Mr. Donald Jackson Dickson, age 81 of Taylor Street, Summerville, GA passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.  Mr. Dickson was born November 6, 1931 in Trion, GA.  He was retired from Bigelow-Sanford/Mohawk and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.  Mr. Dickson was a very loving husband and father. 

   Mr. Dickson was preceded in death by his parents, Grover Lee and Fannie Mae Hankins Dickson; and a sister, Frances Queen.

   Mr. Dickson is survived by his wife, Doris Dickson of Summerville, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Angela Dickson of Cartersville, GA; grandchildren, Ashley (Shaun) Dickson Jankiewicz and Hailey (Eric) Dickson Rosenblum; great-grandchildren, Braldey and Tyler Rosenblum and Ansley, and Mallory Jankiewicz; sisters, Bonnie Hayes of Ocala, FL and Carolyn Tucker of Lafayette, GA.

   Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. from the Petitt Chapel of Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Danny Decker officiating.  Interment will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens.

   Visitation for Mr. Donald Jackson Dickson will be Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at the Coffman Funeral Home-Petitt Chapel where the family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. to

2:00 p.m.

   Pallbearers will be Emory Gilmer, Pete Vaughn, Marty Brown, John Humphrey, Burl Hatcher, Steve Collins, Johnny Armstrong, Jimmy Faircloth, and Othell Tucker.

   Coffman Funeral Home-Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Donald Jackson Dickson.

Mrs. Regina D. Jennings Smith, age 39, of Menlo, GA, died Friday, October 25, 2013, at her residence.

Mrs. Smith was born November 15, 1973, daughter of James Lamar and Betty Ruth Williamson Jennings.  She attended Liberty Baptist Church and was the manager of Subway Restaurant in Summerville.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, Terry Earl Smith; mother and step-father Betty Ruth Williamson Jennings and Gary Bailey; father and step-mother, James Lamar and Reba Jennings; daughter and son-in-law, Samantha Denyse Smith and Zack Dotson; sons and daughter-in-law, Terry Allan and Angel Smith, Aaron Dakoda Smith; brothers and sisters-in-law, Phillip and Christian Jennings, Chriss and Heather Clark Bailey; sisters and brothers-in-law, Susan Renee Jennings and Keith Davis, Tina Jennings Roderick and Houston Elders; granddaughters, Anahlie Smith, Leilahni Smith, Carleigh Stoker, and Marleigh Stoker.

Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Sunday, October 27, 2013, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Min. Stephen Payne and Min. Brian Williams officiating.

Mrs. Smith will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 2:00 until 4:00 P.M. Sunday.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. 

MR. AUSTIN WARREN, JR., age 83, of Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday evening in a Rome hospital following an extended illness. He was born on January 24, 1930, a son of the late Austin Warren, Sr. and Tennie Henry Warren. Mr. Warren was a member of Summerville First Baptist Church, a Veteran of Korea serving in the U.S. Army, His working life was in maintenance departments of the Georgia Rug Mill and the City of Summerville. He was preceded in death by wife the late Margaret Alred Easter Warren, a son the late Jack Austin Warren, and sister the Late Bonnie Allmon. Mr. Warren was a member of Chattooga Lodge #704 F & AM and the Chattooga Shrine Club.

Surviving are daughter and son-in-law-Denise and Rick Wyatt; step daughter-Paula Easter; grandson-Stacy Wyatt; great grandson-Will Wyatt; step grandson-Paul Chamlee; step great grandchildren-Addison Belle Chamlee, Avi Rose Chamlee, Jaci Elizabeth Cleveland, and Emily Alexis Craig; brothers-Robert Warren and Rick Warren; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 26th, at 5:00 P.M. from Graveside in Summerville Cemetery with Dr. Paul Mason officiating and Masonic Rites by Chattooga Lodge #704 F & AM; Active Pallbearers members of Chattooga Shrine Club. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 3:30 until the hour of service.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Jacqueline “Jackie” Kellett Wesson Stephens, age 90, of Summerville, GA, passed away Wednesday October 23, 2013, at her residence.

Mrs. Stephens was born on December 05, 1922 in Summerville, GA, to Judson LeRoy Kellett and Minnie Elizabeth Gass Kellett. She was the owner and operator of Jackie’s Beauty Shop for 30 years. Mrs. Stephens was a lifetime member of South Summerville Baptist Church and a life member of the Ladies VFW Auxiliary 6688. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, LeRoy Kellett; twins, Katherine and Kellett Wesson; 1st husband, Charles “Purcell” Wesson; 2nd husband, E. D. Stephens; grandsons, Robin Meadows and Shawn Wesson.

Surviving are daughters, Linda Meadows, Trion, GA, Rose Mary Johnson, Summerville, GA, Hazel Millican, Menlo, GA; son, Charles Wesson, JR, Summerville, GA; honorary son and wife, Robert and Debbie Gaines; a sister and brother-in-law, Frances and Frank Ledford, Summerville, GA; brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Elizabeth Kellett, Huntsville, AL; granddaughters, Rhonda Lively and Renee Ware; grandsons, Ricky Johnson, Kyle Wesson, Davin Meadows, and Randy Meadows; great grandchildren, Landon and Khol Wesson, Micah and Zach Lively, Tommy Meadows, John and Jessica Ware, Angel Meadows Ware, Brandon Meadows, and Patrick Greene; great great granddaughters, Halli Lively and Danalee Lively.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p. m. Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Ricky Studdard and Bro. Mike Price officiating. Private burial will follow in Summerville Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be great grandsons, Tommy Meadows, Brandon Meadows, John Ware, Landon Wesson, Michah Lively and Zack Lively. Honorary pallbearers will be Nell Hunt, Louie and Gloria Carillo, and children, Abraham, Benji, Jericho, Aaron, and Gloria; Employees of Life Choice Hospice, Tammie Meadows, Robert and Debbie Gaines, Billy Brown, Brenda Copeland, Dustin Swafford, and Davin Swafford.

Mrs. Stephens will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:00 p. m. until the service hour on Saturday.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the South Summerville Baptist Church Building Fund.

Mr.  Durham Thomas, age 88, of Summerville, GA died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Floyd Medical Center.

Mr. Thomas was born August 27, 1925 in Chattooga County, GA, the son of the

late Frank Thomas and Jesse Durham Thomas.  He was a landscaper.  He was a member of the Emanuel Baptist Church. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Oleeta Thomas,  son, Chris Thomas and sisters, Esma Ramirez, Marie Hasty and Ann Hammonds.

Survivors include brother, Wallace Thomas, sister, Grisclda Trammell, grandchildren, Lisa Derryberry, Kristi Thomas, great-grandchildren, Josh & Jonathan Derryberry, Lindsay Holt and Kelsey O’Dell.

Graveside and interment services will be held at 4:30 P.M. Friday, October 25, 2013, at the Mount Carmel Church Cemetery with Rev. Jimmy Wilborn officiating. Active pallbearers will be Billy Derryberry, Josh Derryberry, Jonathan Derryberry, Frankie Thomas.

Mr. Thomas will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 3:00 until 4:00 P.M. Friday.

Mason Funeral Home is directing.

MR. David Dawson, age 63, of Gore-Subligna Road-Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013, morning at His residence. A lifetime resident of Gore Community, He was born to the late Frank J. and Frances Elizabeth Floyd Dawson on March 22, 1950.

Surviving are sisters and brothers-in-law, Frankie and Harold Gordon of Gore and Jan and Harold Ragland of Lyerly; brothers and sisters-in-law, George and Betty Dawson, Gene Dawson, and Joe and Mary Frances Dawson of Gore; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 24th, at 1:30 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, with Rev. Jimmy Bryant officiating, interment in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Active Pallbearers Gary Gordon, Mark Gordon, Rick Hammonds, Greg Shaw, Britt Ragland, Shane Ragland, C.J. Cady, and Todd Taylor; Honorary Pallbearers Ken Anderson, Robert Taylor, Danny McGraw, Ross Lowry, and Andy Allen. The Family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home. The Family respectfully request no food; in lieu of flowers Family suggest contributions to Down Syndrome of Atlanta, 2204 Lavista Rd., Atlanta, GA.-30329.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Ronald Lynn “Cowboy” Yoder, age 60, of Lafayette, Georgia passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 at his residence.

Mr. Yoder was born in Ducktown, Tennessee on September 12, 1953, son of the late Robert Eugene Yoder and Juanita Mozelle Passmore. He was employed with the Mount Vernon Mills in the Bleaching Department, and was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Yoder was preceded in death by several siblings.

Mr. Yoder is survived by his wife and friend, Deborah Jean Yoder; sons and daughters-in-law, Ryan Todd Yoder, Ronald Gene and Angel Yoder, and Robert Reece and Kimberly Yoder; daughter, Jennifer Lynn Yoder; Mother-in-law and Father-in-law, Betty and Terry Thompson; 16 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; a number of siblings, nieces and nephews.

Memorial Services for Mr. Yoder will be held Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 6:00 P.M. in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Tyler Dill and Jeremy Allen Ball.

The family will have a time of gathering for family and friends Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 P.M. until the service hour.

Mr. Michael Eugene Haygood, age 48, of Trion, Georgia, won his battle with cancer Friday, October 18, 2013 at the Hutcheson Medical Center.

Mr. Haygood was born in Summerville, Georgia on February 17, 1965, son of Joyce Barksdale Haygood and the late John Haygood, Jr. He was a member of the Berryton Bible Mission, the Chattooga Amateur Radio Club, former member of Chattooga Rescue, and had been employed as a truck driver with N. Georgia Lubricants. 

Mr. Haygood is survived by his wife, Kristi Haygood of Trion; Mother, Joyce Haygood of Summerville; God Daughter, Kelly Cameron; God Granddaughter, Emily Stang; brothers and sisters-in-law, Gerald and Karin Haygood of Trion, John Keith and Gail Haygood of Taylorsville, and Scott and Amy Haygood of Calhoun; sisters and brothers-in-law, Tina and Chris Pickle of Summerville and Tyra and Jerry Bennett of Centre, AL; mother-in-law, Nellie Eakin; special sisters-in-law, Judy Feist and Peggy Tillman; Special Friends, Dana and Dewayne Treadaway; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mr. Haygood will be held Monday, October 21, 2013 at 12:00 Noon in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Pastor Jerry Rutledge officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 P.M. in the Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens in Calhoun, GA.

Pallbearers will be Jeremy Haygood, Allen Haygood, Todd Pickle, Joshua Pickle, Russell Headrick and Mike Bryson. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Chattooga Amateur Radio Club.

Mr. Haygood will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 until 9 P.M.

Coffman Funeral Home-Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Michael E. Haygood. For Guestbook, please go visit our website at www.coffmanfh.net. 

MRS. MARGARET H. “PEGGY” SMITH, age 68, of McGraw Road-Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday, October 18, 2013, morning in a Rome hospital, following a brief illness. Born in Oswego, N.Y. on February 18, 1945 to the late Vernon C. and Rachel Botty Hultz. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church PCA and retired manager of Maplewood Apartments. She was preceded in death by grandparents-Frank and Mary Donnabella Botty.

Surviving are Her husband, to whom she was married for 49 years-Tony J. Smith; sons-Benjamin (Christy) Smith of Summerville and Joe (Wendy) Smith of Birmingham, AL.; granddaughters-Leigha Cannon, Megan Vannatter, Kassie Smith, and Alex Palmour; grandson-Matthew Ashmore; great grandchildren-Braden Henderson, Noah Vannatter, Elijah Burdick, and Shawna Keen; sisters-Connie Kileman of Kissamee, FL., Rebecca Gregory of Birmingham, AL., and Rachael Hultz of Elgin, IL.; brothers-Jeff Hultz and Paul Hultz both of Elgin, IL.; several Nieces and Nephews.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 20th, at 3:00 P.M. from the First Presbyterian Church, PCA with Rev. Greg King officiating, interment in Sumemrville Cemetery. Active Pallbearers-Gordon Little Gray Jorges, John Agnew, Earl Parris, Jr., Jody Stoner, Bob Ericle; Honorary Pallbearers-Circle II and III of First Presbyterian Church, PCA, Bernice Little, Marie Ayers, Shirley Floyd. Susan Lanier, Dora Ann Lanier, Ann Ericle, and Vera Williams. The Family will receive friends Saturday from 4 until 6 P.M. at the Funeral Home; Mrs. Smith will also be in state at the Church, Sunday from 2 until the hour of service.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.