L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt dies at 94
Mrs. Evelyn Hendon Hardin, age 96 of Rockmart, passed away Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.
Mrs. Hardin was born on Oct. 18, 1920 in Cleburne County, Ala., daughter of the late Barney Hendon and the late Ruby Gladys Freeman Hendon.
She was a graduate of the Rockmart High School Class of 1940 and was a member of the Piedmont Ave. Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hardin retired from both the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Dallas Paulding Wellstar Hospital as a CNA. She loved to plant flowers, read and sing gospel music.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert Hardin; two sons, Elbert David Hardin and Jerry Wayne Hardin; daughter, Margaret Hardin Cornwell; sister, Ruby Clyde Wright; three brothers, Henry Freeman Hendon, Jack Huckabee Hendon and Austin Hendon and a grandson, William Scott Cornwell.
Survivors included two sisters, Mary Helen Crane of Covington and Jessie Ellen Casey of Cartersville; five grandchildren, Elbert David Hardin, Jr. and his wife Robin, William Austin Hardin, Angela Lane Harris and her husband Chuck, Kevin Dwayne Cornwell and his wife Donna and Lori Michelle Cornwell Harris; ten great-grandchildren, numerous great-great-grandchildren and two special nieces, Patricia Dabbs and Jane Hardin Smith.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hardin were held on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, at 2 p. m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Davis officiating. Interment services followed in the family lot of the Bethlehem Cemetery.
The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Charles Dabbs, Chad Dabbs, Joey Williams, Will Lundy, Jim Nelson, Henry Smith, Jerry Lambert and Jim Hardin.
Please visit www.freemanharrisfunerals.com to extend your personal condolences to the family by signing the online guestbook.
Freeman Harris Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Hendon Hardin.
Mrs. Frances Adaline Bollen Fincher, age 93, of Cedartown, passed away peacefully at her residence on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017.
She was born in Polk County on April 14, 1924, a daughter of the late James Edgar Bollen and Pearlie Mae Sanders Bollen.
Mrs. Fincher had lived the greater part of her life in Polk County where she was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
She retired from the Arrow Shirt Company in Buchanan and later worked for Bojangles in Cedartown for nearly ten years. She also worked as a private sitter for several years. Mrs. Fincher enjoyed crocheting, crafts and working puzzle books.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, William E. (Red) Fincher, a son, Eddie Fincher and by two brothers: J.T. Bollen and Romas E. Bollen Sr.
Survivors include daughters: Sybil Ploof (Ralph), Bremen, De- nise Lemon (Jerry), Temple, Velvet Smith (Sam), Buchanan; sons: Edward Fincher (Judy), Buchanan, Jimmy Fincher, Cedartown and Randy Fincher, Cedartown; step daughters: Edna Morgan ( Bill), Thomasville and Carolyn Parsons, Florida; sisters: Melbaline Johnson, Rockmart and Edna McBrayer, Rockmart; 20 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, 11 great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 23, 2107 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Alvis Miller and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Roger Parris and Rev. Charles Dyer officiating.
Interment followed in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with a eulogy given by Kasi Pirkle and prayer by Ralph Ploof.
Pallbearers included Edward Fincher, Jimmy Fincher, Randy Fincher, Velvet Smith, Denise Lemon, Sybil Ploof, Matthew Smith and Buddy Fincher.
The Alvis Miller and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Frances Alaline Bollen Fincher.
Mrs. Wanda Potter Wheeler, age 66 of Aragon, passed away Thursday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2017.
Mrs. Wheeler was born May 11, 1951 in Chattanooga, Tenn., daughter of the late Eleber A. Potter and the late Imogene Sumner.
She was a graduate of t he Scottsboro High School Class of 1969 of Scottsboro, Ala., and a member of the Victory Baptist Church of Rockmart.
Mrs. Wheeler retired from Diamond Rug and Carpet in Aragon with 25 years of service.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her stepfather, Wallace Sumner.
Survivors included her husband of 48 years, Arnold Wheeler of Aragon to whom she was married Sept. 6, 1969; two sons and daughters- in- law, Jeremy and Destiny Wheeler and Justin and Jayme Wheeler all of Rockmart; step-mother, Catherine Adkins of Scottsboro, Ala.; three sisters, Pauline Shropshire of Portage, Indiana, Katrina Patty of Tupelo, Miss., and Pam Little of Scottsboro, Ala.; brother, James “Buddy” Potter of Birchwood, Tenn.; and five grandchildren, Noah Wheeler, Silas Wheeler, Corbin Wheeler, Jasper Wheeler and Suesanna Wheeler.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wheeler were held on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Rev. Barry Snapp officiating. A eulogy was given by Mr. Jeremy Wheeler.
Interment services followed in the family lot of the Aragon Cemetery.
The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Jeremy Wheeler, Justin Wheeler, Noah Wheeler, Mack Wheeler, Elliott Wilson, Shane McDonald, Chan Statham and Aaron Coalson.
Honorary pallbearers were: Silas Wheeler and Corbin Wheeler.
Please visit www.freemanharrisfunerals.com to extend your personal condolences to the family by signing the online guestbook.
Freeman Harris Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral service for Mrs. Wanda Potter Wheeler.
Mr. John David “Boober” Jolly, age 77 of Cedartown, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017.
He was born on April 24, 1940 in Cedartown, the son of the late Mr. Homer Jolly and Mrs. Jeanie Mae Smith Jolly.
Mr. Jolly is survived by his wife, Margaret Barbre Jolly; daughter and son-in-law, Sandi and Kenneth Shelley; son, Michael Wilson; sister, Jean Sharpe; grandchildren, John and Jenni Speight and Megan Morris Sharrow; great-grandson, Carter Sharrow and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Jolly is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Katheryn Kerr, Evelyn Meadows, Virginia Hilburn and Diane Morris and brothers, Raymond Jolly Harold Jolly, Bruce Jolly, Richard Jolly and Russell Jolly.
The arrangements for Mr. John David Jolly were conducted on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the Anna Kresge United Methodist Church with Rev. Ed Dickens officiating and Ms. Megan Morris Sharrow giving the eulogy.
Interment followed in the Northview Cemetery.
The family of Mr. Jolly received family and friends on Friday evening, Sept. 22, 2017, at the Gammage Funeral Home.
The family is accepting flowers; however, memorial donations can be made to Kresge UMC building fund, 15 Booger Hollow Road, Cedartown, Ga., 30125.
The following gentlemen served as pallbearers: John Speight, Carter Sharrow, Jeff Jolly, Alan Jolly, Barry Sharpe, Steve Wilson, Lee Jolly, Neal Jolly Jr. and Devin Lester. Honorary pallbearers were Ken Jolly and Neal Jolly Sr.
Messages of condolence can be made to the family by signing the online guestbook at gammagefh. com. The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements for Mr. John David “Boober” Jolly.
Mrs. Shirley A. Cummings, age 80 of Cedartown, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.
She was born on Jan. 24, 1938 in Cedartown, the daughter of the late James Thomas Culpepper and Alma Lula Boyles Culpepper.
Mrs. Cummings is survived by her daughter, Ann Cupp; grandson, Jason Deering (Ashleigh Harris); and great-grandson Blaze “Little One” Deering.
Mrs. Cummings is preceded in death by her husband Monte Cummings; her parents; and brother Bobby Culpepper.
The family of Mrs. Shirley A. Cummings received family and friends Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 19, 2017.
A funeral service followed at 6 p.m. from the chapel of the Gammage Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Vines officiating.
The family has respectfully requested that all floral donations be omitted. Messages of condolence can be made to the family by signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.
The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements for Mrs. Shirley A. Cummings.
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PARIS — Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oreal cosmetics heiress and the world’s richest woman, has died at her home in a chic Parisian suburb. She was 94.
Bettencourt’s daughter, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, said in a written statement Thursday that her mother “left peacefully” overnight in Neuilly-surSeine.
Liliane Bettencourt was the only child of Eugene Schueller, who founded L’Oreal in the early 20th century. Forbes magazine estimated her fortune to be worth $ 39.5 billion this year.
L’Oreal Chairman and CEO Jean-Paul Agon expressed “great admiration” for Bettencourt. Agon said she “always looked” after the company and its employees and “she has personally contributed greatly to its success for many years.”
Born in 1922 in Paris, she married French politician Andre Bettencourt at the age of 27. Her husband notably served as a minister at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. He died in 2007.
Liliane Bettencourt inherited the L’Oreal fortune upon the death of her father in 1957. When the company went public six years later, she continued to own a majority stake.
As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oreal generated sales amounting to 25.8 billion euros in 2016 and employs 89,300 people worldwide, according to the company.
Bettencourt’s name has been involved in a politico-financial scandal known in France as the “Bettencourt Affair”, which has wound its way through French courts and newspapers for years.
The case stemmed from a 2007 complaint filed by Bettencourt’s daughter accusing one of her mother’s closest friends, the photographer Francois-Marie Banier, of manipulating the elderly widow into giving him artwork and cash. In 2015, a French court handed Banier a threeyear prison sentence on charges of swindling millions of euros from Bettencourt by taking advantage of her weak mental state. The court acquitted a former ally of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in the case.
Sarkozy’s former campaign treasurer, Eric Woerth, was acquitted on charges of “abuse of weakness” and taking donations from Bettencourt during the 2007 presidential election campaign.