Area Obituaries

MRS. SHELLI PAYNE JONES, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday afternoon, June 22, 2018, at her residence.  A native of New York City, New York, She was born to the late Richard Alan and Majorie Taylor Payne on July 8, 1950.  She was a retired school teacher and artisan; was preceded in death by her husband the…

Mr. James Stewart “Jimmy” Duke, age 53, of Summerville, GA, died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Duke was born November 8, 1964, in Summerville, GA, son of Sarah Elsberry Duke and the late James Harold Duke. He was a member of Subligna Baptist Church and was employed with J &…

Jerry Joe Evans, 78, of the Plainville Community, died on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, following several months of declining health. Jerry was born in Summerville on March 1, 1940. He was the son of the late James William Evans and Lavather Colbert. Along with his parents, Jerry was preceded in death by previous wife, Judy…

Mrs. Mildred Inez Hughes age 89 of Gaylesville, AL passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hughes was born February 17, 1929, in Menlo, GA, daughter of the the late Thomas Roy and Evelyn F. Bryant Mitchell.  She was a member of the Mount Zion Independent Church, and prior to…

Mrs. Martha Jo Drake, age 77, of Cedar Bluff, AL, passed away Thursday, June 21, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Drake was born March 1, 1941, in Centre, AL, daughter of the late James Hamilton and Grace Beatrice Warren McDonald. She was a member of the Freedom Baptist Church, and prior to her retirement, was…

 Billy Allen Crabtree, age 47, of Rome, GA, died Monday, June 18, 2018, at his sister’s residence. Mr. Crabtree was born April 4, 1971, in San Jose, CA, son of the late Robert Gordon, Sr. and Alice Faye Pearson Crabtree.  He was Southern Baptist by faith and was employed with Vulcan Materials.  Mr. Crabtree was…

Mrs. Shirley Rogers McGill Goodson, age 83 of Cloudland, Ga. passed away Wednesday June 13, 2018 at her residence. Mrs. Goodson, was born February 3, 1935, in Floyd County, a daughter of the late Harry Rogers, and Eunice Payne Rogers. She was a member of Chesterfield Baptist Church, a graduate of Coosa High School. Mrs. Goodson was…

Dr. Roy Louis Groce, Sr., age 98 of Chickamauga, Georgia a preacher of The Gospel of Jesus Christ for seventy years went home to be with The Lord on Thursday – June 14, 2018. He was born on July 19, 1919 to the late James & Lillie Holmon Groce. He served his country in the…

Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Miss Emily Cheyenne Johnson, age 17 of Cedar Bluff, AL, passed away Sunday- June 17, 2018 at her residence. Emily was born January 24, 2001, in Ft. Payne, AL, the daughter of Scott Eugene Johnson and Shae Lynn Smith.  She was a senior at Gaylesville High School, and is…

Mr. Kenneth Lee Kinsey, age 73 of the Spring Creek Community, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018 following an extended illness.   Mr. Kinsey was born in Chattooga County on May 15, 1945, son of the late Gordon “Runt” Kinsey and Jessie Peppers Kinsey. He was a member of the East Trion Church of God,…

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Mr. Carlie Edward “Eddie” Burch, III, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in a Rome, Georgia Hospital.  Born in Greenville, Tennessee on May 3, 1075, He was a son of Carlie Edward Burch, Jr. and Deborah K. Densmore who survive.             Surviving beside the Parents are, Stepfather, Danny Hunt; Brothers, Anthony “Tony”…