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Richard “Dick” Dasher

Richard “Dick” Dasher, Senoia, died Nov. 27, 2001. He was born in Tampa, Fla. and had been employed by The Homesource Realtors. He was preceded in death by his parents, E.B. “Bill” and Melva Davis Dasher.
Graveside services were at Dasher Cemetery, Valdosta, Ga.
Survivors include his wife, Denise Dasher, Senoia; sons Taylor Davis Dasher, Senoia and Travis B. Dasher, Jacksonville, Fla., and aunts Cora Davis and Vivian Blackburn, both of Newnan.
Memorial donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Association, 235 Peachtree St., NE, Suite 675, Atlanta, GA 30303.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Eugenia Boswell Reese

Eugenia Boswell Reese, 94, Newnan, died Nov. 27, 2001. She was born Jan. 27, 1907 in Newnan. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin and Zelona Martin Boswell, husband, C.S. “Bull” Reese, and a granddaughter, Terri Reisinger Morris.
Services were at the McKoon Funeral Home chapel with pastor Danny Wilson officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Newnan.
Survivors include a son, B. Donald Reese, Falls Church, Va.; a daughter, Betty Reese Reisinger, LaGrange, Ga., and sisters Louise Ozmore and Lois Puckett, both of Newnan.
Memorial donations may be made to the Unity Baptist Church, 311 Smokey Road, Newnan, GA 30263, or the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 838, Newnan, GA 30264.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Rosslyn Corley

Rosslyn Corley, 55, Sharpsburg, died Nov. 28, 2001. She was born July 11, 1946 in Fort Pierce, Fla.
Services were at the McKoon Funeral Home chapel.
Survivors include her husband, John Albert Corley, Sharpsburg; a son, Ian and Kelly Corley, Forest Park, Ga.; brothers, John N. Davis, Jacksonville, Fla., and Walter and Barbara Davis, Carrollton, Ga.; a sister, Linda and Ken Wilson, Chatsworth, Ga., and a grandchild, Shelby Corley, Forest Park, Ga.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Naoma Pratt Morris

Naoma Pratt Morris, 82, Newnan, died Nov. 28, 2001. She was born Feb. 21, 1919 in Maryville, Tenn., the daughter of the late Jasper and Laura Grizzle Pratt. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard B. Morris. A former resident of Atlanta, she lived in Lone Oak and Hogansville from 1973 until making her home in Newnan two months ago. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church, Primrose.
During World War II, she was employed by the Bell Bomber Plant and received a presidential commendation for being the right-wing riveter in the assembly of the B-29 aircraft, the Enola Gay.
Services were at the Faith Baptist Church, in the Primrose Community of Meriwether County with the Rev. Billy Ball officiating. Interment was at the church cemetery.
Survivors include sons Rickie B. Morris, Newnan, Michael A. Morris, Hogansville, and David H. Morris, Victoria, Va.; daughters Melody Morris, Newnan, Deloriouse Wade, LaGrange, Linda Hewatt, Alpharetta, and Ruthie Patton, Covington; brothers Robert L. Pratt, Cleveland, Tenn., John Wilbur Pratt, Baton Rouge, La., and James L. Pratt, Denham, La.; 17 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandson.
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, was in charge.

Floyd James Dickinson

Floyd James Dickinson, 67, Senoia, died Nov. 30, 2001. He was born Dec. 24, 1933 in Fort Edward, N.Y., the son of Elwood and Nellie Dickinson. He retired from Eastern Airlines and moved to Senoia 15 years ago. After retirement, he was a real estate appraiser. His hobbies included traveling, wood working, and was a patient perfectionist who could build anything from a cabinet to a house.
Services were at the Jones Funeral Home chapel with Robert Flippo officiating. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan.
Survivors include his wife and childhood sweetheart, Edna Jean Dickinson, Senoia; sons Robert Leon Dickinson, Richard Dickinson, and David Brian Putnam, all of Newnan, Michael James Dickinson, Acworth, Terry Joe Dickinson, Waxhaw, N.C.; daughters Cheryl Diane Michon, Hudson Falls, N.Y., Charlene Marie Ward and Darlene Elizabeth Bunch, both of Newnan; a brother, Lawrence Dickson, Gansevoort, N.Y.; sisters Edna Mae Kobar, South Glens Falls, N.Y., and Kathleen Cary, Gansevoort, N.Y.; 15 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Jones Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Virginia A. Burlingame

Virginia A. Burlingame, 75, Senoia, died Nov. 29, 2001. She was born May 13, 1926 in Oakland County, Mich.
Services were at Carmichael-Hemperley Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Ted O. Padgett officiating. Interment was Albion, Mich.
Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Vern Burlingame, Senoia; a son, Rick Burlingame, Senoia; granddaughters Tracie Gossett, Senoia, and Charity Deal, Lenoir, N.C., and a great-grandson, Tyler Deal, Lenoir, N.C.
Memorial donations may be made to the Debt Free Fund, First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 66, Senoia, GA 30276.
Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home, East Point, was in charge.