Mrs. Helen Webster Bell

MRS. HELEN FRANCES WEBSTER BELL passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Fort Payne AL. She was born in Menlo, GA to the late Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Webster on March 25, 1917. Following graduation from Menlo High School, she attended Bob Jones University in Cleveland, TN where Rev. Billy Graham was one of her classmates. She later graduated from Georgia State College for women in Milledgeville, GA. She taught school at South Summerville Elementary School. 

 She married Robert Terry (Bob) Bell and moved to Gaylesville, AL. They owned a cattle farm for many years. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed sharing her roses with friends and neighbors. Helen was a long time member of Oak Bowery United Methodist Church in Gaylesville where she was active in the United Methodist Women. In 1994, she moved to Fort Payne First United Methodist Church.

 She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Terry Bell; her sister Kathryn Webster; and her brother, Daniel Webster.  She is survived by her daughters, Ann Ledbetter and her husband Stanley of LaFayette, GA, Betty Chestnut and her husband Richard of Huntsville, AL; and Ellen Limbaugh and her husband Malley of Childersburg, AL. She is also survived by her sister, Carolyn Webster Shaw and her husband, Thomas of Jackson, GA. She adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Lance Ledbetter and his wife April of Atlanta, GA; Julia Ledbetter Edge and her Children, Jonathan and Jacob of Chickamauga, GA; Patrick Chestnut and his wife, Mandy and their children, Caroline, Patrick, Anna Louise, and Ruth of Athens, AL; Lauren Lowe, and her husband Carl of Huntsville, AL; Ryan Limbaugh and his wife Jamie and their children, Carson, Cody, and Adam of Anniston, AL; Scott Limbaugh and his wife Kate of Tuscaloosa, AL, and Sloan Limbaugh of Nashville, TN; Several Nieces and Nephews and many friends also survive.  

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Ryan Limbaugh, Patrick Chestnut, Lance Ledbetter, Scott Limbaugh, Sloan Limbaugh and Danny Chestnut.  Services will be held 3 P.M. CST Friday, Nov. 20th at the Perry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ryan Limbaugh officiating. Interment will follow in Randle Cemetery, Gaylesville, AL.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 until 3 P.M. Friday.  Memorials may be made to the Gideons International or Anniston Bible Church, 3230 Coleman Rd., Anniston, AL 36207.  The family would like to thank her caregivers, the staff of Wills Creek Village Assisted Living, Faye Payne, Jennie Gable, Betty Hosch and Amedysis Hospice for their loving care. 

Mrs. Era Faye Logan

Mrs. Era Faye Logan, age 81, of Trion, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Floyd Medical Center. Mrs. Logan was born in Trion, Georgia on May 9, 1928, son of the late David Oscar Smith and Janie Marie Ledford Smith. She was of the Church of God Faith and prior to retirement, was employed with Mt. Vernon Mills. Mrs. Logan was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Logan on April 9, 2005, and by two sisters, Hazel Nixon and Nelda Clowdis. Mrs. Logan is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Janet Logan, Billy and Shirley Logan and Lamar Logan all of Trion; brother, Earl Smith of Summerville; sisters, Ann Bailey of Trion and Sue (Ronnie) Rogers; 2 grandchildren, Kerry (Brad) Jones of Summerville and Angie (Kevin) Crain of Trion; and one great-grandson, Braden Crain; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral Services for Mrs. Logan will be held Monday, November 16, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Howell officiating. Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Max Reed, Kevin Crain, Brad Jones, Ronnie Rogers, Larry Nixon, and Phillip Nixon. Mrs. Logan will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home where the family will receive friends Monday from 12:00 Noon until the funeral hour. 

Danny Lee Sorrells

Mr. Danny Lee Sorrells, age 27, of Lyerly, GA died Monday, November 16, 2009 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Sorrells was born March 9, 1982 in Atlanta, GA. He attended the Faith Temple Holiness Church. Mr. Sorrells is survived by his father, Dwight Sorrells; mother, Paulette Fennell Sorrells; caregivers, Jeff & Laura Dotson, Dwight and Zack Dotson; brothers, Michael Sorrells and Quinton Youther; several aunts, uncles, niece and cousins. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the chapel of Mason Funeral Home with Rev. John Mann and Rev. Phil Whitley officiating. Burial will follow in Johnson Cemetery.Active pallbearers will be Ray Camp, Terry Sorrells, Lamar Chapman, Dwight Dotson, Zack Dotson, and Troy Dunn. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Kidd, Andrew Barnes, Gary Dotson, and Drake Crawford. Mr. Sorrells will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until the service hour on Thursday. To sign the guestbook, go on-line to masonfuneralhome.com 

Billy Warren Hurley

MR. BILLY WARREN HURLEY, SR., age 67, of Bargain Lane, Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday (November 13, 2009) morning in a Rome hospital. Born in Cherokee County, Alabama on July 3, 1942, a son of the late Miles Irby and Ruby Mae Bagley Hurley. Mr. Hurley was a self employed carpenter.

Surviving are daughter & spouse, Ginger & Duane Thomas of Summerville; sons and spouses, Billy Jr. & Roxanna Hurley and Jeff & Renea Hurley both of Subligna; sisters & spouse, Mary Woodham of Summerville and Ruth & Hugh Garner of Allexus, AL.; grandchildren, Scott, Ashley, & Skyler Thomas; Les, Tim, & Travis Penson; Elijah Blu Hurley; Six Great Grandchildren; former wife, Janice Hurley of Summerville; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

Funeral service will be held Sunday (November 15th) at 4:00 P.M. EST from graveside in Unity Cemetery in Cedar Bluff, Alabama with Joe Roberson officiating. There will be no visitation; the family may be contacted at their respective homes.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge.

Menlo Water Customers Boil Water Order – Updated

Customers who get their water from the City of Menlo are being advised to boil their water for drinking and cooking.

Sid Swords with the City of Menlo told AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio that the city water system had a bad sample on Monday that was caused by human error.  Swords said that under new EPD rules the water system must notify local media if they receive even one bad sample, even if subsequent samples test fine.

Swords said that some time tommorrow morning around 10 to 11 AM the boil water order will be lifted.  Swords told AM 1180 that there was no serious problem with the water system and that the bad sample was caused by human error.

 

Eric Lebron “Tadpole” Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Mr. Eric Lebron (Tadpole) Phillips, age 62, Kemp Road, Lafayette, GA, passed away Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009, at his residence.  Mr. Phillips was born October 1, 1947, in Walker County GA, the son of the late Wilburn Floyd and Rita Lorene Wofford Phillips. He was a truck driver having worked for Jones & Jones Trucking & Logging, a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Vietnam.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Saine, daughters, Erica Phillips, Summerville, GA, Tabitha Hamby & (Jerry  Fielding), Lafayette, GA, Kristi Reed, Pensacola, FL, sons, Jeff (April) Phillips, Summerville, GA, Kenny (Bonnie) Phillips, Terry Saine, Lafayette, GA, sister, Nancy Jo (Billy) Warren, Summerville, GA, 11 grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday November 13, 2009, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mickey Skates officiating with interment in the AMI Cemetery.
Active palbearers, Kenny Phillips, Chris Bowman, Terry Saine, Jacki Corbin, Jerry Fielding, Jim Hawkins, Mickey Hughes, Greg Wofford, Byron Wofford, Honorary pallbearers, James Blaylock, Jody Pearson, William Cravitt, Jackie Smith, Jerry Holbrook, Gary Vaughn, Michael McCarty.
Mr. Phillips will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday November 12, 2009.
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Eric Lebron (Tadpole) Phillips. 
For guest book go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com

Mr. Samuel H. York, Jr.

Mr. Samuel Huron York, Jr., age 84, of Highway 157, Menlo, GA passed away Monday,  November 9, 2009 in Floyd Medical Center.  Mr. York was born August 2, 1925 in DeKalb County, GA.  Mr. York was a veteran of the United States Army. He was retired from the United States Post Office, was a charter member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Dalton, GA and an associate member of the Trion United Methodist Church in Trion, GA. 

Mr. York was preceded in death by his wife, Minnie Bell Biles York; father and mother, Sam York, Sr. and Mary Bell Blasingame York; brothers, Harold and Charles York; and a grandson, Robert H, York, Jr.

Mr. York is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Peggy and Greg Westbrook of Menlo, GA and Mary and Doug Croy of Dalton, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Sheila York of Menlo, GA; sisters, Lucille Barimo of Franklin, TN and Dorothy Travillian of Dalton, GA;  granddaughter, Samantha Lester of Menlo; grandson, Douglas Croy of Dalton, GA; 3 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 13, 2009 at 11am from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Art Graves and Rev. Rob Pierce officiating.  Interment will follow in West Hill Cemetery in Dalton, GA.

Mr. York will lie-in-state Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 4pm until 7pm.Pallbearers will be family and friends.  Honorary pallbearers will nurses and staff of F Hall of Oakview Nursing & Rehab Center.  They are asked to assemble at the funeral home by 10:30am on Friday.

Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements for Mr. Samuel Huron York, Jr. who passed away on Monday.

Danny Tyler Corn

Mr. Danny Tyler Corn, age 14, of Lyerly, GA died Saturday, November 7, 2009 from injuries received in a four-wheeler accident. Tyler was born December 30, 1994 in Rome, GA. He was an 8th grade student at Lyerly School. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Johnny and Mary Landrum. Survivors include his parents, James & Judy Blalock; brother, Gary Crouch; sister, Ashley Corn; grandparents, Buddy & Lula Blalock and Buddy and Frances Corn; uncles, Tony Blalock, Johnny Landrum; aunts, Connie Malloy and Mary Ojala. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the chapel of Mason Funeral Home with Rev. J. B. McNeil officiating. Burial will follow in Johnson Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Doug Tudor, Dustin Webb, Ronnie Padgett, Tim DeBerry, Tony Blalock and Steve Shavers. Honorary pallbearers will be Steven Malloy, Brandon Hayes, Cory Boyd and Dustin Long. Tyler will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Mason Funeral Home is directing. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com 

Mrs. Louise Busbin Hubler

Mrs. Janie W. Scoggin

Mrs. Janie Scoggin Wilson, age 87, of 799 Little Egypt Road, Summerville, GA, died Wednesday evening, November 4, 2009 at a local hospital.

A native of Chattooga County, Mrs. Wilson was born on March 10, 1922, the daughter of the late John L and Janie Mae Morgan Scoggin.  She was a member of the Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church and the Bessie Myrick Sunday School Class.  Mrs. Scoggin was a retired secretary and was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Bill Shaw in 2008.  Mrs. Wilson was married on December 14, 1941 to Ernest Franklin Wilson who preceded her in death in 1974.

Survivors included 2 daughters:  Johnnie Shaw of Summerville and Wanda Barnett of Mobile, Alabama; 5 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Janie Scoggin Wilson will be held this Friday afternoon, (November 6), at 2pm at the Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church with the Rev. Mac McCurry and the Rev. Clyde Hampton officiating.  Interment will follow in the following lot of Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Wilson will lie-in-state at the church Friday from 12noon until 2pm.  The family will receive friends at the church from 12noon until 2pm.

The following will serve as active pallbearers:  Yandall Park, Max Cordle, Doug Wilson, Don Wilson, Buddy Fowler and Don Elliott.  Members of the Bessie Myrick Sunday School Class will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Please join the family in honoring Janie Scoggin by visiting http://www.talleysparkviewchapel.com/ and posting your tribute and memories,

Fred Talley’s Parkview Chapel Funeral Home of Rome has charge of the funeral arrangements for Janie Scoggin Wilson.