U.S. Air Force Retired. T/Sgt. Donald Edwin Baggett, age 73, of 160 Meadowbrook Lane, Summerville, passed away on Monday morning, October 8, 2012, in a local hospital.

Mr. Baggett was born in Chattooga County, Georgia on September 4, 1939, son of Bessie Josephine Rosser Baggett and the late John Franklin Baggett.  He was a graduate of Pepperell High School and was retired from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service.  Prior to ill health, Mr. Baggett was a volunteer with Heyman Hospicecare of Floyd Medical Center.  He was a member of the Lyerly First Baptist Church where he was a member of the Adult Sunday School Class.  In addition to his father, he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Sandra Holsomback Baggett, in 1993, and by a sister, Judy Kyzar.

            Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Sims, to whom he was married on October 13, 1994; 2 sons, Donald Jeffrey Baggett and his wife, Tina, Summerville, and Jonathan Baggett, and his wife, Leisa, Plainville; his mother Mrs. Bessie Josephine Baggett, Lindale; a sister, Barbara Baker, Silver Creek; 4 grandchildren, James Christopher Baggett, Jenifer Miller, Sandra Baggett, and Caitlin Baggett; nieces and nephews also survive.

            Funeral services will be held at 3pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Barry Peppers and the Rev. James Baird officiating.  Interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens at 4:30pm Wednesday with military personnel from Robins Air Force Base providing military honors.

            The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home on Tuesday from 6pm until 8pm.  At other hours, they may be contacted at the residence.

            Both active and honorary pallbearers are asked to assemble at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home on Wednesday at 2:30pm and include:  Active: Todd Baker, Tim Baker, Jason Winters, Andrew Daniels, David Reynolds, Ray Brock, Steve Peppers, Travis Hunter, Ryan Hunter, and Bobby Abrams.  Honorary: members of the Adult Sunday School Class of Lyerly First Baptist Church.

            In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Lyerly First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 135 Lyerly, GA  30730, or to Heyman Hospicecare at Floyd Medical Center, P.O. Box 163, Rome, GA  30162-0163.

            Henderson & Sons Funeral Home has charge of the funeral arrangements.

MRS. FRANCES PONDER, age 82, of Hammond Drive-Summerville, Georgia passed away Monday, October 8, 2012, morning. She was a member of South Summerville Baptist Church, born in Trion, Georgia on June 13, 1930, a daughter of the late Robert E. and Mae Bohannon Gilmer, who died while Mrs. Ponder was a young child and was reared by her grandmother the late Maebelle Gilmer. 

Surviving are husband-Henderson F. Ponder; two Daughters and sons-in-law- Claudette and Jerry Mahan of Summerville and Jenette and Coleman Slay, Jr. of Armuchee; Five Grandchildren, Four Great Grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 10th, at 2:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Bryant and Rev. David Craven officiating, interment in the Family Plot of Summerville Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be Jeremy Mahan, Terry Mahan, Rainer Slay, Robert Floyd, Emory Gilmer, Randall Ledford, and Eric White. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. at the Funeral Home. At other hours the Family will be at the residence of a daughter Jenette & Coleman Slay, Jr. #562 Floyd Springs Road-Armuchee.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

MR. CARL D. SANFORD, age 71, of Holland-Chattoogaville Road, Lyerly, Georgia passed away Friday (October 5, 2012) in a Rome hospital. A native of Round Mountain, Alabama, He was born to the late Cicero and Rena Ward Sanford on December 17, 1940. Mr. Sanford graduated Mississippi State University on a football scholarship and began a forty year manufacturing Executive career in Summerville, Georgia with Georgia Rug Mill, later Bigelow-Sanford Rug Mill; then to Canada, then with BASF/Honeywell in Dalton. Afterward retiring to the 750 acre Family farm on Holland-Chattoogaville Road.

Surviving are His wife-Tippy Sanford; sons-Colter Sanford of Chattoogaville and Tyler of Summerville; grandchildren-Carlie Sanford, Colton Sanford, Ayla Sanford, and Cason Sanford; sister-Dixie Messer of Cedar Bluff, AL; brothers-Sam Sanford of Cedar Bluff, AL and D.C. Sanford of Jamestown, Al; several Nieces and Nephews.

His Family will receive friends Sunday, October 7th, from 3 until 5 P.M. @ the residence on Holland-Chattoogaville Road-Lyerly. A Private Funeral service will be held at a later date.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Frances Kellett Cochran, age 92 of Rome, GA formerly of Summerville, GA passed away Thursday October 4, 2012 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.  Mrs. Cochran was born September 16, 1920 in Holland, GA.  She was a L.P.N. with Harbin Clinic, a member of the Central Homemakers Club, and was a quilter.  Mrs. Cochran was Baptist by faith.

Mrs. Cochran was preceded in death by husband, Eugene William Cochran, Sr., daughter, Susan JoAnne Cochran; father and mother, James Frank Kellett, Sr. and Edna Chambers Kellett; sisters, Jo Anne Henderson and Iralyne Rhinehart.

Mrs. Cochran is survived by daughter, Linda Carol Cochran of Rome, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Eugene William and Carol Cochran, Jr. of Tijeras, New Mexico; and brother, James Frank Kellett, Jr. of Acworth, GA; 2 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be conducted Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. from the Summerville Cemetery with Rev. Ken Johnson officiating. 

 Visitation will be Sunday, October 7, 2012 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

   Pallbearers will be family and friends. 

Mrs. Joyce Bowman Plunkett, age 78, of Trion, GA, passed away Wednesday October 3, 2012 at her residence.

Mrs. Plunkett was born October 24, 1933, the daughter of John Jackson and Fannie Stansell Bowman. Mrs. Plunkett was a member of the Trion United Methodist Church, retired from Mohawk Carpet Mills, and preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Allen Plunkett, 6 brothers and 4 sisters.

Survivors include her children, Valerie Plunkett and Greg Plunkett, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday October 5, 2012, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Art Graves, Rev. David Autry, and Rev. Jennie Andone officiating with interment in the West Hill Cemetery.

Active pallbearers, Tracy Brown, Brad Brown, Jody Anderson, Barry Bowman, Danny Spraggins, Larry Stansell. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Trion United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Plunkett will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday October 4, 2012.

Mrs. Vivian Carol Norris Lea, age 70, of Marissa, IL died Thursday, September 27, 2012

at Sparta Community Hospital in Sparta, IL.

Mrs. Lea was born May 31, 1942 in Salem, MO, the daughter of the late Joseph and

Doris Matheny Norris.  She was a cutter for the garment industry, later working as a

waitress at the White Lantern Restaurant in Marissa.  She was a member of the Tilden

Presbyterian Church, where she served as deacon.  She was also a member of the

Monday Morning Breakfast Club and was a former member of the Red Hat Society.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Terry Lea, whom she married on February 17, 1968 in Red Bud, IL and who passed away on February 1, 1995;

and two sons; Harlon Lea and Benny Lea.

Survivors include her children, Terry Lea, Kay Lubiewski, Rick Hammond, David Lea,

Marilyn Windsor, and Herschel Lea; 21 Grandchildren; 31 Great Grandchildren; and

a very close friend, Marge Green.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a. m. Thursday, October 4, 2012 at Mason Funeral

Home.  Burial will follow in Bankhead Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jason Lubiewski, Zachary Lay, David Lea, Stanley Lubiewski, Robert Smith and Dennis Lea.  Honorary Pallbearers will be John Lubiewski, Robert Lea, DJ Lea, and Jim Moses.

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

from 5:00 until 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, October  4, 2012.

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

funeralhome.com

Ms. Janice Naida Ann Mitchell, age 78 of 51 Williams Street, Lyerly passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Kindred Hospital in Rome. She was born June 7, 1934 in Cherokee County, Ala., daughter of the late Wallace Grady & Mildred Pearl Stowe Edge. She was a housewife and was a member of Four Mile Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband: Lee Roy Mitchell; parents; daughter: Latrica Ann Mitchell; son: Laru Roy Mitchell; 2 brothers: Donald & Larry Edge; grandson: Stephen Matthew Blalock.

Survivors include 4 daughters & sons-in-law: Loretta Mitchell Reynolds, Lyerly; Lorraine Mitchell Smith, Lafayette; Lanada & Andy Payton, Centre, Al; Lisa & Marty Slayton, Cedar Bluff, Al.; brother: Wilburn Edge, Ft. Payne, AL; 10 grandchildren: Matthew, Angel & Alisha Spurlock; Josha Bryan; Shane & Sheena Reynolds; Hope & Heather Mitchell; MIchael & Jason Slayton. 5 great-grandchildren: Steven Logan, Mattie Blalock, Ethan Spurlock, Chiann Little & Hailey Durham.

Graveside and interment services will be conducted Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. from Lyerly Cemetery with Rev. Sanford Deberry & Rev. Robert Brown officiating.

Pallbearers will be friends of the family.

Ms. Mitchell will lie-in-state at Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 4:00 until 4:30 p.m.

Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Doris E. Dover, age 75 of Gaylesville, AL passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012 at her residence.

Mrs. Dover was born in Rock Spring, Georgia on May 20, 1937, daughter of the late Samuel Jayhue Sweet and Helena Mae Baker Sweet. She was a member of the Old Way Baptist Church and prior to retirement, was employed with Mt. Vernon Mills. Mrs. Dover was preceded in death by a son, Michael Dover; granddaughter, Tosha Collins; sister, Ruth Ford; and a brother, Charles Sweet.

Mrs. Dover is survived by her husband, Kenneth Dover; son, Robert Dover of Trion; daughters and son-in-law, Debra and Steve Collins, and Susan Sprayberry of Gaylesville; Brother, Wayne Sweet of Trion; sister, Annie Mae Broadrick of Lafayette; 7 grandchildren, Tiffany Lee, Coby Flagg, Andrew Collins, Christopher Sprayberry, Matthew Sprayberry, Joshua Sprayberry, and Meagan Dover; 12 Great Grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Mrs. Dover will be held at 3:00 p. m. Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Steve Collins, Dwayne Sprayberry, Christopher Flagg, Joshua Collins, Tony “T J” Hawkins, and Derrick Lee. Honorary pallbearers will be Andrew Collins, Joshua Sprayberry, and Greg Lovinggood.

Mrs. Dover will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p. m. Monday, October 1, 2012.

Mr. Charles Edward Marmet, age 58, of Cloudland, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012 at the Floyd Medical Center.

Mr. Marmet was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on July 24, 1954, son of the late Frank James Marmet and SueBeth Krickel Marmet. He was was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Mr. Marmet was a veteran, having served in the United States Army, and in addition to being a handyman and jack of all trades, he retired from the shipping department of Roper Industries.

Mr. Marmet is survived by his wife, Janice Sue Edgeworth Marmet; sons and daughters-in-law, Michel B. and Rashell Marmet, and John E. and Kourtney Marmet; daughter and her fiancé, Jennifer S. Marmet and Sam Robinson; sister, Barbara A. Marmet ; Life brothers, MA Spencer, Tony Sipsy, Max Black, and Kenny Evans; five grandchildren, Ryan Marmet, William Marmet, Jaycea Marmet, Brody Marmet, and Memphis Marmet.

Funeral Services for Mr. Marmet will be held Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Edgeworth and Rev. Billy Wright officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Olive Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Michael Marmet, John Marmet, Manning Spencer, II, MA Spencer, James Sprayberry and Larry Edgeworth. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Gilreath Mill Community and all personal friends.

Mr. Marmet will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.

Mrs. Betty Duene Broome, age 84, of Lyerly, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at the Summit Health and Rehabilitation Center in Rome, Georgia.

Mrs. Broome was born in Berryton, Georgia on July 13, 1928, the youngest and last surviving child of Joe Roy Smith and Evie Abernathy Smith. She was a devoted Minister’s wife, mother and faithful Christian. Mrs. Broome actively worked in the Missions field in Canton, GA, and Madison County, GA from 1967 – 2000. She was active in door knocking and Bible teaching with her husband in these and many other Mission Outreach Programs. She also had worked in Canton, GA as a head cashier at the Colonial Store, and Reigel Textile Mill in Trion.

Mrs. Broome is survived by her husband, Min. Thomas Spencer Broome; sons and daughters-in-law, Terry Lamar and Kathy Broome of Scottsboro, AL, Marty F. and Beverly Broome of Dasher, GA, Spencer M. and Renee Broome of Valdosta, GA and Hillary and Deborah Broome of Murfreesboro, TN; daughter and son-in-law, Yvonne and Barry Allen of Carrollton, GA; 10 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Broome will be held Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM in the Pennville Church of Christ with Minister Robby Eversole officiating. Interment will follow in the Green Hills Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be David Broome, Michael Broome, Derek Broome, Kevin Broome, Jeremy Broome and Chris Pressnell.

Mrs. Broome will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 until 8 PM. On Saturday, Mrs. Broome will also be in state at the Pennville Church of Christ from 10 AM until the funeral hour.