Mr. James Lee “Jerry” Helton, age 69, of Lyerly, GA, died Monday, July 9, 2012

at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

 

Mr. Helton was born June 22, 1943 in Trion, GA, the son of the late Thomas

Lee Helton and Nellie Jane Craig Helton.  He was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills.

 

Survivors include his wife, Mary Lea Helton; son and daughter-in-law, James

Scott and Kim Helton; grandson, Stefan Tyler Helton; sister and brother-in-law,

Martha & Bill Rogers; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Louise Helton;

step-sisters and brothers-in-law, Ruby Hawkins and Lionel Harris, Betty and

Jim Mahiaffey, Charlotte and James Hawkins, Darlene and Frank Bearden,

Jimmie and Gordon Woodard; step-brother and sister-in-law, Henry and

Angela Henderson; step=grandchildren, Robert Daniel Motley and Thomas

James Motley; 8 Sisters-in-law; 5 Brothers-in-law; special friends,

Danny and Charlotte Mosley; and several Nieces and Nephews.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Thursday, July12, 2012 at Mason

Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Odum officiating.  Burial will follow in Lyerly

Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Steve Helton, Paul Jackson, Justin Ramey,

John Jackson, Dennis Lea, and Troy David Rutledge.  Honorary pallbearers will

be Nephews and Nieces.

 

Mr. Helton will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive

friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

 

Mason Funeral Home is directing.