Recent Obituaries

May 14, 2021

Mr. Jerry Don Bridges, age 84 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 at his residence.

Mr. Bridges was born in Summerville, Georgia on November 16, 1936, son of the late Joe Henry Bridges and Ada Mae Rosser Bridges.  He was a loving husband and father.  Mr.Bridges loved to garden, play golf and go to...

May 13, 2021

Miss Jean Marie Floyd, age 60 of Metter, Georgia passed away Thursday, May 13, 2021 at the East Georgia Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.

Miss Floyd was born in Dearborn, Michigan on November 6, 1960, daughter of the late Harold Hankey and Betty Sue Floyd.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

May 8, 2021

Mrs. Kay Hamby, age 61 of the Mountain View Community, Trion, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2021 at the Floyd Medical Center.

Mrs. Hamby was born in Summerville, Georgia on November 2, 1959, daughter of the late Raymond Phillips and Ethel Mae Murdock Grant.  She loved animals and going to yard sales and flea markets, but her...

May 5, 2021

Mr. Roy Eugene Finster, age 80 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Finster was born in Summerville, Georgia on March 27, 1941, son of the late Rev. Howard Finster and Pauline Freeman Finster.  He was a member of the Silver Hill Baptist Church and like his father, was...

Apr 30, 2021

Mrs. Frances Clementine “Clem” Grimes Hayes, age 93, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday morning, April 30, 2021.

Clem was born in Trion, Georgia on September 17, 1927, to Rufus and Ida Grimes.  She was the last surviving child of sixteen children.  She was preceded in death by parents and the...

Apr 29, 2021

Mrs. Nancy P. Watkins, age 78 of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, formerly of Trion, gained her Heavenly wings and now is in the presence of the Lord.  Nancy passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family.

Mrs. Watkins was born in Summerville, Georgia on July 22, 1942, daughter of the late Joseph Wesley White and Annie Lee Byars White. ...

Apr 29, 2021

Mrs. Muriel Ann Sweatman, age 80 of Trion, Georgia passed away Thursday, April 29, 2021 at her residence.

Mrs. Sweatman was born in Long Island, New York on August 11, 1940, daughter of the late Vernon Toland and Alberta Clark Toland.  She was long time member of the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church and was retired from the...

Apr 28, 2021

Mrs. Vivian Faye Shireman, age 78 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Shireman was born in Summerville, Georgia on September 12, 1942, daughter of the late Howard Leath and May Owen Leath.  She was a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church and was retired from the Finishing...

Apr 23, 2021

Mr. Ovie Eugene “Gene” Boutwell, age 76 of Summerville, Georgia, formerly of Tallapoosa, passed away Friday, April 23, 2021 at the UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

Mr. Boutwell was born in Laurel Hill, Florida on November 13, 1944, son of the late Ovie Boutwell and Velma Rosalyn Ekstrom Boutwell.  He enjoyed drinking coffee, cracking jokes, playing...

Apr 14, 2021

Mrs. Kathy Sweet Ingle, age 58 of Trion, Georgia passed away Wednesday,  April 14, 2021 at the Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, Georgia following a brief illness.

Kathy was born in Summerville, Georgia on January 20, 1963, daughter of Georgia Ann Brown Sweet and the late Charles Jefferson Sweet.  She was a member of the Berryton Church...

Apr 6, 2021

Mrs. Eula Lou Story, age 87 of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at the Floyd Medical Center.

Mrs. Story was born in Trion, Georgia on September 9, 1933, daughter of the late Terry Ray Greene and Gwen Crider Greene.  She was a member of the Trion Heights Baptist Church, where she was very active...

Apr 4, 2021

Mr. Alfred Hugh Don Hughes, age 79 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 at his residence.

Mr. Hughes was born in Summerville, Georgia on March 1, 1942, son of the late A.L. Hughes and Dorothy Alred Hughes.  He was retired in 2010 from the Chattooga County Public Works, but had been employed as a...

Apr 4, 2021

Mrs. Gladys Mabel Anderson, age 72 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Anderson was born in Walker County, Georgia on September 12, 1948, daughter of the late Clifford and Gladys Johnson.  She was a homemaker.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Anderson was preceded in death...

Apr 3, 2021

Mrs. Alma L. Betty Palmour, age 95 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Saturday, April 3, 2021 at her residence.

Mrs. Palmour was born in Trion, Georgia on June 6, 1925, daughter of the late Henry Little and Julie McWhorter Little. She was a member of the Pennville Church of Christ, where she was active in many areas,...

Apr 2, 2021

Mrs. Connie Faye Collette, age 69 of Trion, Georgia passed away Friday, April 2, 2021 at her residence.

Mrs. Collette was born in Rome, Georgia on June 23, 1951.  She has been employed with the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as the activities director, and has also worked at Northwest Georgia Technical College and the Floyd...

Mar 15, 2021

Mrs. Linda Faye Abernathy, age 77 of Dalton, passed away Monday, March 15, 2021 at her residence.

Mrs. Abernathy was born in Dalton, Georgia on October 28, 1943, daughter of the late Pete and Avaleen Brock Glass.  She was a long time employee of the CREMO Drive-In in Dalton.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Abernathy was...

Mar 11, 2021

Mrs. Peggy Dawn Helms, age 77 of the Ridgeway Community, Trion, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021 at her residence following a brief illness.

Mrs. Helms was born in Summerville, Georgia on November 16, 1943, daughter of the late Ira Mastin Henderson, II and Lena Ruth Franklin Henderson.  She was a member of the Trion Heights Baptist...

Mar 9, 2021

A’Dale Lynn Hunter Jarrell was born on April 30, 1957, in Trion, Georgia to Mr. Wilburn Hayward Hunter Sr. and Mrs. Betty Ruth Hartline Hunter. A’Dale attended Trion High School, and shortly thereafter attended Floyd Junior College. She continued her education at Berry College, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology in June of 1987. She married...

Feb 28, 2021

Mrs. Nannie Genell Caceres, age 70 of Summerville, formerly of Lafayette, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2021 at her residence.

Mrs. Caceres was born in Lafayette, Georgia on October 23, 1950, daughter of the late Daniel Collins and Annie Collins.  She was an accomplished florist for over 20 years having worked at the Thomas Florist in Lafayette,...

Feb 26, 2021

Rev. Timothy Ray Whitfield, age 61, of Lafayette, Georgia, passed away suddenly February 26, 2021 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Tim was born in Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia on December 30, 1959, son of the late Roy Boy Whitfield and Willie Pearl Davis Whitfield.  He was a member of the Dry Valley Baptist Church, where he was active in the...