MR. WILLIAM BRADLEY CARROLL, age 47, of Millen, Georgia formerly of Chattooga County, Georgia, passed away Sunday (September 9, 2012). Mr. Carroll was born to the late Larry Franklin Carroll and Sandra Padgett Carroll Howard who survives. He was a contractorand was preceded in death by paternal grandparents Rev. A.B. and Mrs Dalton Bowling Carroll, maternal grandparents Mr. & Mrs. William Padgett, a sister Mandy Carroll and brother Bruce Carroll… Surviving are sons-Jason Carroll and Brent Carroll of Cumming, GA. & Bentley Carroll; mother & step father-Sandra Padgett Howard and Bobby F. Howard of Hubert, N.C.; brother-David of Millen, GA; half sister-Elena Carroll of LaFayette; half brother-Berry Carroll of Chattanooga; three Grandchildren; several Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, and Nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday, September 16th, at 3 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Pastor Andy Hutchens officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be Jason Carroll, Clay Carroll, Steve Dyer, Dwight bowling, Tim Grogan and Andrew Bartlett….Visitation will be Saturday (September 15th) from 6 until 9 P.M. at Earle Rainwater Funeral Home.

Mr. Charles Porter Durham, age 91, of Trion, GA. died Friday, September 7, 2012 at his residence.

Mr. Durham was born October 1, 1920 in Chattooga County, GA, to Claude and Maggie Durham. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen Day Durham; a son, Charles Mack Durham; brothers, William Hershel Durham and Billy Durham and sister, Margaret Houston.

In 1942, Porter, with 9 charter members founded, organized, and built New Bethel Baptist Church.  Porter has served in nearly every office in the Church. He was one of the first deacons.  He taught Sunday School for 50 years.  He has been Choir Director for most of the history of the church and he was the last surviving charter member.  Porter was founder of the Old Wilmyre School, where he was the first trustee.  Porter was a Riegel Textile employee for 47 years.  He served as a shift foreman and he was assistant maintenance at retirement.  He was one of the second group winners of Zero Defects and he was a Quarter Century Member. In1944 he was inducted in the United States Navy, where he served aboard a destroyer, the USS Farguar DE 139 in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. During his service on board ship he served as Chaplin and he held Devine services in the mess hall each Sunday.

Mr. Durham is survived by his wife, Virginia Parker Durham; sons and daughter-in-law, Dennis Durham, of Trion, GA and Don and Pam Durham, of Summerville, GA; stepsons and wife, Larry and Joyce Parker, Rock Spring, GA, and Billy Parker, Trion, GA; 12 Grandchildren; 13 Great Grandchildren; and a host of Nieces, Nephews and many friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 10, 2012 at the New Bethel Baptist Church, Trion, GA., with Rev. Robert Patterson and Rev. Jason Cowart officiating. Burial will follow in the West Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ralph Southerland, Merdie Reeves, David Peace, Horace Payton, W.J. Keith, Adam Payton, David Parker and Cory Parker. Honorary Pallbearers will be all members of New Bethel Baptist Church.

Mr. Durham will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 9:00 p. m. Sunday, September 9, 2012. Mr. Durham will also lie in state at the church from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service on Monday.

Mason Funeral Home is directing.  

William Calvin Davenport, age 86, of 415 Thomas Road, Trion, Ga. passed away Saturday, September 8, 2012 at Oakview Nursing Home. He was born June 11, 1926 son of the late William Jervis & Sara Elizabeth Davenport. He was retired from Mt. Vernon Reigel Textile with 46 years of service, member of the Quarter Century Club and was a member of Lafayette Church of God. He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter, Shelia Collette and a number of brothers and sisters.

Calvin was one of the most loving, kindest gentlemen that ever lived and also he loved the Lord with all of his heart.

Survivors include his loving wife of 59 years, Mary Ann Russell Daveenport, Summerville; daughter & son-in-law: Trina & Jack Harvey, Flintstone, Ga.; grandson, Jody Collette, Trion; granddaughter, Kirby Miles, Flintstone; several nieces & nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday, September 10, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Howell officiating and Rev. Jeremy Singletary giving the Eulogy. Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers include the following gentlemen and are requested to meet at the Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Gene, Johnny & Randy Barrett, Jody Collette, Vester & Floyd Davenport. Honorary pallbearers are members of the "F" Hall Staff of Oakview Nursing Home and members of the Lafayette Church of God.

Mr. Davenport will lie-in-state on Monday, September 10, 2012 at Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home from 12 noon until 2:00 p.m.

Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home has charge of the funeral services for Mr. William Calvin Davenport who passed away on Saturday.

Mr. Billy Bradford "Bill" Cummings, age 82 of Silver Hill Road in the Gore Community passed away on Friday, September 7, 2012 at his residence.

A native of Gore, Mr. Cummings was born October 9, 1929 son of the late Arthur Bradford Cummings and Maggie Lee Allen Cummings. He graduated from Gore High School and was retired from Inland Paper.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Korea.  Mr. Cummings was a member of Unity Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife Annette Fitzpatrick Cummings, to whom he was married December 19, 1953.  He is also survived by his son Jeffery Cummings and daughter Angela Corbin; grandson, Jesse Corbin; brother and sister in law Stanley and Lorene Cummings; nephew Allen Cummings and a sister in law Joyce Fitzpatrick.

Funeral services will be conducted at 4 PM Sunday, September 9, 2012 in the Chapel of Parnick Jennings Sr.'s Good Shepherd Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Fuller, Chaplain of Heyman Hospice and Rev. Horace Stewart officiating.  Interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens with the Honor Guard of The Shanklin-Attaway Post 5 of the American Legion providing military honors.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 2 PM until the service hour.

Parnick Jennings Sr.'s Good Shepherd Funeral Home in Rome is in charge of arrangements. 

MR. JASON WAYNE CARMON, age 34, of Penn Street-Trion, Georgia passed away Friday evening in a Rome hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Earle Rainwater Funeral Home.

MRS. HAZEL A. HENDERSON, age 92, of Pine Street-Trion, Georgia passed away Friday (September 7, 2012) evening in a Rome hospital. She was born on March 19, 1920 in Walker County, Georgia to the late William McKinley and Myrtis Rosalee Brown Adams. Mrs. Henderson was a member of the Trion United Methodist Church, the American Legion and V.F.W. Auxiliaries’, and was retired from Mt. Vernon/Riegel Mill. She was preceded in death by her husband the late Hobert Henderson on September 7, 1993. Surviving are daughters and spouses-Maxine Henderson and Steve Drummond of Gibson, GA. and Phyllis and Larry Stansell of Trion; brother-Freeman E. Adams of Pensacola, FL.; grandchildren-Michael and Paula Drummond of Seneca, S.C., Cynthia and Danny Blume of Gaston, S.C., and Melissa and Adams Hankins of Trion; Five Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday, September 9th, at 3:30 P.M. from Graveside in West Hill Cemetery with Rev. David Autry officiating. The Family will receive friends Sunday from 1:30 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. at the Funeral Home. Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Loveless was born May 7, 1956 in Summerville, GA. He was the son of the late James Loveless and Kathleen Ware Loveless. Mr. Loveless was a self-employed truck driver. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Community Church and a veteran of the United States Army. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Maxine McSears and Emma Jean Chaney; and a brother, Stevie Dewayne Loveless.

Survivors include his sister, Shirley Ann Hardaway; a brother, Rev. James Loveless; and several Nieces and Nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Sunday, September 9, 2012 at Mason Funeral Home with Rev. V. T. Hardin officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Community Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Nephews.

Mr. Loveless will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:00 p. m until the service hour on Sunday.

Mr. William Brown Dobson, age 88 of Smyrna, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 4th.  A graveside service will be held at 2 PM Saturday, September 8th in the Summerville City Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Friday, September 7th at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home in Summerville.  Carmichael Funeral Home of Smyrna is in charge of arrangements.

 Mr. Dallas A. Lacy age 79, of Trion, GA passed away September 1, 2012 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.  Mr. Lacy was born July 29, 1923 in Dekalb County, AL.  He was a retired cabinet builder.  He was a Veteran of the United State Army and a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Tabernacle.

 Mr. Lacy was preceded in death by his wife, Ellen Evans Lacy; father and mother, Mark A. and Eliza Boozer Lacy; five sisters and four brothers.

Mr. Lacy is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Raymond Giles of Summerville, GA; a grandson and wife, Mike and Dawn Giles of Villanow, GA; great-grandchildren, Madison and Eaton Owens; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Evans and Rev. Todd Threlkeld officiating.  Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Lacy will lie-in-state, Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Pallbearers will be James Evans, Buddy Evans, Britt Evans, Steve Evans, Rex Evans, and Charles Duke.

Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.