Area Obituaries

MRS. HATTIE MAE MOSTILLER- Age 83, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019. She was preceded by her parents, J.V. and Annie Lou Thompson, husband, Columbus Mostiller, daughter, Darlene Davis, and brother, Joseph McArthur Thompson. She is survived by her three children, Annie Mae (Wayne) Mosley, Betty Sue ( Rev. Melvin) Mosley, Jerry…

Mrs. Arrie Mae Black, age 76 of Trion, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Black was born in Summerville, Georgia on December 15, 1943, daughter of the late John B. Padgette and Agnes Louise Teems Padgette. She was a member of the Waterville Baptist Church and prior to retirement was employed…

Mr. William “Bill” Boyce Keith, Jr., age 63, of LaFayette, GA, died Saturday, December 28, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Keith was born December 20, 1956, in Trion, GA, son of the late William Boyce, Sr. and Mary Caldonia Mann Keith.  He was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church, and prior to his retirement, was…

Mr. Jerry Ralph Smith, age 66, of Summerville, GA, died Wednesday, December 25, 2019, at Redmond Regional Center. Mr. Smith was born November 6, 1953, in Huntsville, AL, son of the late Ralph and Della Louise Adcock Smith.  He was employed with Mohawk. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Christine Smith; sons, Rick (Lori)…

Mrs. Margaret Lucy “Maw” Shropshire, age 80 of Summerville, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Shropshire was born in Gaylesville, Alabama on April 15, 1939, daughter of the late Andy Vineyard and Elsie Mae Chapmen Vineyard. She was retired from Best Mfg and loved to garden and play computer games. In…

Ms. Doris Elizabeth Hyatt, age 76, of Summerville, GA, died Monday, December 23, 2019, at Floyd Medical Center. Ms. Hyatt was born April 13, 1943, in Gadsden, AL, daughter of the late William Newton Frost and Myrtle Mae Smith Frost.  She was Baptist by faith, and prior to her retirement, was employed with Attalla Healthcare. …

Mary Frances Morgan, 81, of LaFayette died on December 16, 2019 after a brief illness. She graduated from Tupelo High School, Tupelo, Mississippi in 1956 and received a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi Women’s University and a master’s degree from Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Mary Frances was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Allen…

MR. JOHN M. “JOHNNY” TODD, SR., age 81, of Highway #114, Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, afternoon, December 24, 2019, at his residence, following an extended illness.  Born in Broometown, Alabama on October 4, 1938, He was a son of the late Milton and Ethel McCullough Todd.  Mr. Todd was retired from ITT Lester and was preceded in…

May 2, 1949 – December 23, 2019 Anne Cavin Moxley of Griffin, Georgia, passed away on December 23, 2019. Anne was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on May 2, 1949. She always said she was thankful to be born in the 1940s because she was surrounded by family members of the Greatest Generation. She heard…