Mrs. Bertie Melinda Gayler, age 83 of Summerville, GA passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at her residence.
Mr. Harold Dwain Floyd, age 75, of Arrington, TN, died Sunday, October 22, 2017, at his residence.
Ms. Betty Sue Ragland, age 69, of Lyerly, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017, in Pruitt Health Care of Rome.
Mrs. Lillian Shirley Ledford, age 73 of Mentone, AL, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at her home in Mentone following an extended illness.
REV. WAYDELL HOWELL, age 62, of Williams Street, Trion, Georgia passed away Sunday morning, October 22, 2017, following an extended illness.
Rev. Howell was born in Trion, Georgia on December 3, 1954, a son of the late James Calvin and Buina Pope Howell. He was retired from the Roper Corporation, graduate of Trion High School, Class of ’72. An ordained Southern Baptist Minister, He having served the Wayside, Midway, Four Miles Baptist Churches all of Summerville, and Mount Carmel Baptist Church of Fort Payne, Alabama as pastor. Served as Minister of Music at Welcome Hill Baptist Church of Trion and Ridgeway Baptist Church of LaFayette, and was a faithful member of Perennial Springs Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a brother, the late Paul Howell.
Surviving are His wife of 42 years, Debbie Dover Howell; sons and daughter-in-law, Joshua Howell of Trion and Adam and Kimberley Howell of Senoia, GA.; grandchildren, Kamen Lewis, Brody Howell, and Greyson Howell; brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth Wayne and Janice Howell; sister-in-law, Phyllis Pope; a number of Nieces, Nephews, and Cousins also survive.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 24th, at 4:00 P.M. from the Perennial Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Skates and Rev. James Coffman officiating, Interment in West Hill Cemetery. Active Pallbearers Travis Howell, Andy Howell, Joey Barnette, Brett Jackson, Brandon Henderson, Bo Conner and Kamen Lewis; Honorary Pallbearers, Rev. Tom Russell, Rev, William Harris, Rev. Ricky Biddle, Rev. Mike Odom, Rev. Harold Helton, and Rev. David Pettyjohn. The Family will receive friends Tuesday from 2 until 4 P.M. at Perennial Springs Baptist Church.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Rev. Waydell Howell, who passed away Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith, age 58, of Summerville, GA, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017, at her residence.
Mrs. Doris Clark Morgan, age 88, of Trion, GA passed away Friday, October 20, 2017 at a Rome Healthcare center.
Ms. Marilyn Geneva Bray, age 55, of Trion, GA, passed away Thursday October 19, 2017, at Lafayette, GA. She was born February 7, 1962, in Clinton, AL, the daughter of the late Oliver Douglas Oates, and Edna Margene Smith Reynolds.
Mrs. Clara Frances Farmer Johnson, age 100, of Trion, GA, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.
Dexter “Rug” Phillip Laws, age 64, of Summerville, GA, passed away October 19, 2017 at his residence.