COMMUNITY CALENDAR

NORTH CHAPEL

Kevin Dwight Woodfin

Mr. Kevin Dwight Woodfin, age 46, of the Everett Springs Community, Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at a local nursing home facility.

Mr. Woodfin was born on May 19, 1971 in Rome, Ga., son of Dwight T. Woodfin and the late Ilene Ransom Woodfin. After graduation, he joined the United States Army. Following his service, he returned home and pursued the trade of welding. Prior to medical retirement, Kevin worked as an independent contractor with several companies. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and enjoyed competing with his dad in both sports. He also enjoyed watching NASCAR and football, especially the Georgia Bulldogs. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ilene, and his grandmother, Mary Alice Ransom.

Survivors include his son, Dakota Cole Woodfin, Calhoun; his father, Dwight T. Woodfin, Calhoun; his sister, Christy W. Carter, and her husband, Richard, Calhoun; a niece and nephew, Payton Carter and Randon Carter.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 30, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, with the Rev. Charles Woodfin and the Rev. Wendle Woodfin officiating.

The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, on Friday from 4:00 p.m. until the funeral hour.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions made to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Inc., Georgia Chapter, 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 902, New York, NY 10018.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.

SOUTH CHAPEL Kevin Dwight Woodfin

Mary Francis Beard

Ms. Mary Francis Beard, age 89, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at a local hospice facility.

Ms. Beard was born in Cherokee County, Alabama on July 31, 1927, daughter of the late Arthur Thomas Kelly and the late Roma Kay Kelly. She was also preceded in death by two infant brothers. Ms. Beard worked for a number of years as a secretary, retiring from Sears and Roebuck in Atlanta and also from the Coosa Valley Regional Planning Commission. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and was formerly a member of the Sacred Heart of St. Paul’s Guild in Atlanta.

Survivors include two daughters, Sandra Long, Adairsville, and Janice Kelly, Lindale; a sister, Marie Neighbors and her husband, Calvin, Rome; eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass will be held on Friday, June 30, 2017, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, celebrated by Father Rafael Carballo. A reception for family and friends will follow the funeral Mass in the Church’s Parish Hall. A graveside service officiated

Mrs. Helen Stowe Tatum

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Stowe Tatum, age 94, of Rome, GA, who passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, will be held this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Cave Spring First Baptist Church with Rev. Jacob Wayne Kines officiating. Interment will follow in the Cherokee Memory Gardens in Centre, AL.

Helen will lay in-state at the church of Friday where the family will receive friends from 2 p.m. until the service hour.

The staff of Salmon Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Helen Stowe Tatum. SATURDAY

4322 Little River Trail, Fort Payne, Alabama, will host a free Fred the Fish children’s nature program on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. CDT. Parking is $3. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 256-845-9605 or visit www.nps.gov/ liri.

will distribute free clothing to the homeless and low-income residents on Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and July 11 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the parking lot between Second Street and Third Street. The parking lot is behind Good Neighbor Ministries on Second Street, across from the bus station.

will host a free

with arts and crafts vendors Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on South First Street in Lindale. A community rock hunt will take place during the festival. Parking is available at Gilbreath Recreation Center, 106 Garden Ave. Parade lineup will be at 9:30 a.m. at Pepperell Primary with parade at 10 a.m.

will host an

on Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Activities include a picnic, fried apple pie contest, patriotic balloon release and the arrival of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Passenger Train.

will continue the celebration at the Chattooga County Agricultural Center at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Activities include free water slides, free sliced watermelon, sack race, concerts, corn hole tournament and fireworks. Attendees can access the festival at the entrance of Summerville Middle School, 34 Middle School Road, Summerville. For more information contact the Summerville Recreation Department at 706-859-0910. downtown Cave Spring. Fireworks will be at 9:30 p.m. A rain date is set for Monday at 9:30 p.m.

for ages 8 to adult, will be held July 10-12 in the Hearn Classroom Building and at 30 Alabama St., Cave Spring. Students may choose two workshops from broom making, leather craft, egg batik and woodworking with hand tools, or one workshop in chair caning. The cost is $100 before and $120 after Saturday. Chair caning costs $60 plus materials. Chair-caning students provide their own chair and need to call ahead so cane can be ordered by size. Call John Kapustay at 706-936-0411 or Winnie at 706-331-2725. Visit www.ahhas.org for paperwork or to pay online. Scholarships are available, as well as discounts for parent/child pairs.

Cave Spring will host its 32nd annual Independence Day parade Tuesday at 9 a.m. in downtown Cave Spring. Those who would like to participate in the parade should line up between 8 and 9 a.m. All vehicles, floats with wheels and horses will line up on Perry Farm Road. All who wish to walk in the parade should assemble at Joe Hill’s Lawn Mower Shop at the old depot building on Alabama Street. Cave Spring United Methodist Church will be selling homemade ice cream. For more information call 706-802-8773.

The Model Ruritan Club Barbecue and Brunswick stew sale on Tuesday at the Shannon Scout Hut, 40 Minshew Road, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Eat in or take it home. Barbecue will cost $7 for a plate or $3 for a sandwich. Brunswick stew will cost $28 per gallon, $8 per quart or $5 per pint. Friendly River Homemaker Club will sell desserts, including cakes, pies and other sweets.