Obituaries

James Eddie Fincher

James Eddie Fincher

Jun 6, 2015

Mr. James Eddie Fincher, age 62, of Gin Road Cedartown (the Fish Creek community) passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Rockmart, GA on April 3, 1953, a son of William E. Fincher and Frances Bollen Fincher. Eddie attended Rockmart High School and was a former employee of Polk County...

Tom Watson Clark

Tom Watson Clark

Jun 3, 2015

Mr. Tom Watson Clark, age 86, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2015 in a Cedartown nursing center. He was born in Rockmart, GA on November 16, 1928 a son of the late Robert Lewis Clark and Bessie Mae Jackson Clark. Mr. Clark had lived all of his life in Rockmart where he was a member of the...

Gladys Irene Smith Demore

Gladys Irene Smith Demore

May 23, 2015

Mrs. Gladys Irene Smith DeMore, age 88, of Aragon, GA passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Sale City, GA on August 21, 1926 a daughter of the late Earnest "Slick" Smith and Nellie Jarrell Smith. Mrs. DeMore had been a resident of Polk County since 1973 moving here from Rome. She...

Ralph Fisher

Ralph Fisher

May 20, 2015

Mr. Ralph H. Fisher, Jr., age 74, of Dallas, GA passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Neptune, New Jersey on February 18, 1941 a son of Ralph H. Fisher, Sr. and Mary Kalinauskas Fisher. Mr. Fisher was a veteran of the U. S. Navy. He had been a resident...

Gayle Renee   Wilson Carroll

Gayle Renee Wilson Carroll

May 19, 2015

Mrs. Gayle Renee Wilson Carroll, age 56, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at her residence. She was born on March 19, 1959 in Atlanta, GA and was a daughter of the late Lewis Wilson and Mildred Lucille Sorrells Wilson. Mrs. Carroll had lived most of her life in Rockmart, moving here from Powder Springs when she...

Elva Inez Fincher

Elva Inez Fincher

May 19, 2015

Mrs. Elva Inez Jackson Fincher, age 95, of Cartersville and formerly of Rockmart passed away to her eternal home on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. She was born on May 10, 1920 a daughter of the late Benjamin F. Jackson, Sr. and Ophelia Rutledge Jackson. Mrs. Fincher was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Her strength and faith became very...

Ralph  William Dover, Sr.

Ralph William Dover, Sr.

May 17, 2015

Mr. Ralph William Dover, Sr., age 83, of Aragon, GA passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 at his residence following several years of declining health. He was born in Portland, GA on August 2, 1931 a son of the late Luther W. Dover and Annie Corene Deems Dover. Mr. Dover had lived the greater part of his life in Polk...

Infant Kingston Elijah Poole

Infant Kingston Elijah Poole

May 17, 2015

Kingston Elijah Poole, two month old infant son of Blanca Murrieta and Raymond Poole, Jr. passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015. Kingston was born in Rome, GA on March 13, 2015. He was preceded in death by great grandmother, Julianne Combs; great grandfather, Lee Roy Pollard and great grandmother, Louise Poole. Survivors include his parents Blanca and Raymond; sister, Rylee-Kate...

Charles  Edwin (Eddie) Deems

Charles Edwin (Eddie) Deems

May 16, 2015

Mr. Charles Edwin (Eddie) Deems, age 67, of Aragon, GA passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 in a Rome hospital following an extended illness. He was born in Aragon, GA on August 21, 1947 a son of the late Belton Deems and Mary Jane Adams Deems. Mr. Deems had lived all of his life in the Rockmart and Aragon area...

Ruby Evelyn White

Ruby Evelyn White

May 14, 2015

Mrs. Ruby Evelyn White, age 93, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 in a Rome nursing center. She was born in Cedartown, GA on February 27, 1922 daughter of the late Robert Ernest Blair and Lulu Bell Powell Blair. Mrs. White had lived all of her life in Polk County where she was a member of the...

James B. (J.J.) Jones

James B. (J.J.) Jones

May 14, 2015

Mr. James B. (J.J.) Jones, age 87, of Rockmart, GA passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Yorkville, GA on April 20, 1928 a son of the late Paschal W. Jones and Lemma Matthews Jones. Mr. Jones and his family lived in East Point, GA for a number of years before returning...

Ed Pharo

Ed Pharo

May 9, 2015

Edward Albert (Ed) Pharo, age 82, of Rockmart, GA was born in Birmingham, AL on November 27, 1932 a son of Ascho Pharo and Beulah Thomas Pharo and died on May 9, 2015 in Rome, GA. He was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, He went to Ramsay High School in Birmingham, AL where he was an outstanding...

Doris Ruth Welchel

Doris Ruth Welchel

May 4, 2015

Mrs. Doris Ruth Welchel, age 88, formerly of Clearwater Street Rockmart passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 in a Cedartown Health Care Center. She was born in Palmetto, GA on June 20, 1926 a daughter of the late Cleve Hooper and Newell Brown Hooper. Mrs. Welchel had lived all of her life in Polk County. She was of the Baptist...

Kenda Shaw Morgan

Kenda Shaw Morgan

May 4, 2015

Mrs. Kenda Shaw Morgan, age 65, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in Dallas, GA on May 2, 1950 a daughter of the late Augustus Shaw and Minnie Cantrell Shaw. Ms. Morgan had lived the greater part of her life in the Paulding and Polk county area....

Johnny Walker, Sr.

Johnny Walker, Sr.

May 1, 2015

Mr. Johnny Wayne Walker, Sr., age 60, of Aragon, GA passed away Friday, May 1, 2015. He was born in Anniston, AL on February 23, 1955 a son of the late Elbert Lee Walker and Lillie Mae Morgan Walker. Mr. Walker had been a resident of Polk County for over thirty years. He was a former employee of SLS Casket...

Bengie Leatherwood

Bengie Leatherwood

Apr 18, 2015

Mr. Bengie Leatherwood, age 54, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 in a Rome medical center following an extended illness. Bengie was born in Rockmart, GA on April 23, 1960 the only child of Rayford Leatherwood and Juanita Nolen Leatherwood. He had lived all of his life in Rockmart ,was a member of the Holly Springs Baptist...

Nancy Jo Brooks

Nancy Jo Brooks

Apr 13, 2015

Nancy Jo Brooks, age 75, of Powder Springs, GA (Paulding County), passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015. She was born August 30, 1939, in Rockmart, GA, to the late Grover C. & Willene Cook and was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Brock. Mrs. Brooks retired after 19 years as a receptionist with Hardy Chevrolet and was of...

Dorothy "Dot" Wheeler

Dorothy "Dot" Wheeler

Apr 13, 2015

Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Hayes Wheeler, age 81, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Rockmart, GA on March 5, 1934 a daughter of the late Luther Hayes and Annie Ratteree Hayes. Mrs. Wheeler had lived all of her life in Rockmart ; was a member of the Second Baptist...

Jimmy Donald Wilkerson

Jimmy Donald Wilkerson

Apr 13, 2015

Mr. Jimmy Donald Wilkerson, age 61 of Aragon, GA passed away Monday April 13, 2015 in a Rome medical center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Rockmart, GA on August 17, 1953 a son of the late Donald James Wilkerson and Evelyn Odell Yarbrough Wilkerson. Jimmy had lived all of his life in Polk County where he was...

Deane Fennell Coffman Cochran

Deane Fennell Coffman Cochran

Apr 10, 2015

Mrs. Deane Fennell Coffman Cochran, age 70, of Rockmart, GA passed away Friday, April 10, 2015. She was born in Paulding County, GA on May 26, 1944, a daughter of the late Earl Edmond Fennell and Willie Mae Tant Fennell. Mrs. Cochran had lived most of her life in Rockmart where she was a member of the Springdale Baptist Church....