Recent Obituaries

Dec 26, 2020

Mrs. Geneva Jane “Janie” Hixson Woods, age 90 of  Summerville, Georgia passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Woods was born in Hixson, Tennessee on January 15, 1930, daughter of the late George Edward Hixson and Belle Hardy Hixson.  She was a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church and was...

Dec 25, 2020

Mr. James Albert “Al” Sarver, age 78, of Trion, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Sarver was born in Roanoke, Virginia on September 16, 1942, son of the late Fred Sarver and Margie Brumfield Alley.  He was a member of the Old Way Baptist Church and was retired from the...

Dec 24, 2020

Mr. Gary Wayne “Julio” Uptain, age 56 of Trion, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness.

Julio was born in Rome, Georgia on August 9, 1964, son of the late Richard Uptain and Elizabeth Rutledge Uptain.  He was a member of the Berryton Bible Mission.  Julio was an avid music lover...

Dec 22, 2020

Mr. Larry David Holbrooks, Sr., age 74 of Trion, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga.

Mr. Holbrooks was born in Trion, Georgia on June 15, 1946, son of the late Robert LD Holbrooks and Nona Ray Holbrooks.  He was a member of the Trion First Baptist Church and was retired from...

Dec 18, 2020

Mr. Liborn Wesley Bramlett, age 77 of Summerville, passed away Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Bramlett was born in Summerville, Georgia on July 11, 1943, son of the late David Wesley Bramlett and Inez Brown Bramlett.  He a member of the Wayside Baptist Church and was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills. ...

Dec 14, 2020

Mr. Frank Olen Bowers, age 89 of Summerville, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. Bowers was born in Trion, Georgia on December 20, 1930, son of the late Henry Franklin Bowers and Laura Locklear Bowers Knox.  He was a member of the Pennville First Baptist Church and was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills...

Dec 13, 2020

Mr. Buddy Ray Evans, age 81 of the Spring Creek Community, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mr. Evans was born in Trion, Georgia on September 8, 1939, son of the late Abner Lee Evans and Ina Mae Dillard Evans.  He was a member of the Trion Presbyterian Church and...

Dec 11, 2020

Mr. Raymond Junior “J.R.” Kennett, age 69 of Summerville, Georgia passed away suddenly Friday, December 11, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Kennett was born in Wildwood, Georgia on September 22, 1951, son of the late Raymond Ellis Kennett and Elizabeth Evergreen Butler Kennett.  He was a member of the Harrell Street Church of God...

Dec 8, 2020

Mrs. Betty Ester Chastain Mitchell, age 84 of Mentone, Alabama, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at her residence.

Mrs. Mitchell was born in Floyd County, Georgia on March 31, 1936, daughter of the late Virgil Chastain and Agnes Ida Waits Chastain.  She was a member of the Summerville Pentecostal Worship Center and was formerly employed with...

Dec 6, 2020

Mr. Earl Lamar Bramlett, age 64 of Summerville, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the Floyd Medical Center.

Mr. Bramlett was born in Trion, Georgia on December 11, 1955, son of the late Earl B. Bramlett and Goree “Sis” Bullard Bramlett.  He was a member of the Summerville Pentecostal Worship Center and was Self Employed, selling...

Dec 2, 2020

Dr. Steven Henry Pickern, age 66 of Summerville, passed away suddenly Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Pickern was born in O’Fallon, Illinois on May 5, 1954, son of the late Henry Pickern and Edna Dallas Pickern.  He was a former High School Teacher and Coach, having coached several sporting categories.  He...

Nov 30, 2020

Mrs. Wanda Ann Greene, age 43 of Lafayette, Georgia passed away suddenly November 30, 2020.

Mrs. Greene was born in Lafayette, Georgia on February 8, 1977, daughter of Hazel Louise Sills McWhorter and the late Horace Junior McWhorter.  She loved to sing and had been employed with Home Nursing, Inc.  In addition to her father, Mrs. Greene...

Nov 24, 2020

Mrs. Mildred Louise Adams, age 86 of Trion, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Adams was born in Dawsonville, Georgia on April 11, 1934, daughter of the late Bill Bailey and Dora Louise Tate Bailey.  She was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church and was a homemaker.  In...

Nov 23, 2020

Mrs. Dorothelia Holcomb Scoggins, age 91 of the Subligna Community, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at Tranquility of Dalton following an extended illness.

Mrs. Scoggins was born in Summerville, Georgia on April 25, 1929, daughter of the late Zenas Holcomb and Ruby Mayoma Hawkins Holcomb.  She was a 1946 Graduate of the Gore High School, attended...

Nov 23, 2020

Mrs. Bonnie Sue Whitehead, age 65 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness.

Mrs. Whitehead was born in Statesville, North Carolina on August 9, 1955, daughter of the late Dwight H. Williams, Sr. and Mary Lois Folgam Williams.  She was a caregiver with The Coalition to salute America’s...

Nov 23, 2020

Mrs. Pamela Jane Love, age 63 of Summerville, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness.

Mrs. Love was born in Lima, Ohio on July 27, 1957, daughter of the late James “Shorty” Bailey and Evelyn Dover Bailey.  She was a member of the Berryton Church of God and was retired Image...

Nov 21, 2020

Mr. Thomas Leon Stephenson, age 70 of Summerville, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the residence of his sister in Fort Payne, Alabama.

Mr. Stephenson was born in Whitwell, Tennessee on November 25, 1949, son of the late Mack Stephenson and Peggy Perry Stephenson.  He was retired from Mohawk Industries and was of the Baptist Faith. ...

Nov 20, 2020

Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

Nov 19, 2020

Mr. Henry Allen Hughes, age 81 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mr. Hughes was born in Ft. Payne, Alabama on May 9, 1939, son of the late Ottis Vinson Hughes and Bobbie Lee Traffenstedt Hughes.  He was a member of the Ridgeway Baptist Church and was...

Nov 1, 2020

Mrs. Mary Ellen Hege, age 78 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020 at the Floyd Medical Center.

Mrs. Hege was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on February 27, 1942, daughter of the late Curtis George Brannock and Margie Lorene Brannock.  Loving wife, mother and grandmother, she was a member of the Fisher’s Chapel United...