Obituaries

Allie Ruth Mitchell

Allie Ruth Mitchell

May 15, 2010

Mrs. Allie Ruth Mitchell, age 96, of 462 Clearwater Street Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010 in Polk Medical Center, Cedartown. She was born in Carroll County, GA on November 14, 1913 a daughter of the late Arto Cook and Dessie Haney Cook. Mrs. Mitchell had been a resident of Rockmart since 1937. She was a member of...

Alyshya (Ally) Lyona Cash

Alyshya (Ally) Lyona Cash

May 10, 2010

Miss Ally Cash, age 9, of 52 Knight Road Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, May 10, 2010 in an Atlanta Hospital following a five day illness. She was born in Cartersville, GA on May 18, 2000 a daughter of Michael Shane Cash and Shelly Renae Fee Cash. Ally had lived most of her life in Rockmart where she was a...

Howard Wheeler

Howard Wheeler

May 1, 2010

Mr. Howard Wheeler, age 61, of 96 Pine Mountain Road Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010 following several years of declining health. He was born in Polk County, GA on October 2, 1948 a son of Joseph Gordon (Joe) Wheeler and Mary Ella Pinkard Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler attended Rockmart High School and was a member of the Baptist...

Joel A. Chandler

Joel A. Chandler

Apr 27, 2010

Mr. Joel A. Chandler, age 77, of 2325 Frettiesburg Drive Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in a Rome Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Carroll County, GA on May 12, 1932 a son of the late Willie Albert Chandler and Geneva Williams Chandler. Mr. Chandler has been a resident of Rockmart since January...

Rhonda Blackburn Alvarado

Rhonda Blackburn Alvarado

Apr 26, 2010

Mrs. Rhonda Blackburn Alvarado, age 53, of 1035 Little Texas Valley Rd., Rome, GA passed away Monday, April 26, 2010 at her residence following a four and a half year illness. Rhonda was born in Rome, GA on March 31, 1957 a daughter of Mary Alice Beard Blackburn and the late Charles Franklin Blackburn. She had lived all of her...

Ronnie Eugene Scott

Ronnie Eugene Scott

Apr 24, 2010

Mr. Ronnie Eugene Scott, age 58, of 4018 Third Avenue, Rockmart passed away Saturday, April 24, 2010 at his residence. He was born in Marietta, GA on December 22, 1951 a son of the late Benjamin Franklin Scott and Eugenia Green Scott. Mr. Scott had been a resident of Rockmart for the past ten years moving here from Acworth. He...

Harold Jeremiah (Jeremy) Moore

Harold Jeremiah (Jeremy) Moore

Apr 21, 2010

Mr. Harold Jeremiah (Jeremy) Moore, age 38, of 206 Hunter Street, Rockmart passed away Wednesday April 21, 2010. Jeremy was born in Rockmart, GA on January 20, 1972 a son of Kenneth Harold Moore and Rosa Nell Cox Moore. He had lived all of his life in Rockmart, was a 1990 graduate of Rockmart High School and an employee of...

James Thomas Brookshire

James Thomas Brookshire

Apr 10, 2010

Mr. James Thomas Brookshire, age 72, of 137 Cliff Nelson Road, Euharlee, GA passed away Saturday, April 10, 2010 at his residence following an illness of six months. He was born in Cedartown, GA on September 19, 1937 a son of the late Arthur Brookshire and Toni Wallace Brookshire. Mr. Brookshire was a veteran of the U.S. Army and the...

Charles W. Welchel

Charles W. Welchel

Apr 7, 2010

Mr. Charles W. Welchel, age 80, of Rockmart passed away Wednesday April 7, 2010. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home with Rev. John Hooper officiating. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 1:00 p.m....

Betty Jane Gill

Betty Jane Gill

Apr 6, 2010

Mrs. Betty Jane Gill, age 70, of 71 Popham Road, Taylorsville, GA passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Anniston, AL on November 10, 1939 a daughter of the late Gordon Martin Willis and Lilly Lola Conner Willis. Mrs. Gill had been a resident of the Taylorsville community since 1985...

William Seals Wallace

William Seals Wallace

Apr 6, 2010

Mr. William Seals Wallace, age 69, of Foley, AL, formerly of Rockmart passed away Tuesday April 6, 2010 in Foley. He was born in Cedartown, GA on May 22, 1940 a son of the late Willie T. Wallace and Lula Irene Folsom Wallace. Mr. Wallace had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart before moving to Foley, AL...

Linda L. Ely

Linda L. Ely

Apr 4, 2010

Mrs. Linda Ely, age 61, of 120 Cherokee Circle Cedartown, GA passed away Sunday, April 4, 2010 in Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, GA. She was born in Atlanta, GA on December 22, 1948 a daughter of the late Warner H. Hill and Ethel Louise Holland Hill. Mrs. Ely had been a resident of Cedartown for the past two years moving...

Rev. James B. Wheeler, Sr.

Rev. James B. Wheeler, Sr.

Apr 4, 2010

Rev. James B. Wheeler, Sr., age 62, of 406 Cashtown Loop Aragon, GA passed away Sunday, April 4, 2010 at his residence following an extended illness. He was born in Rockmart, GA on December 29, 1947 a son of the late Martin Wheeler and Mary Morgan Wheeler. Rev. Wheeler had lived the greater part of his life in the Rockmart-Aragon...

Michael Wayne Brumit

Michael Wayne Brumit

Apr 1, 2010

Mr. Michael Wayne Brumit, age 45, of 205 Hightower Falls Road, Cedartown, GA passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010 in a Rome Health Care Center. He was born in Rome, GA on October 20, 1964 a son of Larry Brumit and Doris Meers Brumit. Mike had lived all of his life in Polk County, was a 1983 graduate of Rockmart...

Marion Jackson

Marion Jackson

Mar 25, 2010

Mrs. Marion Cox Jackson, age 51, of 26 Wheeler Road Rockmart passed away Thursday, March 25, 2010 in a Rome Medical Center following a very brief illness. Mrs. Jackson was born in Rockmart GA on April 7, 1958, daughter of the late Harold L. Cox and the late Mary Frances Anglin Cox. She had lived all of her life in...

Martha Cain Cannon

Martha Cain Cannon

Mar 14, 2010

Mrs. Martha Cain Cannon, age 84, of 100 LeGrande Street, Rockmart passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010 following an extended illness. She was born in Gainesville, GA on December 7, 1925 a daughter of the late William Calvin Cain, Sr. and Mamie Hamilton Cain. Mrs. Cannon had been a resident of Rockmart for the past eleven years having moved here...

Annie Lorene Bruce Privett

Annie Lorene Bruce Privett

Mar 10, 2010

Mrs. Annie Lorene Bruce Privett, age 93, of 410 Vinson Mountain Road, Rockmart passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in the local nursing center. She was born in Boaz, AL on August 21, 1916 a daughter of the late Algie Bruce and Annie Lester Bruce. Mrs. Privett had been a resident of Polk County since 1950 moving here from AL....

Bella Grace Cochran

Bella Grace Cochran

Mar 10, 2010

Bella Grace Cochran, infant daughter of Bryan Cochran and Vanessa Robinson of 1856 Cornith Poseyville Road, Bremen, GA passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in Wellstar Cobb Hospital, Austell, GA. She was preceded in death by a sister, Nevaeh Cochran on November 3, 2008. Survivors include her parents Bryan and Vanessa; three sisters: Alexus, Mercedes and Harley Cochran, Rockmart; grandparents:...

Fred R. Mcdowell

Fred R. Mcdowell

Mar 9, 2010

Mr. Fred McDowell, age 75, of 543 Knight Road Rockmart passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at his residence following several months of illness. He was born in Polk County on June 5, 1934 a son of the late L. B. McDowell and Cora Myrtle Atkins McDowell. Mr. McDowell had lived all of his life in Polk County and was...

Myles Anthony Pinion

Myles Anthony Pinion

Mar 1, 2010

Mr. Myles Anthony Pinion, age 45, of 4004 S. 301st. Place Auburn, Washington and formerly of Rockmart, GA passed away suddenly Monday, March 1, 2010 in Auburn, Washington. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 30, 1965 a son of Judy Fann Pinion and the late James Daniel Pinion, Jr.. Myles was a 1983 graduate of Rockmart High School...