Mrs. Hazel Idell Runyan, age 81 of Given Street in Summerville passed away on Saturday in a Rome Hospital.  She was a native of DeKalb County, Alabama born to the late Jessie Monroe on August 21, 1927.  She was a Baptist by faith and retired from the Spinning Department of the former Geneva Cotton Mill.

Surviving are husband, Bobbie C. Runyan, daughter Debbie Ponder of Summerville, son Roger Swanson of Fife, Alabama along with half brother, Gene Monroe of Alabama and four grandchildren, six great grandchildren, several neices and nephews also survive.

Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, January 6th at 1 PM from the JD Hill Memorial Chapel of the Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Odum officiating, interment in Greenhills Memory Garden.  Active Pallbearers: Dustin Ponder, Dwight Ponder, Roger Swanson, Chris Swanson, Steve Swanson and Darrell Shamkles.  Visitation will be Tuesday from 11 AM until the hour of service at the Funeral Home.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Margaret Turner Williams, age 88, of Summerville, GA died Tuesday, December 30,

2008 at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Williams was born September 29, 1920 in Duluth, Georgia, the daughter of the late Pierce and Effie Duncan Turner. She was a member of the Pleasant Grove Church of Christ. Mrs. Williams was formerly employed with Riegel Textiles. She was preceded in death by a brother, Calvin Turner; sisters, Lucille Stansell, Virginia Crawford, and Emily Evans.

Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband, R. D. Williams, Summerville, GA; son Kenneth Williams, Fayetteville, GA; sister, Ina Cook, Summerville, GA; grandchildren, Keith Williams and Kelly Williams, and 5 Great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Williams Cemetery with Min. Hugh Glaze officiating. Active pallbearers will be Keith Williams, Kelly Williams, Billy Williams, Buddy Chapman, Steve Chapman, and Harland Chapman.

Mrs. Williams will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:00 p. m. until the service hour on Wednesday.

Mrs. Mildred L. Herod, age 92, of Summerville, GA, passed away Sunday (December 28, 2008) morning in a Rome Hospital. She was born in Dekalb County, AL to the late Oscar Shamblin and Ollive Elizabeth Reece Henderson on April 14, 1916. She was a member of the South Summerville Baptist Church. Mrs. Herod was a retired supply clerk for the City of Summerville and was preceeded in death by her husband the late John Cecil Herod on January 6, 1996.

Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Donnie and Barbara Herod of Summerville; grandsons- Eddie Herod, Richie Herod, Stacy Herod, Jeremy Herod and Tony Butler; seven Great Grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM from the JD Hill Memorial Chapel of the Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Pastor David Craven and Pastor Ken Westmoreland officiating, interment in Summerville Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers- Randy Cox, Wayne Cox, Doug Stanfield, Cecil Reynolds, Steve Henderson, Wade Fortner and Wayne McArthur.  Honorary Pallbearers – Staff, Employees and Friends of Suites @ Oakview. Visitation will be Monday from 6 until 8 PM at other hours the family will be at the residence of son, Donnie and Barbara Herod, #545 Wildlife Lake Road in Summerville.

Mrs. Celeste Maddux, age 57, of Trion, GA., passed away Saturday December 27, 2008, in Floyd Medical Center. Mrs. Maddux was born July 31, 1951, the daughter of the late Gene Alan Newsome and Sue Hix Newsome. She was a member of the Son Rise Community Church, and preceded in death by a brother, David Alan Newsome. Survivors are husband, Donny Maddux, childen, Micah Maddux, Elizabeth Noel Stone, Heather Suzanne Maddux, Brooke Celeste Maddux, Savannah Alane Maddux, brother, Michael Eugene Newsome, sisters, Jacqueline Newsome, Rita Tanner, and 12 grandchildren. Funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Tuesday December 30, 2008 from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with interment in the West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers, Andrew Henderson, Mitchell Parris, Micah Maddux, Anthony Groce, Logan Parris, Justin, Chamlee. Mrs. Maddux will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday December 29, 2008.