Recent Obituaries

Oct 2, 2016

Mr. Walter Harlen Williams, age 86 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday, October 2, 2013 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Williams was born in Trion, Georgia on April 17, 1930, son of the late George Harlen Williams and Mary Dawson Williams. He was a retired Baptist Minister, serving in several area churches, including Friendship Baptist...

Oct 1, 2016

Mr. Dale White, age 68, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016 at his residence. Mr. White was born in Lafayette, Georgia on September 9, 1948, son of the late Charles W. White and Evelyn Rogers White. Mr. White was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. and was a member of the Dry Valley Baptist...

Sep 30, 2016

Ms. Phyllis Hughes, age 67, of Trion, Georgia passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at her residence.

Ms. Hughes was born in Trion, Georgia on April 30, 1949, daughter of the late Wilburn Kenneth Hughes and Virginia Jo Murphy Hughes. She was a member of the DAV (Disables American Veterans) and prior to retirement, was employed as...

Sep 29, 2016

Mrs. Gwendolyn Louise Christopher, age 69 of Summerville, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Christopher was born in Gaylesville, Alabama on February 20, 1947, daughter of the late Joe Daniels and Eleanor Dixon Stamper. She attended the AC Carter High School and held an Associate's Degree. She was a member of the West Fifth Street...

Sep 28, 2016

Mrs. Mary Louise Bennett Forrester, age 67 of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at the Residence of her Daughter, Erica Phillips. Mrs. Forrester was born in Summerville, Georgia on January 8, 1949, daughter of the late William Oscar Bennett and Georgia Ruth Williamson Bennett. She was a member of the Berryton Baptist Church and prior to...

Sep 27, 2016

Mrs. Nina Ruth Dilbeck Ledford, age 80 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Ledford was born in Lafayette, Georgia on June 8, 1936, daughter of the late James Hilton Cook and Flora Ida Bandy Cook. She was a member of the Living Waters Ministries, and prior to...

Sep 25, 2016

Mr. Hoyt Lee Bailey, age 80 of Summerville, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical. Mr. Bailey was born in Gore, Georgia on June 17, 1936, son of the late James Bailey and Pearl Fowler Bailey. He was an assembly line technician with Freightliner, and was a veteran of the United States Air Force. In...

Sep 15, 2016

Mrs. Evelyn Rebecca Walker, age 86 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Walker was born in Trion, Georgia on January 24, 1930, daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Gentry and Winnie Lee Bohannon Gentry. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Piedmont, AL and was...

Sep 14, 2016

Mr. John David Stowe, age 74 of Trion, GA passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 in Redmond Regional Medical Center.  Mr. Stowe was born in Trion, GA on July 3, 1942.  He was a Hyster Repairmen in the Central Garage of Mount Vernon Mills where he retired in 2015, and attended the Lookout Hall Church of Christ  Mr. Stowe...

Sep 13, 2016

Mr. Russell Dewey Smith, age 81 of Summerville, GA passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Oak View Nursing and Rehab Center.

Mr. Smith was born December 30, 1934 in Summerville, GA, son of the late Jim Smith and Mattie Hamby Smith. Mr. Smith was self-employed in the Tree Service business. He loved eating breakfast at Henry’s,...

Sep 7, 2016

Mr. Gary Lee Hayes, age 75 of Haywood Valley Road, Summerville, passed away Wednesday, September 07, 2016 at the Mt. Berry Hospice Center in Armuchee. Mr. Hayes was born in Michigan on June 23, 1941, son of the late James W. Hayes and Syble Lee Elsberry Hayes. He attended Fisher's Chapel UMC, Subligna Baptist Church, Bethlehem Baptist Church and...

Sep 5, 2016

Mrs. Juanita Rogers Reeves, age 88 of Summerville, passed away Monday, September 5, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Reeves was born in Kentucky on September 12, 1927, daughter of the late Joel Rogers and Mattie Lee Rogers. She was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church, and prior to retirement, was employed as Dr. Hyden's...

Sep 2, 2016

Mrs. Virginia J. "Ann" Clark, age 84 of Trussville, Al, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at the East Glenn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham, AL. Mrs. Clark was born in Menlo, Georgia on January 28, 1932, daughter of the late Joseph Erskine Hardwick and Minnie Lee Chappelear Hardwick. She was a member of Clear Branch United Methodist...

Aug 29, 2016

Mrs. Peggy Grace Matthews, age 78 of the Mountain View Community, Trion, passed away Monday, August 29, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Matthews was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on August 27, 1938, daughter of the late Virgil Payton and Dovie Harris Payton Kirkwood. She was a member of the Mountain View Baptist Church, and was a homemaker. In...

Aug 29, 2016

Mr. Troy Lee Wilkey, age 73 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, August 29, 2016 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Wilkey was born in Trion, Georgia on February 2, 1943, son of the late Herman Wilkey and Lola Wilkey. Mr. Wilkey retired from the Chattooga County School System where he was a bus driver, but...

Aug 26, 2016

Little Miss Acelan Allyanna Sills, infant daughter of Heather Alexandra Sill and Daniel Scott Milstead, passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Floyd Medical Center. Little Miss Sills was born in Rome, Georgia on August 25, 2016. She is survived by her mother, Heather Sills, father, Daniel Scott Milstead; brother, Leland Mullican; grandmother, Marie Sills; step-grandfather, Keith Roulane;...

Aug 25, 2016

Mrs. Katie Hite Phagan Forsythe, age 85, of Snellville, Georgia passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016 at the Halcyon Hospice House in Sandy Springs following an automobile accident that happened in June. Mrs. Forsythe was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 13, 1930, daughter of the late Arthur Glenn Hite and Ada Lee Williams Harper. She attended the Bethany...

Aug 22, 2016

Mr. Michael Keith Minor, age 57 of Hair Lake Road, Summerville, GA passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Minor was born in Munford, Tennessee on July 20, 1959, son of Frances Genese Mathews Minor and the late Ancel Minor. He was a member of the Highway Baptist Church in Mississippi and attended the United...

Aug 13, 2016

Mrs. Glenda Carol Hardin, age 68, of Summerville, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Hardin was born in Summerville, Georgia on October 15, 1947, daughter of the late Dewitt Venable and Lessie Brown Venable. She was a member of the West Berryton Faith Temple and loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. In...

Aug 13, 2016

Mrs. Vera June Day, age 86, of Trion, Georgia passed away Saturday, August 13, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Day was born in Berea, Alabama on September 18, 1929, daughter of the late Robert Boyd and Alice Rachel Cash Boyd. She was a member of the North Summerville Baptist Church, and prior to retirement, was employed as a mender...