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Obituaries

Hazel Ethel Palmer

Hazel Ethel Palmer, 79, Fayetteville, died Oct. 27, 1998.

She was born May 4, 1919 in Fayette County, the daughter of Lum

and Etta McElwaney Parrott.

Graveside services were held at Westminster Memorial

Gardens, Peachtree City, with the Rev. Bill Priester officiating.

Survivors include her daughter, Betty and Doug Banks,

Fayetteville; grandchildren, Jeremy Banks and Wendy Banks, both of

Fayetteville; and a brother, Venson and Ruby Parrott, Fayetteville.

Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge

of the arrangements.

Margaret Rebecca Mann Lester

Margaret Rebecca Mann Lester, 82, Fayetteville, died Oct. 29,

1998. She was born Aug. 28, 1916 in Senoia, Coweta County, Ga., the daughter

of O. S. and Rebecca Clark Mann. She had taught school for over 30 years.

Services were held at the Fayetteville First Baptist Church

with the Rev. Glenn Stringham, the Rev. Jack Overton and the Rev.

Frank Ellis officiating. Interment was at Westminster Memorial

Gardens, Peachtree City.

Survivors include her husband, John Addison Lester, Jr.; son,

John Addison and Janet Lester III, a daughter, Laurien and Ennis Lester, all

of Fayetteville; and grandchildren, Ellen Rebecca Laney, Ennis Glenn

Laney IV, John Addison Lester IV and Adam Gregory Lester.

Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge

of the arrangements.

Barbara McCollum Jackson

Barbara McCollum Jackson, 60, Fayetteville, died Oct. 27, 1998.

She was born April 8, 1938 in DeKalb County, Ga.

Graveside services were held at the Senoia, Ga. City Cemetery

with the Rev. J. D. Smith officiating.

Survivors include her husband, Denny S. Jackson, Fayetteville;

sons, Forrest Wade and Nicole Jackson, Warner Robins and Christopher

S. Jackson, Griffin; granddaughters, Rachael Marie Jackson and

Rebekah Nicole Jackson, both of Warner Robins; her mother, Mary P.

Anderson, Peachtree City; and brothers, Michael D. Anderson, Montgomery, Ala.

and Randolph (Randy) Anderson, Athens, Ala.

Memorial donations may be made to the National Fibromyalgia

Research Assoc., 4093 Commercial St., Salem, OR. 97302.

Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge

of the arrangements.

Brittany Ashland Stokes

Infant Brittany Ashland Stokes, Senoia, died Oct. 23, 1998.

Graveside services were held at Westminster Memorial

Gardens, Peachtree City, with the Rev. Frank Ellis officiating.

Survivors include parents, Heather Stokes and Todd Bates, Senoia;

brothers, Chandler, Richard and Grayson, all of Senoia; grandparents,

Brenda Stokes, Fayetteville and Guy and Linda Stokes, Antioch, Calif.;

great-grandparents, Cookie Preuss, Doraville, Ga. and Viva

Huddleston, Fayetteville; and an uncle, Guy Stokes III, Fayetteville.

Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge

of the arrangements.

Duane Albert Cecil Powell

Duane Albert Cecil Powell, 18, Fayetteville, died Oct. 23, 1998.

He was born Jan. 24, 1980 in Queens, N.Y. He was a graduate of

Sandy Creek High School.

Services were held at the Marshall Newsome Mortuary, Riverdale,

with Minister Walter Clendon-Bey officiating. Interment was at

Westminster Memorial Gardens, Peachtree City.

Survivors include his parents, Terrence and Norma I. Powell;

brothers, Delmar Powell and Javanne Powell, both of Fayetteville; a

sister, Jessica Powell, Fayetteville; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert

Powell, Jamaica, West Indies and Muriel Williams and Essie Smith, both

of New York, and a great-grandmother, Helen Powell.

Memorial donations may be made to the Richard A. Francis, Jr.

Memorial Fund at Peachtree National Bank, Tyrone, to defray expenses for

the Francis family.

Marshall Newsome Mortuary, Inc., Riverdale, was in charge of the

arrangements.

Richard Alan Francis II

Richard Alan Francis II, 18, Jonesboro, died Oct. 23, 1998.

He was born Aug. 24, 1980 in the Bronx, N.Y. He was a graduate of

Sandy Creek High School.

Services were held at the Redemption Fellowship Presbyterian

Church, Fayetteville, with the Rev. Louis Wilson and the Rev. Earl

Caruthers, officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, College Park.

Survivors include his father, Richard A. Francis, Sr., mother,

Vanessa Simpson; stepmother, Teressa Francis; a sister, Rachine

Francis; and a grandmother, Mary Simpson.

Donald Trimble Mortuary, Inc. Decatur, was in charge of the

arrangements.

Jay Kimsey

Jay Kimsey "Kim" Neal, 45, Waynesville, N.C., formerly

of Fayetteville, died Oct. 25, 1998. He was born Oct. 11, 1953, the son

of Joan Burkes Neal and the late Ray Verlin Neal. He was a graduate

of Fayette County High School and the University of Georgia. He

had worked as a Pharmacist.

Services were held at the Wells Funeral Home Chapel,

Waynesville, N.C. with Rev. Jack Overton and the Rev. Kathleen M. Wilson

officiating. Interment was at GarrettHillcrest Memorial Gardens, Waynesville.

Survivors include his wife, Jan Trueblood Neal, Waynesville;

sons, Richard Neal and Jimmy Neal, both of Fayetteville; a daughter, Julie

Neal, Fayetteville; mother, Joan Burkes Neal, Fayetteville; a brother,

Roger Neal, Senoia, Ga.; sisters, Jo Sandra Greffeth, Ashburn, Ga. and

Kathy Sprowles, Hiawassee, Ga.; a stepson, Jason Anderson,

Okeechobee, Fla. and stepdaughters, Carolyn Anderson, West Palm Beach,

Fla. and Stefanie Anderson, Okeechobee, Fla.

Wells Funeral Home, Waynesville, N.C., was in charge of the

arrangements.

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