Mrs. Verna Mae Bryant Aters 76, of LaFayette passed away Friday at her home.  She was preceded in death by her husband J.W. Aters, parents Milton and Lillie Mae Harris Bryant, a brother Elmer Bryant, grandson Anthony Shipp…She is survived by daughters and sons-in laws, Debbie and Gordon Allen, Summerville, Vicki and Terrell Anderson, Calhoun, Tammi and Rodney Collins, LaFayette, Kim and Bud Bohannon, Freeport, Fl. Sisters Mary Hamilton, Sarah Green, Charlene Arnold, and Helon Thompson all of LaFayette.. granddaughters Shayne Parker, Airagee Hamby, Elizabeth, Broadrick, Laura Kiger, grandsons Alan Shipp, Chip Cook, Step grandchildren, Allison Allen, Lisa Mosteller, Alan Bohannon, 15 great Grandchildren, several nieces and nephews…Funeral from the Wallis Memorial Chapel Sunday at 3:30 with Minister David Dixon.. Pallbearers Sonny ARnold, Dr. Chip Levie, Sheriff Steve Wilson, Dewayne Morgan, David Millican and Randy Green. Interment in LaFayette Memory Gardens..The Family will receive friends Saturday from 5 to 9 at the funeral home…..

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Mrs. Bessie N. Butler, age 82, of Bittings Ave., Summerville, GA passed away Wednesday afternoon (July 29, 2009) in a Rome Hospital. A daughter of the late Sam and Azor Mason Hunter, Mrs. Butler was born in Chattooga County Georgia on November 25, 1926 and was a retired textile worker.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 

Mr. Bobby Joe Dooley, age 78, of Lyerly, GA died Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at his residence.

Mr. Dooley was born May 31, 1931 in Summerville, GA, the son of the late Edna Dooley Reynolds.

He attended Trinity Baptist Church. Mr. Dooley was a veteran of the United State Army, having served in the Korean War. He was a member of the V. F. W. Post 6688 and the Lyerly Masonic Lodge #338.

Mr. Dooley is survived by his wife, Jewell Chitwood Dooley, to whom he was married on December 4, 1954. Other survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Virgil Lee Hartline, Summerville, GA; grandchildren, JoAnna Hartline and Judson Hartline; step- grandchildren, Donna Hampton, Candy Fulmer, and Randy Hartline; sister, Sue Pemberton; and brothers, David Reynolds, and J. D. Reynolds, both of Rhinehart, AL.

Funeral services will be held at 4:30 p. m. Friday, July 31, 2009 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tom Russell and Rev. Frank McCrickard officiating. Burial will follow in Lyerly Cemetery with graveside masonic rites by Lyerly Masonic Lodge #338.

Active pallbearers will be Tommy Dooley, Rusty Dooley, Joe Reed, John Jones, Carl Dooley, JR. and Jacob Woodard. Honorary pallbearers will be all Employees of the Chattooga County Public Works.

Mr. Dooley will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Thursday, July 30, 2009.

Mr. Robert Emmett Gilmer, Jr., age 77, of Trion, GA died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at his residence.

Mr. Gilmer was born January 8, 1932 in Chattooga County, GA, the son of the late Robert Emmett Gilmer, Sr. and Lillie Mae Bohannon Gilmer. He was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills. Mr. Gilmer was a member of the Teloga Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served in the Korean War. Mr. Gilmer was an avid fisherman.

Mr. Gilmer is survived by his wife, Brenda Gilmer; daughter, Angela M. Eyer; sister, Frances Ponder; grandchildren, C. Raenn Bailey, Abigail Atkins, Dylan Atkins, and Brandon Starnes.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday, July 31, 2009 from the chapel of Mason Funeral Home with Rev. David Pettyjohn officiating. Burial will follow in Summerville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joe Davenport, Max Hollis, Bobby Atkins, Johnny Sprayberry, Henry Eyer and Gene Brown.

Mr. Gilmer will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Thursday, July 30, 2009.

Mason Funeral Home is directing.  For guestbook, please go on-line to www.masonfuneralhome.com

MR. ELLIS F. (COOKIE) COOK, age 65, of Farm Road-Trion, Georgia passed away Monday (July 27, 2009) in a Rome hospital. A Chattooga County native He was born on June 19, 1944 to the late Clarence and Annie Spain Cook. Mr. Cook attended the Trinity Baptist Church and was retired from the tufting department of Mohawk Textile.

Funeral services will be held Thursday (July 30th) at 3:30 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Odom, Mr. Tony Gilleland, and Rev. Mike Odom officiating. Interment in Summerville Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers:  Jonathan Bumgarner, Sonny Dillard, Howard Dillard, Greg Cook, Kevin Binkley, and Jerry Wigley.  Honorary Pallbearers:  Members of Trinity Baptist Church.

 Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 until 8 P.M. at the Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wanda Jeanette Pollard, age 75, of Summerville, GA died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Pollard was born October 11, 1933 in Dekalb County, AL, the daughter of the late John and Pearl Coleman Jennings. She was a member of Silver Hill Baptist Church and was retired from Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Mill. Mrs. Pollard was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Pollard; son, Jimmy Pollard; sisters, Hazel Hayes, Haynie Blanton, Helen Messer, and Bobbie Kabowski; brothers, Bill Jennings, Junior Jennings, Fred Jennings, Brownie Jennings, and Leath Jennings.

Survivors include sons & daughters-in-law, Jerry & Wanda Nell Pollard, Harold & Lynn Pollard, Darryl & Janet Pollard, all of Rome, GA; daughters and sons-in-law, Sheila & Steve Willingham, Trion, GA, Pam & Larry Atkins, Rome, GA; sister, Mary Agan, Rome, GA, Betty Edmondson, Kennesaw, GA; brother & sister-in-law, Travis & Clara Jennings, Birmingham, AL; 12 Grandchildren; & 19 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Friday, July 31, 2009 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Braddy, Rev. Harold Pollard, and Rev. Darryl Pollard officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Joseph Schimmelmann, Justin Pollard, John Pollard, Jesse Pollard, Darryl Pollard, JR, and Mike Causey. Honorary pallbearers will be the Nursing Staff of Healthfield Home Health.

Mrs. Pollard will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Thursday, July 30, 2009

MRS. BESSIE IRENE BEARDEN, age 87, of Sunset Lane, ,Summerville, Georgia passed away Sunday (July 26, 2009) evening in the local nursing home. A native of Alabama, she was born to the late Robert Franklin and Dorothy Jane Peppers Williams on July 6, 1922. Mrs. Bearden was a member of North Summerville Baptist Church and retired from retail sales. She was preceded in death by her husband the late Millard Vernon Bearden.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. James R. Johnson, age 66, of Summerville, GA passed away Friday evening. He was born on December 27, 1942 to the late James Bethel Johnson and Essie Lee Hale Parker. Mr. Johnson was a member of the South Summerville Baptist Church and for several years was a law enfrocement officer for the Atlanta olice Department, City of Summervile, Chattooga County Shefiff’s Office, Trion Police Department and LaFayette Police Department; later he was a truck driver before retirement. He was preceeded in death by a son the late James Allen Johnson on June 19, 2000.

Surviving are grandsons-James Anthony Johnson and Joseph Dennis Johnson; sisters Virginia Gordy of Gaylesville, AL; Shelia Chthran, Joana Thoreson, and Lynda Carroll all of Summerville. Several Nieces and Nephews also survive.

 Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:00pm from the J.D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earls Rainwater Funeral Home with Brother Tom Russell officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetary will follow.

 Active Pallbearers include Jimmy Rickett, Ed Thoreson, Monte Turner, Randy Cothran, Morris Wayne Hughes, and Tony Carroll; Honorary pallbearers include Dennis Stansell, Dewayne Jackson, and all past and present law enforcement officers City of Summerville, Trion and LaFayette Police Department’s and Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 11:00am until the hour of service.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.