Madison County Deaths
Joe Briggs Ida Harrison
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for Joe Tom Briggs
of Marshall who died Sunday
in Madison County nursing
home. He was 85 years old.
Services were held in the
chapel of the Capps Funeral
Home in Mars HU1. The Rev.
Kenneth Parker officiated.
Burial was conducted in the
Rice Cemetery.
A native of Tennessee, he
lived in Madison County most
of his life. He was a son of the
late Lou Haney Lloyd Briggs
Hensley.
Surviving are two half
brothers, Zeb Hensley of Mar
shall and Solomon Hensley of
Valdese.
Fletcher Massey
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for Fletcher Massey
of Monticello Rd., who died
Sunday in an Asheville
hospital. Services were held in
the funeral chapel of the West
Funeral Home in Weaverville.
Dr. Fred Werhan officiated.
Burial was conducted in the
Mount Sheba Cemetery.
A native of Madison County,
he was the son of the Rev. and
Mrs. Ott Massey of Weaver
ville.
Surviving, in addition to his
parents, are four daughters,
Sandra Mashburn and Jo
Anne Crouch of Asheville,
Peggy Hudgins and Rosa Lee
Wilson of Candler; six sisters,
Marie Rice, Clara Gaddy, and
Lucille Rice of Weaverville
and Judy Herlin, Elsie Davis
and Roxie Lester of Alex
ander; four brothers, George
Spencer and Joseph Ott
Massey of Weaverville and
J.C. Massey of Arden; and
nine grandchildren.
The family requests that
memorials be made to Thorns
Rehabilitation Center.
Mollie Chandler
Funeral services were held
Friday for Mollie Franklin
Chandler, who died March 2 in
a Greenville, Tenn. hospital
after an extended illness.
Services were held in the
Shady Grove Baptist Church,
wrth the Rev. Lonnie
Crawford officiating. Burial
was conducted in the Chandler
family cemetery.
Mrs. Chandler was a
lifelong resident of Madison
County, a daughter of the late
William and Linda Bullman
Franklin, and the wife of
Jackie Chandler, who died in
1933.
Docia Ball
Funeral services were held
Sunday for Docia Jane Baker
Ball, who died March 2. She
was 91 years old.
Services were held in the
chapel of the Groce Funeral
Home in Asheville. The Revs.
Robert L. Moore and John E.
Jones officiated. Burial was
conducted in Green Hills
Cemetery.
A native of Madison County,
she was a daughter of the late
Newton F. and Laura Jane
Worley Baker. She was a
graduate of Dorland Bell
Presbyterian School in Hot
Springs and Asheville Normal
and Teachers College.
A former school teacher at
the Presbyterian Home Mis
sions, she was also the former
owner and operator of the
Plateau Studios. She was also
a member of the Eastern Star
^nd the West Asheville
Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are seven sons,
William, Stanley, Ben, Jeter,
Hubert, Andrew and Marvin
Chandler, all of Marshall; a
daughter, Ruth Ray of Mar
shall; a sister, LUlie Ramsey
of Marshall ; 90 grandchildren,
19 great-grandchildren, and a
great-great-grandchild.
Marvin McClure
Funeral services were held
Thursday for Marvin W. Mc
Clure of Walnut who died
March 1 in an Asheville
hospital after an extended il
lness. He was 77 years old.
Services were held in the
chapel of the Bowman
Funeral Home in Marshall.
The Rev. Steve Robinson,
Jimmy Buckner and Jack
Jones officiated. Burial was
conducted in Walnut
Cemetery.
A lifelong resident of
Madison County, he was a son
of the late S.W. and Lillian
Ramsey McClure. He retired
from the N.C. Department of
Transportation in 1969 after 40
years of service.
Surviving are his wife,
Georgia Gibson McClure; two
sisters. Myrtle Reed and
Virginia McClure of Marshall ;
his stepmother, Etha McClure
of Marshall and several nieces
apd nephews.
William Merrill
Funeral services were held
Friday for William Scott Mer
rill of Brevard who died
Wednesday from injuries in an
automobile accident. He was
18 years old. He was a
freshman at Mars Hill College
where he was a member of the
Lambda Chi Omega fraternity
and a senator of the freshman
class.
A memorial service was
conducted in the First Baptist
Church of Brevard of which he
was a member. Graveside ser
vices were conducted in
Pisgah Gardens. The Revs.
Duncan Futrelle, Lenpie
Farmer and Bill McManus of
ficiated.
He is survived by his
parents, Robert L. and Lois
Heath Merrill of Brevard, two
sisters, Deborah Kay Merrill
of Hendersonville and
Elizabeth Ann Merrill of
Brevard; a brother, Robert L.
Merrill Jr. of Asheville; the
paternal grandmother, Alma
Buie of Hendersonville; and
the maternal grandmother,
Pearl Heath of Brevard.
The family requests the
memorials be made to the
scholarship fund of Mars Hill
College.
Mary Boyd
Mary Sue Penland Boyd, of
Marietta, Ga., died Sunday at
her home after an extended il
lness.
A native of Madison County,
she had resided in Marietta
for the past 14 years and was a
daughter of Bessie Lee Ed
wards Penland of Marshall
and the late James N.
Penland.
In addition to her mother,
she is survived by her hus
band, Sanford Boyd; two
daughters. Sherry Hughes of
the home and Karen Carter of
Harm, Ga.; three brothers,
James, Joe Sr., and George
Penland, all of Marshall; two
sisters, Minnie Lee Doran of
Hendersonville and Jean
Price of Asheville; and two
grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Wednesday in Marshall
Presbytereian Church, of
which she was a member. The
Revs. George Moore and Bud
dy Freeman will officiate.
Burial will be in Pritchard
Cemetery.
Funeral services were held
Mar. 3 for Ida Harrison of
Clarkl Chapel Rd. who died
Feb. 27 at the age of 90.
Services were held in the
chapel of the West Funeral
Home in Weaverville. The
Revs. Harrison Hinson of
ficiated . Burial was conducted
in Clark's Chapel Cemetery.
A native of Buncombe Coun
ty, she was a daughter of the
late Loranzo and Lucilla Head
Blankenship and the wife of
Kelsey Harrison who died in
1929.
She was a retired practical
nurse.
Surviving are three
daughters, Mrs. Glen Bradley
of Weaverville, Louise Lytle of
Monks Corner, S.C. and
Margaret Chatlan of New
Orleans, La. ; a son, David M.
Harrison of Weaverville; a
brother, Clyde Blankenship of
Weaverville; four grand
children and five great
grandchildren.
Frank Cogdill
Funeral services were held
Thursday for Frank R. Cogdill
of Centerville, Ga., who died
Mar. 1 in a Georgia hospital
after an extended illness. He
was 87 years old.
Services were held in the
funeral chapel of the Bowman
Funeral Home in Marshall.
The Rev. Ralph Easterly of
ficiated. Burial was conducted
in Oak Hill Cemetery.
A native of Cocke County,
Tenn., he was a retired farmer
and a veteran of World War I.
He was a son of the late Joseph
and Margaret Shelley Cogdill.
Surviving are a daughter,
Jewell Ropct of Centerville,
Ga.; two grandchildren and a
great-grandchild.
Jesuit Group
Welcomes
New Priest
Rev. Vincent Alagia, S.J., is
the newest member of the
group at the Jesuit Residency
in Hot Springs. He came to Hot
Springs last August and
spends much of his time
traveling to tell people about
the opportunity for prayer and
reflection on a retreat to Hot
Springs. He is associate direc
tor of the House of Prayer.
Father Alagia has retreat
house experience for the last
seven years and has also been
involved in the world-wide
marriage encounter move
MHC Offers
Israel Tour
Mars Hill College's depart
ment of religion and
philosophy, in conjunction
with Wilcox World Tours, will
sponsor an 11-day excursion to
Israel and Greece June 7-17.
The trip will be led by Or.
Thomas Sawyer, professor of
New Testament and Greek,
and Dr. Page Lee, Old Testa
ment professor at the college.
The group will depart New
York on Olympic Airlines and
arrive in Athens on the follow
ing day. In Greece, the group
will visit the Acropolis, the
Parthenon, the Agora of an
cient Athens, and Mara Hill
where Paul preached to the
philosophers of Athens. Old
Corinth will be visited oft the
third day, and there will be an
optional tour offered to visit
the islands of Aegina, Hydra,
and Poros.
On the fourth day, the group
will arrive in Tel Aviv to ex
plore the famous sites of the
Bible. Among those included
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THE REV. VINCENT ALAGIA and the Rev.
Frank Reese and friend.
ment. He will have been a
priest 25 years this June.
He joins Rev. Frank Reese,
pastor of the Church of the
Redeemer, and director of the
House of Prayer; Rev. An
drew Graves, Pastor
Emeritus, and Rev. Tom
Gaunt, coordinator of the
Peace and Justice Commis
sion of the Charlotte Diocese.
Betsy La Fleur, a Jesuit
volunteer is also associated
with the residency, managing
the order's hostel on the Ap- |
palachian Trail.
Calendar Of I
Church Events
The Manuel Brisco Mount Olive Choir from
Mars Hill will be at the Union Valley Mis
sionary Baptist Church in Revere March 13 at
morning worship service at 11 a.m. The Rev. I
Wayne Ammons invites everyone to attend.
The second Sunday night singing at Alex
ander Baptist Church will be held March 13 at 7
p.m. Groups from the church and special
singers are expected to sing. Everyone is in
vited.
The second Saturday night singing at
Walnut Freewill Baptist Church will be held
March 12 at 7:30. The Rev. Roy Waldroup in
vites everyone to attend.
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yourself. Self revelation Is good for us and once weYc seen those
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