Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.  For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com. 

Mrs. Mary Lois Willingham Barnes, age 89, of Summerville, GA died Thursday, January 02, 2014

at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Barnes was born March 27, 1924 in Summerville, GA.  She was the daughter of the late

William Arthur Willingham and Lydia Cash Willingham.  Mrs. Barnes was a homemaker.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death her husband, Buddy Barnes; daughter,

Patricia Carroll; granddaughter, Lisa Hunter; sisters, Mable Johnson, Annie May Dempsey,

and Jessie Rhinehart; brothers, Wilburn Willingham, Arthur Willingham, Blue Willingham, and

L. D. Willingham.

Survivors include her daughter, Pam McCarty; sons and daughters-in-law, Hank and

Barbara Barnes, Mike and Angie Barnes, and Dennis Barnes; 13 Grandchildren; and

32 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m.  Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Mason Funeral

Home Chapel with Rev. Kevin Norton officiating.  Burial will follow in Greenhills Memory

Garden.  Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Bryan Hunter, Anthony Barnes, Jeff

Shaver, Steven Shaver, Lance Carroll, and Robbie Carroll.  Honorary pallbearers are

Kenny Phillips and the Staff of Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Barnes will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends

from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Friday, January 3, 2014.

Mason Funeral Home is directing. 

MRS. SUE ELLEN KELLETT, age 66, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, January 2, 2014, in a Rome, Georgia hospital. She was born in Floyd County, Georgia on August 6, 1947 and was a daughter of the late Roy Gross and Ellen Harbour Gross Harvey, who survives. Mrs. Kellett was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her brother, the late Sonny Gross.

Surviving are Her husband, Ricky Kellett; Mother, Ellen Harbrour Harvey of Rome; daughters, Suzanne Woods of Trion, Kristy Krueger of Summerville, and Cathy Stallings of North Pole, Alaska; son, Lee Roy Kellett, III of Summerville; sister, Peggy Williams of Rome; grandchildren, Amanda Blair, Jarrod Stallings, Joshua Kellett, Anna Krueger, Jacob Stallings, Kyle Krueger, and Justin Stallings; several Nieces and Nephews.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 4th, at 1 PM from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, with Pastor Danny Decker officiating, interment in the family lot of Summerville Cemetery.Active Pallbearers will be Skipper Stewart, Gary Woods, Kirk Kruger, Joshua Kellett, Milford Morgan and Ricky Williams. The Family will receive friends at the Funeral Home Friday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Sue Ellen Kellett, who passed away Thursday.

Mr. Hoyett A. Hurley, age 89, of Gaylesville, AL, died Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Hurley was born September 18, 1924, in Gaylesville, AL, son of the late John M. and Esmer Hartline Hurley.  He was a cattle farmer. 

Mr. Hurley is survived by his wife of 70 years, Pauline Jennings Hurley; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Sheila Hurley of Broomtown, AL; daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Bill Schatz of Cleveland, OH; brother, John Hurley, Jr. of Gaylesville, AL; 5 grandchildren; and 8 great-granchildren.

Funeral services for Mr. Hurley will be held at 3:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) Monday, December 30, 2013, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Andy Kellete officiating.  Burial will follow in the Mount Bethel Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers will be Loyd Chapman, Logan Hurley, Jackie Epps, Tommy Miller, Richard Epps, and Wayne Tallent.  Honorary Pallbearers will be Dean H. Buttram, Jr., Johnny Roberts, Tim Williams, Neil Crompton, and Danny Smith.

Mr. Hurley will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) until the service hour on Monday.

The family respectfully requests no food.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.  

Mr. Junior Fay Timmons, age 71, of Sylvania, AL, passed away Friday December 27, 2013, in Crossville Nursing Home.

Mr. Timmons was born Feb. 19, 1942, in Trion, GA, the son of R.B. and Rachael Watkins Timmons.  He was a automobile body repairman, a veteran of the U.S. Army having served two tours in Vietnam.  He was preceded in death by a sister Becky Bethune, 2 brothers, Carlton Timmons, and Tommy Timmons.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Denise & Jimmy Browder, grandchild, Leslie Rogers, great-grandchild, Nathan Rogers, sisters, Betty Lane, Sue Stephens, Patricia Bandy, Evelyn Timmons, Linda Bethune,  brothers, Larry Timmons, Danny Timmons, Bobby Watkins and a number of nieces and nephews also survive Mr. Junior Fay Timmons.

Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday December 30, 2013, at the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Howell officiating with interment in the Summerville Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the Shanklin-Attaway Post 5 Honor Guard.  Active  pallbearers will be Sidney Bandy, Harold Timmons, Jonathan Woodard, Jackie Corbin, Jerry Timmons, Larry Timmons.

Mr. Timmons will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday December 29, 2013, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Junior Fay Timmons who died on Friday.

Mrs. Teresa Gayle McCurdy Money, age 63, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away Wednesday December 25, 2013, in Saint Joseph’s Hospital.

Mrs. Money was born Feb. 18, 1950, in Trion, GA, the daughter of the late Nat and Virginia Low McCurdy.  Mrs. Money was a computer programmer, and was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Money, and a son, Brandon Jefts.  Teresa loved to travel after retiring.  Costa Rica was her favorite location, and it was there that she spent her remaining years.

Survivors include her son, Hagan Griffin, daughter and son-in-law, Natalie and Jonathan Pike, grandchildren, Ashley & David Mills, Penelope Pike, sisters and brothers-in-law, Linda & Kenneth Abbott, Diana & Peter Phillip, Deborah & James Anderson and several nieces and nephews also survive Mrs. Teresa Gayle McCurdy Money.

Graveside Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m.  Monday December 30, 2013 from the Greenhills Memory Gardens with Rev. Kevin Norton officiating.

The family will receive friends at the Mason Funeral Home Monday December 30, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until the service hour.

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Teresa Gayle McCurdy Money who died on Wednesday.

MR. HERMAN A. YORK, age 78, of York Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday at his residence. A native Chattooga Countian, He was born to the late Archie Dallas (Buddy) and Zella Lucille Maples York on April 4, 1935. Mr. York was Baptist by Faith and was retired from Ford Motor Company, Atlanta and Riegel Textile Corporation. Preceding Him in death was a son, the late Michael Arthur York and a sister, the late Mary Frances Dillon.

Surviving are daughter and spouse-Roseanne and Bob Floyd of Rossville; sisters and spouses-Betty Sue Hayes of Summerville, Joyce Irene Moore of LaFayette, Wanda Paulette and Andy Long of Ridle, and Hazel and Doug Mattox of Calhoun; brothers and spouse-John Wayne and Jane York of Summerville and Raymond Dallas York of Lithonia; several Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, Nieces, and Nephews; special friends-Jackie McClung and Family, also survive. 

Funeral services will be held Monday, December 30th, at 11:00 A.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Pastor Doug Mattox officiating, interment in Greenhills Memory Garden. Active Pallbearers-Andy Long, Jamey Mattox, Kevin Mattox, Tim York, Michael Long, and David Long. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements

Mr. Tommy Hughes “Tom” Dooley, age 72, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013 at his residence.
 
Mr. Dooley was born in Summerville, Georgia on September 25, 1941, son of the late Willie Hughes Dooley and Essie Norton Dooley.  He was a 1961 graduate of the Summerville High School where he was a member of the 1960 State Championship Football Team.  Mr. Dooley was an avid hunter and fisherman.  He loved being outdoors, working on his farm, and spending time with his grandchildren.  Mr. Dooley had attended the New Antioch Baptist Church and prior to his retirement, he was employed with the Summerville Gas Department.
 
Mr. Dooley is survived by his wife, Peggy Martin Dooley; son, Rusty Dooley of Summerville; daughter and son-in-law, Christy and Vergil Tudor of Lyerly; three grandchildren, Baylee Tudor Carpenter and her husband, Zack, Jessie Tudor and Abby Tudor; and a number of nieces and nephews.
 
Funeral Services for Mr. Dooley will be held Sunday, December 29, 2013 at 2:00 P.M., in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Pledger and Rev. Kenneth Norton officiating.  Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.
 
The following gentlemen have been asked to serve as pallbearers and should assemble at the Coffman Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 1:30 P.M.:  Carl Dooley, Terry Wayne Dooley, Robert Norton, Jody Cochran, Marcell Yancey, Joe Reed, John Head and Kevin Scoggins.  
 
Honorary Pallbearers will be the 1959, 1960 and 1961 Summerville High School Football Teams, Special Friends:  The Dry Valley Gang; The Jarrett Families, Tudor Family, The Bramlett Family and the WSN Gang, Trucktown, the Summerville Gas Department, Allen Cochran, Jackie Pierce, Farrell Allen, Joe Cox, Kelley Koonce, Lightning Lee, Randy Marshall, Ernie Ragland, Ronnie Dooley, Will Marks, Pete Denson and Randy Toles.
 
Mr. Dooley will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the Family will receive friends Saturday evening after 6:00 P.M.
 
Coffman Funeral Home-Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Tommy Hughes “Tom” Dooley.