Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
W.D. Moye
Services for W.D. Moye, 85, are at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, at Gordon Heights Baptist Church in Cairo. The Rev. John Paul Hasick will officiate and interment is in Pine Forest Cemetery in Cairo. Active pallbearers are Jim Ellis, Jimmy Douglas, Charles Lauderdale, Alan Parks, Terry Morey, Don Stringer and Richard Phillips. Mr. Moye died Jan. 24. Born Nov. 29, 1920, in Baker County, he was a son of the late William Demond and Annie Laura Baxter Moye. He was married to Norma C. Morey who preceded him in death on July 4, 1994. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force, he worked for the Grady County Board of Education as school bus garage superintendent. He was a member of Gordon Heights Baptist Church. Survivors include sons and daughter-in-law, William R. Moye of Panama City, Fla., Rusty and Patsy Moye, Steve Moye, Mark Moye all of Cairo; daughters and sons-in-law, Karen M. and Donald Palmer of Pelham, Celeste M. Hernandez of Cairo; sisters and brothers-in-law, Doris M. and Rupert Vick of Cairo, Juanita M. and Bob Davis of Arkansas; 16 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. - Clark Funeral Home
Albert Earl Price
Memorial services for Albert Earl Price, 85, Rockledge, Fla., were at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, in the chapel of Wylie-Baxley Funeral Home, 1200 South U. S. Hwy. 1, Rockledge. A military interment with honors followed at Florida Memorial Gardens in Rockledge. Mr. Price died Saturday, Jan. 7 at his residence. Born on June 17, 1920, in Roanoke, Va., he was the second son of Grover William and Mary Elizabeth Price. He came to Cocoa Beach, Fla., in 1966 from Fairfax, Va. and recently relocated to Rockledge. Mr. Price began his engineering career with the Norfolk and Western Railroad drafting maps etc., in Roanoke, Va. During World-War II, he enlisted in the amed forces and served his country as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers where he supervised the construction of bridges, hospitals and roads, in the European theater of Operations. After suffering injuries in France, Mr. Price was sent stateside to recover, where he met the future Mrs. Price, Ernestine Shepherd. After his recovery, he married and returned to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Va., where he graduated with a master’s degree in civil engineering. While completing his studies, he had several papers published on subjects concerning the effect of freezing and thawing on concrete during pre-set conditions, use of Improved threaded fasteners for roof trusses, and the use of special fasteners. He soon became an assistant professor of applied mechanics at VPI teaching and delivering lectures in statics, fluid dynamics, and materials strengths. He continued his career as an engineer for the Dupont Corp. and Peter Kiewit Company supervising the construction of Atomic Energy Commission plants in Aiken, S.C. and in Piketon, Ohio, respectively. During this time, he formed the A. E. Price Construction Company, building homes for personnel in nearby Portsmouth, Ohio. He returned to Virginia, upon the death of his father and again worked for VPI as an associate professor while continuing to operate his construction company building custom homes in Blacksburg, Va. During the late 1950’s, he took an assignment with the Boeing Company in Seattle, Wash., overseeing the BOMARC interceptor missile defense weapon systems at installations at Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., and Suffolk Air Force Base, Long Island, N.Y. At Boeing, during the 1960’s he transferred to Huntsville, Ala., New Orleans, La., and Cocoa Beach, Fla., where he became involved with computer support and technical data management and became a program manager for the Saturn V launch umbilical tower swing arms, supervising the design and construction of the Saturn V booster system for a number of Apollo manned space flights. He entered the consulting field during the 1970’s as a state of Florida licensed professional engineer for a number of firms. Later, he operated his own consulting business, for more than 20 years, where he oversaw the design and construction of numerous public and private projects throughout Brevard County and Florida. He continued practicing engineering as a consultant throughout 2005. He was a member of the Chi Epsilon Fraternity, the Society of the Sigma XI, The Old Guard of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and The Florida Engineering Society. Besides practicing his profession he enjoyed reading, current events and traveling. He traveled throughout the United States and Europe during his lifetime. Survivors include his loving wife, Ernestine Shepherd Price of 60 years; sons, Edward W. Price, Williams D. Price and Gregory L. Price and their wives. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Cathi W. Evans
Cathi W. Evans, Thomasville, died Tuesday at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Local survivors include her husband, Kenneth D. Evans; daughter, Diane Yawn; her mother, Juanita Webb; grandchildren, Taylor Yawn, Stacey Yawn, Hope Clark, Bobby Clark Jr.; brothers, Michael and David Webb; sister and brother-in-law, Carla and Donnie Beason; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Leon and Virginia Evans; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Derek and Kim Evans. - Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home
Clifford Arline Whatley
Services for Clifford Arline Whatley, 94, Cairo, are at 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, at First United Methodist Church in Cairo where she was a member. The Rev. Richard Soper will officiate and interment is in Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo. Mrs. Whatley died Sunday, Jan. 22 at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville. Born Aug. 17, 1911, in Cairo, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Mellie Lacey Arline. She was married to Charles B. Whatley Sr. She was a retired public school teacher with the Grady County Board of Education. She taught second grade from 1945 to 1946. She returned in September 1955 and taught until 1970 in Grady County. She taught in Dougherty County schools from 1970 to 1975. Survivors include a son, Charles Burle Whatley and wife, Mary Ella of Metter; daughter, Mellie Whatley Noblet and husband, Dick of Mobile, Ala.; grandchildren, Charles Richard Noblet of Mobile, Ala., James Andrew Whatley of Mobile, Charles Alford Whatley of Cairo; great-grandchildren, Brody Charles Whatley, Nicole Watson and Cayse Watson all of Cairo. - Clark Funeral Home
Dianne Pritchett Goff
Funeral services for Mrs. Dianne Pritchett Goff, 56, of Cairo, Ga., are at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at Gordon Heights Baptist Church in Cairo. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo. The Rev. John Paul Hasick will officiate. Mrs. Goff died Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, at her residence in Cairo. She loved to go antiquing and working in her garden. Another great passion was fishing. She is survived by her husband, Donald M. Goff, of Cairo, Ga.; a daughter, Whitney Ramirez and husband Ramiro, of Magnolia, Texas; sons, David Perkins, of Cairo, Ga.; Gary Goff and wife Carolyn, of Houston, Texas; and Richard Goff and wife Alicia, of Los Angeles, Calif.; brothers, Harold and Gary Pritchett, both of Houston, Texas; a sister, Marilyn Klesel, of Houston, Texas; grandchildren, Steven Ramirez, Breana Perkins, Michaela Goff, Madison Goff, Emily Goff and Brandon Goff; a mother-in-law, Myrtice Ford, of Cairo, Ga.; and faithful companion, Mandy Elizabeth. Family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today, Jan. 22, 2006, at Heritage Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made in Dianne’s name to: Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center, 116 Mimosa Drive, Thomasville, Ga. 31792. - Heritage Funeral Home
Ermon Lee Butler
Funeral services for Mr. Ermon Lee Butler, 81, of Calvary, Ga., will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at Calvary Baptist Church in Calvary. Interment will follow in Piedmont Cemetery in Calvary. The Revs. Chris Hammock and Joseph Butler will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Louis Butler, Judd Butler, Rob Butler, George Hunter, Randy Hersey, Robert Butler, Scott Gerrell, Mike Gerrell and Jim Gerrell. Honorary pallbearers will be John Henry Mitchell, Johnny Darcy, Charles Butler, Wayne Windham, Lex Moore, Holmes Maxwell, Stan Godwin and Raymond Dalton. Mr. Butler died Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, in Calvary. He was born Dec. 10, 1924 in Calvary, the son of the late Robert Louis and Pearl Lee Butler. He lived in Gadsden and Grady County for a lifetime. A farmer, he was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and served as a trustee of Piedmont Cemetery. He also served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945. He is survived by his wife, Marilee G. Butler, of Calvary, Ga., whom he married Dec. 21, 1956; sons, James French Butler and wife, Marynanget, of Calvary, Ga.; Stephen Lee Butler and wife, Donna, of Calvary, Ga.; and Walter Edward Butler and wife, Connie, of Whigham, Ga.; a daughter, Delores Anne Reecy, of Tallahassee, Fla.; brothers, Raber Butler, of Calvary, Ga.; H.M. Butler, Joe Butler and Virgil Butler, all of Quincy, Fla.; and Bob Butler, of Tallahassee, Fla.; sisters, Elga Hunter, of Lake City, Fla.; and Delia Jean Hersey and Winona Genton, both of Orlando, Fla.; and grandchildren, Kaylee Butler, Stephanie Butler, Stanton Reecy, Elliot Butler, Connor Butler and Holly Butler. Mr. Butler was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Gertrude Simon. Visitation will be today, Jan. 22, 2006, at Clark Funeral Home, from 4 to 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Wiregrass Hospice, 430 E. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, Ga. 31717, or Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 180, Calvary, Ga. 39829, or Piedmont Cemetery Fund, care of Earl Williams, P.O. Box 217, Calvary, Ga. 39829. - Clark Funeral Home
Dorothy Ree Hires
Dorothy Ree Hires, 69, Cleveland, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, at her residence. Born Jan. 7, 1937, in Donalsonville, she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Nettie Ree Perry Williams. She retired from the grocery industry and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Terri and James Morris of Alto; son, Tony Pate of Rochester, N.Y.; sister, Laverne Ashburn of Cleveland; niece, Jackie Britt of Cleveland; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by daughter, Brenda Holly; and brother-in-law, Raymond Ashburn. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m., today at the funeral home in Cornelia. - McGahee-Griffin and Stewart Funeral Home
Thurmon T. “Hank” Lee
Services for Thurmon T. “Hank” Lee, 85, Monticello, Fla., are at 3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006 at Monticello Presbyterian Church with interment in Roseland Cemetery. Mr. Lee died Jan. 15 in Thomasville. Born Sept. 3, 1920, in Ozark, Ala., he moved to Monticello in 1941, after serving in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific in World War II. He was owner/manager of L.G. Morris Motors Inc. until retirement in 1971. He was a past member of the Monticello Kiwanis Club, treasurer of the Jefferson County Historical Society for 26 years and a faithful member and elder of Monticello Presbyterian Church. He was a lover of nature and a conservationist and was awarded Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year in 1990. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Josephine Morris Lee; a daughter, Linda Lee Wheeler and husband, Cary of Monticello; a son, Dr. Louis G. Lee and wife, Barbara of Thomasville; five grandchildren, Liz Wheeler Walker, Lee Cary Wheeler, Robert Sloan Lee, Josephine Rebecca Lee, William Bowman Lee; three great-grandchildren, Lily Elise Walker, Luke Thomas Walker, James Henry Wheeler; a sister-in-law, Marianne Morris Miller and husband, Ulmer; and a niece, Joy Johnson and husband, Dozier. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Monticello Presbyterian Church, 290 E. Dogwood St., Monticello, Fla. 32344 or Hospice of Southwest Georgia, 818 Gordon Ave., Thomasville, Ga. 31792. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. - Beggs Funeral Home Monticello Chapel
Cochran Albert Scott Sr.
Graveside services for Cochran Albert Scott Sr., 73, Thomasville, are at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, in Laurel Hill Cemetery on Texas Street. The Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor and the Rev. Wayman Cleveland will officiate. Mr. Scott died Jan. 16 at his residence. Born Feb. 1, 1932, Mr. Scott was the youngest son of the late William Fred Scott and Ethel Cochran Scott and Elva Holman Scott. He graduated from Thomasville High School and then Georgia Tech where he received a degree in industrial management in 1955. He returned to Thomasville and launched his career as a road/bridge builder, cattle rancher and hotel developer. He was a member of First Methodist Church and served on the past boards of Archbold Memorial Hospital, the Bank of Thomas County/C&S Bank, Thomasville-Thomas County Chamber of Commerce and Glen Arven Country Club. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Reid Scott of Thomasville; daughter, Elizabeth Scott Lybrook of Thomasville; son, Cochran A. Scott Jr. and wife, Sheila of Thomasville; daughter, Margaret Scott Conner and husband, Stewart of Tampa, Fla.; son, Robert Lathrop Scott of Thomasville; a sister, Dorothy Scott Smith of Savannah; three stepchildren, Lee Allen Comita and husband, John of Fort Worth, Texas, Terry Reynolds Allen Jr. and wife, Colleen of Savannah, Laytham Reid Allen and wife, Jennifer of Newnan; grandchildren, Elizabeth Lathrop Lybrook, Augusta Bowen Lybrook, Cochran Albert Scott III, Patrick Denver Scott, Charles Austin Scott, John Stewart Conner III, Thomas Neel Conner, Caroline Lathrop Conner, Robert Lathrop Scott Jr., Virginia Carol Scott, Reynolds Allen Comita, John Reid Comita, Casey Erin Allen, Benjamin Edward Allen; brother-in-law, James William Reid and wife, Judith Austin of Chesapeake, Va.; and sister-in-law, Jane Reid Pryor and husband, William Vost of Thomasville. He was preceded in death by a brother, William Fred Scott Jr.; brother-in-law, Linton Harris Smith Jr.; and sister-in-law, Mary Andrew Scott. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Thomasville-Thomas County Food Bank or the Butler-Mason YMCA. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., today at the residence of Sheila and Cochran Scott Jr. at 118 Pony Circle. - Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home
Margaret Louise Jones Smith
Services for Margaret Louise Jones Smith, Calvary, are at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, at Calvary Baptist Church in Calvary where she was a member. The Rev. Chris Hammock will officiate and interment is in Piedmont Cemetery in Calvary. Active pallbearers are Wayne Windham, Mark Moncrief, Gerald Jones, Donald Dalton, Jerry Baggett, Gene Jones, Randall Jones and Bob Maxwell. Mrs. Smith died Monday, Jan. 16, at her residence. Born March 6, 1927, in Climax, she was a daughter of the late Harvey Lewis Jones and Mamie Eudoxie Ulmer Jones. She was married to Dewey Needham Smith who preceded her in death on May 9, 2002. She was a homemaker. Survivors include sons and daughter-in-law, Edward D. and Lisa Smith of Hernando, Miss., Harvey Mack Smith of Boca Raton, Fla.; daughter, Karen Smith Murphy of Albany; brothers, Harold Jones of Whigham, Amos Jones of Climax; sisters, Annie Mae Perkins of Whigham, Dot Dalton of Calvary, Saray Mauldin of Brunswick; grandchildren, Philip Michael Murphy of Atlanta, Melanie Murphy Knight and husband, Ashley of Whigham and Thomas E. Frain of Hernando. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a brother, Lewis Jones and a sister, Christine Jones Taylor. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southwest Georgia, 808 Gordon Ave., Thomasville, Ga. 31792. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. - Clark Funeral Home
Annie Geraldine Van Landingham
Services for Annie Geraldine Van Landingham, Thomasville, are at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, at First United Methodist Church in Thomasville where she was a member. The Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor and the Rev. Bob Dixon will officiate and interment is in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers are Michael Clark, Brian Pike, David Kennedy, Gary Jackson, Stewart Jackson and Bill Jackson. Mrs. Van Landingham died Monday, Jan. 16 at Archbold Hospital. Born Feb. 13, 1916, in Thomas County, she was a daughter of the late Robert Luther Jackson and Gladys Norene Collins Jackson. On June 21, 1938, in Thomasville, she was married to Leo Eldridge Van Landingham who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Vicky and Johnnie R. Johnson Sr. of Ochlocknee; a sister, Norene Cooper of Port St. Joe, Fla.; a brother, Warren Jackson of Thomasville; a sister-in-law, Marie Jackson of Thomasville; brother-in-law, Don Walker; grandchildren, Ray Johnson Jr. and wife, Carol of Macon, Cindy Clark and husband, Michael E. of Ochlocknee, Ginny Pike and husband, Brian of Sylvester, Gerrianne Kennedy and husband, David of Valdosta, Cynthia Chamberlain and husband, Robert of Efland, N.C.; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Ashleigh Rae and Anna Kathryn Johnson, Amelia and Collin Clark, Hayden Pike, John Moses, Justin Chamberlain; step-great-grandchildren, Jason Chamberlain and Missy Almers. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gayle Knight; grandson, Taylor Pike; a brother, Robert Jackson Jr.; a sister, Maxine Walker; and brother-in-law, Fred Knight. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Thomasville First United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., today at the funeral home. - Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home
Alice Dobbs
Memorial services for Alice Eugenia Taff Dobbs are at 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, in the chapel of Thomas Poteet and Son Funeral Home, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta. The Rev. Wade Trimmer will officiate. Mrs. Dobbs died Monday, Jan. 1 surrounded by her children. The daughter of John P. and Mary Russell Taff, she was born in 1924 in Omaha, Neb. She was raised in Great Bend, Kan., where during World War II she worked at the local airfield and met her husband, a B-29 pilot. After the war, she lived briefly in Mississippi before relocating to Thomasville, where her children were raised. Mrs. Dobbs loved music and art, singing with the Island Singers in Hilton Head, S.C., as well as the Augusta Choral Society. She was also a volunteer with the Women’s Board of University Hospital, and was known for her beauty, quick wit and wonderful sense of humor. She was a member of Grace Fellowship Church. She will be missed by all who knew her. Survivors include her former husband, Guy Talmage Dobbs Jr. of Thomasville; three children: Dana Dobbs Sherrard (Tom) of Nashville, Tenn., Linda Dobbs Wier (Marion) of Augusta, John Howard Dobbs (Ginger) of Grovetown; six grandchildren, Katherine Randall Sherrard of New York City, N.Y., Mary Elizabeth Sherrard of Washington, D.C., Thomas Johnson Sherrard III of Nashville, Tenn., Marion Alexander Wier Jr. (Courtney) and Charles Patrick Wier all of Augusta, John David Wier of Charleston, S.C., John Howard Dobbs Jr., Matthew Guy Dobbs both of Grovetown; two great-grandchildren, Macie Edens Wier and Herbert Parker Wier; and a sister, Mary Lou Fryberger (Bill) of Great Bend. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grace Fellowship’s Building Fund, 1725 Sibley Rd., Augusta, Ga. 30909. The family will receive friends following the service until 6 p.m. - Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors
