Mr. Tommy Hughes “Tom” Dooley, age 72, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013 at his residence.
Mr. Dooley was born in Summerville, Georgia on September 25, 1941, son of the late Willie Hughes Dooley and Essie Norton Dooley. He was a 1961 graduate of the Summerville High School where he was a member of the 1960 State Championship Football Team. Mr. Dooley was an avid hunter and fisherman. He loved being outdoors, working on his farm, and spending time with his grandchildren. Mr. Dooley had attended the New Antioch Baptist Church and prior to his retirement, he was employed with the Summerville Gas Department.
Mr. Dooley is survived by his wife, Peggy Martin Dooley; son, Rusty Dooley of Summerville; daughter and son-in-law, Christy and Vergil Tudor of Lyerly; three grandchildren, Baylee Tudor Carpenter and her husband, Zack, Jessie Tudor and Abby Tudor; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services for Mr. Dooley will be held Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 2:00 P.M., in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Pledger and Rev. Kenneth Norton officiating. Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.
The following gentlemen have been asked to serve as pallbearers and should assemble at the Coffman Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 1:30 P.M.: Carl Dooley, Terry Wayne Dooley, Robert Norton, Jody Cochran, Marcell Yancey, Joe Reed, John Head and Kevin Scoggins.
Honorary Pallbearers will be the 1959, 1960 and 1961 Summerville High School Football Teams, Special Friends: The Dry Valley Gang; The Jarrett Families, Tudor Family, The Bramlett Family and the WSN Gang, Trucktown, the Summerville Gas Department, Allen Cochran, Jackie Pierce, Farrell Allen, Joe Cox, Kelley Koonce, Lightning Lee, Randy Marshall, Ernie Ragland, Ronnie Dooley, Will Marks, Pete Denson and Randy Toles.
Mr. Dooley will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the Family will receive friends Saturday evening after 6:00 P.M.
Coffman Funeral Home-Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Tommy Hughes “Tom” Dooley.
Mrs. Kathryn Brock, age 87, of Trion, GA, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at Floyd Medical Center.
Mrs. Brock was born December 5, 1926, in Trion, GA, daughter of the late Joseph LaFayette and Nellie Lee Stephens Payne. Prior to her retirement, she was employed with Mount Vernon Mills, Mitchell’s Restaurant, and Burger King. She was also a member of the Riegel Textiles Quarter Century Club. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Cecil Brock; 10 brothers and sisters; and a granddaughter, Tina Brock Tucker.
Survivors include her sons and daughter-in-law, Richard and Sammye Brock of Trion, GA, Randy Brock, of Trion, GA; a brother, Gordan Lee Payne of Eclectic, AL; a grandson, Josh Brock of Trion, GA; and great-granchildren, Skylar Tucker and Bowden Brock of Trion, GA.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brock will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, December 27, 2013, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kevin Norton officiating. Burial will follow in the West Hill Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be Josh Brock, Jeremy Reece, Roy Williams, Reggie Page, Josh Strauss, and Daniel Caylor. Honorary Pallbearers will be Nieces and Nephews and the members of the Quarter Century Club.
Mrs. Brock will be in state and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Thursday.
Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com.
Ms. Brittney Samantha Lee Mitchell, age 19, of Summerville, GA, died Wednesday, December 18, 2013.
Ms. Mitchell was born August 8, 1994, in Rome, GA, daughter of Samuel Scott and Michelle Ludlum Mitchell. She was employed with Amazon. Brittney was a 2012 graduate of Chattooga High School where she was a member of the chorus for all four years, the band and drum line, and the football team during her senior year. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Hoyt and Eula Mitchell, and Bob Ludlum.
Ms. Mitchell is survived by her parents, Scott and Michelle Mitchell; a sister, Brandee Michelle Mitchell; and grandmother, Pam Ludlum.
Memorial services for Ms. Mitchell will be held at 1:00 P.M. Sunday, December 29, 2013, at the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kevin Woods officiating.
The family will receive friends from 12 Noon until the service hour on Sunday.
The family would like to say a special thanks to the Staff and Employees of C.S.X. Railroads for their moral support and kindness during this difficult time.
Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com.
Mr. Wilson McKinley Mann, Sr., age 69, of Trion, GA, passed away Monday December 23, 2013, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Mann was born July 10, 1944, in Spartanburg, SC, the son of the late Arthur and Lucille Reynolds Mann. Mr. Mann was a self-employed construction worker.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Lee Reynolds Mann, children, Wilson Mann, Jr., Ronnie Mann, Dorothy Weaver, Geneva Burrage, Beverly James, Annette Elrod; brother, Larry Mann; 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Graveside and interment services will be held at 12:00 noon, Thursday, December 26, 2013 from the West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Kevin J. Norton officiating.
Active pallbearers will be grandsons and Steve Rainey
Mr. Mann will be in state and the family will receive friends at the residence, 1187 Mountain View Road on Wednesday afternoon and until the service hour on Thursday.
Mason Funeral Home is directing.
Mr. Malcolm Lewis Payton, age 62, of Summerville, GA, passed away Monday December 23, 2013, in Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Payton was born July 10, 1951, in Trion, GA, the son of the late Lewis and Mittie Allen Payton. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by a brother, Mark Payton.
Survivors include his children, Amanda Payton and Efren Fonceca, Carrie Payton; brothers, Wayne Payton, Marvin Payton, Steve Payton, Anthony Payton, and Tim Payton; sisters, Sheila Hayslip, Janice Sink, Kathy Marbutt, and Sharron Gabriel; grandchildren, Kaidus
Fonceca, Tyleah Fonceca, and Donna Kincade.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p. m. Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Mason
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Malcom Harris and Rev. Gary Howell officiating.
Burial will follow in Summerville Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Allen
Marbutt, Chris Payton, Randall Payton, Kevin Gorham, Jacob Smith, and Eric Brock.
Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center,
F Hall.
Mr. Payton will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends
from 1:00 until 3:00 p. m. on Thursday, December 26, 2013.
Mason Funeral Home is directing.
Mr. Robert “Rocky” Gordon Lane, age 85, of Summerville, GA, died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at his residence.
Mr. Lane was born September 30, 1928, in Summerville, GA, son of the late Charlie and Dolly Payton Lane. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, was a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church, and prior to retirement, was employed with Mohawk. He also operated Rocky’s Woodcrafts. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Wilene Lane whom he married on December 23, 1954; daughter, Debbie Lane; and sisters, Velma Lane, Verna Adams, Edna Pritchett, and Aileen McConkey.
Mr. Lane is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Kim Lane of Summerville, GA, Charles and Kristi Lane of Dallas, GA; brother and sister-in-law; Clarence and Ozena Lane of Henagar, AL; sister, Mildred Wilkerson of Trion, GA; grandchildren, Brandy and Mark Jackson of LaFayette, GA, Lacey and Shaun Wooten of Summerville, GA, Matthew Lane and Chase Lane of Dallas, GA; great-grandchildren, Jared and Lane White of LaFayette, GA, Selena Watkins of Summerville, GA, and Makenzie Dean of Dallas, GA; and special friends, Cheryl Hyatt, Buddy and Sheila Gentry, and Laura Dean.
Funeral services for Mr. Lane will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, December 23, 2013, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Harold Helton officiating. Burial will follow in the Summerville Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Buddy Gentry, Paul Purcell, Shaun Wooten, Mark Jackson, David Dean, and Matthew Lane. Honorary pallbearers will be the member of New Antioch Baptist Church, the residents of the Saratoga Apartments, and the employees of the Mount Berry Hospice.
Mr. Lane will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday.
Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Dorothy Loggins Griffith, age 87, of Summerville, GA, passed away Thursday December 19, 2013, in Carterville Medical Center.
Mrs. Griffith was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Trion, GA, the daughter of the late Frank and Ola Littlejohn Loggins. She was a member of the Ridgeway Baptist Church and was formerly employed with Fuller Jewelry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Troy Griffith, SR., and a daughter, Anna Jane Griffith.
Survivors include her son, Troy Griffith, JR and wife, Tammy Griffith, of Adairsville, GA, grandchildren, Troy “Tripp” Griffith, III, and Traci Griffith; sisters, Pauline
Loggins and Irene Lancaster.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p. m. Sunday, December 22, 2013, at Mason
Funeral Home with Rev. Kevin Norton officiating. Burial will follow in West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Tripp Griffith, Kenneth Blansit, Waymon Blansit, Sean Maxwell, Wayne Lancaster, Billy Dewayne Cline, Elliott Rountree, and Delane Blansit. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe McDonald, and all residents and staff of Star
Manor, and the Blansit Family.
Mrs. Griffith will be in state at Mason Funeral Home, and the family will receive
friends from 1:00 until 3:00 p. m. Sunday, December 22, 2013.
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Dorothy Loggins Griffith who died on Thursday.
Mrs. Clara Susanne “Sue” Floyd, age 69, of Cumming, GA, (formerly of
Summerville, GA,) died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Embracing Hospice.
Mrs. Floyd was born August 8, 1944 in Miami, FL, the daughter of the late
Weldon and Lillian Hooper Dickson. She was a homemaker. Other than her parents, Mrs. Floyd was preceded in death by her husband, Emerson Eugene Floyd; and a son, Duane Roberts.
Survivors include a daughter, Angela Stratford; son, Greg Roberts; step-sons,
Jerry Floyd, James Floyd, and Gary Floyd; sister, Hilma Tune Ardito; a number
of Grandchildren; and several Great Grandchildren.
Graveside and interment services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Oakhill Cemetery with Rev. Jack Gillespie officiating.
Mrs. Floyd will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends
from 12:00 noon until 1:30 p. m. on Saturday, December 21, 2013.
Mason Funeral Home is directing.
Mrs. Cindy Campbell Brown, age 48, of Trion, Georgia, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at her residence.
Mrs. Brown was born Trion, Georgia on February 17, 1965, daughter of Tony Campbell and the late Charlene Steele Campbell. She attended the Teloga Baptist Church and loved spending time with her grandchildren. Prior to ill health, Mrs. Brown had been employed as a cosmetologist, and a sales associate of the Family Dollar, but is most remembered for working in the lunchroom of Summerville Middle School.
Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband, Scott Brown; daughters and sons-in-law, Jessica Brown Grimes and her husband, Joshua, and Mashell Lashai Willis and her husband, Jimmie C. Willis, Jr.; father, Tony Campbell; Brother, Anthony “Zipper” Campbell; sisters, Angela Camp and Nicole Campbell Howard; grandchildren, Maddox Willis, Maverick Willis, Memphis Grimes, Peyton Grimes, and Olivia Grimes; and dear friends, Dicey and Ken Staton and Tina and Paul Powers.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Brown will be held Monday, December 16, 2013 at 3:00 P.M. in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Donnie Carver officiating. Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.
The following gentlemen have been asked to serve as pallbearers and are asked to meet at the Coffman Funeral Home, Monday at 2:30 P.M.: Joshua Grimes, Jimmie Willis, Jarrod Carver, Benji Willis, Matt Kinnamont and Jared Whitlock.
Mrs. Brown will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Monday afternoon from 1:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.
Coffman Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Cindy Brown.
Mr. Fred Wedgeworth, age 66, of Summerville, Ga passed away Tuesday,
December 10, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Edward
and Mae Ella Wedgeworth, one sister Ollie Mae Hudgins, and six brothers, Harvey,
Matthew, L.C. Felton, Robert Jr., and Steve Wedgeworth.
He is survived one sister, Ella Wedgeworth; three brothers and spouses,
Andrew and Ruby Wedgeworth, Harry and Susan Wedgeworth, and Henry and
Christanater Wedgeworth, all of Summerville; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins,
other relatives and friends.
Homegoing Service will be held Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. from
the West Fifth Street Church of Christ with Bro. J.J. Bankston and Pastor John Lewis
officiating. The family will receive friends at the Church one hour before the service.
Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at
website: www.willisfuneralhomedalton.com. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home,
Inc., Dalton, Ga.