Mrs. Mattie Christopher, age 87 of Summerville, passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2012. Survivors and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Hamby Thomas, age 85, of Summerville, GA, Passed away Saturday November 17, 2012, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Mrs. Thomas was born August 28, 1927, in Summerville, GA, the daughter of Hugh and Margaret Wofford Hamby. She was retired from Best Mfg, a member of the Trion United Methodist Church, the Christian Fellowship Sunday School Class, the United Methodist Women, the Triple LLL Club, and preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Levi Thomas, sisters, Peg Tate Hogg, and Nelle Adamson.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Beth and Doug Wilson, grandchildren, Liz and Stefan Hoglund, Darren Mitchell, Joan and Michael Graham, Amber Browning, Douglas Wilson, great-grandchildren, Claire Lindsey, Murphy Browning, Sydnie Hoglund, Wil and Tristan Graham, Addison Wilson, sisters, Hugh Belle Tucker, Joyce Hogg, Jane Stokes, brothers, Edwin Hamby, Jerry Hamby, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday November 19, 2012, from the Trion United Methodist Church with Rev. David Autry, Rev. Art Graves, Rev. Jennifer Andone, with interment in the Garrett Cemetery. Active pallbearers, Mark Hogg, Kelly Stokes, Lee Hamby, Lyn Hamby, Al Adamson, Chase Hegwood.
Mrs. Thomas will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday November 18, 2012. from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Trion United Methodist Church or the Garrett Cemetery Fund.
Durward Leon Petitt age 85, of Mahan Road, Summerville, GA went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 16, 2012. Mr. Petitt was born January 3, 1927 in Whitfield County, GA. He was a Veteran of the United State Army having served in WW II.
Mr. Petitt was a graduate of the Gupton-Jones Mortuary College and was the President of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home having acquired the funeral home in 1969. He was in the Funeral Service for 66 years. Mr. Petitt was a member of New Antioch Baptist Church where he had served as a Deacon for 51 years, a member of Chattooga Lodge, Yaarab Shrine & Chattooga Shrine, and American Legion Post # 129.
Mr. Petitt was preceded in death by daughters, Rhonda Wells and Sandra Petitt; father and mother, Troy Leon Petitt and Gaudie Mae Petitt; sister, Vera Thompson; and brother, Bob Petitt.
Survivors are wife of 65 years, Ruby Petitt; son, Dana Petitt;, daughter, Renia Miller; and son-in-law, Larry Wells; grandchildren, Jeff Richardson, Anthony Richardson, Julie Becker, Travis Petitt, Yvette Hauck, Daera Wells, Natashia Dover, and Chad Miller; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Martha Higgins and Charlotte Dooley; and brothers, Harmon Petitt and Billy Petitt.
Funeral services will be held Monday, November 19, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Helton, Rev. Waydell Howell, and Rev. Ken Johnson officiating. Music will be by Waymon Blansit, Harold and Brenda Helton, and Billy Petitt. Interment will follow in West Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Monday, November 19, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Pallbears will be Ricky Higgins, Randy Thompson, Chuck Petitt, Jim Petitt, Chris Petitt, Tim Dooley, Gary Dixon, Aaron Dixon, and Steve Bailey; Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Joe Herrin, Dr. Michael Ware, Dr. Ken Griffitt, Earle Rainwater, Fred Talley, Richard Wilbanks, Members of the New Antioch Baptist Church, Leo Lanier, Roy Joe Thomas, and Berry Pullen. These all are asked to assemble at the funeral home by 2:45 p.m. on the day of the service.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Durward Leon Petitt who passed away on Friday.
Mr. Edward Monroe Lively, age 62, of Summerville, GA, passed away Thursday November 15, 2012, at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Lively was born June 20, 1950, in Summerville, GA, the son of the late Howard and Evie Lee Robins Lively. He was a house painter and was preceded in death by a son, Jason Lively, brother, Steve Lively, and a sister, Yvonne Lively.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Lively, daughters, Mendy Edgeworth, and Teresa Smallwood; stepchildren, Janice Hankins, Rodney Lewis, and Kathy Ward, sister, Nancy Chambers, 10 grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the Mason Funeral Home with the Rev. Barry Brown and Rev. David Pettyjohn officiating. Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mike Fulmer, Charlie “Jabo” Hawkins, Tracy Shaw, Steve Drigger, Doug Jones and Wayne Pace. Honorary Pallbearers will be David Henderson, Pete Rounsaville, Stan Burrage, Jason Jackson, Tony Prince and Jimmy Lewis.
Mr. Lively will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.
Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com
Mr. Jerry Wayne Boyd, JR, age 44, of Summerville, GA died Wednesday, November 14, 2012 from injuries received in a log truck accident.
Mr. Boyd was born July 8, 1968 in Trion, GA, the son of Jerry Wayne Boyd, SR
and Shirley Deloris Long Boyd. Mr. Boyd was employed with Dalrymple
Trucking. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was an avid Nascar fan and
he loved the Georgia Bulldogs. He loved driving a log truck with his loyal
dog, C B. His favorite pass time was spending time with his two sons and his
“Princess” of a granddaughter, Jayla Elizabeth Boyd.
Mr. Boyd is survived by his wife, Tammie Boyd; sons, Jamie Wayne Boyd and
Zachery Thomas Boyd; granddaughter, Jayla Elizabeth Boyd; parents, Jerry
Boyd, SR and Shirley Deloris Boyd; sister and brother-in-law, Amanda Dalrymple and Michael Bumbalough; brothers and sisters-in-law, R. C. and Jennifer Boyd, Stacy and Holly Boyd, Randy and Tracy Dalrymple, Andy and Kerrie Dalrymple;
father and mother-in-law, Randy and Becky Dalrymple; special uncle,
Ronnie Boyd; special niece, Alyssa Bumbalough; daughter, Jayla’s mother, Kayla
Brady.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p. m. Saturday, November 17, 2012 at
Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mickey Skates, Rev. Michah Gillespie,
and Rev. Sanford Deberry officiating. Burial will follow in Greenhills Memory
Gardens. Active pallbearers will be Stacy Boyd, Ronnie Boyd, Tony Barnes, Stanley Shafer, Jessie Ingram, and Randy Dalrymple, JR. Honorary pallbearers
will be all his Trucking Buddies.
Mr. Boyd will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive
friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Friday, November 16, 2012.
Mr. Gary Richard Smith 65 of Griffith Drive, Liberty, South Carolina passed away on Thursday November 8th at his residence in Liberty…Funeral service were conducted on Monday November 12th at 2PM at the Floyd Springs Baptist Church with internment to follow in the family lot of Floyd Springs Baptist Church..Fred Talley Parkview Chapel Funeral Home in Rome is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Mary Frances Tate, age 88, of Lafayette, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at the Shepherd Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Tate was born in Chattanooga, TN on November 11, 1923, daughter of the late Thomas Henry Parham and Edna Riley Parham. She was of the Baptist Faith and was a homemaker. Mrs. Tate was preceded in death by brothers, Martin Parham and Riley Parham of Summerville, GA; and by sisters, Essie Morgan of Tulsa, OK and Minnie Donald of Sand Springs, OK.
Mrs. Tate is survived by her sons, Johnny M. Tate, Bruce C. Tate and Steve P. Tate; daughter, Carol Tate Short; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Memorial Services for Mrs. Tate will be held Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Kevin Norton officiating. Private interment services will be held at a later date.
The family and friends of Mrs. Tate will gather at the Mason Funeral Home from 10:30 A.M. Saturday until the service hour.
Jack T. Berry, 81, of Ringgold, Georgia passed away Monday November 12, 2012. A resident of the Ringgold area for the past 62 years, he was formerly of Lyerly, Georgia. Jack was a former employee of Dupont where he worked for 33 years, a Veteran of the National Guard, of the Baptist faith and a graduate of Lyerly High School. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Shriners, VFW and American Legion.
He is preceded in death by his daughter, Janice Berry; son-in-law, Allen Jones; parents, Bob and Rachel Chapman Berry; brothers, Donald, Carlton “Curly” and R.H. Berry and sisters, Barbara Berry Salard and Mary Beth Dutto. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Dorothy Love Berry of Ringgold, GA., four daughters, Jackie (Bobby) Mathis of Ringgold, GA., Janet Berry Jones, of Rossville, GA., Donna (Terry) Edwards of Adairsville, GA and Kathy (Randy) Dodson of Flovilla, GA., sister, Hilda Jean Davis of Summerville, GA., seven grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren several nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life service will be held 1:00 P.M. Thursday November 15, 2012 at the funeral home with Chaplain Ben Brychta officiating. Interment will follow at Lyerly Cemetery in Lyerly, Georgia. The family will receive friends Thursday from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home Wallis-Stewart Chapel Ringgold, Georgia.
MRS. WILMA NIX TOLES, age 89, of Menlo, Georgia passed away Monday, November 12, 2012, afternoon in the local nursing home. A daughter of the late James William (Will) and Eula Williams Nix, she was born on March 9, 1923 in Chattooga County, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband the late Charles Fletcher Toles, Sr. to whom she was married September 20, 1947 also preceded by two sisters and Six brothers.
Mrs. Toles was retired from the sewing department of Best Manufacturing, Menlo, and a member of Best’s Silver Club. Mrs. Toles was a faithful, and the last surviving charter member of West Berryton Faith Temple. Surviving are son & daughter-in-law Charles, Jr. and Jo Ann Toles of Menlo; Grandchildren-Clark & Melissa Miller; Bradley & Julie Wolfrum, Heather McClung, Farrah McClung, Lindsay Patty, & Jimmy Patty; eight Great Grandchildren; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law Estelle and Lamar Toles and Iris Toles; several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 14th, at 4 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. John Mann and Rev. Denny Smith officiating, interment in Alpine Cemetery. Active Pallbearers- Nephews; Honorary pallbearers the Adult Sunday School Class of West Berryton Faith Temple. Her Family will receive friends Wednesday from 2:00 P. M. until the hour of service @ Earle Rainwater Funeral Home.
Mrs. Margie Ergle, age 91, of Marietta, GA died Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Ergle was born September 19, 1921 in Atlanta, GA, the daughter of the late Charles Young and Leah Leathers Young. She was a homemaker. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Herman Ergle.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Ann Ergle; brother, Joseph Young; granddaughters, Jenifer Toller and Stacey Hodges; great-grandchildren, Justin Toller, Jessica Toller, Christopher McHugh, Andrew McHugh, and Ashlyn Hodges; great great grandchild, Molly McHugh; niece, Edith Walker; nephew, Jerry Ellis.
Graveside and interment services will be held 3:00 p. m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn Cemetery in College Park, GA .
Mrs. Ergle will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Tuesday.