-Composite Proof 0:13 0:00 onor your loved one with more than just words Purchase a photo for your funeral notice, in memoriam or cards of thanks. Available from your Funeral Director and RMAIN0813OE4 FMAIN0813OE4 4star 4E 4E Blue Red Yellow Black Blue Red Yellow Black E4 Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 4 JACKIE LAMAR CARTER, 41, of Adairsville died Tuesday. Funeral, 2:30 p.m. today, Friendship Baptist Church; R.
Dudley Barton Son Funeral Home. NICHOLAS EUBANKS, 17, of Cartersville died Aug. 6. Funeral, 2p.m. today, Sosebee Memorial Chapel.
VERNER CALVIN CALLAHAN Canton died Thursday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, Corinth Baptist Church; Sosebee Funeral Home. ALLEN GROVES, 44, of Canton died Wednesday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m.
today, Sosebee Funeral Home. JOHN HOFFMAN, 52, of Woodstock died Monday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 4 p.m. today, Huey Funeral Home.
ELLA NOELL ROOK, newborn daughter of Kim and Brian Rooks of Canton, died Aug. 4. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Mount Zion Baptist Church cemetery; Huey Funeral Home. UNA JANICE WOOTEN, 88, of Canton died Thursday.
Graveside service, 11 a.m. Monday, Resthaven Memorial Park; Huey Funeral Home. INEZ CLINTON, 94, of Jonesboro died Thursday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Horis A.
Ward, Tara Chapel. ELENORE STALEY, 93, of Rex died Thursday. The body will be cremated. A private memorial service is planned; Cremation Society of the South. RICHARD E.
BUCKLEY, 57, of Marietta died Aug. 4. The body was cremated. Memorial service plans will be announced; Cremation Society of the South. MAZIE LEE FINCHER, 95, of Austell died Wednesday.
Funeral, 10 a.m. today, Greater St. Paul AME Church; Hanley-Shelton, Marietta. MARTIN GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ, 69, of Marietta died Monday. The funeral was Friday; SouthCare Funeral Home.
SUSAN LENT, 66, of Powder Springs died Wednesday. The body will be cremated. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Horis A. Ward, Tara Chapel.
FANNIE MAE REEVES, 84, of Smyrna died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, White Columns Chapel, Mableton. BILL J. SILLS, 82, of Marietta died Friday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home. RICHARD E. TIDWELL, 80, of Marietta died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
today, H.M. Patterson Son, Canton Hill. RAY FRANKLIN WATKINS, 65, of Austell died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Bethesda Baptist Church; Hanley-Shelton, Marietta.
MARY ANN COLLINS CARDEN, 59, of Tucker died Wednesday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. today, Bill Head Funeral Home, Chapel. WM.
RAYMOND HALL, 90, of Decatur died Wednesday. Funeral, 10 a.m. today, Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home. CLAUDETTE POWELL, 65, of Stone Mountain died Aug. 5.
Memorial service, 2 p.m. today, Wages Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain. ROBERT PALMER RIVERS, 80, of Stone Mountain died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Chapel of the Pines; Lowndes Funeral Home.
ROBERT WALTER BROWN 44, of Douglasville died Friday. Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, First Baptist Church, Douglasville; Whitley- Garner at Rosehaven. JERRY J. CROZIER, 60, of Peachtree City died Wednesday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Peachtree City. CLAUDE A. HERMAN, 75, of Peachtree City died Friday.
Funeral, 4 p.m. Sunday, Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Peachtree City. DOROTHY WILMA HILL, 85, of Fayetteville died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m.
today, Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville. JOSEPH SUTTLES, 93, of Peachtree City died Wednesday. Graveside memorial service, 10 a.m. today, Westminster Memorial Gardens; Carl J.
Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Peachtree City. JONATHAN JOSEPH LIVATINO, 6-month-old son of Lauren Michelle Livatino of Alpharetta, died Thursday. The body will be cremated. Funeral, 5p.m. today, McDonald and Son Funeral Home.
TRACEY WALL, 18, of Roswell died Friday. Funeral plans will be announced; Louie E. Jones Funeral Home. CAROLYN BROACH COOPER, 73, of Lilburn died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
today, Bethel Baptist Church; Meadows Funeral Home. LEIGH SALLS MALLON, 50, of Lawrenceville died Friday. Funeral plans will be announced; Wages Sons Funeral Home, Gwinnett Chapel. AVA MARIE RATLIFF, 2-month- old daughter of David Ratliff and Danielle Timon of Norcross, died Tuesday. Funeral, 2p.m.
Sunday, R.T. Patterson Funeral Home. EDWARD WILLIAM KNOTTS 73, of Flowery Branch died Friday. Funeral plans will be announced; Flanigan Funeral Home. WILBUR LEE DUNSON 50, of McDonough died Thursday.
Funeral, 3 p.m. Sunday, Haisten Funeral Home, McDonough. LERLINE THELMA BROOKS HADLEY, 84, of Conyers died Wednesday. The body was cremated. Graveside memorial service, 1 p.m.
today, Peachtree Memorial Park; Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home. MAGDALENE PARRISH BROOKS, 73, of Tallapoosa died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Emmanuel Baptist Church; Miller Funeral Home. HARRIET KNIGHT BROWN, 79, of Cedartown died July 23.
The body was cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. today, St. Episcopal Church of Cedartown; Lester C. Litesey Funeral Home.
RAY COALSON, 70, of Rockmart died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Freeman Harris Funeral Home. GEORGE ANDREW CODY, 78, of Hull died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
today, Ivie Funeral Home. BETTY KING COLLINS, 54, of Athens died Monday. Funeral plans will be announced; Mack Payne Funeral Home, Athens. LEWIS JACKSON COUCH, 77, of Calhoun died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Ponders Funeral Home, Calhoun. CLARK DANCLOVIC, 22, of Jasper died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, South Canton Funeral Home. FLOYD C.
DEVORE 83, of Hartwell died Thursday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Aug. 20, Sharon Presbyterian Church; Strickland Funeral Home.
DIANNE LAMBERT, 58, of Cleveland died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Huey Funeral Home. MARY L.
LASSITER, 88, of Athens died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Smith Funeral Home. HAL GRAHAM LEWIS 97, of Livermore, formerly of Greensboro, died Sunday. The graveside service was Friday; McCommons Funeral Home, Greensboro.
THOMAS RICHARD MANNING, 70, of Cave Spring died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, John Cave Spring Chapel Funeral Home. CHARLES E. PRIEST, 83, of Bremen died Thursday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Hightower Funeral Home. RUFUS RITCH, 68, of Alto died Thursday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Mount Zion United Methodist Church cemetery; Whitfield Funeral Home.
KIMBERLE MICHELLE SHOOK, 38, of Hiawassee died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Mountain View Funeral Home. OSCAR CALDER SMITH, 90, of Cedartown died Friday. Funeral, 2p.m.
Sunday, Gammage Funeral Home. RANDY LEE SMITH, 48, of Winterville died Tuesday. Funeral, 2p.m. today, New Anon Grove Baptist Church, Lexington; Mack Payne Funeral Home, Athens. GENEVA ANN STEWART, 82, of Calhoun died Thursday.
Funeral, 2p.m. today, Eastgate Baptist Church; Max Brannon Sons. ZACKALEE TANKERSLEY, 70, of Dalton died Thursday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Sunday, Ponders Funeral Home, Dalton.
JOSEPH KENNETH VAUGHN, 47, of Mayesville died Friday. Funeral plans will be announced; Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford. DEATHS FUNERALS Continued from E3 OBITUARIES Ruth Dahlberg, 89, rose to challenges STONE MOUNTAIN By DERRICK HENRY Ruth Dahlberg just take challenges in stride; she reveled in them. Abig one came a decade after her marriage to Al Dahlberg in 1937. Mr.
Dahlberg, an accountant, had always dreamed of becoming a farmer. When the chance came to acquire 52 acres in Stone Mountain in 1946, he jumped atit. The problem was that he was too busy to run the farm, so the challenge fell to his wife. Mrs. Dahlberg was singularly unprepared for the job.
Anative of Long Island, she had studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art and had a home economics degree from the University of Tennessee. She knew nothing about farming. Noproblem. was a tough lady who made things said her son A. W.
Dahlberg III of Stone Mountain, former chief executive officer of Southern Co. ran the farm. At one time wehad over 1,000 chickens and laying hens, 10 or 12 pigs and about 13 milk cows. We raised baby pigs in the bathtub with a light on to keep them The Dahlbergs named their family operation Hope Springs Farm, because they believed that springs Mrs. Dahlberg milked the cows, churned the butter and even made sausage from the pigs.
She did her own marketing as well. ran a produce route where she delivered buttermilk and butter and eggs from the farm, supplemented byproduce she bought from the farmers market in Forest her son said. of our customers became our Ruth Smith Dahlberg, 89, of Stone Mountain died Tuesday at Embracing Hospice Care of complications from a series of strokes. The body was cremated. The memorial service is at 3p.m.
today at A.S. Turner Sons. The family got out of farming by the early 1960s, and Mrs. Dahlberg turned her hand to hobby ceramics. was very popular then, and she decided to do it as a her son said.
For a decade, Mrs. Dahlberg operated Wishing Well Ceramics on Memorial Drive, a few miles from her Stone Mountain residence. When she closed that store in the early 1980s, she moved her studio back home and focused on working with glass. learned to paint on glass when it was a new said her artist daughter, Betsey L. Dahlberg of Norcross, who worked with her in her glass shop.
used window glass instead of stained glass, drew designs in liquid 24-karat gold, then put paint on it and fired it at 1,500 degrees. She made sun catchers and plates and bowls and occasionally did some framed Much of her work was custom. paint dogwoods, flowers, angels, Christmas figures or favorite on sun catchers, her son said. make anything you Mrs. Dahlberg exhibited at arts and crafts shows throughout the Southeast.
Various shops sold her work, including the Toledo Museum of Art Gift Store in Ohio. She taught both children and adults and helped found the Atlanta Glass Art Guild. Mrs. Dahlberg gave up art at age 86, but not her zest for life. Last year she joined the Floozie Reds, a Lilburn chapter of the Red Hat Society, a social club for older women.
wore a purple shirt and purple pants to the meetings and whichever of her three red hats she felt like wearing that her daughter said. had a really good Survivors include another son, George S. Dahlberg of Palm Harbor, another daughter, Joan Chandler of Stone Mountain; eight grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Family photo Ruth Dahlberg, though she knew nothing about farming, suddenly had to run a farm. Later she took up painting on ceramics, then glass, ran her own shop and taught glass art.
Obits continued on E5 FRIEDRICH, June Funeral services for Mrs. June Lucille Friedrich will be 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 14 in the Carmichael-Hemperley Chapel. Minister John Greer will officiate. Interment, Holly Hill.
The family will receive friends TODAY, 1-3 and 6-8 p.m. at Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home, Peachtree City, 770-631-9171. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits FRASER, Donna Funeral services for Ms. Donna M. Fraser of Norcross, GA will be held Sunday, August 14, 2005 at 11:00 A.M.
in our chapel. Interment Gwinnett Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Saturday, August 13, 2005 from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Gregory B.
Levett Sons, Inc. Gwinnett Chapel, 914 Scenic Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30045, 770-338-5558. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits DAHLBERG, Ruth 009440804 RUTH SMITH DAHLBERG Ruth Smith Dahlberg, 89, of Stone Mountain, died August 9, 2005. She is preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Alfred William Dahlberg, and both of her beloved brothers, Wallace T. Smith and Martin C.
Smith. Ruth was born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, on April 2. 1916. She attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now known as the Parsons School of Design) for one year and then transferred to and graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with adegree in Home Economics in June of 1937. Ruth was a Big Orange fan for the rest of her life, and particularly enjoyed cheering on UT every autumn.
Ruth met Al Dahlberg in Knoxville while she was attending college, and she and Al were married in December, 1937. They lived first in Knoxville, and then in several other locations in the Southeast, before settling in the Atlanta area in 1940. Al had dreams of being a farmer, and Ruth and Al bought the property in Stone Mountain they named Hope Springs Farm in 1946. Al returned to work as an accountant to provide some income to the family, and Ruth became the farmer. Ruth learned to milk cows and feed pigs, as well as to care for the chickens.
Ruth also developed a business delivering eggs and produce to many customers, most of whom became friends. Ruth and Al were long-time members of the Decatur First United Methodist Church, and of the Fellowship Sunday School class. In 1961, Ruth and Al were charter members of the Allgood Road Methodist Church. Ruth and Al were accomplished dancers. For many years they went to square dances on Friday nights, and in later years went out ballroom dancing at various clubs around Atlanta at least once a month.
Ruth enjoyed belonging to the Allgood Garden Club for over 20 years. Most importantly, Ruth will always be remembered for her artistic talents. She taught ceramics classes, and later glass art classes at the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA for several years. She owned her own ceramic studio, Wishing Well Ceramics in the 1970's, and later created a studio in her home, where she taught classes for years. Many of the neighborhood children received their first art classes in in-home studio.
Ruth was an early member of the studio movement in glass art, and became a noted glass artist. She was a founding member of the Atlanta Glass Art Guild, and became amember emeritus when she was no longer able to work at age 86. Several nationally-known glass artists consulted with Ruth regarding her techniques for painting on glass. She sold her work at a number of galleries nationally and developed quite a following among the public for her work. She always said it made her feel wonderful to know that her work would live on after her.
Ruth became a member of Saint Timothy United Methodist Church about 15 years ago and attended the church and the Might group. Last year Ruth became a member of the Red Hat Society and was the oldest member of her chapter, the Floozie Reds. Ruth is survived by her four children. Alfred William Dahlberg, III, Joan Dahlberg Chandler, George Smith Dahlberg and Elizabeth Lewis Dahlberg; eight grandchildren, Deborah Dahlberg Davis, Elizabeth Dahlberg Stoltz, William Thomas Dahlberg, Christopher Terrell Chandler, Kimberly Chandler Ferragamo, Scott Phillip Dahlberg, Michael William Dahlberg and Grace Leila Dahlberg; and seven great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, August 13 in the chapel of A.S.
Turner Sons, 404 292 1551. Rev. Ellynda Lipsey, Dr. D. B.
Shelnutt, Jr. and Rev. Renfroe Watson, Jr. will officiate. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to the charity of your choice.
The family will receive friends at 2:00 PM preceding the service at A. S. Turner Sons. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits COOPER, Carolyn Carolyn Broach Cooper, 73, beloved wife and mother, died on August 11, 2005. She was born on August 29, 1931, in Walton County to the late Annie Lucy Edmondson Broach and the late Thomas Lumpkin Broach.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Frances Clegg Dobbs, brother, J.T. Broach, and her stepmother, Lessie Bowers Broach. She was a sales associate at for 22 years. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Julius R. Cooper of Lilburn, GA; daughters: Judy Cooper of Decatur and Lisa Cooper of Doraville; sister: Martha Broach Phelps of Good Hope.
Funeral services will be held at p.m. Saturday, August 13th at Bethel Baptist Church in Good Hope with the Rev. W.C. Tribble and the Rev. Matt Harmon officiating.
Interment will follow at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Meadows Funeral Home Monroe. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits COLLINS, Medley Mrs. Medley Waldrop Collins, born January 22, 1917 in Haysville, NC, a resident of Union City, and formerly of East Point, passed away August 12, 2005. She was a member of Lester Road Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace S. Collins and son, Ray W. Collins. She is survived by sons, James L. S.
Collins and wife Oleta, Riverdale; Tom T. Collins and wife, Beverly, McDonough; Roy S. Collins and wife, Sandra, Fayetteville; daughter, Ellen T. Goss and husband, Bobby, Lilburn; daughter-in-law, Micki S. Collins, Chattanooga, TN; ten grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 14 at Hillcrest Cemetery with Minister Lester Shell officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Southwest Christian Hospice, 7225 Lester Road, Union City, 30291 are invited. The family will receive friends TODAY, 4-6 p.m. at Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home, East Point, 404-761-1138.
Express condolences at ajc.com/obits COBLE, Pamela Pamela A. Coble, of Hampton, Ga, died August 10, 2005. She is preceded in death by her brother, Paul Norkum. She is survived by her husband, Don Coble of Hampton; daughters, Courtney McGarry of Hampton and Tamara Coble of Woodstock; son, Donald Coble of Hampton; parents, Alphonse and Mildred (Cheney) Nor- kum of Hampton, brother, Richard Norkum of Davidson, NC; two cousins, Linda Murray and Candace Howard, both of Saugus, MA; and nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 13, 2005 at 11 AM in the Overton Chapel at Fayetteville First Baptist Church, Rev.
Steve Hester and Rev. Ronnie Reid will officiate. The family will receive friends after the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Portsbridge Hospice, 1335 Lake Ridge Parkway, Riverdale, GA 30296. Carl J.
Mowell Son, Fayetteville, www.mowellfuneralhome.com. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits COBB, Mildred Mildred Cobb, 82, of Atlanta, and formerly of Savannah, GA, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at Wesley Woods Towers in Atlanta, GA. She was born in Bainbridge, GA, and moved to Savannah, GA in 1941 with her mother, sister and brother. She was a retired employee of Scott Concrete Company, where she served as Office Manager. She was a former member of in where she served as President of the Savannah Organization.
She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, having joined November 25, 1945, the Marvin Sunday School Class, where she had formerly served as a Secretary, and the Social Actions Circle, where she had formerly served as both Treasurer and Secretary, and she had also served as a Communion Steward. Millie was honored by the United Methodist Women at Trinity United Methodist Church, for faith service, and she was a very faithful member of Trinity United Methodist Church for 70 years. She is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Marjorie Cobb Langford and Glenn Langford, Jr. of Atlanta, GA; and a brother and sister-in-law, Lucius Morrell Cobb, Jr. and Helen H.
Cobb of Rome, GA; a number of nieces and nephews, and a number of great nieces and great nephews. Visitation, 6-8 PM, Friday at the Hubert C. Baker Funeral Home. Funeral services, 11 AM, Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church, with Rev. Enoch Hendry, officiating.
Interment will follow in the Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery. Miss Cobb will be taken to the church at 9:30 AM, Saturday to lie in state. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Marvin Sunday School Class, and the Social Actions Circle of the Church. Remembrances, Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President Savannah, GA 31401, or a Favorite Charity. Hubert C.
Baker Funeral Home, 7415 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Savannah, GA 31406. (912) 927-1999. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits CHAMBERLAIN, Ann Ann Chamberlain, 53, of New Britain, CT died Thursday, August 11, in New Britain. She was a former Atlanta resident for 5 years. For the past 3 years, she had been Director of Development at the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Previously, she held development positions at the Juilliard School in New York City, The Atlanta College of Art and the Milwaukee School of Art and Design. She was a graduate of Rhodes College, Memphis, TN and studied at The Beaux Arts School in Avignon, France. Ann is survived by her father and step-mother, Rodman and Betsy Chamberlain of Suches; and her brothers, Timothy of Waynesville, OH, David and his wife Kim of Atlanta, and Ty of Albuquerque, NM; four nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held TODAY, 11 A.M. at The New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington New Britain, CT 06052.
Memorial donations may be made to a fund in her name at the New Britain Museum of American Art. Carlson Funeral Home, New Britain is in charge of arrangements. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits BROOK, Donna Mrs. Donna M. Brook, age 88, of 17 Sardis Road, Rockmart, passed away Friday, August 12th in Wellstar Paulding Nursing Center, Dallas, GA following an extended illness.
She was born in Milledgeville, GA, on June 5, 1917, a daughter of the late James L. Simpson and Susie Belle Kemp Simpson. Mrs. Brook had lived the greater part of her life in Cobb County moving to Rockmart in 1985. She attended the Bellview Baptist Church while living here and had been a member of the Mt.
Harmony Baptist Church of Mableton for over 45 years. Mrs. Brook had worked in the health care field for many years and at the age of fifty received her LPN license. She was preceded in death by a brother, Mr. Loey Simpson and a sister, Mrs.
Catherine Harris. She is survived by her children, Mr. James A. Dodgen, Rockmart, Mrs. Susan Brock Damron, Cedartown, Mrs.
Nadine Brook Chandler, Austell; and Mr. Berry Brook, Douglasville; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM in the Mt. Harmony Baptist Church, Mableton with Rev. Bob Baxter officiating and Mrs.
Beverly Hinkle delivering a eulogy. Interment will follow in the Mt. Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Brook will lie instate at the church from 2 until 3 PM.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 2 until 4 PM and 6 until 8 PM at the funeral home. The Alvis Miller Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits BLOUNT, Margie Mrs. Margie Ruth Blount of Decatur, GA, the wife of Mr. Henry Blount, Jr.
passed. Her services will be announced by: Donald Trimble Mortuary, 1876 Second Avenue, 404-371-0772-3. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits BIRDSONG, Elizabeth Mrs. Elizabeth Cliatt Birdsong, age 77, of LaGrange, Georgia, died Thursday, August 11, 2005, at the West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Mrs.
Birdsong was born December 18, 1927 in Parsons, Kansas the daughter of William Leslie and Sarah Pauline Price Cliatt. She was a graduate from the University of Georgia with a degree in Education. Mrs. Birdsong was a homemaker and former school teacher. She was a member of the First Baptist Church on the Square and was a member of the Ruth Sunday School Class.
Mrs. Birdsong was also a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, the Iris Garden Club of Atlanta, Highland Country Club, and the Commerce Club. Mrs. Birdsong was the widow of Judge Andrew Willis Birdsong, Jr. and is survived by three daughters, Nancy Birdsong Whitford and her husband Dr.
Gary M. Whitford of Augusta, Sarah Elizabeth Vann and her husband John Brooks Vann of Bluffton, SC, and Katherine Birdsong Candler and her husband John Slaughter Candler, Jr. of Atlanta; a sister, Ruth Cliatt Gilbert and her husand Thomas D. Gilbert of Columbus; a brother, William Price Cliatt; four grandchildren, Gary Milton Whitford, Andrew Weston Vann, Sarah Elizabeth Vann, and John Slaughter Candler, III; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mrs.
Birdsong will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Ida Cason Callaway Chapel of the First Baptist Church with Dr. Paul Baxter and Dr. Hal Brady officiating. Interment will follow in the Birdsong Family Cemetery.
A visitation will be held Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Birdsong residence. The family requests that flowers please be omitted and those so desiring make contributions to Hospice LaGrance, 1510 Vernon Road, LaGrange, GA 30240 or LaGrange College, 601 Broad Street, LaGrange, GA 30240 in memory of Mrs. Birdsong.
These funeral arrangements are being directed by Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 1010 Mooty Bridge Road, (706)884-8636. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits ADAMS, Rhea Rhea Meryl Chapin Adams, age 89, of Kennesaw, GA, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005. Final arrangements will be in Humbolot, KS, Friday, August 19, 2005. Hanley-Shelton Funeral Home, Marietta, in charge of local arrangements. (770) 428-6333.
Express condolences at ajc.com/obits ABERCROMBIE, Lora Mrs. Lora Matthews Abercrombie, 83, of Marietta, died Thursday, August 11, 2005. Memorial Funeral Services will be 3:30 pm Sunday, August 14, 2005 in the Chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta with Reverend Dr. Rudy Patton officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
Born in Milton County, GA, Mrs. Abercrombie has been a resident of Cobb County for the past sixty-five years. She was a member of Roswell Street Baptist Church and she also attended McConnell Memorial Baptist Church in Hiwassee and she was a homemaker. Mrs. Abercrombie was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Matthews.
Survivors include: Her loving husband Jack B. Abercrombie of Marietta, sons and daughters-in-law, Randy and Linda Abercrombie of Calhoun, Dan and Nancy Abercrombie of Morrow; sisters, Josephine Trout of Marietta, Geraldine Cowan of Peachtree City; brothers, Herbert R. Matthews of Atlanta, Earl Matthews of Roswell, Dorris O. Matthews of Marietta; granddaughters, Mitzi Hamilton of McDonough, Kay Collins of Marietta, Pam Abercrombie of Marietta; four great- granddaughters. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Wellstar Community Hospice (Home Hospice) at 4040 Hospital West Austell, GA 30106.
Family will receive friends Sunday, August 14, 2005 one hour before the service at Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta. Express condolences at ajc.com/obits FAMILY-PLACED DEATH NOTICES ON THE WEB: To view family-placed death notices, news obituaries and find past obituaries or death notices visit www.ajc.com/obits.
