The Macon Telegraph from Macon, Georgia (2024)

September 6, 1986

Publication:

The Macon Telegraphi

Location:

Macon, Georgia

Issue Date:

Saturday, September 6, 1986

Page:

15

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iiiiiimiiw Saturday September 6 1986 Page3B Macon (Telegraph Nems MaconBibb County Aaron Joe Timmons Aaron Joe Timmons of 418 Craft St died riday at his residence He was 55 Arrangements will be announced by Hicks and Sons Mortuary in Macon James Staines James William Staines of Route 10 5416 Houston Road died ri day at his residence He was a 65 year old operator of SS Garage Services will be held at 2 pm Mon day in the chapel of Crest Lawn uneral Home Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens A Dooly County native Mr Staines lived in Macon for the past 46 years He was a Baptist Survivors include his wife Betty Staines of Macon a son Johnny Staines of Roberta six daughters Myrle Cleverly of Butte Mont Shir ley Hamm of Dothan Ala Ruby Peavy Dorothy Griffin Diane Davis and Traci Staines all of Macon a brother Marvin Staines of Macon a sister Mamie Hudson of Macon 14 grandchildren and eight great grand children The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 pm Sunday Mrs Elwood Hurley Mrs Elwood Hurley the former Josephine Peaco*ck of 2531 Echols Place died riday in a local hospital She was 73 Services and burial will be private A Baldwin County native Mrs Hur ley lived in Bibb County for the past 13 years She was a Baptist Survivors include her husband Elwood Hurley of Macon two daugh ters Mrs Robert O'Connell and Mrs rank Harris both of Macon a son Walter Hurley of Macon a sister Virginia Dorroh of Macon and five grandchildren The family may be contacted at the residence of Walter Hurley 2549 Medford Place Macon Mortuary has charge of arrangements elton Wilkes elton Wilkes of 4033 Jefferson ville Road a retired maintenance woodworker at Robins Air orce Base died riday in a local hospital He was 76 Graveside services will be held at 4 pm today in Macon Memorial Park Elder Tommy Darity will officiate A Toombs County native Mr Wilkes lived in Macon for the past 50 years He was a member of Bethle hem Primitive Baptist Church Survivors include his wife Iris Wilkes of Macon two sons Ray Wilkes of Macon and elton Glenn Wilkes of Norfolk Va a daughter Teresa Pate of Macon three broth ers Gerrell Wilkes of New Jersey James Wilkes of Macon and ranklin Brown of lorida a sister Betty Bar low of Macon a grandchild and a great grandchild The family may be contacted at the Wilkes residence Mortuary has charge of arrangements Marjorie Salter Marjorie Salter of 2653 lorence Ave died riday in a local hospital after an extended illness She was a 70 year old member of Houston Ave nue Christian Church Graveside services will be held at 10:30 am Monday in Evergreen Cem etery The Rev William Tyre will offi ciate A Wilkinson County native Mrs Salter lived in Macon for the past 63 years She was a homemaker Survivors include a brother Charlie Whalen of Macon and two neph ews Charlie Whalen Jr and Horace NeSmith both of Macon The family will receive friends at Crest Lawn uneral Home from 5 to 6 pm Sunday The family may be contacted at the residence of Mr and Mrs Charlie Whalen 1279 Rocky Creek Road Macon Addie Woods Newby Addie Woods Newby of 2016 Kit chens Road a homemaker died Wednesday in a local nursing home She was 70 Services will be held at 4 pm Mon day in Steward Chapel AME Church in Macon Burial will be in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens The Rev CE Shepheard will officiate A Crisp County native Mrs Newby was educated there She lived in Macon for several years She was a member of Steward Chapel AME Church and the Hattie Mitchell Mis sionary Society Survivors include two daughters rances Stephens of Macon and Min nie McMillian of Rochester NY a son Jimmie Lee Newby Jr of Macon and several grandchildren and grea grandch i Id ren Hicks and Sons Mortuary in Macon has charge of arrangements HoustonPeach Susie Mae Jones ORT VALLEY Susie Mae Reed Jones of 712 Maple St a farmer worker died Tuesday in a Macon hos pital after an extended illness She was 51 Services will be held at 2 pm Sun day in the Church of God Holiness Church in ort Valley Burial will be in airview CME Church Cemetery in ort Valley Elder Daniel Harris will officiate A Peach County native Mrs Jones was educated there She was a mem ber of airview CME Church Survivors include her father Irving Reed Sr of ort Valley five sisters Mary Gray Sarah Williams Earlen Thomas and Rose Calhoun all of ort Valley and Helen Dassaw of Louisville and a brother Irving Reed Jr of ort Valley Edwards uneral Home in ort Valley has charge of arrangements Michael Lee Nichols WARNER ROBINS Michael Lee Nichols 19 of 212 Skyway Drive died Thursday from injuries sustained in an industrial accident He was a cabinetmaker for Smith Cabinet Shop Services will be held at 2:30 pm Michael Nichols a Sunday in Shirley Hills Baptist Church in Warner Robins Bur ial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cochran The Revs Napp Gran ade and Cal vin Davis will offici ate A lifelong resident of Houston County Mr Nichols was a 1985 gradu Georgia Supreme Court orders report released By Karen Bennett The Associated Press ATLANTA The Georgia Supreme Court on riday ordered the state to make public a 3500 page report detailing a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe into allegations of ticket fixing in the Georgia State Patrol The ruling came as state officials were preparing to voluntarily release the bulk of the report which led to the firing Wednesday of Col Hugh Hardison the patrol commander The bulk of the report a 22 foot high stack of more than 3200 pages organized into 30 folders each contain ing daily reports on the course of the investigation was distributed to the news media about 4:30 pm riday The release had been expected earlier riday but Attorney General Michael Bowers said it was delayed while officials took out about 300 pages of information on matters still under investigation or that had no relevance whatsoever to the matter but if it came out it would be an illegal invasion of Bowers said most of the deleted information covered allegations that Hardison and other top State Patrol officials had used their offices to obtain free accommo dations at Callaway Gardens a west Georgia resort Bowers said the Callaway Gardens information had been turned over to the US office for investi gation for possible federal criminal charges But the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision agreed with a Superior Court judge who had rejected Bowers' argument that the Callaway Gardens informa tion was part of an ongoing investigation public has a right to public the Supreme Court wrote in its brief decision saying the trial court judge was correct to rule that the investiga tion had been completed After meeting with other state officials late riday Bowers said the net effect of the high order would be that most of the remaining portions of the report would also be released Bowers said the GBI will make copies of the deleted Callaway Gardens portion available on Monday He said eight GBI employees had worked six hours riday to copy the rest of the file "and not going to make them work on the Less than 10 pages worth of material will remain deleted from the public file he said adding that those items involve brief references to other ongoing investi gations data from BI background checks irrele vant violations listed on various records and other items that be exempted (under federal privacy law) in any event" THE COURT DECISIONS ordering release of the report resulted from a suit filed by The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution who were joined by radio station WGST and WSB TV The suit argued that Gov Joe rank Harris was violating the Open Records law by witholding the report The Supreme Court also affirmed the lower order that the Public Safety Board give to it under seal minutes of an Aug 21 executive session in which the board voted to retain Hardison but strip him of his power to make personnel decisions The Supreme Court said it wanted to review the minutes to see if the board members were correct in considering the report privately Bowers had appealed the lower court decision saying that the report should remain confidential because the investigation had been turned over to federal auth orities to determine whether Hardison had violated federal laws forbidding public officials from using their offices for private gain He also said the report should be kept secret because the Public Safety Board which oversees the State Patrol and the GBI might consider personnel changes The Supreme Court noting firing from his $68000 a year position said the of personnel action is OLLOWING THE IRING of Hardison on Wednes day a 410 page portion of the report was made public That portion which had been given to the board before it voted included a 36 page summary plus copies of 10 affidavits and summaries of interviews obtained in the course of the probe The summary written by DG Robertson the assis tant special agent in charge of the investigation said that various troopers had reported being pressured into voiding traffic tickets issued to people related to Cal laway Gardens and that Hardison and other top officials had received free accommodations from the resort apparently in exchange for fixing the tickets Braswell: I tried to stop ticket fixing The Associated Press ATLANTA The man who has temporarily replaced Col Hugh Hardison as head of the Georgia State Patrol told Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents he tried for at least two years to get Hardison to stop the widespread practice of ticket fixing Maj Tom Braswell was appointed Wednesday by the Pub lic Safety Board to replace Har dison The board had fired Hardison earlier that same day in an executive session The firing was the culmination of a four month GBI investigation which uncovered a pattern of fre quent ticket alterations for promi nent Georgians It also raised allegations that Hardison used his position for private gain comments were included in the complete 3500 page report released ri day The 29 year veteran and Americus resident admitted that he has voided traffic citations and requested other troopers to do like wise But he said he never attempted to pressure the deci sions of other troopers and has never received a gratuity to void a ticket BRASWELL who lives during the week in an apartment at the Department of Public Safety in Atlanta told investigators that Hardison who lives in the same building keeps four cars at his apartment: two unmarked luxury ord Crown Victorias a marked ord and an unmarked ord Braswell said two years ago he and Maj CR Pinyan asked Sgt Danny Butler to prepare a policy statement to guide troopers in decisions about fixing tickets But Hardison never took action on their proposal Braswell said which would have required troop ers to state the reason for voiding the ticket and to list the names of whoever requested that a ticket be altered Braswell said that in April 1986 he offered to begin an internal investigation into allegations reported in the media of ticket fix ing He said Hardison told him to wait Later Braswell said Hardison told him he would ask Maj KC Rearden to conduct an internal investigation Hometown gives Hardison welcome The Associated Press CEDARTOWN hometown of fired State Patrol Commander Hugh Hardison was decked out in yellow ribbons riday to welcome the colonel home "He is well loved and well liked" said Susan Parker whose Cedartown travel agency was adorned with a sign welcoming Hardison back to town "We will certainly welcome him back with open she said Hardison was fired Wednesday by the state Public Safety Board in the wake of a Georgia Bureau of Investi gation report on ticket fixing by state troopers and gratuities received by patrol personnel including Har dison But many people in the 57 year old home town said openly riday that they felt the colonel was done wrong "The whole town is in an uproar over this" said Polk County Tax Commissioner Dan Casey "Hardison has never done anything ma jor wrong in his life This is a railroad Parker said A neighbor of Phil Brewster who was the first commander of the Georgia State Patrol in the 1930s was at a loss for words over the firing "I just know what to say" he said "I think terrible final truth come out I think honest and has made an excellent commissioner just sorry it had to go down that ate of Warner Robins High School where he was an honor student a former student council member and a basketball player He was also a member of Shirley Hills Baptist Church Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Nichols of Warner Robins a sister Susan Nichols of Warner Robins and his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Rachel Chance of Cochran The family will greet friends at McCullough uneral Home in Warner Robins from 7 to 9 pm today John Blount BYRON John Edwin Blount of Route 2 Box 315 Crawford County died Thursday at his residence after an extended illness He was a 63 year old Robins Air orce Base headquarters division investigator Graveside services will be held at 2 pm today in Evergreen Cemetery ather Ed Tuten will officiate A Bibb County native Mr Blount lived in Byron for the past eight years He was a World War II Army veteran and an Episcopalian Survivors include his wife Annie Blountof Byron ason John Blount of Atlanta his mother Eunice Blount Stanley of Macon and a grandchild Crest Lawn uneral Home in Macon has charge of arrangements Sudie Walker Dowdy WARNER ROBINS Sudie Walker Dowdy 84 of 104 Vickie Lynn Drive died riday in a local hospital She was a former Bibb Manufacturing Co spinner Services will be held at 4 pm Sun Middle Georgia Tony Wilson GORDON Tony Wilson 14 of Route 2 died Thursday in Jones County Arrangements will be announced by Williams Memorial Chapel in Gor don Martha Braddy SOPERTON Martha LaRue Davis Braddy 52 died Thursday in a Dublin hospital after an extended ill ness Services will be held at 3 pm today in Red Bluff Baptist Church in Treut len County Burial will be in the church cemetery A lifelong resident of Treutlen County Mrs Braddy was a member of Red Bluff Baptist Church Survivors include her husband Hyman Braddy of Soperton a son Greg Braddy of Cedar Grove her mother Inell Davis of Soperton two sisters Betty Kight of Dublin and Janet Page of Soperton and a brother Sidney Davis of Soperton The body will be placed in the church at 2 pm today Sammons uneral Home in Soper ton has charge of arrangements Cindy Pennington MILLEDGEVILLE Cindy Rus sell Pennington 42 died riday in a local hospital Graveside services will be held at 11 am today in Baldwin Memorial Gar dens The Rev William Morgan will officiate A Thomas County native Mrs Pen nington lived in Baldwin County for many years Survivors include a son Gary Dwayne Pennington of Milledgeville a daughter Eve Pennington of Mil ledgeville her mother Marion Rus sell of Milledgeville her father Charles Leroy Russell of Norfolk Va and a sister Jennifer Russell Starks of La Plata Md Moores uneral Home in Milledge ville has charge of arrangements Cornelia Abney SWAINSBORO Cornelia Abney 65 died Thursday in an Augusta hospi tal after a brief illness Graveside services will be held at 2 pm today in Rich amily Cemetery in Emanuel County The Rev Kelmer Durden will officiate A Emanuel County native Mrs Abney was a member of Hillcrest day in Rockwell Baptist Church in Milan Burial will be in the church cemetery A Telfair County native Mrs Dowdy lived in Warner Robins for the past 16 years moving from Columbus Survivors include five daughters Josephine Bass and Rosa Lee Eth eridge both of Columbus Shirley Brock Jimmie Dee Dowdy and Car rie Mae Yawn all of Warner Robins two sons Eddie Smith Dowdy and Billy Ray Dowdy both of Warner Robins two sisters Sally Cummings of Milan and Alice Newberry of Cor dele abrother JD Walker of Milan 18 grandchildren 35 great grandchil dren and four great great grandchil dren McCullough uneral Home in Warner Robins has charge of arrange ments Baptist Church in Swainsboro Survivors include two daughters Carolyn Purvis of Wadley and Marie Stapleton of Swainsboro three sons Raymond Abney and Jimmy Abney both of Swainsboro and rank Abney of Macon two sisters Eathel Curry and Annie Truett both of Swainsboro a brother Walter Lee Rich of Swains boro 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Shadowlawn Mortuary in Swains boro has charge of arrangements Ocoma Walke DUBLIN Ocoma McDaniel Walke 75 of 809 Woodrow Ave died Thursday at her residence after a brief illness She was a retired secre tary of irst Baptist Church Services will be held at 11 am today in irst Baptist Church in Dub lin Burial will be in Dublin Memorial Gardens The Revs Lamar Holley and Wally Weaver will officiate A lifelong resident of Laurens County Mrs Walke was a member of irst Baptist Church where she was a former Sunday School teacher and a member of the Hope Chavous Sunday School Class She worked for the church for 23 years Survivors include a daughter Nancy Walke Hicks of St Petersburg la a brother Grafton McDaniel of Dublin and two grandchildren Townsend Brothers uneral Home in Dublin has charge of arrange ments Elsewhere Izora Lyles Lord APOPKA la Izora Lyles Lord 75 formerly of Soperton died Wednesday in a Apopka hospital Services will be held at 2 pm today in the chapel of Sammons uneral Home in Soperton Burial will be in Thigpen Cemetery in Treutlen County The Revs Bobby Lord Green and Lester Johnson will officiate A Johnson County native Mrs Lord lived in Treutlen County for several years before moving to Apopka 30 years ago She was a member of the Church of God and the daughter of the late John ranklin Lyles and Sara Jane Walker Lyles Survivors include her husband Tommie Lee Lord of Apopka and three daughters Eleanor Lord of Salem Ore Maxie Lee Lord of Orlando la and Elease Lord Bout cher of Zellwood la Milton Hoard HI Chirm unoral Notices MOORE Lillian Louise Thomas: 65 of 216 Alton Road died Tuesday in a local hospital after an extended Illness uneral services were held at 2 pm riday In Conoresa tlonal Holiness Church 4127 Chambers Road Burial was In Evergreen Cemetery The Revs Charles Hanson and James Anth ony officiated CASSIDY Terry: 40 of San rancisco Calif formerly of Macon died Monday from Injuries sustained In a hiking accident In Yosemite National Park during the Labor Dav weekend A rosary was sold at 7:30 pm riday In St Joseph's Catholic Church A funeral Mass will be celebrated al 1 pm today In St Joseph's Catholic Church Burial will be In Riverside Cemetery ather John Cuddy will officiate The family will greet friends at Hart's Mortuary from noon to today HURLEY Josephine: 73 of 2531 Echols Place died riday In a local hospital Services and burial will be private MAY Monna Stewart: 87 of 3330 Ridge Ave died riday uneral services will be held In Chillicothe Ohio Hart's Mortuary has charge of arrangements WILKES elton 76 of 4033 Jeffersonville Roadaied riday In a local hospital uneral services will be held at 4 pm today In Macon Memorial Park Elder Tommy Dorltv will officiate The family may be contacted at the Wilkes residence Hart's Mortuary has charge of arrangements Carrie Bell Tramble DETROIT Carrie Bell Tramble 79 formerly of Macon County died Aug 30 in a Detroit hospital She was an international princess spir itual healer with the Church of Peo Spiritual Temple Services will be held at 2 pm Sun day in Jehovah Baptist Church in Oglethorpe Burial will be in Ogle thorpe City Cemetery The Rev GW Nealy will officiate Mrs Tramble lived in Detroit for several years She was a member the Church of Spiritual Temple Survivors include a sister Almena CREST LAWN Wilhom Blotch Pridnt Milton Adomt Vic President UNERAL NOTICES STAINES James William 65 of Route 10 5416 Houston Rood died riday at his residence uneral services will be held at 2 Pm Monday In the chapel of Crest Lawn uneral Home Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens The family will receive friends of Crest Lawn uneral Home from 7 to 9 pm Sunday Crest Lawn uneral Home SALTER Marlorle Whalen: 70 of 2653 lorence Ave died riday in a local hospital after an extended Illness Graveside serv ices will be held at 10:30 am Monday In Evergreen Cemetery The Rev Willfam Tyre will officiate The family will receive friends at Crest Lawn from 5 to 6 pm Sun day They may be contacted at the residence of Mr and Mrs Charlie Whalen 1279 Rocky Creek Road Macon BLOUNT John Edwin: 63 of Route 2 Box 315 Byron died Thursday al his residence after an extended Illness Graveside services will be held at 2 pm today In Evergreen Ceme tery ather Ed Tuten will officiate Crest Lown uneral Home BRYAN Lucille Adams: 63 of Dunnellon la died recently at her residence uneral services will be held at 3 pm Sunday In Cemetery ln Macon The Rev Jeff Rourke will officiate The family may be contacted at the residence of Ronnie Adams 188 Arlington Row Macon Crest Lawn uneral Home BRASWELL Lawrence 63 of 4216 Irving Aye died Wednesday at his resi dence after an extended Illness uneral services were held at 1 pm riday In the chapel of Crest Lawn uneral Home Burial was In Macon Memorial Park The Rev Will am Tyre officiated TURNER Charles red Sr: 77 of 1636 Edna Place died Wednesday at his residence after an extended Illness Graveside services were held at 11 am riday In Evergreen Cemetery The Rev Tim Long officiated Hart's Mortuary A Leader in the uneral Profession Quial Beautiful Chapel Where Peace and Reverence Prevails CREST LAWN UNERAL HOME Sheeley of St Petersburg la and several nieces and nephews Mortuary in Montezuma has charge of arrangements Lucille A Bryan DUNNELLON la Lucille Adams Bryan formerly of Macon died recently at her residence She was a 63 year old homemaker Graveside services will be held at 3 pm Sunday in Evergreen Cemetery in Macon The Rev Jeff will officiate Mrs Bryan a native of New Hol land lived in Dunnellon for the past 20 years moving from Macon She was a Baptist Survivors include two sons Ronnie Adams and Gary Adams both of Macon two daughters Linda A arr of Macon and Janet Bryan of Lakeland la nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren The family may be contacted at the residence of Ronnie Adams 188 Arlington Row Macon Golla Ponder ORT PIERCE la CoIla Pon der a Macon County native died Sun day in a ort Pierce hospital He was a 70 year old migrant farm worker Services will be held at 2 pm today in Brown Chapel Baptist Church in Montezuma Burial will be in the church cemetery The Rev WB Mathjs will officiate Mr Ponder a member of Brown Chapel Baptist Church lived in ort Pierce for many years Survivors include two sons CoIla Ponder Jr and Jerry Ponder both of Jacksonville la a daughter Elmer Jean Woodrow of Jacksonville a sis ter Rosa Mae Allen of Marshall ville 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Mortuary in Montezuma has charge of arrangements Compare There is no comparison SNOW'S MEMORIAL CHAPEL A trjdition of caring for three generations Jr 4.

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