Obituaries

Ola Elizabeth Pilgrim

Ola Elizabeth Pilgrim

Nov 1, 2012

Mrs. Ola Elizabeth Pilgrim, age 75, of Rockmart, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2012 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Aragon, GA on February 17, 1937 a daughter of the late James Riley Robinson and Annie Ruth Cash Robinson. Mrs. Pilgrim was a member of the Oak Ridge Baptist Church and a former employee of...

James William (Jim) Mooney

James William (Jim) Mooney

Oct 25, 2012

Mr. James William (Jim) Mooney, age 81, of Rockmart passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Cobb County, GA on July 4, 1931 a son of the late Clarence J. Mooney and Euna Moates Mooney. Mr. Mooney had been a resident of Rockmart since 1974 moving here from Cobb County. He retired...

Wendell Lee Deems

Wendell Lee Deems

Oct 19, 2012

Mr. Wendell Lee Deems, age 51,of Rome, GA passed away Friday, October 19, 2012. Wendell was born in Rome, GA on April 23, 1961 a son of Ravon Deems and Betty Ann Goss Deems. He was preceded death by his mother on July 11, 2011 and by a brother Ravon Carron (Rip) Deems on March 19, 2011. Survivors include his...

Opal Inez Biggers

Opal Inez Biggers

Oct 18, 2012

Mrs. Opal Inez Biggers, age 94, of Rockmart, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Carroll County, GA on November 5, 1917 a daughter of the late Edward Millard Stitcher and Zora Ellen Melissa Craft Stitcher. Mrs. Biggers had lived the greater part of her life in Rockmart where she was a...

Juanita Quinton

Juanita Quinton

Oct 4, 2012

Mrs. Juanita Quinton, age 82, of Centre, AL and formerly of Rome passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012. She was born in Lindale, GA on March 10, 1930 a daughter of William Henry Stout and Addie Pearl Worley Stout. Mrs. Quinton moved to Centre, Alabama in 1988 from Rome, GA. She was a member of the Highway 9 Church of...

Jack (Michael) Woods

Jack (Michael) Woods

Oct 4, 2012

Mr. Jack (Michael) Woods, age 67, of Hampton Road Cedartown, GA passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012 at his residence following several months of illness. He was born in Miami Beach, FL on August 18, 1945 a son of Jack Woods and Lorraine Smiley Woods. Mr. Woods had been a resident of Polk County for the past seventeen years moving...

Edna J. Brumbelow

Edna J. Brumbelow

Oct 1, 2012

Mrs. Edna J. Brumbelow, age 92, formerly of Zuker Road Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, October 1, 2012 in Emory University Hospital, Decatur, GA. She was born in Canton, GA on February 1, 1920 a daughter of the late Avery Hope Jackson and Amanda Minton Jackson. Mrs. Brumbelow had lived the greater part of her life in the Aragon and...

Don Michael Reece

Don Michael Reece

Sep 27, 2012

Mr. Don Michael Reece, age 63, of Carter Mountain Road Rockmart passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Woodstock, GA on June 6, 1949 a son of Mary Inez Reece and the late Clyde Maxwell Reece. Mr. Reece had been a resident of Rockmart since 1975 moving here from Cartersville. He was of...

Duanaree Lyle Stoyle

Duanaree Lyle Stoyle

Sep 25, 2012

Mrs. Duanaree Lyle Stoyle, age 56, of Austell, GA passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2012 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Fulton County, GA on May 31, 1956, a daughter of Mrs. Shirley Woods Lyle and the late Mr. James Duane Lyle. She had lived all of her life in Austell and was a graduate of South Cobb...

Jennie Newton

Jennie Newton

Sep 24, 2012

Mrs. Jennie Newton, age 36, of Dallas, GA passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 in Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, GA. Jennie was born in Paulding County, GA on January 5, 1976 a daughter of Charles and Judy Ledbetter. She had lived all of her life in Paulding County and attended Paulding County High School. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and her animals....

Sharon Samuel (Sam) Gore

Sharon Samuel (Sam) Gore

Sep 16, 2012

Mr. Sharon Samuel (Sam) Gore, age 63, of Wingfoot Street Rockmart, GA passed away suddenly Sunday, September 16, 2012 upon arrival to a Rome Medical Center. He was born in Polk County, GA on June 2, 1949 the son of the late Sharon Gore and Myrtle Virginia Pope Gore. Mr. Gore had lived all of his life in Polk County...

Barbara Ann Ferguson

Barbara Ann Ferguson

Sep 1, 2012

Mrs. Barbara Ann Ferguson, age 73, of Aragon, GA passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Weirton, West Virginia on September 15, 1938 a daughter of the late Raymond P. Aberregg and Susan Margaret Czoka Aberregg. Mrs. Ferguson had been a resident of Aragon since 1994 and was a member of the...

Kristi Wallace Sanders

Kristi Wallace Sanders

Aug 30, 2012

Mrs. Kristi Wallace Sanders, age 51, of Oak Street Aragon passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012 at her residence following several months of illness. Kristi was born in Rockmart, GA on December 20, 1960 daughter of Mack Edward Wallace, Jr. and Mary Kate Woodward Wallace. She had lived all of her life in Polk County and was a 1979 graduate...

Glenda Mae Deaton

Glenda Mae Deaton

Aug 30, 2012

Mrs. Glenda Mae Deaton, age 68, of Aragon, GA passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012 in an Atlanta hospital. She was born in Rockmart, GA on July 17, 1944 a daughter of Willie Levi Hicks and Willie Mae Roberts Hicks. Mrs. Deaton had lived in Atlanta and Cobb County, GA before returning to Polk County in 1995. She was a...

Wally Frank Duren, Jr.

Wally Frank Duren, Jr.

Aug 29, 2012

Mr. Wally Duren, age 74,of Rockmart passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in a Rome medical center following a very brief illness. He was born in West Point, GA on April 27, 1938 a son of Wally Frank Duren, Sr. and Katie Sue Godfrey Duren. Mr. Duren had lived the greater part of his life in the Chamblee area of...

Mary Evelyn Crowley Hardin

Mary Evelyn Crowley Hardin

Aug 21, 2012

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Crowley Hardin,93, of Cedartown passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Hardin was born December 17, 1918 in Paulding County, GA. She was the daughter of the late Edward Franklin Crowley and Effie Adair Crowley. She had lived most of her life in Polk County. Mrs. Hardin was a homemaker, devoted wife and mother...

Jerry Thomas Prater

Jerry Thomas Prater

Aug 20, 2012

Mr. Jerry Thomas Prater, age 65,of Cedartown, GA passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 in a Rome nursing center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Floyd County, GA on September 26, 1946 a son of James Albert Prater and Majell Huff Prater. Mr. Prater had lived the greater part of his life in Polk County and was of...

Jeannette Earwood

Jeannette Earwood

Aug 14, 2012

Mrs. Jeannette Earwood, age 74, of Rockmart passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at her residence following a twelve year illness. She was born April 16, 1938 in Polk County, GA a daughter of Clarence V. Austin and Hazel Sarah Brown Austin. Mrs. Earwood had lived the greater part of her life in Polk County. She was of the Baptist...

Larry Sam Causey

Larry Sam Causey

Aug 12, 2012

Mr. Larry Sam Causey, age 63, of Newnan, GA passed away Sunday, August 12, 2012. Mr. Causey was veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Vietnam. He was preceded in death by his parents Gerald Marvin Causey and Lizzy Mae Portwood Causey and a brother, Douglas Marvin Causey. Survivors include a son, Larry Randall Causey; two daughters: Larisa J....

James Curtis Baker, Jr.

James Curtis Baker, Jr.

Aug 10, 2012

Mr. James Curtis Baker, Jr., age 46, of Buchanan, GA passed away Friday, August 10, 2012 in a Villa Rica medical center. He was born in Polk County, GA on June 5, 1966, a son of Anita Jacobs Baker and the late James Curtis Baker, Sr. Mr. Baker had lived all of his life in the Polk County area and...