Mr. Winston D. Martin passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, March 13, 2015 at 11AM in Victory Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth Walker officiating. Mr. Martin will lie in state from 10AM until the funeral hour. Interment will follow at Baldwin Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 6-8PM at Williams Funeral Home of Milledgeville.

Mr. Martin was born in Taft, Alabama and lived all of his adult life in Menlo, Georgia until moving to Milledgeville in 1972. He was a Veteran of the US Army and worked as the Central Office Equipment Supervisor for GTE, General Telephone, until 1993 when he retired. Mr. Martin went on to open a private telecommunications business. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his father, Fred Coley Martin; his mother, Cledie Laverdie Timmerman Martin; a brother, Billy Martin; and a sister, Margaret Kirk. 

Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Laverne Hayes Martin of Lake Sinclair; daughters, Myra Martin Blevins of Trenton and Tammie Martin (David) Greene of Macon; brothers, Wallace (Ellen) Martin of Menlo, Charlie (Kay) Martin of Oklahoma and Greg (Debbie) Martin of Cloud Land Mountain; grandchildren, Clint (Amber) Mitchell of Lafayette, Delana Blevins (Taylor) Barton of Trenton and David (Caitlin) Greene, Jr. of Macon; and one great-grandchild, Rachel Mitchell of Lafayette. 

Flowers accepted and for those who wish the family has requested contributions be made to Victory Baptist Church, 640 Meriwether Rd, Milledgeville GA 31061.

Mr. Jerry Houston Miller, age 68, of Halls Valley Drive, Trion, Georgia, passed away Sunday, March 01, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness.

Mr. Miller was born in Niles, Michigan on June 27, 1946, son of the late Houston Lewis Miller and Pearl Ethel Johnson Miller. He was a member and head elder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and prior to retirement, was employed with Lester Inc., and was a nursing tech at Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Miller was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Army, and was preceded in death by his sister, Karen Levinson.

Mr. Miller is survived by his wife, Violet G. Miller of Trion; sons and daughters-in-law, Matthew Scott and Melissa Miller of Noblesville, Indiana and Nicholas Gerald and Christine Miller of Berea, Kentucky; eight grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.

Memorial Services for Mr. Miller will be held Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 4:00 P.M. in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 396 Bellah Avenue, Summerville, Georgia, with Pastor Edward Skoretz officiating. Interment will be held privately at a later date.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Jerry Houston Miller. 

Mrs. Grace Gillespie Simmons, age 99, of Trion, GA, passed away Wednesday March 4, 2015, in Gaffney, S.C.

Mrs. Simmons was born January 22, 1916, in Fountain, S.C., the daughter of the late William Robert and Lula Mae Stallings Gillespie.  She was a home maker and a member of the Trion 1st Baptist Church.  Mrs. Simmons was preceded in death by her husband, James D. Simmons

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, David and Roslyn Simmons, Gaffney, S.C., grandson  and wife, Adam and Kimberly Simmons, Charlotte, N.C.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Mason Funeral Home.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Grace Gillespie Simmons who died on Wednesday.

Mr. Bobby Jack Hite, age 81, of Marietta, Georgia formerly of Rome

 and Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 at the

 WellStar Kennestone Hospital.
 
Mr. Hite was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 30, 1934, son of the

 late Arthur Glenn Hite and Ada Lee Williams Harper.  He was a member

 of the Four Mile Baptist Church in Summerville, Georgia and prior to

 retirement was the owner of Hite Tile, a Tile Contracting company

, that installed ceramic tile and marble throughout the Cobb County

 and Metro Atlanta Area.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Hite was

 preceded in death by a step-father, Paul Harper; a son, Wayne

 Lynn Hite; a sister, Polly Oglesby and brothers, William Hite and

 Dick Hite.
 
Mr. Hite is survived by his wife, Margaret Beck Hite of Marietta; 

sons and daughter-in-law, Steve and Pam Hite of Grayson, GA and 

 Phillip Hite of Dalton; daughters and sons-in-law, Wanda and 

Wayne Teal of Morrow, GA and Sandra and Mike Thomas of

 McDonough; sisters and brother-in-law, Katie Forsythe and Louise

 and John Harms; grandchildren, Chris Hite, Jason Hite, Alicia 

Mitchum, Selyna Kidd, Elizabeth Hampton, Jennifer Hite, Xander Hite,

 Emily Hite, James Thomas, Zachary Thomas, Hope Hite, Jamey

 Coffman and Dondee Hite; several great grandchildren and a 

number of nieces and nephews.
 
Funeral Services for Mr. Hite will be held Wednesday, March 4,

 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Four Mile Baptist Church, Summerville,

 GA with Rev. Doyle Kelley officiating.  Interment will follow on Saturday,

 March 7, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Fairview Memorial Gardens in 

Stockbridge, Georgia.
 
Pallbearers will be Xander Hite, James Thomas, Chris Hite, Jason Hite, 

Treyton Coffman,  Jamey Coffman, and Zachary Thomas.
 
Mr. Hite will be in state at the Four Mile Baptist Church where the family

 will receive friends Wednesday from 12:00 Noon until the funeral hour.
 
Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family

 of Mr. Bobby Jack Hite.

Mr. Bobby Jack Hite, age 81, of Marietta, Georgia formerly of Rome and Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 at the WellStar Kennestone Hospital.

Mr. Hite was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 30, 1934, son of the late Arthur Glenn Hite and Ada Lee Williams Harper. He was a member of the Four Mile Baptist Church in Summerville, Georgia and prior to retirement was the owner of Hite Tile, a Tile Contracting company, that installed ceramic tile and marble throughout the Cobb County and Metro Atlanta Area. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hite was preceded in death by a step-father, Paul Harper; a son, Wayne Lynn Hite; a sister, Polly Oglesby and brothers, William Hite and Dick Hite.

Mr. Hite is survived by his wife, Margaret Beck Hite of Marietta; sons and daughter-in-law, Steve and Pam Hite of Grayson, GA and Phillip Hite of Dalton; daughters and sons-in-law, Wanda and Wayne Teal of Morrow, GA and Sandra and Mike Thomas of McDonough; sisters and brother-in-law, Katie Forsythe and Louise and John Harms; grandchildren, Chris Hite, Jason Hite, Alicia Mitchum, Selyna Kidd, Elizabeth Hampton, Jennifer Hite, Xander Hite, Emily Hite, James Thomas, Zachary Thomas, Hope Hite, Jamey Coffman and Dondee Hite; several great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mr. Hite will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Four Mile Baptist Church, Summerville, GA with Rev. Doyle Kelley officiating. Interment will follow on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Fairview Memorial Gardens in Stockbridge, Georgia.

Mr. Hite will be in state at the Four Mile Baptist Church where the family will receive friends Wednesday from 12:00 Noon until the funeral hour.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Bobby Jack Hite.