Area Obituaries

Carson James Stalker, Jr., 43, of Gaylesville, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Stalker was born April 27, 1975, in Southfield, MI, son of Carson James Stalker, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Joyce Lingerfelt Carson.  He was employed with Shaw Industries. Mr. Stalker is survived by his son,…

MRS.  CAVALIER  EUGENIA HUDGINS MARTIN, – Age 84, of Lyerly, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, June 6, with her family at her bedside. She was the widow of the late Lovett Martin, Sr. and was preceded in death by her son, Robert Martin, parents, the late Thelma Finley and Louise Strickland Finley. Survivors are her five sons,…

Matthew Franklin Crawford, age 94, of Summerville, GA, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at the Oakview Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Crawford was born May 15, 1924, in Farrell, AL.  Prior to his retirement, he had worked in the pulpwood and construction industry.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers,…

Billy Don Trammell, age 55 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Mr. Trammell was born in Summerville, Georgia on August 30, 1962, son of the late Billy Hoyt Trammell and RosaNell McGraw Trammell. He was employed with Black & Meek Milling Company. Mr. Trammell is survived by his daughters, Abagail Middleton, Jessica Sauls,…

Mrs. Joan Simon O’Connell, age 92, of Summerville, GA, passed away Friday, May 25, 2018, in the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. O’Connell was born May 7, 1926, in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Lavin Simon.  Prior to her retirement, she had been employed in retail sales.  In addition…

Mrs. Debbie Colbert, 52 of Summerville, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in a Rome hospital.  A native of Chattooga County, She was born on February 5, 1966, a daughter of Roland Bice, Sr. and Delana Sue Caldwell Bice.  Mrs. Colbert was a Homemaker and attended Son Rise Baptist Church, and was preceded in death…

Frank E. Howell of Dalton, passed away May 29 at his Royal Oaks residence. He was born in Summerville (Chattooga County) in 1919 and was preceded in death by his parents, Deed and Ella Howell, his wife, Hazel, two brothers, Bob and Olan Howell and a sister, Margaret Strickland. He and Hazel had been married…

Mrs. Edith Mae King Parker, age 83, of LaFayette went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, June 03, 2018. Edith was born on April 16, 1935 to the late Horace King and Lucille Dooley Arnold. She was born in Summerville, Georgia and graduated from Chattooga County High School.  Edith then married the love of…

Mr. Robert E. “Mr. Bob” Stowe, age 86 of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, May 30, at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Stowe, known to children as “Paw Paw Bob”, and to adults as “Mr. Bob” was born in Trion, Georgia on November 29, 1931, son of the late Thomas Franklin Stowe and Mary…

MR. MIKE CAMP, age 70, of Shady Lane, Trion, Georgia passed away Friday afternoon, June1, 2018, at his residence following a brief illness.  Born in Trion, Georgia on September 22, 1947, He was a son of the late Furman (Fat) Camp and Robbie Greenwood Camp.  He was Baptist by Faith, was a Sargent in the…

Mrs. Bonnie Pearl Spear, age 83, of Trion, GA, died Saturday, June 2, 2018, at the Oakview Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Spear was born January 13, 1935, in St. Clair, AL, daughter of the late Arthur Shamblin and Stella Agnes O’Donnell Tucker.  She attended the Harrell Street Church of God and loved to garden…

Mr. Randall Estes Battles, Sr. age 67, of Trion, GA, died Thursday, May 31, 2018, at Kindred Hospital in Rome, GA. Mr. Battles was born August 24, 1950, in Gadsden, AL, son of the late William Henry and Viola Florence Wester Battles.  Prior to his retirement, he was employed with Jarrett Trucking.  In addition to…