Wednesday, December 6, 2000
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Wednesday, December 6, 2000 |
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Former Fayetteville mayor dies
Former Fayetteville Mayor and former County Commissioner Hiram Crawford Hewell Jr., 72, Peachtree City, died Dec. 2, 2000. He was born May 14, 1928 and was the son of Crawford Hewell Sr. and Montie Gay Hewell. Throughout his life he lived and worked in his native Fayette County. At one time he supervised a local rock quarry. He then opened a hardware store, a restaurant and built a golf course on family land. Though he later sold these ventures they are all still in operation. He also served his community by being elected mayor of Fayetteville in 1963 and also elected as a county commissioner in 1971. He was instrumental in this capacity in expanding the county water system and also assisting in the county's sesquicentennial. In 1967 he was one of a small handful of citizens who realized the county needed a chamber of commerce and worked diligently to help put one in place. He served as its first president. He was also a member of the Fayetteville Masonic Lodge 711 F&AM and served as a past master. An avid model train collector, he had a separate shop to house all his train memorabilia. Services were at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Sam Matthews, the Rev. Stacy Sauls and the Rev. Max Wall officiating. Interment was at the Fayetteville City Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Ada Ballard Hewell, whom he married in 1947 at the county jail, where his wife's father was the sheriff; a son, Jerry Crawford Hewell, Fayetteville; daughters Jeanne H. and Andy Chambers, Peachtree City and Jan H. and Tony Adamson, Fayetteville; grandchildren, Alison Chambers and Kipp Chambers, both of Peachtree City and T. J. Adamson, Fayetteville; aunts Irene Hewell Van Devender and Lucy Hewell Steele; and cousins Mary and Danny Tate, Billy Tate and Bobby Tate, all of Thomaston, Ga. Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge.
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