Newspaper Page Text
2-A
. . . The Summerville News, Thursday, March 21, 1991
I"f”fl'fl’ C NT‘“’*” TRNILINE
Obituaries in The
Summerville News
are published free
of charge. There is
no charge to either
the funeral home or
the family of the
deceased.
Evelyn Darsey
Mrs. Evelyn Darsey, 70,
Cedar Bluff, Ala., Rte. 1, died
Tuesday night, March 12, in a
Rome hospital.
Mrs. Darsey was born on
June 27, 1920, daughter of the
late William Grover and Annie
Mae Johnson Leftwich. She
was a member of Lakewood
Heights Baptist Church,
Atlanta. Prior to retirement,
she assisted her husband in
operation of Neon Manufactur
ing Co., Rome.
Surviving are her widower,
Roy F. “Pete’ Darsey, to whom
she was married on May 2,
1941; two daughters, Mrs.
Elaine Brock, Trion, and Mrs.
Diane Dettmer, California;
three sisters, Mrs. Margaret
Murden, California, Mrs.
Louise Yancy and Mrs. Grace
McAllister, Atlanta; one
brother, W.G. Leftwich,
Alpharetta; four grand
daughters; several nieces and
nephews.
Graveside services were
held Friday with the Rev. Jack
Hardeman officiating. Inter
ment was in Oaknoll Memory
Gardens. it ;
~ Talley Brothers Funeral
Home, Rome, had charge of
arrangements.
Pearl
PeCordova
Mrs. Pearl E. DeCordova,
76, 810 Highland St., Summer
ville, died Wednesday morning,
March 13, in LaFayette Healtfi-n
Care Center. . '-
‘She was born in Plant City,
Fla., on April 15, 1914,
daughter of the late Marvin
and Lot.ie Ramsey Melton.
Mrs. DeCordova was a retired
nurse and a member of the
Seventh Day Adventist
Church. Her husband, Charles
DeCordova, died earlier.
Surviving are three
daughters, Vivian Hickman,
Summerville, Arlene Cobb,
Altamonte S%n'ings, Fla., and
Mary Lou Sikes, Pelzer, S. C.;
15 grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 1 p.m. Monday in the Hill
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with Pastor Joel Neil of
ficiatixif. Interment was in
West Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Steve Wallace, R. D. Hickman,
Albert Cobb, Richard
Hickman, Rufus Hickman 111
and Howard DeArk.
e Giue
. . . To President Bush For His
Stalwart Leadership
. . . To His Military Staff For Their
-‘Outstanding Plan.
. . . To Our U.S. Troops in Operation
Desert Storm For Their Incredible
Patriotism and Willingness and Ability
To Do the Job.
. . . To the Families Of Our More Than
70 Troops From Chattooga County
For Their Sacrifice.
oo @H @nh
the Hictory!
DR. MARLIN PAYNE AND STAFF
FAMILY EYE CARE CENTER
.-+ B Georgia Avenue " :
Velma Hill
Velma Mae King Hill, 62,
LaFayette, died Friday at her
home.
Mrs. Hill was born on May
21, 1928 in DeKalb Countz'.
Ala., a daughter of the late
Grover Cleveland and Dora
Terrell King. She was
employed by Auto Custom
Carpet, LaFayette, and was a
member of the First Church of
God of LaFayette. A brother,
Forrest King, and a sister,
Hazel Arlene King, died
previously.
Survivifinare her widower,
William G. Hi ,LaFagette: one
daughter, Angela Copeland,
LaFa?'ette; two sons, Gregory
Mikel Hill, LaFayette, and
Phillip Randy Hill, Summer
ville; one sister, Edna Starkey,
LaFayette; nine grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren;
nieces and nephews. i
Funeral services were held
at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the
LaFayette Chapel of Lane
Funeral Home with the Revs.
Ray Parker and Vanzil Clay
officiating.
Active pallbearers were
Harrison Starkey, Jim
Starkeé', Charlie gtarkey.
James Cooper, Alvin Black and
James Hill. Honorary
pallbearers were members of
the Adult Sunday School Class
of the First Church of God,
emploz'ees of Auto Custom
Carpet Molding Department,
and Max Morrison, Jake Mor
rison, Jack Holland, Bob
Langford and Clifford
Williams. Interment was in
LaFayette Memory Gardens.
D.A. Hughes
D. A. Hughes, 63, Menlo,
died Saturday in a Chat
tanooga, Tenn., hospital.
Mr. Hu%hes was born on
March 6, 1928 in Montgomery,
Ala., son of the late Arthur and
Nervie Kilgore Hughes. He
was employed with the Flav-O-
Rich Company, Rossville, and
was a member of the Mount
Carmel Baptist Church, where
he served as a Deacon and a
member of the Men's Sunday
School Class.
.~ Surviving are his widow,
Lois 'Abbott Hughesy two
daughters, Dianne Harris,
Mexfio, and Beverly Sampley,
LaFayette; one son, Danny
Hughes, Ringgold; two sisters,
Maggie Combs and Inez Sims,
Summerville; two brothers,
Jack Hughes, Summerville,
and Lee Hughes, Ohio; five
grandchildren, Trisheila Har
ris, Mara Beth Harris, Damon
Sampley, Dana Sampley and
Courtney Hughes; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday in Mount
Carmel Baptist Church with
the Revs. fames Dotson and
Michael Dunwoody officiating.
Interment was in Mount
Carmel Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Luther Hartline, Lawrence
Dunwoody, David Poindexter,
Buddy Blevins, Frank Morgan
and J. D. Gibson.
LaFayette Chapel Lane
Funeral Home, LaFayette, had
charge of arrangements.
Eddiec Russell
Eddie Baker Russell, 80,
Manchester, died March 12 in
the Meriwether Memorial
Hosfiital. Warm Springs.
rs. Russell was born on
Nov. 21, 1910, in Chattooga
County, daughter of the late
Edmond and Bonnie Prickett
Baker. She was a retired
teacher, and was a member of
the Meriwether Retired
Teachers Association, the
Manchester chapter of the
American Association of
Retired Persons, and the Man
‘chester Women’s Club. She
was an assistant Sunday
School teacher at the Man
chester First Baptist Church.
Her husband, Carl Russell,
died previously.
Surviving are two
daughters, Eddie Baker
Russell Porter, and Susan
Russell Hardy, Manchester;
one sister, Jo B. Johnson,
Atlanta; two brothers, Douglas
Baker, Birmingham, Ala., and
Bob Baker, Jonesboro; two
randsons, William
éhn'stopher Hardy, Columbus;
and Russell Gaines Hardy,
Manchester; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
March 14 in the Manchester
First Baptist Church, with the
Revs. Malcolm Cole Davis,
Queon Smith and Dr. John
Allen officiatin%. Interment
was in Manchester City
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Bill
Couch, Bubba Fishburne, Tony
Tuttle, Lee Taylor, Brownie
Bozeman, Brent Kersey,
Robert Stribling and Larry
Winn.
Cox Funeral Home, Man
chester, had charge of
arrangements.
Helen Timmons
Mrs. Helen Ruth Timmons,
56, Summerville Rte. 2, Penn
ville Community, died Satur
day morning at his residence
following a long illness.
Mrs.gl‘immons was born in
Jackson County, Ala., on June
29, 1934, daughter of the late
William Reed. She was a Bap
tist. One brother, Paul Reed,
died in 1980. ;
Surviving are her widower,
James Milard Timmons; son
and daughter-in-law, David
and Cindy Timmons, Summer
ville; grandchildren, Amy
Nicole Timmons and Amanda
Dawn Chadwick, Summerville;
mother, Clara Sartin Reed,
Henagar, Ala.; five sisters,
Faye Brewer, Jean Brewer and
Nina Brewer, Henagar, Pauline
Poe, Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Sue Pinion, Summerville; four
brothers, Floyd Reed, Robert
Reed and Lawrence Reed,
Henagar, and Billy Reed, Sum
merville; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
with the Revs. Sanford
Deßerry and Bobby Harris of
ficiating. Interment was in
West Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Tony Daniel, Ronnie Petty
john, Randy Walker, Douglas
Alley, Ralph Sumners and
Willie Elmer Tapp.
- X Non-Denominational
P 4 Cowboy
% Cowbo
. .fl“
’ @\ Church
Ss; B p s
f=4 Services
Gore Community Center
March 31, April 1, 2
7:30 Each Evening
— NURSERY PROVIDED —
SPONSORED BY
RODEO COWBOY MINISTRIES
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
Glenn Smith, President of ’ ot }
Rodeo Cowboy Ministries, will & P
be teaching the Word of God at
hese services. An ex-rodeo E e
:nolessional anAd ranco:er, 3 %
Glenn r.ninislc'rs t.mth on the ygf TN y
:hiv:g comn:uimes'lhr:ughoul. \ b ,-"'.'i
the world. Glenn teaches and
preaches the uncompromised b
Word of God, living by, as well " 3
as proclaiming the Word of fi
faith, s 1
: v 4
Glenn Smith
For Further Information
Contact Charlie Lowry At 857-5149
Clarence
Trammell
Clarence‘‘C. M.” Trammell,
81, Dalton, died March 13 at
his home.
Two sons, Smilei'l Trammell
and Gene Trammell; a sister,
Elsie Vann Barlow; and two
brothers, Thurman Trammell
and Choice Trammell, died
previously. -
Surviving are his widow,
Almer Trammell, Dalton; two
daughters, Liz Watkins, New
Iberia, La., and Evelyn San
ford, Dalton; two sons, R. C.
Trammell, Dalton, and Mike
Trammell, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
two sisters, Elvie Skinner and
Inez McDaniel, Rome; two
brothers, Dewey Trammell,
Rome, and Wil.ge Trammell,
Summerville; (fir;ndchildren;'
great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
March 15 in the Tilton Ba%tist
Church with the Revs. Dale
Bates and Gerald Flood of
ficiating. Interment was in
Tilton Cemetery.
Love Funeral Home,
Dalton, had charge of
arrangements.
Leland
Trammell
Leland Winston Trammell,
71, Summerville Rte. 2, died
Thursday morning.
He was born in Cherokee
Countiy. Ala,, on Jan. 10, 1920,
son of the late Bill and Sarah
Shaw Trammell. Mr. Trammell
was a retired textile worker
and a Baptist.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Mary Edna Trammell,
Summervif‘l,e; three daughters,
Judy Hawthorne, LaFaé'ette,
Joyce Goodson and Elaine
Kellar, Trion; five sons, Philli
Trammell, Winston Trammels
Jeffery Trammell, Leßron
Trammell and Mark Trammell,
Summerville two stepsons,
Randall Wilson, Summerville,
and Danny Schrader, Dalton;
two brothers, Willie Trammell,
Summerville, and Dewey
Trammell, Coosa; two sisters,
Elvie Skinner and Inez
McDaniel, Rome; five grand
children; several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Saturday in the
chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral
Home with the Rev. Jimmy
Wilborn officiating. Interment
was in Spring Creéq Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Ernest Trammell, Ray Tram
mell, Junior Trammell, Jimmy
Watson, Joe Trammell and
Leßron McWhorter.
Louise Waas
Louise Day Waas, Center
Post community, Walker
County, died Friday.
Mrs. Waas was born Aug.
14, 1918, in Walker County,
daughter of the late William
Oscar and Mary Rebecca Day.
She was a nurse in the Trion
Community Hospital and at
the Hutcheson Medical Center.
She was a member of the St.
Elmo United Methodist
Church and the Ome% Circle
of United Methodist Women.
Her husband, George
Waas; four brothers, Henry,
Bill, Tom and Gordon Day; and
fou{. sisters, Emma Shockley,
Lillian Cherry, Kathleen
Gilreath and Annie Howard,
died previously.
Surviving are 15 nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the
South Crest Chapel of Lane
Funeral Home with Dr. Terril
D. Luttrell and the Rev. M. D.
Durrance officiatin‘g. Inter
ment was in Trinity Cemetery,
Center Post.
Pallbearers were Thomas
Medley, Charles Medley, Rus
ty Day, Steve D?, Mike Day,
Clay Howard and Rob Hayes.
Benjamin
Westbrooks
. Benjamin Brooks
Westbrooks, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Westbrooks,
died on Wednesday, March 6,
in a Rome hospital. He was
born on March 6.
Graveside services were
held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday,
March 9, in Lyerly Cemetery.
Survivors include his
evarents; one sister, MandX
estbrooks, Lyerll&; grand
i:arents, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
iser, Summerville, Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Schrader, Trion,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Westbrooks, Rome; great
%ram(iiparents, Mr. and Mrs.
avid Guinn, Trion, Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Blackmon,
Trion, Mrs. Ruby Kiser,
Cartersville, Mrs. Rachel
Lloyd, Berryton, and John
Guinn, Trion.
A brother, Grandville Leroy
Westbrooks, died earlier.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
Sewerage Permit
The Georgia Environmen
tal Protection Division (EPD)
is considering renewing the Ci
ty of Summerville’s permit to
p{xerate its sewage treatment
plant.
Comments on the |i)roposal
mti{l be made to the EPD
within 30 days from today.
When you put a little effort
and tax deferred interest
together--what do you get?
*S.M.A.R.T
CI ] oiieo %o H o
—~{*Save Money And Reduce Taxes)
§ /":/: | ’
G .
G <> I |
§-2-1-\"[]g
v-‘.":‘ i '.‘ ‘
N &0 LA |
e & ey 'H’«‘ ‘i‘%" 4.“ . ~
o) ok, ; 3 . - £ .
: ey &Q S, ‘: ]
o e . W
e . p L
Ve . - B VP
;‘"‘ \E‘ef Y 4 f‘”’ ’}: ~ “L T L “"?'l'H%y
ALK £ v L #
s ALK ™ o o S . 3 - 2 o
oe T Wl R £ ~;’"M. ” - :
i : Lt Pl 1) ¥ "\;‘@3’ N s Ty
. . oA A‘:§~ AR < L m“
- M LA e CHE
E[T IR sDy i s é‘i% B e
X£4¥;. s X 4 PR .
{ ¥ M H ’ - & % R RIS e
: e oA ! o . Sy W T o g
5 ) 4 g i . « g ‘,'-." { ‘ ks g ¢ ;"‘,'h.
wgbe, T TR G TR
! o i % - | A - '’ — ,'w
4o’‘’/ i v g L
¥ . ¥ . b 3 ’f',,,., o
‘=\ 4 = ] ! P
sl . 3 USRI !
: =
. 4 b i R i
o e Kbl & A . | &
e % ol
R e - |
¢ i g b B+ e !
i i SR ’ b
. e ‘ o o,‘,’ TR w»& ; fi*‘;’?
et y y oR ST “’ oLo f
&‘fi"" 3 o /9‘&’“‘;‘% Li e i L s
B W R R % o
%1%&@?1 o eßy l,; 0P G ¢ ’&, 2 i
. .. o sy . e AR I N v N
The half-dozen rough patches on Rome
Boulevard in Summerville were being
repaired this week by the Georgia Depart
ment of Transportation (DOT). Because
of constant cracking problems, the DOT
WA R AAAAA Ao dAo
The Summerville-Trion Optimist Club will co-sponsor
a program with the Georgia Department of Corrections to
acquaint local students with careers in corrections and the
consequences of a life of crime.
Optimists Dr. Sanford Hill and Dale Herndon will be
co-chairmen of the ‘‘Youth Challenge” project. Hill is a past
president of the club and Herndon is deputy warden of
Hays Correctional Institution at Pennvilfe.
Under the program, prison staffers and Optimists will
visit area schools to outline careers in corrections — as well
as the danger of leading a life of crime. In some instances,
students may be given tours of Hays CI.
TR TN AN T A A Y Y
O'SHEILA’S
"Family Dining At Its Best'’
102 EAST WASHINGTON ST. SUMMERVILLE
THURSDAY, MARCH 21 - 4 P.M. 'TIL CLOSING
Homemade Spaghetti and Salad Bar
ALL YOU CAN EAT $5
More on IRA. Now wait, this is too good of-a deal to pass up.
Forget that you ‘can deduct (up to $2,000 for singles and
$4,000 for couples) off the top of your federal income taxes.
Forget the tax-deferred-interest. And forget you don’t qualify
(because you probably do).“We’ll set up an automatic
transfer/deposit, you set the amount, $25, SSO, SIOO, whatever
and" (painlessly) get extra re-
O“’ . tirement income. Already have an
m@ ~ IRA? Well aside from the tax
@0 d benefits, you can still get the
q ‘, special bonus interest rate we
M Ao“’ Y pay: anyone who uses our
*So 'eneY” automatic’ _transfer/deposit
,sgvem 1“95 savings plan. Call .or come in,
ged"‘e ‘we'll show ygu other SM.A.R.T. or
just plain "smart’, ways to bank.
SN i :
TR FARMERS & IMIERCHANTS BANK
: &«Hg : Summervilles Trion ¢ Lyerly « Menlo
1. “Member ~ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rome Boulevard Repairs
last year built a new base at those loca
tions but winter weather forced postfi)one
ment of the final patching work until this
week. (Staff Photo).
Bond Sales
A total of $256,606 in U. S.
savings bonds were bought by
Chattooga Countians during
the 1990 fiscal year.
Sales of bonds increased in
February nationwide, rising 23
percent from February, 1990,
to SBO4 million last month.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to thank
everyone for their words of
kindness, food and flowers dur
ing the loss of our loved one.
The family of Mrs.
Hattie H. C);lristopher