Obituaries
Harry W. Beatty
Feb 5, 2020
Mr. Harry W. Beatty, age 80, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at his residence. He was born on August 6, 1939, a son of the late Wilburn C. Beatty and the late Maude Gates Beatty. Mr. Beatty had lived all of his life in Polk County and retired from Engineered Fabrics following a thirty six year...
Mildred S. "Millie" Stewart
Jan 30, 2020
Mrs. Mildred S. "Millie" Stewart, age 97, of Rome, GA passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020. She was born on February 9, 1922, a daughter of the late John Jasper Sentell and the late Bertie Morrison Sentell. Millie and her husband, Buck, traveled extensively during their marriage and managed to visit many tourist sites in and out of the country....
Kristina Marie Short
Jan 20, 2020
Mrs. Kristina Marie Short, age 31, of Cedartown, GA passed away Monday, January 20, 2020 following a lengthy illness. She was born on September 20, 1988 in Gainesville, GA a daughter of Larry Sams and Rita Bevel Sams. Kristina had lived most of her life in Cedartown and attended Cedartown High School. Survivors include her husband, Brandon Short; three sons:...
James Henry (Jim) Wilson
Jan 17, 2020
Mr. James Henry (Jim) Wilson, age 77, of Cedartown, GA passed away Friday, January 17, 2020 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Trion, GA on July 15, 1942, a son of the late Eugene Curtis Wilson and the late Mabel Taylor Wilson. Mr. Wilson had been a resident of Polk County for over forty years. He loved...
Felton Lee (Pete) Lanier
Jan 15, 2020
Mr. Felton Lee (Pete) Lanier, age 91, of Rockmart, GA passed away in Rome, GA on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. He was born in Calhoun, GA on May 25, 1928 a son of the late William Arthur Lanier and the late Cora Bell Black Lanier. Mr. Lanier had been a resident of Rockmart since 1959 and was a member of...
Tim Robinson
Jan 15, 2020
Mr. Tim Robinson, age 64, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Rockmart, GA on September 26, 1955, a son of the late James Carl Robinson and the late Jeanette Chupp Robinson. Tim had lived all of his life in Rockmart and was a faithful member and Sunday School...
Robert Lee Deems
Jan 6, 2020
Mr. Robert Lee Deems, age 70, of Cedartown, GA passed away Monday, January 6, 2020. He was born in Rockmart, GA on September 25, 1949, a son of the late Willard M. Deems and the late Sarah Mildred Pope. Mr. Deems had lived all of his life in Polk County and was a member of the Liberty View Baptist Church....
Karolyne Shealey Meredith
Jan 4, 2020
Karolyne Shealey Meredith, age 88, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on January 4, 2020, in the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Auburn, GA. Born on July 5, 1931, she was the eldest daughter of the late Joseph Asa Shealey Sr. and Mildred Carney Shealey. Mrs. Meredith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in the...
Jeremy Chad Shaw
Dec 29, 2019
Mr. Jeremy Chad Shaw, age 43, of Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019. He was born in Rome, GA on March 15, 1976, a son of the late Carl Ray Shaw and the late Anna Jarrell Shaw. Mr. Shaw grew up in Cedartown and attended Cedartown High School. He had made Rockmart his home since 2009. He had...
Evelyn Adams
Dec 28, 2019
Mrs. Evelyn Jeanette Adams, age 83, of Rome, GA passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019. She was born in Trion, GA on February 10, 1936 a daughter of the late John H. Tinney and the late Lena McDonald Tinney. Mrs. Adams had spent the greater part of her life in Dallas, GA and was a graduate of Dallas High School....
Doug Piper
Dec 28, 2019
Mr. Douglas Neil (Doug) Piper, age 69, of Rome, GA passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 29, 1950 a son of the late Calvin (Cliff) Piper and the late Mildred Lorine Edge Piper. Doug had lived the greater part of his life in Rome where...
Michael Dawson, Jr.
Dec 25, 2019
Mr. Michael Dawson, Jr. age 35, of Rockmart, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019. He was born in Rome, GA on November 12, 1984, a son of Michael Dawson, Sr. and Henrietta Baggett Dawson. Michael grew up in Rockmart and attended Rockmart High School. He loved fishing, drawing and working on cars. He was preceded in death by his father,...
Gary Eugene Helms
Dec 25, 2019
Mr. Gary Eugene Helms, age 66, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019. He was born in Atlanta, GA on April 24, 1953, a son of the late Homer Eugene Helms and the late Jewell Adams Helms. Mr. Helms had lived the past five years in Rockmart, moving from the Cartersville and Marietta area. He loved to fish...
Ernest Albert White
Dec 23, 2019
Mr. Ernest Albert White, age 71, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at his residence. He was born in Rockmart, GA on February 21, 1948 a son of the late Isaac Jackson White and the late Mandy Lou Blaylock White. Mr. White had lived all of his life in Polk County where he was a member and...
William A. (Freddy) Miller
Dec 22, 2019
Mr. William Alfred (Freddy) Miller, Jr., age 73, of Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 in a Rome medical center. Freddy was born on September 5, 1946 in Rome, GA a son of the late William Alfred Miller, Sr. and the later Edna Coalson Miller. He had lived all of his life in Rockmart and worked as a...
Martha Ann Hindmon
Dec 21, 2019
Mrs. Martha Ann Hindmon, age 96, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, December 21, 2019. She was born in Rockmart, GA on April 7, 1923, a daughter of the late Lawrence A. Stringer and the late Mary Lou Campbell Stringer. Mrs. Hindmon lived all of her life in Polk County where she was a homemaker. She loved gardening, crocheting, sewing,...
Ltc William Roger Waldrop
Dec 18, 2019
On December 18, 2019, LTC William Roger Waldrop went home to be with his Lord and Savior who he invited into his life while attending First Baptist Church of Rockmart as a teen and where he was baptized by Reverend Corley. Roger was born in Haralson County on October 27, 1938, the eldest son of Harvey Donald Waldrop and Willie...
Barbara Jean Haney
Dec 17, 2019
Barbara Jean Haney, Age 76 of Rockmart, Georgia passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Barb was born on February 01, 1943 to Mattie Elizabeth Brownlow Haney and William Clyde Haney. She was a 1961 graduate of Rockmart High School. She was a legal secretary at Burr and Forman LLP in Atlanta. In her retirement, Barb enjoyed working as...
Travis Dale Shafer
Dec 16, 2019
Mr. Travis Dale Shafer, age 50, of Aragon, GA passed away Monday, December 16, 2019. He was born in Daytona Beach, Florida on March 21, 1969, a son of Paul L Shafer and Janice Henderson Shafer. Travis grew up in Port Orange Fl. where he attended and graduated from Spruce Creek High School. He was active there on the wrestling...
Mary Witt Forrister
Dec 16, 2019
Mrs. Mary Witt Forrister, age 86, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, December 16, 2019. She was born in the Collard Valley area of Polk County, GA on December 25, 1932 a daughter of the late Herman Winston Witt and Pluma Mae Horn Witt. Mrs. Forrister had lived all of her life in Polk County where she was a member...
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