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The Macon Telegraph Tuesday, July 20, 1993 0 Obituaries es Henry Allen HAWKINSVILLE Henry Allen of 299 of Lee Paul Road died Sunday in a local hospital. Born in Houston County, he was the son of the late Lee Allen and Dora Allen. Survivors: wife, Mildred Allen of Hawkinsville; children, Henry Allen Jr. and Douglas Allen, both of Warner Robins, Kenneth Allen of Orlando, Gregory Allen of Hawkinsville, Marjoria Allen of Jersey City, N.J., Beverly Allen of Atlanta, Lynwood Allen of Jacksonville, and Wendy Allen of New Orleans, brother, John Allen of New Orleans; and 18 grandchildren. Services: 1 p.m.

Thursday in Old Mount Ollie Primitive Baptist Church. Burial: church cemetery. Elder Kenneth Spearman will officiate. Richardson Funeral Home in Perry has charge of arrangements. Andrew Vestal Arnold AMERICUS Andrew Vestal Arnold, 65, of 125 Dellwood Drive died Sunday in a local hospital.

Born in Randolph County, he was the son of the late Emmett Earl Arnold and Elizabeth Daniel Arnold. He was a farmer and a member of Plains Baptist Church, Sumter Livestock Association, and the board of directors of Sumter County Farm Bureau. Survivors: wife, Le Noir Arnold of Americus; children, Andrew Vestal Arnold Jr. and Robert Earl Arnold, both of Americus; stepchildren, Jim Bass Jr. and Angie Hood, both of Americus; sister, Louise Paul of Cartersville; and two grandchildren.

Services: 1 a.m. today in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church cemetery. The Rev. Don Wilson will officiate. Visitation: The family may be contacted at the residence.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Plains Baptist Church, Plains. Hanco*ck Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Willie A. Baker MILLEDGEVILLE Willie A. Baker of 105 Van Odgen Drive died Friday in a local hospital.

Born in Wilkinson County, he was the son of the late William Baker Sr. and Lucille Baker. He was a retired employee of Georgia Railroad Company. Survivors: children, Walter Baker, Johnny Baker, Lillie Mae Hooks, Alberta Mason and Willie Mae Durden, all of Milledgeville; sister, Aretha McKinnon of Fort Pierce, 41 grandchildren and several great -grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Peoples Funeral Home. Burial: Westview Cemetery. The Rev. H.O. Ray will officiate.

Visitation: The family may be contacted at the residence. William F. Clark FITZGERALD William F. Clark, 51, of 211 W. Suwanee St.

died Sunday at his residence. Born in Rondo, he was an employee of Gilman Paper Company and was a Baptist. He was the son of the late Jeff Clark. He was an organizer and charter member of the Fitzgerald Optimist Club and was a former employee of Brown Transport Company. Survivors: wife, Gail L.

Clark of Fitzgerald; son, Brian A. Clark of Fitzgerald; mother, Fair Dean Clark Ward of Marianna, brothers and sister, Herbert J. Clark of Fitzgerald, Harold Clark of Jonesboro, Edmond Clark of St. Genevieve, and Carolyn Free of Marianna. Services: 2 p.m.

today in Paulk Funeral Home. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev. Danny Lovett will officiate. Margarette H.

Collins Margarette H. to 9 tonight in the funeral home. Collins HAWKINSVILLE Margarette H. Collins, 67, died Monday in a local hospital. Born in Dodge County, she was a member of First Baptist Church and was the retired operator of Stetson House Restaurant.

Survivors: children, Linda K. Collins and Felda A. Collins both of Macon; companion, Ed Owens of Hawkinsville; and a grandchild, Toni Collins of Macon. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Clark Funeral Home.

Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran. The Rev. Jean Greer will officiate. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 7 Margarette H. Jettie Merle Cooper BELEVUE, Ala.

Jettie Merle Cooper, 80, died Saturday. Born in Gadsden, she lived in Macon for many years. She was a member of Vineville Methodist Church and was a former employee of Bibb Manufacturing Company and Snelling Snelling. She was the widow of Al L. Cooper.

Survivors: children, Mary Braun of Bellevue, Jane Cooper of Seattle, Al Cooper Jr. of Fort Worth, Texas; brother and sister, Vivian Billings of Birmingham, and Ray Farabee of Tuscaloosa, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services: were held by Flintofts Issaquah Funeral Drew Dixon BRUNSWICK Drew Dixon, 71, died Friday at his residence. Born in Irwin County, he attended Blythe Island Baptist Church and was a member of Adult Men's Sunday School Class. He was a retired employee of Brunswick Pulp and Paper Woods Division and was a member of the Retired Employees of Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company.

Survivors: children, Johnny Dixon and Danny Dixon, both of Brunswick, and James Dixon of Alma; brothers and sisters, Ethel Turner of Fitzgerald, Jane Dixon of Manteno, Ossie Dixon, Jimmy Dixon and Ben Dixon, all of Ocilla; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services: were held at 2 p.m. Monday in Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Burial: Palmetto Cemetery. The Rev.

E.C. Rainey and Dr. Kenneth Wilbanks officiated. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Glynn County Heart Association. Horace Evans Hester JONES COUNTY Horace Evans Hester, 61, of Route 22 died Monday in a local hospital.

Born in Houston County, he lived in Macon for most of his life and was the owner of Georgia Aluminum Products. Survivors: wife, Betty Barrington Hester of Macon; children, Gloria McCard of Thomaston, Shirley Fowler, Steve Hester, Johnny H. Hester and Chris Hester, all of Macon; sisters, Frances lee and Jannette Chaput, both of Macon and Ruth Smith of Gray; eight grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday in Crest Lawn Funeral Home, Macon.

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev. Dennis Andrews will officiate. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home. The family may be contacted at the residence.

Rose Elizabeth Harvey Lee MILLEDGEVILLE Rose Elizabeth Harvey Lee of 131 Wolverine St. died Saturday. Born in Baldwin County, she was a retired employee of Central State Hospital. 1 She was the daughter of the late Henry Harvey and Mary Harvey Corbin. Survivors: husband, Ennis Lee Sr.

of Milledgeville; children, Ennis Lee Jr. and Shirley Thurman, both of Milledgeville, and Mary Cole of Macon; sister, Alice Turner of Milledgeville; and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Slater's Funeral Home. Burial: Baldwin Memorial Gardens.

Brother Charlie Washington will officiate. Claudia Massengale Malone Claudia Massengale Malone, 80, died Saturday. Born in Jones County, she was the daughter of the late Blomer J. Massengale and Sarah Moore Massengale. She was a retired practical nurse and a member of Thomaston Road Baptist Church.

Survivors: daughter, Mary M. Hubbard of Macon; sister, Jewel Brown of Jones County; three grandchildren, five great grandchildren, two step great -grandchildren and a step great grandchild. Services: were held at 11 a.m. Monday in Hardies Chapel Church of Christ Cemetery, Jones County. The Rev.

Stewart McNary officiated. The family may be contacted at 2640 Bob-O-Link Drive, Macon. Williams Memorial Chapel in Gordon had charge of arrangements. William L. McClelland DUBLIN William L.

McClelland, 74, of 300 Fairmont Drive died Saturday in a local hospital. Born in Dade County, he lived in Dublin for the past seven years. He was a World War II and Korean War retired Army veteran and received the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star and the Commanders Award for Outstanding Civilian Service. He was the son of the late William Theodore McClelland and Maude McConnell McClelland. He attended Southwest Missouri State Teachers College and the University of Denver.

He was a member and board member of First Church of the Nazarene. Survivors: wife, Alma D. McClelland of Dublin; daughter, Mary Katherine Miller of Colorado Springs, sister, Danzel M. Barkley of Riverton, and two grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m.

Wednesday in First Church of the Nazarene. Burial: Northview Cemetery. The Revs. Skye Alison and Terry Soles. Visitation: The body will be placed in the church an hour before services.

The family may be contacted at the residence. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The First Church of the Nazarene American Heart Association, or to the American Cancer Society. Adams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Allie Bea McGlamry COLUMBUS -Allie Bea McGlamry, 84, of 6400 Green Island Drive died Saturday. Born in Pitts, she was the daughter of the late John C.

and Phoebe Jane Gregory Faircloth. She was a member of Union Baptist Church. Survivors: husband, Edgar Lee McGlarry of Columbus; son, Max R. McGlamry of Columbus; two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m.

today in Union Baptist Church. Burial: church cemetery. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary in Columbus and Dekle Funeral Home in Cordele have charge of arrangements. Harriet Rentz Mole BRUNSON, S.C. Harriet Rentz Mole, 78, died Sunday at her residence.

She was a homemaker and a member of Sandy Run Baptist Church and Senior Adult Ladies Sunday School Class. She was the daughter of the late Aaron Rentz and Annie Thomas Rentz. Survivors: children, Edward W. Mole and Bobbie M. Padgett, both of Barnwell, S.C., Leon E.

Mole of Columbia, Dorothy M. Gibson of Macon, and Patricia M. Hunt of Aiken, S.C.; sisters, Edith Rentz Johnson of Charleston, S.C., and Myrtis Rentz Polk of Hampton, S.C.; 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday in Sandy Run Baptist Church.

Burial: church cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 tonight in the funeral home. The body will be placed in the church an hour before services. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Sandy Run Cemetery Association. Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home in Hampton, S.C.

has charge of arrangements. Frances Verdean Mullins MILLEDGEVILLE Frances Verdean Mullins of 111 Downs St. died recently. She was born in Baldwin County. Survivors: parents, Johnny Lee Mullins Sr.

and Clara Mae Mullis, both of Milledgeville; brother and sisters, Randolph Mullins, Johnny Lee Hill, Charles Lee Hill, Janie Glover and Diane Hill, all of Macon, John Henry Mullins, Parnell Mullins, Richard Mullins, Barry Mullins, Tony Mullins, Estelle Ellison, Claudia ton, Brenda Mullins and Valerie Mullins, all of Milledgeville, and Patricia Medlin of Chicago. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Union Baptist Church, N. Claude St. Burial: Bone Cemetery.

The Rev. Gregory Ellison will officiate. Visitation: The family may be contacted at the residence of Clara Mullins, 1182 Wilbert St. Slater's Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Bobby Hall Rice DECATUR Bobby Hall Rice died Monday.

Born in Elbert County, she was a member of North Avenue Presbyterian Church. Survivors: son, Robert V. Rice of Atlanta; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. today in Rainer Funeral Home, Stockbridge.

Burial: 5 p.m. in West View Cemetery. The Rev. Luke Moncrief will officiate. Riley Sanders Riley Sanders, 38, died Friday in a local hospital.

Born in Bleckley County, he was the son of the late Riley Sanders Sr. and Gracie Glover Sanders. He was a construction worker and a member of Christian Hope Baptist Church. Survivors: son, Gregory Leon Sanders of Cochran; brother and sisters, Doris Veal, Louise Sanders and Early Eugene Sanders, all of Cochran, Mamie Holmes of Hawkinsville and Hattie Williams of Macon, Betty Curry of Dry Branch and Mattie Pearl Ates of Patterson, N.J. Services: 3 p.m.

Wednesday in Christian Hope Baptist Church, Bleckley County. Burial: church cemetery. The Rev. Willie Nesbitt will officiate. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the funeral home.

The body will be placed in the church an hour before services. The family may be contacted at Route 4, Ell Street, Cochran. Friendly Funeral Home in Cochran has charge of arrangements. HART'S J. Milton Heard, III, Chrm.

Funeral Notices CANIPELLI, Vincent J. of 778 Windsor Road died Friday in a local hospital, Services were held at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial: Macon Memorial Park.

Fathers Tom Murphy and John Fitzpatrick officiated. LYONS, Ruth 75, of 560 Cynthia Ave. died Friday at her residence. Services were held at 1 p.m. Monday in St.

Joseph's Catholic Church, Burial: Evergreen Cemetery. Father Tom Murphy officiated. Horace Scott MILLEDGEVILLE Horace Scott of 250 N. Warren St. died Wednesday at his residence.

Born in Morgan County, he was the son of the late John Scott and Sally Scott. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Elbethel Baptist Church and the WMBS Society. He was an employee of First United Methodist Church. Survivors: son, Isiah Thomas of Washington, D.C. Services: were held at 2 p.m.

Monday in Friendship Baptist Church. Burial: church cemetery. The Rev. H.O. Ray officiated.

Peoples Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Brandi Nichole Shepard DUBLIN Brandi Nichole Shepard, the infant daughter of Chuck and Angie Shepard, of Route 2 died Saturday. Survivors: other than the parents, grandparents, Wayne and June Fuqua, both of Dublin, Lanier and Lee Crawley, both of Covington, and Mr. and Mrs. Greg Shepard; great Nell Dawkins, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles R. Shepard, all of Dublin, and Katie Stapleton of Wrightsville; and a great great grandmother, Blanton Shepard of Dublin. Services: were held at 11 a.m. Monday in Pine Hill Methodist Church.

Burial: church cemetery. The Revs. Tommy Veal and Gary Carter officiated. Stanley Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Dwight Eric Sinkfield ATLANTA Dwight Eric Sinkfield, 26, of 3901 Vera Cruise Drive died Thursday at his residence.

He was born in Hanco*ck County. Survivors: parents, Cleveland Sinkfield and Eddye Mae! Sinkfield, both of Atlanta; and a sister, Cynthia Sinkfield of Atlanta. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday in Mount Moriah Baptist Church. Burial: Union Star Cemetery.

The Rev. John Mason will officiate. Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta has charge of arrangements. Mary Opal Sullivan SEBRING, Fla. Mary Opal Sullivan, 71, died Friday in a local hospital.

Born in Fitzgerald, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God. She was the daughter of the late William Andrew McCullar and Sarah Jane Weaver McCullar. Survivors: daughter, Colleen Reichersamer of Sebring; brother and sisters, Gladys Garrett of Thomaston, Mildred Harris of Albany, and James McCullar of Royston. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Evergreen Cemetery.

Paulk Funeral Home in Fitzgerald has charge of arrangements. Rutha Virginia Tanner Rutha Virginia 76, of 1030 Radio Drive died Saturday in a local hospital. Born in Wilcox County, she lived in Macon for the past 62 years. She was a retired employee of Willingham Cotton Mill. She was a homemaker and a member of Napier Avenue Church of God.

She was the daughter of the late William Barclay and Georgia Jones Barclay. Survivors: children, Gaynell Hedgepeth and Sheila Thigpen, both of Macon, and Patricia Peaco*ck of Warner Robins; sisters, Annie Suggs of Lakeland, and Louvinia Hawkins of Macon; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. today in Napier Avenue Church of God. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery.

The Rev. Dan Dockery will officiate. Visitation: The family may be contacted at the residence. Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue has charge of arrangements. Fred D.

Tharpe Sr. Fred D. Tharpe 55, of 995 Maynard St. died Friday at his residence. Born in Bibb County, he was the son of the late Eva Mae Tharpe-Pitts.

He was a former employee of the city of Macon and was a member of Kings Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors: children, Fred D. Tharpe Jr. of Roberta, Tracey Tharpe of Panama City, Miquel Askew, Angela Webb and Karen Sprivey, all of Macon, and Vicki Tharpe of Greenville, S.C.; brothers and sister, Freddie Tharpe, Ulysses Tharpe, Luther Pitts and Larry Pitts, and Wilma Pryor, of Macon; and eight grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Eastlawn Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. Burial: Kings Chapel Baptist Church cemetery. The Rev. James Smith Jr. will officiate.

Visitation: The family may be contacted at the residence. James Everette Threet James Everette Threet, 77, died Sunday. Born in Baldwin County, he lived in Bibb County for many years and was a member of Coopersville Baptist Church. Survivors: cousins. Services: 2 p.m.

today in Coopers Cemetery. The Rev. Joe Thomas will officiate. Moores Funeral Home in Milledgeville has charge of arrangements. Annie C.

Lucas Troutman BUTLER Annie C. Lucas Troutman, 57, of Georgia 137 East died Sunday in a local hospital. Born in Taylor County, she was the daughter of the late Milton and Anna Rene Lucas. She was a homemaker, a member of Mount Gilead Baptist Church and was vice president of the usher board. Survivors: husband, J.B.

Troutman Jr. of Butler; children, Milton Troutman of Dunkirk, N.Y., Ann Talton of Reynolds, Elizabeth Gibson and Johnny Lee Troutman, both of Butler, Dennis Troutman of Sparta, and Mary D. Howell of Fort Riley, sisters, Emma Jean Hooten of Dunkirk, and Cleo L. Green of Butler; 16 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services: 2 p.m.

Thursday in Mount Gilead Baptist Church, Reynolds. Burial: church cemetery. The Rev. Perdue will officiate. Visitation: The body will be placed in the church an hour before services.

The family may be contacted at the residence. Bentley's Funeral Home in Reynolds has charge of arrangements. CREST LAWN Maurice Barnett Milton Adams DONALDSON, Lisa 24, of 311 Belmont Drive, Warner Robins, died a Peach County hospital. Services were held at 4:30 Saturday in Methodist Church. Burial: Doles Community Cemetery, p.m.

The Monday Tim in Doles United The Rev. Steffen officiated. family may be contacted at 1227 Johnson Road. In lieu flowers, the famied requests Methodist be made to Doles Community Cemetery Fund, Doles ly donations UnitChurch, 6220 Thomaston Road, Macon 31204. Survivors: Sylvia Donaldson and Savannah Donaldson, both of Warner Robins; father, children, C.

Reeves Sr. of Macon: brother, Rayford C. Reeves Jr. Rayford Julieanna Reeves of Warner Robins; stepsisters, of and Lynn Reeves, both of Macon; and a grandmother, Vivian Peterman Macon. Crest Lawn Funeral Home has charge of HESTER, Horace Evans: 61, of Route 22 died Monday in a local arrangements.

will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Crest Lawn Funeral Home, Macon. hospital. Services green rington Cemetery. Hester of The Macon; Rev.

Dennis children, Andrews Gloria will McCard officiate. of Thomaston, Survivors: wife, Shirley Burial: EverBetty BarSteve Hester, Johnny H. Hester and Chris Hester, all of Fowler, Jannette Macon; sisters, Frances Lee and and a both of Macon and Ruth Smith of Gray; eight grandchildren Chaput, home. great -grandchild. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral The family may be contacted at the residence.

MIMBS, Myrtice Pearl: 65, of 335 Sharon Lee Drive died in tal. Services will be held at 11 a.m. today in a hospiSunday local Haven Parkway Baptist Church. Burial: Glen Memorial Gardens. The Revs.

Grady Mimbs and Hubert Hollis Survivors: children, Kellie R. Mimbs, Freddie L. Mimbs, Connie will officiate. Donna Shirrene Bryant, all of Macon, Dennis Wayne Ladale Fitzpatrick and Rhondia Kay Watts of Forsyth; brother and sisters, Gail Mimbs Moore of Twiggs Perry, Joyce County, Cox and of of Orlando, and William Lamar Jackson of Macon; 13 grandchildren and seven great Home -grandchildren. The family may be contacted at the residence.

Crest has Lawn Funeral charge of arrangements. Index to obituaries Full obituaries are alphabetically arranged below: Middle Georgia Henry Allen, Hawkinsville Andrew Vestal Arnold, Americus Willie A. Baker, Milledgeville William F. Clark, Fitzgerald Margarette H. Collins, Hawkinsville Drew Dixon, Brunswick Horace Evans Hester, Jones County Rose Elizabeth Harvey Lee, Milledgeville William McClelland, Dublin Allie Bea McGlamry, Columbus Frances Verdean Mullins, Milledgeville Bobby Hall Rice, Decatur Horace Scott, Milledgeville Brandi Nichole Shepard, Dublin Dwight Eric Sinkfield, Atlanta Annie C.

Lucas Troutman, Butler Emily Matheson Underwood, Hinesville Elisha Vickers Douglas Raymond Leon Williams Cordele Nicholas Linton Worthy, Barnesville Claudia Massengale Malone Riley Sanders Rutha Virginia Tanner Fred D. Tharpe Sr. James Everette Threet Elsewhere Jettie Merle Cooper, Belevue, Ala. Harriet Rentz Mole, Brunson, S.C. Mary Opal Sullivan, Sebring, Fla.

Freda Schofield Tutt Wilson, Durham, N.C. Arrangements incomplete Not all details were completed by press time. Please contact the funeral home listed for more information Marquita Bradley, Macon, Bentley and Sons Funeral Home, Macon Willie Chamblee, Macon, Hutchings Funeral Home, Macon Mattie Jones, Macon, Hutchings Funeral Home, Macon Lige Orr Macon, Bentley and Sons Funeral Home, Macon Willie Lewis Shannon, Fort Valley, Edwards Funeral Home, Fort Valley Emily Matheson Underwood HINESVILLE Emily Matheson Underwood died Sunday. Born in Atlanta, she was the daughter of the late Robert Eugene Matheson and Lola Wannamaker Matheson and was the widow of Judge John Wesley Underwood. She was a graduate of Duke University and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors: children, Mrs. William C. Ziegler Jr. of Orangeburg, S.C., John Wesley Underwood Jr. and Joe Columbus Underwood II, both of Mount Vernon; and six grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. today in Mount Vernon Cemetery. The Revs. Richard Gates and Dan Lott will officiate. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to First Presbyterian Church.

Murchison Funeral Home in Vidalia has charge of arrangements. Elisha Vickers Sr. DOUGLAS Elisha Vickers 83, died Saturday at his residence. Born in Douglas, he was a retired farmer and a member of Arna Primitive Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Henry Vickers and Mollie McClelland Vickers.

Survivors: wife, Grace Adams Vickers of Douglas; children, Lowell Vickers and Elisha Vickers both of Douglas, Jack Vickers of Westmoreland, and Mary Ann Grantham of Jacksonville, sisters, Ruby Vickers of Ambrose, and Mary Ayers of Douglas; 10 grandchildren and eight great -grandchildren. Services: were held at 11 a.m. Monday in Carver Baptist Church. Burial: church cemetery. Elders Winston Boyette, Robert Register and the Rev.

Wiley Vickers officiated. Ricketson Funeral Home had charge of ar- rangements. Raymond Leon Williams Sr. CORDELE Raymond Leon Williams 79, of 115 Bream Drive died Monday in a local hospital. Born in Worthy County, he was a World War II Army veteran and a retired truck driver.

He was the son of the late Sam Jackson Williams and Mattie Clark. He was a member of Sunrise Boulevard Baptist Church, DAV and the church league bowling. Survivors: wife, Eva C. Williams of Cordele; children, Raymond Leon Williams Jr. of Point Pleasant, N.J., the Rev.

Jimmy Jordan Williams of Lyons, Jerry Clark Williams of Port St. Lucie, and Jonathan Lee Williams of Fort Pierce, brothers and sisters, Obe Williams of Ashburn, Jesse Williams of Atlanta, John Williams and Lucille W. Decker, both of Riverdale, Frances W. Peters of Mableton, and Norma W. Guess of Sycamore; and six grandchildren.

Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Dekle Funeral Home. Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Tifton. The Rev. Jimmy Jordan Williams will officiate.

Freda Schofield Tutt Wilson DURHAM, N.C. Freda Schofield Tutt Wilson, 67, died Monday at her residence. Born in Macon, she was the daughter of the late Jefferson W. and Freda Schofield Tutt and was the widow of George I. Watson.

She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Reserve Officers Association-Ladies, and the Extension Homemakers Club of Lake Landing. Survivors: children, Ernest C. Watson of Durham and Dr. William F. Watson of Raleigh; brother and sister, John Franklin Tutt of Asheville, N.C., and Teenie T.

Veal of Macon; and three grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday in Amity United Methodist Church. Burial: church cemetery. The Rev.

Wilbur Ormond will officiate. Visitation: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Friends of Amity, Ruth Davis, Route 1, Engelhard, N.C. 27824, or to the Octagon House, P.O. Box 187, Engelhard, 27824. The body will be placed in the church two hours before services.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 9 today at Route 1, Engelhard. Bryan Funeral Home in Engelhard has charge of arrangements. Nicholas Linton Worthy BARNESVILLE Nicholas Linton Worthy, 3, of 600 Piedmont Road died Sunday. Born in Macon, he lived in Barnesville for most of his life. Survivors: parents, Kimberly Worthy of Barnesville and Jerry Linton Worthy of Yatesville; brother and sisters, Jill Worthy, Jennifer Worand Jeremy Worthy, all of Barnesville; grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Steve Smith, both of Barnesville, and Margaret Worthy of Yatesville; great -grandmother, Christine Smith of Barnesville. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday in New Hope Baptist Church cemetery. The Rev.

Steve Maguire will officiate. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home. The family may be contacted at the residence of Steve Smith, 600 Piedmont Road. Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. SNOW'S MEMORIAL CHAPELS FUNERAL NOTICES Since 1892 746 Cherry St.

3077 Pio Nono Ave. LUNDY. Dennis Keith: 31, of 836 Chisholm Trail, Lake Wildwood, died Saturday in Putnam County. Services will be held at 10 a.m. today in Macon Memorial Park.

Dr. Joe S. Andrews will officiate. The family may be contacted at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.

Dennis L. Lundy, 105 Pinerock Court, Macon. Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue has charge of arrangements. TANNER, Rutha Virginia: 76, of 1030 Radio Drive died Saturday in a local Services will be held 2 p.m. today in Napier Avenue Church of God.

Burial: Everhospital. green Cemetery. The Rev. Dan Dockery will officiate. The family may be contacted at the residence.

Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue has charge of ments..

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