceville, Fl.; and sister, Ann Parker of Tampa, Fl. Six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 1 from the Marion Nelson Funeral Home in Lake Wales with the Rev. David Durham officiating.
J.W. Wheeler
J.W. Wheeler, age 82 of Canton, passed away Monday, May 3, 2004. He was a retired Canton Textile Mill employee and a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include sons, Charles Wheeler, Canton, and Wayne Wheeler, Jasper; daughters, Diane Lathem, Becky Tatum and Shelby Wheeler, all of Canton; sister, Evelyn Edmondson, Shannon, Ga. Seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service will be held Wednesday, May 5 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with the Revs. Billy Boggs and Huey Holloway officiating. Interment will follow in Cherokee Memorial Park.
Howard Kendrick
Mr. Howard Kendrick, age 81 of Talking Rock, passed away Friday, April 30, 2004 at Mountainside Medical Center.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby Kendrick, Talking rock; sons, John Frank, James and Sammy Kendrick, all of Yellow Creek Community; step-sons, Kenneth Nicholson, Yellow Creek, and Gary Nicholson, Woodstock; daughters, Mary Elizabeth Pirkle, Marble Hill, and Estelle Roper, Yellow Creek; step-daughters, Charlotte Wilson, Jimmie Sue Godfrey and Wanda Carver, all of Jasper, and Virginia Coker, Tate; brothers, Joe Kendrick, Tampa, Fl., and Cecil Kendrick, Cartersville; sisters, Helen Smallwood, Gainesville, and Barbara Goss, Woodstock. Thirty-seven grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held Monday, May 3 from Yellow Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Sylvester Ridings and Jeff Wilkie officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The following served as pallbearers: Aaron, Chris, Shawn and David Kendrick, Michael Wilkie, Danny and Steve Roper and Atlas Chumley. Honorary pallbearers were: Gary Nicholson, Troy Carver, Jason Holbert and Larry Brady. Cagle Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Maye Simonds
Mrs. Maye Simonds, age 94 of Nelson, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2004 at her residence.
She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law, Leroy Simonds and Arthur Lee and Thelmer Simonds, all of Marble Hill; daughters and sons-in-law, Lula and Garnett Chumley, Jasper, Mozell and Dallas Nickell, Talking Rock, and Betty and Charles Roland, Nelson; sister, Ila Shoemaker, Cleveland. Twenty-nine grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Simonds was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Simonds; and daughters, Louise Byess and Margie Franks.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 3 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Revs. Bobby Frady and Leroy Blackwell officiating. Interment followed in Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery. The following served as pallbearers: Richard, Lonnie and Junior Simonds, Callie and Ken Thomas, Gary Wofford and Johnny and Donnie Chumley.
Pearl Stewart
Mrs. Pearl Perry Stewart, age 89 of Calhoun, passed away Monday morning, May 3, 2004 at Calhoun Health Care Center.
Mrs. Stewart was born Sept. 4, 1914 in Pickens County, daughter of the late H.W. Sr. and Maude Harbin Perry. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Guy Stewart. She was a member of Farmville United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Pattye Stewart Rawls of Calhoun; and grandchildren, Robert and Kaye Rawls, Guy and Linda Rawls, Matt and Alma Massingill and Perry and Gina Rawls, all of Calhoun, and Ben and Jennie Stephens of Amelia Island, Fl. Seven great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Bradley Anderson Memorial Chapel of the Max Brannon & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Clay Stephens officiating. Music was arranged by Mrs. Carolyn Hayes. Interment followed in the Fain Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Perry and Robert Rawls,Jack and Johnny Perry, Matt Massingill and Howard Hall.
William Clearman
William T. Clearman died in his sleep on April 30, 2004 at his home in Highlands, N.C.
Mr. Clearman, as director of NASA’s Saturn V Project Office, managed the design, development and acquisition of many support systems and facilities for the Apollo program. The Saturn V rocket flew every mission flawlessly, and John Kennedy’s deadline of a moon landing by 1970 was met a year in advance.
Bill Clearman left Blakely, Ga. after 11 years of formal schooling to study Engineering at Georgia Tech. When Gov. Eugene Talmadge seized control of Georgia universities in a bid to quash dissent over his policies, Mr. Clearman took a leadership role in the formation of an opposing student movement that soon spread across the university system. This student activism was a key in the astounding electoral defeat of Talmadge, previously thought to be politically invincible.
After graduation in 1942, he entered the Navy, serving in the Pacific. Mr. Clearman ended a 34-year career in the Navy and Naval Reserve with the rank of Captain. He served as CO of several Reserve units, concurrently with his work for NASA.
Many years after his retirement, he and his wife Peggy left their home in Cocoa Beach, Fl. to live in Jasper near their children. Mr. Clearman was active in churches in every community where he lived, often teaching, assisting in leadership roles with unflappable good humor and common sense and occasionally sharing his NASA experiences with appreciative audiences. A long-time tennis player, he recently played in a tennis tournament in Albany, Ga.
In 2003 he lost his beloved wife Peggy after a 12-year struggle with Alzheimer’s. A highlight of the last year was a long ride in a 1941 Navy N3N-2 biplane trainer. “The best Christmas present I ever got,” he said. He remarried in February of this year to the former Lorene Porter of Winston-Salem, N.C. and spent his final months surrounded by the love of his original family and a new one too.
Memorial services for Mr. Clearman, age 84 of Jasper, Ga. and Highlands, N.C., will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5 at the Highlands Presbyterian Church and at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 7 at the New Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Jasper. Bryant Funeral Home of Franklin, N.C. is in charge of the arrangements.
Lois Bell
Mrs. Lois Bell, age 72 of Marble Hill, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2004 at Mountainside Medical Center.
She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Joe and Charlotte Bell, Waleska, and Larry and Myra Bell, Marble Hill; daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Charles Fitts and Joan and Stephen Fitts, all of Marble Hill, and Carolyn and Kerry Veazey, Jasper; brothers, Wade Loving, Blue Ridge, and Ray Loving, McCaysville; sister, Kay Davis, Mineral Bluff. Thirteen grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Monday, May 3 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Johnson officiating. Interment followed in Lake Forest Memorial Park. The following served as pallbearers: Kerry Veazey, Chris Forrester, Charles and Stephen Fitts, Allen Bell and Larry Estes.
Clarisse Mitchell
Mrs. Clarisse Snow Mitchell, age 76, passed away at the Brian Center on April 26, 2003. She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker.
Survivors include sons, Paul Francis Mitchell III, Virginia, and Brad Mitchell, Talking Rock; daughters, Cathlin Moorehead, Alpharetta, and Joan Mitchell, Ellijay; half-brother, Jimmy Stafford, North Carolina; sister, Betty Hubbard, Kernersville, N.C. Ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service will be held Thursday, May 1 at 11 a.m. from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Clent Boling officiating. Interment will be in Cherokee Memorial Park.
Thomas Cantrell
Mr. Thomas Cantrell, age 78 of Jasper, passed away April 23, 2003 at Wildwood Health Care Center.
Survivors include two sons, Thomas Cantrell of Jasper and Steven Cantrell of Tate; daughters, Jeanna Mills of Jasper and Joan Batt and Janice Cantrell, both of Talking Rock; brothers, Larry, Shorty and Eugene Cantrell, all of Jasper; sisters, Faye Queen of North Carolina and Velma Wofford of Jasper. Nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held Friday, April 25 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Revs. Randy Cloer and Dozier Henderson officiating. Interment was in Sunrise Memorial Gardens. Serving as pallbearers were: Willie Southland, Scott, William and Keith Cantrell, Eddie Lee Wilkey, Bob Parker, Henry Gartrell and Randy Proctor.
Mrs. Willer Hancock
Mrs. Willer Hancock, age 77 of the Ludville Community in Pickens County, passed away Monday, April 28, 2003 at Mountainside Medical Center in Jasper.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, J.R. and Minnie Hancock, Ludville; daughter and son-in-law, Gert and Obie Rampley, Canton; four grandchildren, Connie and Terry Wood, Wyatt and Wanda Rampley, Melissa and Gene McCoy and Carl and Angela Rampley; two great-grandchildren, Joshua and Kristie Rampley. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 1 from Friendship Baptist Church in Ludville with the Revs. Clay Fountain, Travis Childers and Hollis Crook officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. The following served as pallbearers: Terry Wood, Wyatt, Carl, Josh and Buck Rampley, Kenneth and Robert Burton. Cagle Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Myree Phair
Mrs. Myree Hazel Smith Phair, age 93 of Big Canoe, Ga. and formerly of Springhill, W.V., passed away Thursday evening, April 17, 2003 at Mountainside Medical Center in Jasper.
Mrs. Phair was owner and proprietor of the Cracker Box Restaurant in Springhill and had retired from the dietary department of Stattes Hospital in Charleston, W.V.
Survivors include her sons, the Rev. D. Wayne Smith and James Ray Smith, both of Big Canoe; daughter, Mrs. Barbara Deal (Mickie) Peggs, Charleston, W.V.; stepson, Len Phair, St. Marys, W.V.; sisters, Beulah Harrison, Canawha City, W.V., and Mabel Ginzel, Baltimore, Md. Ten grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
A graveside service was held Saturday, April 19 at 10 a.m. at Big Canoe Cemetery with the Rev. D. Wayne Smith officiating. The family requests that memorials be made to Big Canoe Chapel. These memorials will be used to support a children’s hospital in Brazil. Send to Big Canoe Chapel, 10455 Big Canoe, Jasper, Ga. 30143. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Geraldine Townsend
Mrs. Geraldine R. Townsend, age 85 of Jasper, Ga., passed away May 4,
2005.
Mrs. Townsend, a teacher for over 33 years, was a member of the Retired
Educators Association. She was the widow of the late Jimmy Townsend who was
a newspaper columnist and author. They were married 48 years. Mrs. Townsend
was a member of the Jasper United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her daughters, Kay Townsend Hamner, Atlanta, and Mrs.
Doug Vaughn of Vinnings, Ga.; sister, Frances Longley, Atlanta; and
grandson, Chris Vaughn, Atlanta.
A graveside service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 7 at Jasper City
Cemetery with the Rev. Max Caylor officiating. Roper Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
