MR. ELLIS F. (COOKIE) COOK, age 65, of Farm Road-Trion, Georgia passed away Monday (July 27, 2009) in a Rome hospital. A Chattooga County native He was born on June 19, 1944 to the late Clarence and Annie Spain Cook. Mr. Cook attended the Trinity Baptist Church and was retired from the tufting department of Mohawk Textile.

Funeral services will be held Thursday (July 30th) at 3:30 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Odom, Mr. Tony Gilleland, and Rev. Mike Odom officiating. Interment in Summerville Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers:  Jonathan Bumgarner, Sonny Dillard, Howard Dillard, Greg Cook, Kevin Binkley, and Jerry Wigley.  Honorary Pallbearers:  Members of Trinity Baptist Church.

 Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wanda Jeanette Pollard, age 75, of Summerville, GA died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Pollard was born October 11, 1933 in Dekalb County, AL, the daughter of the late John and Pearl Coleman Jennings. She was a member of Silver Hill Baptist Church and was retired from Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Mill. Mrs. Pollard was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Pollard; son, Jimmy Pollard; sisters, Hazel Hayes, Haynie Blanton, Helen Messer, and Bobbie Kabowski; brothers, Bill Jennings, Junior Jennings, Fred Jennings, Brownie Jennings, and Leath Jennings.

Survivors include sons & daughters-in-law, Jerry & Wanda Nell Pollard, Harold & Lynn Pollard, Darryl & Janet Pollard, all of Rome, GA; daughters and sons-in-law, Sheila & Steve Willingham, Trion, GA, Pam & Larry Atkins, Rome, GA; sister, Mary Agan, Rome, GA, Betty Edmondson, Kennesaw, GA; brother & sister-in-law, Travis & Clara Jennings, Birmingham, AL; 12 Grandchildren; & 19 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Friday, July 31, 2009 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Braddy, Rev. Harold Pollard, and Rev. Darryl Pollard officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Joseph Schimmelmann, Justin Pollard, John Pollard, Jesse Pollard, Darryl Pollard, JR, and Mike Causey. Honorary pallbearers will be the Nursing Staff of Healthfield Home Health.

Mrs. Pollard will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Thursday, July 30, 2009

MRS. BESSIE IRENE BEARDEN, age 87, of Sunset Lane, ,Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday (July 26, 2009) evening in the local nursing home. A native of Alabama, she was born to the late Robert Franklin and Dorothy Jane Peppers Williams on July 6, 1922. Mrs. Bearden was a member of North Summerville Baptist Church and retired from retail sales. She was preceded in death by her husband the late Millard Vernon Bearden.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. James R. Johnson, age 66, of Summerville, GA passed away Friday evening. He was born on December 27, 1942 to the late James Bethel Johnson and Essie Lee Hale Parker. Mr. Johnson was a member of the South Summerville Baptist Church and for several years was a law enfrocement officer for the Atlanta olice Department, City of Summervile, Chattooga County Shefiff’s Office, Trion Police Department and LaFayette Police Department; later he was a truck driver before retirement. He was preceeded in death by a son the late James Allen Johnson on June 19, 2000.

Surviving are grandsons-James Anthony Johnson and Joseph Dennis Johnson; sisters Virginia Gordy of Gaylesville, AL; Shelia Chthran, Joana Thoreson, and Lynda Carroll all of Summerville. Several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

 Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:00pm from the J.D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earls Rainwater Funeral Home with Brother Tom Russell officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetary will follow.

 Active Pallbearers include Jimmy Rickett, Ed Thoreson, Monte Turner, Randy Cothran, Morris Wayne Hughes, and Tony Carroll; Honorary pallbearers include Dennis Stansell, Dewayne Jackson, and all past and present law enforcement officers City of Summerville, Trion and LaFayette Police Department’s and Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 11:00am until the hour of service.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Hazel Lucille Wofford Campbell, age 79, of Cloudland, GA died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Campbell was born December 14, 1929 in Atlanta, GA, the daughter of the late Jacob Lewis Wofford and Hazel Robbins Wofford. She was retired from Greyhound Bus Lines,where she had worked as an office clerk. 

 Mrs. Campbell is survived by her husband, Jim Campbell; daughter and son-in-law, Teresa and Dennis Brown, Cloudland, GA; sons, George "Gus" Campbell, Cloudland, GA, and Michael Campbell, Augusta, GA; sister, Maxine Porter, Atlanta, GA; grandchildren, Kim Brown, Wendy Spillman, Wesley Campbell, Christy Post and Erin Chavez; great-grandchildren, Avery Anne Spillman, Nick Post, Logan Post, Jaslyn Post, and Camden Chavez. 

Graveside services for Mrs. Campbell will be held at 4:00 p. m. Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Mt. Olive Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Pledger officiating. Pallbearers will be Dennis Brown, Mark Porter, Shane Spillman, Chad Creasy, Keeton Alford, Max Tucker. Mrs. Campbell will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:30 p. m. Saturday, July 25, 2009. Mason Funeral Home is directing. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com 

Mrs. Hazel Broome Williams, age 84, of 121 Sunset Lane, Trion, GA passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at Floyd Medical Center.  Mrs. Williams was born August 22, 1924.  Mrs. Williams, along with her husband co-owned and operated Hoyt’s Super Market and other stores for 40 years.

  She was a member of the Pennville Church of Christ.Preceding Mrs. Williams in death were her daughter, Brenda Faye Williams; father and mother, Homer and Jessie Beatrice Pruitt Broome; 2 brothers and 1 sister.Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband of 67 years, James Hoyt Williams, Sr. of Trion, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Jam Hoyt, Jr. and Lisa Williams of Trion, GA; grandson and wife, Sam and Kim Tripp of Calhoun, GA; grandson, Justin F. Williams of Trion, GA; granddaughter, Allison Lyons of Trion, GA; great-granddaughter, Misty Tripp of Rome, GA; great-granddaughter, Kayla Tripp of Summerville, GA; great-grandson, Blaine Woody of Trion, GA; great-granddaughter, Kiersten Woody of Trion, GA; a very special relative, Shadow Day of Lyerly, GA; several nieces and nephews also survived.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 3:00pm at the Pennville Church of Christ with Minister Robbie Eversole officiating.  Internment will be in the Green Hills Memory Gardens.Mrs. Williams will lie-in-state Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the Erwin-Pettit Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 until 8pm

.Pallbearers will be Carlton Vines, Dr. Richard Compton, Nolan Crisp, Phil Ingle, Kevin Hayes and Johnny Brimer.   Honorary pallbearers will be the Pennville Church of Christ Wednesday Night Bible Class.  They are asked to assemble at the funeral home by 2:15pm on the day of the service.

At all other hours the family will be at the residence, 121 Sunset Lane, Trion.Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Hazel Broome Williams who passed away on Tuesday.