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The Macon News from Macon, Georgia • 2

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The Macon Newsi
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Macon, Georgia
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The Macon News, His 'Pappy' Nemesis Meets Mr. Sumlin, Services Friday Services for Edward R. Mr. Sumlin, a native of Macon; and four sisters, Gregory Sumlin, who of died 2184 Houston Bibb County, was em- Mrs. Grace Webster of "Pappy" Boying- Wednes- ployed as a driver with Tallahassee, Mrs.

day, will be held at 3 the Yellow Cab Co. Beatrice Hill, Mrs. Martha ton (R) and Masa- Friday in the p.m. chapel Survivors include a Bullock, and Mrs. jiro Kawato got of Hart's Mortuary.

Burial brother, Jack Sumlin of Bray, all of Macon. Evelyn together at the will be in Evergreen CemLos Angeles Inter- etery. Mrs. Ada Sanders national Kiwanis Mrs. Orene Mathews Mrs.

Ada Sanders, 90, Funeral Home. Club Tuesday. The McRAE Mrs. Orene of 1514 Rose Crest Colwell Matthews, 51, died Wednesday in a local The family will be at former World War died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral arrange- the residence of Mrs.

II Marine fighter htspital after a brief ill- ments will be an- Pearl Woolfolk of 2091 pilot was shot ness. Services were held nounced by Hutchings Jeff Davis St. down by Kawato at 3 p.m. today in Helena Baptist Church. Burial over the Pacific in in Sharon was Baptist 1944.

Both spent Church Cemetery. Those Who Know time in prisoner of Survivors include her husband, Dodge Mathews CALL HART'S MORTUARY war camps. The of McRae; and a brother, men agreed, how- James Colwell of Milan. ever, that no animosity ever existed between them. AP Photo 15 words can pack a lot of all you need to know or power tell if you want to exchange unused items for cash in a hurry.

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You pay one low flat rate of $3.00 (Each additional 5 words $1.00) Maron Telegraph and News 120 BROADWAY-MACON, GA. Feb. 24, 1977 7B IN LOVING MEMORY OF MRS. WILLIE MAE DEESE Who quietly passed away, February 24, 1974. "In his Garden God needed flower somehow he chose you as Rose of the hour.

We cannot replace you we will not try. But we know you are still blooming in the Garden in the sky." Sadly missed by Mr. J. B. Deese, Husband, Parents, Mr.

Mrs. Robert Rowland, Sister Brother. Time of Day-742-4541 AP Willie Ted Rice, 77, Ft. Valley Resident 77, Resident Mrs. Lena Lott and Mrs.

Frances Dennis, both of Buffalo, N.Y., and Mrs. Eva Davis of Miami, Fla. Edwards Funeral Home has charge of arrange- ments. Mrs. Maggie Greene OGLETHORPE Mrs.

Maggie R. Greene, 64, of Rt. 1 died Tuesday in a local hospital. Services were held at 1 p.m. today in Corinth Methodist Church.

Burial was in Ellaville Cemetery. Mrs. Greene, a native of Payne, lived in Schley County 35 years. She was a member of Corinth Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, Herbert Kitchens of Conyers; two brothers, Henry F.

Robinson of Bonaire and J.H. Robinson of Warner Robins; and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Mae Seigler of Bowman. Lizzie Mae Wynn Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Lizzie Mae Wynn, 73, of 3808 Melrose who died Wednesday, will be announced by Memorial Chapel, Funderal Directors.

Mrs. Wynn was born in Lawrence County and educated in the Lawrence County Public Schools. She had been a resident of Macon for seven years and was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in Wheeler County. Survivors include a daughter, Miss Bettie Nell Wynn of Macon; two brothers, Oris Ikner of Macon and Otis Ikner of Dublin; three sisters; Mrs. Lettie Morrison and Mrs.

Eula Mae Shirley of Macon and Mrs. Addie Plant of Texas; several nieces and nephews. The family will be at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Shirley on Hartley Bridge Road.

Franklin Roberts PORTSMOUTH, Va. Franklin J. Roberts, 43, of 1619 Bain died Tuesday in a local hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Sturtevant Funeral Chapel.

Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Roberts, a native of Macon, lived in Portsmouth most of his life. He was an ordnance clerk with the U.S. Navy and a Korean War veteran.

Survivors include his. mother, Mrs. Lois A. Kitchens Hogge of Glouchester Point, a sister, Mrs. Gladys R.

Vick of Portsmouth, a half sister, Miss Nancy Lynn Roberts of Birmingham, a brother, Lamar A. Roberts of Tucson, and a half brother, David M. Roberts of Macon. Miss Janice Bishop WARNER ROBINS Miss Janice Bishop, 17, of 113 Sydney Hicks Drive, died Wednesday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Richardson Funeral Home of Perry.

Obituaries Mrs. Taggie Webb FT. VALLEY Willie Ted Rice, 77, died Monday. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in St.

Peter's AME Church. Burial will be in Willow Lake Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Carrie Durden WARNER ROBINS Services for Mrs. Carrie Durden, 62, of 225 Suzanne Drive, who died Friday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness, will be held at 1 p.m.

Saturday in Kingdom Hall in Centerville. Burial will be in Tri-county Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Hughes, Mrs. Dorethea Durden, and Mrs.

Betty Durden, all of Warner Robins: a son, Eddie Brown of Warner Robins; two sisters, Mrs. Tressie Freeman of Summerville and Mrs. Thelma Dawns of Patterson, N.J.; and a brother, Robert King of Wadley. R.N.T. Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

David Hinton VIDALIA David Louis Hinton, 52, died Wednesday at his residence. Services were held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Murchison Funeral Home. Burial was in Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Mr.

Hinton, a native of Warren County, lived in Vidalia 25 years. He was state manager for the Georgia Automobile Association, was a World War II veteran, and was a member of Vidalia First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lola Rushing Hinton of Vidalia; four daughters, Miss Vicki Rushing Hinton and Mrs. Jan Mitchell, both of Vidalia, and Mrs.

Devene Carden and Mrs. Kaye Brannon, both of Griffin; a son, Tony Hinton of the U.S. Army; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Wiggins of Thompson and Mrs. Conrad Goodwin of N.

A Augusta, S.C.; and three brothers, Elbert Hinton of Thompson, Willie Hinton of Mitchell, and Joseph Hinton of Augusta. Bessie McLendon WARNER ROBINS Mrs. Bessie Mattox McLendon, 84, of 117 Hillside died Wednesday in a local hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in White Oak Presbyterian Church near Newnan.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. McLendon, a native of Coweta County, lived in Warner Robins 11 years, having moved from Atlanta. She was retired from Moreland Hoisery Mills in Newnan. She was a member of Corder Road Church of Christ.

Survivors include a son, William Mattox don of Warner Robins; three daughters, Mrs. J.H. Woodard of Hawkinsville, Mrs. A.C. Eubanks of Fayetteville, and Mrs.

C.V. Cataldo of St. Petersburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Lester McCrary of Molena and Mrs. Fred Strickland of Newnan.

The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Willie Emory Home. Willie L. Emory, 80, of 3353 Will Hall died Wednesday at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hutchings Funeral Home.

Mr. Rice, a native of Macon County, lived in Ft. Valley most of his life. He was a member of the King of Honors Lodge and St. Peter's AME Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Carrie Rice of Ft. Valley; three sons, Willie Rice Jr. of Perry, Jimmy Rice of Macon, and James Rice of Ft. Valley; and six daughters, Miss Clara Rice of Jersey City, N.J., Mrs.

Louise Love and Mrs. Virginia Rice, both of Ft. Valley, Mrs. 'Lizzie' Rycroft CORDELE Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rycroft, 66, died Wednesday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Dekle Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Rycroft, a lifelong resident of Crisp County, was a retired nurse.

She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, J.W. Rycroft of Cordele; two sisters, Mrs. Sue Moore and Mrs. Dood Smith, both of Cordele; and five brothers, J.D.

Oglesby of Americus, Thomas Oglesby of Griffin, Lester Oglesby and Luster Oglesby, both of Warner Robins, and Ernest Lee Oglesby of Cordele. L. S. Blankenship EAST DUBLIN Luman S. Blankenship, 71, of 101 Cullen St.

died Tuesday in a local hospital. Services were held at 11 a.m. today in Gethsemane Methodist Church. Burial was in Boiling Springs Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr.

Blankenship, a native of Johnson County, lived in Laurens County most of his life. He was retired from Southern Railroad and was a member of Gethsemane Methodist Church. Survivors include a sister, Miss Wilma Blankenship of Dublin; a stepson, O.D. Cullen Jr. of East Dublin; and a stepdaughter, Mrs.

Andrew Ference of Tallahassee, Fla. Adams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Mrs. Annie Dinkins WARNER ROBINS Services for Mrs. Annie Laura Dinkins, 48, who died Saturday after a lengthy illness, will be held at 4 p.m.

Saturday in Oak Grove Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Dinkins was a lifelong resident of Houston County. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Dinkins Sr.

of Warner Robins; two daughters, Mrs. Diane Allen of Kathleen and Mrs. Barbara Ann Jackson of Warner Robins; four sons, Jerry Dinkins R.C. Dinkins, and Sammie Dinkins, all of Warner Robins, and Sgt. J.C.

Dinkins of South Carolina; five sisters, Mrs. Rebia Dinkins and Mrs. Jennie West, both of Warner Robins, Mrs. Barbara Jean Holmes of Atlanta, Mrs. Maggie Lee Jackson and Mrs.

Barbara Jean Jackson, both of Cordele; and two brothers, Alton Jackson of Warner Robins and Elijah Jackson of Cordele. R.N.T. Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. ELLENWOOD Mrs. Taggie Davis Webb, 82, died Wednesday in a Charleston, S.C., hospital after a brief illness.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Sand Hill United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Crawford E. Webb and Thomas A.

Webb, both of Atlanta; and five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Young of Anderson, S.C., Mrs. Corine Webb of Hollywood, Mrs. Gussie Rowse of Charleston, S.C., Mrs. Lucille Marino of W.

Palm Beach, and Mrs. Gladys Buttrem of Ellenwood. Harris-Smith Funeral Home of McRae has charge of arrangements. Mrs. Littleton BARNESVILLE Mrs.

Corine Willoughby Littleton, 83, who died Tuesday in a Macon nursing home after a long illness, were held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Littleton, a native of Monroe County, lived in Barnesville most of her life.

She was retired from William Carter Co. and was a member of Barnesville First United Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, James C. Littleton of Warner Robins; and two daughters, Mrs. Jessie Bishop of Louisville and Mrs.

Martha Shatterly of Riverdale. Mrs. Susie Johnson DECATUR Services for Mrs. William Fisher Johnson, the former Miss Susie Wooten, of 3384 Charlemagne Drive, died Wednesday in a local hospital. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m.

Friday in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon. Mrs. Johnson, a native of Russellville, lived in Macon most of her life. She was employed by the Joseph N. Neel Co.

for 27 years. She was a member of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church in Macon. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Walter R. Hall of Decatur; three sons, John L.

Johnson of Clarksville, David Doyle Johnson of Tallahassee, and Albert R. Johnson of Wilmington, a sister, Mrs. James K. Hogan of Philadelphia, and a brother, Council Bryant Wooten of Macon. Hart's Mortuary of Macon has charge of arrangements.

COMPARE Arrangement of Flowers MEMORIAL CHAPEL FUNERAL SERVICES YOUR NEIGHBOR Crest Lawn FUNERAL HOME CARES THE MOST We are deeply appreciative also of each of our friends everywhere T. L. IVEY Part Owner A.

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