Mauldin, SC – Mrs. Arietta Estelle Carroll Kirkland Burk, 83, wife of the late Joseph Rochester Burk entered into rest Monday, October 5, 2009.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 2:00 P.M., from the Hephzibah Baptist Church with Reverend Billy Carroll officiating.  Interment will follow in Hephzibah-Vance Cemetery.

Mrs. Burk was born and raised in Hephzibah, GA to the late John David and and Janie Hurt Carroll and was a member of Hephzibah Baptist Church.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son, Clark C. Kirkland, and a granddaughter, Lisa Deanne Kirkland

Survivors include her children, Dean D. Kirkland (Gloria), Keith K. Kirkland , Roger E. Kirkland (Susan), Brenda Koon; sister, Margie Ridgley; brother, C. Q. Carroll; 15 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

If so desired memorials can be made to Hephzibah Baptist Church, 2527 GA HWY. 88 Hephzibah, GA  30815.

The family will receive friends on Friday, from 1:00 P.M. until the hour of service at the church.

Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill Rd, Augusta, GA, 30906

Augusta, GA – Myrtle Whitaker Delay, 93, of Sprucewood Drive, wife of the late W.C. Delay, entered into rest, Monday, October 5, 2009, at University Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 8, at 2:00 pm, from the chapel of Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, with the Reverends Fred Heard and Robert Riley officiating. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mrs. Delay retired as a schoolteacher after thirty-nine years. She was the oldest member of Mize Memorial United Methodist Church and was a member of the Walter Sunday School class. She was also a member of the Adult Choir, the United Methodist Women, and the Sunrisers.
She is survived by her nieces, Christine Malcom and her husband, Lloyd, Augusta, Joyce Cunningham, Augusta, Cynthia Byrnes and her husband, Reggie, Martinez, Betty Riley and her husband, Robert, Grovetown, Ann Daly and her husband, Earl, Alexandria, VA, and Jane Jackson, Gray, GA; her nephews and their wives, Eugene and Iris Whitaker, Hephzibah, Lewis and Sylvia Whitaker, Harlem, and Warren and Juanita Whitaker, Midland, AL.
Pallbearers will be Clarence Malcom, Mark Malcom, Jeff Malcom, Scott Malcom, Jeffrey Malcom, and Aaron Malcom.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Walters Sunday School class of Mize Memorial UMC.
The family will receive friends this Wednesday from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
If so desired memorial contributions may be made to Mize Memorial United Methodist Church, 302 Barrow Drive, Augusta, GA 30906.
Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill Rd, Augusta, GA, 30906.

Augusta, GA – Ray “Dan” Kent Daniels, 91, husband of Esther Arnett Daniels, entered into rest Monday, October 5, 2009, at the Golden Living Center.

Funeral services will be held at Sherwood Baptist Church, Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 11:00 A.M., with the Reverend Jim Johnson officiating. Mr. Daniels will lie in state at the church from 10:00 A.M. until the hour of the service. Interment will be at 2:00 P.M. in the Wrens City Cemetery.

Mr. Daniels was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Lizzie Faglier Daniels.

Other survivors include his children and their spouses, Charles E. and Elizabeth M. Daniels of Grovetown, Norma and James Grant of Kite, GA, Billy and Ramona Daniels of Bethlehem, GA and Sandra and John Finch of Evans; step-children and their spouses, Patricia and Edward Pace of Broadway, NC, Hazel and Butch McCarthy of Hephzibah, Tommy and Karen Arnett of Hephzibah, Linda and Harvey Anderson of North Augusta, SC, Brenda and Earl Herndon of Hephzibah; brother and his spouse, Jessie and Sarah Daniels of Danielsville, GA; sister, Magdalene Morris of Evans; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

If so desired memorial contributions may be made to Sherwood Baptist Church, 3131 Old Louisville Rd., Augusta, GA, 30906.

The family will receive friends this Tuesday from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill Rd, Augusta, GA, 30906.

Augusta, Ga.- Miss Sheral Ellen Bradford entered into rest Monday, October 5, 2009 at the Medical College of Georgia.

Funeral  services will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 11:00 A.M., in the chapel of Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors with Chaplain Kenneth Gross officiating.  Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Pallbearers will be members of the family.

Miss Bradford was a native of Augusta and was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph C. and E. Pearl Thompson Bradford and a brother, Richard Bradford.

She is survived by her nephews, neices and many cousins.

The family wishes to express their graditude for the years of care given to her at Gracewood.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 10:00 A.M.,  until the hour of service.

Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors 2502 Richmond Hill Road Augusta, Georgia 30906.

Augusta, GA – Miss Patricia Ann Horton, 64, of Greene Street  entered into rest, Saturday, October 3, 2009, at her residence.

Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 2:00 PM from the chapel of Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors with Joe Hester officiating.

Mrs. Horton was born in Johnson County, GA and had retired from EZ-GO Textron.

Survivors include her children, Ervin Ambrose Gay, Jr., of Augusta, Coleman Isaac Gay of Waynesboro, Margaret Ann Barker of Aiken, SC, Dana Lynn Shire of Wahaiwa, HI and Sheena Whitney Smith of Augusta; brothers, Jessie Ray Horton of Athens, GA and James “Buddy” Horton of Augusta; grandchildren, Ashley Eden McDaniel, Devon Renee Gay, Christian Blake Rossbach, Jason Andrew Shire, Coleman Alec Gay and Nicholas Ryan Barker; Great-Grandchild Adyson Grace McDaniel.

She was preceded in death by her  daughter, Renee Smith and her mother, Mary Margaret Brantley.

The family will receive friends following the service.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Ameican Cancer Society 2607 Commons Blvd., Augusta, GA 30909 .

Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill Rd, Augusta, GA, 30906.