Mrs. Edna Maxine Stager, age 86, of Summerville, GA, passed away Thursday January 6, 2011, in Cherokee County Health & Rehab Center. Mrs. Stager was born May 4, 1924, in Rockrun, AL, the Daughter of the late Fred William and Susie Wood Trotter. She was retired from Best Manufacturing and a member of the Trion First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Rev. Leon Stager; son and daughter-in-law, Sid and Liz Stager; daughter and son-in-law, Genela and Mike Hutchins; grandchildren, Connie (Claye) Barwick, Steve (Jaime) Stager, and Krista (Mike) Kenner; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Kenner and Carter Kenner.

Funeral services for Mrs. Stager will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2011 in the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Floyd Roebuck officiating. Private entombment will follow in Oaknoll Memory Gardens.

Mrs. Stager will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until the hour of service on Saturday.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to the Trion First Baptist Church Elevator Fund.