OBITUARIES
Updated: 03/08/10

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Lee
Funeral services were held Feb. 27 at Perry Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Flora C. Lee, 92, Centre, who passed away Feb. 25 at Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Revs. Chad Brown and Charles Bishop officiated.

Mrs. Lee was a native of Harolson County, Ga., and a member of Yellow Creek Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late John and Lavonia Swan Connell. She was preceded in death by husband, Paul H. Lee, Sr.; and sons, J. W. Lee and Harold Lee.

Survivors include sons, Paul (Betty) Lee, Jr., Leesburg, Donald (Berdie) Lee, Chickamauga, Ga., Jimmy (Melba) Lee, Leesburg, and Gerald (Cathy) Lee, Sand Rock; daughters, Virginia (Billy) Agan, Leesburg, Gladys Lee, Leesburg, Glenda (late Wayne) Brown, Sand Rock, Helen (Travis) Gowens, Sand Rock; brother, Carl Connell, Felton, Ga.; sister, Omer Chitwood, Summerville, Ga., 29 grandchildren; 78 great-grandchildren; 40 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Burial followed at Howell Cemetery.

Roden
Graveside services were held Feb.25 at Walkers Chapel Cemetery for Mr. Billy Roden, 74, Cedar Bluff, who passed away Feb. 23.

Mr. Roden was a member of Leland Methodist Church.
Survivors include wife, Shelba Jean Wigley Roden; Perry, Ricky, David, Lynn, Paula, Lauren, Austin, Chase, Keily, Niki, and Tanya; brother, Pete Roden; and several nieces and nephews.

Wilson Funeral Home Chapel was in charge of arrangements.

Price
Funeral services were held Feb. 21 at Perry Funeral Home Chapel for Mr. Lawrence Ralph Price, 92, Centre, who passed away Feb. 19 at in Halls Crossroads, Tenn.

Mr. Price was native of Troy and member of Centre First United Methodist Church. He was the son of the late Teavey and Mozell Bassett Price.

Survivors include daughter, Meredith (Bruce) Driskell, Andersonville, Tenn.; sister, Faye Jordan, Foley; and two grandchildren.

Interment followed at Cherokee Memory Gardens.

Ashworth
Funeral services were held Feb. 28 at Rock Run Baptist Church for Mrs. Bonnie Mae Pope Ashworth, 91, Rock Run community, who passed away Feb. 25 at Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Revs. Ken Tankersley, Ricky Pollard and Benny Reece officiated.

Mrs. Ashworth was a native of Rock Run community and a member of Rock Run Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by husband, J. C. Ashworth; daughter, Carol Naydean Gilley; infant son; granddaughter, Heather Ashworth; parents, Doy and Mae Pope; four sisters and three brothers.

Survivors include son, Gary (Melita) Ashworth, Cave Spring, Ga.; son-in-law, Donnie Gilley, Rock Run; sister-in-law, Allie Pope, Cedartown Ga.; brother-in-law, Earl Ingram, Spring Garden; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Burial followed at Union Grove Cemetery. Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory was in charge of arrangements.


Carl
Graveside services were held Feb. 28 at Cherokee Memory Gardens for Mrs. Ruth Miller Carl, 87, Centre, who passed away Feb. 26 at Cherokee Medical Center. Revs. Tommy Ledbetter and George Cobb officiated.

Mrs. Carl was a native of Cherokee County and of the Methodist faith. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Nell McDonald Miller.

Survivors include husband, Robert Bradford Carl; life partner, Karen McCoy, Hartford, Conn.; cousins, Iris (James) Plummer and Sarah Elliot; and special friends, Wallace and Glenda Lyons and Lucille Williamson.

Burial followed at Cherokee Memory Gardens.


Blankenship
Funeral services were held Feb. 25 at Cedar Creek Baptist Church for Mr. C. T. “Buddy” Blankenship, 83, Cave Spring, Ga., who passed away Feb. 22 at his residence. Rev. Brian Crisp officiated.

Mr. Blankenship was native of Gordon County and a member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Carter Tate Blankenship, Sr., and the late Gladys Laura Oakes Blankenship. Mr. Blankenship was preceded in death by son, Vann Blankenship; and sisters, Evelyn Huckaby, Doris Chambers, Helen White, Ruth Reeves and Tressie Faye George.

Survivors include wife, Betty Vann Blankenship; son, Donnie (Beth) Blankenship, Rome, Ga.; daughter, Linda Mayer, Nashville, Tenn.; sisters, Margie Mathis, Oxford, JoAnn Roberts, and Geraldine Oliver, Anniston; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Interment followed at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.


Ammons
Funeral services were held Feb. 24 at Perry Funeral Home Chapel for Mr. Franklin “Rabbit” Ammons, 58, Centre, who passed away Feb. 19 in a Birmingham hospital. Revs. Gerald Wright, Neil Starr, and Walter Brown officiated.

Mr. Ammons was a native of Cherokee County and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife, Kathy Ammons; mother, Beatrice Ammons, Centre; brothers, Jimmy Ammons and Joseph Ammons, both of Collinsville; sisters, Shirley Chambers, Jennie Woods and Peggy Ammons, all of Centre, Elizabeth Hammock, Cedartown, Ga., Brenda Price, Gadsden, and Charlene Turner, Rockmart, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews.

Burial followed at Howell Cemetery.