Obituaries

Todd Elliott

Todd Elliott

Oct 5, 2013

Mr. Todd Elliott, age 42, of Browning Road Rockmart passed away Saturday, October 5, 2013 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Rome, GA on May 24, 1971 a son of J.C. Elliott and Margie Strickland Elliott. Todd had lived all of his life in Rockmart and was a 1991 graduate of Rockmart High School. He was a...

Larry Cole

Larry Cole

Oct 4, 2013

Mr. Larry Cole, age 63, of Wheeler Ford Road Rockmart passed away Friday October 4, 2013 upon arrival to Polk Medical Center, Cedartown. He was born in Cartersville, GA on October 24, 1949 a son of Edward Cole and Helen Grant Cole. Mr. Cole had lived all of his life in Cartersville before moving to Rockmart in 1993. He was...

Mary Baird

Mary Baird

Oct 4, 2013

Mrs. Mary Ruth Camp Baird, age 94, of 114 Teat Street Lindale, GA passed away Friday, October 4, 2013. She was born in Rockmart, GA on May 6, 1919 a daughter of the late Luther Sylvester Camp and Ophia Myrtle Drew Camp. Mrs. Baird had lived most of her life in Lindale and was a former employee of the Floyd...

Ralph Edward Brannon

Ralph Edward Brannon

Oct 3, 2013

Mr. Ralph Edward Brannon, age 67, of Aragon, GA passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013 in a Rome medical center following a brief illness. He was born in Paulding County, GA on June 23, 1946 a son of the late Ulysses Rich Brannon and Beulah Silvers Brannon. Mr. Brannon had lived most of his life in Polk County and was...

Charles William (Billy) Combs, Jr.

Charles William (Billy) Combs, Jr.

Oct 1, 2013

Mr. Charles William (Billy) Combs, Jr., age 58, of Lindale, GA and formerly of Aragon passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in a Rome medical center. He was born October 15, 1954 a son of the late Charles William Combs, Sr. and Mary Emily Shell Combs. Billy had lived the greater part of his life in Aragon, was of the...

Denise Marie Coleman

Denise Marie Coleman

Sep 29, 2013

Ms Denise Marie Coleman, age 54, of Rockmart passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 in a Rome medical center following several months of illness. She was born in Ironton, Missouri on March 4, 1959 a daughter of Dennis Paul Coleman and Beverly Ann Waller Coleman. Ms Coleman spent the early years of her life in Missouri later moving to Detroit,...

Maxine Sigers Clanton

Maxine Sigers Clanton

Sep 27, 2013

Mrs. Maxine Sigers Clanton, age 99, of Rome, GA passed away Friday, September 27, 2013 in a Rome nursing center. She was born in Calhoun, GA on May 12, 1914 a daughter of the late Doss and Estelle Payne Sigers. Mrs. Clanton had been a resident of Rome for the past nine years moving there from Adairsville, GA. She was...

Robert Glenn Yarbrough

Robert Glenn Yarbrough

Sep 21, 2013

Mr. Robert Glenn Yarbrough, age 77, of Aragon, GA passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Aragon, GA on April 14, 1936 a son of the late Albert M. Yarbrough, Sr. and Betty Irene Caldwell Yarbrough. Mr. Yarbrough was a retired employee of the Lakewood General Motors Assembly Plant with...

Rob Arnold

Rob Arnold

Sep 20, 2013

Mr. Robert H. (Rob) Arnold, age 68 of Aragon, GA passed away suddenly Friday, September 20, 2013. He was born in Rome, GA on February 6, 1945 a son of the late J.W. Arnold and Lois Lanham Arnold. Rob had lived all of his life in the Aragon and Rockmart area and was a graduate of Rockmart High School. He...

Geneva Grace Bailey

Geneva Grace Bailey

Sep 19, 2013

Mrs. Geneva Grace Bailey, age 103, of Highway 101 North (The Yorkville Community), passed away Thursday, September 19, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Polk County, GA on July 22, 1910 a daughter of the late John Alexander and Betty Kirk Alexander. Mrs. Bailey had lived all of her life in the Polk and Paulding County area and...

Charles N. Carter

Charles N. Carter

Sep 15, 2013

Mr. Charles Nathaniel Carter, age 88, of Hightower Falls Road, Cedartown, GA passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013 at his residence. He was born in the Antioch community of Polk County, GA on December 21, 1924 a son of the late Charlie Russell Carter and Bertha Dobbs Carter. Mr. Carter had lived his entire life in Polk County where he...

Ronald Robinson, Sr.

Ronald Robinson, Sr.

Sep 12, 2013

Mr. Ronald Robinson, Sr., age 65, of Lindale, GA passed away suddenly Thursday, September 12, 2013 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Shannon, GA on January 8, 1948 a son of the late Benjamin Clyde Robinson and Frankie Pearline Thomas Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a graduate of Model High School where he also played basketball. He was...

Annie Ruth Stansell

Annie Ruth Stansell

Sep 12, 2013

Mrs. Annie Ruth Stansell, age 88, of Rockmart, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2013 at her residence following several months of illness. She was born in Taylorsville, GA on November 14, 1924, a daughter of the late Henry Grover Cleveland and Lela Popham Cleveland. Mrs. Stansell had been a resident of Rockmart for the past thirty years moving here from...

Minnie Lee (Mickey) Moore

Minnie Lee (Mickey) Moore

Sep 10, 2013

Mrs. Minnie Lee (Mickey) Moore, age 82, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in a Rome medical center following several months of illness. She was born in Rome, GA on October 10, 1930 a daughter of Max and Clara Caldwell. She had been a resident of Rockmart since December of 1954 moving here from Rome. Mrs. Moore...

Betty Kinney

Betty Kinney

Sep 7, 2013

Mrs. Betty Kinney, age 78, of Rockmart passed away suddenly Saturday, September 7, 2013. She was born in Polk County, GA on April 17, 1935, a daughter of the late Willie Clemons and the late Bertha Mae Swann Clemons. Mrs. Kinney had lived all of her life in the Rockmart area and was of the Baptist Faith. She was a...

Robert Timothy (Bob) Brown

Robert Timothy (Bob) Brown

Aug 30, 2013

Mr. Robert Timothy (Bob) Brown, age 63, of Rockmart passed away Friday, August 30, 2013 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Rome, GA on May 13, 1950 and was the son of the late Robert Anderson Brown and Myrtle Elizabeth Williams Brown. Bob was a 1968 graduate of Rockmart High School and a graduate of Coosa Valley...

James (Red) Lanier

James (Red) Lanier

Aug 27, 2013

Mr. James (Red) Lanier, age 83, of Taylorsville, GA passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Polk County, GA on April 23, 1930 a son of John Roy Lanier and Lottie Harper Lanier. Mr. Lanier had lived all of his life in Taylorsville where he was a graduate of Taylorsville...

Edna Phillips Ballard

Edna Phillips Ballard

Aug 22, 2013

Mrs. Edna Phillips Ballard, age 82, of Cedartown, GA and formerly of Aragon passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 in Cedartown following an extended illness. She was born in Floyd County, GA on June 4, 1931 a daughter of the late Riley Phillips and Velma Smith Phillips. Mrs. Ballard had lived the greater part of her life in Aragon where...

Lois W. Duke

Lois W. Duke

Aug 22, 2013

Mrs. Lois W. Duke, age 91, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 in a Rome health care center. She was born in Polk County, GA on April 20, 1922 a daughter of the late Newton Virgil Wheeler and Viola Mary Huff Wheeler. Mrs. Duke had lived most of her life in Polk County where she was a...

Frances Tucker

Frances Tucker

Aug 17, 2013

Mrs. Frances Tucker, age 85, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Silver Creek, GA on April 22, 1928 a daughter of the late James Lindsey and Addie Pearl Kelly Lindsey. Mrs. Tucker had lived the greater part of her life in the Rockmart and Aragon area. She was a member...