Mr. Patrick Lawrence Booton, 65, of Gibson, formally of Savannah died Saturday, July 16, 2016 in the University Hospital Augusta.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m.Wednesday, July 20, at Fellowship Baptist Church in Gibson with Rev. Tommy Harwell officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Greg Bowles, Lamar Dixon, George David, Steve Seymour, James Stevens and Evan Sullivan. Cycling friends will be honorary pallbearers.
Mr. Booton was born in Gastonia, NC, and was the son of the late Earnest A. Booton and Hazel Deaton Booton. He graduated from George P. Butler High School in Augusta and served in the U.S. Army Reserves during the Vietnam era. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Medicine from Medical College of Georgia and a Master’s degree in Medical Physics from Emory University. He retired from Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah after 25 years as a Medical Physicist. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.
Mr. Booten had many hobbies including weight lifting, running, sailing, cycling, woodworking, hunting and raising Nigerian Dwarf goats. In the 1980’s Patrick was a member of the Savannah Yacht Club and the Geechee Sailing Club. He won many trophies sailing in the Wilmington River, in the Atlantic Ocean and in the ocean sounds of Savannah and Hilton Head.
Mr. Booten later became interested in cycling and joined the Coastal Bicycle Touring Club. He enjoyed road biking and founded a charitable bicycle ride from Savannah to Augusta to benefit children and families with cancer.
Mr. Booten was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Danny Booton and is survived by his wife LaVerne Mathis Booton, of Gibson; daughter, Allyson (John) Madden of Martinez; son, Ian Booton of Gibson; grandsons, Seth Birong and Elijah Madden; sisters, Linda (Billy) Norby of Hardeeville, SC; Elizabeth (Ryan) Sullivan of Evans; nieces, Katherine Norby and Maryellen Thompson; nephews, Evan Sullivan, and Nolan Sullivan.
The family will be at the home of Henry and Wilma Mathis.
Visitation will be prior to service from 1 p.m. to 3 pm at the church and following the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Patrick’s Ride, Memorial Health Foundation, P.O. Box 23089 Savannah, GA 31403 or to Fellowship Baptist Church building fund, 1745 Hwy 171 South, Gibson, GA 30810
Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation Care of Gibson, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Johnny Lee Davis, Louisville, departed this life Sunday, July 10, at a local hospital.
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 16, 2016 at James and Virginia Davis Memorial Chapel.
Mr. Davis was a native of Jefferson County and was a logger.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine Morgan Davis, Louisville; his children, Tyrone Lee Davis, Wrightsville, T’mone Davis, Wrightsville, Maurice Davis, Davisboro, Eric Davis, Kydrain Davis, Zyion Davis and Jamayira Davis, Louisville; His step daughter, Kelciay Morgan, Louisville; mother, Bessie Gunder Davis, Louisville; father, Berdean Davis, Sr., Brunswick; siblings, Brenda Davis, Wadley, Susie Hines, Tennille, Betty Jean (Willie Robert) Swint, Amos James, Tennille, Roy Lee Davis, Tennille, Otis Lee Davis, Tennille, Willie James, Augusta; mother-in-law, Mamie Lee Morgan, Louisville; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Tracie Morgan, Nonie Heggs, Brittany Anderson and Stephine Anderson, Leon Heggs, Steven Morgan, Georgia Morgan, Nelson Harrison and Varon Anderson, Louisville, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Davis Funeral Home, 725 Beech Street is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Willie Huntley, formally of Louisville, departed this life Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Augusta.
Mr. Huntley was a native of Jefferson County. He was born to the parentage of the late Margaret Mack and adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlswell Huntley. He was united in holy matrimony to Eurline Huntley. He was a 1979 graduate of the Louisville High School and was formally employed with Knot and Rivers Construction Masonry.
He was preceded in death by his mother, adopted parents, and sister; Patricia Houston.
Survivors include his son; Willie Kellom, Tallahassee, Florida, step-children; Billy (Kim) Gilmore, Edgefield, South Carolina, Jerome Gilmore, Waynesboro, Linda (Terry) Lynch, Louisville, Jermaine Gilmore, Georgia, Sharon (Timothy) Cooper, Louisville, , Theresa (Jimmy) Barnes, Athens, Nicole (Clyveland) Rainey, Swainsboro, Jerry Gilmore, Louisville, Scott Gilmore, Louisville, Kendrick Gilmore, Athens, Anthony Gibbons, LaValerie Gilmore and Shaneaka Kellom, siblings; Donna Black, Louisville, Kentucky, Jerry (Carrie) Mack, Waynesboro, Pastor David (Elaine) Mack, Port Saint, Florida, John (Maria) Walden, Wrens, Ida (Kenny) Batts, Mattie Batts, Hansberry Batts, Louisville, Jeannie (Rodney) Little, and Tommy (April) Mack, Louisville, and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services were Saturday, July 16, 2016 at the James and Virginia Davis Memorial Chapel, 727 Beech Street, Louisville, Georgia 30434.
Family may be contacted at the residence of his sister and brother-in-law; 2nd Street, Louisville, Georgia 30434 or at Davis Funeral Home.
Davis Funeral Home, 725 Beech Street, Louisville, Georgia 30434 is in charge of arrangements.
Mr.William Chandler Lanier, who went by his mother’s maiden name, Chandler, passed from life to Life on Monday, July 4, 2016.
Chandler was born in Macon, on July 6, 1924 to Charles Fortson and Sarah Chandler Lanier. He attended Lanier High School in Macon, went to North Georgia College (as had his father and grandfather) where he was the ranking officer in the Corps of Cadets, and president of ΣΝ. There he met his future wife Sallie Mae Cook, of Covington, the prettiest and smartest girl on campus. He finished up at the University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism, while Sallie went on Johns Hopkins.
Chandler and Sallie married at Clarkesville Presbyterian Church in 1948.
He worked for Eastern Air Lines then for Blue Bird Body Company, but had a calling to ministry and, with two children (Bill and Sarah) in tow, earned his degree in theology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where their third child Sallie was born.
His first church was Wadley Baptist, where he was the pastor from 1954 until 1961, and where his fourth child Homer was born.
Upon appointment as Southern Baptist representative to Tel Aviv, Israel in 1960, he arrived in 1961 by ship. They served until 1989. During his ministry in Israel he served as moderator of the Baptist Convention in Israel, co-edited its tri-lingual (Hebrew, Arabic, English) managed the Convention’s only art gallery and bookstore in Tel Aviv, and served as pastor of the Baptist Village Congregation.
Upon retirement he and Sallie built a home on family land left to them by Sallie’s father, Homer Cook, just north of Clarkesville.
He continued to enjoy preaching, whenever asked, into his 91st year, at Clarkesville Baptist and Victory Home in Tallulah Falls.
As his strength declined, he and Sallie split their time between Clarkesville and Wesley Wood Towers in Atlanta.
As the end neared he had nightly dreams of heaven. The dreams were vivid and comforting; his parents are there, his older brother, who died in infancy, as are his friends. He assessed a blessed life, and looked forward to the next one. He was not in pain, and his mind remained sharp. We should all be so fortunate.
Chandler died in the glad assurance of the blessed hope (Titus 2:12-13). We are relieved and not a little envious that Chandler exchanged “this earthly tent for a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens (II Cor. 5:1).”
He is survived by his wife, Sallie Mae Cook Lanier; children, Bill, Sarah, Sallie, and Homer; grandchildren, Bethany Dawn, Anne Marie, Leigh Ann, and David; and great-grandson William Shawn Maltbie.
A service to celebrate Chandler’s life is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday July 23, 2016 at Clarkesville Baptist Church, Clarkesville, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to Victory Home (PO Box 7, Tallulah Falls, Georgia, 30573), a rehabilitation center for men at which Chandler ministered for 20 years.
Mr. John A. Mancin III, 83, entered into his eternal rest Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Greenwood Place in Wrightsville. Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, July 20, 2016 at the Louisville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Bill Cain officiating. Private graveside services will be held at Bartow City Cemetery.
Born in Savannah to the late John A. and Billie S. Mancin, John lived in South Carolina, North Carolina and Macon, GA. He held a degree in chemistry from Mercer University and worked in that field for several years before becoming an agent for AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Upon retirement, he moved to Bartow and became involved in community and volunteer activities, particularly in the restoration of Bartow’s schoolhouse and depot, as well as the Jefferson County Historical Society Museum in Louisville. He was a Bartow City Council member for 12 years and served one term as mayor. John was also a charter member and served as president of Bartow Community Club, The Schoolhouse Players, Jefferson County Historical Society and Jefferson County Rotary Club. He was a named Paul Harris Fellow. A faithful member of Louisville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, John taught Sunday school and served as a deacon and an elder.
John is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary McMillan Mancin: their children, Jay Mancin and wife, Stacy; Mal Mancin and wife, Kim; and Sabrina Mancin Cooper and husband, Bill; nine grandchildren, Jenny, Mary, Laura, John and Josh Mancin; Ashley Mancin Stanley and husband, Chad; Malcolm and Grace Mancin; and Chris Cooper and wife, Allie: one great granddaughter, Claire Stanley: sister, Billie Little and husband, Norris: and several nieces and nephews.
The family respectfully requests that no flowers be sent. Memorial contributions may be made to The Schoolhouse Players, P.O. Box 251, Bartow GA 30413 or to Louisville ARP Church, P.O. Box 9, Louisville GA 30434.
James Funeral Home of Wrens is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Herman Johnson Short, 90, of Coleman Chapel Road, Wadley, Georgia, died Wednesday afternoon in the Vero Health and Rehabilitation Facility in Wadley, Georgia.
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 16, 2016 in the Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, Kite, with Elder Sam Adkins and Elder Lindy Webb officiating. Burial in the Swainsboro City Cemetery, Swainsboro,
Pallbearers were Clint Rowland, John Goodwin, Tommy Chandler, Allen Dykes, Benjie Leaptrott and Hamp Griffin.
Mr. Short a native of Emanuel County, was a son of the late Leon Short and Dora Johnson Short. He was a retired car salesman from Daniels Chevrolet in Swainsboro and a member of the Sardis Primitive Baptist Church in Kite,
Mr. Short, is preceded in death by his parents, sons, Jack Edward Short and Robert “Bobby” Lewis Short, sister, Lutrelle Short Sumner and William Sumner and stepson, Randy Lewis Rowland, and is survived by his wife, Mary Rowland Short of Wadley, son, William “Bill” Flanders Short of Swainsboro, daughter, Nancy Short (Tom) Jordan of Bartow, step-daughter, Dianne Rowland (Hamp) Griffin of Savannah, step-daughter in law, Carrie Givens Rowland of Tifton, granddaughters, Harli Short (Mark) Moore Collins, Ginn Jordan (Jeff) Holder of Athens, Shannon Short, grandson, Javin Jordan, step-granddaughters, Kelley Chandler(Tommy) of Murrells Inlet, SC, Clancey (John)Goodwin Atlanta and Allison Rowland of Tifton, step-grandson, Clinton Lewis Rowland and Melissa of Tifton, seven great grandchildren and four step-great grandchildren.
The Short family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church on Saturday.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to the Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, 1473 Wes Lawson Road, Kite, Georgia, 31049.
Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Care, 401 West 8th Street, Louisville in charge of arrangements.