Recent Obituaries

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...

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....