Mrs. Joann Sumner Hill age 74, of  Harrisburg Road, Summerville, GA                                                                passed away Thursday,  December 12, 2012 at Heritage Healthcare at  Shepherd

Hills.  Mrs. Hill was born June 16, 1938 in Summerville, GA to the late Elmer

“Pete” Sumner and Maggie Chappelear Sumner.  She was married to the late

William M. “Bill” Hill.  In addition to her parents she was predeceased by a

brother, Charles Sumner, Sr.; her niece, Eleanor “Cissy” Sumner; and a very

special cousin, Renae Money.

    Mrs. Hill was a member of New Hope North Baptist Church.  She was retired

from the Cloth Room at Mount Vernon Mills.

   Survivors include 3 wonderful nephews, Charles “Butch”, William, and Richard

Sumner; 2 nieces-in-law, Melanie and Melody Sumner; 3 great-nieces, Charis, Caitlan,

and Margelen Sumner; 3 great-nephews, Kencade, Cole, and Raeden Sumner; 2 step

great-nephews, Justin Wilbanks and Drake Cabe; sister-in-law, Peggy Sumner; and

aunts, Edith Studdard of LaFayette, GA and Myrtis Chappelear of Chamblee, GA;

 and several cousins.  Her family was her life.

   Graveside and interment services will be conducted Saturday, December 15, 2012

at 2:00 p.m. from the West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Ralph Sumner officiating.

 Interment will be in West Hill Cemetery.

   Visitation will be Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home

 where the family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. to  2:00 p.m.

    Pallbearers will be family.

Mrs. Lois Marie Hitt, age 73, of Thomaston, GA, formerly of Summerville, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at the Upson Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Hitt was born in Savannah, Tennessee on March 9, 1939, daughter of the late Willie Leonard Hunt and Mamie Jewell Butler Hunt. She attended the Lyerly First Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Hitt was preceded in death by sister, Jina Jones; brothers, Chester Hunt, Lester Hunt, Kenneth Leon Hunt, Billy Wondell Hunt, George William Henry “Pete” Hunt, and W.R. Hunt; and a grandson, Preston Allen Austin.

Mrs. Hitt is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Angel Marie and Chuck Garner and Amanda Gina and David Locke; brother and sister-in-law, James W. and Irene Hunt; sisters and brother-in-law, Reba Clark, Joyce Johnson, Judy Klimp and Paulette and Toby Worley; 7 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Hitt will be held Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. James Baird officiating. Interment will follow in the Lyerly Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Blake Austin, Chase Garner, Chuck Garner and Chris Austin.

Mrs. Hitt will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.

Mrs. Hilda Imogene Reece Brown, age 87, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012 at her residence.

Mrs. Brown was born in Lyerly, Georgia on January 9, 1925, daughter of the late Pless E. Reece and Ollie Bell Dempsey Reece. She was a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church and was a retired homemaker. Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her first husband, James Clarence Brown, Jr., second husband, Preston McSpadden; sons, Stacy Wayne Brown and Steven Elbert Brown, and sisters, Gladys Hall, Leatha Pledger, and Jewell Copeland, and brothers, Hollis Reece, and Hope Reece.

Mrs. Brown is survived by her children, Zachery Trent and Brandi Brown, Mike and Sue Brown, Marcia Parish and Bryan Aldridge, and Vicki and Mike Hargrove; sister, Lloyd Sentell; sister-in-law, Suzan Brown; 15 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held Monday, December 10, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Pace and Chaplain Alan Fuller officiating. Interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Keith Rowland, Tim Hargrove, Hank Peppers, Randall Reece, Dennis Bandy, Larry Tucker, Richey Brown, Buddy Reece and Otis Grogan. Honorary Pallbearers will be Joe Hill, Jimmy Gilliland, and George Coffia.

Mrs. Brown will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.

MRS. BUELL P. HAWKINS, age 93, of Turner Road-Rome, Georgia passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012, in the local nursing home. A native of Chattooga County, She was born to the late Ralph David and Vera Cox Pickle on July 1, 1919. Mrs. Hawkins was a member of Oak Hill United Methodist Church, retired house keeper from Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital, and was preceded in death by her husband the late Ralph David Hawkins, also several Sisters and Brothers. Surviving are daughters-Judy Touchstone of Rome and Kay Ellen Turner of Augusta; sons-Robert William (Bob) Hawkins of Lyerly and Hugh David Hawkins of Augusta; brother-Frank Pickle of Summerville; Ten Grandchildren; several Great Grandchildren, Nieces, and Nephews also survive. Memorial service will be held Sunday, December 9th, at 4:00 P.M. from the Oak Hill Cemetery, Honorary Pallbearers the Nurses and Staff of Oak View Nursing & Rehab. Center. Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.