Recent Obituaries

Oct 9, 2020

Mrs. Delores Turpin, age 90, of Summerville, Georgia passed away at the residence of her daughter on October 9, 2020.

Mrs. Turpin was born in Providence, FL on March 27, 1930 daughter of Robert Fulton Harden and Winnie Maude Rogers Harden. She was a member of the Providence Baptist Church, Providence, Fl. She was a homemaker, also...

Sep 30, 2020

Mrs. Jeanette Penrod, age 75 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.

Mrs. Penrod was born in Trion, Georgia on May 11, 1945, daughter of the late Jim Sharp and Ollie Aaron Sharp.  She was a member of the Harrell Street Church of God and...

Sep 22, 2020

Mr. William Randall “Randy” Finster, age 54 of Summerville, Georgia passed away suddenly Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Finster was born in Rome, Georgia on July 17, 1966 son of Roy Eugene Finster and the late Gloria Jean Farmer Pickle.  He was a member of the Berryton Baptist Church and prior...

Sep 17, 2020

Mrs. Bonnie Louise Russell, age 84 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Russell was born in Trion, Georgia on February 24, 1936, daughter of the late James Robert Hensley and Cora Carolina Corbin Hensley.  She was a member of the Central Avenue Baptist Church, where she taught...

Sep 15, 2020

Mr. Curtis L. Wooten, age 72 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Curtis was born on March 23, 1948, son of the late Wallace Wooten and Othel Marshal Wooten.  He was a member of the West Summerville Baptist Church.  In addition to his parents, Curtis was preceded in...

Sep 15, 2020

Mrs. Betty Joe Edge Summerlin, age 95 of Lafayette, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Summerlin was born Lafayette, Georgia on August 20, 1925, daughter of the late John Edge and Myrtis Abney Edge.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lafayette and had...

Sep 10, 2020

Mrs. Mary Ruth Kirk Tucker Lawson, age 82 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, September 10, 2020 at her residence.

Mrs. Lawson was born in DeKalb County, Alabama on September 10, 1938, daughter of the late J.D. Kirk and Callie Mae Troxtel Cagle.  She was a member of the Horizon Baptist Fellowship.  Mrs. Lawson was the first...

Sep 9, 2020

Mrs. Donna Jean Dorsey, age 71 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at her residence.

Mrs. Dorsey was born in Trion, GA on September 9, 1949, daughter of the late Doyle Towe and Marzell Headrick Towe.  She was of the Baptist Faith.

Mrs. Dorsey is survived by two daughters, Kelly McCrickard and...

Sep 9, 2020

Wyndoleen Housch, 84 of Pennville, GA passed away September 9, 2020. Mrs. Housch was born November 30, 1935 in Henagar, AL, to Roy Keith and Ruth Smith Keith. Wyndoleen lived most of her life in the Pennville community.

Wyndoleen is predeceased by her parents, Roy and Ruth Keith; her husband, Billy J. Housch; her son-in-law, Jimmy Mallicoat;...

Sep 6, 2020

Little Miss Patricia Renae Collins Richardson, 4 month old daughter of Sharon Renae Collins and Mark Anthony Richardson, passed away suddenly Sunday, September 6, 2020 at her residence.

Little Patricia was born in Rome, Georgia on April 12, 2020.  She was preceded in death by a grandmother, Patricia “Pat” Collins-Smith; grandfathers, Wayne Smith, Wayne Harold Richardson and...

Sep 6, 2020

Mrs. Peggy Ann York Westbrook, age 74 of Cloudland, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 at her residence.

Mrs. Westbrook was born in Dalton, Georgia on April 3, 1946, daughter of the late Sam Huron York and Minnie Bell Biles York.  She was a member of the Trion United Methodist Church, where she was the church...

Aug 29, 2020

Mrs. Mary Ann Cochran Whittle, age 71 of Lyerly, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness.

Mrs. Whittle was born in Trion, Georgia on October 5, 1948, daughter of Mary M. Sims Crane and the late William Howard Cochran.  She was a member of the Life Purpose Worship Center and was...

Aug 26, 2020

Mr. Gerald Lloyd Carroll, age 79 of Talking Rock, Georgia formerly of Rome, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. Carroll was born in Rome, Georgia on July 23, 1941, son of the late Hoyt W. Carroll and Bernice McIntyre Carroll.  He was veteran of the United States Navy, was retired from Lockheed Martin...

Aug 25, 2020

Mr. Nathan Jules “Cajun” Serpas, age 75 of Lafayette, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. Serpas was born in Violet, Louisiana on November 10, 1944, son of the late Curtis Raphael Serpas and Sarha Samantha Nelson Serpas.  He was a Veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Vietnam War, was...

Aug 11, 2020

Mr. Michael Anthony “Mike” England, age 62 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. England was born in Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia on March 27, 1958, son of the late William Faye England and Peggy Ann Huggins England.  He was a retired tree cutter and was of the Baptist Faith.  Mike loved...

Aug 10, 2020

Mr. Terry James “T.J.” Johnson, age 33 of Summerville, Georgia passed away August 10, 2020 in Reidsville, Georgia.

TJ was born in Rome, Georgia on August 26, 1987, son of Lisa Blanks Hampton.  He was a member of the Berryton Baptist Church and was self employed as an automobile detailer.  He loved being around kids and absolutely...

Aug 8, 2020

Mr. Ronnie “Buck” Williamson, age 65 of Trion, Georgia passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 at the Floyd Medical Center.

Mr. Williamson was born in Summerville, Georgia on September 25, 1954, son of the late William Curtis Williamson and Bettie J. Faulkner Williamson.  He was a retired carpenter and was of the Christian Faith.  In addition to...

Aug 2, 2020

Mr. Donald Ennis “Cookie” Cook, Jr. age 49 of Trion, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020 at the Floyd Medical Center.

Donald was born in Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia on November 30, 1970, son of the late Donald Ennis Cook, Sr. and Josephine Yvonne Arnold Cook.  He was a member of the 1988 Graduating Class of Chattooga High...

Aug 1, 2020

Mr. Charles David Shadrick, age 65 of Trion, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mr. Shadrick was born in Lafayette, Georgia on February 23, 1955, son of the late Charles William Shadrick and Virginia Forrest Shadrick.  He was a member of the Pennville Church of Christ and had been employed...

Jul 29, 2020

Mr. Dustin Lee Starkey, age 41 of Trion passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in Reidsville, Georgia.

Dustin was born in Rome, Georgia on January 15, 1979, son of Beverly Westbrooks Parris and the late Roy Lee Starkey.  He was a member of the Trion First Baptist Church, a member of the 1997 graduating class of...