Mrs. Rosemarie Montgomery White, age 77 of Summerville, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. White was born in Reiskirchun, Germany on November 21, 1939, daughter of the late Philipp Schild and Elise Wagester Schild.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Summerville, the McDonald’s Coffee Club, and prior to retirement, was employed as a respiratory therapist at the Chattooga County Hospital and was also a home health caregiver.  Mrs. White loved to Garden, enjoyed all types of Artwork, loved music, especially Elvis, liked played to accordion, enjoyed collecting trinkets and loved to bake different items and share them with family and friends.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. White was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Marion White and her former husband and father of her son, Eugene Montgomery, and a step-son-in-law, Jimmy Gribble.

Mrs. White is survived by her son, Grant Montgomery of Trion; sister, Elfriede Gruner of Germany; stepdaughters and their spouses, Nancy Ann Gribble, Cynthia and Eddie Wilson, Melinda and Jay Tonge and Laura and Kelvin Lovingood; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. White will be held Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Pastor Greg King officiating.  Interment will follow in the Green Hills Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Kelvin Lovingood, Larry Norton, Jay Tonge, Eddie Wilson, Darrell Parker, David Lloyd and Michael Terrell.  Honorary Pallbearers will be the McDonald’s Coffee Club and the Ladies Circle of the First Presbyterian Church, and Dan Floyd.

Mrs. White will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home where the family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon from 12:00 Noon until the funeral hour.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Rosemarie Montgomery White.  

Mr. Walter Rayford (Ray) Reeves, age 69, of Gaylesville, AL, passed away Friday March 24. 2017, in Redmond Regional Center.

Mr. Reeves was born December 22, 1947, in Alexandra, AL, the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt  and Mildred Dean Nowlin Reeves.  He  retired from Hurley’s Grocery, and had worked for 18 years for Auto Zone. A former member of the Chattooga Bass Club

Survivors include his wife, Sherry Jean Hurley Reeves, daughter and sons-in-law, Tisha and Phillip Cox, Samantha and Rowan Bussey, son and daughter-in-law, Sean and Amy Reeves, grandchildren, Levi Cox and Matthew Cox, Chelsea Bussey, Landon Bussey sister Linda McCarley.

Funeral service will be held 4:00 p.m. Monday March 27, 2017, from the Mason Funeral Home  with Rev. Stanley Koonce officiating with interment in the Mill Creek Cemetery.  Active  pallbearers, Sonny Tidwell, Alan McCarley, David Wiggins, Roy Gary, Sean Reeves, Phillip Cox.  Honorary pallbearers, Former employee’s of Hurley’s Grocery Store, and Jimmy Cooper, Danny Blackwell, David Ford, Benny Colbert.

Mr. Reeve will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Monday March 27, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. until the funeral hour.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to the Mill Creek Baptist Church or the St. Jude Children Research Hospital.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Walter Rayford (Ray) Reeves who died on Friday.

Mrs. Betty Sue Stoner, age 81, of Summerville, GA, passed away Friday March 24, 2017, in Floyd Medical Center.

Mrs. Stoner was born Feb. 11, 1936, in Trion, GA, the daughter of the late Emmett Charles and Mabel Hale Hines.  She was retired, having worked at Mt. Vernon Mills, Trion City School, and Orchid Cleaners.  She was a member of the Foster Mill Baptist Church, and preceded in  death by sisters, Margaret Hawkins, Mary Nell Mull, and a brother, Mitchell Hines.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Aaron Lum Stoner, brother and sister-in-law, Rev. Ronnie and Linda Pettyjohn, sisters, Barbara Farrow,  Jean Allen, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday March 27, 2017, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Pettyjohn  officiating with entombment in the Greenhills Mausoleum .  Active pallbearers, Lamar Pettyjohn, Terry Hampton, Ricky Stoner, Josh Brown, Jody Stoner, Tommy Stoner.  Honorary pallbearers will be all family members.

Mrs. Stoner will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and there will be a gathering of family and friends Monday March 27, 2017, from 12 noon until the service hour.  The family request no food please and in lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Foster Mill Baptist Church, 1692 Foster Mill Drive, Lafayette, GA 30728.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Betty Sue Stoner who died on Friday.

MRS. LUCY LEE BROWN, age 89, of Sloppy Floyd Lake Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017, afternoon in a Rome hospital.  Mrs. Brown was born in Greenville, South Carolina on January 8, 1928 to the late Robert Ramsey and Fannie Ethel Dyer Craig.  She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, retired from sewing department of Harding Mfg. Company, and was preceded in death by her husband, the late Olin Brown, Jr., daughter, the late Geraldine Whitlock, siblings, the late Watson Crain, Frances Smith, Louise Howell, Nellie Hilton, Jessie Craig, Dillard Craig, Mozelle Craig, and William Craig.

Surviving are daughters, Bernice Lee Campbell, Dianne Wooten, Patricia Ann Brown, and Donna Tidmore; son, Gary Wayne Brown; twelve Grandchildren; several Great Grandchildren, Great Great Grandchildren, Nieces, and Nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 26th, at 2:00 P.M. from the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Howell and Rev. Gary Wells officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers David Wilson, Casey Brown, Scott Whitlock, Kip Wooten, William Whitlock, and Keith Whitlock.  The Family will receive friends Saturday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.  At other hours the Family will be at Mrs. Brown’s residence.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Lucy Lee Brown, who passed away Thursday afternoon.