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James Sterling Sims

James Sterling Sims, 83, Newnan, died Jan. 17, 2000. He was born Dec. 11, 1916 in Georgia. He was retired as a salesman.
Grave side services were at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.vSurvivors include his wife, Martha Sims, Newnan; a daughter, Sheila Cain, Columbus, Ga.; brothers Elvin Sims, Dallas, Texas, and Horace Sims, Acworth, Ga.; sisters Elizabeth Hearn, Roswell, Ga., and Dorothy Horstkamp, Falls Church, Va.; and grandsons Joshah E. Cain and Scott Ashwort Cain, both of Columbus, Ga.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Elizabeth Jones

Elizabeth Jones, 85, Sharpsburg, died Jan. 19, 2000. She was born Feb. 12, 1914 in East Liverpool, Ohio, the daughter of John and Ethel Harrison Pasco. She had been a potter.
Graveside services were at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, with the Rev. Milton Winslett officiating.
Survivors include her husband, Luster Jones, Sharpsburg; and children Kay Jones and Sharon Potts, both of Sharpsburg, and J. L. Jones, Salisbury, N.C.
Martin and Hightower Hillcrest Chapel was in charge.

Curley Sexton

Curley Sexton, 58, Newnan, died Jan. 19, 2000. He was born Nov. 22, 1941 in Talladega, Ala., the son of James and Jesse Mask Sexton. He was a retired truck driver.
Services were at the Hillcrest Chapel with the Rev. James Burdette officiating.
Survivors include daughters Tammy Marie Fazzelle, Macon, Terrica Lynn Sexton, Whitesburg and Duana Wyckoff, Newnan. There are six grandchildren.
Martin and Hightower Hillcrest Chapel, Newnan, was in charge.

Billy Jackson Harrison

Billy Jackson Harrison, 73, Moreland, died Jan. 21, 2000. He was born Oct. 17, 1926 in Georgia. He had been a postal worker.
Services were at the West Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Stitcher officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Newnan.
Survivors include his wife, Sybil Harrison, Moreland; daughters Nancy and Ricky Cason, Carrollton, Lisa Kennedy and Billie and Steve Lamontagne, all of Moreland, Kathy and Robert McLendon, Newnan, Susan and Charles White, Sharpsburg, Sherry Brown, Fayetteville, and Carla Holtzclaw, Stockbridge; brothers Jimmy Harrison, Fayetteville, and Randal Harrison, Newnan; and sisters Marynall Thomas, Blueridge, Ga., and Iris Wingo, Palmetto.
There are 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Lurline Amis Brewster

Lurline Amis Brewster, 84, Newnan, died Jan. 22, 2000. She was born May 27, 1915 in Newnan. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Newnan and had taught a 3-year-old Sunday School class for 40 years.
Services were at the First Baptist Church of Newnan with the Rev. Dr. Gene Tyre officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Newnan.
Survivors include brothers Bill and Bonnie Amis and Donald and Joyce Amis, all of Newnan; a sister, Hazel Collier, Newnan; a brother-in-law, Bob Brewster, Newnan; 12 nephews and seven nieces.
Memorial donations may be made to the Brewster Park Children’s Playground Fund, First Baptist Church, 15 West Washington St., Newnan 30263.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Calvin C. McEachern

Calvin C. McEachern, 87, Newnan, died Jan. 22, 2000. He was born Aug. 11, 1912 in Fayette County, the son of Claude Archer and Annie Vera Harris McEachern. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Wilson, and a great-grandchild, Michael Milam. He was a retired textile worker and concrete form setter.
Services were at the Hillcrest Chapel with the Rev. Milton Winslett and the Rev. Terry Calhoun officiating. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan.
Survivors include his wife, Rosa McEachern, Newnan; a daughter, Jeanette Quigley, Newnan; a brother, Hugh McEachern, Tyrone; and sisters Vivian Whitlock, Peachtree City, Florie Neil, Griffin, Christine Harper, Shenandoah, and Marylynn McMichael, Orlando, Fla.
There are eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.