Mr. Walter Rayford (Ray) Reeves, age 69, of Gaylesville, AL, passed away Friday March 24. 2017, in Redmond Regional Center.

Mr. Reeves was born December 22, 1947, in Alexandra, AL, the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt  and Mildred Dean Nowlin Reeves.  He  retired from Hurley’s Grocery, and had worked for 18 years for Auto Zone. A former member of the Chattooga Bass Club

Survivors include his wife, Sherry Jean Hurley Reeves, daughter and sons-in-law, Tisha and Phillip Cox, Samantha and Rowan Bussey, son and daughter-in-law, Sean and Amy Reeves, grandchildren, Levi Cox and Matthew Cox, Chelsea Bussey, Landon Bussey sister Linda McCarley.

Funeral service will be held 4:00 p.m. Monday March 27, 2017, from the Mason Funeral Home  with Rev. Stanley Koonce officiating with interment in the Mill Creek Cemetery.  Active  pallbearers, Sonny Tidwell, Alan McCarley, David Wiggins, Roy Gary, Sean Reeves, Phillip Cox.  Honorary pallbearers, Former employee’s of Hurley’s Grocery Store, and Jimmy Cooper, Danny Blackwell, David Ford, Benny Colbert.

Mr. Reeve will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Monday March 27, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. until the funeral hour.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to the Mill Creek Baptist Church or the St. Jude Children Research Hospital.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Walter Rayford (Ray) Reeves who died on Friday.

Mrs. Betty Sue Stoner, age 81, of Summerville, GA, passed away Friday March 24, 2017, in Floyd Medical Center.

Mrs. Stoner was born Feb. 11, 1936, in Trion, GA, the daughter of the late Emmett Charles and Mabel Hale Hines.  She was retired, having worked at Mt. Vernon Mills, Trion City School, and Orchid Cleaners.  She was a member of the Foster Mill Baptist Church, and preceded in  death by sisters, Margaret Hawkins, Mary Nell Mull, and a brother, Mitchell Hines.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Aaron Lum Stoner, brother and sister-in-law, Rev. Ronnie and Linda Pettyjohn, sisters, Barbara Farrow,  Jean Allen, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday March 27, 2017, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Pettyjohn  officiating with entombment in the Greenhills Mausoleum .  Active pallbearers, Lamar Pettyjohn, Terry Hampton, Ricky Stoner, Josh Brown, Jody Stoner, Tommy Stoner.  Honorary pallbearers will be all family members.

Mrs. Stoner will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and there will be a gathering of family and friends Monday March 27, 2017, from 12 noon until the service hour.  The family request no food please and in lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Foster Mill Baptist Church, 1692 Foster Mill Drive, Lafayette, GA 30728.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Betty Sue Stoner who died on Friday.

MRS. LUCY LEE BROWN, age 89, of Sloppy Floyd Lake Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017, afternoon in a Rome hospital.  Mrs. Brown was born in Greenville, South Carolina on January 8, 1928 to the late Robert Ramsey and Fannie Ethel Dyer Craig.  She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, retired from sewing department of Harding Mfg. Company, and was preceded in death by her husband, the late Olin Brown, Jr., daughter, the late Geraldine Whitlock, siblings, the late Watson Crain, Frances Smith, Louise Howell, Nellie Hilton, Jessie Craig, Dillard Craig, Mozelle Craig, and William Craig.

Surviving are daughters, Bernice Lee Campbell, Dianne Wooten, Patricia Ann Brown, and Donna Tidmore; son, Gary Wayne Brown; twelve Grandchildren; several Great Grandchildren, Great Great Grandchildren, Nieces, and Nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 26th, at 2:00 P.M. from the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Howell and Rev. Gary Wells officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers David Wilson, Casey Brown, Scott Whitlock, Kip Wooten, William Whitlock, and Keith Whitlock.  The Family will receive friends Saturday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.  At other hours the Family will be at Mrs. Brown’s residence.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Lucy Lee Brown, who passed away Thursday afternoon.

Mrs. Deborah Kay Spurlock Meadows, age 53, of Summerville, GA, passed away Saturday March 18, 2017, in Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Meadows was born June 25, 1964, in Grundy, VA, the daughter of the late Everett and Gladys McGuire Spurlock.  She was a member of the North New Hope Baptist Church, a home maker, and preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.

Survivors include her husband, Lee Meadows, sons, Curtis Marcum, Ernest Marcum, Jesse Marcum, brothers, William (Timmy) Spurlock, Ronald Eugene Spurlock, sisters, Evelyn Lemming, Teresa Gail Hamby, 1 grandchild.

Funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Monday March 20, 2017 from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Charles Bishop officiating with burial in the Subligna Cemetery.  Active pallbearers, Robert Jerrells, Andy Howard, Daniel Hall, Mark Godfrey, Tracy Johnson, Jackie Jarrells .

Mrs. Meadows will  be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday from  6 to 8 p.m.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the  funeral arrangements for Mrs. Deborah Kay Spurlock Meadows who died on Saturday.

MR. JAMES W. HUNT, age 88, of Lyerly Dam Road, Lyerly, Georgia passed away Monday, March 13, 2017, morning at his residence.  He was born in Tishomingo, Miss. on January 18, 1929 to the late Willie Leonard and Mamie Jewell Butler Hunt.   Mr. Hunt was a member of the Lyerly First Baptist Church and for many years operated his own small engine mechanic shop at the residence.

        Surviving are His wife of 67 years, Irene Howard Hunt; children, Winston (Sue) Hunt, Peggy Hunt Anderson, & Danny Hunt; grandchildren, Wesley (Deborah) Hunt, Lisa Hunt, Laurel (Dan) Foust, James (Samantha) Anderson, Eddie Burch, Tony Hunt, Melanie Hunt; great grandchildren, Damien, Vaughn, Avery, Ashlyn, Abbie, Jackson, Dylon, Mason, Canan. Lydia, Preston, Josie, Chloe, Parker, Gage, & Kinsley; sisters, Reba Clark, Joyce Johnson, Judy Klimp, & Paulette (Toby) Worley;  several Nieces & Nephews.  

        Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 15th, at 11:00 A.M. from the Lyerly First Baptist Church with Rev. Barry Peppers, Rev. Ralph Sumner, and Rev. James Baird officiating, interment in Lyerly Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers Tony Hunt, James Anderson, Dan Foust, Wesley Hunt, Bruce Bynum, Eric Reynolds, David Howard, & Lewis Railey; Honorary Pallbearers Eddie Burch Jack Carr, Cecil & June Reynolds, John Hayes, Alice & Tim Railey, Bob Reynolds,  & Barry Wooten.  The Family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.

        Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mr. James W. Hunt who passed away Monday.

MR. HASKEL (“JOHNNY”) REED – Age 72, – Of Summerville, Georgia passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Hezekiah Reed and Willie Mae Powell Reed, and sister, Bertha Brown.  He was a member of the West Fifth Street Church of Christ.  He was employed at some of the local body shops as a repairman.

He is survived by his sister, July Shropshire of Summerville, Georgia; a host of cousins, other relatives, and friends.

Funeral Service will be on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 2:00 P. M. at West Fifth Street Church of Christ, Summerville, Georgia, with Bro. J. J. Bankston as Eulogist and Bro. John Lewis, officiating.  The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service.  Interment,  Summerville Cemetery.  Please share your thoughts and memories of Mr. Haskel (“Johnny”) Reed at www.willisfuneralhomedalton.com. Arrangements  by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.

Mr. Clarence Norman Blevins, age 76, of Trion, GA, died Sunday, March 12, 2017, at Floyd Medical Center surrounded by his family.

Mr. Blevins was born May 6, 1940, in Long Island, AL, son of the late Robert Edward Lee Blevins and Dorothy Marie Durham Blevins.  He graduated from South Pittsburg High School in 1958, then went on to graduate Tennessee Tech in 1962 with a Bachelor’s Degree.  Mr. Blevins earned his Master’s Degree in 1969 from Middle Tennessee State University, and his Ed.S. from Jacksonville State University in 1982.  He served as a coach at Canton High School from 1962 to 1965 and at Trion High School from 1965 to 1998 where he coached the football team of the 1974 Class B. State Championship.  Mr. Blevins also served as the Trion High School Principal from 1976 until 1998.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Jerry Don Blevins and Melvin Lee Blevins.

Mr. Blevins is survived by his wife of 57 years, Martha Ellis Blevins; son, Gregory Lee Blevins; daughter and son-in-law, Susie and Donald McGraw; grandchildren, Jarin (Jennifer) Blevins, Daniel (Alissa) Blevins; Ashley (Cain) Smith, Logan Blevins, Mandy (Chad) Durham, Macy Hammonds, and Austin McGraw; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mr. Blevins will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 15, 2017, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Woods and Mr. Dan Logan officiating.  Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Jarin Blevins, Daniel Blevins, Logan Blevins, Cain Smith, Donald McGraw, and Austin McGraw.  Honorary pallbearers will be the players of the Trion High School State Football Championship Team of 1974.

Mr. Blevins will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to the Clarence Blevins Scholarship Fund at United Community Bank.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Clarence Norman Blevins who died on Sunday.