Obituaries

Vivian Garner Smith

Vivian Garner Smith

Mar 14, 2013

Mrs. Vivian Garner Smith, age 99, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Hall County, GA on November 22, 1913 a daughter of the late William Larkin Garner and Katie Harrington Garner. Mrs. Smith had been a resident of Rockmart most of her life where she was a member...

Clara Hightower

Clara Hightower

Mar 14, 2013

Mrs. Clara Hightower, age 92, of Aragon, GA passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 following several years of declining health. She was born in Blairsville, GA on February 9, 1921 a daughter of the late Joseph Lorenza Brown and Ida Elizabeth Logan Brown. Mrs. Hightower had lived the greater part of her life in Polk County where she was a...

Allie Lee Fife Gates Gorman

Allie Lee Fife Gates Gorman

Mar 13, 2013

Mrs. Allie Lee Fife Gates Gorman, age 97, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at her residence. She was born on February 9, 1916 in Moro Bay, Arkansas a daughter of the late Ben Johnson Fife and Minnie Cisco Fife. Mrs. Gorman spent most of her childhood in Arkansas. She had lived in Rockmart since 1997 moving...

Velma Sorrells Cole

Velma Sorrells Cole

Mar 8, 2013

Mrs. Velma Sorrells Cole, age 82, of Rockmart, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 in a Rome medical center following several months of declining health. She was born in Rockmart, GA on March 1, 1931, a daughter of the late B. A. Sorrells and Emma Pearl Garrett Sorrells. Mrs. Cole had lived all of her life in Rockmart where she...

Donnie Swift

Donnie Swift

Mar 8, 2013

Rev. Donnie Swift, age 61, of Rockmart, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at a Rome medical center. He was born in Polk County, GA on June 19, 1951 a son of Heslip Lee Swift and Mildred Robinson Swift. Donnie had lived all of his life in the Rockmart area and was a member and Deacon of Van Wert Baptist...

Leola Yarbrough

Leola Yarbrough

Mar 8, 2013

Mrs. Nora Leola Yarbrough,also known by her grandchildren as Munner, age 81, of Rockmart, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Carrollton, GA on October 19, 1931 a daughter of the late T. R. (Ted) Mitchell and Allie Ruth Cook Mitchell. Mrs. Yarbrough had lived the greater part of her life in Rockmart where...

Harriett B. Jackson

Harriett B. Jackson

Mar 7, 2013

Mrs. Harriett Brown Brooks Jackson, age 89, formerly of Aragon, GA passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013 in a Rome nursing center following several months of declining health. She was born in Polk County, GA on December23, 1923 a daughter of the late Porter Randolph Brown and Gertrude Ruby Wallace Brown. Mrs. Jackson had been a resident of the Cedar...

Ruth Olivia Lindsey

Ruth Olivia Lindsey

Mar 4, 2013

Mrs. Ruth Olivia Lindsey, age 78, of Rockmart passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 31, 1934 in Polk County a daughter of the late Jessie Bryan Moore and Minnie Lee Goddard Moore. Mrs. Lindsey had lived all of her life in the Rockmart area where she was a...

Ouida Enlow

Ouida Enlow

Feb 28, 2013

Mrs. Ouida Enlow, age 97, of Rockmart and formerly of Cocoa, FL, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013. She was a loving housewife to Joy M. Enlow who predeceased her in 2000. She was born November 2, 1915 to Anna V. and John W. Humber in Tishomingo County, MS. She spent several years in MS, AL, TN, KY and FL...

Jean Brantly

Jean Brantly

Feb 25, 2013

Mrs. Jean Brantly, age 81, of Rockmart passed away suddenly Monday, February 25, 2013 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Atlanta, GA on July 9, 1931, a daughter of the late William Franklin Chapman and Daisy Estelle Singley Chapman. Mrs. Brantly had been a resident of Rockmart since 1968 moving here from Smyrna, GA. She was a...

Raymond Chupp

Raymond Chupp

Feb 20, 2013

Mr. Raymond Chupp, age 73, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at his residence following a two and a half year illness. He was born in Polk County, GA on July 20, 1939, a son of the late Jewel Chupp and Lillian McBryde Chupp. Mr. Chupp had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and...

James Wendell Adams

James Wendell Adams

Feb 15, 2013

Mr. James Wendell Adams, age 71, of Aragon, GA passed away Friday, February 15, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Wilson Mills, Maine on September 12, 1941 a son of William Adams and Florence Cole Adams. Mr. Adams spent his early life in Maine until he entered the U.S. Army. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam...

Megan Causey

Megan Causey

Feb 3, 2013

Mrs. Megan Causey, age 27, of Aragon, GA passed away suddenly Sunday, February 3, 2013 upon arrival to Floyd/Polk Medical Center, Cedartown, GA. Megan was born in Marietta, GA on July 3, 1985. She had lived the greater part of her life in the Rockmart and Aragon area and for a number of years worked as a dog groomer with...

Jerry Jolly

Jerry Jolly

Jan 31, 2013

Mr. Jerry Jolly, age 61, of Rockmart passed away Thursday, January 31, 2013 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Cedartown, GA on April 30, 1951, a son of the late Fred Jolly and the late Gladys Estelle Lanham Jolly. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy Jolly. Survivors include his...

Monroe (P Runie) Christopher

Monroe (P Runie) Christopher

Jan 29, 2013

Mr. Monroe (P Runie) Christopher, age 87, of Aragon, GA passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in a Rome medical center. He was born August 29, 1925 in Rockmart, GA and had made his home in the Rockmart and Aragon area all of his life. At the time of his death Mr. Christopher was the oldest member of the Van...

Tommy Alton Crowe

Tommy Alton Crowe

Jan 28, 2013

Mr. Tommy Alton Crowe, age 61, of Rockmart passed away Monday, January 28, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Marietta, GA on February 12, 1951 a son of the late Elmer Crowe and Emma Lou Scoggins Crowe. Mr. Crowe had been a resident of Rockmart for the past seven years moving here from Marietta. He was a veteran...

Dr. O. E. Brannan

Dr. O. E. Brannan

Jan 26, 2013

Dr. O. E. Brannan, age 90, of Cedartown, GA passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013 at his residence. He was born on March 30, 1922 in O?Neal?s Township Johnston County, NC a son of the late Bertie Maynard Brannan, Sr. and Melba Whitley Brannan. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two children: Robert William Brannan,...

Ruth Williams Bolton

Ruth Williams Bolton

Jan 26, 2013

Mrs. Ruth Williams Bolton, 83, wife of the late Thomas Bolton, entered into rest Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Westwood Nursing Home. Memorial services will be held Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 3:00 PM at Aragon United Methodist Church in Rockmart, GA with Rev. Andy Woodworth and Rev. Benjamin Wiles officiating. Mrs. Bolton was the daughter of late Samuel M....

Keith Robert Tuschl

Keith Robert Tuschl

Jan 26, 2013

Mr. Keith Robert Tuschl, age 61, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Buffalo, New York on January 25, 1952 a son of the late Robert F. Tuschl and Adele Marie Bebber. Mr. Tuschl had been a resident of Rockmart since 1981 moving here from Decatur, GA....

Robert Lee Redden

Robert Lee Redden

Jan 16, 2013

Mr. Robert Lee Redden, age 58, of Kingston, GA passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in Cartersville Medical Center following a brief illness. Robert was born in Rome, GA on October 28, 1954 a son of the late Floyd Henry Redden and Almyer Grant Redden. He had been a resident of Bartow County for the past fourteen years. Mr. Redden...