Mrs. Mattie Lucille Bradley, age 95, of Trion, passes away Saturday, July 13,2013, at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Bradley was born in Henagar, Alabama on April 21, 1918, daughter of the late Erskine and Mime Hillian Culpepper. She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church and loved fishing, gardening, canning food and quilting. She was preceded in death by her husband, Irby Bradley; sons, S.J. Bradley, Macon Bradley, Wayne Lamar Bradley, Leon Bradley and Steve Bradley; sisters, Pauline Benefield, Gert James; brothers, Grady Culpepper, Granville Culpepper, Rex Culpepper, Billy Culpepper, Eunice Culpepper and Haskell Culpepper.
Mrs. Bradley is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald and Geneva Bradley, Johnie and Sheena Bradley, and Darrell Bradley; daughters and sons-in-law, Berma Freeman, Jenila McCurdy, Jo Ann and Dean Park, Linda Kay and Billy Ray Clark, Brenda Sue and Tim Nichols; brothers, Dan Culpepper and Jimmy Culpepper; sister, Barbara Jean Denton; sister-in-law, Carolyn Bradley; 36 grandchildren; 61 great grandchildren; 15 great great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Bradley will be held Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Zunica and Rev. David Rayburn officiating. Interment will follow in the Trinity Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Cody Newton, Dewayne Clark, Ronnie Bradley, Seth Bigham, Brent Bigham, and Rodney Bryant. Honorary Pallbearers will be the staff of Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Bradley will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Monday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.
Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. For Guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Daisy Lee Day, age 94 of Plum Street, Trion, GA passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Day was born October 6, 1918 in Summerville, GA. She was a house wife and a member of the Trion First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Day was preceded in death by husband, Henry J. Day; father and mother, Frank and Ida Keith Battles; sisters, Amanda Williams and Maggie Mathis; brothers, Bill Battles, L. C. Battles, and Marshall Battles.
Mrs. Day is survived by daughters, Bobbie (Jimmie) Ball of Ider, AL and Sue (G. F.) Timmerman of Trion, GA; granddaughter, Traci Teems of Rome, GA; great-granddaughter, Nikki (Eric) Hall of Pennville, GA, great-grandsons, Hunter Teems of Rome, GA; great-great grandson, Aiden Hall of Pennville, GA; sisters, Mary Haygood of Trion, GA and Katherine Barrett of Greenwood, SC; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service for Mrs. Daisy Lee Day will be conducted Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Dr. Floyd Roebuck officiating. Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens.
Visitation for Mrs. Daisy Lee Day will be Thursday, July 11, 2013 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 11: a.m, to 12:00 p.m.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
Mr. David Lee Guinn, 84, of Trion, GA, passed away Sunday July 7, 2013 at his residence. He was born March 9, 1929, in Jackson County, Alabama, the son of the late John Eloris and Katherine Jane Wilson Guinn. David was retired from Tennessee Alloy located in Bridgeport, AL, where he worked hard and diligently for his family whom he loved dearly. He enjoyed fly fishing, gardening and working on his farm, most of all he was a devoted Christian and a member of the Pennville Church of Christ. David was preceded in death by brothers, Orville and John C. Guinn.
David is survived by his wife of Edna, 2 daughters, Fran Schrader, Peggy Wilson, son, John David Guinn, sister, Stella Grace Fritz, 9 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held 2:00. Tuesday July 9, 2013 from the Pennville Church of Christ with Minister Robbie Eversole officiating with interment in the Lyerly Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Thomas Guinn, Chris Fritze, Carl Gentry, Jerry Wilson, Arron Elder, Jimmy Westbrooks.
Mr. Guinn will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday July 8, 2013. Mr. Guinn will also lie in state at the church Tuesday from 1:00 p.m until the service hour. Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. David Lee Guinn who died on Sunday. For guest book go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com
Mr. Jerrel Wayne Simmons, age 40, of Summerville, GA died Thursday, July 4, 2013 at Piedmont Health Care in Atlanta, GA.
Mr. Simmons was born January 31, 1973 in Henagar, AL, the son of John Carlton Simmons and the late Veda Nell Broyles Simmons. He was employed with Mt. Vernon Mills.
Mr. Simmons is survived by his father, John Carlton Simmons; a son, Calvin Douglas Gray; a brother, James Simmons; and a grandmother, Opal Broyles.
At his request, Mr. Simmons will be cremated and burial will be in Union Grove Cemetery in Sylvania, AL.
Mason Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Linda Lewis Chamlee, age 70, of LaFayette, GA, died July 5, 2013 at her residence.
Mrs. Chamlee was born June 16, 1943 in Rome, GA, daughter of the late Charles Lewis and Clemmie Lee Pyle Grogan. She was a member of the Freedom Tabernacle, and prior to her retirement, was employed with the Celanese Yarn Mill.
Mrs. Chamlee is survived by her daughters, Zina Jackson and Tammy Campbell; grandchildren, Chasity Pitts and Jason Redden; and great-grandchildren, Cody Redden, Destiny Redden, Gregory Norvell, Jenny West, and Aven Campbell.
Funeral services for Mrs. Chamlee will be held at 1:00 P.M. Sunday, July 7, 2013, from the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Ricky Studdard and Rev. James Samples officiating. Burial will follow in the Summerville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Walter Jackson, Cody Redden, Jason Redden, Ricky Maner, and Richard Chamlee.
Mrs. Chamlee will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Saturday.
Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com.
MISS Linda L. Bankey, age 74, of Trion, Georgia, passed away Tuesday morning, July 2, 2013, in a local Nursing Home. Miss Bankey was born in Trion, GA March 9, 1939, a daughter of the late Henry Joseph and Anita Mae Fralick Bankey. She was Baptist by Faith and retired from the Veterans Administration.
Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law: Martha Raye Bankey and Glenn De Biasio of Novato, CA; Aunt- Lavergne “Toots” Archer of Largo, FL; Cousins- Frank Archer, Janice Kay, Amy Hardeman, Paul Hardeman, Jessie Ann Hardeman, Wayne Bankey.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Minister Claude Smythmier officiating, interment in West Hill Cemetery. Active Pallbearers Jimmy Hall, Joe Cook, Brian Hardeman, Nick Morrissey, Will F. Marks, and Todd Morrissey. Visitation will be at the Funeral Home Friday from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.










