Jackson County

Mattie Mae Kidd, 70, of Jefferson, passed on Jan. 29, 2019.
Mattie M. Kidd is survived by: one sister, Sarah Ann (Jeffery) Fleming; one brother, C.D. (Sarah) Kidd III; sister-in-law, Mary A. Kidd; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul First Baptist Church, 573 Gordon St., Jefferson. Interment to be held in the church cemetery.
Viewing: Friday, Feb. 8, from 1-7 p.m. at the funeral home. 
Arrangements by: Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home. www.jacksonmcwhorterfuneralhome.com

Betty Morrison, 87, of Comer, passed away Feb. 1, 2019. She was the daughter of the late, Lester & Willie Morrison. She was a member of Wesley Chapel Methodist Church.
Funeral services: Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 3 p.m. at Wesley Chapel Community Church with the Rev. Glenn Guest officiating. The family visited at the church from 2 p.m. to service time. The interment was in the church cemetery.
Survivors include sister, Joyce Daniel; brother-in-law, Grady Wilbanks of Commerce; special niece, Martha Powell of Commerce; and several nieces and nephews.
In charge of arrangements: Lord & Stephens, Danielsville. www.lordandstephens.com  

Nell Hall Allen, 81, of Athens, formerly of Jefferson, entered into rest Friday, Feb. 1, 2019.  Mrs. Allen was born in Jefferson, the daughter of the late Cecil and Ruby Fay Healen Hall, was of the Baptist Faith and retired from Wayne Farms after 42 years. 
Mrs. Allen is preceded by her companion, Willie Rufus Duffel, and a number of cousins.  Survivors include a cousin who was like her daughter, Kathy (Nacy) Fusco of Jefferson; cousins, Betty Sue Strickland of Auburn and Billy Patton of Pikeville, Kentucky.
Funeral services: Monday, February 4, 2019, at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Evans Funeral Home with burial to follow in Woodbine Cemetery. 
Visitation: Family to receive friends 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. prior to the service.
Arrangements by: Evans Funeral Home, Inc., 1350 Winder Highway, Jefferson, Georgia. 706-367-5467.
Online condolences may be shared at www.evansfuneralhomeinc.com

Margaret Mobley Roberts, 93, of Hoschton, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 following a short illness. Mrs. Roberts was a resident of the Magnolia Estates Retirement Center in Winder.
Mrs. Roberts was born on September 24, 1925 in Whigham, Grady County, to her late parents John Wesley Mobley and Pennie Maxwell Mobley. During her adult life, Mrs. Roberts was employed in the commercial financial services sector in Jacksonville, Florida and Suitland, Maryland until retiring from HSBC financial holding company in Palm Harbor, Florida in the mid-1990s.
After the passing of her husband in 2011, she moved to Hoschton the following year to live with her son and his wife.
She was preceded in death by her husband, six brothers and one sister and is survived by her son, James Jester (and Emily); one stepson, John Roberts of Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Christine Gillespie (and Hilton) of Albany; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and two loving grand-dogs Teddy and Addie.
She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Palms and interment will be held on February 20, 2019 in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Patricia Whitfield McGee, just shy of 81 years of age, passed away Jan. 22, 2019, at Piedmont Athens Regional following a sudden illness.  She was the daughter of the late Marion Morrison and Nobie Haggard Morrison.  She was predeceased by her husband, Roy Whitfield; brothers, Doug and Billy Morrison; and sister, Vera Whitfield.  
She is survived by her sister, Jenny Clifton (Bob) and several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews who she dearly loved.   Having no children of her own, she was a second Mom to them, always ready to reach out to love and help them with whatever they needed.  We will be forever grateful for her unconditional love and support.  Our lives will certainly be different without her but better by having loved and been loved by her.  
Patsy retired from Oxford of Commerce as a supervisor after many years of service.  She enjoyed gardening, cutting her grass and displaying her yard art at her home.  She could also whip up a delicious chocolate pudding or sugar pie for her family.  She was presently attending Blacks Creek Baptist Church where she enjoyed fellowship with friends.
Celebration of her life: February 9 at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home in Commerce with visitation one hour prior to the service.  
As per her request, her ashes will be buried next to her late husband.
In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to a charity of choice in remembrance of her.
We would like to offer a special thank you to the kind, compassionate nurses in ICU at Piedmont Athens Regional for their exceptional care.  And last, but definitely not least, we would like to thank all of those who were a friend to Pat.  You made her life complete with the friendships that you shared with her.   She was blessed!
In charge of arrangements: Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce.

James Alvin Ferguson, 68, of Commerce, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at his residence.
Born on November 25, 1950, in Athens, he was the son of the late Clyde and Frances Miller Ferguson. He was formerly a print shop foreman at Roper Pump, owner/operator of J&S Printing in Colbert, of the Holiness faith and an Air Force veteran of the United States.
Survivors include his wife, Suzanne Carithers Ferguson of 30 years; son, Lee; daughter, Molly; sister, Diane; stepdaughters, Melissa and Nicole of Tallahassee, Fla.; and several loving grandchildren. He is also survived by his special companions, Pony Boy, Froggy, Dixie and Sophie.
Memorial service: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at 2 p.m. at the Lions Club in Colbert, with the the Rev. Bobby Miller officiating.
Online condolences may be made at www.iviefuneralhomecommerce.com.
Arrangements in the care of: Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce.