Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Summerville, Georgia & Surrounding Areas
Mr. Richard Lamar Rape
Oct 28, 2017
Mr. Richard Lamar Rape, Sr., age 61 of Lyerly, Georgia passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Rape was born in Collinsville, Alabama on February 7, 1956, son of the late Houston Richard Rape and Eva Jewell Copeland Rape. He was a member of the Harrell Street Church of God and prior to ill health, was...
Mrs. Shirley Ledford
Oct 23, 2017
Mrs. Lillian Shirley Ledford, age 73 of Mentone, AL, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at her home in Mentone following an extended illness. Mrs. Ledford was born in Birmingham, AL, on March 28, 1944, daughter of the late Jay Glass and Dorothy Glass. She was retired from Golden Gallon. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ledford was preceded...
Mrs. Doris Clark Morgan
Oct 20, 2017
Mrs. Doris Clark Morgan, age 88, of Trion, Georgia passed away Friday, October 20, 2017, at a Rome Healthcare center. Mrs. Morgan was born in Trion, Georgia on December 12, 1928, daughter of the late Samuel L. Grogan and Julia Ellen Mills Grogan. She was a member of the Trion First Baptist Church and was twice retired from the...
Mr. Dexter P. "Rug" Laws
Oct 19, 2017
Dexter "Rug" Phillip Laws, age 64, of Summerville, GA, passed away October 19, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Laws was born in Summerville, GA, on January 15, 1953, son of the late Joe H. Laws and Aldean Brashier Laws. He had attended the Trion Heights Baptist Church, and prior to retirement was employed as a welder. Mr. Laws was...
Mr. James Wendell Snow
Oct 16, 2017
James Wendell Snow, age 62, of Trion, GA, passed away October 16, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Snow was born in Trion, GA, on May 14, 1955, son of Nona Laura Ray Snow and the late Thomas William Snow, Sr. He was a 1973 graduate of Trion High School and attended Coosa Technical College. James was...
Ms. Sherry Lynn Smith
Sep 26, 2017
Ms. Sherry Lynn Smith, age 55 of Rome, GA formerly of Summerville, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at her residence. Ms. Smith was born in Lafayette, Georgia on August 2, 1961 daughter of Florene Smith and the late Martin C. Smith. She was a 1981 graduate of Chattooga High School. She was a natural care giver and spent...
John Ervin England, Jr.
Sep 25, 2017
John Ervin England, Jr, age 79, of Summerville, passed away September 25, 2017 at Redmond Regional Hospital from complications due to lung cancer. Mr. England retired from the City of Summerville and had also been employed by Chattooga County Public Works. He was a member of the Lyerly Lodge #338 F&AM and was a Shriner. He is preceded in...
Mr. Lewis Wright Barker
Sep 25, 2017
Mr. Lewis Wright Barker, age 60 of Plainville, Georgia passed away Monday, September 25, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Barker was born in Calhoun, Georgia on May 22, 1947, son of Marion Edith Bailey Barker and the late William Grady Barker. He was employed as a mechanic with Maintenance Building Center. In addition to his father, he was preceded...
Mrs. Bea Ellis
Sep 24, 2017
Mrs. Mae Beatrice "B.B." Ellis, age 95 of Summerville, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Ellis was born in Attalla, Alabama on December 17, 1921, daughter of the late Jonas Harris and Laura Bell Renfroe Harris. She loved to sing and in her earlier days, sang in many churches and several...
Mrs. Ginny Gunn
Sep 21, 2017
Mrs. Virginia Jo "Ginny" Hames Gunn, age 78 of Rossville, GA formerly of Summerville, GA passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the Erlanger Medical Center. Mrs. Gunn was born in Chickamauga, GA on March 19, 1939, daughter of the late Fredrick Joseph Hames and Myrtle Ruth Smith Hames. She was a member of the New Beginnings Baptist Church...
Mrs. Martha Jean Housch Gilmer
Sep 19, 2017
Mrs. Martha Jean Housch Gilmer, age 80 of Summerville, passed away suddenly Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Gilmer was born in Summerville, Georgia on September 7, 1937, daughter of the late Milton Andrew Jackson Housch and Vesta Senada Justice Housch. She was a long time member of the Calvary Baptist Church, where she was very active...
Mr. Lester Smith
Sep 15, 2017
Mr. Lester Smith, age 60 of Summerville, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 at Kindred Hospital in Rome, Georgia. Mr. Smith was born in Chicago, IL on April 10, 1957, son of the late Ralph and Louise Smith. He had been employed at Crowe's Upholstery Shop. In addition to his parents, Mr. Smith was preceded in death by two...
Mr. Danny Ray Davis
Sep 7, 2017
Mr. Danny Ray Davis, age 69 of Summerville passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Davis was born in Summerville, Georgia on April 21, 1948, son of the late Mary Helen Browning Davis and Ed Davis. He was employed at Mt. Vernon Mills and Mohawk Industries as a lift truck operator. He was a...
Dr. James Edward Stephens
Sep 6, 2017
Dr. James E. Stephens, age 87 of Summerville, GA passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Dr. Stephens was born in Flint, Michigan on May 25, 1930, son of the late James William Stephens and Marie Thorne Stephens. He was a member of the Trion Evangelical Presbyterian Church and was an Elder in the EPCA. He was a Veteran of...
Mr. William Franklin Roosevelt Rich
Aug 30, 2017
William Franklin Roosevelt Rich, age 81 of the Spring Creek Community passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the residence of his daughter in Trion. Mr. Rich was born in Trion, Georgia on October 17, 1935 son of the late William Arthur Rich and Pearl Daisy Potts Rich. He was the former pastor of the South Trion Nazarene Church...
James Lee Roy Collins
Aug 28, 2017
Mr. James Lee Roy Collins, age 53 of Summerville, passed away Monday, August 28, 2017 in East Ridge, Tennessee. Mr. Collins was born in Augsburg Bavaria, Germany on May 8, 1964, son of Elizabeth Sheppard Collins and the late Lee Roy Collins. He was attended the New Hope North Baptist Church and was self employed in Directional Drilling. Mr....
Frances Elizabeth Vinyard Pettyjohn
Aug 16, 2017
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Vinyard Pettyjohn, age 88 of the Teloga Community, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Pettyjohn was born in Jamestown, Alabama on December 24, 1928, daughter of the late James Andy Vinyard and Elsie Mae Chapman Vinyard. She was a member of the Pennville Church of Christ, where she was a member of...
Ruby Pauline Middleton
Aug 6, 2017
Mrs. Ruby Pauline Middleton, age 87 of Summerville, GA passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Middleton was born in Ft. Payne, Alabama on May 4, 1930, daughter of the late W.H. Williamson and Bertha Aquilla McGregor Williamson. She was a very dedicated Christian, a loving mother, grandmother and great-great grandmother. She was a very loving...
Mrs. Haynie Pickle Speer
Aug 6, 2017
Mrs. Haynie Pickle Speer, age 90 of Summerville, GA passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Speer was born in Broomtown, Alabama on November 14, 1926, daughter of the late Tim Pickle and Emma Brady Pickle. She was a member of the South Summerville Baptist Church, where she taught the Shining Light Sunday School Class for...
Mrs. Cora Belle Brown
Jul 28, 2017
Mrs. Cora Belle Frady Brown, age 80, of Summerville, GA passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at a Rome Hospital. Mrs. Brown was born in Summerville, Georgia on December 19, 1936, daughter of the late Webster Frady and Lillie Mae Witt Frady. She was a member of the Teloga Baptist Church and was retired from the Weave Room at...
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