Obituaries
Jere Ferguson White
May 11, 2011
Mr. Jere Ferguson White, age 75, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2011. No words can describe him, but we say goodbye for now to a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He was the eternal optimist who always greeted everyone with a smile and hello, saw the good in everyone and everything, was always there to...
Hansel Eugene (Peewee) Waits
May 4, 2011
Mr. Hansel Eugene (PeeWee) Waits, age 76, of Wheeler Road Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Bartow County, GA on November 17, 1934 a son of Buford Lee Waits and Effie Mae Waits. Mr. Waits had lived the greater part of his life in Polk...
Gene Austin
Apr 27, 2011
Mr. Gene Austin, age 72, of Peachtree Road Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Gene was born in Rockmart, GA on July 26, 1938 a son of the late Jack Austin and Eula Tumlin Austin. He had lived all of his life in Rockmart where he was a 1958 graduate of...
Syble C. Rayburn
Apr 24, 2011
Mrs. Syble C. Rayburn, age 74, of Aragon passed away Sunday, April 24, 2011 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Rockmart, GA on July 10, 1936 a daughter of the late William and Sylvia Christopher. Mrs. Rayburn had lived the greater part of her life in Aragon , was a member of the Aragon Baptist...
Rhonda Jean Kett
Apr 20, 2011
Mrs. Rhonda J. Kett, age 60, of 139 Rhinehart Drive Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center. She was born in Bakersfield, California on August 29, 1950 a daughter of Loyle Garrett and Melba Gross Garrett. Mrs. Kett grew up in California and had been a resident of Virginia Beach, Virginia before moving to...
Marveen Hulsey Roberson
Apr 17, 2011
Mrs. Marveen Hulsey Roberson, age 85, of Bellview Road Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011 in a Cedartown Health Care Center. She was born in Paulding County, GA on November 10, 1925 a daughter of the late Miles and Berma Hulsey. Mrs. Roberson had been a resident of Polk County the greater part of her life and she...
Elizabeth Ann Woodward
Apr 15, 2011
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Woodward, age 73, of 58 Oak Street Aragon, GA passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 in Cedar Hill Assisted Living Home, Cedartown, GA following a brief illness. She was born in Aragon, GA on November 15, 1937 a daughter of Jake L. Hicks and Lillian Ingle Hicks. Mrs. Woodward had lived the greater part of her life...
Daisy Katherine Smith
Apr 14, 2011
Mrs. Daisy Katherine Smith, age 78, of 285 New Harmony Road, Cedartown, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Cleburne County, AL on April 15, 1932 a daughter of the late Ed Glass and Elvira Wilkes Glass. Mrs. Smith had lived the greater part of her life in Cedartown. She was a homemaker and...
Doris Nadine Perry
Apr 10, 2011
Mrs. Doris Nadine Perry, age 87, of Stringer Road Rockmart passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center. A native of Zeigler, Illinois, Mrs. Perry was born on April 7, 1924 a daughter of Norman A. Jones and Mary Hellen Spengler Jones. She had been a resident of Rockmart for the past ten years moving here from...
Wendell Cochran
Apr 9, 2011
Mr. Wendell Cochran, age 64, of Franklin Street Rockmart passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011 at his residence following several months of illness. He was born December 25, 1946 in Polk County, GA a son of Claude Allen Cochran and Texana Dudley Cochran. Wendell had lived all of his life in Polk County where he was a member of the...
Mary L. Mcrae
Apr 4, 2011
Mrs. Mary L. McRae, age 81, of Oakcrest Drive, Rockmart passed away Monday, April 4, 2011. She was born in Polk County, GA on January 20, 1930 a daughter of the late George Howard Lane, Sr. and Frances Chidsey Lane. Mrs. McRae lived for a number of years in Rome, GA and Birmingham, AL before returning to Rockmart in 1970....
Edward Swift
Apr 3, 2011
Mr. Edward Swift, age 71, of College Street Rockmart, GA passed away suddenly Sunday, April 3, 2011 at his residence. He was born April 10, 1939 in Polk County, GA a son of Heslip Swift and Mildred Robinson Swift. Mr. Swift was of the Baptist faith, a veteran of the U.S. Army and had lived in the Rockmart area the...
Dan B. Simon, Jr.
Mar 31, 2011
Mr. Dan B. Simon, Jr. age 98, of Rockmart passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center. Mr. Simon was born June 29, 1912 to his parents, Daniel B. Simon, Sr. and Clara Bess Morgan Simon. He was the founder and owner of Super Deluxe Industries, Inc., a steel fabrication facility located in Rockmart. Mr. Simon also...
J. B. Holland
Mar 26, 2011
Mr. J. B. Holland, age 81, of Cedartown Highway Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011 at his residence following a six month illness. He was born in Aragon, GA on March 5, 1930 a son of the late James Starling Holland and Clifford Lewis Holland. Mr. Holland had lived the greater part of his life in Polk County...
Ralph Sims
Mar 22, 2011
Mr. Ralph Sims, age 76, of Sims Path, Rockmart, in the Holly Springs Community, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at his residence following a seven month illness. He was born in Shelby County, AL on August 24, 1934 a son of the late Samuel Newton Sims and Lou C. Smitherman Sims. Mr. Sims had been a resident of Rockmart...
Ravon "Rip" Carron Deems
Mar 19, 2011
Mr. Ravon ?Rip? Carron Deems, age 43, of Dogwood Lane Aragon, GA passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Rome, GA on January 31, 1968 a son of Ravon Deems and Betty Goss Deems. Rip was a 1987 graduate of Rockmart High School and a member of the Cedartown Church of God. He...
Elgerie Powers Prater
Mar 18, 2011
Mrs. Elgerie Powers Prater, age 87, of Golden Street, Rockmart, passed away Friday, March 18, 2011. She was born in Cave Spring, GA on April 20, 1923 a daughter of the late Jervis Woods and Jewell Holland Woods. Mrs. Prater had lived the greater part of her life in Rockmart where she was a graduate of Rockmart High School, a...
Vickie Bell Michalic
Mar 16, 2011
Mrs. Vickie Bell Michalic, age 48, of Nelson Road Milledgeville, GA and formerly of Cedartown, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011following a brief illness. Vickie was born in Rockmart, GA on December 25, 1962 a daughter of Eugene Crawford and Johnnie Yvonne Bell Crawford. She had been a resident of Milledgeville for the past seven years moving there from Cedartown....
Carolyn Gail Hicks
Mar 13, 2011
Mrs. Carolyn Gail Hicks, age 67, of Berryhill Road Rome, GA passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center following an extended illness. She was born in Glenn Allen, AL on June 10, 1943 a daughter of Mildred H. Grissom. Mrs. Hicks had lived all of her life in Floyd County, GA where she was a member...
Lula Mae Baxter Teems
Mar 12, 2011
Mrs. Lula Mae Baxter Teems, age 80, of South Dixie Road Resaca, GA passed away Saturday, March 12, 2011 in a Calhoun, GA nursing center. Mrs. Teems was born in Paulding County, GA on April 23, 1930 a daughter of the late Ben Cornelius Baxter and Ila Busby Baxter. She moved to Rockmart in 2006 from Adairsville, GA and for...
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