
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Summerville, Georgia & Surrounding Areas
Mr. Thomas "Butch" Harold Westbrook
Nov 21, 2017
Mr. Thomas Harold "Butch" Westbrook, age 48 of Lyerly, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Butch was born in Trion, Georgia on July 4, 1969, son of the late Thomas Glenn Westbrook and Mildred Lee Landers Westbrook. He was a member of the Remnant Church and worked with the Lookout Mountain Community work...
Mr. Billy Lamar Moore
Nov 19, 2017
Mr. Billy Lamar Moore, age 84 of Summerville, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Moore was born in LaGrange, Georgia on January 13, 1933. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, was retired from Restaurant Enterprises, and was an avid baseball fan. He was a member of the Pennville Missionary Alliance Church, where...
Mrs. Barbara Sue Weaver
Nov 15, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Sue Weaver, age 76 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Weaver was born in Lafayette, Georgia on April 7, 1941, daughter of the late Woodrow Cole and Dorothy Ballenger Cole. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking and working in her flower gardens. In addition to her...
Mr. Kenneth Dale Stanfield
Nov 15, 2017
Mr. Kenneth Dale Stanfield, age 58 of Trion, Georgia passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at the Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Stanfield was born in Alabama on April 25, 1959, son of the late Louis Stanfield and Marion Dutton Stanfield. He was employed as a Doffer at Mt. Vernon Mills, loved to Fish, work on old cars, watch wrestling...
Mrs. Eulene "Nanny" Timmons
Nov 12, 2017
Mrs. Bertha Eulene "Nanny" Timmons, age 78 of Trion, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017. Mrs. Timmons was born in Sylvania, Alabama on May 9, 1939, daughter of the late William Walter "Bill" Vernon and Emma Mae Broyles Vernon. She enjoyed quilting and sewing, working in the flower garden and fishing, and prior to retirement, was employed in the...
Mrs. Jeanette "Nana" Mcgraw
Nov 9, 2017
Mrs. Margaret Jeanette "Nana" McGraw, age 87 of Summerville, passed away Thursday, November 09, 2017 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. McGraw was born in Sand Rock, Alabama on November 2, 1930, daughter of the late George Edward Helms and Orlean Moseley Helms. She was a member of the Welcome Hill Baptist Church and prior to retirement, was...
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...




