September 24, 2007 10:16 pm
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ADEL
Robert H. "Bobby" Daughtrey
Mr. Robert H. "Bobby" Daughtrey, 76, of Adel passed away Sept. 23, 2007 at his residence after a short illness.
He was born June 17, 1931 in Cook County to the late William Henry and Ethel Virginia Jones Daughtrey. He lived most of his life in Cook County. He was a retired Building Contractor; Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict and was of the Baptist faith.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Montgomery Daughtrey of Adel; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dale and Lisa Daughtrey and Duke and Lana Daughtrey, all of Adel; two daughters and sons-in-law, Robin and Chris Sumner of Alapaha, Kim and Rob Alley, Sparks; six grandchildren, Jake and Blake Daughtrey, Adel, Chance, Charla and Brooke Alley, Sparks, Micaela Sumner, Alapaha; and one brother, Dennie Daughtrey of Blounts Creek, N.C. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Charlie Daughtrey, Earl Daughtrey, Elmer Daughtrey and James Daughtrey and one sister, Dorothy Hiers.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 at Boone-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Don Williams officiating. Interment will be held in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends this evening from 7-9 p.m. at Boone-Lipsey Funeral Home, Hwy. 41 South. Boone-Lipsey Funeral Home, Adel
LAKELAND
Lucille S. Trumbo
Lucille S. Trumbo, 91 of Lakeland, died on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital. Born in Emporia, Kan. on Feb. 4, 1916, she was the daughter of the late George Fox and Dorothy Edwards Sandy. Mrs. Trumbo was a retired Kindergarten Teacher and a member of the Lakeland Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Survivors are her daughters, Marcia Babbitt and Arlene Boettcher of Lakeland; a son, James Trumbo of Almena, Kan.; sister, Jessie Mae Yates of Lenexa, Kan.; six grandchildren; and 12 great- grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Lakeland Seventh Day Adventist Church. Pastor Mark Piotrowski will officiate. Mrs. Trumbo will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to service time on Wednesday. Visitation will be this evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Interment will be held at a later date at Paso Robles District Cemetery in Calif. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home
SANTA CLARA, CALIF
Donata "Donna" (Coletti) Howe
Donata "Donna" (Coletti) Howe, 86 of Santa Clara, Calif. died Sept. 20, 2007 at the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center Hospital after a sudden illness. She was the wife of the late Robert Howe, Jr. and resided in Santa Clara, Calif. for the past four years. Previously she had lived in Brockton, Mass. for over 20 years. Mrs. Howe was born in Quincy, Mass., the daughter of the late Loreto and Lucia (Lucy) F. Coletti and was a graduate of Quincy High School. During WW II she was employed as a time clerk at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Mass. She also worked as a chef for the Jordan Marsh restaurant at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Mass. before retiring in 1989.
She was a sociable, active, engaged, compassionate, and lively woman, who made friends easily, loved talking to people, and enjoyed life. She was ecumenical in her love of God and as such was a member of the Pearl Street Methodist Church in Brockton, Mass. as her home church, but also a member of Temple Beth Emunah in Brockton, the chaplain for the Striar Organization in Stoughton, Mass., and a member of the Brockton Interfaith Council. While living in Brockton, she was an active member of the Chatham Chatters and even at 86 was "the life of the party" at the Westmont Retirement Community where she lived in Santa Clara, Calif.
She is survived by three sons and their wives; Robert and Deborah (Miller) Howe, III of Valdosta, Ga., Richard W. and Debra (Silver) Howe of Brockton, Mass., and Ronald D. and Claudia (Antes) Howe of Sunnyvale, Calif. She was the grandmother of six (Robert Howe IV, David (Howe) Eaker, Lindsey M. Howe, Sarah E. Howe, Christopher G. Howe, and Jennifer L. Howe); one step grandchild of (Amy Starr); and two great-grandchildren, Jayne E. Howe and Katelyn Howe. She is survived by an older sister Marie (Coletti) Hayes of Fla. and a twin sister Loretta (Coletti) Shipman of Vancouver, Wash., previously of Holbrook, Mass. She was the sister of the late Carmine Coletti and was preceded in death by step granddaughter Kimberly Miller.
Visitation will be held Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 from 4-7 p.m. at the Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont St. (Rte 123), Brockton, Mass. Funeral service will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept., 29, 2007 at the Pearl Street United Methodist Church, 415 Pearl Street, Brockton, Mass. Burial will be held in Blue Hills Cemetery, Braintree, Mass.
Donations in memory of Donata may be made to The Jimmy Fund/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445-7226 Attn: Contributions Service, for online donations www.jimmyfund.org
For condolences and directionswww.conleyfuneralhome.com Conley Funeral Home, Brockton, Mass.
THOMASTON
Charles Woodrow Brannon, Sr.
Funeral services for Mr. Charles Woodrow Brannon, Sr., 91, of Thomaston will be held today, Sept. 25, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Southview Cemetery, Thomaston with the Rev. Dr. Edwin L. Cliburn officiating. Internment will follow.
Mr. Brannon died on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007 of natural causes while working in his grape arbor.
Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home, Thomaston is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Brannon was born on Nov. 13, 1915 in Manchester, Ga. He was the youngest child of the late Jessie Travis Brannon and the late Nancy Rugenia Sinclair Brannon. He graduated from Robert E. Lee Institute, Thomaston in 1934. He was a lifelong employee of Thomaston Mills, Inc., retiring in 1985 with 51 years service.
Mr. Brannon devoted his life to amateur athletics in Georgia. He officiated football, baseball, and basketball at both high school and college levels. He also contributed countless hours service to the Thomaston Recreation Department. He began officiating high school athletics in 1934 at age 18 and called his last, also a high school game, at age 81, having officiated basketball for 48 years, baseball for 55 years, and football for 63 years, the tenures being the longest in the history of Georgia sports. He officiated a state high school basketball tournament for 23 consecutive years. He was honored with the Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame's Service to Sports Citation in 1972, by the Atlanta Tip-off Club's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997, by the National Federation of State High School Association's Award for Service to Sports in 1988, by the National Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association's Distinguished Service Award for the Southeastern United States in 1989, and by the Georgia High School Association's Sam Burke Service to High School Athletics Award in 1990 and was a charter inductee into the Thomaston-Upson Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
Among Mr. Brannon's proudest achievements was to have been selected in 1967 on the basis of both ability and sensitivity along with Leroy Hambrick of Atlanta to officiate the first state tournament after integration for the largest classification of Georgia high schools. He was a stellar high school athlete himself, having lettered at Robert E. Lee institute in track, football, baseball, and basketball, In 1934, he set the record at Lee for the 440-yard dash, a record that was never broken.
He was a member of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Georgia, Al Sihah Shriners Temple, Morning Star Lodge Number 27, F & AM, the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Georgia, and the Scottish Rite Masons.
Mary Ellen Mathews Brannon, his wife of 62 years, preceded him in death. He is survived by three children, Charlene B. Shannon of Cumming, Barbara B. Schrimshire of Thomaston, and Charles W. Brannon, Jr. of Statesboro and the three grandchildren, Barbara Shannon Rogers of Buford, Richard G. Wilkes of Thomaston, and Charles H. Rogers of Flowery Branch. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to the Friends of the Hightower Memorial Library, 800 West Gordon Street, Thomaston, GA 30286. Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home, Thomaston, Ga.
VALDOSTA
Jimmy R. Downing
Jimmy R. Downing, 58, of Valdosta died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at the VA Hospital, Lake City, Fla. He was born on Jan. 5, 1949 in Hahira. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War, he was also a Purple Heart recipient. Mr. Downing was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his loving family of parents, Julian and Thelma Downing of Valdosta; sisters and brothers-in-law, Dianne and Thomas Swails of Valdosta, Joyce and Robert Hardee of Pinetta, Fla.; nephew and his wife, T.J. and Amy Swails of Valdosta; niece, Sharon Hardee of Valdosta; niece and her husband, Jennifer and Joseph Gosseck of Pinetta; three great-nieces, Jessica Rigdon of Valdosta, Katherine Rigdon and Roxanne Gosseck, both of Pinetta, Fla.
The service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 in the chapel at McLane Lakewood Funeral Home in Lake Park with Bro. Sammy Reeves and Mr. Gerald Poole officiating. Burial will follow in Lake Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends this evening from 6-8 p.m. at the McLane Lakewood Funeral Home. Condolences may be conveyed to the family online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. McLane Lakewood Funeral Home
William Scott Walker
William Scott Walker, 47, of Hahira, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Martin McLane Funeral Home, Hahira.
Mollie C. Clark
Mollie C. Clark, 77 of Nashville, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lane Memorial Chapel of Adel.
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