Obituaries

Frances Hulsey Robinson

Frances Hulsey Robinson

Jul 9, 2018

Mrs. Frances Hulsey Robinson, age 82, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, July 9, 2018 in a Cedartown nursing center following several years of declining health. She was born on October 13, 1935 in Rockmart, GA, a daughter of the late Jack Hulsey and Mattie Holder Hulsey. Mrs. Robinson had lived all of her life in Rockmart and was a...

Rodney Durocher

Rodney Durocher

Jul 3, 2018

Mr. Rodney Blake Durocher, age 53, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018 in a Rome medical center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Baltimore, MD on September 28, 1964. Rodney graduated from Rockmart High School in 1983 and then attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando graduating with a Bachelors Degree in 1989. He...

Ronald Steve (Ronnie) Barnes, Sr.

Ronald Steve (Ronnie) Barnes, Sr.

Jul 2, 2018

Mr. Ronald Steve (Ronnie) Barnes, Sr., age 59 of Cedartown, GA passed away Monday, July 2, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Marietta, GA on March 14, 1959 . Mr. Barnes had lived in Polk County since 1987 moving here from Cobb County. He was a member of the Wimberly Hill Baptist Church, loved the outdoors where he...

Rusty Lee Morgan

Rusty Lee Morgan

Jun 25, 2018

Mr. Rusty Lee Morgan, age 44, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, June 25, 2018 in a Rome medical center. Rusty was born in Rome, GA on March 21, 1974 a son of Virginia Kelley Morgan and the late Jimmy Morgan. He had lived all of his life in Rockmart, was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed woodworking. He loved...

Betty Scoggins Yarbrough

Betty Scoggins Yarbrough

Jun 25, 2018

Mrs. Betty Scoggins Yarbrough, age 83, of Rockmart, GA passed away suddenly Monday, June 25, 2018 at her residence. She was born in the Flint Hill Community of Floyd County, Georgia on November 20, 1934 a daughter of Griffin Scoggins and Adele Agan Scoggins. Mrs. Yarbrough had lived the greater part of her life in the Floyd and Polk County...

Barbara Southwell "Nanny" Justus

Barbara Southwell "Nanny" Justus

Jun 23, 2018

Barbara Southwell "Nanny" Justus, age 80, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018. Mrs. Justus was born on September 27, 1937 in Gainesville, GA, daughter of the late Carl Southwell and Edith Hodges Southwell. After choosing a nursing scholarship over one for voice, Mrs. Justus graduated from Macon Hospital School of Nursing at Mercer University in 1958 as a Registered...

James (Jimmy) Tinnan

James (Jimmy) Tinnan

Jun 21, 2018

Mr. James (Jimmy) Tinnan, age 86, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, June 21, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Atlanta, GA on January 30, 1932, a son of the late Cynthia Osborn Tinnan. Mr. Tinnan had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart where he was a member of the Lake View Baptist Church and...

Frances Ellen Freeman Baker

Frances Ellen Freeman Baker

Jun 14, 2018

Mrs. Frances Ellen Freeman Baker, age 75, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, June 14, 2018 at her residence following several months of illness. She was born in Dallas, GA on December 7, 1942 a daughter of the late Marvin Helsip Freeman and Mattie Faye Cole Freeman. She had lived all of her life in the Aragon and Rockmart area...

Rodney Lee Tidwell

Rodney Lee Tidwell

Jun 13, 2018

Mr. Rodney Lee Tidwell, age 46, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Rome, GA on June 19, 1971 a son of Elizabeth Privett Tidwell and the late Jerry Tidwell. Rodney grew up in Rockmart, graduated from Rockmart High School in 1989 and then attended Floyd College where he...

Ralph Leslie Lloyd, Jr.

Ralph Leslie Lloyd, Jr.

Jun 10, 2018

Master Sergeant Retired, Ralph Leslie Lloyd, Jr., age 68, of Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Waycross, GA on January 11, 1950 a son of Ralph Leslie Lloyd, Sr. and Madelyn Howard Lloyd. Ralph had been a resident of Rockmart for the past twenty years moving here...

Charles Ricky Baines

Charles Ricky Baines

Jun 7, 2018

Mr. Charles Ricky Baines, age 59, of Aragon passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Rome, GA on March 16, 1959, a son of the late James Daniel (J.D.) Baines and the late Lena Mae Millhollan Baines. Ricky lived the greater part of his life in the Rockmart area where he was...

Eugene (Gene) Bruton

Eugene (Gene) Bruton

Jun 7, 2018

Mr. Eugene (Gene) Bruton, age 85, of Aragon, GA, passed away at his residence on Thursday, June 7, 2018. He was born in Burksville, KY on July 1, 1932, a son of the late Paul Bruton and Flossie Shelby Bruton. Mr. Bruton lived in Kentucky until 1970 when he moved to Marietta, GA, and he had been a resident of...

Joyce Faye Chupp Pollard

Joyce Faye Chupp Pollard

May 31, 2018

Mrs. Joyce Faye Chupp Pollard, age 72, of Bremen, GA passed away Thursday, May 31, 2018 in Carrollton, GA following a brief illness. She was born in Haralson County, GA on October 8, 1945, a daughter of the late Melvin Colie Chupp and the late Ethel Garner Chupp. Faye lived her early life in Rockmart before moving to Cedartown. In...

Brenda  Ann Brown Thompson

Brenda Ann Brown Thompson

May 26, 2018

Mrs. Brenda Ann Brown Thompson, age 70, of Rockmart, GA passed away at her residence on Saturday, May 26, 2018 following several months of illness. She was born in Gadsden, AL on November 2, 1947 a daughter of the late Horace Edward Brown and Hazel Edith York Brown. Mrs. Thompson had been a resident of the Aragon and Rockmart area...

Jerry Lee Pope

Jerry Lee Pope

May 26, 2018

Mr. Jerry Lee Pope, age 66, of Ringgold, GA passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 in Chattanooga, TN. He was born in Rome, GA on July 20, 1951, a son of the late Hughie Samuel Pope and the late Cordlee Davenport Pope. Mr. Pope lived the greater part of his early life in the Collard Valley area before moving to...

Doris W. Loftin

Doris W. Loftin

May 21, 2018

Mrs. Doris W. Loftin, age 93 of Rome, GA passed away Monday, May 21, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Bartow County, GA on November 17, 1924 a daughter of the late John Nicholas James and Zola Estelle Wilson James. Mrs. Loftin had lived the greater part of her life in Rome where she was a homemaker and...

Michael Robin Parks, Sr.

Michael Robin Parks, Sr.

May 21, 2018

Mr. Michael Robin Parks, Sr., age 55, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, May 21, 2018. He was born in Atlanta, GA on July 5, 1962, a son of Bobby Joe Parks and JoAnn Rogers Parks. Mr. Parks lived in the Cobb County area most of his young adult life before moving to Rockmart in 1993. He loved to golf,...

Velma K. Campbell

Velma K. Campbell

May 19, 2018

Mrs. Velma K. Campbell, age 93 of Rockmart passed away Saturday, May 19, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Polk County, GA on August 12, 1924 a daughter of the late Henry Kelley and Annie Mae Jackson Kelley. Mrs. Campbell had lived all of her life in the Rockmart area where she was a member of the New...

Barbara (Bobby) Mallette

Barbara (Bobby) Mallette

May 17, 2018

Mrs. Barbara (Bobby) Mallette, age 91, of Cedartown, GA (the Antioch Community) passed away Thursday, May 17, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Atlanta, GA on July 18, 1926, a daughter of the late Joseph Lamar Gower and the late Berma Farlow Gower. Mrs. Mallette moved to Cedartown in 1965 and was retired from Rome Plow where she...

Barbara  Jean Cole Ware Brown

Barbara Jean Cole Ware Brown

May 4, 2018

Barbara Jean Cole Ware Brown, age 83, of Rome passed away Friday, May 4, 2018 at Pruitt Health Care of Rome. Mrs. Brown was born February 4, 1935 in the Flint Hill Community. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Arvil Cole and Cora Lee Baker Cole. Barbara was also preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters:...