WINDER - Mattie “Laurene” Martin, 89, died Saturday, January 29, 2011.
Born in Watkinsville, she was the daughter of the late James P. and Addie Bell Brewer Hardigree. She was preceded in death by her husband, Voltie Martin; and a brother, James Ezra Hardigree.
Mrs. Martin was a founder and charter member of The Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. She was the “Bingo Queen” at Winder Health Care and was a retired seamstress from Statham Garment Company.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Terry and Zelma Martin, Lawrenceville, and Larry and Janet Martin, Hoschton; daughters, Peggy Whelchel, Winder, and Susan Martin, Atlanta; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 1, at 11 a.m., from Smith Memory Chapel, with the Revs. Randy Brock and Bobby Allen officiating. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday, January 31, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Activity Fund at Winder Health Care, 263 East May Street, Winder, GA 30680.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.
Barrow County - Topics from January, 2011
Trennan Jackson Ayers
STATHAM – In loving memory of our infant son, Trennan Jackson Ayers, died Thursday, January 20, 2011.
Born in Athens, he was the son of T.J. and Tammie Keyes Ayers of Statham.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 29, at 11 a.m., from the Union Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Morley officiating.
An Angel in the Book of Life wrote down his baby’s birth, and as He closed it, He whispered “Too beautiful for earth."
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Athens, he was the son of T.J. and Tammie Keyes Ayers of Statham.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 29, at 11 a.m., from the Union Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Morley officiating.
An Angel in the Book of Life wrote down his baby’s birth, and as He closed it, He whispered “Too beautiful for earth."
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.
Ada Henderson
VILLA RICA – Ada Henderson, 93, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Wellstar Cobb Hospital, following an extended illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, January 29, at 1 p.m., from the chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with the Rev. Willie Goodman officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, January 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Memorial Park Funeral Home South, Flowery Branch, is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, January 29, at 1 p.m., from the chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with the Rev. Willie Goodman officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, January 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Memorial Park Funeral Home South, Flowery Branch, is in charge of arrangements.
Roger Glass
Roger P. Glass, Sr., 71, passed away from this life into the next January 23, 2011. He was born in Barrow County, the son of the late Ella Reese Griffeth Glass and W.J. Glass. He was preceded in death by his parents and a granddaughter, Mallory Moody.
He grew up in Greensboro where he and his wife, Sandra Caldwell Glass, graduated from Greensboro High School in 1957. He was recognized as a stand out athlete still holding the record for the most touchdowns scored in one game and awarded a football scholarship to Clemson University in South Carolina where he attended college.
As a young man, Roger was employed by several timber companies and was transferred to Bishop, Ga. in 1966 where he partnered with Murrow Brothers and started his own timber business, Oconee Timber, Inc. He became a real estate developer and was a partner in LGM Realty. His most recent venture was the vision and development of Mulberry Grove Assisted Living in Statham, Ga. He was a well respected and admired businessman known for his honesty and as being a man of his word.
Roger was an avid golfer, serving as a past president of the Monroe Golf and Country Club. While living in Bishop he was elected Mayor of the town. In 2002, he and Sandra returned to their roots in Greensboro, Ga. making their home at the Lake Oconee╒s Harbor Club Community. He was a member of the Bishop United Methodist Church.
Although he had many accomplishments in his lifetime, his abundant family and taking care of them, was his true pride, joy and pleasure, loved ones stated.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Sandra; two sons, Roger Phillip ╥Phil╙ (Michelle) Glass Jr. and W. Perry (Lynn) Glass; three daughters, Pam (Dave) Ellis, Paula (Leon) Hoover, and Patti (Mike) Moody; one brother, Ray (Dot) Glass; 16 grandchildren, Jessica and Jackson Ellis, Roger ╥Phillip╙ Glass III, Abigail, Ella, Amelia Glass, Luke, Natalie (Coss), Nicole, Rachel and Levi Hoover, Cami Grace and Cassi Lane Glass, Jason, Matthew and Anna Moody; and one great-grandson, Paxton Stephens.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 26, at 11 a.m. at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West Chapel, with the Rev. Joe Gunby and Douglas Bower officiating. Burial will be at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Phillip Glass, Luke Hoover, Jackson Ellis, Matthew Moody, and good friends Jerome Martin and Jimmy Britt.
Memorials may be made to honor his memory to the Bishop UMC Building Fund, P.O. Box 143, Bishop, GA 30621, or the American Cancer Society, 1684 Barnett Shoals Rd., Athens, GA 30605
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West, Bogart, is in charge of arrangements.
He grew up in Greensboro where he and his wife, Sandra Caldwell Glass, graduated from Greensboro High School in 1957. He was recognized as a stand out athlete still holding the record for the most touchdowns scored in one game and awarded a football scholarship to Clemson University in South Carolina where he attended college.
As a young man, Roger was employed by several timber companies and was transferred to Bishop, Ga. in 1966 where he partnered with Murrow Brothers and started his own timber business, Oconee Timber, Inc. He became a real estate developer and was a partner in LGM Realty. His most recent venture was the vision and development of Mulberry Grove Assisted Living in Statham, Ga. He was a well respected and admired businessman known for his honesty and as being a man of his word.
Roger was an avid golfer, serving as a past president of the Monroe Golf and Country Club. While living in Bishop he was elected Mayor of the town. In 2002, he and Sandra returned to their roots in Greensboro, Ga. making their home at the Lake Oconee╒s Harbor Club Community. He was a member of the Bishop United Methodist Church.
Although he had many accomplishments in his lifetime, his abundant family and taking care of them, was his true pride, joy and pleasure, loved ones stated.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Sandra; two sons, Roger Phillip ╥Phil╙ (Michelle) Glass Jr. and W. Perry (Lynn) Glass; three daughters, Pam (Dave) Ellis, Paula (Leon) Hoover, and Patti (Mike) Moody; one brother, Ray (Dot) Glass; 16 grandchildren, Jessica and Jackson Ellis, Roger ╥Phillip╙ Glass III, Abigail, Ella, Amelia Glass, Luke, Natalie (Coss), Nicole, Rachel and Levi Hoover, Cami Grace and Cassi Lane Glass, Jason, Matthew and Anna Moody; and one great-grandson, Paxton Stephens.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 26, at 11 a.m. at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West Chapel, with the Rev. Joe Gunby and Douglas Bower officiating. Burial will be at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Phillip Glass, Luke Hoover, Jackson Ellis, Matthew Moody, and good friends Jerome Martin and Jimmy Britt.
Memorials may be made to honor his memory to the Bishop UMC Building Fund, P.O. Box 143, Bishop, GA 30621, or the American Cancer Society, 1684 Barnett Shoals Rd., Athens, GA 30605
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West, Bogart, is in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy Browning
DACULA – Dorothy Louise Browning, 89, died Sunday, January 23, 2011.
She was a member of Walnut Fork Baptist Church and a retired seamstress from Georgia Slacks. Mrs. Browning was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Browning in February 2000.
Survivors include children, Dorothy Fay and Perry Harrison and Donald Ray and Wanda Browning, all of Dacula, Vera Randall, Auburn, Marron and Pam Browning, Hoschton; brothers, Dean and Katherine Butler, Dallas and Ouida Butler and Clifford Butler Jr., all of Dacula; sisters, Betty Moody, Marietta, Frances Ayers and Ruth Ethridge, both of Dacula; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 25, at 11 a.m., from the chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with John Bensley and Minister John Weaton Jr. officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Duluth. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday, January 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.
Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Rd., SW, Lawrenceville, is in charge of arrangements.
She was a member of Walnut Fork Baptist Church and a retired seamstress from Georgia Slacks. Mrs. Browning was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Browning in February 2000.
Survivors include children, Dorothy Fay and Perry Harrison and Donald Ray and Wanda Browning, all of Dacula, Vera Randall, Auburn, Marron and Pam Browning, Hoschton; brothers, Dean and Katherine Butler, Dallas and Ouida Butler and Clifford Butler Jr., all of Dacula; sisters, Betty Moody, Marietta, Frances Ayers and Ruth Ethridge, both of Dacula; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 25, at 11 a.m., from the chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with John Bensley and Minister John Weaton Jr. officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Duluth. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday, January 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.
Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Rd., SW, Lawrenceville, is in charge of arrangements.
Ada Henderson
VILLA RICA – Ada Henderson, 93, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Wellstar Cobb Hospital following an extended illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, January 29, at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with the Rev. Willie Goodman officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, January 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Memorial Park Funeral Home South, Flowery Branch, is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, January 29, at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with the Rev. Willie Goodman officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, January 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Memorial Park Funeral Home South, Flowery Branch, is in charge of arrangements.
‘Becky’ Medley
WINDER - Rebecca Ann “Becky” Medley, 53, died Sunday, January 16, 2011.
Rebecca is survived by her mother, Evelyn A. Brownlee; longtime companion, Jackie Prather; brother, Gary R. Medley and wife Susan; aunt, Linda D. Gaddis and husband, David; aunt, Ruby Williams; niece, Callie Rebecca Boyle and husband Benjamin; nephews, Brandon Allen Medley, Matthew Lyman Herdt and James Joseph Herdt and wife Amy Herdt; great-nephew, Corin Joshua Boyle; and numerous cousins and friends.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 20, at 1 p.m. at Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. Interment will follow at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery in Lilburn. The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 19, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Lawrenceville, is in charge of arrangements.
Rebecca is survived by her mother, Evelyn A. Brownlee; longtime companion, Jackie Prather; brother, Gary R. Medley and wife Susan; aunt, Linda D. Gaddis and husband, David; aunt, Ruby Williams; niece, Callie Rebecca Boyle and husband Benjamin; nephews, Brandon Allen Medley, Matthew Lyman Herdt and James Joseph Herdt and wife Amy Herdt; great-nephew, Corin Joshua Boyle; and numerous cousins and friends.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 20, at 1 p.m. at Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. Interment will follow at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery in Lilburn. The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 19, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Lawrenceville, is in charge of arrangements.
‘Jamie’ Westbrooks
AUBURN - James Ellis “Jamie” Westbrooks, 34, died Monday, January 10, 2011.
Born in Atlanta, he graduated from Central Gwinnett High School and was employed with Starbucks.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Lois and Jerry Harvey, Auburn, and father and stepmother, Ellis and Trisha Westbrooks, Alma, Ark.; grandmother, Margaret Holland, Atlanta; brother and sister-in-law, Rob and Beth Westbrooks, Auburn; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Monday, January 17, from Smith Memory Chapel. Burial was in Barrow Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, was in charge of arrangements.
Born in Atlanta, he graduated from Central Gwinnett High School and was employed with Starbucks.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Lois and Jerry Harvey, Auburn, and father and stepmother, Ellis and Trisha Westbrooks, Alma, Ark.; grandmother, Margaret Holland, Atlanta; brother and sister-in-law, Rob and Beth Westbrooks, Auburn; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Monday, January 17, from Smith Memory Chapel. Burial was in Barrow Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, was in charge of arrangements.
Ida Plantz
HOSCHTON – Ida Plantz, 80, died Monday, January 17, 2011, at her residence following an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 19, from the chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home. Burial was in the Memorial Park South Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral Home South, Flowery Branch, was in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 19, from the chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home. Burial was in the Memorial Park South Cemetery.
Memorial Park Funeral Home South, Flowery Branch, was in charge of arrangements.
Scottie Allen
WINDER – Scottie Eugene Allen, 52, died Saturday, January 15, 2011.
Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home in Hoschton.
Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home in Hoschton.
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