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Ronnie D. Allen
Ronnie Dale Allen, 34, of Canon, died Sunday, June 4, 2000.
Mr. Allen was born December 1, 1965, a son of Robert Thomas Allen, Canon, and the late Betty Sue Bratcher Allen.
He was a painter and was of the Baptist denomination.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 7, in the chapel of Pruitt Funeral Home, Royston, with the Rev. Eldon Massey officiating. Burial was in Cary Memorial Gardens, Royston.
Survivors, in addition to his father, include two brothers, Wendell Allen, Royston, and Nelson Allen, Danielsville; three nieces and three nephews.
Pruitt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Brenda W. Gunter
Mrs. Brenda Wills Gunter, 54, of Athens, died Sunday, June 4, 2000.
A native of Jackson County, Mrs. Gunter was a daughter of the late James David and Annie Mae Willoughby Wills.
She was employed with Village Drug Shop for 10 years and was a member of Whitehall Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 6, in the chapel of Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, with the Revs. Buford Lockman and Curtis Hammond officiating. Burial was in the Colbert Cemetery. Tony Willoughby, Caleb Elder, Wesley Elder, Randy Taylor, Keith Chapman, James Claxton, Nelson Callway and Chris Thurmond served as pallbearers.
Survivors include her husband, Allen Gunter; daughter and son-in-law, Kelly and Samuel Craven, Marble Hill; one sister, Sandra Patridge, Winterville; four nephews, Lanier Patridge, Daryl Patridge, Ray McElreath and James McElreath Jr.; one niece, Jean McElreath; three great-nieces and one great-nephew.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1060 Gaines School Road, Athens, GA 30605, or to Peachtree Hospice, 3600 Dekalb Technology Pkwy., Atlanta, GA 30340.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mary F. Maddox
Mrs. Mary Frances Childs Maddox, 61, of Bogart, died Saturday, June 3, 2000.
Mrs. Maddox was born in Jackson County, a daughter of the late James Willie and Lenora Hendrix Childs.
Mrs. Maddox was a retired lab tech with the University of Georgia, with 24 years of service, and was a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Happy Trails Art Club, Chestnut Mountain, and a member of the Athens Antique Car Club.
Funeral services were held Monday, June 5, in the chapel of Bernstein Funeral Home, Athens, with the Revs. Elmer Butler and Buford Lockman officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Park. Mrs. Maddox's nephews served as pallbearers.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas Gearld Maddox; one daughter, Susan Swinford, Athens; one son, Michael Maddox, Athens; one sister, Nettie Bradshaw, Jefferson; two brothers, Raymond Childs, Hull, and Otis Childs, Athens; and three grandchildren, Thomas and Jay Swinford and Travis Maddox.
Bernstein Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Judge James Barrow
Judge James Barrow, 82, of Athens, died Tuesday, May 30, 2000.
Judge Barrow was a distinguished jurist and respected legal scholar, a decorated veteran of World War II and a devoted husband and father, family members said. He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Athens.
Mr. Barrow was born in Athens in 1917, the son of the late James and Clara Elizabeth Barrow of Clarke County. He was descended from the Barrow, Lumpkin, Pope and Church families which have been prominent in this part of Georgia throughout its history, family said.
Barrow attended public schools in Athens and graduated from the University of Georgia during the Great Depression, earning his AB in 1937 and LLB in 1939. At the same time, he managed the farm that had been in his family for six generations, a responsibility he inherited at age 17 upon his father's death.
Before America's entry into World War II, Barrow enlisted in the Army as a private and was honorably discharged in April of 1946 with the rank of captain. He participated in five campaigns in the European Theater of Operations in a tank destroyer battalion attached to the First U.S. Infantry Division, and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star medals for gallantry in action against German forces.
Upon his return to private practice after the war, Barrow also taught law at the University of Georgia Law School from 1946 until he took office as Superior Court Judge in 1963. In addition, Barrow was elected City Attorney for the City of Athens, an office he held from 1950 until his election as Superior Court Judge.
As City Attorney, Barrow served as de facto superintendent of public safety in the wake of public disturbances attending the desegregation of the University of Georgia, and he was instrumental in averting the violence that attended the desegregation of other southern universities. During the public school desegregation crisis, Judge and Mrs. Barrow served as co-chairs of H.O.P.E ("Help Our Public Education"), which successfully opposed efforts to close the public schools rather than submit to federal court orders to desegregate.
Barrow was a founder and first president of the Athens Legal Aid Society in 1961. Before the Supreme Court required the states to do so, the Society was organized to provide counsel to persons who had the right to a lawyer but could not afford to hire one.
Barrow was elected Superior Court Judge of the Western Judicial Circuit in 1962 and was thereafter re-elected without opposition until his retirement in 1990, when he was appointed by the governor to serve as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts. He continued to serve on a full-time basis through 1995.
Barrow began his service as a judge at a time when the country was on the verge of sweeping changes in the law's treatment of the civil rights of minorities and the criminal rights of those charged with crimes. He was not a reluctant player in the struggle to make the law respond to the felt necessities of the times. Instead, he embraced changes in the law that he thought were long overdue. In many cases, he made decisions that the appellate courts adopted, significantly affecting Georgia law.
Judge Barrow continued to serve as a role model in the civil rights movement, charging grand juries to comply with new federal laws guaranteeing civil rights that many local officials throughout the South were urging people to disobey. During the investigation of the murder of U.S. Army Col. Lemuel Penn by the Ku Klux Klan (the "murder at Broad River Bridge"), Judge Barrow was virtually alone among local public officials in offering the assistance of his office to federal officials investigating the outrage.
Barrow's service on the bench was recognized by the Georgia State Bar in 1992 with the Tradition of Excellence Award, its highest honor for judicial service.
Mr. Barrow was preceded in death by a grandson, Clute Barrow Nelson, Athens.
Funeral services were held Friday, June 2, at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jon Appleton officiating. Pallbearers were Chief Judge Joseph Gaines, Judge Kent Lawrence, Judge Susan Tate, Harry Gordon, Jack Lumpkin, Charles Holcomb, Jim Hudson, Denny Galis, Milner Ball and Billy Bryant. Honorary pallbearers were the Board of Directors of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company.
Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Jenkins Barrow; children and spouses, Judge Mike and Ruth Barrow Bracewell, Madison, Jim and Sallyanne Crawford Barrow, Stephens, and Don and Phyllis Barrow Nelson, Tom and Kathy Harvey Barrow, John and Victoria Pentlarge Barrow and Hal and Church Barrow Crow, all of Athens; one brother, Tom Barrow, Killeen, Texas; and nine grandchildren, Jim and Sam Barrow, Stephens, and Parker, Eleanor and Michael Crow, Steven Barrow, Arthur Nelson and James and Ruth Barrow, all of Athens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Clute Barrow Nelson Life Foundation, 320 Milledge Heights, Athens, GA 30606. The foundation was formed in memory of his grandson to provide financial help to families of children with cancer.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, was in charge of arrangements.
Roy J. Floyd
Roy Junior Floyd, 64, of Danielsville, died Sunday, May 11, 2000.
A native and lifelong resident of Madison County, Mr. Floyd was a son of the late Roy Malone and Mary Francine Martin Floyd.
He retired from Holsom Bakery in Athens and was later employed at Dixie Leisure, Comer.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 13, in the chapel of Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Danielsville, with the Rev. Buford Lockman officiating. Burial was in Danielsville Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife, Mary A. Floyd; daughter, Pamela D. Floyd, Danielsville; son and daughter-in-law, Luther D. and Margie Floyd, Bon Aqua, Tenn.; three sisters, Mary Scarborough and Lucille Phillips, both of Danielsville, and Betty Biles, Dillsburg, Pa.; two brothers, William Floyd, Harrisburg, Pa., and Larry "Buddy" Floyd, Commerce; and three grandchildren, Roger Strickland, Danielsville, Rocky Strickland, Colbert, and Robbie Strickland, Bon Aqua, Tenn.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
REV. GRIFFIN
Temple Baptist founder
MAYSVILLE - The Rev. Barney Griffin, 55, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, at BJC Medical Center, Commerce.
Mr. Griffin was born August 26, 1944, in Banks County. He was a son of Eva Redmon Griffin, Maysville, and the late Barnell Griffin.
Mr. Griffin attended Fort Wayne Bible College and Toccoa Falls Bible College. He was the founder and pastor of Temple Baptist Church, Homer, until the early 70s, and pastored several other churches in Jackson, Banks and Franklin counties. The Rev. Griffin was a member of Maysville Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 13, at Grove Level Baptist Church with the Revs. Jeff Appling, Gerald Mitton and Brian Stowe officiating. Burial was in Sunrise Cemetery, Maysville.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Donna Cox Griffin; two sons, Jeremy Griffin and Matthew Griffin, both of Maysville; five daughters, Cynthia Bartow, Angela Mason, Rebecca Plemmons and Teresa Yale, all of Ashville, N.C., and Elizabeth Wilson, Pendergrass; three brothers, Billy Griffin and Bobby Griffin, both of Athens, and Jerry Griffin, Oakwood; three sisters, Wilma Abney, Kennesaw, Martha Cotton, Homer, and Joyce Griffin, Smyrna; 10 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
MR. HUMPHRIES
Truck driver
COMMERCE - J.B. Humphries, 74, died Thursday, June 8, 2000, at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Humphries was born October 21, 1925, a son of the late Allie and Genevie Smith Humphries.
He had been employed as a truck driver.
Funeral services were held Saturday, June 10, at New Bridge Baptist Church with the Revs. Bill Manus and Verner London officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Flora Gerrell Humphries; daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Malcolm Turner Vest, Commerce; one brother, Reeves Humphries, Demorest; three sisters, Vavanelle Keenan and Kathryn London, both of Cleveland, and Everene Stover, Gainesville; two granddaughters, Malinda and Jennifer Vest; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, was in charge of arrangements.
MRS. BOWEN
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church member
CORNELIA - Mrs. Arizona Pless Bowen, 103, died Monday, June 12, 2000, at a private nursing center following an extended illness.
Mrs. Bowen was born October 22, 1896, in Habersham County. She was a daughter of the late Rev. A.L. and Arlevia Carter Pless.
Mrs. Bowen was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Bowen.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 14, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Lloyd Free officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Bowen is survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia, was in charge of arrangements.
MRS. SHORT
Teacher, counselor
BRUNSWICK - Mrs. Nell Gaddis Short, 67, formerly of Cornelia, died Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.
Born in Hall County, Mrs. Short was a daughter of the late Raymond Howard Gaddis and Ada Fowler Gaddis.
She received her master's degree from the University of Georgia and her undergraduate in education. Mrs. Short taught school in the Banks County School System and worked as a guidance counselor at Jane Macon Middle School in Brunswick from 1970 until her retirement. She was a member of the Christian Renewal Church in Brunswick.
Mrs. Short was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Wesley "Tommy" Short.
Funeral services were held Friday, June 9, at Christian Renewal Church with the Rev. Bill Legion officiating. Graveside services were held Saturday, June 10, in Level Grove Cemetery, Cornelia.
Survivors include one daughter, Lynne Henry, Brunswick; one sister, Reba Gaddis Brewer, Atlanta; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Crisis Pregnancy Center or to a children's Christian organization.
Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin, was in charge of local arrangements.
