
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Summerville, Georgia & Surrounding Areas
Mr. Kline Franklin Young
May 8, 2017
Mr. Kline Franklin Young, age 56, of Trion, passed away Monday, May 8, 2017 at the Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Young was born in Cullman, Alabama on July 31, 1960, son of the late James Dupree Young and Mamie Edna Rusk. He was a long time veteran of the United States Army, serving until he was injured in the...
Mr. Leonard Briten Hawkins
Apr 26, 2017
Mr. Leonard Briten Hawkins, age 66 of Lafayette, GA passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Hawkins was born in Lafayette, GA on May 12, 1950, son of the late Oscar Daniel Hawkins and Jannie Lou Adams Broadrick. He worked as a mechanic and could repair just about anything. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hawkins...
Mr. John "Sparky" Riley Reece, Jr.
Apr 18, 2017
Mr. John Riley "Sparky" Reece, Jr., age 70 of Trion, Georgia passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at a Dade County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Reece was born in Summerville, Georgia on February 4, 1947, son of the late John Riley "Sleepy" Reece and Clara Belle England Reece. He was self employed as an automobile body repairman and...
Mr. Dennis Lamar Elem
Apr 12, 2017
Mr. Dennis Lamar Elem, age 56 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Elem was born in Summerville, Georgia on May 3, 1960, son of the late Ernest Elem and Ruby Lee Patterson Elem. He was a self employed carpenter and was a self proclaimed Mountain Man. He loved hiking, kayaking, wood carving, hunting...
Mrs. Kathleen Howard Reynolds
Apr 9, 2017
Mrs. Kathleen Howard Reynolds, age 78 of Summerville, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Mt. Berry Hospice Center in Armuchee. Mrs. Reynolds was born in Summerville, Georgia on July 25, 1938, daughter of the late Leonard Howard and Eula Mae Hamilton Howard. She was a member of the Four Mile Baptist Church and prior to retirement, was...
Mr. Gordon Henry Reynolds
Apr 9, 2017
Mr. Gordon Henry Reynolds, age 80, of Trion, GA passed away Sunday, April 09, 2017 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Reynolds was born in Summerville, Georgia on May 10, 1936, son of the late Gordon Reynolds and Lillian Tudor Reynolds. He was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Trion, was an avid...
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....




