Mrs. Bertha Baldwin Tapp, age 90 of Maplewood Drive, Summerville passed away Tuesday in a Rome hospital.  A native of Albertville, Alabama she was born to the late Will and Pearl Howell Baldwin on August 22, 1917.  mrs. Tapp was a member of Prospect #2 Baptist Church and was retired from the spinning department of the former Summerville Cotton Mill, and was preceded in death by her husband the late Charlie William Tapp; daughter the late Betty Slaytong and son the late Horace Tapp.

Surving are daughter- Sara Wester of Summerville; sons- Charles Tapp of Calhoun and Johnny Tapp of Summerville; 15 Grandchildren, 34 Great Grandchildren, 26 Great Great Grandchildren and several neices and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM from the JD Hill Memorial Chapel of the Earl Rainwater Funeral Home with Reve Sanford and Rev John Mann officiating, interment in the Trion Cemetery.  Active Pallbeareres willbe Terry Wester, Terry Wayne Wester, Jimmy Tapp, Corey Rose, Tim Hall and Dewayne Caldwell.  The Family will receive friends at Earle Rainwater Funeral Home Wednesday from 6 until 9 PM

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mrs Bertha Baldwin Tapp who passed away on Tuesday.

Mr. Gershon (Toby) Kilgore, age 77, of Trion, GA died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Kilgore was born May 29, 1931 in Pineville, Kentucky, the son of the late William L. & Plumer Simmons Kilgore. He was retired from Queen Carpet and was a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Kilgore was preceded in death by his wife, Wanza Lee Braddy Kilgore; sons, Jeff Kilgore and Tony Kilgore; sisters, Mildred Nix, Willie Jean Green, and Eunice Kilgore; brothers, James Kilgore and Dewey Lee Kilgore.

Mr. Kilgore is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and Donny Willingham, Sandra and Rickey Phillips, all of Trion, GA, Patti & Johnny Elkins, LaFayette, GA; brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Barbara Kilgore, Lyerly, GA; 7 Grandchildren; and 10 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Friday, July 25, 2008 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Pettyjohn officiating. Interment will follow in West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Kolby Smith, Eddie Phillips, Patrick Strawn, Jason Brown, Nathan Brown, and Joshua Brown. Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Willingham and Timothy Scott Cornett. Mr. Kilgore will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Thursday

Mrs. Linda Gail Hall age 59 of Cloudland died Wednesday July 23rd at her residence, her funeral will be Friday at 3Pm in the Kerby Funeral Home Chapel, burial at New Home Cementary in Henagar. Visitation will be wednesday 5 till 9, Thursday 9 AM till 9Pm, and Friday 9Am til the time of funeral.  Survivors include her husband George Hall of Cloudland, sons, L.J Hall of Cloudland, Gary Holbrook of Cloudland, and Robert Hall of FT. Oglethorpe, Daughters Anita Nerren of Rossville, and Kathy Hall of Ringgold, Sister Glenda Hall of Ringgold, Aunts, Sue Shirley of Ider, AL and Ella Kirby of Siver Creek, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive….

Mrs. Linda Gail Hall age 59 of Cloudland died Wednesday July 23rd at her residence, her funeral will be Friday at 3Pm in the Kerby Funeral Home Chapel, burial at New Home Cementary in Henagar. Visitation will be wednesday 5 till 9, Thursday 9 AM till 9Pm, and Friday 9Am til the time of funeral.  Survivors include her husband George Hall of Cloudland, sons, L.J Hall of Cloudland, Gary Holbrook of Cloudland, and Robert Hall of FT. Oglethorpe, Daughters Anita Nerren of Rossville, and Kathy Hall of Ringgold, Sister Glenda Hall of Ringgold, Aunts, Sue Shirley of Ider, AL and Ella Kirby of Siver Creek, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive….

Mr. Carlton Odell Garner, age 72, of Duluth, Georgia passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Humboldt Medical Center in Humboldt, Tennessee.

A native of Chattooga County, Mr. Garner was born June 1, 1936, son of the late Sam B. Garner and Grace Bailey Garner.  He was a member of the Doraville First Baptist Church, a United States Air Force Veteran, and prior to retirement, was employed with General Electric in Doraville, GA.

Mr. Garner is survived by his wife, Shelby Jean Garner of Summerville; Daughters, Janice Cohen, Sugar Hill, GA, Sherri Garner, Duluth, GA, Tonya Rafferty, Austin, AR, Debbie Aldridge and Lynn Dover of Trion; Step-daughters, Marilyn Doremus, Donna Peppers, and Tina Hale; Brothers, Sam B. Garner, Jr., Morrow, GA, Lloyd Garner, Conyers, GA; Sisters, Patricia Garner, and Delores Hayes, Dacula, GA and Lena Mae Scoggins, Orlando, FL.; 13 grandchildren also survive.

Graveside and Interment services for Mr. Garner will be held Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 4:00 P.M. in the West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Billy Wright officiating.  Pallbearers will be Mark Cohen, Jeff Rafferty, Shaka Zulu, and Dan Cooper. 

Mr. Garner will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home where the family will receive friends Saturday afternoon from 2:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.

Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.  For Guestbook, please go online to www.masonfuneralhome.com.

Mrs. Mary Emeline Haney, age 73, of LaFayette, GA, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga.Mrs. Haney was born in Trion, GA on October 6, 1934, daughter of the late William Adams and Vina Mae Tucker Adams.  She attended the Chattooga Baptist Church and prior to retirement worked in Hospital Food Service.  She spent most of her adult life in Chicago, IL.  When sheand her husband, Bernie Haney, retired, they returned to live in LaFayette, GA.  She was apatient of DCI Kidney Dialysis of LaFayette.  Mrs. Haney spent 13 years going to dialysis.Her family is very grateful for the extra, wonderful years of life dialysis gave herMrs. Haney is survived by husband of 56 years, Howard Haney, LaFayette, GA; son, Buddy Haney, Rocky Face, GA; daughter, Linda Froemel, LaFayette; brothers and sister-in-law,< /o:p >Dennis and Shirley Parker and Terry Adams of Chickamauga, GA; sister, Carol Barksdale, LaFayette, GA; sister-in-law and husband, Lois and Sherman Hicks, Armuchee, GA; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Haney, Summerville, GA; brother-in-law and wife, Eugene and Pat Haney, TN; g randchildren, David Rozell, Kevin Froemel, Mike Haney, and Angela and Ron Flores; great grandchildren, Tori Rozell, Tony Rozell, Tailore Rozell, Ethan Flores and Emily Flores; andseveral special Nieces and Nephews.Funeral services for Mrs. Haney will be held at 10:00 a. m. Saturday, July 19, 2008< /B> at Mason Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. William Swanson officiating.  Interment will follow in LaFayette  Memory Gardens.Mrs. Haney will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home where the family will receive friends   friday evening from 6 until 8  mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements   .