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Alta Rudgers McFarland

9/14/08-4 PM-Sunday

Pavilion United Methodist Church
Pavilion, NY

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EBRITH  ZACHARI  COLVIN
 
We regretfully announce the death of
 Ebrith Zachari Colvin, infant, 310 West 8th Ave
on Saturday, September 6, 2006
at the Johnson City Medical Center.
 
ARRANGEMENTS ARE INCOMPLETE

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DANNY SHADE
 
 
 
 
 Danny Shade, 401 East Myrtle Ave. entered into rest on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center.
 
 
 
 
SERVICES
 
 
    Graveside services  will be held at 2 PM, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at the V. A. National Cemetery, Mountain Home, TN. The family will receive friends from 1 PM until 1:45 PM prior to the services at Birchette Mortuary.

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JAMAIR D. JONES
 
 
 Jamair D. Jones, infant,
of 1700 Dave Buck Road, Apt. 21
 returned to heaven on Thursday, August 28, 2008
at the Johnson City Medical Center.
 
 
SERVICES
 
Private graveside services

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JOHN  BROOKS, SR.

 301 Royal Circle, Apt. 77 entered into rest on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at Johnson City Medical Center. John worked at Free Service Tire Co. For 30 years.

He leaves to mourn : a wife, Brenda Brooks, ten daughters, Nicilee Fate, Vanessa Washington and Willie Mae Black, Asheville, NC, Anita Gammon, Diane Brown, Johnnie Belinda Calloway, Bristol, VA, Rita Chapman, Charlotte, NC, Victoria Douglass, and Brandy Lotts, Johnson City, TN, three sons, John Brooks, Jr, Johnson City, TN, Roger Dale Brooks and Harry Young, Bristol, TN two step-daughters, Sherry Hampton and Linda Malloy, Johnson City, TN, two step-sons, Walter Fred Hairston and Terry Copeland, Johnson City, TN. 48 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren and 3 great, great grandchildren.                                               

FUNERAL SERVICES

 will be held at 1 PM, Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the Birchette Mortuary "Chapel of Love". The family will receive friends from 12 noon until 1 PM and at other times at the residence.

 

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JUANITA   WILSON

1504 East Myrtle Ave. entered into rest on Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Johnson City, Medical Center. She  was born April 3, 1927 in Springfield, TN to the late Tom and Viola Chapman. 

            Juanita was educated in the Robertson County school system. She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Beard’s Chapel Baptist Church in Springfield, TN. She later became a member of Thankful Baptist Church in Johnson City, TN. She loved life and placed her faith in the loving hands of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

            Juanita was preceded in death by a son, Charles Turner; brothers Oscar Chapman, Mathew Chapman, MC Chapman, and Eural Chapman; sisters Farry Chapman and Claudine Chapman.

            She leaves to cherish her memories her husband, Robert Wilson of Johnson City, TN; sons John Thomas Turner (Shayne) of Kaneohe, HI; Donnie Turner (Angela) of Indianapolis, IN; James Turner (Dot) of Leesburg, VA; Phil Turner (Debi) of Frederick, MD; and Robert Wilson (Linda) of Oakland, MD; daughters Betty Penn of Indianapolis, IN; Jeweldean Scharklet of Nashville, TN; and Vickie Osborne (Kennedy) of Conway, SC;  sisters Earline Williams of Nashville, TN and Willie Mae Wynn of Indianapolis, IN; 20 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Also two very special and devoted friends Ralph and Glodine Davis of Johnson City, TN.                                                

FUNERAL SERVICES

             will be held at 2 PM, Friday, August 29, 2008 at Thankful Baptist Church, 1501 East Watauga Ave. with Rev. C. D. Johnson officiating. Burial to follow at Washington County Memory Gardens, Gray, TN. The family will receive friends from 1 PM until 2 PM at the church prior to the services and at other times at the residence. Friends may visit at Birchette Mortuary between 4 and 8 PM, Thursday to view and register.

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ALTA MAE RUDGERS McFARLAND

 

84, loving mother and friend, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 18, 2008, after a lengthy illness.  She died peacefully at her daughter’s home in Johnson City, TN.  She was formerly of Hatboro, PA, and Pavilion, NY.

Alta was born in Rochester, NY, and was the daughter of the late Byron and Mae Rudgers of Pavilion, NY.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank McFarland, two brothers, Earle and Charles Rudgers, and son-in-law, Dr. Philip Cooper.

During World War II, she served as a driver for military staff in the US Army.  In 1953, Alta received a nursing scholarship and upon graduation pursued a nursing career of over 32 years, which included caring for the terminally ill.

In Hatboro, PA, she was a member of Lehman Memorial United Methodist Church, served as chapter President of the Deborah Heart Hospital Association, and was a member of the Eastern Star and White Shrine.

Alta is survived by two daughters, Victory Cooper, Johnson City, TN, and Constance Liwen and her husband, Andrew, Alexandria, VA; three grandchildren, Cynthia Liwen, Alexandria, VA, Whitney Hoss, Johnson City, TN, and Gregory Liwen, Kyle, TX; three great-grandchildren, Angela and Philip Cooper, and Zade Liwen; one sister Elizabeth (Betty)Norton, Pavilion, NY, sisters-in-law, Virginia Rudgers, Hilton, NY, and Catherine Rudgers, Buffalo, NY; several nieces and nephews; and precious friends.

 

  SERVICES

 

A Celebration of Life service for Mrs. McFarland will be conducted on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 4 PM,  in the Pavilion United Methodist Church, Pavilion, NY.  Rev. Nilla Owens will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Alzheimer’s Association or the P. D. Cooper Memorial Research Trust, 711 Montclair Drive, Johnson City, TN 37604.  This foundation, created by family and friends, supports research in Alzheimer’s, children’s diseases at St. Jude’s Hospital, and university student research projects.

Alta will be missed by her family and friends and memories of her will live on in their hearts.

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MABEL W. ROLLINS

     86, 1410 East Fairview Ave. entered into rest on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at her residence. She was a member of Church of Our Lord Jseus.

    She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Rollins, four sons, Cornelius Rollins, John E. Rollins, James H. Rollins, and Sherman Rollins.

    She leave to mourn her passing; three daughters, Mary Rollins, Mattie Rollins, and Hazel Bolden, Johnson City, seven sons, Robert Rollins, Pembroke Pines, FL, Ralph Rollins, Jonesborough,TN, Nathaniel Rollins, Kingsport, TN, William E. Rollins, Cecil P. Rollins, Walter Rollins and Charles L. Rollins. Johnson City, TN, two sisters, Rosemary Thornton and Mary Ruth Jones, New York, thirty-eight grandchildren, forty-two great grandchildren, four great, great, grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

FUNERAL SERVICES

 will be held at 1 PM, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Birchette Mortuary "Chapel of Love". Burial to follow at Washington County Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until 1 PM prior to the services and at other times at the residence.

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RODERICK  A. JOHNSON
 
John Sevier Center, Apt. 1005 entered into rest on
 Sunday, July 27, 2008 at the John Sevier Center
 
ARRANGEMENTS
 
He will be returned to Dayton, Ohio for burial.
 
 

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HALLIE C. CHARLES

 98, 604 Davis Street, Johnson City, TN, entered into rest on Friday, July 25, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Castlewood, VA to Henry and Vatie Dickenson. She moved to Johnson City in 1927, shortly after married Jacob Charles, becoming a loving wife and a devoted mother.

Hallie was a member of St. Paul A. M. E. Zion Church, she was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four sisters, five brothers and a son-in-law.

Survivors include; two daughters, Marion (Charles) Williams, Adia (Charles) Ware, (John), one son, James T. Charles, brothers and sisters, Robert Dickenson, Mildred (Dickenson) Jackson, Cecile (Dickenson) Henderson, sister-in-law, Georgia Charles, Chassie Venable. Nine grandchildren, Dewitt, Jr., (Audrey), Tony (Christine) Adia-doll (Allan), Edna (Mark), Jeff (Angela), Steven (Trish), Tanya, David (Jennie), Daniel & Pier rice, a host of great grandchildren, great, great, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.                                                         

FUNERAL SERVICES

 will be held at 1:30 PM, Monday, July 28, 2008 at St. Paul A. M. E. Zion Church, corner of Millard St at Welbourne St, with Pastor James Reddick officiating. Burial to follow at Washington County Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends form 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM prior to the services at the church and at other times at the residence.

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VIRGINIA M. COLEMAN

61, Blountville, TN, went to be with the Lord, on July 22, 2008. She was born November 17, 1946 and preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Maxi Gammon, an older brother, Eugene Gammon, Jr.

Survivors include; three children, Willie Mac Coleman, Jr., and wife, Connie Coleman, Sweetwater, TN, Isaac L. Coleman, and wife, Monica Coleman, Johnson City, TN and Tonya M. Coleman and Joel Gideon, Blountville, TN, a sister, Minnie Louise Coleman, Charleston, Miss. a brother, Hubert Glenn Gammon, Cleveland, OH, four grandchildren,  several nieces, nephews, family and friends.               

FUNERAL SERVICES

will be held at 2 PM, Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Mt. Carmel Gospel Church, 100 East State Street, Bristol, TN with Pastor Ann Johnson officiating. Burial to follow at Westlawn Cemetery, Johnson City, TN. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 PM prior to the services at the church and at other times at the home of a son, Isaac Coleman, 110 Mountain View Drive, Johnson City, TN.

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            THOMAS SHAYLOR WADE (TOM)

 

                   208 Belmont Street, was born November 04, 1934 to the late Lelia Wade in Castlewood, VA. He was called into eternal rest on Thursday, July 03, 2008 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital of Elizabethon, TN.He was preceded in death by his mother Lelia Wade and only brother Nathaniel Wade.

 

                  He leaves to cherish his memories- His wife, Jenora Wade of the home; four sons, Andrew Odem (Debbie) Atlanta, GA, William Odem (Bodie) Bristol, TN , Dr. Carroll Odem (Dee) Chattanooga, TN, Thomas Wade Jr. (Vee) Eden, NC. Other special children are Reverend Lester Lattany (Stephanie), Joyce Goines (Paul), Cerrone Foster, all of Jocy, TN, Reverend Perry Irby (Jackie), Fayetteville, NC, Melvin Love (Tiffany) Nashville, TN.  

          Thomas Wade was a member of Friendship Baptist Church where he served tirelessly as a church van driver; He helped start the Friendship brotherhood. Thomas Wade attended Douglass High school in Bristol, VA. He served in the Army and was a POW in Korean War. Tom was retired from Science Hill School with 34 years of service. Also employed with Carver Recreations where he served for over 25 years. Thomas helped to start the Melvin Stevens Scholarship Fund and was a member of the Prince Hall Masons- Elizabethton. Popa Wade as we so affectionately called him was more than your average citizen. He was one who loved everyone he’d met and was known as the man who loved his family and his fellowman.
 
FUNERAL SERVICES
 

       will be held at 11 AM, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at Friendship Baptist Church, 522 West Main St. Rev. C. H. Charlton, Pastor. Burial  to follow   at the   V. A.  National   Cemetery,        Mountain Home.  The family will receive friends from 7   to 7:30 PM, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at Birchette Mortuary with a Tribute Services at 7:30 PM. Friends can visit at the residence at anytime. The family request in lieu of flowers, make donations to the Melvin Stevens Scholarship Fund, Carver Recreation Center.

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G. ELNORA BRADY

G. Elnora "Mimi" Brady, 81, 1313 E. Watauga Ave., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 2, 2008, following a brief illness. She was a member of Thankful Baptist Church, where for many years she directed the Children’s Choir, and served in the Adult Choir, as a Trustee, and the Consecration and Officers Wives organizations. Mrs. Brady graduated Valedictorian of her class from Langston High School and attended North Carolina A & T.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Welda Robertson; husband, Rev. G. Walter Brady; and children, Charles, Mary, and Leroy Brady.

Survivors include daughters Ezell Brady (Charles) Richardson; Adrienne Murray (William) Tarter; and Carole Celeste Brady; sons James Clarence, Jr.; Edwin Anthony (Sheila) Murray; and Bryon Keith (Cynthia) and Donald Murray (Allison) Brady; several grand- and great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

FUNERAL  SERVICES

The family will receive friends at Thankful Baptist Church, 1501 E. Watauga Ave., from 2:00-3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, 2008, followed by services at 3:00. Interment to follow at Westlawn Cemetery immediately following the services. Friends may visit at the residence at anytime.

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REV. CHARLES A. LATTANY, III.

 

Born into time November 13, 1963

 Born into Eternity August 1, 2008

 

                Heaven announces the arrival of Rev. Charles A. Lattany III into the eternal presence of God. Rev. Lattany departed this earthly tabernacle on Friday August 1, 2008 at Walter Reed Medical Hospital in Washington D.C. after a battle with liver cancer. Reverend Charles A. Lattany III is the youngest of seven children born to Mrs. Catherine Drummond Lattany and the late Charles A. Lattany, Jr. of Brunswick, Georgia. He attended school in the Glynn County Public School System and graduated from Glynn Academy High School in 1981. Reverend Lattany, a gifted and talented musician who thought it ungrateful not to use his musical talents for the Lord. This desire and commitment to service kept him very busy. He has served as a musician and singer in the states of Georgia, California, Texas, Maryland and Washington, DC

Reverend Lattany’s secondary education includes an Associate of Arts Degree in Music from Victor Valley College, Victorville, California; an Associate of Science Degree in Histopathology, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Care Management from Southern Illinois University, Bethesda Maryland Campus, Carbondale, Illinois, a Master of Divinity Degree from the Howard University School of Divinity in May 2005. He was a Full Time Student in the Doctor of Ministry Degree Program at the Howard University School of Divinity, emphasis: Understanding Worship and Liturgy in the AME Church.

Rev, Lattany was actively involved in the service of God in through the church since the age of seven.  He accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of nine and became member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Brunswick, GA (Pastor William Ashley), he was later baptized and became a member of First African Missionary Baptist Church of Brunswick, GA (Pastor Franklin B. McKinsey). He has served as Church musician and Choir Member, in the following cities: Brunswick, GA, Victorville, CA (First Missionary Baptist Church), (Victor Valley Community Choir), (City of Victorville Community Choir) (George Air Force Base), San Antonio and Wichita Falls, TX.  Rev. Lattany was an active member of the Gospel Music Workshop of America and the Washington DC Federation of Musicians. Rev. Lattany has served several Churches faithfully in the Metropolitan DC area since 1987: Brookland Union Baptist Church, Mount Moriah Baptist Church, and Andrews Air Force Gospel service in Maryland, First Baptist Church, Georgetown and Hemingway Memorial A.M.E. Church, District Heights, MD (Minister of Music).  He also served as a Director and Musician for the Washington Conference Choir of the 2nd Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church.  He also served as the Representative to the Connectional Music Committee of the A.M.E. Church from the 2nd Episcopal District.

Reverend Lattany moved to the Washington, D.C Area in 1986 and has served several congregations in a number of musical roles. Rev. Lattany accepted his calling to the Ordained Ministry on Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000; he was licensed by Presiding Elder Rev. Dr. Goodwin Douglas. He was ordained an Itinerate Deacon in April of 2003 by Bishop Vinton Anderson and ordained an Itinerate Elder in April 2005 by Bishop Adam J. Richardson. Currently, he served as the Associate Director of Worship and Liturgy and the Minister of Music at Hemingway Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, District Heights, Maryland, under the leadership of Pastors, Rev. Dr. William Robert Porter (Retired); and Reverend Samuel E. Hayward III. (Current).  

          Rev. Lattany served as the Worship Leader/Liturgist for the Music and Christian Arts Ministry (MCAM) of the AME Church.  In November of 2005, he was appointed Director of Music and Christians Arts Ministry for the Capitol District by Presiding Elder Goodwin Douglas.

Reverend Lattany’s favorite scripture passage was Psalm 34: 1-3: I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall here thereof and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. 

Reverend Lattany was preceded in death by his father, Mr. Charles A. Lattany, Jr., Paternal Grandparents, Charles A. Sr. and Mary Israel Lattany, Maternal Grandparents, Laurie Sr. & Edith Smith Drummond, Loving Cousin and adopted Grandmother, Cornelia Smith Collier, Other loving Uncles, Aunts, Cousins and Friends.  

           Rev. Lattany leaves with precious memories to sustain them until they meet again: his Mother, Catherine Drummond Lattany Brunswick, GA. Siblings: Arthur J. Lattany (Rebecca) , Victorville, CA, Oliver L. Lattany (Anne), Brunswick, GA,  Jacqueline M. Lattany, Somerset, NJ, Gregory L. Lattany (Glonda), Brunswick, GA, Rev. Lester D. Lattany (Stephanie), Johnson City, TN, Melvin B. Lattany, Kingsbury, London England.  Maternal Step-Grandmother, Elnora Drummond, Brookman, GA, God-Parents William ‘Buck’ and Velma Crosby, Brunswick, GA, God-Son Michael Moore, Jr. (Michael Sr., and Dori Moore), Bowie, MD. Nieces and Nephews: Renee, Antwan, Gregory, Lauren, Demetrius, Melvin, Tamara, Catrina, Lisa, Sherelle, Shelby, Grand Nieces and Nephews: Maurice, Jashawn & Taylor. Aunts and Uncles: Estella Lattany, Clarence A. Lattany(Carolyn), Tommie W. Lattany, Ella Brown(Thomas) all of Brunswick, GA, Robert L. Lattany, Tucson, Arizona, Doris Robinson(Ensley) of Shreveport, LA, Bernice Lattany of Waynesville, GA, Adeline Dallas(Sam), of Utica NY, Essie McKenzee, of Winter Haven, FL, Luberta Sullivan(Homer). Laurie Drummond Jr. (Lonnie Mae) all of Woodbine GA, Ainsley Drummond, Vinegrove, KY, a host of devoted cousins, other relatives and loving friends, The Hemingway Memorial A.M.E. Church Family.

 

                                                    ARRANGEMENTS

 

A celebration of his life will be conducted from the Sanctuary of the Reid Temple A.M.E. Church, 11400 Glenn Dale Boulevard, Glenn Dale, MD 20769 on Wednesday August 6, 2008, 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Samuel E. Hayward III, Pastor of Hemingway Memorial A.M.E. Church, and Rev. Lester D. Lattany, Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Kingsport, TN, officiating.  A memorial service and interment will be held Friday August 8, 2008, 12:00 P.M. from the chapel of Hall, Jones and Brown Funeral Home, 2005 G. Street, Brunswick, GA.  The family will receive friends from 9:00-11:00 A.M. prior to the services on Wednesday at Reid Temple A.M.E. and Friday August 8, 2008 from 11:00-12:00 P.M. and at other times at his home in District Heights, MD.  Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Brunswick, GA.  In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to the Hemingway Memorial A.M.E. Church Building Fund 6330 Gateway Blvd. District Heights, MD 20747.  

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