
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Summerville, Georgia & Surrounding Areas

Mr. Marvin Ray Johnson
Apr 8, 2017
Mr. Marvin Ray Johnson, age 54 of Summerville, died Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Emory Midtown Hospital. Mr. Johnson was born in LaFayette, Georgia on April 4, 1962, son of Kenneth Johnson and Betty Sue York Hayes. He loved to fish, hunt and ride motorcycles. Prior to ill health, Mr. Johnson was employed as a truck driver. Mr....

Mr. Jackie Whitley Day
Apr 6, 2017
Mr. Jackie Whitley Day, Jr. age 57 of Signal Mountain, TN formerly of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Thursday, April 06, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Day was born in Rome, Georgia on June 13, 1959, son of Jackie Whitley Day and Shirley LaVaughn Stewart Ducker. He had most recently been associated with North Summerville Baptist Church, loved to fish,...

Mrs. Ruth Warren Treadaway
Apr 5, 2017
Mrs. Ruth Warren Treadaway, age 97 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday 5, 2017 in the local nursing home. Mrs. Treadaway was born in Berryton, Georgia on March 26, 1920, daughter of the late Hines Warren and Lizzie Kinsey Warren. She was a former in home care-giver, loved flowers and gardening and was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to...
Mrs. Joanne Burns Suggs
Mar 29, 2017
Mrs. JoAnne Burns Suggs, age 76, of Trion, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Suggs was born in Athens, Georgia on May 27, 1940, daughter of the late James E. Burns and Margaret Barnette Burns. She was a past member of the Trion United Methodist Church, but until failing...
Mrs. Rosemarie Montgomery White
Mar 25, 2017
Mrs. Rosemarie Montgomery White, age 77 of Summerville, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. White was born in Reiskirchun, Germany on November 21, 1939, daughter of the late Philipp Schild and Elise Wagester Schild. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Summerville, the McDonald's Coffee Club, and prior to...
Rev. James Braddy
Mar 9, 2017
Rev. James Stanford Braddy, age 88 of Trion, GA passed away Thursday, March 09, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. Rev. Braddy was born in Trion, Georgia on November 23, 1928, son of the late Mack Posey Braddy and Essie Perkins Braddy. He was a member of the Dry Valley Baptist Church and was a member of...
Mr. Joel D. Whittle
Mar 8, 2017
Mr. Joel DeWayne Whittle, age 44 of Lyerly, Georgia passed away Wednesday, March 08, 2017 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Whittle was born in Ft. Payne, Alabama on July 3, 1972, son of Joyce Brandon Spraggins and the late Terry Allen Whittle. He was a member of the Victory Tabernacle in Lafayette. Mr. Whittle was an...

Ms. Louise Westbrook Stewart
Feb 24, 2017
Ms. Margaret Louise Westbrook Stewart, age 80 of Summerville, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 in Soddy Daisy, TN. Ms. Stewart was born in Trion, Georgia on February 29, 1936, daughter of the late Thomas Hamilton "Hamp" Westbrook and Olivia Elizabeth Brown Westbrook. She was a member of the Trion United Methodist Church, where she was active for many...
Mrs. Tammy Lee Rector
Feb 17, 2017
Mrs. Tammy Lee Rector, age 51 of East Ridge, TN formerly of Summerville, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Rector was born in Oneonta, Alabama on December 25, 1965, daughter of Bert Hathcock and the late Margaret Lee Siffles. She was an avid Tennessee Vols Fan, loved NASCAR, and was employed as a bartender with...

Mrs. Vera B. Hughes
Feb 14, 2017
Mrs. Vera Brown Hughes, age 89, of Trion, Georgia passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Hughes was born in Summerville, Georgia on April 9, 1927, daughter of the late Clifford Brown and Etta Hartline Brown. She was an avid Braves Fan and loved to fish, cook, play cards and spending...
Mrs. Luanne Kay Morrison
Feb 11, 2017
Luanne Kay Morrison, 67, died Saturday at her home in Cloudland after a brief illness. A native of Franklin, Pennsylvania, she was born to the late Joseph and Twila Seigworth Desko. She was a graduate of the Wheeler School of Business in Pittsburgh, where she studied fashion merchandising. Prior to her retirement and relocation to Cloudland from Fort Myers,...

Mrs. Ruth Milner Housch
Feb 8, 2017
Mrs. Ruth Milner Housch, age 98 of Oneonta, Alabama, formerly of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017. Mrs. Housch was born in Zebulon, Georgia on May 27, 1918, daughter of the late John H. and Bessie Cannafax Milner. She was a graduate of the Gordon Military College, and was married in1941. Mrs. Housch was a devoted homemaker and...

Mrs. Faye Nell Mcdowell
Jan 27, 2017
Mrs. Faye Nell McDowell, age 88 of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. McDowell was born in Trion, Georgia on May 31, 1928, daughter of the late Howard Clifton and Louella Saylors Clifton. She was a member of the Trion First Baptist Church and prior to retirement was a...

Mr. Grady Lee Wells
Jan 21, 2017
Mr. Grady Lee Wells, age 73 of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Wells was born in Trion, Georgia on August 15, 1943, son of the late William Grady Wells and Vera Mae Ware Wells. He was employed as a millwright, working for Millwright Local 1263, in Atlanta for over 25 years....
Mr. Thomas Hoyt Tucker
Jan 20, 2017
Mr. Thomas Hoyt Tucker, age 93, of Summerville, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Tucker was born in Round Mountain, Alabama on December 6, 1923, son of the late David Thomas Tucker and Della Cash Tucker. He was veteran of the United States Navy, serving during WWII, and prior to retirement, was...
Mr. Charles "Dink" Edward Willingham
Jan 17, 2017
Mr. Charles Edward "Dink" Willingham, age 75 of the Mountain View Community, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Willingham was born in Trion, Georgia, on November 28, 1941, son of the late Charles Austin "Blue" Willingham and Marvine Carr Willingham. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving at the beginning of the...

Miss Tonga Regina Brooks
Dec 31, 2016
Miss Tonga Regina Brooks, age 55 of East Armuchee Road, Summerville, died December 31, 2016 at her residence. Tonga was born in Summerville, Georgia on May 24, 1961, daughter of the late Clyde Wesley Brooks and Mary Frances Teems Brooks. As a younger child, she attended school at Woodlawn School in Rome. She was a member of the Bethlehem...

Lewis Clifford Mcwhorter
Dec 30, 2016
Mr. Lewis Clifford McWhorter, age 91 of Trion, GA passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 in OakView Nursing & Rehab Center. Mr. McWhorter was born in Trion, Georgia on October 4, 1925, son of the late John Shamblin McWhorter and Sarah Bean McWhorter. He was self employed in automobile sales and was a member of the New Bethel Baptist...

James "Juke" Alvin Smith
Dec 28, 2016
Mr. James Alvin "Juke" Smith, Jr. age 62 of Summerville, GA passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 in Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born April 8, 1954 son of the late James Alvin Smith, Sr. and Elizabeth Jewell Smith. He was self-employed as a Construction and Carpenter worker. Mr. Smith loved to fish, shoot pool, and hang out...

Mrs. Christine Guest
Dec 27, 2016
Mrs. Christine Guest, age 87 of Summerville, formerly of Lafayette, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the Rosewood Assisted Living Center in Ft. Oglethorpe. Mrs. Guest was born on Sand Mountain in Alabama on January 5, 1929, daughter of the late Carl Chamlee and Mary Pearl Stockton Chamlee. She was a member of the Center Point Baptist Church,...