Recent Obituaries

Jul 19, 2018

Mrs. Shirley Yvonne Peace, age 80, of Trion, Georgia passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 at her residence. Mrs. Peace was born in Chattooga County, GA on December 14, 1937, daughter of the late Jay T. Anderson, Sr. and Dora May Bryan Anderson. She was a member of the Trion United Methodist Church and prior to retirement, was employed...

Jul 18, 2018

Mrs. Brenda Gail Hawkins Wilson, age 65 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at the Floyd Medical Center. Mrs. Wilson was born in Trion, Georgia on September 2, 1952, daughter of the late Albert “Tub” Dover and Lucille Green Dover. She was a member of the Ridgedale Church of God and was retired from the weave room...

Jul 12, 2018

Mrs. Mary Helen Maxwell, age 87 of Trion, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Rossville, Georgia. Mrs. Maxwell was born in DeKalb County, Alabama on April 6, 1931, daughter of the late Fred Doster McKeehan and Ora Alsie Shaver McKeehan. She was a member of the Pennville First Baptist Church and was retired from Mohawk Industries. She was...

Jul 6, 2018

Baby Memphis Stone Vernon, 18 day old infant of Mrs. Michelle Lynn Vernon, passed away Friday, July 6, 2018 at the Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Memphis was born at Northside Hospital on June 18, 2018, and was preceded in death by grandparents, Vester Lee and Flora Gartrelle Burrage, Marie Burrage Williams and great grandparents, Hershey and Doc Williams. Memphis...

Jul 2, 2018

Mrs. Melissa Allison “Missy” Martin Jones, age 39, of Summerville, passed away Monday, July 2, 2018 in a Gainesville, GA hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Jones was born in Decatur, Georgia on October 5, 1978, daughter of Robbie Martin and Elizabeth Parrish. She had worked in the textile industry and was also employed as a server with Waffle...

Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Kenneth Lee Kinsey, age 73 of the Spring Creek Community, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018 following an extended illness.

Mr. Kinsey was born in Chattooga County on May 15, 1945, son of the late Gordon “Runt” Kinsey and Jessie Peppers Kinsey. He was a member of the East Trion Church of God, and prior to...

Jun 12, 2018

Mr. Ronald Wayne Burke, age 61 of Summerville, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Burke was born in Salinas, Kansas in August 12, 1956, son Charles Wayne Burke and the late Shirley Christine Woods Burke. He was of the Baptist Faith and prior to retirement was a supervisor with Mohawk Industries. He was very creative...

Jun 11, 2018

Mrs. James Austin Hall, age 77 of Trion, Georgia passed away Monday, June 11, 2018 at the Shepherd Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Hall was born in Trion, Georgia on April 20, 1941, son of the late Noah B. Hall and Audrey E. Jenkins. He was a member of the Ridgeway Baptist Church and was retired from the...

Jun 6, 2018

Mr. Billy Don Trammell, age 55 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Mr. Trammell was born in Summerville, Georgia on August 30, 1962, son of the late Billy Hoyt Trammell and RosaNell McGraw Trammell. He was employed with Black & Meek Milling Company. Mr. Trammell is survived by his daughters, Abagail Middleton, Jessica Sauls, Brittany Crabtree; sons,...

May 30, 2018

Mr. Robert E. “Mr. Bob” Stowe, age 86 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2019 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Stowe, known to children as “Paw Paw Bob”, and to adults as “Mr. Bob” was born in Trion, Georgia on November 29, 1931, son of the late Thomas Franklin Stowe and Mary B. Thomas Stowe....

May 28, 2018

Mr. George Earl Clark, age 55 of Summerville, passed away Monday, May 28, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Clark was born in Hytop, Alabama on May 16, 1963, son of the late John Thomas Clark and Dora Pearl Hill Clark. He had been employed with Mt. Vernon Mills and was of the Church of Christ Faith. In addition to...

May 22, 2018

Mrs. Elsie W. Cooper, age 96 of Trion, Georgia passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Cooper was born in Dekalb County, Alabama on December 17, 1921, daughter of the late Grover C. Wright and Minnie Clark Wright. She was a member of the Lookout Hall Church of Christ and was a...

May 16, 2018

Mrs. Bobbie Ann Bryson, age 77 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2018 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bryson was born in Whitfield County, Georgia on July 1, 1940, daughter of the late J.T. Walston and Lillian Baggett Walston. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to her parents, Mrs....

May 14, 2018

Mrs. Freda Lynn Crabtree Gilley, age 64 of Summerville, passed away Monday, May 14, 2018 at the Residence of her daughter in Rocky Face following an extended illness. Mrs. Gilley was born in King’s Mountain, NC on September 5, 1953, daughter of the late Winford K. Martenn and Edna Ruth Black Martenn Thompson. She had a green thumb, loved...

May 11, 2018

Mrs. Mildred Beatrice Seymore, age 94 of Lyerly, passed away Friday, May 11, 2018 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Seymore was born in Lyerly, Georgia on December 20, 1923, daughter of the late Alex L. Reynolds and Mary Bachhafer Reynolds. She was a member of the South Summerville Baptist Church and prior to retirement, was self...

May 7, 2018

Thomas Isaiah Smith, age 17 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 at the T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital at Erlanger following an extended illness.

Isaiah was born in Rome, Georgia on February 8, 2001, and was a 10th grader at Chattooga High School. Isaiah loved God, adored his mother, loved playing video games and roller...

May 7, 2018

Mrs. JoAnn White Stoker, age 85 of Summerville, passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Stoker was born in Summerville, GA on July 18, 1932, daughter of the late Joseph Wesley White and Annie Lee Byars White. She was a member of Berryton Church of God, and was retired from the Cafeteria at Oak...

May 2, 2018

Mr. Wayne Leon Pettyjohn, age 64 of the Spring Creek Community, passed away Wednesday, May 02, 2018 at his residence following an extended illness.

Mr. Pettyjohn was born in Trion, Georgia on February 2, 1954, son of the late Luther Dewitt Pettyjohn and Nettie Ruth Keasler Pettyjohn. He was a member of the Spring Creek Baptist Church,...

Apr 25, 2018

Jessie Lou Bethune, age 86 of Rossville, formerly of Trion, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018 in a Ft. Oglethorpe nursing center. Mrs. Bethune was born in Hamilton, Alabama on April 23, 1932, daughter of the late James Monroe Howell and Nicie Sumner Howell. She was a member of the Trion Heights Baptist Church and was retired from Mt....

Apr 24, 2018

Mrs. Carol Ann Martin-Rush, age 70 of Menlo, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Rush was born in Doylestown, PA on April 6, 1948, daughter of the late Duane Carpenter, Sr. and Katherine Frances Rogers Arnold. She was a member of the Central Avenue Baptist Church, WMU, and the Silver Sneakers. She...