Obituaries

Judith M. "Judy" Manis

Judith M. "Judy" Manis

Nov 10, 2020

Judith M. “Judy” Manis, 76, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on November 10, 2020. She was born on May 17, 1944 in Indianapolis, IN to the late Andrew W. and Dora M. (Athy) Burnell. She previously worked as an NA at Altenheim Senior Living in Indianapolis, and as a florist at a Winn Dixie in Georgia. Judy was a Christian...

Michael Hennessee

Michael Hennessee

Nov 9, 2020

Mr. Michael Hennessee, age 60, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, November 9, 2020 in Emory University Hospital, Atlanta following a brief illness. He was born in Chattanooga, TN on October 19, 1960 a son of the late Robert Paul Hennessee and the late Doris Ledford Hennessee. Michael grew up in Chattanooga and was a graduate of Central High School....

Brenda Fuqua Roberson

Brenda Fuqua Roberson

Nov 6, 2020

Mrs. Brenda Fuqua Roberson, age 67, of Rockmart, GA passed away Friday, November 6, 2020. Brenda was born in Rome, GA on October 10, 1953, a daughter of Ralph Fuqua and Nellie Hames Fuqua. A native of Polk County, Brenda was a graduate of Rockmart High School Class of 1971. She loved to play drums, hunt, and fish. She was...

Willie David Copeland

Willie David Copeland

Nov 5, 2020

Mr. Willie David Copeland, age 77, Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Forsyth, GA on May 20, 1943 a son of E.G. Copeland, Sr. and Virginia Gatliff Copeland. Mr. Copeland had been a resident of Rockmart since 1981. He was a member of the Church of Christ and was a...

Deanna Strickland

Deanna Strickland

Nov 5, 2020

Mrs. Deanna Lynne Stille Strickland, age 76, of Hiram, GA passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020. She was born in Hogansville, GA on November 30, 1943 to Jack and Evelyn Stille. Mrs. Strickland was a 1961 graduate of Grady High School and a graduate of Georgia State University. She was Director of Public Relations at Georgia State University and...

Belinda Compton Woodward

Belinda Compton Woodward

Nov 5, 2020

Mrs. Belinda Compton Woodward, age 56, of Cedartown, GA passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020. Belinda was born in Polk County, GA on August 20, 1964, a daughter of Linda Bailey Compton. She had lived all of her life in Polk County and was a graduate of Rockmart High School. She had a great love for God, her family and...

Virginia Lynn Maxwell

Virginia Lynn Maxwell

Nov 4, 2020

Mrs. Virginia Lynn Maxwell, age 77, of Taylorsville, GA passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Mrs. Maxwell was born in Booneville, MS on May 21, 1943, a daughter of the late George Dillon and the late Wilma Buyde Dillon. Born in Mississippi, Lynn spent her childhood there before moving to Georgia to teach in the early 1960's. She was a...

Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson

Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson

Nov 4, 2020

Mrs. Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson, age 91, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at her residence. She was born on February 28, 1929 in the Sand Mountain community of Etowah county, Alabama a daughter of James Augustus Fowler and Minnie Shaw Fowler. Mrs. Ferguson had lived the greater part of her life in Cobb county before moving...

Audrey Lavenia Hannah "Beanie" Sorrells

Audrey Lavenia Hannah "Beanie" Sorrells

Oct 24, 2020

Mrs. Audrey Lavenia Hannah “Beanie” Sorrells, age 82, formerly of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, October 24, 2020. Mrs. Sorrells was born in Cedartown, GA on October 14, 1938, a daughter of the late Ralph Bunyan Hannah and the late Audrey Bonnie Terry Hannah. Beanie lived her childhood years in Rockmart where she was a 1956 graduate of Rockmart High...

Sandra Head Dunlap

Sandra Head Dunlap

Oct 19, 2020

Mrs. Sandra Head Dunlap, age 76, of Aragon, GA passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Rockmart, GA on September 7, 1944 a daughter of the late Calvin Head and the late Ruby Nell Weaver Head. Sandra had lived all of her life in the Rockmart and Aragon area. She was a...

Michael Lee Davidson

Michael Lee Davidson

Oct 19, 2020

Mr. Michael Lee Davidson, age 67, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, October 19, 2020. Michael was born on March 2, 1953, a son of the late Jack L. Davidson and the late Laura Lee Davidson. He had lived the great part of his life in Rockmart where he was a 1971 graduate of Rockmart High School. He was a...

George W. Baines

George W. Baines

Oct 17, 2020

Mr. George W. Baines, age 93, of Aragon, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2020 at a Rome hospital. George was born in Cobb County, Georgia on January 23, 1927 to the late George Leonard (G.L.) Baines, Sr. and Lucille Jenkins Baines. He lived all his life in Polk County and was a veteran of both the United States Army and...

Trinity Kathryne Nicole Daniel

Trinity Kathryne Nicole Daniel

Oct 12, 2020

Little Trinity Kathryne Nicole Daniel, infant daughter of Haley Mendez Edwards and Titus Dewayne Daniel, Jr., passed away Monday, October 12, 2020. Little Trinity was preceded in death by her great-grandparents: Tony Mendez, Cecil Wilkes, Sr., Kathy Chapman, Avery Chapman, Orieta Ragland Daniel, and DaRale Rucker. Survivors include her parents, Haley Mendez Edwards and Titus Dewayne Daniel, Jr.; brothers and...

Serenity Blue Daniel

Serenity Blue Daniel

Oct 12, 2020

Little Serenity Blue Daniel, infant daughter of Haley Mendez Edwards and Titus Dewayne Daniel, Jr., passed away Monday, October 12, 2020. Little Serenity was preceded in death by her great-grandparents: Tony Mendez, Cecil Wilkes, Sr., Kathy Chapman, Avery Chapman, Orieta Ragland Daniel, and DaRale Rucker. Survivors include her parents, Haley Mendez Edwards and Titus Dewayne Daniel, Jr.; brothers and sisters:...

Kennedy  Nicole Daniel

Kennedy Nicole Daniel

Oct 12, 2020

Little Kennedy Nicole Daniel, infant daughter of Haley Mendez Edwards and Titus Dewayne Daniel, Jr., passed away Monday, October 12, 2020. Little Kennedy was preceded in death by her great-grandparents: Tony Mendez, Cecil Wilkes, Sr., Kathy Chapman, Avery Chapman, Orieta Ragland Daniel, and DaRale Rucker. Survivors include her parents, Haley Mendez Edwards and Titus Dewayne Daniel, Jr.; brothers and sisters:...

Marty Waddell

Marty Waddell

Oct 12, 2020

Mr. Marty Waddell, age 58, of Aragon, GA passed away suddenly Monday, October 12, 2020. Marty was born in Atlanta, GA on October 12, 1962, a son of the late Richard Eugene “Gene” Waddell and the late Thelma Lois Waddell. A native of Aragon, Marty had lived in the Portland area all of his life and was a member of...

Leigh Osborne Folds

Leigh Osborne Folds

Oct 10, 2020

Mrs. Leigh Osborne Folds, age 64, of Rockmart, GA (the Yorkville Community), passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020 surrounded by her husband and children. Mrs. Folds was born in Rome, GA on December 3, 1955, a daughter of Robert Osborne and Anne Shirley Osborne. Leigh spent her childhood years in Tifton, GA before moving back to the Yorkville Community where...

Terry Lindsey

Terry Lindsey

Oct 9, 2020

Mr. Terry Lindsey, age 76, of Buchanan, GA passed away Friday, October 9, 2020 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Rockmart, GA on August 27, 1944 a son of the late G. H. Lindsey and the late Emma Gladys Sanford Lindsey. Terry had the lived the greater part of his life in Polk county and was a...

Clara Inez Hindmon

Clara Inez Hindmon

Oct 9, 2020

Ms. Clara Inez Hindmon, age 78, of Aragon, GA passed away Friday, October 9, 2020. Clara was born in Aragon, GA on July 28, 1942, a daughter of the late Hugh Melvin Hindmon and the late Effir Sue Gaston Hindmon. She had lived all of her life in Aragon and was a member of the Rockmart Church of God. Mrs....

Jerry Lee Duke

Jerry Lee Duke

Oct 8, 2020

Mr. Jerry Lee Duke, age 60, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020. Mr. Duke was born in Dallas, GA on June 8, 1960, a son of the late James Washington Duke and the late Annie Searles Duke. Jerry had lived the greater part of his life in Polk County, and he was of the Baptist faith. He...