Area Obituaries

Mr. William “Tommy” Shaw, age 65, of Lyerly, GA passed away Sunday-May 6, 2018 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Shaw was born November 18, 1952 in Chickamauga, GA to the late Leo and Betty Sue Wimpy Padgett Shaw. He was the owner/operator of T&L trucking where he was known as “Lucky”. Survivors include his…

MRS. NEOMA L. HAMPTON, age 86, of Menlo, Georgia passed away Saturday, May 5, 2018, evening in the local nursing home.  Mrs. Hampton was born in Dekalb County, Alabama, on November 15, 1931, to the late Harvey J. and Fannie Kennedy Moses.  She was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church and a retired seamstress. …

Mrs. Kathy Yvonne (Hudnell) Bonjorni Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Mr. Olin Sydney Brown, age 92, of Summerville, GA, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Brown was born February 12, 1926, in Summerville, GA, son of the late Major Oliver and Margaret Elizabeth Wilson Brown.  He was a member of the Silver Hill Baptist Church, and prior to his retirement, was employed…

Patricia “Patsy” C. Harrison entered the gates of heaven on May 2, 2018. Born on June 22, 1937 in Cave Spring, GA to the late Flonnie and Oscar Coffin. Preceding in her death was her sisters: Grace Foster, Inez Abarr, Gladys Rigby, and Nellie Coffin; her brother: William Grady Coffin; her grandson: Craven Floyd; and…

Mr. Wayne Leon Pettyjohn, age 64 of the Spring Creek Community, passed away Wednesday, May 02, 2018 at his residence following an extended illness.   Mr. Pettyjohn was born in Trion, Georgia on February 2, 1954, son of the late Luther Dewitt Pettyjohn and Nettie Ruth Keasler Pettyjohn. He was a member of the Spring…

James Carter Austin (Jim), 92, of Rome, Ga., passed away on April 29, 2018. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., May 4, at First Baptist Church of Rome with Pastor Matt DuVall officiating. Visitation will be at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church sanctuary. Burial will follow at Floyd Memory Gardens.…

TREVA JUNE MCGUIRE, age 57, of Marks Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday morning, May 2, 2018, in a Rome, Georgia hospital.  Born in LaFayette, Georgia on June 17, 1960, a daughter of the late John Henry Fowler and Barbara Jean Eaker Fowler who survives.  Mrs. McGuire was formerly employed in the coater department of Mohawk Mills.             Surviving…

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Mrs. Dedra Ann Kever “Mrs. D” Strickland, age 73 of Summerville, GA took her first step into Heaven and met her Savior face to face Sunday- April 29, 2018 at National Healthcare Center of Rossville. Dedra was born September 6, 1944 in Tallassee, FL to the late Major Luther Davis and Dorothy Inez Kyle Kever…

Ms. Gloria Patricia “Patsy” Floyd, age 68, of Summerville, GA, died Monday, April 30, 2018, at the Oakview Health and Rehabilitation Center. Ms. Floyd was born August 17, 1949, in Atlanta, GA, daughter of the late William Hershal and Elsie Marie Russell Reid.  She was Baptist by faith, and prior to her retirement, was employed…

Charles Douglas Styles, Sr., age 86 of Cedar Bluff, passed away Sunday, April 29th at his residence. Funeral services will be 1:PM Wednesday, May 2nd at Perry Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Randall Stancell officiating; burial will follow in Weiss Lake Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8:PM Tuesday, at the…