MR. ROBERT E. (SPOOKY) DAWSON, age 62,
of Gore-Subligna Road, Summerville, Georgia
passed away Monday afternoon in a Rome
hospital. He was born on October 31, 1952 to
the late Lester M. and June Self Dawson.
Surviving are his wife, Vickie Dawson; daughter,
Allison Eubanks of Summerville;
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and
will be announced by Earle Rainwater Funeral Home.
Mr. Joe Louis Darden, age 75, of 696 Garvin Rd., Summerville, Ga., passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Darden was born in Douglasville, Ga., on September 27, 1939, son of the late Ellis, Sr. and the late Cerlister Geter Darden.
Survivors include his Ex-wife and friend, Essie M. Darden, Summerville Ga.; children, Sharon Covington, Covington, Ga., Whitney (Raven) Summerlin, Chattanooga, Tn., and Casey (Keisha) Darden, Atlanta, Ga.; sisters, Joyce (Melvin) Knox, Menlo, Ga., Ennis (Charlie) Campbell Atlanta,Ga., and Annie Stewart, Ft. Stewart, Ga.; six grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 24, 2015, at 2 PM at New Spirit and Truth Church, Summerville, Ga., with Bishop V.T. Harden, officiating. Interment will follow in Summerville Cemetery.
Wright Memorial Mortuary, Inc., has charge of the funeral arrangements.
Mr. Jerry Pendley Holmes, age 96, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, August 21, 2015, at his residence.
Mr. Holmes was born December 9, 1918, in Ranger, GA, son of the late Leonard Arthur and Eva Lorraine Chastain Holmes. He was a member of the Alpine Community Church and was retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission. He was also a member of the Toastmasters of Rome, the Fairmount Ruritan Club, Red Carpet Cattlemen, Farm Bureau, and the Gordon Democratic Committee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Vance Earl Holmes; sisters, Beatrice Richardson, Eunice Holmes, Estelle Watkins, and Earlee Nesbitt.
Mr. Holmes is survived by his wife, Carolyn Eubanks Holmes; a son, Jerry Donald Holmes; daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and Lynn Hall, Diane Squires and Bob Stringfield, Esther and Tommy Ball, and Brenda Holmes; a sister, Ruth Wood; grandchildren, Angie and Joseph Culbert, Christy Hall, Jamie and Randy Corbin, Stephanie and Jeff Whitlock, Tommy and Christina Ball, James and Eva Ball, Caroline Holmes and Rodney Johnson, Amy Potts and Brad Nolan, Sarah and Paul Levasseur; great-grandchildren, Chase Culbert, Cody Corbin, Lillie and Lila Ball, Ian Ball, Aiden Holmes, Chloe and Maddie Johnson, Blake Harris, Jimmy and Jacob Owens, and Anna and Jack Levasseur.
Funeral services for Mr. Holmes will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, August 22, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Pledger officiating. Interment will follow in the Alpine Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Thomas Ball III, James A. Ball, Paul Levasseur, Rodney Johnson, Randy Corbin, Joseph Culbert, Brad Nolan, and Jeff Whitlock.
Mr. Holmes will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 2:00 P.M. until the hour of service on Saturday.
Mr. Clyde Barnes, Jr., age 75, of Summerville, GA, died Thursday, August 20, 2015, at his residence.
Mr. Barnes was born on January 31, 1940, in Summerville, GA, son of the late Clyde Barnes and Mary E. Barnes. He was a member of the Chesterfield Baptist Church, did paint and body work and was retired from Mount Vernon Mills. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Raymond Barnes, Clarkie Barnes, James Barnes, Carl Barnes, sisters, Hazel Richardson and Kat Ellis.
Mr. Barnes is survived by his wife, Naomi Mitchell Boyd Barnes, sons, Chad Barnes, Tony Barnes; sisters, Bobbie McArthur, Evely Spradling, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bill and Ann Broyles, 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, a host nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mr. Barnes will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 23, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Howell, Rev. Sanford DeBerry, Rev. Steve Bishop and Rev. Mickey Skates officiating. Interment will follow in the AMI Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Keith Treadwell, Waymon Blansit, Gene Gazaway, Bill Broyles, Jeff Barnes, Randy McArthur. Honorary pallbearers will be Raburn & Sissy Ashworth, Frank & Peggy McCrickard, Roger & Peggy Thomas, Howard & Helen Odum, Mike Odum, Glenda Hartline, Heymen Hospice and members of Chesterfield Baptist Church.
Mr. Barnes will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Saturday.
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Clyde Barnes, Jr. who died on Thursday. For guest book, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.
MRS. WILLIE MAE TERRY MOSTILLER – Age 86, Of Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Pruitt Healthcare in Rome, Georgia with her family at the bedside. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Carrie Mae Stanford Terry, husband, James Mostiller, Son, Bernard Mostiller, sister, Charlie Mae Harden, and brother, Roy Leslie Terry. She was the oldest of ten children and was a member of Pond Spring A.M.E. Zion Church.
Those left to cherish her memories are two daughters, Glenice (James) Thurman of Rome, Georgia and Sandra Mostiller; two sons, Daniel Mostiller of Summerville, Georgia and Samuel (Kim) Mostiller of Lithonia, Georgia; seven grandchildren, Britt, Chris, and Kira Thurman of Rome, Georgia, Maurice and Daniel II of Summerville, Georgia, Samuel and Rodney of Lithonia, Georgia; nine great grandchildren, three sisters, Mattie E. Terry (Perry) Dent, Sr. of Columbus, Georgia, Bernice Terry of Union City, Georgia, and Ivera Terry Powell of Atlanta, Georgia; four brothers, Jimmy L. (Thelma) Terry of Atlanta, Georgia, Clifford L. Terry of Park Forest, Illinois, John Raymond Terry, and Samuel L. Terry of Manchester, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Homegoing Service will be held Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at Pond Spring A.M.E. Zion Church, 3545 Taliaferro Spring Rd., Lyerly, Georgia 30730, with Pastor Anthony Brown officiating. Her remains will lie in state at the church from 12:00 Noon until the funeral hour. Interment, Finley Chapel Cemetery. Please share your thoughts and memories of Mrs. Willie Mae Terry Mostiller at www.willisfuneralhomedalton.com. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.
MR. BILLY VAUGHN JACKSON, Age, 80, of LaFayette passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015.
Billy Vaughn was born on May 25, 1935 to Earl and Pearl Neely Jackson. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Billy Vaughn was a member of the Lake Howard Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister VeLulla Gentry; brothers Walter Earl Jackson and Bryan Hall Jackson.
Billy Vaughn is survived by his loving wife of 48 years Waydean Rhinehart Jackson of LaFayette; daughters and sons-in-law Tonia (Mike) Jones of LaFayette and Angie (Darrell) Croft of Trion; son and daughter-in-law Pastor Tony (Terri) Jackson of LaFayette; sisters Delores Grigsby of LaFayette and Bobbie Day of Trion; and sister-in-law Dee Jackson of Tunnel Hill; five grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral from the Lake Howard Baptist Church Tuesday, August 18 at 2:00 P.M. with Pastors Tony Jackson and Kenneth Jennings officiating.
Interment in the Crest-Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers are grandson Zack Jones, nephews David and Lenn Jackson, Preston Stephenson, Malcolm Pickard, and Marvin Edgeman.
In Lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Lake Howard Baptist Church 3386 Lake Howard Rd. LaFayette, Ga. 30728.
The family will receive friends at the Funeral Home Monday from 5:00 – 9:00 P.M.
The arrangements are by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Thompson Stewart of Chickamauga, GA and formerly of Summerville, GA pased away on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at Pruitt Healthcare in LaFayette, GA. She was a member of the Hemphill A.M.E. Church and Shady Grove Baptist Church, was preceded in death by her husband Hollis Stewart, parents Jackson and Annie Sewell Thompson, brother Felton Smith, Sr., sisters Ellen Avery, Rosa Lee Ellerby, and Isabelle Norman.
Survivors are her nieces, Annie Mae Bryant of Chickamauga, GA, Voncil Coleman of Chattanooga, TN, Annie Mae Glanton, Laura Dean Knowles, Rosa Lee Stamper, Bessie London, Arbie Avery of Summerville, GA, Bernice Walter of Toledo, OH,; Nephews, Henry Avery of Rossville, GA, Rowlan Stewart of Summerville, GA,; several other neices and nephews throughout the United States and into China. cousins, other relatives and friends. Loving caregivers: Jeanette and James Caldwell of Chickamauga, GA, and Iuanita Rutledge of Chattanooga, TN,.
Funeral Services will be held Sunday, August 16th at 1PM at the Sandy Grove Baptist Church, 879 N. Hwy 341, Wallace Rd, Chickamauga, GA with Rev. Michael Montgomery, Rev. Soloman Missouri, and other ministers officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:30 until the service hour. Interment will be in the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton GA.
MRS. MARY FRANCES DAWSON, age 75, of John Jones Road, Summerville, Georgia, Gore Community, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at her residence. She was born in Jackson County, Alabama to the late William Harrison and Alma Adams Barron, on January 19, 1940; was a 1957 graduate of Summerville High School.. Mrs. Dawson was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and had served as Church Treasurer for many years; she was retired from Farmers & Merchants Bank after some 29 years of service.
Surviving are husband, to whom She married June 7, 1959, Joe G. Dawson; daughters & spouses, Pam & Ricky Hammonds and Paige & Greg Shaw; brother, Jimmy Barron; granddaughters, Megan Jo Hunter, Clancey Paige & Calen Cooper; grandsons, Chris & Avery Hammonds and Chuck & Brandi Hammonds; great grandchildren, Autumn, Will, Reese, Calan, and Lexi Hammonds.
Funeral services will be held Friday, August 14th, at 2:00 P.M. from the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Bryant officiating, interment in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Active Pallbearers Bryant Allen, Michael Allen, Jack Owings, Jeff Owings, Britt Ragland, Shane Ragland, Ross Lowry, and Sam Jones. The Family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home. Contributions may be made to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fund c/o Jeff Owings 338 Gore-Subligna Rd, Summerville GA 30747
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Mary Frances Dawson.
