Everette H. "Buck" Acrey, 78, of Cornelia died Friday at a private health care facility following an extended illness.
Born in Banks County to the late Kelsey and Cora Gailey Acrey, he was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean War. He was the owner/operator of Acrey Used Cars, a Shriner, and a member of V.F.W. Post No. 7720, Cornelia Masonic Lodge No. 92 F.A.&M. and B.C. Grant Baptist Church. He also was preceded in death by his sister, Minnie Lee Aikens.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Bonds Acrey, Cornelia; daughter, Lori Brown, Baldwin; son, David Acrey, Cornelia; brothers, Richard Acrey, Murrayville and James Acrey, Cornelia; and two stepgrandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. The family is at the residence.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in the chapel of McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home. The Rev. Roy Lee Mitchell and the Rev. Billy Harris will officiate. Burial will be in V.F.W. Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Georgia Chapter, 855 Abutment Road, Suite 6, Dalton, GA 30721.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 10, 2007
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ACREY, Felton Fairest
Greer
Felton Fairest Acrey, 83, of 142 Clark Ave., died June 19, 1999.
A native of Banks County, Ga., he was a son of the late Noah Hershell and Ethel Elizabeth Morgan Acrey.
Retired: American Enka Corp. of Enka, N.C. Faith: Wesleyan.
Survivors: wife, Dora Cleo Pressley Acrey; a son, Derrell Acrey of Swannanoa, N.C.; daughters, Doris Acrey and Elaine Acrey, both of the home; a brother, Walter Acrey of Greer; one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Wood Mortuary. Service: 11 a.m. Monday at Greer Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Marshall Rampey, the Rev. Raymond Pooley and the Rev. Bobby Duncan. Burial: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
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ADAMS, Golden Elizabeth
ADAMS, GOLDEN ELIZABETH, 89, of Tampa, died Sunday (Dec. 12, 2004) at Manor Care, Tampa. Born in Banks County, Ga., she was an inspector. Survivors include a son, Larry Adams; a daughter, Jane E. Smith; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Stowers Funeral Home, Brandon.
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AIKEN, Dolly Segers
Dolly Segers Aiken, age 85, of Cornelia died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, at the residence.
Mrs. Aiken was born on Sept. 29, 1920, in Banks County. She was preceded in death by a son, Randall C. Jordan. Mrs. Aiken was a member of the B.C. Grant Baptist Church, where she was very active in her Sunday school class and WMU. She was employed 15 years with the Habersham County Board of Education as migrate program educator.
Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Ed. L. Aiken, Cornelia; daughters and sons-in-law, Marilyn and Aubrey Motz III, Clarkesville, Carolyn and Milton Stewart, Lecanto, Fla., Shirley and Arnold Meeks, Cornelia, and Gail and Larry Smith, Baldwin; son and daughter-in-law, Donnie and Mary Jordan, Venice, Fla.; 15 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, from the Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, with the Rev. Billy Harris and the Rev. Doyle Conley officiating. Burial will follow in the B.C. Grant Baptist Church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006.
Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the B.C. Grant Baptist Church, P.O. Box 456, Cornelia, GA 30531.
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ALEXANDER, Clara
May 5, 1910-April 2, 2006
Clara Alexander, 95, of New Port Richey, Fla., died Sunday.
A native of Banks County, she was a retired schoolteacher and a member of Hudson River Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Berry Alexander and Saleta Strickland Alexander.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, April 7, 2006, at Hudson River Baptist Church. The Rev. Troy Herbert will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Hudson River Baptist Church Cemetery Maintenance Fund, c/o Mrs. Nancy Hill, 31 Hudson River Church Road, Commerce GA 30530.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce
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ALLAN, Major Thompson
"The Constitution", Atlanta, Ga., issue date Sept. 24, 1875
The sad intelligence reached us yesterday of the death of Major Thompson Allan, at the old homestead in Banks county, on Friday last, the 17th inst., of ulceration of the stomach, from which complaint he has suffered several years. He was buried on Sunday with masonic honors, attended by one of the largest assemblages of persons ever collected in Banks county. He was born on the 20th day of September 1820, near the Hudson river in that portion of county of Habersham, now in the county of Banks.
His father, James Allan, was an Englishman by birth, of superior culture, who was educated at Westminster school, London. Early in the present century he immigrated to this counrty and settled in Madison county, where he married the widow of Col. Gilbert. In 1818 or 1819 he removed to the "wild woods" of Habersham, where he settled and subsequently (his first wife hying) married the daughter of Timothy Terrell. By this lady he had a number of children, of which Thompson was the oldest boy, if not the oldest child. Mr. James Allan amassed a considerable estate, and established at his place a school for young men where quite a number were educated.
Upon obtaining his majority, Thompson removed to Clarkesville, where he read law in the office of Col. Samuel A. Wales. About the year 1841 he was admitted to the practice of law and shortly after married the beautiful Miss Charlton, a niece of the Hon. H. P. Charlton of Savannah. Becoming displeased with the law, he turned his attention to hotel keeping, and in conjunction with his mother in law, Mrs. Collier, kept a first class hotel in Clarkesville. This was the popular summer resort of the aristocracy of Georgia and South Carolina, and every summer they congregated in large numbers.
Soon the construcion of railroads, however, left Clarkesville out of the range of summer resorts, and Major Allan moved to Lawrenceville, in Gwinnett county, where he engaged in business with his brother-in -law, Col. John R. Stanford. They did a large business for several years, but the generosity of Major Allan was too large for the profits, and in 1856, at the request of Hon. Howell Cobb, he accepted the position of chief of the pre-emption division the general Land office, which he filled until Georgia seceded, with marked ability. After the organization of the Confederate government, he rendered hi services to President Davis.
He was appointed superintendent of the tax-in-kind department and held it until the close of the war. Few men in the southern states could have so easily administered or so ably handled the intricate and multiplied troubles of the laborious office. When the war closed he returned to the old homestead in Banks county, without a dollars worth of assets saved.
When Madison Bell was elected comptroller general of the state by a republican legislature, knowing Major Allan's ability and honesty, he tendered him the position of assistant, which he accepted with the understanding that his political principles were not to be compromised. After retiring from this position at the end of Mr. Bell's term Major Allan returned to his farm, taking but little interest in public affairs.
Major Allan was six feet high and weighed 225 pounds. He was a man of large intelligence, and genial humor, and of attached friendships. These characteristics drew around him a large circle of friends in Georgia and South Carolina. He was an honest man, and although millions passed through his hands no taint of dishonesty or corruption ever attached to his name.
He was manly, cheerful and possessed of the all the instincts of the true gentleman. He possessed a large hearted sympathetic nature, and it is feared he left little else to his family but that native hardihood and strength characteristic in so eminent a degree. His wit was well seasoned and his repartee handsome-the natural offspring of a well stored mind and extended reading. Like his distinguished father he was fond of books, literature and literary men. Being a man of cultivated taste, the refined and beautiful left his speechless. Considering his training and remoteness of commercial centers of his rearing he was one of the best men for general business affairs that has ever illustrated upper Georgia since its settlement. He was modest and unobtrusive in his manners, and a welcome guest in every assemblage. He has left his children and the state a rich legacy in the epitaph which may be justly inscribed on his tomb, "Here lies an honest man."
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ALLEN, Brenda Hill
Feb. 5, 1951-April 18, 2006
Brenda Hill Allen, 55, of Maysville died Tuesday at her residence.
A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Leola Chambers Hill and Joe E. Hill. She worked for the Banks County government in a middle school cafeteria and also was a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Roy Allen, Maysville; son, Kevin Allen, Maysville; brothers, Joseph Hill, Ervin Hill and Ty Hill, all of Maysville, and Ernest Hill, Nicholson; and sister, Allie Allen, Homer.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 2006, at Little-Ward Funeral Home. The Rev. Swayne Carlan will officiate. Burial will be in Jackson Memorial Gardens.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., April 19, 2006
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AMMONS, Jessie
JESSIE AMMONS
GASTONIA '
Jessie Lee Ammons, '
Bill,'
77, of Gastonia died Dec. 26, 2004, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
She was a native of Banks County, Ga., daughter of the late Roscoe and Curtis Parson Westmoreland.
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Tuesday, The Colonial Chapel of Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
INTERMENT: Westview Gardens
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, 12-1 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home
SURVIVORS: Loving husband of 50 years, Willard Ammons; brother, Barber J. Westmoreland and wife, Mary Ann, of Gastonia; sister, Peggie W. Johnson of Gastonia; many nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, Blair Westmoreland
OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Leo Kuykendall
Messages for the family can be e-mailed to: carothersfuneralhome@carolina.rr.com, Attn: Ammons Family
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ANDERSON, Bobbie
Aug. 17, 1936 - Dec. 19, 2003
Bobbie Anderson, 67, of Dawsonville died Friday at her residence following a sudden illness.
Born in Banks County, she lived most of her life in Dawson County. A homemaker at her death, she was employed for many years at Sweet-Orr. She was a member of Dawsonville Church of God of Prophecy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Delano Anderson; parents, Lonnie and Pearlie Bruce; and brother, Ray Bruce.
Survivors include her sisters, Nettie Millwood, Marietta, Katherine Hubbard, Cumming, Eunice Bruce, Janice Daniel, Judy Bruce, Carolyn Hicks and Julie Honea, all of Dawsonville, and Jane Barrett, Dahlonega; brother, R.T. Bruce and Ralph Bruce, both of Dawsonville, and Barney Bruce, Dahlonega.
The family will receive friends all day Sunday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, at Dawsonville Church of God of Prophecy. The Rev. David Smith, the Rev. Tommy Panter and the Rev. Tim Bennett will officiate. Burial will be in Dawsonville Memorial Gardens.
Bearden Funeral Home, Dawsonville
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ANDERSON, Lisa Lanae Garrish
Died Dec. 2, 2005
Lisa Lanae Garrish Anderson, 37, of Massey Road, Bowman, died Friday at Elbert Memorial Hospital.
Born in Banks County, she was a daughter of Edna Louise Myers Garrish, Homer, and the late Franklin Eugene Garrish. She was a medical technologist at Elbert Memorial Hospital and a member of Elberton Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Vernon Lanier Anderson, Bowman; daughter, Rachel Louise Anderson, Bowman; son, Caleb Vernon Anderson, Bowman; mother, Edna Louise Myers Garrish, Homer; sisters, Ruby Darlene Perry, Gainesville, Robin Denise Miller, Cleveland, Barbara Christine Messer, Wedowee, Ala., Audrey Harris, Demorest, and Shamone Elaine Wolf, Morrow; and brothers, David Eugene Garrish, Demorest, Terry Wayne Garrish, Gainesville, and Mitchell Parnell Garrish, Savannah.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at Elberton Christian Church. The Rev. Bill Eaton and Tom Cathcart will officiate. Burial will be in Doves Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Elberton Christian Church Debt Reduction Fund.
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ANDERSON, Mary E. Welborn
The Atlanta Constitution, 22 February 1904.
MORTUARY.
Commerce, Ga., February 21-
Mrs. Anderson, mother of E. B. Anderson, one of the
leading merchants of this place, died of pneumonia at
her home in this city at the age of 75. Her remains
were interred today at the old homestead 2 miles north
of Maysville.
[Mary E. Welborn Anderson, widow of Harvey R.
Anderson, is buried at the Thomas F. Anderson Sr.
cemetery in Banks county.]
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ANDERSON, Mrs. Thomas
The Constitution, 3 June 1887.
DEATHS IN BANKS.
Mrs. Thomas ANDERSON died yesterday
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ANDREWS, Cleo W.
Nov. 7, 1922 -- March 16, 2004
TOCCOA, Ga. -- Cleo W. Andrews, 81, of 9235 Ward Circle died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Stephens County Hospital.
Born in Banks County, he lived most of his life in Stephens County. He was a U.S. Navy World War II veteran having served in the South Pacific. He worked at Toccoa Manufacturing Co. for 32 years and later retired from Patterson Pump Co. He was a member of Lamar Christian Church and VFW Post 4346.
Surviving are widow, Rosezett Howard Andrews of the home; daughters, Diane Jones of Toccoa and Peggy Vaughan of Carnesville; sisters, Mae Phillips of Toccoa and Ruth Stroud of Cornelia; brothers, Tommy Andrews of Toccoa and Roy Lee Andrews of Dewey Rose; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was the son of the late William David and Nettie Brown Andrews. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Myrle Andrews and Orpha Ausburn; and four brothers, Carson Andrews, Billy Andrews, Coleman Andrews and Palmour Andrews.
Services are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lamar Christian Church by the Rev. Mike Robertson; burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will be at the home on Ward Circle and will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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ARIAIL, Kermit Parks
Kermit Parks Ariail, age 96, died Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center.
Mr. Ariail was preceded in death by the late Naomi Grizzle Ariail, wife, and parents, the late James Claude and Vastie Bellamy Ariail.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Jerry Jackson, Carnesville; granddaughter and her husband, Monica and Mark McGinnis, Maysville; brother, Olen Ariail, Carnesville; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Ariail was a World War II veteran, serving as a medic in the 7th Armored Division in the European Theater of Operations in England, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. He was awarded a Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Ribbon, EAMET Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
Mr. Ariail was a retired cattle farmer and lifelong member and deacon of Nails Creek Baptist Church in Homer. He was a member of the Homer American Legion Post 215.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2006, at Nails Creek Baptist Church in Homer, with Pastor Duane Eller officiating. The family will receive visitors from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 16, 2006, at Little Ward Funeral Home in Commerce. Mr. Ariail will lie in state from 1:30 to 2 p.m. at the church. Interment will be at the church cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., March 16, 2006
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ARROWOOD, LEEROY
Mr. Leeroy Arrowood 23, of Banks County passed away October 16, 1954 in a
car accident.
He was born February 5, 1931, in Banks County, the son of Arvil and Alma
Lewallen Arrowood. He was preceded in death by his mother. He is
survived by his wife, Elizabeth Fannie Poole Arrowood, Baldwin; father,
Arvil Arrowood; sons, Henry Arvil and Noah Quinton; grandfather, Noah
Lumpkin and step grandmother, Lillie Woods Lewallen, Baldwin. Funeral
services were held October 18, at the Harmony Baptist Church. Interment
was in the Harmony Baptist Cementery. MaGahee Funeral Home was in charge
of the arrangements.
William M. Ash died at his home in Homer this morning
after a lingering illness, being 80 years of age. He
was a one of the best citizens of Banks county and was
widely known throughout this section. His remains
will be interred at Homer tomorrow with Masonic
honors.
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AYERS, Brandon Dewayne "Little Man"
Died March 22, 2006
Brandon Dewayne "Little Man" Ayers, infant son of Mark Ayers and Tasha Maxie of Homer, died Wednesday at Banks-Jackson-Commerce Hospital.
Survivors include his parents; brothers, Andrew Ayers and Cody Ayers, both of Homer; sister, Abby Ayers, Homer; and grandparents, Marvin and Lois Ayers, Homer, and Roger and Shirley Maxie, South Carolina.
The family received friends Friday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2006, at Ivie Funeral Home. The Rev. Bill Ford will officiate. Burial will be in Nails Creek Cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., March 25, 2006
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AYERS, Marvin "Jack"
COMMERCE-Marvin '
Jack'
Ayers, 84, died June 27, 2006 at BJC Medical Center in Commerce.
The Banks County native was born Sept. 23, 1921 to the late Lewis Milton and Pearl Garrison Ayers. He was the husband of the late Ila Rea Carlan Ayers and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was retired from Toccoa Casket Company and was a member of the Straightway Baptist Church in Toccoa.
Survivors include his daughter, Reba Sue Ayers Ginn, Commerce; grandchildren, Jaime Jordan, Hartwell, Patricia Ginn, Golden Meadow, La., Keith Ginn, Commerce, Phil Cobb, Fort Worth, Texas, and Mark Cobb Carnesville; six great-grandchildren; brother, John Emerson Ayers, Seneca, S.C.; and sister Troyce Kazee, Baldwin.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Betty Francine Lilley; brothers, Conrad and Tom Ayers; and sisters, Mildred Norris, Mozelle Kennedy, Hazel Foster, Bierce Brown, and Delia Niel Moravec.
Services were held June 30, 2006 at the B.D. Ginn Memorial Chapel of Ginn Funeral Home. The Rev. Truitt Phillips officiated. Burial followed in the Nails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
