November 23 2001

 

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Lillie Mae Buchanan Ayers, 90, Grantville, died Nov. 11, 2001. She was born Sept. 12, 1912 in Roanoke, Ala., the daughter of Emory and Lucy Buchanan. She spent most of her life in the West Georgia area and was a member of Lowell United Methodist Church, Lowell, Ga. She had a love of cooking and caring for all her children. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Grady Thomas Ayers; sons, Raymond Ayers and Henry Ayers; and a daughter, Joyce Ayers Bailey.
Services were at the Jones Funeral Home Chapel with her grandson, Jimmy Lee, officiating. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan.
Survivors include sons, James E. Ayers, Smith Station, Ala., Howard Eugene Ayers, Hogansville, Ga. and Marvin Ayers, Dalton, Ga.; daughters, Ruby Lee, Newnan and Hazel Bradley, Jonesboro; brothers, Grover Buchanan, Lithia Springs, Ga., Ezra Buchanan, Mt. Zion, Ga., and Rayford Buchanan, Whitesburg; sisters, Irene Carroll and Annie Kate Patterson, both of Carrollton, Ga., and Reba Smith, Nashville, Tenn.; 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Jones Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

 

William Howard Waller, 74, Senoia, formerly of Luthersville, died Nov. 16, 2001. He was born June 30, 1927 in Luthersville, the son of B. L. and Mattie Waller. He was a veteran of the United States Army during World War II in the European Theatre. After the war he was a Forest Ranger with the United States Dept. of Agriculture. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling and raising and training hunting dogs.
Graveside services were at Luthersville Cemetery, Luthersville, with the Rev. Tommy Dunn Jr. officiating. Full military honors were accorded for his meritorious service in World War II.
Survivors include Mike Matthews, Kelley Matthews, Michael Matthews, Christopher Matthews and Nicholas Matthews, all of Senoia; and many friends.
Jones Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

 

Henry G. Dingler, 78, Moreland, died Nov. 18, 2001. He was born Nov. 16, 1923 in Haralson County, the son of John and Leila Wood Dingler. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alma Stowers Dingler, Nov. 18, 2000. He lived in Coweta County most of his life and was a member of First Baptist Church, Grantville. He was a retired auto mechanic.
Graveside services were at Southview Cemetery; Moreland with the Rev. Jimmie L. Willis officiating.
Survivors include a son, David Dingler, Forest Park; and a daughter, Annette Dingler, Moreland.
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, was in charge.