Mr. Marvin Arzo Hughes, age 79, of Lyerly, GA, died Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at his residence.

Mr. Hughes was born March 5, 1934 in Centre, AL, the son of the late Arzo and Margaret Mann Hughes. He was a member of Berryton Baptist Church. Mr. Hughes was previously employed with Integrated Products. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, to whom he was married for 50 years, Mona Marbutt Hughes.

Mr. Hughes is survived by his wife, Judy Sorsdahl Hughes; daughter, Frances Hughes Turner; sons, William Hughes, M. D. Hughes, and Jimmy Hughes; sister, Betty Hughes; 11 Grandchildren; and 16 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p. m. Friday, January 17, 2014 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Mann and Rev. Mickey Skates officiating. Burial will follow in Lyerly Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Grandsons.

Mr. Hughes will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Thursday.

Infant Gavin Alexander Lopez, 6 days, died January 12, 2014 at Floyd Medical Center.

Gavin was born January 6, 2014 at Floyd County Hospital, the son of Alejandro Lopez and Mary Elizabeth Cochran.  He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Harold “Pee Wee” Cochran.

Survivors include his parents, Alejandro Lopez and Mary Cochran; sisters, April Cochran and Ma’Shayla Cochran; grandparents, Vickey Hobbs, Maria and Martian Lopez; aunts and uncles, Tonie Cochran, Harold Cochran, Abraham Lopez, Freddy Lopez. Sandra Lopez, Julia Lopez, Meliza Lopez, Gloria Lopez and Junior Lopez.

Graveside and interment services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Johnny Ellison officiating. 

The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p. m. on Wednesday,

January 15, 2014 at Mason Funeral Home.

Mason Funeral Home is directing.

Miss. Dorothy June Poovey, age 85, of Lyerly, GA died Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Miss Poovey was born September 22, 1928 in Gaylesville, AL, the daughter of the late Carl Smith Poovey and June Little Poovey. Miss Poovey was a member of Sardis Baptist Church. She was retired from Parent Child Center.

Survivors include sisters, Mabel Poovey and Kathleen Poovey of Lyerly, GA; brother and sister-in-law, Cecil and Jane Poovey, Centre, AL; niece and nephew, Cecilia and Dion Hudson, and Mark Alan Poovey

Funeral service will be held at 5:00 p. m. EST Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewayne Teague officiating. Burial will be held in Lyerly Cemetery.

Miss Poovey will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 3:00 until 5:00 p. m. EST on Wednesday, January 15, 2014.

Mr. Harold L. “Pee Wee” Cochran, age 57, of Trion, GA died Monday, January 13, 2014 at his residence.

Mr. Cochran was born April 26, 1956 in Trion, GA, the son of the late Leonard Cochran and Georgia Goodson Cochran. He was employed with Mt. Vernon Mills. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Gavin Cochran.

Survivors include a son, Harold Cochran, SR; daughters, Toni Cochran and Mary Cochran; brothers, Robert Cochran and Terry Cochran; sisters, Linda Hunt, Deborah Price, Angie Dooley, and Wanda Chaney; and grandchildren, April Cochran and Shayla Cochran.

Mr. Cochran will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 11:00 a. m. until 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Mr. John Lewis Farley, age 69, of Summerville, GA died Sunday, January 12, 2014, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Farley was born December 14, 1944 in Delbarton, West Virginia, the son of the late Ira Farley and Pearl Maynard Anderson. He was a carpenter and had worked at Roper Corporation. Mr. Farley was a member of the Summerville Pentecostal Worship Center. Other than his parents, Mr. Farley was preceded in death by his step-father, Alec Anderson; sister, Lahoma Vance; and brothers, Samuel Greenway Farley, and Charles Alex Anderson.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Lou Farley; son, Darold Dugger, Jon Farley, Jeffery Farley; daughters, Carol Ann Farley, Susan Bryson, Christina Pierce, Mary Rice, and Vera Rice; sisters and brothers-in-law, Nancy and Mose Marcum, Ruby and Don Stevens, Sherry and Dan Graves, and Dollie Anderson; brothers and sister-in-law, John and Glynell Anderson, and Virgil Ray Anderson; 18 Grandchildren; and 15 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Summerville Pentecostal Worship Center, with Rev. Andy Hutchins officiating. Burial will follow in Subligna Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Michael Leming, Cameron Gazaway, Ryan Bryson, Randy Bryson, James Farley, and Kaiden Garrett Farley. Honorary pallbearer is Chris Bryson.

Mr. Farley will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, January 14, 2014. He will also lie in state at the Summerville Pentecostal Church from 10:30 until 11:00 a. m. on Wednesday

Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Baker, age 93, of Menlo, GA, died January 11, 2014, at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Baker was born October 29, 1920, in Gaylesville, AL, daughter of the late James Donald and Myrtle Bell Abernathy Espy.  She was a member of the Menlo First Baptist Church, and prior to her retirement, was employed at Best Manufacturing.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold “Jim” Baker; brothers, Emmett Espy, Joe Espy, Elbert Espy, Donald “Loy” Espy, and Wallace “Watt” Espy; sisters, Mildred Baker and Edna Roper.

Mrs. Baker is survived by her daughters and son-in-law; Barbara Ann and Fred Eller, Jimmie Sue Kirby; sister and brother-in-law, Frances and Tab Dempsey; grandchildren, Dee Anna Ward, Abby and Jerry Scott, Stacy and Pam Rinehart, and Kelly Kirby; 9 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. Baker will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 14, 2014, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Dempsey and Rev. Tom Russell officiating.  Burial will follow in the AMI Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Stacy Rinehart, Kelly Kirby, Jerry Scott, Phillip Dempsey, Harrison Scott, and Justin Swords.

Mrs. Baker will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 12:00 Noon until the service hour on Tuesday.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.  

Mrs. Carolyn Geneva Gentry, age 78, of the Little Sand Mountain Community, passed away January 12, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness.

Mrs. Gentry was born in Armuchee, Georgia on March 18, 1935, daughter of the late Huston Cargle and Mamie Grace Ward Cargle. She was a 1953 graduate of Summerville High School. Mrs. Gentry attended the Ebenezer Baptist Church, and prior to retirement, was an office manager for Tri-Valley Growers in Los Banos, California, and was a payroll administrator for the Northwest Regional Medical Center in Rome, GA. She was a member of the Dos Palos Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Gentry was preceded in death by two brothers, Huston Cargle, Jr. and Billy Hugh Cargle; and two sisters, Dorothy Milam and Lola Mae Mathis.

Mrs. Gentry is survived by her husband, James A. "Sarge" Gentry of Armuchee; son and daughter-in-law, James Edward and Kathy Gentry of Armuchee; daughter and son-in-law, Patricia Ann and Gary Kee of Merced, California; brothers and sister-in-law, James Oliver Cargle and Hugh Carlton and Gumelda Cargle; Sister, Thelma Ruth Rench; 8 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Gentry will be held Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Scoggins officiating. Interment will follow in the Little Sand Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers and Honorary Pallbearers will be Nephews and include: Tommy Cargle, Mike Rench, Tony Rench, Stanley Cargle, Billy Rench, Terry Cargle, Steve Morgan, Derick Milam, Rusty Gill, Thomas Gill, Jason Childers and Chris Cargle.

Mrs. Gentry will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.

The family of Mrs. Gentry respectfully asks that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Little Sand Mountain Cemetery Fund c/o Mrs. Thelma Ruth Rench, 2730 S Little Sand Mountain Rd., Armuchee, GA 30105.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Carolyn Geneva Gentry. 

Mrs. Kathleen Davenport, age 86, of Trion, GA, died Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Davenport was born December 3, 1927, in Lyerly, GA, daughter of the late William Taylor and Mary Elvara Brooks Tallent.  She was a member of the Dry Valley Baptist Church, and prior to her retirement, was employed with Mount Vernon Mills where she was also a member of the Quarter Century Club.

Mrs. Davenport is survived by her husband, Vester Huland Davenport; son and daughter-in-law, James W. and Linda York; daughters, Mary York Hudson, Susan T. Edwards; sister, Katheryn Tallent Barton; 3 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.

Graveside and interment services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, January 13, 2014, from the Greenhills Memory Gardens with Rev. Gary Howell officiating.  Pallbearers will be Randall Martin, Kevin York, Steven Barton, Terry Davenport, Jerry Davenport, and Floyd Davenport, Jr.

Mrs. Davenport will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. until 12:45 P.M. Monday.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to the Dry Valley Baptist Church.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. 

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Lea Helton, age 64, of Lyerly, GA, died Friday, January 10, 2014, at her residence.

Mrs. Helton was born June 12, 1949, in Chelsea, GA, daughter of the late Robert E. and Unasee Taylor Lea.  She had been employed with Harriett and Henderson Yarns and with Ingles.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Lee “Jerry” Helton; brothers, Herschel Lea, Ray Lea, Terry Lea, David Lea, and Jimmy Lea; a sister, Naomi Jo Moses; and a nephew, Tommy Taylor Dye.

Mrs. Helton is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Kim Helton; brothers, Andrew Lea and Alvie Lea; sisters and brothers-in-law, Margaret Ward, Glenda and Steve Eden, Winona and Jerry Jackson, Carole and Terry Ramey; brother-in-law, Robert and Louise Helton; sister-in-law, Martha & Bill Rogers; grandchildren, Stefan Helton, Tommy Motley, and Daniel Motley; special neighbors, Danny and Charlotte Mosley; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 14, 2014, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Odom and Paul Jackson officiating.  Burial will follow in the Lyerly Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Matthew Dye, Paul Jackson, David Lea, Pete Crabtree, Tommy Motley, and Arnold Ward.  Honorary pallbearers will be Nephews.

Mrs. Helton will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Monday.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.  

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