Mr. Fred Bennie White, age 79, of Menlo, GA, died Monday, August 29, 2022, at his residence.

Mr. White was born August 3, 1943, in Summerville, GA, son of the late James and Lottie McNeese White. Mr. White enjoyed watching his Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs. He also loved riding around on any back road he could find.  Prior to his retirement, he was employed with Mohawk as a Crew Leader.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Henry White, Johnny Lee White, Bobby James White, and Billy White.

Survivors include his son, Kevin (Tammy) White; a daughter, Keitha Vaughan; sisters, Betty Jo (Phil) Rogers, Shirley Culberson, and Gail Anderson; grandchildren, Jessica (John) Ware, Maci Tucker, Alex Tucker, and Jacob Vaughan; great-grandchildren, Annslee Tucker and Addie Mae Ware.

Funeral services for Mr. White will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, September 2, 2022, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joel Smith officiating. Interment will follow in New Hope South Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jacob Vaughan, Alex Tucker, John Tucker, Lamar Spraggins, John Ware, Mick Allen.

Mr. White will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. until the hour of service on Friday.

To share your condolences with the family online, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are provided by Mason Funeral Home- Summerville, GA.

Mr. James Julian “Cat” Williams, age 84 of Trion, Georgia passed away Thursday, August 25, 2022 at a Rome hospital.

Mr. Williams was born in Trion, Georgia on September 24, 1937, son of the late John Henry Williams and Pauline Ware Williams. He was retired from the Cloth Room at Mt. Vernon Mills.  He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and watching baseball. In addition to his parents, Mr. Williams was preceded in death by a daughter, Janet Cabe.

Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Betty Louise Williams; step children, Rickey and Melinda Tucker and Trena and Denny Strickland; sister, Shirley Woodall; brother and sister-in-law, Jerry and Ann Williams; grandchildren, Matthew Cabe, Amy and Steve Helms and Jason and Selena Tucker; 5 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mr. Williams will be held Monday, August 29, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Spears officiating. Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Jason Tucker, Rickey Tucker, David Lloyd, Cecil Watkins, Alvin Grogan and Steve Helms.

Mr. Williams will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Monday afternoon from 2:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. James Julian “Cat” Williams. Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook and to post condolences/

MR. MAX RUSSELL BALDWIN, Sr., age 85, of Dry Valley Church Road Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday August 25th, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Summerville, Georgia on March 5, 1937, son of the late Archie R. and Annie Ruth Baines Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin retired in 1980 as a Major of the United States Army serving in Vietnam two terms and achieved Master Senior Aviator. He was a member of the Church of Christ. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, the late Gracie Ruth Hall.

Surviving are his loving Wife, Peggy Shamblin Baldwin; Daughter, Virginia Ruth Baldwin; Sons, Max Russell Baldwin II and Patrick S. Baldwin, M.D.; Grandchildren, Cassidy Shea Baldwin, M.D, Dylan Shamblin Baldwin, Catlin Rae Meredith, Max Edwin Kohl, James Ryan Kohl and Islay Ruth Kohl.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday August 28th, 2022 from the J.D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Woods and Mr. John Shamblin officiating. Entombment will be at a later date. Pallbearers will be Lee Wilcox, Jeff Mitchell, Dylan Baldwin, Mark Woods, Terry Payne, and John Meredith. Honorary Pallbearers will be Lee and Caroline Meranic, John and Glendia Liddle, Ted and Gayle Goss, Debra Piper, Sue Bridges, Kevin and Betsy Hayes, Connie and Terry Payne, Pam and Spenser Hogg, Peggy and Harold Boyd, Joy and Dewayne Hampton, Libby and Mikey Worthington, Dr. Jeffery Blackmon, Jimmy Barron, Lisa and Buddy Hill, and Teresa Compton.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 12:30 until 2 p.m. at the Funeral Home.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mr. Max Russell Baldwin who passed away on Thursday.

Mr. Edward Dale Chastain, age 70, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, August 26, 2022, at Advent Health Redmond.

Mr. Chastain was born September 1, 1951, in Rome, GA, son of the late Edward Eugene and Lucille Fite Chastain. He was a member of Silver Hill Baptist Church and was employed with Mohawk. He was a Sergeant in the United States Army having served in Vietnam.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Parsons Chastain; brother, Donnie Chastain; and a sister, Ann McCoy.  Survivors include his sister-in-law, Elaine Chastain; and a nephew, Shane Chastain.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, August 29, 2022, at Silver Hill Cemetery with Rev. Thomas Farmer officiating. Pallbearers will be nephews and friends.

Mr. Chastain will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 9:30 until 10:30 A.M. on Monday.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to either the Shriners (www.shrinersinternational.org) or to St. Jude (www.stjude.org).  To share your condolences with the family online, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are provided by Mason Funeral Home- Summerville, GA.

Mr. Dearl Rex Cook, age 84 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at his residence.

Mr. Cook was born in Summerville, Georgia on April 14, 1938, son of the late Clarence Ellis Cook and Annie Ruth Spain Cook. He was a member of the Wayside Baptist Church and prior to retirement, was employed in the Maintenance Department of Mt. Vernon Mills. He enjoyed woodworking, especially making walking sticks, loved to tinker around in his shops and loved going to Trade Day. In addition to his parents, Mr. Cook was preceded in death by his brother, Francis Ellis “Cookie” Cook and a son-in-law, Greg Eaves.

Mr. Cook is survived by his wife, Imogene Holloway Cook; sons, Greg and Gail Cook and Scott and Melissa Cook; daughters and son-in-law, Annette Cook Eaves and Gina and Jimbo Crabtree; 8 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Graveside and Interment services for Mr. Cook will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 4:30 P.M. in the West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Ricky Harris officiating. Rev. John Hayes will have a prayer with the family at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Scott Cook, Lamar Gilliland, Kevin Gilliland, Joey Mitchell, Wade Eaves and Toby Morrison. Honorary Pallbearers will be Mr. Cook’s Friends.

Mr. Cook will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Wednesday, August 31, 2022 from 3:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Dearl Rex Cook. Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook and to post condolences.

Mr. Kenneth Turner Venable, age 79 of Summerville, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022 surrounded by his family at a Rome area hospital.

Mr. Venable was born in Cedartown, Georgia on January 21, 1943, son of the late Otis Turner Venable and Jessie May Osburn Venable. He had been employed as a Carpenter prior to working and retiring from Bigelow-Sanford. Mr. Venable was a jack of all trades and could fix just about anything. He enjoyed going to yard sales and Trade Day; and was a great pool player. In addition to his parents, Mr. Venable was preceded in death by his wife, Briana Jane Venable and a baby sister, Glenda Venable.

Mr. Venable is survived by his children, Wayne (Diane) Venable; Lisa (Susan) Venable, and Adriana Venable; brother, Charles W. Venable; grandchildren, Jesse (Carl) Moses, Alexis Abernathy and Emily (Joseph) Keith; great grandchildren, Owen Moses, Kinsley Moses, Bennett McElwee and Brenley McElwee; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mr. Venable will be held Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 4:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Weaver officiating. Private Interment will be in the Macedonia Cemetery.

Mr. Venable will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will be receiving visitors from 2:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Kenneth Turner Venable. Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook, and to post condolences.

Mrs. Mary Frances Shearin Ray, age 84, of Gaylesville, AL, died Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at Riverview Medical Center in Gadsden, AL.

Mrs. Ray was born January 28, 1938, in Chattanooga, TN, daughter of the late Edward and Edna Mathis Shearin. She was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Valley # 1 Baptist Church. She loved the Lord Jesus Christ and she loved her family and friends very much. She was so gentle and always had a listening ear. She was always willing to help anyone in need and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was the glue that held her family together and was a beautiful reflection of the Lord that she loved.

She is now in the presence of the Lord that she spent many hours talking to. We are reminded of the “Amazing Grace” song’s line “I once was lost but now am found…was blind but now I see.” We are left to wonder what beauty that her blind eyes are now seeing. This beautiful, loving, sweet lady will be missed, but the love she has touched others with will continue. She would want the reflections of Christ in her to be passed on to her family and friends to know that her labor was not in vain. She has finished the race the Lord placed for her and is now sitting at His feet. One of her favorite Bible verses was Isaiah 55:8; “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.”

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin Junior Ray; daughter, Joyce Battles; son, Lamar Addison; sisters, Peggy Kitchens, Christine Freeman, and Sue Smith; and a grandson, Stephen Addison.

Survivors include her sons, Michael (Tricia) Ray, Darryl (Carla) Ray, Randy Ray; daughters, Vicki Robbins, Pamela Porter, Kimberly (Michael) Reynolds; grandchildren, Whitey Miller, Russell Addison, Koby Addison, Leah Hairrell, Chris Battles, Colton Robbins, Michael Reynolds, Peyton Reynolds, Natalie Ray, Lyla Ray, Isaac Ray, Owen Ray, Tyler Ray, and Jamie Ray; and several great-grandchildren.

Graveside and interment services will be held at 3:30 P.M. (E.S.T.) Friday, August 26, 2022, at Mount Zion Cemetery with Rev. Briggs King and Rev. Ronald Berry officiating. Pallbearers will be Russell Addison, Koby Addison, Tyler Ray, Chris Battles, Michael Reynolds, and T.J. Miller.

Mrs. Ray will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) on Friday.

To share your condolences with the family online, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are provided by Mason Funeral Home- Summerville, GA.

MRS. JANICE LEE (PATSY) WHITE, age 75, of Red Bird Lane, Summerville, Georgia, Teloga Community, passed away Sunday evening at her residence, following an extended illness. Born in North Carolina on April 25, 1947, She was a daughter of the late Raymond Deforest (Boog) Kirby and Josie Elizabeth Keef (Jo) Kirby. Mrs. White was former Director of Nutrition at Kennestone Hospital and a member of the Teloga Baptist Church. In addition to Parents, She was preceded in death by Her husband, the late Noland Dewayne White on July 4, 2021, and brothers, the late Steve Kirby and Michael Kirby.

Surviving are son, Jaylen White; sister-Linda (Bill) Powell; special friends and care givers, Diane Venable, Vickie and Gene Brown, Peggy Mitchell, and Brandon Gurley.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. from the Teloga Baptist Church with Rev. Tony Weaver officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetery. Active Pallbearers Steve Rinehart, Johnny Gentry, Gene Brown, Ted Deberry, Gene Ellenburg, and Brandon Gurley. The Family will receive friends Wednesday at the Teloga Baptist Church from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Patsy White.

MR. KERRY ARNELL EVANS – AGE 42, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022 while at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia . He was born September 09, 1979 to his parents Arthell Evans and Pamela Diane Shropshire Evans. He was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church in Summerville and a graduate of Chattooga High School. He was employed at Mount Vernon Mills. His mother, Pamela Diane Shropshire Evans and his brother, Nicholas Shropshire preceded him in death.

Kerry is survived by his father, Arthell Evans; children, Danarea Marrow, Ta’Keria (Jordan)Willingham, Princess Johnson, Pamela Evans, Kiyah Shropshire, Kierria Evans, Kendrea Evans; son, Jeremias Price; bonus children, Donavie Marrow and Khiyona Shropshire; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

Celebratory Service will be held Monday, August 22, 2022 at 3:00 P. M. at New Hope United Methodist Church, 304 Martin Street, Summerville, Georgia 30747 with Pastor Robert Barrett, Eulogist. The familly will receive Friends one hour before the service. Interment, Evans Family Cemetery. Arrangements are by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.

Mrs. Martha Jo Chisolm, age 89, of Summerville, GA, died Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at her residence.

Mrs. Chisolm was born May 1, 1933, in Gaylesville, AL, daughter of the late John S. and Annie Pitts Bishop. She was Baptist by faith and prior to her retirement, was employed with Mohawk Industries.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Everett H. “Buddy” Chisolm; a son, Barry Chisolm; siblings, Alice Maul, Dorothy Thomas, Kenneth Bishop, Robert “Bob” Bishop, Frances Daniel, and Annie Laura “Tincy” Vaughn.

Survivors include her sons, Bobby (Debra) Chisolm, Jessie (Shelena) Chisolm; daughters, Cindy (Freddy) Early, Kathy (Jack) Bond, Janice (Johnnie) Martin, and Beth (Tom) Dunn; a sister, Judy (Robert) McCollough; 17 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, August 21, 2022, at Perennial Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Alton Stamey and Rev. Tom Russell officiating. Interment will follow in Perennial Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons.

Mrs. Chisolm will be in state at Perennial Springs Baptist Church and the family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. until the hour of service on Sunday.

To share your condolences with the family online, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are provided by Mason Funeral Home- Summerville, GA.