Recent Obituaries

May 29, 2016

Mr. Timothy Lloyd Sanders, age 68, of Centre, Alabama passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Sanders was born in Muskegon, Michigan on July 15, 1947, son of the late Rev. Lloyd C. Sanders and Eleanor Marie Gephart Sanders. He was raised in Middleville, Michigan, moving to this area in 1976. Mr. Sanders...

May 13, 2016

Mrs. Marion Kay Boyd, age 53, of Trion, Georgia passed away Friday, May 13, 2016. Mrs. Boyd was born in Trion, Georgia on November 16, 1962, daughter of Doris Irene Gentry Bryan and the late Marion Curtis "M.C." Boyd. She was a wonderful mom, great friend and loving grandmother. Mrs. Boyd had been employed with Mt. Vernon Mills prior...

May 8, 2016

Mrs. Carolyn Hawkins Flarity, age 68 of Mentone, AL passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Flarity was born in Summerville, Georgia on July 13, 1947, daughter of the late Sidney Houston Hawkins and Fannie Estelle Downer Hawkins. She had been member of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church and prior to retirement, was...

May 6, 2016

Mr. Jimmy Glenn Dover, age 77 of Trion, GA passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 in the Oakview Nursing & Rehab. Mr. Dover was born in Trion, GA on April 15, 1939. He was retired from the Roper Corporation and was Baptist by faith. Mr. Dover was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Wallin Dover; father and mother,...

May 6, 2016

Mr. Glenn Ervin Hughes, age 77, of Gaylesville, Alabama, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at the Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Hughes was born in Jamestown, Alabama on April 21, 1939, son of the late John Taylor Hughes and Sally Lorene Mosley Hughes. He was a member of the Berryton Church of God, and was a self employed painter....

May 5, 2016

Mr. Bobby Randall "Randy" Fowler, age 56 of Armuchee, GA, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Fowler was born in Rome, Georgia on December 15, 1959, son of Sheila Cargle White and the late Grady B. Fowler. He was a loving, caring and Christian person who never let his disability slow him down....

May 2, 2016

Mr. Michael Anthony Greene, age 51, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, May 2, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Greene was born in Lafayette, Georgia on November 29, 1964, son of the late Scott Lee Greene and Jeannette Goodson Greene. He was a member of Living Waters Ministries, and prior to ill health had been employed...

Apr 29, 2016

Mr. Robert Lee "Bubba" Cochran, Jr., age 28, of Summerville, Georgia passed away suddenly Friday, April 29, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Cochran was born in Rome, Georgia on August 5, 1987, son of Robert Lee Cochran and Regina Lynn Johnson Cochran. He had been employed with Mt. Vernon Mills and loved to fish and swim....

Apr 29, 2016

Mr. Leon D. Arnold, age 72, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at the Erlanger Medical Center. Mr. Arnold was born in Summerville, Georgia on July 4, 1943, son of the late Henry Thomas Arnold and Mamie Lee Hawkins Arnold. He was a graduate of Chattooga High School, and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree...

Apr 29, 2016

Mr. Vernon G. Gregory, age 79, of Lyerly, Georgia passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Gregory was born in Athens, Tennessee on July 1, 1936, son of the late Charles F. Gregory and Josephine "Josie" Moore Gregory. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the United States Army,...

Apr 28, 2016

Mrs. Mary Doris “Aunt Doris” Southerland, age 89 of Trion, Georgia, formerly of Lafayette, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016 at her residence. Aunt Doris was born in Lafayette, Georgia on October 2, 1926, daughter of the late Oscar Monroe Watson and Ruby Elzora Strickland Watson. She was a member of the Walnut Grove Baptist Church, but following her...

Apr 24, 2016

Mrs. Margaret Beatrice Sprayberry Hall, age 91 of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hall was born in Trion, Georgia on August 4, 1924, daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Sprayberry and Lillie Cornelius Sprayberry. She was a member of the Enon Grove Baptist Church, the Young at Heart...

Apr 19, 2016

Mrs. Margaret Ann Emory, age 93, of Trion, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Emory was born in Chattooga County on July 25, 1922, daughter of the late Arthur Hartline and Ethel Ashe Hartline. She was a member of the Trion First Baptist Church and prior to retirement, was employed with Riegel Textile and...

Apr 14, 2016

Mr. Dewayne Bates, age 59 of Summerville, GA passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2016 in Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Bates was born September 13, 1956 in Summerville, GA.   He was Baptist by faith and he loved  to fish.

Mr. Bates was preceded in death by his father, Miles Laverne Bates, and his grandparents, James C. and Mildred...

Apr 13, 2016

Curtis Owen “Butch” Austin, age 58 of Summerville, GA passed away Wedmesday, April 13, 2016 in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Austin was born in Owensboro, KY.  He had been a Correctional Officer at Hays State Prison.  Mr. Austin loved to hunt, loved GA Bulldogs Football, and loved spending time with his grandchildren.  He was a member of the...

Apr 12, 2016

Mrs. Frances E. Brown, age 53, of the Silver Hill Community, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at the Floyd Medical Center following a brief illness. Mrs. Brown was born in Ocilla, Georgia on May 6, 1962, daughter of Joyce Oretha Gunter Teems and the late Charles White. She was a homemaker and loved to go to Flea Markets....

Apr 5, 2016

Mrs. Ella Louise Hammond, age 66 of Summerville, Georgia passed away unexpectedly while on a spring break trip with her daughter and grandchildren in Pigeon Forge, TN. Mrs. Hammond was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 15, 1949, daughter of the late Patricia Rhupe Adcock. She was retired from Hayes State Prison, where she worked as a food...

Apr 5, 2016

Mrs. Rose Ray Carter, age 85 of Trion, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Carter was born in Poinsett, Arkansas on August 14, 1930, youngest daughter of the late Henry Howell and Lester Ann Smith Howell. She was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church and prior to...

Mar 29, 2016

Mr. James Theron "Plywood" Earwood, age 71 of the Mountain View Community in Trion, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Earwood was born in Calhoun, Georgia on September 12, 1944, son of the late James Esker Earwood and Sue Elrod Earwood. He was a member of the Mountain View Baptist Church...

Mar 25, 2016

Mrs. Betty Jane Stewart, age 76 of Trion, GA passed away March 25, 2016 at her residence.  Mrs. Stewart was born December 14, 1939 in Maryville, TN.  She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Maggie Mae Henry Morgan.  Mrs. Stewart was employed with the Barwick Carpet Mill. Mrs. Stewart is survived by her companion, George Holding; son,...