Mrs. Maxine Reynolds Lee, age 82 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.
Mrs. Lee was born in Summerville, GA on August 1, 1932, daughter of the late Lon Reynolds and Alice Ragland Reynolds. She was a member of the Four Mile Baptist Church and was employed with Best Manufacturing before her retirement. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Lee was preceded in death by a daughter, Kathy Lee; a brother, Claude “Bud” Reynolds and a sister, Ruby LeCroy.
Mrs. Lee is survived by her husband, Billie Joe Lee; son and daughter-in-law, Frankie “Lightnin” and Debbie Lee; a daughter, Janet Lee; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob and Hilda Reynolds, Cecil and June Reynolds, Leric and Juanita Reynolds, Joe and Joyce Reynolds and Raymond Reynolds; two grandchildren, Justin Lee and Stephanie Lee and her fiancé Jessie Cavin; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Lee will held Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Doyle Kelley and Bro. Joel Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jeff Reynolds, Ken Reynolds, Andrew Daniel, Bradley Lee, Kevin Lee and Bryn Lee. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Adult Sunday School Class of Four Mile Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lee will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 2:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.
Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Maxine Reynolds Lee.
MR. WALTER JAMES DORSEY- AGE 82, Of Lithonia, Georgia passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at DeKalb Medical Center. He was born on May 16, 1932 in Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia to the late Walter Glen Dorsey and Mary Gibbons Dorsey. He was a member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Taylorsville, Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from Fort Valley State College, and Master of Science Degrees from Texas A&M and Clemson Universities. After college, Mr. Dorsey served in the U. S. Air Force stationed in Okinawa, Japan and Montgomery, Alabama. He began his career with the USDA in the early 1960s and retired in the late 1900s after a productive and rewarding career. His career afforded him the opportunity to travel all across the United States and abroad. He was last employed with the United States Department of Agriculture. He was preceded in death by his parents Walter Glen and Mary Dorsey, first wife, Catherine Dorsey Strickland; brother, Charles William Dorsey; sisters, Mary Pearl Dorsey and Mozell Dorsey Sebastian.
Survivors are his wife, Dorothy Ferrell Bowers Dorsey; sons, Philbrick R. Dorsey, Michael James Dorsey Sr. of Lithonia, Georgia, Ron Davis of Acworth, Georgia, Anthony Bowers, and Frederick Bowers of Atlanta, Georgia; daughters, Lydia Ann Dorsey-Scott of Lithonia, Georgia, Barbary Bowers, Ervenia Bowers of Atlanta, Georgia, Cynthia Bowers Johnson of Dallas, Texas, and Felecia Bowers of New Orleans, Louisiana; daughters-in-law, Servonia Zanders Dorsey of Lithonia and Junko Davis of Acworth; grandchildren, Michael James Dorsey Jr. of Seattle Washington, Tatum Dorsey Asante of Atlanta, Malynda Michaela Dorsey of Valdosta, Georgia, Shirley M. Dorsey, Marilyn S. Dorsey of Lithonia, Georgia, Mario A. Scott of Brooklyn, New York, Rochelle Malina Scott of Durham, North Carolina, Eunis, Jedidiah, Noah Davis of Acworth, Tanganyika Bowers, David Bowers, Camica Johnson, Jeremy, Kabebe, and Jalani, Anthony Bowers Jr., Frederick Bowers Jr., Yasmin Bowers, and Bradley Bowers; sisters, Marion Bernice Dorsey-Livsey of Smyrna, Georgia, Minnie Christine Grant, Sally Juliette Wolfolk of Dayton, Ohio, Dorothy Jean Dorsey-Carter of Bronx, New York, and Thelma Ruth Wesley of Long Island, New York; brother, Fred Marvin Dorsey of Huntsville, Alabama; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.
Homegoing service for Walter James Dorsey will be held Friday, January 23, 2015 at 11:00 A. M. at Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church, 2010 Village Pkwy. Smyrna, Georgia 30080 with Rev. Dr. Elijah Jones, Sr. officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service. Interment, Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Georgia. Arrangements by Willis Funeral home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.
Mrs. Amy Jo Wilbanks Thomas, age 85 of Trion, GA passed away
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Thomas was born
June 7, 1929 in Trion, GA. She enjoyed being with her family. She
loved her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-
great grandchildren. She also enjoyed cooking big meals for her
family and talking to friends. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the
Pleasant Grove Church of Christ.
Mrs. Thomas was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Otra
and Lula Mae Strickland Wilbanks; great grandchild, Jackson Cole
Hames Thomas; and brother, J. D. Wilbanks.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by her husband of 67 years, Jack Thomas;
sons and daughter-in-laws, Jackie and Kay Thomas, Arlen and Anna
Thomas, and Gary Thomas; daughter, Jo Ann Clements; brother,
Bobby Wilbanks; fourteen grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren,
and three great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.
from the Petitt Chapel of Coffman Funeral Home with Minister Hugh
Glaze officiating. Interment will follow in West Hill Cemetery.
Visitation for Mrs. Amy Jo Wilbanks Thomas will be Thursday,
January 22, 2015 at the Coffman Funeral Home where the family
will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The following gentlemen have been asked to serve as Pallbearers, Jeff
Thomas, Jeremy Thomas, Kerry Thomas, Cole Thomas, Scott Clements,
Cody Thomas, and Maverick Herod. Honorary Pallbearers will be
great grandchildren and special friends, Goldie Patty, Saralyn Thomas,
Barbara Hall, and Charlotte Stowe.
Flowers will be accepted or donations can be made to the American
Cancer Society.
Coffman Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Amy Jo
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Mrs. Amy Thomas, age 85 of the Ridgeway Community, Trion, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at her residence.
Funeral Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by the Coffman Funeral Home.
Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Amy Thomas.
MRS. EDDIE WAITS “PEE WEE” TINNEY, age 84, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015, in a Rome hospital. A native of Polk County, Georgia , She was born on June 26, 1930, a daughter of the late George- Stanley and Effie Lavada Coker Waits. Mrs. Tinney, for many years, was a nurse at the Chattooga County Hospital and a member of New Antioch Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Rev. Johnny Tinney, and siblings Ruth Waits Ponder Howell, Edythe Earnestine Waits McGraw, Faye Norene Waits Ozment, Lois Carol Waits Baker, Kelsey Waits, Harold Waits, and Lodema Waits.
Surviving are brother, Dudley Waits of Rockmart; a special Niece, Vivian Price; several other Nieces and Nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 21st, at 2:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, with Rev. Sanford Deberry and Rev. Mike Odom officiating, interment in Lyerly Cemetery. Active Pallbearers Tony McGraw, Brad Baker, Charles Ponder, Joel Ozement, Andrew Waits, and Greg Motes; Honorary Pallbearers, Pete and Sarah Denson, Sonny and Marlene Tinney, Phyllis Odom, and Wanda Bain. The Family will receive friends Wednesday, from noon until the hour of service at the Funeral Home.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kelly Louis Tanner, age 88, of Menlo, GA, died Sunday January 18, 2015, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Tanner was born May 28, 1926, in Rockrun, AL, son of the late Lloyd and Lula Tanner. He was a member of the Menlo First Baptist Church, the Gideons, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served as a Sergeant with Company E, 11th Infantry. He was also a Rifleman 745 and Rifle Instructor at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Mr. Tanner was the Assistant Manager at Garnett’s Furniture from 1955 until 1986 and was the owner of Tanner’s Furniture from 1986 until 1993. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Aileen Tanner, and a son, Billy Leon Tanner.
Mr. Tanner is survived by his wife, Carolyn Tanner; sons, Larry Tanner and Greg Tanner; step-children, Jerry Reese and Tammy Reese, grandchildren, Eric Tanner, Jeff Tanner, Justin Tanner, Cory Tanner, Katie Tanner, Larissa Tanner, Lauryn Tanner, Dylan Nichols, Drake Nichols, Rachel Nichols, and Derick Nichols; great-grandchildren, Brayton Tanner, Landen Tanner, Keira Tanner, Ryland Tanner, Hannah Mealer, Wesley Mealer, Cash Tanner, and Emma Tanner.
Funeral services for Mr. Tanner will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 21, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Dempsey officiating. Interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Zach Hughes, Dana Yancey, Latin Wooten, Steve Rhinehart, Johnny Gentry, and Tony Hughes. Honorary pallbearers will be James Spears, Bron Love, Wes Love, Willard Brown, Joe Smith, D. C. Mitchell, Tim Willingham, and the Men’s Sunday School Class of the Menlo First Baptist Church.
Mr. Tanner will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 20, 2015.
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Kelly Louis Tanner who died on Sunday.
Mr. Paul Leldon "Lel" Johnson passed away on Saturday, January 17th. Mr. Johnson was born in Mentone, Alabama December 8, 1931, the son of the late Clarence N. and Ira Johnson. He retired as a truck driver and had worked for Blalock Sawmill in Menlo. Mr. Johnson was a member and deacon at Cove Road Baptist Church in Mentone.
Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his parents along with his brother Edgar Johnson and sisters Ruby Wilson, Diane Hunt and Edith Watts. He was also preceded in death by his son Alan Johnson.
He is survived by his wife Myrtle (Stoker) Johnson; son and daughter-in-law Marty and Lisa Johnson; daughter and son-in-law Sandy and Steve Tate; daughter-in-law Kathleen Johnson; brother Herman Johnson; sisters Pearline Rentz and Bernice West along with grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at Burt Chapel in Valley Head, Alabama at 11 AM (Alabama Time) Monday, January 19th with Bro. Brian Keith officiating with burial at Little River Cemetery at Mentone.