1920 - 2013
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ELAINE LIFSEY CHEATHAM – 92 - School
Teacher
Mrs.
Cheatham was born on Dec. 20,1920 in Barnesville, Ga. She was the
daughter of the late Mr. Lester Gerdine Lifsey Sr. and Mrs.
Bessie Britt Lifsey. She was the wife of the late Mr.
Sidney F. Cheatham Sr.
Mrs.
Cheatham was a graduate of Gordon Military College where she met
Sid and became his sponsor of Company A, of which he was
captain. They
were married for 72 years.
She was a school teacher, an active member
of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a board member of the
Council on Aging, a member of the First United Methodist Church of
Barnesville and Circle Three. Elaine enjoyed gardening, bridge, dancing
and her beloved family. She was a loving matriarch and established many
traditions carried down through her children and grandchildren. She
will be dearly missed by her family.
Survivors are her son, Sidney F. Cheatham Jr. and his wife Peggie of Sandersville, Ga.; a daughter, Bettilanie Cheatham Wolfe and her husband Tom of Wake Forest, N.C.; five grandchildren, Lauren Densmore, Amy Thomas, Jessica Meckes, Erin Anderson and Reid Cheatham; 13 great-grandchildren, Christian Densmore, Hayden Densmore, Grace Densmore, Taylor Meckes, Jackson Meckes, Macon Thomas, Molly Grace Thomas, Sydney Anderson, Leila Anderson, Margaret Scott Anderson, Thomas Cheatham, Walker Cheatham and John Carlisle Cheatham; and brother-in-law, Ralph Tyner Cheatham of Vero Beach, Fla. Funeral services for Mrs. Elaine Lifsey Cheatham will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville with the Rev. Dana Overton-Garrett officiating. Interment
will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive
friends at the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville on Friday,
Sept.13, 2013, until the service hour.
The
pallbearers will be Reid Cheatham, Paul Densmore, Ty Thomas, Scott
Meckes, Scott Anderson, Britt Lifsey, Randy Long, Tim Dix and Lester
Lifsey.
Mrs. Cheatham will lie in state at the Williams Funeral Home of Barnesville on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 12, 2013. The family suggest that donations be made to the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville, 375 Thomaston St., Barnesville, Ga. 30204. May and Smith Funeral Directors of Sandersville and Williams Funeral Home of Barnesville are in charge of arrangements - The Herald Gazette - Wednesday, Sept. 11. 2013. |
SIDNEY FRANKLIN CHEATHAM, SR.
1918 - 2013
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Mr.
Sidney Franklin Cheatham Sr., of 888 Thomaston St., Barnesville, passed
away Saturday, July 13, 2013 in Washington County Regional Medical
Center Extended Care Facility.
Mr.
Cheatham was born on April 17, 1918 in Macon, Ga., as the
son of the late Mr. Rufus Sidney Cheatham and the late Grace
Tyner Cheatham.
He
was a graduate of Gordon Military College. Mr. Cheatham retired
as a salesman with B.F. Goodrich Tire Company in 1979. He was a member
of the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville and served on
its board of trustees. He was a member and past president of The
Kiwanis Club of Barnesville and was chairman of the board for the
Barnesville-Lamar County Library for over 30 years. Mr. Cheatham
was the chairman of the board of directors of the Department of
Family and Children Services for Lamar County. He was a
charter member of the Deer Trail Country Club and an active community
servant in Lamar County. He was a World War II veteran, having
served in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include his wife, Bessie Elaine Lifsey Cheatham of Barnesville; his son, Sidney F. Cheatham Jr. (and his wife Peggie) of Sandersville; his daughter, Bettilaine Cheatham Wolfe (and her husband Tom) of Wake Forest, N.C.; five grandchildren, Lauren Densmore, Amy Thomas, Jessica Meekes, Erin Anderson and Reid Cheatham; 13 great-grandchildren, Christian Densmore, Hayden Densmore, Grace Densmore, Taylor Meekes, Jackson Meekes, Macon Thomas, Molly Grace Thomas, Sydney Anderson, Leila Anderson, Margaret Scott Anderson, Thomas Cheatham, Walker Cheatham, and John Carlisle Cheatham; and a brother, Ralph Tyner Cheatham (and his wife, Sis) of Vero Beach, Fla. Funeral services for Mr. Sidney Franklin Cheatham Sr. will be conducted Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville with the Rev. Dana Overton-Garrett and Mr. Walter Geiger officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers
will be Reid Cheatham, Scott Meekes, Paul Densmore, Ty Thomas, Britt
Lifsey, Randy Long, Tim Dix and Lester Lifsey. The Cheatham family will
greet friends at the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville on
Tuesday, July 16, from 1 p.m. until the service hour.
In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make donations to First United Methodist Church of Barnesville, 375 Thomaston St., or the Barnesville-Lamar County Library, 401 Thomaston St., Barnesville, 30204. |
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