MRS. EFFIE MAE PHILPOT FINLEY – AGE 80, – Of Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at Heritage Health Care at Shepherd Hills in Lafayette, Georgia. She was born in Lyerly, Georgia to the late Mr. Emory and Mrs. Lizzie Philpot and was a member of Pond Spring A.M.E. Church. She was retired from Mount Vernon Riegel Textile Mills. One son, Mr. William Black, preceded her in death.

Survivors are her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Dallas of Summerville, Georgia; son, Mr. Charles (Tonya) Beamon of Charlotte, N.C.; six grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins, other relatives and friends.

Funeral Service will be held Friday, July 2, 2010 at 2:00 p. m. from Pond Spring A.M.E. Church in Lyerly, Georgia with Pastor D. Louis Patterson officiating. Flower Girls will be Annie Maritn, Glenda Hall, Myrtle Price, Corine Nichols, Celestine Jones,Janice Foster, Sara Hudgins.  Pallbearers will be Mose Adams, John Anthony, William walker, Otis Martin, Fred Martin, and John Nichols.  The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service on Friday. Interment, Church Cemetery. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.willisfuneralhomedalton.com.