MRS. LEONA LAWSON, age 91, of Calhoun, Georgia passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013, in the local nursing home. A native of LaGrange, Georgia, She was born to the late Luther Cleveland and Ola McCormick Webb on December 31, 1921. Mrs. Lawson was preceded in death by her husband, the late Lewis Levi Lawson, a son Jessie Shuman, Jr., and sisters, Frances Abercrombie and Dorothy Allmon died previously.

Surviving are daughter-Lillian Daniel of Trion; son-William Thomas Shuman of Gainesville; brother-in-law-Leonard Allmon of Lindale; grandchildren-Cindy Clark, Rhonda Stowe, Lisa Parks, Tommy Shuman, Jonathan Shuman, & Jessie Lamar Shuman; nine Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

Funeral service will be held Tuesday, January 15th, at 2:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Sanford Deberry officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Staff of Oak View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The Family will receive friends @ the Funeral Home Tuesday from noon until the hour of service.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

MRS. PATRICIA ANN LANGSTON, age 65, of Alabama Avenue-Cloudland, Georgia passed away Friday, January 11, 2013, at her residence following an extended illness. A native Chattooga County, Georgia, She was born to the late Kirby Smith and Jimmie Sue Green Smith who survives. Mrs. Langston was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, the late Allen Langston; Daughters Josie Burrage and Cindy Tishaw; Great Granddaughter Alyssa Freeman; Brother Kenneth Smith.

Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law-Margie & Don Dabney and April & Stephen Fowler; son and daughter-in-law Scotty & Misty Langston; mother-Jimmie Sue Smith; sister-Peggy Baty; brother and sister-in-law Tony & Gloria Smith all of Cloudland; Nine Grandchildren; Three Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews.

Funeral services will be held Monday, January 14, 2013 at 1:30 PM from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Wright officiating, interment in AMI Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be Allen Langston, Chris Fowler, Jason Tishaw, Paul Deering, Tristan Smith, Willis Gallaway and Phil Green. Honorary Pallbearers Cloudland Community. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 6:00 – 9:00 PM at the Funeral Home.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Maggie Lou Brown Sprayberry, age 85, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Saturday January 12, 2013, in Calhoun Health Care Center.

Mrs. Sprayberry was born March 30, 1927, in Summerville, GA, the daughter of the late Olin and Ruby Spain Brown.  She was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills, and preceded in death by 7 brothers and sisters.

Survivors include her husband, Leonard Sprayberry, special nephews and niece, Bobby and Karen Brown, William and Melissa Brown, Paula and Richie Messina, and several other nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday January 14, 2013, from the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Don Knowles officiating with interment in the Chapel Hill Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be nephews.

 Mrs. Sprayberry will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday January 13, 2013.

MR. MASON ONEAL GREENE, age 12, of Packer Dairy Road Summerville, Georgia, passed away Friday January 4, 2013, from injuries received in an automobile accident in Murray County. Born on March 9, 2000, he was the son of Marshall and Susan Byars Green, also of Summerville.

Survivors include his parents, Grandmother Retha Pare of Florence, South Carolina and Step Grandmother Kathy Byars of Rome.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 11th, at 12:00 Noon from the Trinity Baptist Church, Calhoun, GA., with Pastors’ Larry Scoggins and Billy Murdock officiating, interment in Rome Memorial Park, Rome, GA.  Pallbearers, Jeff Norton, Brad Harris, Rob Byars, Austin Kirby, Joshua Byars, Jeremy Mitchell, and Herbert Dodd.  Visitation will be Thursday, January 10th, from 6 until 9 P.M. at the Funeral Home.

MR. ZACHARY CAMDEN GREENE, age 6, of Packer Dairy Road Summerville, Georgia, passed away Friday January 4, 2013, from injuries received in an automobile accident in Murray County. Born on February 24, 2006, he was the son of Marshall and Susan Byars Green, also of Summerville.

Survivors include his parents, Grandmother Retha Pare of Florence, South Carolina and Step Grandmother Kathy Byars of Rome.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 11th, at 12:00 Noon from the Trinity Baptist Church, Calhoun, GA., with Pastors’ Larry Scoggins and Billy Murdock officiating, interment in Rome Memorial Park, Rome, GA.  Pallbearers, Jeff Norton, Brad Harris, Rob Byars, Austin Kirby, Joshua Byars, Jeremy Mitchell, and Herbert Dodd.  Visitation will be Thursday, January 10th, from 6 until 9 P.M. at the Funeral Home.

Mrs. Lillie Margie Smith, age 94, of Trion, GA died Monday,

January 7, 2013 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Smith was born June 27, 1918 in Wilmay, AL, the daughter

of the late Andrew Jackson Whitfield and Mattie Mooneyham

Whitfield.  She was a homemaker and was a member of New

Generation Christian Church of God.  Other than her parents, she

was preceded in death by her husband,  J D Smith; daughters,

Billie Joyce Oates and Deborah Marie Baxter; sons, Jasper

Howard Smith and Jerry Michael Smith.

Survivors include sons, Bobby Wayne Smith, Sammy Larry

Smith, and Ricky Nelson Smith; daughters, Edna Margene Reynolds,

Lana Faye White, Melanie Elaine Sparks, and Regina Ann Rape;

brother, Edgar Whitfield; 65 Grandchildren; 110 Great Grandchildren; and several Great Great Grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Thursday, January

10, 2013 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joel Glenn

and Rev. Danny Harkins officiating. Burial will follow in West

Hill Cemetery.   Active pallbearers will be Grandsons. Honorary

pallbearers will be all members of New Generation Christian Church of God.

Mrs. Smith will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family

will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, January

9, 2012.

Mason Funeral Home is directing.  For guestbook, please go online

to www.masonfuneralhome.com