Obituaries

Funeral Announcements: Jan. 19

Death notices and funeral announcements for Thursday, Jan. 19. Click on the names of the deceased to be taken to their full obituaries posted on the funeral homes' websites.

Donald Joseph Lee: The 71-year-old Dallas resident died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Direct cremation was handled by Bellamy Funeral Homes. Memorial services will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, at 3 p.m. at Bellamy Chapel Hiram.

Travis Jordan Ramsey: The 15-year-old Dallas resident died Jan. 15, 2012.Β  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Bellamy Funeral Home Hiram Chapel. Interment will follow at Paulding Memorial Gardens.

Jeffrey K. Israel: July 14, 1951 - Jan. 17, 2012.

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Funeral services for the Dallas resident will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. from the First Baptist Church in Dallas, with the Rev. Mike Cordle, Dr. Greg Potts and the Rev. Jeremy Hicks officiating; and Jerry Shearin, Dallas Mayor Boyd Austn and Teresa Vaughn giving eulogies.

Mr. Israel will lie in state at the church on Saturday from 1 p.m. until the hour of the service at 2. Interment will follow in the Paulding Memorial Gardens in Hiram.

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The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, Jan. 20, from 4 to 9 p.m.

Opal Collins Gregory: Aug. 5, 1936 - Jan. 16, 2012. Funeral services will be Thursday, Jan. 19, at 11 a.m. from Community United Methodist Church in Raeford, N.C., with Pastor Gil Wise officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family received friends Wednesday at Crumpler Funeral Home in Raeford, N.C.

Betty Johnson: July 22, 1946 - Jan. 17, 2012. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Eugene McBrayer and the Rev. James Biddy officiating. Music will be provided by Jeff Eberhart and Becky Bearden. Serving as pallbearers will be Tony Jacobs, Donnie Green, Freddy Johns, Mark Elsberry, Chester Luallen, Charles Luallen, David Lopez and Tim Upton. Interment will follow at Victory Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday, Jan. 19, from 9 a.m. until the time of service.


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