James Robert (Bob) Reed, 75, of Douglasville, Ga., passed away Friday, July 24, 2020.

    Col. Gary E. Payne (R) of Wimauma, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
    Col. Payne was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., in August 1950.

    Randal Hubert Shields, 85, of Murphy, passed away Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, at his home.
    He was the son of the late Robert Emory and Gertie Anderson Shields.

    Spencer A. Smith, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, from complications due to dementia. He was 82.

    Ella “Faye” Teems, 72, of Peachtree, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020.

    Col. Gary E. Payne (R) of Wimauma, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
    Col. Payne was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., in August 1950.

    Emogene Neal Clark, 79, of Andrews, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at her residence.
    She was a native of Nantahala but had lived most of her life in Andrews.

    James Robert (Bob) Reed, 75, of Douglasville, Ga., passed away Friday, July 24, 2020.

    James Leon Birchfield, 58, of Baton Rouge, La., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, while visiting relatives in North Carolina.

    Ernest Lee Graham of Aiken, S.C., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at age 89.