Mrs. Ruthie Mae Hedgecoth, age 62 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, May 27, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness.
Mrs. Joania Irene Horton, age 80 of Lafayette, Georgia passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at the Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga.
Montyne Brock Payne, wife of the late Dr. W. Marlin Payne and former Chattooga County resident, passed away in Rome, Georgia May 26, 2021 at the age of 94. Mrs. Payne was the daughter of the late Thomas Dow Brock and Ethel Little Brock and was born in LaFayette, Georgia. She spent her early years in LaFayette. She and her mother moved to Rome to live with relatives in 1939 following a house fire which destroyed their home. After graduating from Rome Girls High School in 1944, she was able to attend Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson Tennessee. Following her graduation there, she taught in the Rome school system.
Mr. James Randy Hurst, also known as “Joe Lucy” to family and “Hippie” to friends, age 59, of Henagar, AL, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021, at his home.






