Mrs. Annie Jo Courtney, age 77, of LaFayette, GA went to be with the Lord on May 27, 2009. Mrs Courtney was born May 24, 1932 in Chickamauga, GA, the daughter of the late James Kyler and Margie Lee Purcell Lively. 

She was a retired Secretary for the Department of the Army. Mrs. Courtney was preceded in death by a son, Tommy D. Courtney, SGM (RET U. S.Army) two brothers, James Louise Lively and Robert Clinton Lively, and a sister, Edna Lee Lively. She was a member of the Fairview South Baptist Church. 

Survivors are her beloved husband, Robert D. "Mickey" Courtney, (RET U. S. Army), to whom she was married for 57 years, son & daughter-in-law, Keith & Kim Courtney, Stephens City, VA, sister & brother-in-law, Peggy & Bill Elsberry, Summerville, GA; daughter-in-law, Lily McHatton, Myrtle Beach, SC; grandchildren, Steven Courtney, Jonathan Courtney and wife, Eva Courtney, Michele & Jimmy Cribb, and Jessica Rossi; great-grandchildren, Shelby, Katie, and Joshua Cribb, Alexandra and Samuel Courtney; nephews, Eddie Lively, Jason Dixson and Michael Bradley, and great nieces, Kayla and Alyse Dixson. 

Funeral services will be held at  Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lowell Cantrell, Rev. Ricky Biddle, Rev. Mickey Skates and Rev. Malcolm Harris officiating. Burial will follow in LaFayette Memory Gardens. Active pallbearers will be Steven Courtney, Jonathan Courtney, Jason Dixson, Michael Bradley, Steve Palmer and Steve Sizemore. Honorary pallbearers will be Glenda Hamilton, Flora Webb, Margie Purcell, Ruthie Groce, and the Women of Fairview South Baptist Church. 

Mrs. Courtney will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from5:00 until 8:00 p. m. Friday, May 29, 2009. Mason Funeral Home is directing.

For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com  

Mrs. Violet Argenia Deering Shaver Haney, age 86, of Summerville, GA died Wednesday, May 27,2009 at her residence. Mrs. Haney was born October 18, 1922 in Cherokee County, AL, the daughter of the late GeorgeMarshall Deering and Annie Morrow Deering. She was a mother and a homemaker. She attended thePennville Alliance Church. Mrs. Haney was preceded in death by her husband, James Haney; son,Jerry Leon Shaver, granddaughter, Stephany Elicker; brother, Tommy Deering, sisters, Ruby Bowman, and Jewel Maynard Ford. Survivors include sons & daughter-in-law, Thomas Wayne Shaver, Summerville, GA and Bobby Don and Linda Shaver, Summerville, GA; daughters and son-in-law, Dorothy & James Simmons, Summerville, GA, and Mary Ruth Elicker, Lindale, GA; daughter-in-law, Dee Shaver; 19 Grandchildren; 43 Great Grandchildren; 20 Great Great Grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Friday, May 29, 2009 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel withRev. James Shaver officiating. Burial will follow in Summerville Cemetery. Active pallbearers will beVictor Elicker, Ray Jones, Jeffery Shaver, Stephen Shaver, Van Elicker, and Greg Shaver. Honorarypallbearers will be all Members of United Hospice. Mrs. Haney will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until8:00 p. m. Thursday. Mason Funeral Home is directing. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com 

Mr. Fred Thomas "Freddy" McDonald, age 71, of Centre, AL died Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Floyd Medical Center.Mr. McDonald was born August 23, 1937 in Cherokee County, AL the son of the late Jim McDonald and Grace Warren McDonald. He was retired from Defender Cleaning Service.

 Other than his parents, Mr. McDonald was preceded in death by his wife, Carol Elrod McDonald, daughter, Shelia Mobbs; sister, Ruth Carter; brothers, Kenneth McDonald, Ralph McDonald, and Gary McDonald.

Survivors include his children, James Eugene McDonald, Deborah Nixon, and Vickie Rich; sisters, Helen Cranmore, Martha Jo Drake, and Becky Brown; brothers, Robert McDonald and Ronnie McDonald; 12 Grandchildren; 9 Great Grandchildren; and 1 Great Great Grandchild.

 Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Micky Skates and Rev. Greg Locklear officiating. Burial will follow in Lyerly Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be B. J. Rich, Charles Daggett, Dewayne Daggett, Cory Rose, Edward Sitton, Jack Rich, and Nicky Carter. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Mobbs, Freddy Rich, Phillip Nixon, and Friends of Mt. Vernon Mills

. Mr. McDonald will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, May 27, 2009.Mason Funeral Home is directing. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com

Mrs. Dorothy Harlow Lunsford, age 88, died Saturday, May 23, 2009 in Reidsville, GA.  She was the daughter of the late Robert and Minnie Vanpelt Harlow.  Her husband, Everett P. Lunsford, Sr. preceded her in death.

Mrs. Lunsford was born in Chattooga County on May 20, 1921.  She is survived by a son, Everett P. Lunsford, Jr. of Atlanta, GA; a daughter, Miriam L. Lynn, son-in-law, Dr, Steve Lynn; granddaughter, Beth Lynn of Reidsville, GA; and sister and brother-in-law, Mr. Mrs. Melvin Brooks of Griffin, GA.  She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

After graduating from Tift College in Forsyth, GA in 1942, Mrs. Lunsford taught school in the Rome City School System; Trion City School System and Chattooga County School System.  She retired after more than 30 years and became the director of the Adult Education Program at the Parent-Child Center and the Chattooga County Library.  She loved teaching and helping others in any way she could.  Her greatest delight was in helping students attain their GED.

Since 1932, she was an active member of the Summerville First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school in the children and adult departments.  She was a member of the Joy Club and Women’s Missionary Circle. Mrs. Lunsford was a former member of the Chattooga County Library Board; a trustee of Camp Juliet Low in Cloudland, GA; a trustee of the Summerville Cemetery Association, and a member of the Georgia Retired Teachers Association.

Visitation will be held at the Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in Summerville, GA on Saturday, May 30, 2009, from 12noon until 2pm.  A graveside service and interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Reidsville United Methodist Church, PO Box 218, Reidsville, GA, 30453 or to the Summerville First Baptist Church, 125 Church Street, Summerville, GA.

 Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Dorothy Harlow Lunsford.

Mrs. Ellen Lacy, age 83, of Shady Lane, Trion, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Oakview Nursing and Rehab Center.  Mrs. Lacy was born February 2, 1926 in Marion County AL.  She was a homemaker and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.Mrs. Lacy was preceded in death by her father and mother, Frank and Dolphia Homer Evans; sisters, Nellie Parris Crider, Olene Duke and Flora Hammond; brothers, Lee Evans and Brice Evans.Mrs. Lacy is survived by her husband, Dallas Lacy; daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Raymond Giles of Summerville; grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Mike and Dawn Giles of Villanow, GA; brother, Bryan Evans of Summerville, GA; sister-in-law, Maughee Evans of Trion, GA; several nieces and nephews also survive.Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Lacy will be conducted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 11:00am from the chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with her former pastor, Rev. Nat Phillips and Rev. Tim Evans officiating.  Interment will follow in West Hill Cemetery.Pall-bearers will be Bobby Evans, Buddy Evans, James Evans, Rev. Evans, Todd Hammond and Donald Evans.Mrs. Lacy will lie-in-state Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 10:00am until 11:00am.The family request in lieu of flowers and food, that contributions be made to the Gideons International.Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Ellen Lacy who passed away on Tuesday. 

Ruby Ersell Campbell, 94, of 72 Kimberly Drive, NW, Cartersville, GA, formerly of Trion, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2009, in Cartersville.  She was born September 6, 1914 in Polk County, GA, daughter of the late William and Ida Bell Agans Jacob. 

 She was retired from Mt. Vernon Reigel Textile and was Church of God.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert D. Campbell; a daughter, Frances Freeman; two sons, Tracy and Larry Campbell; grandson, Rob Campbell; daughter-in-law, Sandy Campbell.

Survivors include: daughter, Ida Campbell, Ringgold, GA; 3 sons and daughters-in-laws, Hoyt and Bernice Campbell, Cartersville; Dennis and Nelda Campbell, Kodak, TN; Roy Campbell, Davenport, FL; 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Monday, May 25, 2009, at 11:00am from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Pastor Gary Hibberts officiating.  Interment was in West Hill Cemetery.

Pallbearers were grandsons.

The family received friends Sunday, May 24, from 6 until 9pm.

 Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Ruby Ersell Campbell who passed away on Saturday.

Mr. Roger Wade Cox, age 71, of Summerville, GA died Monday, May 25, 2009 at RedmondRegional Medical Center. Mr. Cox was born November 22, 1937 in Dripping Springs, Arkansas, the son of the late RaymondBertie Cox and Thelma Lee Rogers Cox. He was retired from Collin Pine Lumber Company wherehe was employed for 36 years.  Mr. Cox was a member of Horizon Baptist Fellowship and was a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Cox was very active in the Little League Baseball Program for over 20 years and he had also played semi-pro baseball for the Pittsburg Pirates organization. Survivors include his wife of 49, years, Clytie Sue Cox; sons and daughters-in-law, Stephen &Michelle Cox, Ehrenburg, AZ, Michael & Sheila Cox, Summerville, GA, and Thomas Ray andChristi Cox, Westwood, CA; sister, Wilda Haws, Redding, CA, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law,Donna a & Al Griego, Livermore, CA and Lynn and Woody Fortner, Indiana; 13 Grandchildren;a number of Nieces and Nephews. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Horizon Baptist Fellowshipwith Deacon Steve Black officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p. m. Friday, May 29, 2009 at Mason FuneralHome. Mason Funeral Home is directing. For guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com 

Ruby Ersell Campbell, 94 of 72 Kinterly Drive in Cartersville, GA, formerly of Trion, passed away on Saturday May 23, 2009 in Cartersville.  She was born September 6, 1914 in Polk County, Georgia, daughter of the late William and Ida Bell Agnas Jacob.  She was retired from Mt. Vernon Reigel Textile and was Church of God.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert D. Campbell, a daughter Francis Freeman, two sons, Tracy & Larry Campbell; grandson Rob Campbell; daughter in law, Sandy Campbell.

Survivors include: daughter, Ida Campbell, Ringgold, GA.; 3 sons and daughters-in-law: Hoyt and Bernice Campbell, Kodak, TN, Roy Campbell, Davenport, FL.; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday, May 25, 2009 at 11 AM from the Chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Pastor Gary Bibberts officiating.  Interment will follow in West Hill Cemetary.

Pallbearers are requested to meet at the Funeral Home on Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. and will be grandsons.

Mrs. Campbell will lie in state at Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home on Sunday, May 24, 2009 where the family will receive friends from 6 until 9 PM.

Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home has charge of the funeral arrangements for MRs. Ruby Ersell Campbell who passed away on Saturday.

Mr. Merion McKenzie, age 82, of Trion, GA, passed away Monday, May 18, 2009, in a Rome health care facility.  Mr. McKenzie was born in Chattooga County GA, the son of the late Taylor McKenzie and Mary Smallwood McKenzie.  Mr. McKenzie worked for many years at Mt. Vernon Mills.  In addition to his parents, Mr. McKenzie was preceded in death by his brothers, Conley McKenzie, Lee Gene McKenzie and James McKenzie.Survivors include a brother, Carl McKenzie; a sister, Thelma McKenzie Jones, both of Trion, GA; several nieces and nephews.  His extended family include the residents and employees of Chulio Hills Nursing Home.Graveside and interment services will be held Thursday, May 21, 2009, at 11am in West Hill Cemetery in Trion, GA, with Rev. Vernon Johnson officiating. Please join Mr. McKenzie’s family in honoring his life by visiting www.jenningsfuneralhome.com to post tributes and share memories. The Heritage Chapel of McGuire, Jennings and Miller Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements for Mr. Merion McKenzie.