Obituaries

Dale Lowe

Dale Lowe

Sep 16, 2014

Mrs. Dale Lowe, age 91, of Rome, GA passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014. She was born in Pickens County, GA on October 12, 1922, a daughter of Oscar Medlin and Leola Anderson Medlin. Mrs. Lowe had lived the greater part of her life Rome where she was a member of the Rome Church of Christ .She retired from the...

Frances  Valnere Crawford

Frances Valnere Crawford

Sep 16, 2014

Mrs. Frances Valnere Crawford, age 99, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at her residence following a brief illness. A native of Thomasville ,GA, she was born on December 23, 1914, a daughter of James Valnere Hawthorn and Laura Katherine Sturdivant Hawthorn. Mrs. Crawford graduated from Thomasville High School and was a 1937 graduate of the University...

Alton Adkins

Alton Adkins

Sep 15, 2014

Mr. Alton E. (Sarge) Adkins, age 84, of Rockmart, GA (the Yorkville community) passed away Monday, September 15, 2014 at his residence. He was born on Treat Mountain in Polk County, GA on November 4, 1929 a son of the late Lonzo Adkins and Ester Finley Adkins. He had been a resident of the Yorkville community since his retirement from...

Agnes Spinks

Agnes Spinks

Sep 6, 2014

Mrs. Agnes Spinks, age 78, of Rockmart passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Hickory, Mississippi on July 5, 1936, a daughter of the late James Columbus (J.C.) Jones and Irma Clara Wall Jones. Mrs. Spinks had been a resident of Rockmart since 1975 moving here from Cobb County. She was a member of...

Mattie Ratcliff

Mattie Ratcliff

Sep 1, 2014

Ms. Mattie Ratcliff, age 84, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Cherokee County, GA on April 29, 1930 a daughter of Thomas Ratcliff and Katie Childers Ratcliff. Ms. Ratcliff had the lived the greater part of her life in Rockmart where she was a former employee of Rockmart Manufacturing Company....

William (Bill) Miller

William (Bill) Miller

Aug 29, 2014

Mr. William (Bill) Miller, age 93, of Rockmart, GA passed away Friday, August 29, 2014 at his residence. He was born on May 31, 1921a son of the late Grover Cleveland Miller and Inez Hodges Miller. Mr. Miller had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart where he was a graduate of Rockmart High School. He then attended...

Faye  Robinson Duren

Faye Robinson Duren

Aug 29, 2014

Mrs. Faye Robinson Duren, age 73, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Friday, August 29, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walley Duren, Jr. She is survived by her children, Rhonda and Jeff Puckett, Sugar Hill, GA and Tim and Renee Duren, Grayson, GA; grandchildren, Sarah Duren, Brian Krause, Parker Duren and Haley Krause; sisters, Annette...

Bill M. Williams

Bill M. Williams

Aug 27, 2014

Mr. Bill M. Williams, age 70, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2014 following a four year illness. He was born in Haralson County, GA on January 15, 1944, a son of the late Charles Roy Williams and Ruth Thomasson Williams. Bill had lived the greater part of his life in Polk County where he was a member...

Anna Elizabeth (Betty) Greene Culver

Anna Elizabeth (Betty) Greene Culver

Aug 24, 2014

Mrs. Anna Elizabeth (Betty) Greene Culver, of Rockmart, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away peacefully August 24, 2104 at the age of 84. She was born in Polk County, GA on August 22, 1930 and graduated from Rockmart High School in 1948. Betty was preceded in death by her father K. Howard Greene, mother Louise Grimes Greene and...

Linda Gail Deems Ingle

Linda Gail Deems Ingle

Aug 20, 2014

Ms. Linda Gail Deems Ingle, age 57, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014 suddenly at her residence. Gail was born in Rome, GA on April 2, 1957 a daughter of the late Willard Deems and Mildred Pope Deems. She had lived all of her life in the Floyd and Polk County area. Ms. Ingle was of the...

Ellen Cain

Ellen Cain

Aug 1, 2014

Mrs. Ellen Cain, age 74, of Rockmart passed away Friday, August 1, 2014 in a Rome medical center. She was born September 18, 1939 a daughter of the late Charles Lewis (Luke) Biggers and Opal Inez Stitcher Biggers. Mrs. Cain had lived all of her life in Rockmart and was of the Baptist faith. She retired from TI Automotive and...

Johnny Yarbrough

Johnny Yarbrough

Jul 28, 2014

Mr. Johnny Yarbrough, age 79, of Aragon, GA passed away Monday, July 28, 2014. He was born in Aragon, GA on May 2, 1935 a son of the late Albert M. Yarbrough, Sr. and Betty Irene Caldwell Yarbrough. Mr. Yarbrough had lived all of his life in Polk County where he was a member of the Live Oak Baptist Church....

Dorothy Lee Whiteside (Dot) Godwin

Dorothy Lee Whiteside (Dot) Godwin

Jul 27, 2014

Mrs. Dorothy Lee Whiteside (Dot) Godwin, age 90, of Rockmart passed away peacefully at her residence on Sunday, July 27, 2014. She was born in Aragon, GA on March 27, 1924 a daughter of the late Eugene Whiteside and Annie Turner Whiteside. Mrs. Godwin and her late husband Art returned to Rockmart in 1992 from Cave Spring, GA . following...

William  Joseph (Joe) Free

William Joseph (Joe) Free

Jul 25, 2014

Dr. William Joseph (Joe) Free, age 79, of Taylorsville passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Polk County, GA on August 31, 1934 a son of the late William M. Free and the late Lessie Dell Hayes Free. Dr. Free was a graduate of Rockmart High School class of 1952, a graduate of the...

Mary Elizabeth  Cochran Jones

Mary Elizabeth Cochran Jones

Jul 22, 2014

Mrs .Mary Elizabeth Cochran Jones, age 88, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Cherokee County, GA on September 4, 1925 a daughter of Andrew Cochran and Lizzie Sorrells Cochran. Mrs. Jones lived a number of years in East Point, GA before returning to Rockmart in 1986. She was a homemaker...

Willie Faye Streetman

Willie Faye Streetman

Jul 21, 2014

Mrs. Willie Faye Streetman, age 65, of Aragon, GA passed away Monday, July 21, 2014 in a Rome medical center following a brief illness. She was born in Rockmart, GA on August 11, 1948 a daughter of the late Sam Childers and Sarah Carter Childers. Mrs. Streetman had lived the greater part of her life in Polk County where she...

Shelby  Jean Forrister

Shelby Jean Forrister

Jul 15, 2014

Ms. Shelby Jean Forrister, age 75, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Cedartown, GA on June 13, 1939, a daughter of the late Lonzo Adkins and Ester Finley Adkins. She had been a resident of Polk County most of her life where she was a member of the...

Joan Smith Forrister

Joan Smith Forrister

Jul 12, 2014

Ms. Joan Smith Forrister, age 70, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Rome, GA on July 12, 1944 a daughter of the late Rev. George H. Smith and Vivian Garner Smith. She had been a resident of Rockmart most of her life where she was a member of...

Rowena Hendrix

Rowena Hendrix

Jul 10, 2014

Mrs. Rowena Hendrix, age 96, of Rockmart passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 in the local nursing center following several years of declining health. She was born January 10, 1918 a daughter of the late George Dabney Nettles and Cleo Scott Nettles. Survivors include a son, Jimmy Brown, Sr. and his wife Mary Jane Brown of Trotwood, Ohio as well...

Patricia H. Garrett

Patricia H. Garrett

Jul 6, 2014

Mrs. Patricia H. Garrett, age 71, of Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Paulding County, GA on July 13, 1942 a daughter of Benjamin Ralph Hughes and Ruth Hulsey Hughes. Mrs. Garrett had lived most of her life in Rockmart where she was a graduate of Rockmart High School and was...