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Glascock County, Georgia
Obituaries

Mrs. Amy Newsome—Entered Into rest at the residence, Edge Hill Ga., March 13, at 3:30 a. m., MRS. AMY McNEAL NEWSOME, beloved wife of R. Hubert Newsome, in the 41st year of her age. Funeral services were held (SUNDAY) afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Jordan Chapel church, conducted by Rev. Charles Morgan. Interment was in the churchyard cemetery. S. A.
Blanchard Funeral Home, Thomson, Ga.
Date: 1938-03-14; Paper: Augusta Chronicle

Services Held For Young Gibson Boy
Gibson, Ga., April 19—Funeral services for Otis Reese Jr., 6. son of Otis Reese Sr., who died Tuesday at his residence near Gibson, Ga., were held this afternoon at Euphratese Primitive Baptist church, near Edge Hill, Ga. The Rev. Sam Mitchell officiated.
Pallbearers were: Susie Walden, Grover May, Chalmers Reese, Arthur Sammons.
Survivors besides the father are two sisters, Eva and Eula Reese; maternal grandmother, Mrs; Mary Walden of Avera, Ga.
Date: 1944-04-20; Paper: Augusta Chronicle

Mrs. Lizzie W. Huff
Louisville Ga. Feb. 7, Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Walton Huff of the Edgehill community, who died Saturday, will be held at Church of Gos, Wdgehill, Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. B.G. Moxley will officiate. Interment will be in the church cemetery.The body will be at the residence in Edgehill until the hour of services.
Date: 1954-02-08; Paper: Augusta Chronicle

Mrs. H.H. Hawkins
Gibson, Ga. - Mrs.. H.H. (Lucille Logue) Hawkins, 71, died Monday in a Sandersville, Ga. hospital.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. today at First Church of God, Edgehill, Ga., with the Revs. Charles Mason, OC. Hawkins and Thurman Walden officiating. Burial will be in  Mount Zion Congregational Methodist Church cemetery.
Mrs. Hawkins, a lifelong resident of Glascock County, was a member of the First Church of God.
Survivors Include her husband; one son, Hunter Hawkins, Hephzibah; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Amerson, Louisville, Ga., and Mrs. Mary Etta Taylor, Keysville, Ga., one sister, Mrs. Eva Hawkins, Perry, Ga.; and two brothers, Joe Logue and Charlie Logue Perry.
Palbearers will be Jamie Hawkins, Linder Walden, Lamar Hawkins, William Hawkins, James Logue and Bobby Logue. Friends may call at the residence in Edgehill or at the Sheppard Funeral Home until 2 p.m. and then at the church
Date: 1977-12-07; Paper: Augusta Chronicle

Edge Hill, Ga, - Authorities are still investigating the head-on collision of a motorcycle.and.auto Friday night that left one man dead and another seriously injured. James Floyd Wells. 20, of Mitchell was killed when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a vehicle driven by Harvey Sipper on Edge Hill Mitchell Road about 9 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol in Thomson.
Date: 1980-04-07; Paper: Augusta Chronicle

Robert L. Lamb
Gibson, Ga. - Robert L. Lamb, 91, Calhoun Street, diedWednesday in a Jefferson County hospital.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. today at Jordan Chapel Church, Edge Hill, with the Revs. Elizabeth Williford and David Jones officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery
Mr. Lamb was a lifelong resident of Glascock County and a farmer. He was a member of First Church of God.
Survivors include a daughter, Maudie Black, Louisville; three sons, Charlie Lamb and Tommie Lee Lamb, Gibson, and Clarence Lamb, Wrens; two sisters, Beulah Dye, California, and Alice Pippin, Baltimore; and two brothers, Russell Lamb, Gibson, and Edgar Lamb, Augusta. Pallbearers will be Tommy Black, George Black, Raymond Lamb, Asher Lamb, Earl Lamb, Wally Lamb and Anthony Lamb.
Friends may call at Sheppard Funeral Home until 2:30 p.m. today and then at the church.
Date: 1984-07-27; Paper: Augusta Chronicle


Mrs. Reba S. Swink
Wrens, Ga. - Mrs. Reba S. Swink, 77, Route 1, died Saturday at Humana Hospital Augusta.
Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Jordan Chapel Church of God Cemetery, Edge Hill
Mrs. Swink was a native  of North Carolina and had lived in the Wrens area for the past 40 years. She was a former employee of Gibson Nursing Home, Gibson, and a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Dewey David Swink, Houston; two daughters, Dorothy Louise Taylor, Columbus, Ohio, and Evelyn Fennell, Wrens; and two sisters, Vival Britton, Hickory, N.C., and Bonnie Shaw. Maiden, N.C.
Friends may call at the residence of her daughter, Evelyn Fennetl, Route 1, or at M W Callaway and Sons Funeral Home until 3 p.m. Monday.
Date: 1987-09-20; Paper: Augusta Chronicle

Mrs. Emma Bell
Gibson, Ga.  Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Dixon Bell 95, of Route 2, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, .1991. will be at 3 p.m. today at First Edge Hill Church of God, with the Revs. O.C. Hawkins, Wilmer Hall and Herman Walden officiating. Burial will be in Euphrates Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bell a lifelong resident of Glascock Conty, had retired as a schoolteacher. She was a homemaker and the oldest member of Edge Hill First Church of God.
Survivors include two daughters, Anita Black, Thomson, and Betty Sammons, Hephzibah; a sister, Mary Lou Wood, Thomson; and three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Clarence Reese Jr., Vergie Kitchens, Howard Dixon, Joe Frank McNair and Gilbert McDonald and Roy Kelley
Friends may call at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Black. 201 Forest Clary Drive, Thomson, and until 1:30 p.m. today at Sheppard Funeral Home and then at the church.
Date: 1991-09-12; Paper: Augusta Chronicle


Ronnie Kitchens
Thomson, Ga.-Ronnie Kitchens, 21. Route 1. Mount Pleasant Road, died Wednesday at his residence.
The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. today at Bethel Methodist Church, Glascock County, with the Rev. Billy Widener officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr; Kitchens was a native and life-long resident of McDuffie County.
Survivors include his parents, Mr., and Mrs. Joe Kitchens. Thomson; and one brother. Johnny Kitchens, Thomson.
Pallbearers will be Woodrow Kitchens, Billy Welch, Grover Hobbs, Marion Kitchens. Ralph Hinton and Jimmy Hinton.
Friends may call at the residence, or at Curtis Funeral Home until 2 p.m.
Date: 1976-05-06; Paper: Augusta Chronicle


Mrs. Ben H. Cheely
Thomson Ga. - Mrs Ben Harper (Clara Bell Haley) Cheely. 85, of Mesena. Ga.. died Tuesday in the McDuffie County Hospital.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Memorial Chapel. Thomson
She was a native of Glascock County, but had lived in Warren County most of her life She was a member of Mesena United Methodist Church
Friends may call at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H Hunt. 124 Jeanette St., Thomson
The Augusta Chronicle January 3 1973


 

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