Obituaries
OBITS; DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Extracted by Brenda Gunter-Webb
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Date: February 3, 2002
JEWELL CRUSE "JR." GUNTER, 79, of Cumming, died Friday, February 1.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Grace Johnson Gunter;
children, James (Carolyn) Gunter, Gloria (David) Harris of Cumming;
Joyce (Robert) Waldrip of Gainesville; Billy Gunter,
Douglas (Retha)Gunter, Phillip (Lisa) Gunter of Cumming;
Brenda (Mark)Webb of Alpharetta; 19 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services Sunday, February 3, with Rev. Gerald Blackburn officiating.
Interment in Coal Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Date: November 29, 1996
CLARENCE CRUSE, 80, of Cumming, died Monday, November 25.
Survivors include his brother and sister in-law, JL and Bobbie Cruse;
sister, Ora Terry and several nieces and nephews.
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Date: July 16, 1999
BOBBIE JO BARRETT CRUSE, 64, of Cumming, died Tuesday, July 13.
Survivors include her husband, J.L. Cruse, Jr. of Cumming; daughter and
son inlaw, Terri and Greg Brooks; mother Rosie Barrett and 2 grand
children, all of Cumming. Funeral services Friday, July 16. Interment
in Haw Creek Baptist cemetery.
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Date: November 1, 2000
J.L. CRUSE, JR., 69, of Cumming died Saturday, October 28.
Survivors include his daughter and son-inlaw, Terri Lynn and
Greg Brooks; 2 grand-daughters; sister-Ora Lee Terry;
mother-inlaw Rosa Lee Barrett, all of Cumming.
Funeral services Tuesday, October 31, at Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel. Interment at Haw Creek Baptist Church cemetery.
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Date: December 01, 1998
ANNIE ELIZA DUNTON, 100, of Cumming died Monday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. Wednesday, L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
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Date: October 17, 1998
CAROLYN DORSEY GRAVITT, 60, of Cumming died Thursday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: November 25, 1998
DONALD CREAMER, 53, of Cumming died Monday.
Funeral was held Tuesday; Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: January 16, 1999
DONNA MARIE MENNINGEN, 80, of Cumming died
Wednesday. Funeral plans will be announced; L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
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Date: January 29, 1999
DON ROY STEPHENS, 70, of Cumming died Wednesday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
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Date: January 18, 1999
FAIRY KATHRYN TRIBBLE HILL, 88, of Cumming died Friday.
The funeral was Sunday; Ingram Funeral Home
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Date: October 15, 1998
FRANCES S. McLAUGHLIN, 74, of Cumming died Monday.
Funeral, 4 p.m. Thursday, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: December 29, 1998
FRANK ESH, 63, of Cumming died Friday. The body
was cremated. No service is planned; Cremation Society of the South.
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Date: January 10, 1999
GLENN R. FOWLER, 88, of Cumming died Friday.
Memorial service, 3 p.m. today, First Baptist Church; Ingram Funeral Home.
LARRY NEWMAN, 62, of Cumming died Thursday. Funeral, 1 p.m.
Monday, A.S. Turner & Sons.
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Date: January 15, 1999
GRACE GARRETT, 100, of Cumming died Wednesday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: January 21, 1999
GRADY EVERETT LAMB, 78, of Clearwater, Fla., a native of Cumming, died Monday.
Graveside service, 1 p.m. Friday, North Atlanta Memorial Park;
Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home.
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Date: January 23, 1999
HARVEY P. BENNETT, 80, of Cumming died Wednesday.
Funeral, 12:30 p.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: December 07, 1998
HERSHELL H. PENDLEY, 74, of Cumming died Saturday.
The funeral was Sunday; Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: December 26, 1998
HOYT WALLACE, 82, of Cumming died Thursday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. today, New Harmony Baptist Church; Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: February 02, 1999
JOHN "J.W." CABE, 81, of Cumming died Sunday.
Funeral, 3:30 p.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: January 22, 1999
LEAMON IRA PARRIS, 80, of Cumming died Thursday.
Graveside service, 2 p.m. Saturday, Green Lawn Cemetery; Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: January 19, 1999
LEIGH ALLISON CROCKETT SR., 73, of Cumming died Friday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today,
Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: February 08, 1999
MAMIE ROSS AKRIDGE, 85, of Cumming died Sunday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: January 07, 1999
MARY PRISCILLA KIRBY, 53, of Cumming died Tuesday.
Funeral, 2 p.m. Friday, Bethlehem Baptist Church; L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
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Date: November 23, 1998
MARY SINGLETON KELLEY, 86, of Cumming died Saturday. Funeral, noon today,
R.T. Patterson Funeral Home, Norcross Chapel.
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Date: December 30, 1998
MILDRED CHAPMAN, 82, of Cumming died Monday. Graveside service, 11 a.m.
Thursday, Highland Memory Gardens; L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
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Date: February 07, 1999
MYRT GREEN BUTLER, 57, of Cumming died Tuesday.
The funeral was Friday; Ingram Funeral Home.
ALFRED DOWNS, 46, of Cumming died Friday. Memorial service, 4 p.m. today,
North Lanier Baptist Church; Ingram Funeral Home.
EVELYN JACOB, 67, of Cumming died Friday. Memorial service plans will be
announced; Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: December 15, 1998
NELL BROOKS BRAMBLETT, 85, of Cumming died Saturday.
The funeral was Monday; Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: January 01, 1999
RITCHEY JON WETZEL, 56, of Cumming died Dec. 22.
Memorial service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home.
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Date: December 05, 1998
ROBIN TURAN, 31, of Cumming died Wednesday.
Funeral, 10 a.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: December 18, 1998
ROY AMOS JOHNSON, 68, of Cumming died Wednesday.
Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: December 20, 1998
THOMAS FRANK CALLAWAY JR., 86, of Cumming died
Friday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
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Date: January 05, 1999
VERNITA MERELE HICKS, 90, of Cumming died Sunday.
Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home.
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Date: November 20, 1998
WALTER LEON GADDIS, 40, of Henagar, Ala.,formerly of Cumming, died Wednesday.
Funeral, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sosebee Funeral Home.
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Date: February 10, 1999
WILLIAM GAMBLE, 42, of Cumming died Saturday.
Memorial service, 1 p.m. today, Ingram Funeral Home.
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Date: December 12, 1998
MARY THORNTON, 71, of Gainesville died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today,
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Forsyth County; Memorial Park Funeral Home, Gainesville
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Date: November 18, 1998
WILLIE MAE ROBERTS, 86, of Lawrenceville died Monday. The funeral will be
Thursday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford, with burial
at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Decatur. Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 p.m.
and from 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs. Roberts, a native of Forsyth County, was a homemaker and a member of
Jackson Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta. She is survived by her son, Garland Roberts
of Lawrenceville; siblings, Ernest Thacker of Covington and Marjorie Gibson of
Atlanta; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.