Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Edward Lee Floyd Jr.
Memorial services for Edward Lee Floyd Jr., 80, is at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, at Saint Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church, 3110 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta. Interment is at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 24, at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville. The family will receive friends in the parish hall after the memorial service. Father Derwent Suthers will officiate. Father Charles Bennett of St. Thomas Episcopal Church will officiate at the graveside service. Mr. Floyd died Wednesday, Jan. 19 from complications associated with an extendedand courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 13, 1924. After graduating from Druid Hills High School, like other men of that era, he was called into service for his country. He served in the European Theater of Operations as a member of the 84th Infantry Division, 333rd Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, B Company. The 84th “Rail-splitters” played an instrumental role in the Ardennes campaign during the bitter winter of December 1944 and January 1945. After the end of the war and his discharge from the army, he returned home and earned his industrial management degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. During that time, he enjoyed fellowship with his Chi Phi fraternity brothers following the Yellow Jackets. Throughout his life, he enjoyed long term friendships. It was through one of these friendships that he became introduced to his bride, the late Martha Larkin Ball, of Thomasville. Despite their split allegiances to the Yellow Jackets and the University of Georgia Bulldogs, they enjoyed 50 years of marriage. This marriage produced a large family of four children and numerous grandchildren to whom he remained dedicated until his passing. It was his professional occupation to be involved in the design and maintenance of industrial cold storage refrigeration systems used in food processing facilities, but it was his love to build and improve upon anything in which he became involved. During his latter years, he and his wife were able to enjoy their beloved home in Highlands, N.C., with their friends and family. Throughout his life he quietly gave help to others without seeking recognition. He was a parishioner of St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church in Atlanta for 47 years, and attended St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Thomasville when in residence there. He is survived by a son, Edward Lee Floyd III of Atlanta and his wife Mary; two grandchildren, Amanda and Matthew; a daughter, Susan F. Floyd of Houston, Texas and husband, William Norman Floyd Jr.; a daughter, Martha Brantley Brinkley of Irmo, S.C.; grandson, Jeb Brinkley; and a son, William Cobb Ball Floyd of Charlotte, N.C. and wife Susan; and grandsons Ben and William. The family would like to thank the physicians and nurses of Piedmont Hospital 5th Floor South for their kind and patient service during his illness. Following the interment in Thomasville, the family will receive friends at the parish hall of St. Thomas Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Thomas Episcopal Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 33, Thomasville, Ga. 31799 or to Thomasville Landmarks Inc., P. O. Box 1285, Thomasville, Ga. 31799. - H. M. Patterson & Son Oglethorpe Hill, Atlanta
Trulie Maxine Hammonds
Services for Trulie Maxine Hammonds, 95, Newton, are at 11 a.m., Jan. 25, 2005, at St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church in Albany. The Rev. Henry Hogans will officiate and interment is in St. Matthew Cemetery. Active pallbearers are deacons of St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church. Miss Hammonds died Jan. 20 at her residence. Born Nov. 9, 1909, in Newton, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Hammonds and Annie Ronnie Keaton Hammonds. She attended Newton schools, Albany State University and Savannah State University. She held bachelor of arts and master’s of arts degrees. She was a retired school teacher, member of St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church where she served as church secretary for many years and a member of the Pallbearer Society. Survivors include a brother, the Rev. U.A. Hammonds of Thomasville; aunt, Jessie King of Reynolds; sisters-in-law, Inetha Hammonds of Newton, Nellie Hammonds; and a host of beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, church family, co-workers and devoted friends. - Hatcher-Peoples Funeral Home
Charles H. Braswell
Services for Charles H. Braswell, 66, of Cairo, are Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, at First Missionary Baptist Church, in Thomasville, at 1 p.m. The Rev. Dr. I.L. Mullins Sr. will officiate. Interment will be at Crestview Cemetery in Cairo. Active pallbearers will be Charles H. Braswell Jr., Demetrius Braswell and James Bellamy Braswell and the deacons of First Missionary Baptist Church. Honorary Deacon Leroy Smith Jr., Deacon Franklin Pinckney of Waycross, Ga., will be honorary pallbearers. Mr. Braswell died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, at Grady General Hospital in Cairo after a brief illness. He moved to Cairo 11 years ago from Plainfield, N.J. He was retired from New Jersey Transit Co. and was born the son of the Rev. Hoke and Ella M. Shaw Braswell in March 24, 1938. He was also married to Lizzie Warren and was a Mason at Prince Hall Lodge in Newark, N.J. He was also a member of the Elks Mohawk Lodge #307, of Plainfield, N.J., and the American Legion of Newark N.J. In addition, Mr. Braswell sang in the gospel choir, Voice of Hope singer, a mentor of the Laymen’s Ministry and a former member of Shiloh Baptist Church, of Plainfield, N.J., and also was a former member of New Point Baptist Church, of Newark, N.J. He also was a member of First Baptist Church of Thomasville, Ga. He attended Center High School in Waycross and was in the 21st Century Club, served on the Deacon board and was also in the Edith Hill Mission Circle. Mr. Braswell is survived by his wife, Lizzie Braswell, of Cairo; his sons, James Bellamy (Deivra Sears) Braswell, of New Brunswick, N.J., Charles (Sherry) Braswell Jr., of Baltimore, Md., and Demetrius Braswell, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a brother, William H. Braswell, of Atlanta; an aunt, Mary E. Warren, of Cairo; a sister-in-law, Ethel Phillips, of Greenwood, S.C.; a brother-in-law, Bennie (Effie) Mersier, of Newark, N.J.; a cousin, Bennie Bell Williams, of Waycross; a friend, Lillia M. Smith, of Waycross; and god-daughters, Cheryl Smith, of Dallas, Texas, and Amora McSwain, of Italy; six grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. - Cloud & Son Funeral Home
Nell Atkinson Hammond Hand
Graveside services for Nell Atkinson Hand are at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 in Laurel Hill Cemetery on Thirteenth Street. The Rev. Frederick A. Buechner will officiate. Mrs. Hand died Saturday, Jan. 15. Born June 4, 1918 in Thomasville, she was the youngest daughter of Mary Eleanor Atkinson and Walter Jones Hammond. She attended public school in Thomasville and the University of Georgia. She afterward moved with her family to Atlanta following the appointment of her father as sheriff of the Supreme Court of Georgia. On April 7, 1945, she was married in Atlanta to Lawrence Milton Hand of Hiram, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of All Saints’ Episcopal Church and the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. She is survived by a son, John Screven Hand; his wife, Lois and their daughter, Mary Eleanor; a daughter, Eleanor Nesbitt Hand Lilly; her husband, Roy and their children, Mary Lawrence Lilly and Roy Miller Lilly III all of Thomasville; a son, William Lawrence Hand of Ochlocknee; sisters-in-law, Daisy M. Hammond (Mrs. William M. Hammond) of Atlanta, Helen L. Hand Gordon (Mrs. Chester A. Gordon) of Bostic, N.C.; nieces, Nancy H. Ferguson (Mrs. L. Maxwell Ferguson) of Atlanta, Walta M. Warren (Mrs. Talbot L. Warren) of Paris, Va.; and a nephew, William May Hammond Jr. of Atlanta. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband; a sister, Lila Screven Hammond Martin of Thomasville; a brother, William May Hammond of Atlanta; and a nephew, Ware Gailliard Martin of Florence, S.C. Memorials may be made to All Saints’ Episcopal Church, the Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society or the Archbold Foundation for the Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center. - Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home
I.T. Lawhorn
Graveside services for I.T. Lawhorn of Thomasville were at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at Laurel Hill Cemetery on Seventh Street. Mr. Lawhorn died Saturday, Jan. 15, at his residence. Born March 25, 1911 in Meigs, he was the son of the late Joseph Lawhorn and the late Alpha Davis. He was a retired carpenter and farmer, and was a member of Kenyon Memorial Seventh-Day Adventist Church. On Nov. 29, 1930 in Monticello, he married Lillie Laney Lawhorn, who preceded him in death Oct. 28, 2000. He is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Iverson T. Lawhorn, Jr. and wife Janice, Delmus R. Lawhorn and wife Dorothy, all of Thomasville; seven grandchildren, Delores Self, Belinda Yarosh, Elaine Phillips, Gail Boone, Kevin Lawhorn, Walter Lawhorn and Hank Krumholz; six great-grandchildren, Rita Webb, Samantha Hampton, Katlin Phillips, Chris Self, Rebecca Boone, Josh Self; and one great-great-grandchild Taylor Hampton. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Kenyon Memorial Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2203 E. Clay St., Thomasville, Ga. 31792. - Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home
Richard P. Porter
Services for Richard P. Porter of Ochlocknee are at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005 at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church with Father Jacek Szuster officiating. Mr. Porter died Jan. 15, 2005 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Born on Aug. 23, 1931 in Kalamazoo Mich., he was the son of the late Harold Porter and Bessie Wagner Porter. Mr. Porter was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a member of the VFW and St. Augustine’s Catholic Church where he served in the Knights of Columbus. He was a retired truck driver for a beverage distributor in Toledo, Ohio where he worked for 15 years. He was married for 35 years to Perly Mausisa Porter, of Ochlocknee, who survives. Other survivors include his son, Randy Harold Porter who is serving in Iraq; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Janice Porter of Ohio; brothers and sisters-in-law, Alan and Barbara Porter of Ocala, Fla., and Carl and Dorothy Porter of Tennessee; sister and brother-in-law Margie and Jim Fosgate of Temperance, Mich.; grandchildren Michelle and Josh Goldsby, Mike and Tiffany Porter; sister-in-law and husband, Julieta and Felipe Cabilao; and many other relatives and friends. Memorials may be made to St. Augustine’s Catholic Church. - Allen & Allen Funeral Home
Michael Todd Sheffield
Services for Michael Todd Sheffield, 21, of Cairo, are at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005 at Midway Baptist Church in Cairo. The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Cloud will officiate and interment is in Midway Cemetery in Cairo. Active pallbearers are Josh Gainous, Cody Cannon, Jason Coker, Tate Taylor, Blake Stanaland, Eric Cady, Brad Sheffield and Jeffery Crosson. Mr. Sheffield died Sunday, Jan. 16 at his residence. Born Feb. 1, 1983 in Lakeland, Fla., he was a son of Daniel S. and Teresa Faye Hudson Sheffield. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church and was a carpenter specializing in cabinet building. Survivors include his parents, Daniel and Teresa Sheffield of Cairo; brothers and sister-in-law, Daniel “Dusty” and Amanda Sheffield of Cairo, Chad Thomas Sheffield of Cairo; sisters and brothers-in-law, Denise Sheffield and Todd Maddox of Ochlocknee, Danelle and Mike Holder of Bartow, Fla.; daughter, Alexis Grace Maxwell Sheffield of Cairo; grandmother, Geneva Baxter of Cairo; loving girlfriend, Natalie Wade of Cairo; several nieces and a host of loving family and friends. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. - Clark Funeral Home
Helen Morgan Kilpatrick
Graveside services for Helen Morgan Kilpatrick of Thomasville are at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, at Claybank Cemetery in Ozark, Ala. The Rev. Dr. Billy Gaither will officiate. Mrs. Kilpatrick died Saturday, Jan. 15, at her residence. Born Jan. 8, 1914, in Ozark, she was the daughter of the late John H. Morgan and the late Lucy Dowling Morgan. She was an accountant with British West Indies Airlines in Miami, Fla., and a member of First United Methodist Church in Thomasville. She was married to Charles Kilpatrick, who preceded her in death. She is survived by nephews Floyd L. McKnight of Fitzgerald, Dr. George Morgan, Jr. of Huntsville, Ala., and niece Mona Schuster of Birmingham, Ala. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 425 N. Broad St., Thomasville, Ga., 31792. - Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home
I.T. Lawhorn
Graveside services for I.T. Lawhorn of Thomasville are at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at Laurel Hill Cemetery on Seventh Street. Lawhorn died Saturday, Jan. 15, at his residence. Born March 25, 1911 in Meigs, he was the son of the late Joseph Lawhorn and the late Alpha Davis. Lawhorn was a retired carpenter and farmer, and was a member of Kenyon Memorial Seventh Day Adventist Church. On Nov. 29, 1930 in Monticello, he married Lillie Laney Lawhorn, who preceded him in death Oct. 28, 2000. He is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Iverson T. Lawhorn, Jr. and wife Janice, Delmus R. Lawhorn and wife Dorothy, all of Thomasville; seven grandchildren, Delores Self, Josh Self, Belinda Yarosh, Elaine Phillips, Gail Boone, Kevin Lawhorn, Walter Lawhorn and Hank Krumholz; six great-grandchildren, Rita Webb, Samantha Hampton, Katlin Phillips, Chris Self and Rebecca Boone; one great-great-grandchild, Taylor Hampton. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Kenyon Memorial Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2203 E. Clay St., Thomasville, Ga. 31792. - Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home
Oneda Brooker Sanders
Memorial services for Oneda Brooker Sanders, 64, of Thomasville are at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, at Springhill Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Kenneth L. Boyd will officiate, and the remains will be cremated. Mrs. Sanders died Wednesday, Jan. 12, at Archbold Medical Center. Born in Pelham April 11, 1940, she was the daughter of George and Ozella Brooker. Mrs. Sanders was a member of Bloominglight Baptist Church and was married to Dock Sanders, who preceded her in death June 4, 2000. She is survived by daughters Sharon (Michael) Enoch of Moultrie, and Leslie Sanders of Thomasville; sons Scott Sanders of Thomasville and Mark Sanders of Columbus; five grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a great-grandchild. Family and friends will assemble at the church at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday. - Hadley Funeral Home
Ozell Williams Singletary
Services for Ozell Williams Singletary, 92, of Cairo, are at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005, at Midway Baptist Church. The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Cloud will officiate, and interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo. Active pallbearers are Frank Allen, Glenn Allen, Jack Williams, Terry Williams, Phil Carlson, and Charles Chason. Honorary pallbearers include the Senior Ladies Sunday School Class. Mrs. Singletary died Friday, Jan. 14, at Grady County General Hospital. Born in Cairo Aug. 4, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Nathan H. and Callie Johnson Williams. Mrs. Singletary was a homemaker, and a member of Midway First Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Harry A. Singletary of Cairo, with whom she would have shared her 75 Anniversary on Jan. 26, 2005. Other survivors include daughters Lynette Carlson of Dalton, and Betty Bradley of Cairo; brother Willard Williams of Cairo; sister Candice Sparks of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren Nancy and Dennis Sloman of Rome, Phil and Cynthia Carlson of Rocky Face, Melissa and Zack McDonald of Sidney, NE., Michael Carlson of Dalton, Robert Carlson of Dalton, Frank and Peggy Allen of Tallahassee, Fla., Bobbie and Mike Bingham of Temple, Kim and Charles Chason of Whigham; 14 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Deborah Carlson White, brothers Ernest Williams, Hubert Williams, Jack Williams and Zora Miller, sisters Kate Beckham, Isabel Durham, and Myrtle Merritt. Son-in-laws Phil Carson and James “Pete” Bradley. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. - Clark Funeral Home
Thomas Bletcher
Services for Thomas Bletcher, 66, Hwy. 319, Coolidge, are at noon, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005 at Silver Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Coolidge. The Rev. Dr. Warren C. Hope pastor officiating. Interment is in Peaceful Rest Cemetery in Thomasville. Active pallbearers are Johnny Williams Sr., Cleveland S. Ivey, John Hill, Willie Henderson, Michael Watts and Randolph Scott. Active pallbearers are Robert Linton, W.T. Glenn, Joe Battle, Nathaniel Brinson, Johnny Spear and Wallace Davis. Mr. Bletcher died Jan. 8 at Brooks County Hospital in Quitman. Born Jan. 16, 1938 in Coolidge, he was a son of the late James and Beullah Baldwin Bletcher. He was married to Annette Slater. He was a janitor at Garrison Pilcher Elementary and a meat cutter for Sunnyland Inc. He attended Magnolia High School. Mr. Bletcher was a member of Silver Hill Missionary Baptist Church where he was a trustee and an usher for Silver Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include wife of 42 years, Annette Bletcher of Coolidge; sons, Warren Bletcher of Decatur, Sidney LaRoy Bletcher (Tracy) of McDonough; cousins, Cleveland Ivey of Coolidge, Sonya Williams of Thomasville, Mable Jenkins of Coolidge, Ellic Baldwin, Ellis Baldwin, Fannie Lou Rogers, Ginn Pulliam all of Youngstown, Ohio; sister-in-law, Dorothy Bryant (Steve) of Tampa, Fla.; brothers-in-law, Charles Slater (Gloria), James Slater all of Tampa; sisters-in-law, Catherine Davis, Daisy Ella Randolph (Leroy), Linda Lee (Cleveland), Janice Slater all of Tampa; brothers-in-law, Johnny Slater (Aretha) of Ocala, Fla., Nathaniel Slater of Coolidge, Roger Slater (Demetrius) of Phoenix, Ariz.; and a sister-in-law, Geraldine Peoples of Coolidge. The viewing is from 2 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday at the funeral home and from 11 a.m. until the service Saturday at the church. The procession will assemble at 11:30 a.m. at his residence. - Hadley’s Funeral Home
Margaret W. Bozeman
Services for Margaret W. Bozeman of Winter Springs, Fla. are at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005 at Allen & Allen Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Merrill Coram will officiate. Mrs. Bozeman died Jan. 7 at her residence. Born Sept. 16, 1929 in Thomas County, Ga., she was the daughter of the late James and Margaret Williams. In 1947 in Thomas County, she married Curtis Bozeman who survives. Mrs. Bozeman was a member of the First Baptist Church of Tuscawilla in Winter Springs, Fla. Other survivors include her daughter, Marsha Nattress; son, Brent Bozeman both of Winter Park, Fla.; grandchildren, Christin Bozeman, Alexandria Bozeman; sisters, Anne Owens of Hampton, Virginia, Hazel Horne of Thomasville, Marian Kennedy of Miami, Fla.; brother, Jerome “Billy” Williams of Thomasville; brother-in-law and wife, Gene and Ivy Bozeman of Thomasville, brother-in-law and wife, Cecil and Katherine Bozeman of Coolidge; sister-in-law, Mildred Massey of Thomasville; brother-in-law and wife, Tommy and Shebbie Bozeman of Coolidge; and sister-in-law, Cynthia and the late Carl Bozeman of Thomasville. She was preceded in death by brothers, Floyd Williams, Albert Williams, James Williams, Julian Williams, Wardlaw Williams; sisters, Katie Spears, Thelma Letchas, Minnie Kemp, Sadie Hobbs, Genelle Hurtado and Vera Parker. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of the Comforter, 595 Montgomery Rd., Altamonte Springs, Fla. 32714. - Allen & Allen Funeral Home
