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Deaths
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.
Charles Brooks
War veteran
Dies January 27, 2000
Charles Edward Brooks,
Summerville, formerly of Colum
bus, died Thursday afternoon,
Jan. 27 at Hutcheson Medical
Center, Fort Oglethorpe.
He was married to the late
Mrs. Lou Ethel Myers Brooks. He
was a veteran of World War 11.
Survivors are three sisters,
Laura Brooks, Mrs. Pearl
Watkins, Summerville, and Mrs.
Florine Coats, Chattanooga;
nieces and nephews, Sammy
(Annie) Black, Summerville and
other nieces, nephews, cousins
and relatives.
Funeral services were held
at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the
West Fifth Street church of
Christ, Summerville, with Jessie
Bankston, John Lewis and other
ministers officiating. Interment
was held Monday at the Chatta
nooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements were by
Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dal
ton.
Robert Davis
Midway Member
Dies January 29, 2000
Robert Homer “Bob” Davis,
79, Scoggins Street, Summer
ville, died Saturday morning at
Oak View Nursing and Rehabili
tation Center.
Mr. Davis was born on Feb.
14, 1920 in San Benito, Texas,
son of the late William Homer
and Lillie May Nommensen
Davis. He was retired from Cen
tral Power & Light, San Benito.
He was a memfi)er of Midway
Baptist Church and a veteran of
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World War 11, where he served
in the U.S. Air Force.
Survivors include his
widow, Pauline Broome Davis;
one daughter and son-in-law,
Janice and Norman Gaither,
Trion; one brother, Gilly Davis,
San Benito; and two grandchil
dren, Ashley Gaither and Loren
Gaither.
Funeral services were held
at 1 p.m. Monday at the chapel
of Mason Funeral Home, Sum
merville with the Revs. Ken
Johnson and Waydell Howell of
ficiatinfi. Interment was in
Greenhills Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers were
Wayne Durham, Josh Durham,
Ten(?' Broome, Homer
Hardeman, Dewayne Allmond
and Bob Farrow.
Juanita Dodson
Ridgeview Member
Dies February 1, 2000
Mrs. Juanita Lou Smith
Dodson, 67, LaFayette, died
Tuesday morning at the home of
her daughter.
She was a member of the
Ridgeview Baptist Church,
Trion.
Survivors include her wid
ower, James R. “Bud” Dodson,
LaFayette; one daughter, Sylvia
Ann Harris, LaFayette; two sons,
James C. Dodson and Thomas
Gary Dodson, LaFayette; one
brother, Lonnie Smith, Mur
freesboro, Tenn.; eight grand
children and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at the Wallis Memorial Chapel at
3 p.m. today with the Revs. Vin
son Cook and Bobby Staton offi
ciating. Interment will be in
LaFayette Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Ray
Dockery, Gary and Barry Harris,
Floyd Jackson, Tim Busby and
Allen Hix.
Phil Houser
Chattooga Native
Dies January 31, 2000
Phil Houser, 41, of 198 Oak
St., Summerville died Monday at
Floyd Medical Center, Rome.
He was born on Feb. 1, 1958
in Chattooga County, son of
Marie Westbrook Houser and
the late James Edward Houser.
Survivors are daughter,
Stephanie Houser, Summerville;
son, Dustin Houser, Summer
ville; mother, Marie Houser,
Summerville; three brothers,
Jimmy Houser, Summerville,
David Houser, Tallahassee, Fla.
and Stacy Houser, Trion and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be
held at 11 a.m. today in West Hill
Cemetery with Minister Clark
Sosebee officiating.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy
Houser, David Houser, Stacy
Houser, Steve Clowdis, Donnie
Walker and Robert Westbrook.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home,
Pennville, had charge of arrange
ments.
Ina Lindsey
Formerly Of Riegel
Dies January 29, 2000
Ina Ruth Lindsey, 75,
Bittings Avenue, Summerville
died Saturday morning at Oak
View Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center.
Mrs. Lindsey was born on
Dec. 4, 1924, in Rome, daughter
of the late J. J. and Maude Cargle
Abrams.
She was a former employee
of Riegel Textile Corp.
Her husband Elbert Lindsey
?nd son Jerry Lindsey died ear
ier.
Survivors include two sons,
Johnny Lindsey and Jimmy
Lindsey, Summerville; one
brother, Fred Abrams, Rome;
seven grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the
chapel of Mason Funeral Home,
Summerville with the Revs. Paul
Edgeworth officiating. Inter
ment was in Summerville Cem
etery.
Active pallbearers will be
Jerry Foster, David Lindsey,
Joey Vaughn, Terry Reed, Keith
Brewton and Mike Patterson.
William Powell
AME Zion Member
Dies January 25, 2000
William Anderson “Sonny”
Powell, 181 Powell Drive, Sum
merville, died Tuesday, Jan. 25
in Redmond Regional Medical
Center, Rome.
He was a member of
Napier’s Chapel AME Zion
Church. Mr. Powell was retired
from Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.,
Trion.
Survivors are his widow,
Mrs. Nancy Sue Powell, Sum
merville; five sons, William An
thony Powell, LaFayette, Steve
Johnson, Alex Johnson, Chad
Powell and Darryl “Frances”
Powell, Summerville; mother,
Mrs. Minnie Lee Powell,
The Summerville News,
February 3, 2000
LaFayette; sister and brother-in
law, Mrs. Elizabeth and Wallace
Bibbs, Chattanooga; brother and
sister-in-law, George and Louise
Powell, Trion; two brothers-in
law, Charles Johnson and
Fletcher Johnson, Atlanta; four
grandsons, Spencer Johnson,
lake Johnson, Tyler Powell and
Devan Poweli, Summerville;
aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews
and cousins,
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Sunday at Napiers
Chapel AME Zion Church,
Naglers Chapel Road, LaFayette,
with the Rev. Cornwell and other
ministers officiating. Interment
was in Napiers Chapel Cemetery.
Flowerbearers were nieces.
Pallbearers were members
of Chickamauga Lodge 221,
F&AM.
Arrangements were by
Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dal
ton.
Patsy Ray
Former Resident
Dies January 30, 2000
Patsy Ramsey Ray, 72,
Martinswville, Va., a Summerville
resident for four years, died Sun
day at Memorial Hospital in
Martinsville.
She was born on Sept. 16,
1927, daughter of the late (georfie
W. Ramsey Sr. and the late Belle
Stanley Ramsey. Mrs. Ray was a
self-emploged beautician. She
was a member of Wesley Memo
rial United Methodist Cfi'urch for
52 years. She taught the Cora Lee
class and the Bessie Wallick Sun
day School classes. She was a
part-time teacher, a lay speaker
and representative of the Cluster.
Survivors include her wid
ower, C. W. “Bud” Ray, also for
merly of Summerville; two sons
and daughters-in-law, George
Michael and Shirley Ray, Stuart,
Va. and Victor Gwynne Sr. and
Kathy Ray, Martinsville; a
brother, George W. Ramsey,
Greensboro, Va.; three sisters,
Laura Barrow, Ridgeway, Va.,
Irene Duncan, FForida and
Mable Eanes, Martinsville; three
grandchildren and their spouses,
Victor G. Jr. and Susi Ray, Allie
Michelle and Jason Ruff and
Victoria Lynn Ray and her
fiancé, Michael Austin; and a
Ereat-granddaughter, Sara Eliza
eth Ray.
Brother Charles W. Ramsey
died earlier.
Funeral services were held
at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wesley
Memorial United Methodist
Church, 824 Starling Ave., with
the Rev. Jim Mattox officiating.
Interment was in Roselawn
Burial Park, Martinsville.
Norris Funeral Services
Inc., P.O. Box 5601, Kings Moun
tain Road, Martinsville, Va.
24115, had charge of arrange
ments.
SEERSENRERREANE
Development
Panel To Host
Joint Forum
The Northwest Georgia
Joint Development Authority
will host a telecommunications
infrastructure forum from 11:30
a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday at
the Walker County Civic Center.
Plans for the meeting are to
discuss ways that telecommuni
cations can benefit the tri-county
communities; learn what other
communities are doing within
the region in the area of telecom
munications and identify stan
dards communities can use to
assess their needs and readiness
in the area of telecommunica
tions.
Seating will be limited.
Those interested in attending
must register by Monday by call
ing 706-375-5795.
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the Cl‘\’attooga County Sheriff’s Office, primari}y due to bad
weather in recent weeks. A state Department of Corrections
crew is building the facility at no cost to the county. Materials
were earlier estimated to cost about $50,000. Those funds
will come from people who have paid extra fees on fines,
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man Bob Barr was instrumental
in passing legislation to protect
small businesses from frivolous
lawsuits in a House Judiciary
Committee vote this week.
Small businesses currently
account for nearly 60 percent of
America’s employment.
In addition to working to
pass the legislation, Barr said he
worked to ensure provisions that
would have sing?ed out small
businesses who deal with fire
arms for unfair treatment, were
removed from an earlier version
of the bill.
Under the Small Business
Liability Reform legislation
passed by the committee, %uni
tive damages against small busi
nesses would be limited, and
businesses that sell product
would not be liable for defects
cal(xjsed by manufacturers, he
said.
The measure also reforms a
concept called “vicarious liabil
ity,” which can unfairly make
companies such as rental car
outlets liable for the actions of
individuals using their services,
Rep. Barr said.
“For too long, America’s
small businesses have suffered
under the threat of unfair or
frivolous lawsuits,” Barr said.
“Small employers often do not
have the resources to defend
themselves in court, and are
forced to settle these suits, even
if they have done nothing
wrong.”
“Members on both sides of
the aisle should be able to agree,
for example, that a store should
not be hefd liable for a manufac
turing defect of which it had no
knowledge,” Rep. Barr said.
“This bill takes important steps
to end the game of legal extor
tion that has put Americans out
of work, kept wages low, and
raised prices for far too long.
“It will also help small busi
nesses compete with lar%er com
panies that are currently much
more capable of fending off frivo
lous lawsuits,” Barr continued.
I am also gleased this leg
islation removed provisions con
tained in an earlier version of the
bill presented to us late last year
that would have unfairly denied
this tort liability protection to
firearms dealers, gunsmiths, and
othders who deal with guns,” Barr
said.
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building will feature an upstairs storage area plus three
offices and a restroom downstairs. The addition measures
34x24 feet and each floor contains 816 square feet. The same
color and s?:le brick used on the existing sheriff’s office will
be used on the sides of the addition, Parker said. The building
is located at the corner of Cox Street and West Washington
Street next to the jail. (Staff Photo).