Mr. Arzie Lavan Adams, 67, Cedar Bluff, AL, passed away on January 26, 2016 at a local hospital. He leaves behind a loving wife, Peggy L. Adams; daughters, Angela Adams, Michele Jones, Angela Hall, Densie Ruckers; sons, Anthony L. Adams, & Ocie Hudson; 13 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren.
Services for Mr. Adams will be Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 1:00pm (CST) at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Cedar Bluff, Al with Rev. Cedric Williams officiating. Interment will be Ami Cemetery, Menlo, GA.
Wright Memorial Mortuary, Inc. has charge of arrangements for Mr. Arzie Lavan Adams.
Miss. Kathleen Poovey, age 92, of Lyerly, GA, passed away Friday January 22, 2016, in Redmond Regional Medical Center.
Miss. Poovey was born May 2, 1923, in Gaylesville, AL, the daughter of the late Carl Smith Poovey and June Little Poovey. She was retired from Best Mfg, a member of the Sardis Baptist Church and preceded in death by her sister, Dorothy June Poovey.
Survivors include her sister, Mabel Poovey, Lyerly, GA, brother, Cecil and Jane Poovey, Centre, AL, niece and nephew, Cecilia and Dion Hudson, Mark Alan Poovey.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday January 25, 2016, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewayne Teague officiating with interment in the Lyerly Cemetery.
Miss. Poovey will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Monday from 12:00 noon until the service hour.
Mason Funeral Home is directing.
Mr. James Thomas “Tommy” McGraw, age 72, of Lyerly, GA, died Thursday, January 21, 2016 at his home.
Mr. McGraw was born March 29, 1943 in Berryton, GA, the son of the late Andrew McGraw and Annie Mitchell McGraw. He was retired from Mohawk Industries after 43 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Francis Beason and Dorothy Saylors; grandchildren, Kelsey and Jeffrey McGraw.
Mr. McGraw is survived by his wife, Joyce McGraw; daughter, Terri McGraw Blair; sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Pam McGraw, and Jeff and Susan McGraw; sisters, Rosa Nell Trammell and Jean Crabtree; brother, A. J. McGraw; 7 Grandchildren; and 7 Great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Charles Bishop and Rev. Brandon Bishop officiating. Burial will follow in Lyerly Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be William Lewis, Don Trammell, Doug Tudor, Kevin Scoggins, Virgil Tudor, Joe Reed, Jeff Ratliff, and Allan Trammell.
Mr. McGraw will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. on Saturday, January 23, 2016.
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of funeral services for Mr. James Thomas “Tommy” McGraw, who passed away on Thursday.
MR. JAMES MICHAEL NICHOLSON, SR., age 54, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Nicholson was born February 19, 1961 in Spain, while his father was in service, a son of the late Jimmy Mack Nicholson and the late Dorothy Kitchens Nicholson Johnson. He was an electrician for Triad Electric in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a member of IBEW Local #175, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #507, and served in the U. S. Navy for four years.
Surviving are wife-Jelena Nicholson; daughter-Sarah E. (Andrew) Watson of Rome; son-James Michael (Brittney) Nicholson, Jr. of Summerville; grandchildren-Molly Nicholson and Jet Johnson; sisters-P. J. Guthrie of Sarasota, FL. and Amy Johnson Parker of Calhoun; brother-Doug Nicholson of Kennesaw; step sister-Sandra Bockley of Atlanta; step brother-Randy Johnson of Atlanta; several Nieces and Nephews.
Funeral service will be held Thursday, January 21st, at 6 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, with Chaplain Dale Willingham officiating. Honorary Pallbearers Joel Ulrich,( Seth Gammon, Marty Tarbox,) Stan Nix, Barry Baker, Brett Moyer, Jim Stroud, Billy Grimes, Matthew Seymore, Steve Roddy. Visitation will be Thursday afternoon from 4 P.M. until the hour of service at the Funeral Home. Military honors by the American Legion Shanklin-Attaway Post #5 of Rome, Georgia.
In lieu of flowers the family request contributions be made to St. Jude's Childrens Hospital or Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mr. James Michael Nicholson, Sr.






