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survived by a son, Mack W. Bryson, Sr., of Brunswick, and a daughter, Melodie Smith (Eddie), of Dublin; three grandchildren, Mack W. Bryson, Jr. (Kelly), of Albany, Ga., Virginia Henry (Lee), of Hartsfield, and Edward Bart- ley Smith, Jr., of Smyrna, Ga.; three great-grandchildren, Reynolds and Parker Bryson, of Albany, and Bryson Henry, of Hartsfield. He is also sur- vived by a brother, Gary Bryson and sister, Freida Ay- cock, both of Waycross; sister- in-law, Dorothy Bryson Han- nah, of Brunswick and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at First Baptist Church with interment to fol- low in Dublin Memorial Gar- dens. Pallbearers will be Mack W. Bryson, Jr., Edward Bartley Smith, Jr., Lee Henry, Wally Taylor, Hoke Brantley and Greg Garrison. Thanks to Integrity Hos- pice he was able to spend his last few months in the comfort of his home with his family who were by his bedside at the time of his death. Please visit www.townsendfuneralhome.co m to sign the online memorial registry. Edward B. Fountain Edward “Bunk” Brigham Fountain, age 81, East Dublin, passed away on Sat- urday, December 24, 2016. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Matt Haywood and Pastor John Livingston will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until funeral hour on Thursday at the church. Mr. Fountain’s nephews; David Wilkes, Stan Wilkes, Jason Fountain, Chris Bracewell, Josh Williams, Jamie Fountain, and Jonathan Fountain, will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pall- bearers will be the F.A. Josey Sunday School Class, Tommy Scarboro, Lee Brantley and Billy Brantley. Mr. Fountain was born on September 28, 1935 in Dublin, Ga., to the late Edward Clax- ton Fountain and the late Beatrice Pridgen Fountain. He was a member of Bethle- hem Baptist Church and the F.A. Josey Sunday School Class. He retired from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and worked many years as a bus driver with the Laurens Coun- ty School System. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Tommy P. Fountain, and grandparents, Jim and Hattie Thomas Fountain, and E.W. and Annie Cobb Pridgen. Survivors include his wife, Georgilina Fountain, of East Dublin; son, Allen (Karen) Fountain, of Manassas, Va.; daughter, Teresa F. (Ron) San- dlin, of Farmville, Va.; step- sons, Noel (May) Consulta and Jonathan Consulta, of East Dublin; step-daughter, Rube- lyn Bustamante, of Adrian; sisters, Patricia F. Wilkes, of East Dublin and Barbara Jean F. Garnto, of Scott; brother, Ricky C. Fountain, of Jasper; granddaughters, Jen- nifer Sandlin, of Farmville, Va. and Katie Fountain, of Manassas, Va.; step-grand- children, Erin Flor Consulta, of the Philippines, Laken Lumpkin, of Adrian, and Can- dy Brantley, of East Dublin, and several nieces and nephews. Please visit www.townsendfuneralhome.co m to sign the online memorial registry. Annie M. Horne Mrs. Annie M. Horne of Soperton died Monday, De- cember 26, 2016. Arrangements are incom- plete and will be announced by Sammons Funeral Home. Marian Strickland Marian Lynette Daniels Strickland, age 69, of Dublin, passed away on Saturday, De- cember 24, 2016. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the First Church of the Nazarene. Burial will fol- low Carter’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends an hour before the service at the church on Wednesday. Complete obituary to follow. Please visit www.townsendfuneralhome.co m to sign the online memorial registry. Emma S. Williams Funeral services for Mrs. Emma "Sweet" Sanders Williams, of Dublin, will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at 2 p.m. at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, 1106 Academy Av- enue, Dublin. Reverend Clarence Thomas will offici- ate. Interment will follow in the Dudley Memorial Ceme- tery. Mrs. Williams was born on April 23, 1923, as the ninth child of the late Tom and Lau- ra Jones Sanders. She was married to the late Turner Williams, and this union was born one child. Mrs. Williams joined the Rice Hill Baptist Church at an early age, and later moved her membership to the Mount Moriah Baptist Church,where she served faithfully until her health de- clined. She passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016, at the age of 93. She was a for- mer employee of the carpet mill in Dublin. Also preceding her in death were five broth- ers, Dodge Sanders, Bleacher Sanders, S. M. Sanders, Jay Sanders, and Deacon Charlie Sanders, and three sisters, Mollie Sanders Moore, Tom- mie Lee Sanders Blue and Laura Sanders Ghent. Mrs. Williams leaves to cherish her memory, a son, Deacon Luther Williams, one grandson, Tony Williams, a great-grandson, Marquis Cuyler of Dublin and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, oth- er relatives and friends. The family is receiving friends at 518 Pine Street in Dublin. Please post condolences at www.ServicesByDudley.com. Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin Bobby Reese Mr. Bobby Reese of East Dublin, passed away on Sun- day, December 25, 2016. Fu- neral arrangements are in- complete and will be an- nounced later. The family is receiving friends at 983 Pipen Lane, East Dublin. Dudley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements www.servicesbydudley.com Charlie Stuckey Mr. Charlie Stuckey of Montrose, passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016. Funeral arrangements are in- complete and will be an- nounced later. The family is receiving friends at 1685 Mil- lville Church Road, Montrose. Dudley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements www.servicesbydudley.com Ronnie Nobles DANVILLE – Ronnie No- bles, 68 of Cool Springs Rd., departed this life on Sunday December 25, 2016 in the com- fort of his home from compli- cations of Parkinson’s Disease. Services will be held Wednesday December 28, 2016 at 11 a.m., in Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Bob Powell and James and Katlyn Wyble will officiate Mr. Nobles, was born in Dublin, Ga. the son of the lat- er Woodrow W. and Lois Blount Nobles. He was preced- ed in death by his brother Buddy Nobles, and his sister, Mildred Nobles Sanders. Ron- nie was a 1966 Graduate of Twiggs County High School and attended Brewton-Parker College. He was a Timber Buyer for several companies, retiring at the age of 60 due to health-related problems. He owned and rode horses for over 50 years. Survivors include his loving wife of 46 years, Linda K. No- bles. Son Ron (Melissa) No- bles. Daughter Melinda No- bles. Two Grandchildren, Col- by Nobles and Katlyn (James) Wyble. One Great Grandson, Jonathan Wyble. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church of Danville, Ga. Visit www.reecefuneralhomeinc.co m to sign the online registry. Reece Funeral Home in Jef- fersonville has charge of arrangements. Katherine S. Rowland Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Stevens Rowland, age 84, will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday December 29, 2016 at the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel with interment to fol- low at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Tom Vann will officiate. Mrs. Rowland was born January 5, 1932 in Dublin, Georgia; she was preceded in death by her parents, the late William Louis and Trellis Howell Stevens, her husband, Emory Rowland, three broth- ers, Ofell Stevens, Tennyson Stevens and Clayton Stevens and five sisters, Ruby Stevens, Mary (C.T.) Braddy, Grace (Buddy) Mullis, Nelline (Cecil) Gay and Georgia (Prentice) Swymer. She was a member of Sardis Primitive Baptist Church and was retired from Biljo’s. Mrs. Rowland passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016 at her residence. She is survived by her daughter, Dianne (Danny) Bracewell of Rentz, her son, Larry (Lee Ann) Allen Att- away, Sr. of Milledgeville, two brothers, William Louis “Ju- nior” Stevens of Milledgeville Monday, December 26, 2016/Dublin, Ga/Page 1 The Courier Herald Obituaries DISCOUNT PRICES CORN, RYE GRASS, WHEAT, OATS, WILDLIFE MIX Farmers Best Fertilizer 478-676-4506 • 478-290-8055 OCONEE CHECK CASHING SERVICE LICENSED BY THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE. 754 Central Dr. East Dublin OCONEE BAIT &TACKLE Mon.-Sat. 6 am-7 pm • Sun. 7 am-5 pm & PAWN We Cash Checks! We Pawn! We Buy Gold! 1101 Hillcrest Parkway • 275-3543 www.naturaltouchdayspa.com Natural Touch Day Spa • Massage • Spray Tans • Salt Glow • Custom Facials • Gift Certificates Shop L Market ocal TV Print | Radio | Television It’s so important to our local economy. 2016 City of Dublin and Dublin Board of Education Property Taxes are due by December 30, 2016. Penalty and interest will be added to total amount due on payments made after the due date. Public Notice Notice of Property Tax Due Date December 30, 2016 Obituaries and Pete (Becky) Stevens of Cadwell, a sister, Bonnie Faye Stuckey of Green Cove Springs, Fla., seven grandchil- dren, Chuck (Jill) Chambers, Andy (Christine) Chambers, Tammy (Ricky) Williams, Allen (Amanda) Attaway, Matt (Sherry) Attaway, Tanya, (Skyler) Teasley and Jackson (Stephanie) Attaway and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 1:45 p.m., Thursday, Decem- ber 29, 2016 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the fami- ly asks, that donations, in memory of Mrs. Rowland, be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc., 2600 Network Boulevard, Suite 300, Frisco, Texas 75034 Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Dublin Chapel has charge of funeral arrange- ments. To sign the Online Reg- ister Book please visit www.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24 Hour obituary line at (478) 272-0106 to hear the latest funeral updates. Mack B. Bryson Mack Bridie Bryson died December 24, 2016 at home, ending an extended illness. He was born December 31, 1929, in Blackshear, Ga., to the late Maggie (Ware) and S. L. Bryson. Mr. Bryson was married 65 years to Togie Brantley Bryson. He was an alumnus of Brewton Parker College and retired from J.P. Stevens/Forstmann, as a shift supervisor. He also was a sales representative for Electrolux for 40 plus years until the time of his death. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Dublin and a past long time member of the Dublin Civitan Club, along with several other organiza- tions. He was preceded in death by his parents, as well as sib- lings, Hugh Bryson, Marion Bryson, Marie Horton and Willie McCrimmon. In addition to his wife, he is Birthdays Calah Mathis Rob Foskey Anniversaries Joe and Gail Allen Timothy and Amanda Allen LONDON (AP) — George Michael's moment of liberation followed what seemed at first to be a time of deep humilia- tion. He was blessed with sensu- al good looks and an exquisite voice, attributes he used to be- come first a teenybopper heart- throb and then a mature solo artist with videos that played up his considerable appeal. He kept his own sexual orienta- tion private, until he was ar- rested in 1998 for lewd conduct in a public toilet in Los Angeles after being spotted by a male undercover police officer. In an earlier era, that might have doomed his career. In- stead of retreating, however, he made a single and video — "Outside" — that ridiculed the charges against him and mocked the Los Angeles police officers who busted him. 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survived by a son, Mack W.Bryson, Sr., of Brunswick, anda daughter, Melodie Smith(Eddie), of Dublin; threegrandchildren, Mack W.Bryson, Jr. (Kelly), of Albany,Ga., Virginia Henry (Lee), ofHartsfield, and Edward Bart-ley Smith, Jr., of Smyrna, Ga.;three great-grandchildren,Reynolds and Parker Bryson,of Albany, and Bryson Henry,of Hartsfield. He is also sur-vived by a brother, GaryBryson and sister, Freida Ay-cock, both of Waycross; sister-in-law, Dorothy Bryson Han-nah, of Brunswick and severalnieces and nephews.Visitation will be held on
Wednesday, December 28,2016 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.at Townsend Brothers FuneralHome. Services will be held at2 p.m. on Thursday, December29, 2016 at First BaptistChurch with interment to fol-low in Dublin Memorial Gar-dens.Pallbearers will be Mack W.
Bryson, Jr., Edward BartleySmith, Jr., Lee Henry, WallyTaylor, Hoke Brantley andGreg Garrison.Thanks to Integrity Hos-
pice he was able to spend hislast few months in the comfortof his home with his familywho were by his bedside at thetime of his death.Please visit
www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregistry.
Edward B. Fountain
Edward “Bunk” BrighamFountain, age 81, EastDublin, passed away on Sat-urday, December 24, 2016.Services will be held at 11
a.m. on Thursday, December29, 2016 at Bethlehem BaptistChurch. Burial will follow inthe church cemetery. Rev.
Matt Haywood and PastorJohn Livingston will officiate.The family will receive friendsfrom 10 a.m. until funeralhour on Thursday at thechurch.Mr. Fountain’s nephews;
David Wilkes, Stan Wilkes,Jason Fountain, ChrisBracewell, Josh Williams,Jamie Fountain, andJonathan Fountain, will serveas pallbearers. Honorary pall-bearers will be the F.A. JoseySunday School Class, TommyScarboro, Lee Brantley andBilly Brantley.Mr. Fountain was born on
September 28, 1935 in Dublin,Ga., to the late Edward Clax-ton Fountain and the lateBeatrice Pridgen Fountain.He was a member of Bethle-hem Baptist Church and theF.A. Josey Sunday SchoolClass. He retired from theWashington MetropolitanArea Transit Authority, andworked many years as a busdriver with the Laurens Coun-ty School System.In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death by abrother, Tommy P. Fountain,and grandparents, Jim andHattie Thomas Fountain, andE.W. and Annie Cobb Pridgen.Survivors include his wife,
Georgilina Fountain, of EastDublin; son, Allen (Karen)Fountain, of Manassas, Va.;daughter, Teresa F. (Ron) San-dlin, of Farmville, Va.; step-sons, Noel (May) Consulta andJonathan Consulta, of EastDublin; step-daughter, Rube-lyn Bustamante, of Adrian;sisters, Patricia F. Wilkes, ofEast Dublin and BarbaraJean F. Garnto, of Scott;brother, Ricky C. Fountain, ofJasper; granddaughters, Jen-nifer Sandlin, of Farmville,Va. and Katie Fountain, ofManassas, Va.; step-grand-children, Erin Flor Consulta,
of the Philippines, LakenLumpkin, of Adrian, and Can-dy Brantley, of East Dublin,and several nieces andnephews.Please visit
www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregistry.
Annie M. Horne
Mrs. Annie M. Horne ofSoperton died Monday, De-cember 26, 2016.Arrangements are incom-
plete and will be announcedby Sammons Funeral Home.
Marian Strickland
Marian Lynette DanielsStrickland, age 69, of Dublin,passed away on Saturday, De-cember 24, 2016.Services will be held at 2
p.m. on Wednesday, December28, 2016 at the First Church ofthe Nazarene. Burial will fol-low Carter’s Chapel UnitedMethodist Church Cemetery.The family will receive friendsan hour before the service atthe church on Wednesday.Complete obituary to follow.Please visit
www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregistry.
Emma S. Williams
Funeral services for Mrs.Emma "Sweet" SandersWilliams, of Dublin, will beheld on Wednesday, December28, 2016, at 2 p.m. at theMount Moriah BaptistChurch, 1106 Academy Av-enue, Dublin. ReverendClarence Thomas will offici-ate. Interment will follow inthe Dudley Memorial Ceme-tery.Mrs. Williams was born on
April 23, 1923, as the ninthchild of the late Tom and Lau-ra Jones Sanders. She wasmarried to the late TurnerWilliams, and this union wasborn one child. Mrs. Williamsjoined the Rice Hill BaptistChurch at an early age, andlater moved her membershipto the Mount Moriah BaptistChurch,where she servedfaithfully until her health de-clined. She passed away onThursday, December 22, 2016,at the age of 93. She was a for-mer employee of the carpetmill in Dublin. Also precedingher in death were five broth-ers, Dodge Sanders, BleacherSanders, S. M. Sanders, JaySanders, and Deacon CharlieSanders, and three sisters,Mollie Sanders Moore, Tom-mie Lee Sanders Blue andLaura Sanders Ghent.Mrs. Williams leaves to
cherish her memory, a son,Deacon Luther Williams, onegrandson, Tony Williams, agreat-grandson, MarquisCuyler of Dublin and a host ofnieces, nephews, cousins, oth-er relatives and friends.The family is receiving
friends at 518 Pine Street inDublin.Please post condolences at
www.ServicesByDudley.com.Services by Dudley Funeral
Home of Dublin
Bobby Reese
Mr. Bobby Reese of EastDublin, passed away on Sun-day, December 25, 2016. Fu-neral arrangements are in-complete and will be an-nounced later. The family isreceiving friends at 983 PipenLane, East Dublin.Dudley Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangementswww.servicesbydudley.com
Charlie Stuckey
Mr. Charlie Stuckey ofMontrose, passed away onMonday, December 26, 2016.Funeral arrangements are in-complete and will be an-nounced later. The family isreceiving friends at 1685 Mil-lville Church Road, Montrose.Dudley Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangementswww.servicesbydudley.com
Ronnie Nobles
DANVILLE – Ronnie No-bles, 68 of Cool Springs Rd.,departed this life on SundayDecember 25, 2016 in the com-fort of his home from compli-cations of Parkinson’s Disease.Services will be held
Wednesday December 28,2016 at 11 a.m., in CoolSprings Primitive BaptistChurch. Burial will be in thechurch cemetery. Rev. BobPowell and James and KatlynWyble will officiateMr. Nobles, was born in
Dublin, Ga. the son of the lat-er Woodrow W. and Lois
Blount Nobles. He was preced-ed in death by his brotherBuddy Nobles, and his sister,Mildred Nobles Sanders. Ron-nie was a 1966 Graduate ofTwiggs County High Schooland attended Brewton-ParkerCollege. He was a TimberBuyer for several companies,retiring at the age of 60 due tohealth-related problems. Heowned and rode horses forover 50 years.Survivors include his loving
wife of 46 years, Linda K. No-bles. Son Ron (Melissa) No-bles. Daughter Melinda No-bles. Two Grandchildren, Col-by Nobles and Katlyn (James)Wyble. One Great Grandson,Jonathan Wyble.In lieu of flowers, please
make donations to CoolSprings Primitive BaptistChurch of Danville, Ga.Visit
www.reecefuneralhomeinc.com to sign the online registry.Reece Funeral Home in Jef-
fersonville has charge ofarrangements.
Katherine S.Rowland
Funeral services for Mrs.Katherine Stevens Rowland,age 84, will be held at 2 p.m.,Thursday December 29, 2016at the Chan Stanley MemorialChapel with interment to fol-low at Rehoboth BaptistChurch Cemetery. Rev. TomVann will officiate.Mrs. Rowland was born
January 5, 1932 in Dublin,Georgia; she was preceded indeath by her parents, the lateWilliam Louis and TrellisHowell Stevens, her husband,Emory Rowland, three broth-ers, Ofell Stevens, TennysonStevens and Clayton Stevensand five sisters, Ruby Stevens,Mary (C.T.) Braddy, Grace(Buddy) Mullis, Nelline (Cecil)Gay and Georgia (Prentice)Swymer. She was a member ofSardis Primitive BaptistChurch and was retired fromBiljo’s. Mrs. Rowland passedaway Thursday, December 22,2016 at her residence.She is survived by her
daughter, Dianne (Danny)Bracewell of Rentz, her son,Larry (Lee Ann) Allen Att-away, Sr. of Milledgeville, twobrothers, William Louis “Ju-nior” Stevens of Milledgeville
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OObbiittuuaarriieess and Pete (Becky) Stevens ofCadwell, a sister, Bonnie FayeStuckey of Green CoveSprings, Fla., seven grandchil-dren, Chuck (Jill) Chambers,Andy (Christine) Chambers,Tammy (Ricky) Williams,Allen (Amanda) Attaway, Matt(Sherry) Attaway, Tanya,(Skyler) Teasley and Jackson(Stephanie) Attaway and eightgreat-grandchildren.The family will receive
friends from 12:30 p.m. until1:45 p.m., Thursday, Decem-ber 29, 2016 at the funeralhome.In lieu of flowers, the fami-
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Crematory/Dublin Chapel hascharge of funeral arrange-ments. To sign the Online Reg-ister Book please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 Hour obituaryline at (478) 272-0106 to hearthe latest funeral updates.
Mack B. Bryson
Mack Bridie Bryson diedDecember 24, 2016 at home,ending an extended illness.He was born December 31,
1929, in Blackshear, Ga., tothe late Maggie (Ware) and S.L. Bryson.Mr. Bryson was married 65
years to Togie BrantleyBryson. He was an alumnus ofBrewton Parker College andretired from J.P.Stevens/Forstmann, as a shiftsupervisor. He also was a salesrepresentative for Electroluxfor 40 plus years until the timeof his death.He was a member of First
Baptist Church of Dublin anda past long time member of theDublin Civitan Club, alongwith several other organiza-tions.He was preceded in death
by his parents, as well as sib-lings, Hugh Bryson, MarionBryson, Marie Horton andWillie McCrimmon.In addition to his wife, he is
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LONDON (AP) — GeorgeMichael's moment of liberationfollowed what seemed at firstto be a time of deep humilia-tion.He was blessed with sensu-
al good looks and an exquisitevoice, attributes he used to be-come first a teenybopper heart-throb and then a mature soloartist with videos that playedup his considerable appeal. Hekept his own sexual orienta-tion private, until he was ar-
rested in 1998 for lewd conductin a public toilet in Los Angelesafter being spotted by a maleundercover police officer.In an earlier era, that might
have doomed his career. In-stead of retreating, however,he made a single and video —"Outside" — that ridiculed thecharges against him andmocked the Los Angeles policeofficers who busted him.The memorable image of the
two uniformed policemen kiss-
ing in the video — both funnyand outrageous at the time —helped Michael come out as aproud gay man. He wasunashamed, unapologetic andready to poke fun at himselfeven as he produced a steadystream of hits.But Michael, whose death
from heart failure at 53 wasannounced Sunday, struggledin his later years, fightinghealth issues and substanceabuse problems.
Pop superstar George Michael dies of heart failure at 53
