Mr. James Emory “Cha Cha Bug” Cochran, age 54 of Conyers, GA, formerly of Trion, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.

Mr. Cochran was born in Summerville, Georgia on March 1, 1958, son of Grady E. Cochran and Sara Allene Millican Cochran. He was a member of Welcome Hill Baptist Church, and a 1977 Graduate of Trion High School, where he was a member of the 1974 State Champion Football Team. He was a past member of the Trion 50 Yard Club and prior to retirement, was employed with Mt. Vernon Mills.

Mr. Cochran is survived by his wife, Debra Crosby Cochran; son and daughter-in-law, Taft and Carrie Cochran; daughters and son-in-law, Abby and Randy Parker and Donna Crosby; Parents, Grady and Sara Allene Cochran; two grandchildren, Austin Cochran and Justin Broyles; and two special friends, Robin Burkhalter and Betsy Perry.

Funeral Services for Mr. Cochran will be held Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Terry Shores and Mr. Roy Clark officiating. Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Delbert Young and Rev. George Palmer officiating.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Bennett, Tommy Lawrence, Lynn Hall, Sam Hall, Lane Farmer and Leroy LuAllen. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Trion High School Class of 1977 and the 1974 Trion High School Champion Football Team.

Mr. Cochran will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 until 8 P.M. 

Mr. Jess Lee Davis, Jr., age 83, of Trion, GA died Thursday, April 19, 2012 at LaFayette Health Care.

Mr. Davis was born March 25, 1929 in Stevenson, AL, the son of the late Jess Davis and Sarah Davis. He retired from Mt. Vernon Mills. He attended Mt. View Baptist Church and was a member of the Quarter Century Club. Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Ruth Campbell Davis.

Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Larry Wesson, Shelia and Gary Weaver, and Susan and Dan Koch; 6 Grandchildren; and 10 Great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Johnson and Rev. James Braddy officiating. Burial will follow in West Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Richard Blackmon, Keith Gray, Barry Bourget, Dustin White, Kenneth Evans, and Johnny Ingle.

Mr. Davis will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Saturday.

Mr. Charles Benjamin Burton, age 66, of Trion, GA died Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Burton was born July 6, 1945 in Bronx, NY, the son of the late Charles Burton and Frances Grace O’Brien. He was a retired truck driver. Mr. Burton was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served in Vietnam.

Survivors include his children, Charles Benjamin Burton, III and wife, Tori Burton, Matthew Schylar Burton, Lyzette Borrero and husband, Jose Borrero; former wife, Phyllis Jane Burton; brothers, William Burton and Robert Burton; grandchildren, Riley BenjaminBurton, Kayla Consuegra, Alexis Arroyo, Xavier Borrero, and Eric Borrero.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Sunday, Aril 22,2012 at Mason Funeral Home.

The family will receive friends from 10:30 a. m. until the service hour on Sunday.

Mary Jane Haney, age 77 of Summerville, GA passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Kindred Hospital in Rome, GA.  Ms. Haney was born April 29, 1934 in Chattooga County, GA.

She was a Housewife.

Ms. Haney was preceded in death by her father and mother, Jess Lee and Bessie Hamby Haney.

 Ms. Haney is survived by sons, Winston Dupree and Johnny Dupree of Summerville, GA; brothers, Howard Haney of LaFayette, GA, Pitt Haney of Louisville, KY; and sister, Lois Hicks of Armuchee, GA.

 Visitation will be held Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

There will be no service.

Mrs. Odell Smith, age 98 of Summerville, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at a Gordon County Hospital.

Mrs. Smith was born in Ft. Payne, Alabama on December 13, 1913, daughter of the late John Marion Frazier and Liza Stephenson Frazier.  She was a member of the Mt. View Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Ladies SS Class and the WMU.  Prior to retirement, Mrs. Smith was employed with Bigelow-Sanford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Shelton Lavoid Smith.

 Mrs. Smith is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Jimmy Colbert; brother, Rassie Frazier; sisters, Jeanette Hammonds and Marie Cofield; grandchildren, Derek and Jennifer Colbert; 4 great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

 Funeral Services for Mrs. Smith will be held Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Kevin J. Norton officiating.  Interment will follow in the Green Hills Memory Gardens.

 Pallbearers will be deacons and the men of Mt. View Baptist Church.

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

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.  For Guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com.

MRS. BETTY WILSON BROWN, age 71, of Rocky Hollow Road-Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday evening, April 15, 2012, in a Rome hospital. A native Chattooga Countian, She was born to the late Clyde and Gussie Woody Hollingsworth on July 8, 1940. Mrs. Brown was retired from the spinning department of Carron Mills in LaFayette, and was preceded in death by her husband, the late Jeff R. Brown. Surviving are children-Judy Pruitt of Dalton, Terry Wilson of Lyerly, Wayne Wilson of Trion, Cathy McCary of Summerville, and Larry Wilson of Menlo; sisters-Virginia Ragland of LaFayette, Ann Hampton of Cloudland, and Syble Ward of LaFayette; brother-G. W. Hollingsworth of LaFayette and Bill Hollingsworth of Dalton; eleven Grandchildren, eleven Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 18th, at 11:00 A.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Wilborn officiating, interment in Green Hills Memory Garden. Active Pallbearers Chris Wilson, Shane Tinney, Branden Pewitt, Justice Wilson, Corey Wilson, Brett Wilson, Blaine Wilson, Daniel Moses. The Family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 until 9 P.M. at the Funeral Home. Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Bradford Tyrone Davis, age 40, of 3502 Collard Valley Road, Cedartown, GA, passed on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Floyd Medical Center.

 The family will receive friends on Monday, April 16, 2012 at New Bethel Baptist Church, 3429 Collard Valley Road, Cedartown, GA from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Service for Mr. Davis will be Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 2:00 pm at New Bethel Baptist Church. The body will lie instate from 12:30 til the hour of service. Interment will immediately follow the service at Northview Cemetery, Cedartown, GA. Professional services entrusted to F.K. Jones Funeral Home.

Mr. Oscar Lee Gardhigh, age 58, of 202 Brookwood Avenue, Rome, GA, passed on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Floyd Medical Center.

Service for Mr. Gardhigh will be on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm at Lovejoy Baptist Church, 436 Branham Avenue, Rome, GA. The body will lie instate from 1:00 pm til the hour of service. Interment will immediately follow the service at Oak Knoll Memorial Garden Cemetery, Shorter Avenue. Professional services entrusted to F.K. Jones Funeral Home