Recent Obituaries

Jun 29, 2015

Mrs. Linda L. Sawyer, age 67 of LaFayette, GA passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Sawyer was born July 26, 1947 in Trenton, NJ. She was retired as a Correctional Officer at Hays State Prison. Mrs. Sawyer was a member of the Hiawassee United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Sawyer was preceded in death by...

Jun 23, 2015

Mrs. Elizabeth Josephene Morgan Odum, age 77 of Trion, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Odum was born in DeKalb County, Alabama on January 17, 1938, daughter of the late Lindsey Raymond Morgan and Dora Lucille Yarbrough. She was a member of the Pennville Church of Christ and prior to retirement, was employed in...

Jun 22, 2015

Mr. Charles L. "Bo" Carroll, age 81, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, June 22, 2015 at the Shepherd Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Carroll was born in Trion, Georgia on September 23, 1933, son of the late William Andrew Carroll and Georgia Madeline Barksdale Carroll. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in both, the...

Jun 5, 2015

Mrs. Martha Sue Robbins Jackson, age 87, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday, June 5, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Jackson was born in Rome, Georgia on March 9, 1928, daughter of the late Chester Robbins and Martha Griffin Robbins. She was a graduate of the Rome Girl's High School and following her graduation, worked for Dr. John McCall...

May 31, 2015

Mrs. Carlinda Sue Brown Miscal, age 75, of Trion, Georgia, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015 at a Rome Hospital. Mrs. Miscal was born in Trion, Georgia on February 7, 1940, daughter of the late Allen Richard Brown and Lorene Elizabeth Truitt. She moved to Miami, Florida as a child and was a graduate of Edison High School in...

May 14, 2015

Herman “Bud” Wilbanks, age 82 of Trion, GA passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Wilbanks was born in Trion, GA on July 18, 1932, son of the late Charles Herman and Lily Maxwell Wilbanks.  He was a member of the Waterville Baptist Church.  Other than his parents he was preceded in death by a son,...

May 6, 2015

Mr. Gene "Geno" Marlon Grogan, age 65 of Trion, GA passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Grogan was born April 9, 1950 in Shannon, GA. He had been employed as Construction Worker with Skanska. Mr. Grogan was a member of the Spring Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Grogan was preceded in death by son, Carey Langston;...

May 1, 2015

Mr. Walter Ray Walker, age 80 of Summerville, GA passed away Friday, May 1, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Walker was born January 3, 1935 in Trion, GA. He had been employed as an Instrumentation Technician with Henkel Chemical Company. Mr. Walker was a member of the Pennville Alliance Church, member of the Trion Masonic Lodge #160 F&AM, and...

Apr 29, 2015

Mrs. Wanda Mae Edwards, age 68 of Summerville, GA passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Edwards was born September 1, 1946 in Fort Payne, AL.  She was a housewife and a member of the Lyerly Congregational Holiness Church. Mrs. Edwards was preceded in death by parents, Wayne Blake and Viola Price Blake and...

Apr 28, 2015

Mr. Roy Joe Thomas, age 86, of Rome, Georgia formerly of Chattooga County, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Thomas was born in Trion, Georgia on September 24, 1928, son of the late Luke Thomas and Flora Davis Thomas. He was a member of the New Armuchee Baptist Church, and prior to retirement, was employed...

Apr 27, 2015

Mr. J. Hairral Davis, age 78, of Trion, Georgia passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Davis was born in Jamestown, Alabama on July 2, 1936, son of the late Emmet Odell Davis and Martha A. James Davis. He was a member of the Trion Heights Baptist Church, was a Veteran of...

Apr 26, 2015

Mrs. Dora Marie Hurley, age 99, of Lyerly, Georgia, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the Shepherd Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Hurley was born in Sand Rock, Alabama on July 27, 1915, daughter of the late Homer Odis Cochran and Mary Connie Sims. She was a member of the Perennial Springs Baptist Church and prior to...

Apr 21, 2015

Mr. Wallace Frank “Shorty” Thomas, Jr., age 82 of Trion, GA passed away Tuesday April 21, 2015 in Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Thomas was born August 19, 1932 in Lyerly, GA. He was a self-employed truck driver, enjoyed farming, and Trade Day.

Mr. Thomas was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Thomas; infant son, Wallace F. Thomas,...

Apr 15, 2015

Mrs. Carolyn Rebecca Clark Gideon, age 66 of Rome, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at a Rome Hospital. Mrs. Gideon was born in Trion, Georgia on September 14, 1948, daughter of Mrs. Doris Grogan Clark Morgan and the late William Roy Clark, Sr. She was a childhood member of the Trion First Baptist Church and prior to...

Apr 13, 2015

Mr. Donnie Ray Parris, age 66 of Trion, GA passed away W ednesday, April 15, 2015 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Parris was born July 5, 1948 in Trion, GA. He had been employed with Mount Vernon Mills & Stansell’s Furniture. He was Baptist by faith. Mr. Parris was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald “Duck” Parris...

Apr 13, 2015

Mr. Robert Roster "Stretch" Morgan, Jr., age 86 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Morgan was born in Lyerly, Georgia on June 12, 1928, son of the late Robert Roster Morgan, Sr. and Lillie Mae Dotson Morgan. He was a member of the Faith Temple Holiness Church and was retired from the...

Apr 8, 2015

Mrs. Thelma McKenzie Jones, age 86, of Trion, GA passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at a Rome Hospital. Mrs. Jones was born in Trion, Georgia on March 2, 1929, daughter of the late Taylor McKenzie and Mary Swallwood McKenzie. She was a member of the Trion Heights Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Jones was a caring...

Apr 1, 2015

Mrs. Dorothy Lee Mann, age 71 of Mtn. View Road, Trion, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Mann was born January 11, 1944, daughter of the late Leroy Reynolds and Rena Lucille MacNellie Reynolds. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mann was preceded in death...

Mar 29, 2015

Mrs. Dorothy Louise Tapp, age 87, of Trion, Georgia passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at a Rome Hospital. Mrs. Tapp was born in Sweden Cove, Tennessee on January 23, 1928, daughter of the late Marlin Rector and Beulah Roberson Rector. She was a kind hearted person that loved to shop, go to Trade Day and Cook, but her...

Mar 26, 2015

Mr. Jerry Lee Grogan, age 56 of Trion, GA passed away M arch 26, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Grogan was born in Rome, GA on July 27, 1958. He had been employed by Potter Shackleford Construction Company. Mr. Grogan had a great sense of humor, was a jokester, love to fish and do puzzles, word games, Nascar, and...