Area Obituaries

Edward Leon Campbell, age 75, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, August 10, 2018, at Redmond Medical Center. Mr. Campbell was born October 9, 1942, in Chickamauga, GA, son of the late Billy Jo Harvey Campbell and Ruby Tinker Campbell.  He attended Four Mile Baptist Church, and prior to his retirement, was employed as a truck…

Mrs. Dora Kathleen “Kat” Lindsey, age 91 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.   Mrs. Lindsey was born in Collinsville, Alabama on June 17, 1927, daughter of the late Sam Barnett and Ada Norris Barnett. She was a homemaker and a babysitter. Mrs. Lindsey was preceded…

Mrs. Joyce Webb Swindle, age 87 of Powell, TN, passed away on Sunday evening, August 5, 2018 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Oak Ridge, TN. Mrs. Swindle was born in Saltillo, MS to the late Mack and Florence White Webb on April 17, 1931. She and her husband, the late Tripp S. Swindle moved to…

Donald Martin, 76, of the West Armuchee Community passed away Monday, August 6, 2018.  He retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 35 years of service where he was a rural mail carrier for the local community and a farmer. He was a member of Subligna Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents,…

Mrs. Bobbie Jo Shamblin, age 86, of Summerville, GA, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Shamblin was born September 18, 1931, in Summerville, GA, daughter of the late Virgil Cothran and Emma Lee Moore Eason. She was a homemaker and a member of South Summerville Baptist Church. Mrs. Shamblin…

Little Miss Rebecca Grace Stephens, age 6, of Summerville, GA, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018, at Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital. Little Miss Stephens was born January 16, 2012, in Rome, GA, to Billy Joe Stephens and Bonnie Jean Farmer Stephens. She was a Kindergartener at Leroy Massey Elementary School. She was also a member…

Robert Louis Pettyjohn, age 67, of Trion, GA, died Monday, August 6, 2018, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Pettyjohn was born July 18, 1951, in LaFayette, GA, son of the late Louis and Dorothy Russell Pettyjohn.  He was Church of Christ by faith, and prior to his retirement, was employed with Ronile.  In addition…

MRS. MARGIE MARIE COLLINS, age 60, of Rising Fawn Trail, Rome, Georgia, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018, in a Rome hospital.  She was born in Floyd County, Georgia on November 21, 1957, a daughter of the late Albert and Laura Mae Mize Gilmore.  Mrs. Collins was preceded in death by her husband, the late…

Mr. , age 60 of Hampton passed away August 4, 2018. He was born July 29, 1958 to Robert S. and Claire M. Baker in Summerville, GA. On September 9, 1988 he married his wife, Virginia in Jonesboro, GA. Lindsay was a devoted husband and dedicated father to his four children. He was a proud…

Mr. George William “Bill” Alexander, age 92, of Chattanooga, TN, formerly of Menlo, GA, died Sunday, August 5, 2018, at Hospice of Chattanooga. Mr. Alexander was born July 12, 1926, in Menlo, GA, son of the late James Leroy “Roy” and Mary Elizabeth Freeman Alexander.  He was a member of the Menlo Presbyterian Church, and…

Irene McWhorter, age 83, of Summerville, GA, died Sunday, August 5, 2018, at Dalton Place Assisted Living. Mrs. McWhorter was born in Mesa, AZ, daughter of the late Ralph and Susie Granillo Carranza.  She was a member of the New Covenant Tabernacle, and prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress.  In addition…

The sweetest, most family-oriented woman in the world, , 90, passed away peacefully at home with family by her side in Bethalto at 8:00pm on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Born on April 26, 1928 in St. Louis County, she was the daughter of Mortimer and Nellie (Schreiber) Verity. She was a lifetime fan of the…