Mrs. Eddie Lou Chambers, age 100 of Colquitt died Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at Miller County Hospital.

Mrs. Chambers was born October 31, 1904 in Miller County. She was a homemaker and a member of New Home Free Will Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 9 at 2:00 p.m. at New Home Free Will Baptist Church. Visitation will be Friday, April 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Colquitt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Scott Roberts, Bobby Roberts, Don Roberts, Wendell Cox, Buddy Roberts, Larry Ard, and John Ivey Davis.

Survivors include two sons, Gerald Chambers, Iron City, J.T. Chambers, Eatonton; one daughter, Hazel Ard, Albany; one daughter-in-law, Mary Alice Chambers, Riverdale; one sister-in-law, Ruby Roberts, Iron City; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George L. Chambers, one son, Curtis Chambers, and one daughter, Vernice Braswell.

Alma S. Norris, 64, of Tallahassee, FL, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at her residence.

Funeral services were held Monday, April 4, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Culley’s MeadowWood Riggins Road Chapel with Chaplin Scott Smallwood officiating. Interment followed in West Bainbridge Cemetery at 3:00 p.m.

Pallbearers were Tal Mann, Buddy Garrison, Michael Mann, Matthew Mann, Kirk Kirkland, and Jerry Mixon.

Ms. Norris was born July 15, 1940 in Leon County, FL. She was an Administrative Assistant for the state of Florida.

Survivors include three daughters, Rebecca B. and husband Tal Mann and Debra B. and husband Buddy Garrison, both of Tallahassee, FL, and Cathy Caamano and husband Bob of Atlanta; one sister, Trudie J. Mixon of Pensacola, FL; one brother, Capt. Richard Stout of Cross Hill, SC; four grandchildren, Matthew and Michael Mann, Carrow Garrison and Sara Smith; one great grandchild, Rachael Smith; and her parents, Arthur B. and Catherine K. Stout.

She was preceded in death by her parent, Trudie Kinsey Stout and her husband, Earnest Norris.

Betty Jane Joiner Shedd, 65, of Donalsonville, died Sunday, April 3, 2005 at her residence.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Evans-Skipper Funeral Home with the Rev. Eric Boomer officiating. Interment followed in the Oakview Church of God Cemetery.

Ms. Shedd was born in Seminole County on November 4, 1939 to the late Joseph F. and Daisy Hartzog Joiner. She graduated from Seminole County High School in 1957. She had been employed as a bookkeeper at Greene Poultry since 1991.

Survivors include one daughter, Lori J. Shedd of Iron City; one son, William Stanley Shedd of Donalsonville; three sisters, Pat Temples and Myrtle Drake of Donalsonville and Lorene Simpson of Jonesboro; one brother, Thomas Joiner of Iron City; three grandchildren, Rocky Smith, William David Smith Jr., and April Chase; and two great grandchildren, William David Smith Jr. and Daisy Smith.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Dorothy Greene.

  Mr. Michael Justin Calhoun, 26, of Colquitt, Ga passed away Monday, April 4, 2005, at Macon Medical Center. The visitation will be Tuesday evening, April 5, 2005 from 7-9 PM at Colquitt Funeral Home. The funeral will be 3:00 PM  Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at Colquitt First Baptist Church with Elder W. H. Phillips and Rev. Don Bazel officiating. Active pallbearers will be Sloan Childree, Brian Childree, LaDon Calhoun, Kevin Calhoun, Eric Hall, Kevin Hall, and Jerry Thornton. Honorary pallbearers will be the Miller County High School class of 1997. Interment will follow at Colquitt City Cemetery.
  Mr. Calhoun was born April 29, 1978 in Miller County. While in high school, Justin was active in the Future Farmers of America. He was awarded the Greenhand, Chapter Farmer, and State Farmer Degrees. Justin was also a member of the MCHS Golf Team. He earned Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, an achievement for which he was particularly proud. He graduated from Miller County High School in 1997 and Bainbridge College in 2003. He was a member of Colquitt First Baptist Church where he was part of the missions team that traveled to Wyoming to help build a church in Buffalo. Justin was attending Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, GA pursuing a Turf Management and Horticulture Degree. He worked at Orgil Distributors.
  Mr. Calhoun is survived by his mother, Gail Calhoun of Colquitt; father and step-mother, Mike and Jan Calhoun of Colquitt; one sister, Amanda Calhoun of Colquitt; one step-brother, Michael Chesnut of Colquitt; maternal grandparents, Rudolph and Myrtle Drake of Donalsonville; and step-grandparents, W. H. Phillips & the late Joy Phillips of Colquitt. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Johnnie & Juanita Calhoun and Jewel Bush Calhoun.

Rose Nell Cross, 70, of Climax, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at her residence.

Funeral services were held Sunday, April 3, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Corinth Freewill Baptist Church in Iron City with Dewitt Phillips and Lem Joiner officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with Evans-Skipper Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Cross was born on October 4, 1934 in Seminole County to the late Blumer S. and Bedia Jane Roberts Stinson. She was a seamstress having worked for many years at Williams and Dickie Manufacturing Company. She was a member of Potter’s House Church in Bainbridge.

Survivors include her son, Buddy Sherrer and wife Kathy of Climax; three daughters, Charlotte Dubey and husband Harley of Orlando, FL; Melinda McConnell and husband Richard of Bainbridge, and Amanda Reffitt and husband Terry of Whigham; one sister, Bobbie J. Hart of Colquitt; nine grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Brenda Ann Kirkland.

Ida Bell Davis Johnson, of Blakely, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at Early Memorial Nursing Home in Blakely.

Funeral services were held Sunday, April 3, 2005, at 3:00 p.m. at Centerville United Methodist Church with Rev. Buren Womble and Rev. Jim Burgess officiating. Interment followed in Centerville United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers were his grandsons, Lyn Pickle, Rhett Pickle, Heath Day, Eddie Brownlee, Michael Brownlee, Scott Brownlee, Terry Johnson, and David Johnson.

Mrs. Johnson was born in Miller County, where she lived all her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Centerville United Methodist Church.

Survivors include, one son, David Johnson, Sr. of Blakely; two daughters, Patricia and husband Barney Brownlee of Blakely, Eugenia J. Pickle of Adel; one sister, Loyce Davis Reagan of Donalsonville; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Sheffield Davis and Ida Myrtle Womble Davis; and her husband, Samuel Rhoe Johnson, Jr.

Week of April 3, 2005