Recent Obituaries

Aug 12, 2016

Mrs. Sylvia Brandon Blansit, age 69, of Summerville, passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Blansit was born in Winchester, Tennessee on October 17, 1946, only daughter of Rev. Douglas Brandon and Lucille Denton Brandon. She was a member of the Berryton Baptist Church, where she was the Christmas Play Director for many...

Aug 7, 2016

Mr. Jesse Thomas Young, age 80 of Summerville, GA passed away August 7, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Young was born October 14, 1935 in Atlanta, GA. He had been employed with the Trane Corporation. Mr. Young was a member of the Gwinnett Community Church. He was a member of the VFW, loved Georgia football, and was a professional...

Aug 6, 2016

Sandra Faye Dunn, age 71 of Trion, Georgia, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Dunn was born in Trion, Georgia on March 22, 1945, daughter of the late Olin Hensley and Laura Viola West Hensley. Mrs. Dunn, along with her sister, handmade hundreds of quilts and donated them to Hospices and nursing homes. She retired...

Aug 3, 2016

Mrs. Johnnie Sue Porter, age 46 of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Porter was born in Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia on October 13, 1969, daughter of Annie Bell Shell and the late Thomas William Painter. She was a homemaker, devoted mother and wife. Mrs. Porter is survived by her husband, Dennis E. Porter;...

Jul 31, 2016

Mrs. Patsy Faye Collins Perry, 77 of the Pennville Community, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Perry was born in Centre, AL on March 3, 1939, daughter of the late Walter Roy King and Una Faye Morrison King. She was a member of the Pennville Baptist Church, the Best Silver Club and...

Jul 30, 2016

Mrs. Margaret Lee Beck, age 83, of Smyrna, Georgia passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Beck was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 30, 1933, daughter of the late David Alexander Lord and Margaret Lucile Bryant Flateau. She was a member of the Hurt Road Baptist Church, and prior to retirement, was employed as a...

Jul 29, 2016

Mrs. Patricia Ann Barker, age 78 of Lee School Road, LaFayette, GA passed away Friday, July 29, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Barker was born on Janauary 18, 1938 in Trion, GA. She was a Corrections Officer at Hays State Prison and attended Waterville Baptist Church. Mrs. Barker was preceded in death by her husband, Joe M. Barker and...

Jul 28, 2016

Mr. Hughes is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeremy and Amanda Burke; daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and Bruce Nadu;  parents, Mickey and Joyce Hughes; and grandchildren; Kobe Nadu, Kaya Nadu, Aubrey Burke, Addie Burke, and Jagger Burke.

Graveside and Interment Services for Mr. Hughes will be held Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at West...

Jul 28, 2016

Mrs. Carolyn Faye Horton, age 75 of Rome, GA passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016 at Etowah Landing. Mrs. Horton was born April 20, 1941 in Floyd County, GA. She was a homemaker and Baptist by faith. Mrs. Horton was preceded in death by her parents, Reuben Johnny and Martha Margaret Garrard Walker and a brother, Dick Walker. Mrs....

Jul 25, 2016

Mr. Bobby Milton Housch, age 87 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Housch was born in Summerville, Georgia on March 30, 1929, son of the late Milton Andrew Jackson Housch and Vesta Senada Justice Housch. He was a member of the Trion Methodist Church, and was a...

Jul 15, 2016

Mrs. Betty Jean Talley, age 71, of Summerville, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Talley was born in Lafayette, Georgia on April 26, 1945, daughter of Juanita Rogers Reeves and the late Merdie Henry Reeves. Mrs. Talley was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church, and prior to retirement, was employed in the Card...

Jul 1, 2016

Mrs. Esther Ann Rives, age 82 of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Friday, July 1, 2016 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Rives was born in Trion, Georgia on December 23, 1933, daughter of the late John Dennis Underwood and Ruby Esther Hale Underwood. She was a member of the Pennville Church of Christ, and was a...

Jul 1, 2016

Mrs. Oretha Joyce Teems, age 80 of Hawkinsville, Georgia, formerly of Summerville, passed away Friday, July 1, 2016 in the Pinewood Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Teems was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia on December 13, 1935, daughter of the late John L. Gunter and the former Ellifare Harper. She was a member of the Silver Hill Baptist Church...

Jun 29, 2016

Mr. Tony Faye Dooley, age 58 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2016 in an Atlanta Hospital. Mr. Dooley was born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 29, 1957, son of the late J.H. Dooley, Jr. and Maggie Lorine Burnett Dooley. He was a member of the Perennial Springs Baptist Church and was a self employed Auto Detailer....

Jun 26, 2016

Sue Key Goodridge, age 102, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the Oakview Health and Rehabilitation, in Summerville, Georgia. Sue was born in Cloudland, Georgia on February 14, 1914 to William and America Blansit Key. She lived most of her life in Cloudland, GA, with her late husband Bill Goodridge. Sue is preceded in death by a daughter,...

Jun 25, 2016

Mr. Ricky Lamar Wooten, age 51, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Saturday, June 25, 2016 in Attalla, Alabama. Mr. Wooten was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 2, 1965, son of the late Jimmy Ray Wooten and Barbara Ann Carter. He was employed as a truck driver and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, Mr....

Jun 23, 2016

Mr. Elbert Darrell "Gran-Gran" Skinner, Sr., age 79 of Summerville, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Skinner was born in Bloomington, Indiana on May 17, 1937, son of the late William Jasper Skinner and Wilma Berniece Kindred Skinner. He was a member of the Berryton Baptist Church, and the Lyerly Masonic Lodge #338 F&AM. Mr....

Jun 14, 2016

Mrs. Nina Loretta Burrage, age 62 of Summerville, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at her son's residence in Lafayette, Georgia. Mrs. Burrage was born in Lafayette, Georgia on December 4, 1953, daughter of the late Gordon Lee Brown and Nancy Jewel Lowrance Brown. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to her parents,...

Jun 10, 2016

Mrs. Sylvia Dianne Gazaway, age 59 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday, June 10, 2016 at the Floyd Medical Center. Mrs. Gazaway was born in Centre, AL on May 20, 1957, daughter of Mrs. Eva Jo LuAllen Pierce and the late Bernie Pierce. She was a homemaker and loved working in the yard and flower gardens. In addition to...

Jun 8, 2016

William Clark “Dub” Barnes, Sr., 87, retired owner and operator of Barnes Carpet Service for over thirty years and resident of Pickens Lane, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with his grandson Rev. Andy Hargrove officiating. A graveside service will...