Sunday, November 30, 2014

Eddie Waldrep, 75, of Gainesville, GA, Obituary

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Edgar Eugene “Eddie” Waldrep, 75 of Gainesville, Ga., passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014.
Born in New Holland, Ga., on August 18, 1939, he was the son of the late Manley David Waldrep and the late Clara Mae Waldrep Cantrell. He was also preceded in death by special aunt and uncle LC and Elsie Voyles and aunt Hattie Perry.
Mr. Waldrep was a 1958 graduate of East Hall High School. After high school, he attended Truett McConnell College and then Piedmont College where he graduated with a degree in education and was on the basketball teams at both schools.  His first teaching and coaching positions were with the Lumpkin County School System.  After two years in Lumpkin County, Eddie returned to his alma mater where over the next 11 years he was a teacher, coach and administrator. During his years at East Hall he compiled an impressive winning record coaching the girls and boys basketball teams. On completion of a masters and specialist degree from The University of Georgia, Waldrep took a principal’s position at Lula Elementary.  His final 16 years in education were with the Buford City School System where he served as Elementary School Principal, High School Principal and finally in various positions in the central office.
Eddie was a member of New Holland Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, having being ordained as a deacon at Riverbend Baptist Church. His greatest loves were his church and spending time with family.  Eddie and Sue were looking forward to celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on January 27th, 2016. His proudest moments were becoming a husband to Sue, daddy to Jill and “Pa” to Jace.
Mr. Waldrep is survived by his wife, Sue Wilson Waldrep of Gainesville, his daughter and son-in-law Jill and Neil Armstrong of Blue Ridge, and granddaughter Neilie Jace Armstrong also of Blue Ridge. Brother and sister-in-law Jimmy and Geneva Waldrep, sisters and brother-in-law Geraldine Roper, Sandra and Stanley Roberts, Donna and Bart Noll, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Gary and Vannessa Wilson and Curtis and Betty Carroll Hubbard, as well as many nieces and nephews, also, special friends Jackie and Mary Alice Segars.
The family has requested in lieu of flowers donations be made to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Office of Gift Records, Emory University, 1762 Clifton Road NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30322 or New Holland Baptist Church, Gainesville Ga.
Memorial service will be held at New Holland Baptist Church, Saturday, November 29th at 11:00 am.  Dr. Terry Crawford and Rev. Doug Godby will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church sanctuary.
             Online condolences may be made at wardsfh.com Ward's Funeral Home 758 Main Street S.W. Gainesville in charge of arrangements.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Charlotte Hyde passes away at 100 years old

Charlotte Hyde passed away early in the morning of November 8th, 2014, at age 100.  The funeral will be Monday at 2:00 pm and visitation will be at 1:00 pm. Charlotte died at the Lila Doyle Assisted Living in Seneca, SC.  The funeral will be at the Davanport Funeral Home in West Union, SC.

Anyone in the family who wishes to eat lunch with us at 11:00 am on Monday, please let me know by  no later than 8:00 pm on Sunday night.  The College Street Baptist Church, 407 South College Street, Walhalla, SC 29691, Office (864) 638-2986, of which she has been a member since 1934, is anxious to do this, so I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is coming and wishes to have lunch with us.

For additional information please contact Lawrence Hyde via his cell phone is (678) 986 4742.

Charlotte is the daughter of Annie Waldrep, granddaughter of James Lafayette Waldrep. Her only living brother is Lawrence Hyde.




Sunday, July 27, 2014

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Obituary - Lloyd A. Waldrep

Waldrep, Lloyd A. age 86, of Minnetonka, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2014, and is preceded in death by his parents, one sister, and three brothers. Lloyd was strong in his Christian faith and loved the Lord. A native Texan, he was a WWII Navy veteran (Seaman, Commissaryman Striker) and later worked for the Federal Aviation Administration and owned his own TV/sound system repair and installation business. He is survived by wife Janet, sons Mark and Darren (Laura), grandson Aaron, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral service at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wayzata on Tuesday, April 29 at 11:00 am with lunch afterwards, followed by military honors burial at Fort Snelling. Visitation one hour prior to the service at church. Memorials preferred to Redeemer Lutheran Church, 115 Wayzata Blvd. W., Wayzata, MN 55391. Lloyd had been an avid researcher on the family history of the Waldrep Family.

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Monday, June 9, 2014

Obituary - Warren Hamilton Waldrep


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Friday, May 9, 2014

Charlotte Mae Hyde turns 100

In the late afternoon of  May 22, 1914, Annie Hyde went out to milk the cow.  As she headed for the cow, she began having stomach pains.  She turns and says to no one in particular," go get Dr. Welchel, I think the time has come."  She goes on to milk the cow as Dr. Welchel comes into the yard.  Annie tells him to smoke his pipe while she milked the cow.  When she was through, she turns to Dr. Welchel and says, "OK, I am ready. Lets get it over with."  A short time later, Charlotte Mae Hyde was delivered into this world.  She was the second of eight children to be born to Annie Odessa WALDREP Hyde.  She is presently the oldest living descendant of James Lafayette WALDREP. This took place on Tower Street, New Holland, Georgia.


     If you wish to send a birthday card to her, the address is as follows:

     Charlotte Hyde
     Room 212A
     Lila Doyle
     110 Lila Doyle Drive
     Seneca, SC 29672

     When you sign your name, please identify the original family member of which you are a part .

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Obituary for Ernest Felton Waldrep

Ernest Felton Waldrep, age 87, of Marietta, died July 7, 2013. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on July 10th, at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta, with Rev. Chuck Whitaker officiating. Survivors include his wife, Betty; daughter, Pam Waldrep Stephens and her husband, Jim, of Woodstock; son, Steve and his wife, Barbara of Marietta; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two nephews. Mr. Waldrep was a WWII Veteran in the Army’s 82nd Airborne. He fought in the Battle of Normandy on D-Day; in France and Germany; and, lived in Austria for a short time after the war. He retired from AT&T after 34 years. He was an outdoorsman and sports enthusiast, and enjoyed spending time with grandkids and great-grandkids. Contributions can be made to New Providence Baptist Church, 3740 Providence Road, Marietta 30062. Family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. www.mayeswarddobbins.com

Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal - WALDREP Ernest Felton 




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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Obituary for Betty Wilson Allen

From Cousin Gary Waldrep on the passing of Betty Wilson Allen:                 

For those originally from Hall County, or lived and paid taxes in Gainesville, or are familiar with the Family history of the Wilson side, Grandma Beulah Wilson Waldrep's family, we have lost a cousin, Betty Wilson Allen, today, 18 February 2014, at age 79.  She marked and celebrated her 79th Birthday just this past January,19th. 

Betty had been battling heart problems for a few years, and was released from the hospital just before her birthday in January after having some complications around the end of last year. 

Anybody who ever paid taxes in Gainesville probably would have seen Betty's name on the City Tax letters or statements since she was the City Tax Clerk from 1962 until 1992.  And, if anybody ever wanted to get something done that they didn't think was getting done from paying their taxes, then, Betty was THE ONE to talk to!!!  It would be hard to say that Betty was an intimidating person, but she COULD MAKE things happen!!! 

She was also known because her late father, Calvin "Cal" Wilson, was the Hall County Sheriff for a long time in the 1950s.  Working for Cal at the Sheriff's office got her involved in Civil Service work, into which she moved, to continue at the City of Gainesville Tax office. 



Funeral Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday February 20, 2014 in the Ward's Funeral Home Chapel for Betty W. Allen age 79 of Gainesville. The Rev. Terry Crawford will officiate. Interment will follow in Alta Vista Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Allen passed away Tuesday February 18, 2014.
Mrs. Allen was born in Hall County to the late Calvin William “Cal” Wilson (Former Hall County Sheriff 1950-1960) and Ila Mae Ivey Wilson. She was the youngest of her parents four children and a member of New Holland Baptist Church. A lifelong resident of Gainesville and Hall County, she graduated from Airline High School in 1953. While in high school, Betty was a cheerleader and she also helped her father, Sheriff Cal Wilson in his office.
Her first job after graduating high school was with a local attorney and then with the Hall County Board of Education. On January 1, 1957, Betty became her father's full time secretary in the Hall County Sheriff's Office during his tenure in office. Betty was well versed in the activities in the Sheriff's Office as the Sheriff's personal secretary and assumed many of the duties while her father and his deputies were out in the county. As secretary, one of her duties was tag sales, and she had the honor of getting the first tag sold making her tag number 11-1, based on Hall County being number 11 at the time according to the population.
After the civil service test, Betty was hired on January 1, 1962 as a tax clerk for the city of Gainesville. At the time she was the youngest employee in the office. Betty retired in 1992 having worked the same job as tax clerk. On her retirement, Betty said, “the biggest regret in retiring from the city was missing the people.” Betty enjoyed people and history, and she played a big role in the history of Gainesville and Hall County during her life.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Allen, Brothers, J.T. Wilson, Clarence “Bo Bo” Wilson and Sister, Sacele Helen Wilson Guthrie.
Survivors include nephew and niece Calvin and Teri Wilson, great-niece and nephew Lindsay and Bo Brison, nephew, Donald Guthrie, niece and nephew, Phyllis and George Zulouga, nephew and niece, Steven and Elaine Wilson, niece and nephew, Vickie and Paul Stover, nephew and niece, Tim and Lisa Allen, niece, Lynn Redmon, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Denver and Florene Allen, sisters-in-law, Estelle Allen, Coralee Wilson, cousins, Marilyn Moore, Gale Moore, Arlin Pitts, and a special friend, Bill Stephens.
Special thanks to Mrs. Allen's caregivers Susan Sutton, Kathy Cash, Anna Kinsey-Dean, Amy Cash, and Susie Dale.
Condolences may be made online at wardsfh.com Ward's Funeral Home 758 Main Street S.W. Gainesville in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Allen was born in Hall County to the late Calvin William “Cal” Wilson (Former Hall County Sheriff 1950-1960) and Ila Mae Ivey Wilson. She was the youngest of her parents four children and a member of New Holland Baptist Church. A lifelong resident of Gainesville and Hall County, she graduated from Airline High School in 1953. While in high school, Betty was a cheerleader and she also helped her father, Sheriff Cal Wilson in his office.

Her first job after graduating high school was with a local attorney and then with the Hall County Board of Education. On January 1, 1957, Betty became her father's full time secretary in the Hall County Sheriff's Office during his tenure in office. Betty was well versed in the activities in the Sheriff's Office as the Sheriff's personal secretary and assumed many of the duties while her father and his deputies were out in the county. As secretary, one of her duties was tag sales, and she had the honor of getting the first tag sold making her tag number 11-1, based on Hall County being number 11 at the time according to the population.

After the civil service test, Betty was hired on January 1, 1962 as a tax clerk for the city of Gainesville. At the time she was the youngest employee in the office. Betty retired in 1992 having worked the same job as tax clerk. On her retirement, Betty said, “the biggest regret in retiring from the city was missing the people.” Betty enjoyed people and history, and she played a big role in the history of Gainesville and Hall County during her life.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Allen, Brothers, J.T. Wilson, Clarence “Bo Bo” Wilson and Sister, Sacele Helen Wilson Guthrie.
Survivors include nephew and niece Calvin and Teri Wilson, great-niece and nephew Lindsay and Bo Brison, nephew, Donald Guthrie, niece and nephew, Phyllis and George Zulouga, nephew and niece, Steven and Elaine Wilson, niece and nephew, Vickie and Paul Stover, nephew and niece, Tim and Lisa Allen, niece, Lynn Redmon, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Denver and Florene Allen, sisters-in-law, Estelle Allen, Coralee Wilson, cousins, Marilyn Moore, Gale Moore, Arlin Pitts, and a special friend, Bill Stephens.

Special thanks to Mrs. Allen's caregivers Susan Sutton, Kathy Cash, Anna Kinsey-Dean, Amy Cash, and Susie Dale.

Condolences may be made online at wardsfh.com Ward's Funeral Home 758 Main Street S.W. Gainesville in charge of arrangements.