MRS. NELLIE B. DAVENPORT, age 89, of Yarbrough Road, Summerville, Georgia, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015, at her residence.  A native Chattooga Countian, She was born to the late Roy Clinton and Hattie Lemuel Veatch Allmon, on July 6, 1926.  Mrs. Davenport was retired from the sewing department of the former Best Mfg. Company of Menlo, Georgia and a member of Chelsea Baptist Church.  She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Garner Earl Davenport; sisters, Sarah Evans, Margaret Knight, Zenter McHaffey, and Fannie Mae Hunter; brothers Rube Allmon, Cecil Allmon and Deforest Allmon.

Surviving are two daughters & spouses, Jeanette and Bill Shelby and Shirley and Albert Smith, Jr.; son & spouse, Benny and Karen Davenport; seven Grandchildren, twelve Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 1st, at 2:00 P.M., EDT, from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Speers and Rev. Larry Scoggins officiating, interment in West Hill Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers, Daniel Smith, Corey Smith, Mark Davenport, Michael Smith, David Jackson, Jody Smith.  The Family will receive friends Monday from 6 until 8, EDT, at the Funeral Home.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Nellie B. Davenport

MRS. JESSIE COLBERT PENDLAND, age 93, of Thomas Road, Trion, Georgia passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015, at her residence.  A native of Chattooga County, She was born to the late John Henry and Alloie Jo Robinson Dooley.  Mrs. Pendland attended the Trion Church of God, and was retired from the former Bed & Bath Shop.  She was preceded in death by former husbands, the late J. D. Colbert and the late William (Hank) Pendland; son, the late Jimmy Colbert; sisters, the late Lucille Dixon, Lottie Bishop, and Sybil Mershon; and brothers, the late Ollie Dooley, Wilburn Dooley, and J. H. Dooley.

                Surviving are daughters and spouse, Peggy Colbert Campbell and Paulette Colbert Owens and Melvin Owens; son & spouse, Doug and Carolyn Colbert; daughter-in-law, Janet Colbert; 10 Grandchildren, 29 Great Grandchildren, and 5 Great-Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

                Funeral services will be held Monday, August 31^st, at 3:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, with Pastor Tommy Pledger and Pastor Jimmy Chastain officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers: Derek Colbert, Bryan Colbert, Matt Owens, Philip Campbell, Todd Campbell, and Zach Willingham; Honorary Pallbearers, Johnnie Robinson, Owen Phillips, Tristan Stenton, Dakota Ceresoli.  The Family will receive friends Monday from 1:00 P.M. until the hour of service at the Funeral Home.

                Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Jessie Colbert Pendland.

Mr. James Henry Rosser, age 73, of Trion, GA, died Thursday, August 27, 2015, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. 

Mr. Rosser was born September 27, 1941, in Trion, GA, son of the late John Henry and Lena Thrasher Rosser.  He attended the Trion Heights Baptist Church, and prior to his retirement, was employed with the Town of Trion.  Mr. Rosser was also a veteran of the United States Army.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nina Gentry Rosser; and a brother, Trent Rosser.

 Mr. Rosser is survived by his son, Jonathan Rosser; daughters, Nancy Adams and Jeannette Laney; brothers, Stan Rosser and Steve Rosser; a sister, Martha Cordle; 8 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a special grandson, Zachary Eaton.  

Funeral services for Mr. Rosser will be held at 3:30 P.M. Sunday, August 30, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Vernon Johnson officiating.  Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Stan Rosser, Zachary Rosser, Steve Rosser, Calvin Allen, Nathan Rosser, and Randall Abernathy.  Honorary pallbearers will be the Employees of the Town of Trion and all personal friends. 

Mr. Rosser will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Saturday, August 29, 2015. 

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. James Henry Rosser who died on Thursday.

Mrs. Latisha Rochelle Brock-Reece, age 38

of Summerville, Georgia passed away

August 25, 2015 at her residence.

Tisha was born in Gordon County,

Georgia on July 10, 1977, daughter

of Larry Brock and Rita Nixon Brock.

  She was a member of the Faith Temple

Holiness Church and was previously

a member of the Perennial Springs

Baptist Church.  Tisha was preceded

in death by her maternal grandparents,

Cordell and Hazel Nixon, and her paternal

grandfather, J.C. Brock.

Tisha is survived by her husband,

Shane Reece; sons, Gavin Reece

and Gage Reece; parents, Larry

and Rita Brock; brother, Doug

Nichols; sister, Melissa Brock; grandmother,

Dorothy Lee Brock; Mother-in-law, Dawn

Anderson; Father-in-law, Randall Reece;

sister-in-law, Lacy Clark; Great Grandfather,

Frank Bowers; and a number Aunts, Uncles,

Cousins, Nieces and Nephews.

Funeral Services for Tisha will be

held Friday, August 28, 2015 at 2:00

P.M. in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman

Funeral Home with Rev. John Mann,

Rev. Josh Hollifield, and Rev. Chris Nixon

officiating.  Interment will follow in

the Green Hills Memory Gardens. 

The following gentlemen have been asked

to serve as pallbearers:  Dwayne Clark,

Leroy Laney, Doug Nichols, Mike Nixon,

Don Lemmings and Chris King.  Honorary

pallbearers will be the staff of Hearth

Hospice, staff of Floyd Medical Center

Oncology, Doug and Jennifer Tudor, Rex

and Mary Jones, Greg and Kristy Greene,

Karen Hawkins and Cedric Price.

Tisha will be in state at the Coffman

Funeral Home where the family will

receive friends Thursday evening from

6:00 until 8:00 P.M.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel

is honored to be serving the family

of Mrs. Latisha Rochelle

Brock-Reese.  

MR. ROBERT E. (SPOOKY) DAWSON, age 62, of Gore-Subligna Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday afternoon in a Rome hospital.  He was born in Summerville, Georgia on October 31, 1952 to the late Lester M. and June Self Dawson.  Mr. Dawson was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, and an avid cattle farmer.

        Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mr. Robert W. (Spooky) Dawson who passed away Mond

MR. ROBERT E. (SPOOKY) DAWSON, age 62,

of Gore-Subligna Road, Summerville, Georgia

passed away Monday afternoon in a Rome

hospital.  He was born on October 31, 1952 to

the late Lester M. and June Self Dawson.

  Surviving are his wife, Vickie Dawson; daughter,

Allison Eubanks of Summerville;

  Funeral arrangements are incomplete and

will be announced by Earle Rainwater Funeral Home.

Mr. Joe Louis Darden, age 75, of 696 Garvin Rd., Summerville, Ga.,  passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.  Mr. Darden was  born in Douglasville, Ga., on September 27, 1939, son of the late Ellis, Sr. and the late Cerlister Geter Darden. 

Survivors include his Ex-wife and friend, Essie M. Darden, Summerville Ga.; children, Sharon Covington, Covington, Ga.,  Whitney (Raven) Summerlin, Chattanooga, Tn., and Casey (Keisha) Darden, Atlanta, Ga.; sisters, Joyce (Melvin) Knox, Menlo, Ga., Ennis (Charlie) Campbell Atlanta,Ga., and Annie Stewart, Ft. Stewart, Ga.; six grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 24, 2015, at 2 PM at New Spirit and Truth Church, Summerville, Ga., with Bishop V.T. Harden, officiating. Interment will follow in Summerville Cemetery. 

Wright Memorial Mortuary, Inc., has charge of the funeral arrangements.   

Mr. Jerry Pendley Holmes, age 96, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, August 21, 2015, at his residence.

Mr. Holmes was born December 9, 1918, in Ranger, GA, son of the late Leonard Arthur and Eva Lorraine Chastain Holmes.  He was a member of the Alpine Community Church and was retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission.  He was also a member of the Toastmasters of Rome, the Fairmount Ruritan Club, Red Carpet Cattlemen, Farm Bureau, and the Gordon Democratic Committee.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Vance Earl Holmes; sisters,  Beatrice Richardson, Eunice Holmes, Estelle Watkins, and Earlee Nesbitt.

Mr. Holmes is survived by his wife, Carolyn Eubanks Holmes; a son, Jerry Donald Holmes; daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and Lynn Hall, Diane Squires and Bob Stringfield, Esther and Tommy Ball, and Brenda Holmes; a sister, Ruth Wood; grandchildren, Angie and Joseph Culbert, Christy Hall, Jamie and Randy Corbin, Stephanie and Jeff Whitlock, Tommy and Christina Ball, James and Eva Ball, Caroline Holmes and Rodney Johnson, Amy Potts and Brad Nolan, Sarah and Paul Levasseur; great-grandchildren, Chase Culbert, Cody Corbin, Lillie and Lila Ball, Ian Ball, Aiden Holmes, Chloe and Maddie Johnson, Blake Harris, Jimmy and Jacob Owens, and Anna and Jack Levasseur.

Funeral services for Mr. Holmes will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, August 22, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Pledger officiating.  Interment will follow in the Alpine Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Thomas Ball III, James A. Ball, Paul Levasseur, Rodney Johnson, Randy Corbin, Joseph Culbert, Brad Nolan, and Jeff Whitlock.

Mr. Holmes will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 2:00 P.M. until the hour of service on Saturday.