MRS. RUTH WAITS PONDER HOWELL, age 93, of Smallen Road, Lyerly, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014, in the local rest home. Born in Polk County, Georgia on September 25, 1920, She was a daughter of the late George Stanley and Effie Coker Waits. Mrs. Howell was a member of Perennial Springs Baptist Church, and was retired from the sample department of the former Bigelow-Sanford Rug Mill. She was preceded in death by husband, the late Hillary Howell, Sisters- Edith McGraw, Faye Ozment, Carole Baker and Lodema Waits. One Brother- Kelsey Waits.

Surviving are- Daughter, Vivian Price of Lyerly, Son- Charles Ponder of Orange Park, Fla., Step-daughter- Gail Elrod of Summerville, Sister- Eddie Tinney of Summerville, Brother- Dudley Waits of Rockmart, GA. Eight Grandchildren, Fourteen Great Grandchildren, Four Great Great Grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 27, at 12:30 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Lee Byrd and Rev. Alton Stamey officiating, interment in Lyerly Cemetery. Active pallbearers- Tony McGraw, Bill Reed, Tim Kilgore, Dee Price, Todd Ponder and Tyler Wilson. Honorary Pallbearers- The Ladies Sunday School Class of Perennial Springs Baptist Church, Randy Marshall and Martha Chisolm. Visitation will be at the Funeral Home Wednesday from 11:00 A.M. until the hour of service. 

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

		

Mrs. Toni Woods Tutton, age 78, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at her residence.

Mrs. Tutton was born March 23, 1936, in Lyerly, GA, daughter of the late William Calvin and Liela Brady Woods.  She was a member of the Summerville First Methodist Church.  Mrs. Tutton was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.  She was retired from the Chattooga County School System where she served as Food Service Director.  She also pioneered the Childrens Caravan Early Learning Program with Vickie Williams Jarrett and served as the Summerville Elementary School Administrator.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Tutton was preceded in death by her brothers, Mell Woods and Bill Woods; and half sisters, Ann Woods Cornish and Massena Woods.

Mrs. Tutton is survived by her husband, Charles Meredith Tutton; sons, Charles Randall Tutton, William Meredith Tutton; a sister, Sue Woods Hurley; grandchildren, Nickolas Tutton and Natalie Tutton.

Graveside and interment services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 27, 2014, from the Lyerly Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Randall Tutton, Bill Tutton, Nick Tutton, Eddie Hurley, Barry Hurley, Will Bowman, Tim Bowman, and Steve Jackson.

Mrs. Tutton will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. until the hour of service on Wednesday.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to Heyman Hospice.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Toni Woods Tutton who died on Friday.

MR. WEYMAN W. HIGH, age 89, of Summerville, Georgia, Gore Community, passed away Thursday, August 21, 2014, morning.

He was born January 9, 1925 in Chattooga County, the son of the late Flonnie Stephenson High and Enoch Ernest High. Mr. High was a 1943 graduate of Gore High School and served in the U. S. Army during WW II. Weyman married Mary Jackson in 1947, and they would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary in September. Mr. High was employed by General Electric in Rome for 25 years and a member of the GE Retirees’ Social Club. Weyman continued to farm and raise cattle many years after his retirement from G.E. He helped organize the Gore Area Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as a volunteer fireman. He was a member, deacon, and church clerk for Unity Baptist Church, and was currently a member of the Summerville United Methodist Church,

Survivors include his wife, Mary; one daughter and son-in-law, Elaine and William Crouch; three granddaughters and spouses, Lindsey and Lance Brown, Whitney and Nate Rupp, and Christine Crouch; two great grandsons, Zeke Brown and Andrew Rupp; a number of nieces and nephews also survive as well as a special cousin, Kelli Renslow and other cousins.

Funeral services will be held Monday, August 25th, at 10:30 A.M. at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Austin, Rev. J. B. Cantrell, and Rev. Horace Stewart officiating, interment will be in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 until 10:30 A.M. at the Church. The Family request no flowers and suggest contributions to the Pleasant Grove Cemetery Fund or Amedisys Hospice @ 12 B Fleton Place, Cartersville, GA.-30120.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Barbara Jean Elsberry, age 81, of Summerville, Georgia passed away 
Sunday, August 17, 2014 at the Floyd Medical Center. Mrs. Elsberry was born 
in Chattooga County, Georgia on February 25, 1933, daughter of the late 
Charlie Teague and Dellie Busby Teague. She was of the Baptist Faith and 
prior to her retirement in 1995, was employed with the Karastan Bigelow 
Carpet Mill. Mrs. Elsberry was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, 
Ed Elsberry, on May 3, 2012; an infant son, Edwin Brinton Elsberry; an infant 
daughter, Jennie Gale Elsberry; and her brothers, Donald Teague, Hoyt 
Teague and Johnny Teague. 
Mrs. Elsberry is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Cindi Elsberry; 
grandchildren, Trent Elsberry, Bradyn Elsberry, and Kasen Elsberry; brother and 
sister-in-law, Eddie Ray and Geneva Teague; sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirley 
and Rayburn Hughes and Linda and Gerald Carroll; brothers-in-law and 
sisters-in-law, Bill Elsberry, Sarah and Harold Duke, Naomi and Bill Ramsey, Patsy 
Elsberry, Pat Elsberry, Billie Faye Elsberry, and Barbara Teague Gorham; extended 
family, Bill and Joanna Gilbert and Steven, Melanie and Claire Gilbert; and a 
number of nieces and nephews. 
Funeral Services for Mrs. Elsberry will be held Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 2:00 P.M, 
in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Alton Stamey officiating 
and Mr. Bill Gilbert delivering the Eulogy. Interment will be in the Summerville Cemetery. 
Pallbearers will be Jeff Smith, Steven Gilbert, Tony Dowdy, Jeff Ramsey, Lanny Thomas, 
and Trent Elsberry. Honorary Pallbearers will be Nieces and Nephews. 
Mrs. Elsberry will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive 
friends Tuesday afternoon from 12:00 P.M. until the funeral hour. At other hours the 
family can be contacted at the residence, 174 Kirby Street, Summerville. 
Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. 
Barbara Jean Elsberry. Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook. 
 

Mrs. Barbara Jean Elsberry, age 81, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday, 
  
August 17, 2014 at the Floyd Medical Center. 
  
 
  
Mrs. Elsberry was born in Chattooga County, Georgia on February 25, 1933, 
  
daughter of the late Charlie Teague and Dellie Busby Teague. She was of the 
  
Baptist Faith and prior to her retirement in 1995, was employed with the 
  
Karastan Bigelow Carpet Mill. Mrs. Elsberry was preceded in death by her husband 
  
of 62 years, Ed Elsberry, on May 3, 2012; an infant son, Edwin Brinton Elsberry; 
  
an infant daughter, Jennie Gale Elsberry; and her brothers, Donald Teague, Hoyt 
  
Teague and Johnny Teague. 
  
 
  
Mrs. Elsberry is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Cindi 
  
Elsberry; grandchildren, Trent Elsberry, Bradyn Elsberry, and Kasen Elsberry; 
  
brother and sister-in-law, Eddie Ray and Geneva Teague; sisters and 
  
brothers-in-law, Shirley and Rayburn Hughes and Linda and Gerald Carroll; 
  
brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Bill Elsberry, Sarah and Harold Duke, Naomi 
  
and Bill Ramsey, Patsy Elsberry, Pat Elsberry, and Billie Faye Elsberry; 
  
extended family, Bill and Joanna Gilbert and Steven, Melanie and Claire Gilbert; 
  
and a number of nieces and nephews. 
  
 
  
Funeral Services for Mrs. Elsberry will be held Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 2:00 
  
P.M, in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Alton Stamey 
  
officiating and Mr. Bill Gilbert delivering the Eulogy. Interment will be in the 
  
Summerville Cemetery. 
  
 
  
Pallbearers will be Jeff Smith, Steven Gilbert, Tony Dowdy, Jeff Ramsey, Lanny 
  
Thomas, Trent Elsberry and Bradyn Elsberry. Honorary Pallbearers will be Nieces 
  
and Nephews. 
  
 
  
Mrs. Elsberry will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will 
  
receive friends Tuesday afternoon from 12:00 P.M. until the funeral hour. At 
  
other hours the family can be contacted at the residence, 174 Kirby Street, 
  
Summerville. 
  
 
  
Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. 
  
Barbara Jean Elsberry.

MR. TOM LEWIS JOHNSTON, age 88, of Gore-Subligna Road, Summerville

 Georgia passed away Friday, August 15, 2015, at the residence.

  Born in Summerville on April 12, 1926, He was a son of the late T.P. and

 Zula Mae Ballenger Johnston.  Mr. Johnston graduated from Subligna High

 School and attended West Georgia College for two years, then was drafted

 into the U.S. Army, during WW II.  He served in Germany and Austria with

 the 36th Infantry Division and was an observer at the War Crimes Trials 

in Nuremburg, Germany; was a life member of the V.F.W.  He was a cattle

 farmer and worked for the Georgia Department of Agriculture retiring after 

28 years service. He was preceded in death by a sister Libby Neal Rich.

 
	Surviving are His wife, Nancy Mann Johnston; daughter, Sandi Johnston 

Cohen; son-Tom Neal Johnston (Lyn); step daughter, Tanya Queen

 (Ruben); step son, Stacy Mann (Tina); grand kids, Chuck Cohen and

 Samson Johnston; step grand kids, Amber Padgett, Lexie Mann, Macey

 Mann, Addie Queen, Mason Mann; niece, Joan Butler.
 
	Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 17th at 3:00 PM from the J. D. Hill Memorial

 Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Jody Brock and Larry Scoggins officiating,

 interment in Green Hills Memory Gardens.

  Active pallbearers Mike Dawson, Stacy Grey, Dennis McCary, Shawn McCary,

 Bill Mitchell, Randy Mills, Roland Jones and Ricky Jones.. Honorary pall bearers

 Stanley Cummings, John Hobbs, and members of VFW Post 6688.  Visitation will

 be at the funeral home Saturday evening from 5 until 9.