Mr. Albert Lee Rutledge, age 84 of Summerville, GA, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014, at his residence.

Mr. Rutledge was born February 22, 1930, in Summerville, GA, son of the late Walter Lee Rutledge and Sara Pilgrim Rutledge. Mr. Rutledge was a member of the Pennville First Baptist Church, was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills, and was former manager of the Dixie Oil Station in Trion. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends, and bird hunting and sitting with his buddies on the bench at Trade Day. He was preceded in death by his parents, step-mother Mary Lou Oakes Rutledge; brothers, Winford and Bennett Rutledge; sister, Clara Mefford; and grandson, Cody Cooper.

Mr. Rutledge is survived by wife of 64 years, Pauline Crisler Rutledge; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Robert Williams, Kim and Dennis Knight, and Jennie and Jerry Hennon; sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Eda Rutledge, and Alan and Virginia Rutledge; grandchildren, Amy and Jay White, Jeremy and Marcia Hennon, Brock and Lauren Rutledge, Josh and Lindsey Rutledge, Zeke and Misty Hennon, Ryan Rutledge and Caine Rutledge; great-grandchildren, Caleb, Emily, Megan and Elizabeth Hennon, Abby and Judson White, Savannah, Sarah, Saydi, Sidney and Sylvi Rutledge; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Linda Rutledge, Julia Crisler, Sara Jo Crisler, and Glenda and Bob Wheeling; and a “special sister”, Lois Grogan. Numerous cousins, nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Mr. Rutledge will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Billy Dempsey, Bro. Jimmy Wilborn, and Mr. Johnny Wynn officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenhills Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Jay and Judson White, Brock, Josh, Ryan and Caine Rutledge, Zeke, Jeremy and Caleb Hennon. Honorary pallbearers will be the men of the Pennville First Baptist Church, Charles Clemmons, Kaye and Jimmy Don Angles, Faye and Andy Cash, Bobbie Ann and Jimmy Lenderman, Ann Gentry and Betty and Dennis Hancock.

Mr. Rutledge will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends on Friday from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.. At other hours, the family will be at the home of their daughter, Deborah and Robert Williams on Woodhaven Dr., Summerville, GA.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Gideons, or to the Pennville First Baptist Church.