Carol Cunningham Gailey, 60, of Cornelia died Friday at Habersham County Medical Center following a sudden illness.
Born in Banks County to the late Marion and Sarah Elizabeth James Cunningham, she worked for Waffle House as a waitress. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She also was preceded in death by her sons, Donald W. Justice and Michael Scott Gailey.
Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Justice, Cornelia; daughters, Marion Tucker, Blairsville, Michelle Dodd, Cornelia, and Tammy Gomez, Toccoa; sons, Wayne Justice, Eastanollee, Richard Gailey and Russell Gailey, both of Homer, Cory Justice, Cornelia, Matthew Justice, Toccoa, and Andrew Justice, Fitzgerald; brother, Dennis Cunningham, Los Angeles; sisters, Maryland June Brown, Phoenix, and Louise Brady, Hollywood; 21 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family received friends Sunday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, in the chapel of McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home. The Rev. Eric Hulsey and the Rev. Brian James will officiate. Burial will be in Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 11, 2006
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GAILEY, Ernest Rolan
Jan. 10, 1934-Jan. 15, 2006
Ernest Rolen Gailey, 72, of Baldwin died Sunday at a private care facility following an extended illness.
Born in Banks County, he formerly was employed with Mount Vernon Mills and Fieldale Farms. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church.
Survivors include his sister, Dorothy Brown Smith, Baldwin; and brothers, Bill Brown, Truman Brown and Seaborn Brown, all of Baldwin.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel. The Rev. James Harvey will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery.
Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin
Submitted by: Jacqueline King
GALLOWAY, Pauline Ayers
April 9, 1924-Jan. 19, 2006
Pauline Ayers Galloway, 81, of Baldwin died Thursday at her daughter's residence.
Born in Banks County to the late Curtis and Gertrude Chitwood Ayers, she was a homemaker and was retired from Carwood Manufacturing Co. after 29 years. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley T. Galloway; sons, Lamon Galloway and Barney Galloway; sister, Wilma Maxwell; and two grandchildren.
Survivors include her daughters, Janice Sellers, Cornelia, Hilda Fedele, Wanda Baugh and Joyce Pritchett, all of Baldwin; sister, Ruth Wilbanks, Toccoa; brother, Junior Chitwood, Mauldin, S.C.; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel. The Rev. Tim House and the Rev. Terry Purcell will officiate. Burial will be in Leatherwood Baptist Church Cemetery.
Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 20, 2006
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GARRISON, Mary Linnie
Miss Mary Linnie Garrison, 91, Lula, Ga., passed away Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at her residence following a period of declining health.
She was born in Banks County, Ga., on Sept. 23, 1913, to the late Dock Bascom Garrison and Inez Massey Garrison. She was retired from the Banks County Board of Education as a secretary for a number of years. She was a member of Antioch Pentecostal Fire Baptized Holiness Church for many years.
Miss Garrison was preceded in death by her parents; brother and sister-in-law, Alta and Katealeen Garrison; brother, Roy Garrison; sisters and brothers-in-law, Dixie and Alton Griffin, and Evelyn and Cary Griffin; and brother-in-law, Howard Murray.
Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to Antioch Pentecostal Fire Baptized Holiness Church, steeple fund, 4134 Yonah Homer Road, Alto, GA 30510.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, at Antioch Pentecostal Fire Baptized Holiness Church in Lula, Ga., with the Rev. Jacob Armour and the Rev. Dennis Kesler officiating. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:30 p.m. until funeral time. Interment will follow in Belton Cemetery in Lula, Ga., with Mr. Derrell Corn officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005.
Survivors include her sister, Jean Murray, Lula, Ga.; sisters-in-law, Francine Garrison, Stonewall, Ga., and Creabelle Griffin, Lula, Ga.; nieces and spouses, Barbara and Jess Cable, Kathryn and Artis Haynes, LaVerne and Donald McClure, Hilda and Billy Mealor, and Carolyn and William Carpenter, all of Lula, Ga., Helen and Billy Sexton, Gainesville, Ga., Ruth G. Wills, Albany, Ga., Edna and Vernon Tyree, Mableton, Ga., and Doris A. Taylor, Welliston, Ok.; nephews and spouses, Mrs. Roy T. Garrison Jr., Chactow, Ok., Dwight Garrison, Stonewall, Ga., and Dan and Thelma Griffin, Edward and Mazel Garrison, Lamb Griffin, Cecil and Martha Garrison, and Dwight and Karen Griffin, all of Lula, Ga.
McGahee-Griffin and Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 20, 2005
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GARRISON, William Banks
William Banks Garrison, 90, of Franklin, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, at Mission Hospitals in Asheville.
Mr. Garrison was born Sept. 26, 1913, in Banks County, Ga., and was the son of the late John Maxwell Garrison and Boyce Suddath Garrison. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, serving in combat in the Philippines and Okinawa. His wife, Pauline Morgan Garrison, died in 1998.
He retired as president of Motor Parts & Equipment Co., an automotive parts and recreational equipment vendor. During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he was active in the Boy Scouts movement in Western North Carolina, serving as Scoutmaster of Troop 202 in Franklin and as a District Council Member of the Daniel Boone Council. In recognition of his work and contribution, he was awarded the Silver Beaver Award for Leadership in Scouting.
In the late 1960s, Mr. Garrison served on the Southwestern North Carolina Regional Development Commission, a local advisory and coordinating body for infrastructure and economic development projects funded through the Appalachian Regional Commission. In that capacity, he was instrumental in forging plans and obtaining funding for the interstate-quality highways that now serve the southwestern counties of North Carolina and the neighboring counties of Georgia. At his urging, the Commission also placed priority on technical education and training in order to improve the skills and employment capabilities of the region's young people.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Franklin, Rotary Club International and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is survived by two sons and their wives, William B. Garrison Jr. and Mary Welby Garrison of Cairo, Egypt, and John M. Garrison and Lynne F. Garrison of Asheville; two grandchildren, Caitlyn M. Garrison and William M. Garrison of Asheville; two stepgrandsons, Thomas D. Newbold of Prague, the Czech Republic and James F. Newbold of Santiago, Chile; sister, Dorothy Garrison of Gainesville, Ga.; and brother, Lt. Col. Robert F. Garrison, USAF, Ret., of Brandon, Fla.
The funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Macon Funeral Home. The Rev. Roger Alewine will officiate. The graveside services will be held Saturday in Vienna, Ga.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made on behalf of Troop 202-Franklin, c/o The Daniel Boone Council, Boy Scouts of America, P.O. Box 7626, Asheville, NC 28802 or to the UNC-TV Endowment, P.O. Box 14900, Research Triangle Park, NC 37709.
Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Submitted by: Jacqueline King
GARRISON, William Banks
William Banks Garrison, 90, of Franklin, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, at Mission Hospitals in Asheville.
Mr. Garrison was born Sept. 26, 1913, in Banks County, Ga., and was the son of the late John Maxwell Garrison and Boyce Suddath Garrison. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, serving in combat in the Philippines and Okinawa. His wife, Pauline Morgan Garrison, died in 1998.
He retired as president of Motor Parts & Equipment Co., an automotive parts and recreational equipment vendor. During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he was active in the Boy Scouts movement in Western North Carolina, serving as Scoutmaster of Troop 202 in Franklin and as a District Council Member of the Daniel Boone Council. In recognition of his work and contribution, he was awarded the Silver Beaver Award for Leadership in Scouting.
In the late 1960s, Mr. Garrison served on the Southwestern North Carolina Regional Development Commission, a local advisory and coordinating body for infrastructure and economic development projects funded through the Appalachian Regional Commission. In that capacity, he was instrumental in forging plans and obtaining funding for the interstate-quality highways that now serve the southwestern counties of North Carolina and the neighboring counties of Georgia. At his urging, the Commission also placed priority on technical education and training in order to improve the skills and employment capabilities of the region's young people.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Franklin, Rotary Club International and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is survived by two sons and their wives, William B. Garrison Jr. and Mary Welby Garrison of Cairo, Egypt, and John M. Garrison and Lynne F. Garrison of Asheville; two grandchildren, Caitlyn M. Garrison and William M. Garrison of Asheville; two stepgrandsons, Thomas D. Newbold of Prague, the Czech Republic and James F. Newbold of Santiago, Chile; sister, Dorothy Garrison of Gainesville, Ga.; and brother, Lt. Col. Robert F. Garrison, USAF, Ret., of Brandon, Fla.
The funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Macon Funeral Home. The Rev. Roger Alewine will officiate. The graveside services will be held Saturday in Vienna, Ga.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made on behalf of Troop 202-Franklin, c/o The Daniel Boone Council, Boy Scouts of America, P.O. Box 7626, Asheville, NC 28802 or to the UNC-TV Endowment, P.O. Box 14900, Research Triangle Park, NC 37709.
Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Submitted by: Jacqueline King
GIBBS, Rev. Mr. Charles Jr.
The Rev. Mr. Charles Gibbs Jr., age 81, of Cornelia died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Cornelia on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at 3 p.m., with the Rev. Blaine Walker officiating. The service will follow the burial in the Wynn family cemetery in Banks County.
Mr. Gibbs was born in Linden, N.C., on Jan. 13, 1924, to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Gibbs Sr. He attended Davidson College from 1941-43. Mr. Gibbs left college to serve in the 4th Marine Division, "The Fighting Fourth," during World War II. Prior to being wounded in the Battle of Iwo Jima, he witnessed the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi. Mr. Gibbs was a Purple Heart recipient. He returned to Davidson College and graduated in 1948 with an A.B. in English. Mr. Gibbs graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur in 1957. He served as pastor in Presbyterian churches in Fork, S.C., Gainesville and Clarkesville, as well as interim pastor in several other churches in Northeast Georgia. The Rev. Gibbs also served as the stated clerk of the Athens Presbytery for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Ann Campbell Davis Gibbs; daughter, Lila Davis Cameron and son-in-law Wyly Cameron of Los Alamos, N.M.; daughter, Lee Ann Davis Smith and son-in-law David Smith of Athens; daughter, Shannon Gibbs Gasaway and son-in-law Dan Gasaway of Homer; daughter, Carol Gibbs Crochet and son-in-law Ken Crochet of Decatur; and son, Charles Mitchell Gibbs III and daughter-in-law Kendra Campbell Gibbs of Raleigh, N.C.; grandchildren, Larissa Cameron Greer, Benjamin Cameron, Justin Smith, Kathryn Smith, Carson Crochet, Clayton Crochet, Campbell Gibbs, Jacob Gibbs and Cooper Gibbs; siblings, Tilda Gibbs Herrin of Clinton, N.C., and Dr. Stuart Wynn Gibbs Sr. of Gastonia, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Seminary Scholarship Fund at the First Presbyterian Church of Cornelia, P.O. Box 165, Cornelia, GA 30531.
The family will receive friends following the memorial service at the church.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 28, 2005
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GOBER, Robert R.
Robert R., son of L. H. [Levi H.] and Amanda [Owen] GOBER died Nov. 17, 1871, aged 1 year, 7 months and 12 days.
"Southern Christian Advocate, issue date 17 April, 1872"
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GORDON, Betty Jean Carlan
Aug. 13, 1932-May 16, 2006
Betty Jean Carlan Gordon, 73, of Carnesville died Tuesday at her residence.
Born in Franklin County to the late Lula Ayers Carlan and Grover Carlan, she was a retired clerk for BellSouth and a member of Nails Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Winfred F. Gordon, Carnesville; daughter, Sharon Elizabeth Gordon, Carnesville; and sister, Ossie Mae O'Kelley, Carnesville.
The family received friends Wednesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 18, 2006, at the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home. The Rev. Swayne Carlan and the Rev. Bobby Jones will officiate. Burial will be in Nails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., May 18, 2006
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GOSS, Dr. Isham H.
The Atlanta Constitution, 26 August 1921.
MORTUARY.
Dr. Isham H. Goss.
Athens, Ga., August 25- Dr. Isham H. GOSS, one of Athens' most prominent citizens, died here late Wednesday evening. He was one of the best-known physicians in the state, having practiced for many years. He was 70 years old at the time of his death. For the last forty years he had been prominent in local, state and national medical associations and for a number of years was a member of the Georgia state board of medical examiners. Born in Banks county, Georgia, he has been a resident of Athens for more than thirty years. He is survived by one son, Dr. Ralph M. Goss, of this city; two daughters, Mrs. Agnes Goss Hughes, of Danville, Ga., and Mrs. Lelia Goss Barwick, of Athens.
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GRANT, T. B.
The Atlanta Constitution, 25 June 1914. MORTUARY. T. B. GRANT, Mount Airy. Mount Airy, Ga., June 24- Thomas Benton Grant, aged 71 years, died at his home in Alto Monday. Mr. Grant served as a Confederate soldier. He is survived by his wife, one son, James A. Grant, of Alto, two daughters, Mrs. John Martin, of Alto, and Mrs. Oscar Rudisil, of Cornelia, and five brothers, Messrs. North Grant, of Cornelia, Willie Grant, of Mount Airy; Peter Grant, Jim Hamp Grant and G. W. Grant, of Alto. Internment at Level Grove Tuesday afternoon.
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GRIFFIN, Mrs. Georgia
The Atlanta Constitution, 22 February 1906. MORTUARY. Mrs. Georgia GRIFFIN died yesterday morning in the forty sixth year of her age, at her home, 2 Astoria street. The funeral services will be held this morning at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Harry G. Poole & Co. The body will be taken to Gillsville for internment.
Submitted by: Jacqueline King
GRIFFIN, Marlin D.
Oct. 5, 1925-April 29, 2006
Marlin D. Griffin, 80, of Homer died Saturday at a private care facility.
Born in Banks County to the late Ralph and Ladie Wood Griffin, he was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in World War II. A retired farmer, he was a member of Bethany Christian Church and the Banks County American Legion post. He also was preceded in death by his son, Ralph Griffin; and daughter, June Patton.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Griffin, Commerce; sisters, Irma Payne, Homer, and Jane Ervin, Gillsville; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family received friends Sunday at the funeral home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, May 1, 2006, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel. The Rev. Tim Beasley and the Rev. Jerry Payne will officiate. Burial will be in Bethany Christian Church Cemetery.
Flowers are accepted, or memorials may be made to the Marlin D. Griffin Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 866, Baldwin, GA 30511.
Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin
The Times, Gainesville, Ga., May 1, 2006
GRIFFIN, Thos. B.
Thursday March 30,1899
Banks County Journal
Ex-Representative Thos. B Griffin is quite sick this week having contracted pneumonia. Strange to say but Mr. Griffin is confined to his room for the first time in more than forty years. His friends everywhere wish him a complete restoration to his former self.
April 6,1899
Banks County Journal
Death takes Hon. Thos B. Griffin
On last Friday evening at 6 o'
clock the spirit of the venerable Thomas B. Griffin passed into eternity. He had pneumonia, was ill but a few days and his death was a shock to many of his friends who had not even heard of his illness.
Mr Griffin was 69 years old at the time of his death and had been a citizen of Banks County all of his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and had lived an exemplary life.
Mr. Griffin served in the Confederate army and a braver man never stood on the battle field.
At one time he represented the County in the legislature and was one of its most active , useful and influential members. He was brave , fearless, honest ,fair and public spirited ,standing for the rights with the weak against the strong at all times.
He made friends easily and had host of them. The widow and the orphan ever found him to be a friend and ideal nurse. He was honest, just, fair, upright, charitable, and conscientious in all his dealings with his fellow man. In the death of Mr. Grifin the county sustains the loss of one of her most fearless and patriotic citizens, the wife and children a devoted husband and Father who are left to mourn his loss. In this sad bereavement the family have the profound sympathy of a large circle of friends.
The funeral exercises were conducted by his life long friend and a neighbor Rev. Johnny Bryan. His remains were laid to rest Sunday in the family burying ground on the Furr plantation.
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GUNNELS, Mrs. Joel D.
The Constitution, Atlanta, 2 March 1886.
DEATHS IN GEORGIA.
Harmony Grove, Ga., Mrs. GUNNELS, wife of Rev. Joel D. Gunnels, and sister of Rev. H. H. Parks, presiding elder of the Atlanta district, died at her home near New Salem church, in Banks county, this morning, of paralysis. She did her domestic duties Friday last and seemed more cheerful than usual; was stricken with paralysis at night and died after an illness of only one day. She leaves her husband and large family to mourn her loss. That leaves only three children living of the late Rev. William J. Parks. She was a faithful wife, earnest Christian and loving mother.
