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Earnest Derrell "Ernie" Swords
Feb 3, 2024
Earnest Derrell "Ernie" Swords, age 63, of Talking Rock, GA, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2024, in Jasper, GA. He was born on June 22, 1960, in Blakely, GA, a son of the late William Darrell Swords and JoAnn Cherry Swords.
Ernie was a man of many passions and interests. He cherished trains and found joy in everything related to...
Mary Pamela "Pam" Kellett
Feb 2, 2024
Mrs. Mary Pamela "Pam" Kellett, age 90, of Gainesville, FL passed away Friday February 2, 2024, in Gainesville, FL.
Mrs. Kellett was a graduate of Rockmart High School and for a short time enjoyed being employed by the Smith-Lockwood Drug & Jewelry Company.
On December 31, 1955, she married the love of her life, Mr. James Earl Kellett, and due to his military career, she began a life of adventure and travel. Many places were called home over the years but in 1990 Gainesville, FL, became home. There she...
Carter "Casey" Loyd Jones
Feb 2, 2024
Mr. Carter "Casey" Loyd Jones, age 61, of Taylorsville, GA passed away on Friday, February 2, 2024.
Born on April 11, 1962, in Limestone, Maine, Casey graduated from Palmetto High School in South Fulton, County, GA. He traveled throughout his childhood being a part of a military family and had lived his adult life in Georgia. He was a respected former...
Tracey Jane Dutton Crumley
Jan 28, 2024
Mrs. Tracey Jane Dutton Crumley, age 53, of Aragon, GA passed away Sunday, January 28, 2024.
Tracey was born in Rockmart, GA on June 23, 1970, a daughter of the late Bobby Charles Dutton and Aline Brock Dutton. She had lived all of her life in the Rockmart and Aragon area. Tracey enjoyed reading, wood working, and riding horses. She was...
Curtis Dale Costlow
Jan 28, 2024
Mr. Curtis Dale Costlow, age 63, of Aragon, GA, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2024.
Curtis was born in Rockmart, GA on July 15, 1960, a son of Loyd Neil Costlow, Sr. and Barbara Green Sanders. He had a love for music and treasured his collection of Conway Twitty and Elvis. He also had a love for wrestling and enjoyed spending...
Terry Len Adams
Jan 26, 2024
Mr. Terry Len Adams, age 70, passed away Friday evening, January 26, 2024, in a local hospital.
Terry was born in Gadsden, AL, on July 26, 1953, a son of the late James Howard Adams and Dorothy Jean Dunn Adams. He moved to Rome at an early age and always loved Rock Music. Terry started a rock band at the age...
Robert Clarence Wallace
Jan 26, 2024
Mr. Robert Clarence Wallace, age 74, of Winston, GA, passed away Friday, January 26, 2024.
Mr. Wallace was born in Atlanta, GA on July 19, 1949, a son of the late Clarence Wallace and Chestine Garmon Wallace. Robert had lived the greater part of his life in the Douglas and Carroll County area where he was paint contractor. He loved golf,...
Lillian Faye Binnion
Jan 26, 2024
Mrs. Lillian Faye Binnion, age 81, of Aragon, GA passed away Friday, January 26, 2024.
Lillian was born in Cartersville, GA on June 27, 1942, a daughter of the late Clomie Haney and Nellie Mae “Nell” Davis Haney. She had lived the greater part of her life in Aragon and attended the Church of God Of The Union Assemble. She had...
John Robert (Bobby) Hutcheson
Jan 22, 2024
Mr. John Robert (Bobby) Hutcheson, age 89, passed away Monday, January 22, 2024.
Mr. Hutcheson was born in Rockmart, GA, on December 4, 1934, a son of the late Willard D. Hutcheson and Ludie Holder Hutcheson. He lived most of his life in Rockmart and was a 1953 Rockmart High School graduate. He retired from Goodyear Aerospace/Engineered Fabrics as the Shipping...
Bruce Vernon Fennell, Sr.
Jan 21, 2024
Mr. Bruce Vernon Fennell, Sr., age 64, of Rockmart GA, passed away Sunday evening, January 21, 2024, in a Rome, GA, hospital.
Bruce` was born in Rockmart on August 18, 1959, son of the late Lloyd Vernon Fennell and Nettie Hulsey Fennell. He had lived all his life in Rockmart and was a member of Springdale Baptist Church. Bruce was a...
William Smithey Fawcett
Jan 21, 2024
Mr. William Smithey Fawcett, age 91, of Newnan, GA, and formerly of Rockmart passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
Mr. Fawcett was born on February 17 ,1932 in Winchester, VA. William was retired from Delta, where he worked in avionics for many years. He was in the United States Army and bravely served during the Korean War. Mr. Fawcett lived...
Marvin E. Fuqua
Jan 20, 2024
Mr. Marvin E. Fuqua, age 84, of Cave Spring, GA, and formerly of Rockmart passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2024.
Marvin was born on July 30, 1939 in Cartersville, GA and was the son of the late: Elvin Clifford Fuqua and Emma Smith Fuqua. He lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and retired from General Motors, where...
Betty Sue Garner
Jan 20, 2024
Mrs. Betty Sue Garner, age 81, of Taylorsville, GA, passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2024.
Mrs. Garner was born on June 21, 1942 in Rockmart, GA, a daughter of the late William Daniel Smith and Lillian Akins Smith. Betty spent the greater part of her life in Polk County and worked as a beautician for many years. She was a...
Mary Evelyn Cochran Loyd
Jan 16, 2024
Mrs. Mary Evelyn Cochran Loyd, age 83, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at her residence.
Mrs. Loyd was born in Taylorsville, GA, on March 18, 1940, a daughter of the late Claude Allen Cochran and Texana Dudley Cochran. She had lived all her life in Taylorsville and Rockmart and was a housewife and homemaker. Mrs. Loyd was...
Veronda Rainey Shoemaker
Jan 16, 2024
Mrs. Veronda Rainey Shoemaker, age 55, of Buchanan, GA passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
Veronda was born in Dalton, GA on August 7, 1968, daughter of Linda Sue Summerville Rainey and the late Vernon Lee Rainey. She had lived the greater part of her life in Haralson County where she was a 1987 graduate of Haralson County High School. Veronda...
James Daniel Moody
Jan 15, 2024
James Daniel Moody, age 65, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Monday evening, January 15, 2024, at his residence.
Daniel was born in Rockmart on February 18, 1958, son of the late Joe Wright Moody and Pearl Davis Moody. He had lived all his life in Rockmart and enjoyed fishing and riding motorcycles. Daniel loved his family, was an humble and easy-going...
Tommy Duane Akins
Jan 15, 2024
Mr. Tommy Duane Akins, age 62, of Aragon, GA, passed away Monday evening, January 15, 2024, at his residence.
Tommy was born on January 18, 1961, a son of the late Arthur Doyl “Tom” Akins and Minnie Lee Godfrey Akins. He had lived all his life in Polk County and enjoyed collecting arrowheads and playing horseshoes. Tommy was known as the...
Marie Mcwhorter Butler
Jan 14, 2024
Marie McWhorter Butler, 99, of Dallas, Ga., passed away peacefully on January 14, 2024. She was born April 2, 1924 in Chattanooga, Tn., moving to Cedartown, Ga., at age nine with her parents, Thomas Anderson Willingham, Sr. and Annie Lee Mooney Willingham, who predeceased her. She is also preceded in death by her husband Roy R. Butler, Jr., brother T.A....
Mary Kathryn Haney
Jan 13, 2024
Mr. Mary Kathryn Haney, age 83, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024.
She was born in Princeton, KY on February 15, 1940, a daughter of the late Stella Violet Williams Patterson. Mary moved here in 1960 and met her husband, David two months later. She was a veteran of the United States Navy where she served as a...
Jason Cedric Stephen Bailey
Jan 13, 2024
Jason Cedric Stephen Bailey, age 45, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.
Jason was born on August 8, 1978, a son of Cheryl Thompson Bailey and the late Stephen Edward Bailey. He had lived the greater part of his life in Cobb County. Jason loved nature and the outdoors, woodworking and art.
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