Benny Mcclain
Jan 13, 2022
Mr. Benny McClain, age 80, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Thursday, January 13, 2022. Mr. McClain was born on July 22, 1941 in Atlanta, GA, to his parents: Clarence and Evelyn Ferguson McClain. Benny lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and was a graduate of Rockmart High School. Benny attended Bible Baptist Church. He was a proud...
Rita Frances Powell
Jan 12, 2022
Mrs. Rita Frances Powell, age 61, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Mrs. Powell was born on November 26, 1960 in Rome, GA to her parents, Bill and Frances Cain Hayes. Rita lived all her life in Rockmart and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. In her free time, she enjoyed swimming, fishing, taking walks...
Cherry Clark
Jan 10, 2022
Mrs. Cherry Clark, age 75, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Monday, January 10, 2022, at her residence. Cherry was born in Hapeville, GA, on August 1, 1946, daughter of the late Morris Lee Martin, Sr., and Mildred Ruth Head Martin. She had been a resident of Rockmart the greater part of her life and was a graduate of Rockmart High...
Lynn Allgood Harrell
Jan 8, 2022
Mrs. Lynn Allgood Harrell, age 67, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022. Mrs. Harrell was born on August 15, 1954 in Chamblee, GA, to her late parents: Thomas William Allgood and Carolyn Cross Allgood. Lynn was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who will be dearly missed by all who knew and...
James Guy Nettles
Jan 8, 2022
Mr. James Guy Nettles, age 92, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022. Mr. Nettles was born in Rockmart, GA, on July 30, 1929, a son of the late Pierce and Nancy Nettles. James had lived in Rockmart the greater part of his life where he was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church. He was a proud...
Laura Fuller
Jan 6, 2022
Mrs. Laura Fuller, age 60, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022 at her home, surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Fuller was born on May 26, 1961 to her late parents: Seals Mitchell and Ruby Murphy. Laura enjoyed going to church, watching movies, laying out in the sun and spending time with her precious grandchildren. Mrs. Fuller...
Helen O. Phillips
Jan 4, 2022
Mrs. Helen O. Phillips, age 89, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Phillips was born on October 25, 1932 in Roswell, New Mexico to her late parents, William Olguin and Katie Bernal Olguin. Helen was a resident of Rockmart since 1969. She enjoyed shopping, crafts, reading, painting...
Collin Mears
Jan 3, 2022
Mr. Collin Mears, age 28, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, January 3, 2022. Collins was born in Rome, GA on July 30, 1993, a son of the late Guy Mears and the late Mitzi Wear Mears. Collin had lived all of his life in Rockmart where he was a graduate of Rockmart High School. He enjoyed gaming and had...
Jeremy Shane Hester
Jan 2, 2022
Mr. Jeremy Shane Hester, age 47, of Calhoun, GA, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022. Shane was born on September 5, 1974 in Rome, GA, to his parents: Danny Hester and Pam Smith Hester. Mr. Hester lived most of his life in Rockmart. Shane was a former butcher at Super Save, Triangle and Ingles grocery stores. In his free...
Phillip "Phil" Ray Mahan
Dec 30, 2021
Mr. Phillip Ray “Phil” Mahan, age 74, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 30, 2021. Phil was born on May 2, 1947 in Cartersville, GA, to his parents: Julius Boston Mahan and Edith Juanita Tranthem Mahan. Mr. Mahan lived in Fairmont, GA in Gordon County, GA until 1958, he then moved to Epworth, GA, until 1962. In 1962...
Eloise Allgood Carroll
Dec 28, 2021
Mrs. Eloise Allgood Carroll, age 85, of Rockmart, GA passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at her home, surrounded by her loved ones. Eloise was born on April 27, 1936 in Rockmart, GA to her parents, Lawrence Allgood and Edna Marks Allgood. Mrs. Carroll spent her childhood in Rockmart and her young adult life in Austell before moving back...
Mickie Lynn Dearborn
Dec 27, 2021
Mrs. Mickie Lynn Dearborn, age 58, of Orange Beach, AL, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021. Mickie was born on October 16, 1963 in Rockmart, GA, to her late parents: James and Shirley Waites. Mickie was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Mrs. Dearborn loved her family, the ocean, boating, traveling, and her precious dogs, Sam and Jackson. Mickie...
Tommy Lewis Hudgins Sr.
Dec 23, 2021
Mr. Tommy Lewis Hudgins, Sr. age 67, of Cedartown, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021. Tommy was born on June 7, 1954 in Pine Mountain, GA, a son of the late, J.L. Hudgins and the late Martha Bell Farr Hudgins. Tommy spent the greater part of his life in Polk County, where he was a self employed painter...
Johnny Lee Brand
Dec 22, 2021
Mr. Johnny Lee Brand, age 68, of Centre, AL, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. Mr. Brand was born on March 20, 1953 in Cedartown, GA, to his parents: Herschel Brand and Lottie Garrett Brand. Johnny lived most of his life in Polk and Floyd County before moving to Alabama in 2019. He enjoyed fishing and going to the...
Wanda A. Hebert
Dec 22, 2021
Mrs. Wanda A. Hebert, age 73, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. Mrs. Hebert was born on August 21, 1948 in Thibideaux, Louisiana to her parents: Berwick Joseph Hebert and Clara LeCompte Hebert. Wanda was the biggest New Orleans Saints Football fan and loved watching the NFL draft every year! Mrs. Hebert was a loving mother,...
Freida Gay Womack
Dec 21, 2021
Mrs. Freida Gay Womack, age 68, of Bowdon, Georgia, passed away on December 21, 2021. Mrs. Womack was born on October 26, 1953 in Rome, Georgia to the late Thomas and Dorothy Smith. She was retired from Bowdon Elementary School where she had worked for many years as a paraprofessional. She was of the Baptist faith. She loved and lived...
Shermontay Hudson
Dec 18, 2021
Mr. Shermontay Hudson, age 36, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021. Mr. Hudson was born on May 13, 1985 in Rome, GA. Shermontay lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and was a 2004 graduate of Rockmart High School. Mr. Hudson loved his dogs and his precious children dearly. He was a loving husband,...
Ruth Proctor Reece
Dec 18, 2021
Mrs. Ruth Proctor Reece, age 80, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at her home, surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Reece was born on October 1, 1941 in Polk County to her parents: Roy Lee Swift and Ollie Ruth Rowell Swift. Ruth lived all her life in Polk County and was a member of Second...
Mary Carolyn West
Dec 17, 2021
Mrs. Mary Carolyn West, age 86, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Friday, December 17, 2021. She was born in Plains, GA on November 2, 1935 a daughter of the late Appling Dwight Mitchell, Sr. and the late Mary Ethel Speer Mitchell. Carolyn had been a resident of Rockmart since 1960 moving here from Douglasville. She was a member of...
Geraldine Alice Chambers Dodgen
Dec 16, 2021
Mrs. Geraldine Alice Chambers Dodgen, affectionately known as “Jerrie”, age 91, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 5:45 in the morning. She was born in Pontiac, Michigan on December 12, 1930, daughter to the late Lowell Benton Chambers and Zora Mae Bowman Chambers. Mrs. Dodgen was a talented, imaginative, and artistic woman. Self-taught, she played the...