Essie (Dolby) Armstrong Gove
19 September 1918 - 27 Mar 2001
Daughter of Wm C. & Nora J. (Holland) Dolby
Wife of Ezra Armstrong & Philip Gove
Died in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co GA

Mrs. Essie Mae Gove, 82, of 20 Lancelot, Dahlonega, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at the Gold City Community Living Center in Dahlonega following an extended illness.

A Stillwell, Oklahoma native and former resident of Brandon (error - should be Riverview), Florida, Mrs. Gove had lived in Lumpkin County for the past 15 years. She was the daughter of the late William C. and Nora Holland Dolby. At the age of 2 years, Essie was orphaned and was raised by her aunt, Florence Holland Van Matre Gibbs in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Mrs. Gove was a member of the Dahlonega Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Ann Montgomery, and a son, Donald Ray Armstrong.

Survivors include husband Mr. Philip Gove, Dahlonega; daughter Christine Armstrong Walters, Rock Falls, Illinois; son Larry Armstrong, Anamosa, Iowa; stepdaughter Bonnie Lee Mae, Lakeland, Fla.; stepson John W. Gove, Lakeland, Fla.; 21 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

At her request, Mrs. Gove was cremated and a Memorial Service is scheduled for 3 p.m., Friday, March 30, 2001, from the Dahlonega Baptist Church. The Rev. William D. Hutcheson, and the Rev. Robert D. Green will officiate.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday evening. The family requests that flowers be omitted and anyone that would like to make a contribution that they make it to the Dahlonega Baptist Church, Building Fund, 199 Choice Ave., Dahlonega, Georgia 30533.

"Gone is the pain, the suffering and shame, lifted by many a prayer, and by the tune an Angel sings, Gone as fast as she came -- to be a memory never to be lost. Touched by one, loved by many, Mother of all."

McKinney Funeral Home, Dahlonega.

Shirley (Armstrong) Montgomery
21 July 1938 - 03 Mar 1984
Son of Ezra & Essie
Wife of Edgar Brooks, Thomas Eddy, Wayne Montgomery

Services for Mrs. Shirley Armstrong Montgomery, 45, of Glendale, CA., formerly of East Moline (IL), who died Saturday in California, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Sullivan-Ester Dahl Mortuary, East Moline. The Rev. Michael Marshall, paster of Bethel Baptist Church in Milwaukee, Wis., her nephew, will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memorial Estates.

Visitation is from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Shirley Armstrong was a native of Messler, Mo. She had been a theater operator for the past seven years, retiring in 1978.

Surviving are a son, Scott Eddy, and a daughter, Sandra Eddy; her mother, Mrs. Essie May Gove, Florida; her stepparents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Kruze, East Moline; two grandchildren; a sister, Christine Anderson, Chicago; two brothers, Donald Armstrong, Chicago and Larry Armstrong, East Moline, and a stepbrother, Harold Clark, East Moline.

Donald Ray Armstrong
11 October 1941 - 23 July 1985
Son of Ezra & Essie
Husband of Elizabeth Kohnke/Anne Northrup/Cleo Wooten

Donald Ray Armstrong,43, Clarkesville (Habersham Co., GA), died Tuesday Jul 23 1985. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Gove, Cornelia; one brother, Larry Armstrong, Davenport; one sister, Christine Anderson, Wheeling, Ill.; four sons, William Armstrong, Fort Sill, Okla.; Edward, Brian and Donald Ray Armstrong, all of Tampa, Fla,; three daughters, Mrs. Victoria Barr, Theresa and Jennifer Armstrong, all of Tampa, Fla.; Miss Cleo Wooten, Clarkesville.

Funeral at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Church and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles Cantrell will officiate. Burial will be in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Church and Sons Funeral Home of Clarkesville is in charge

The music is "Peace In The Valley" sequenced by Don Carroll