Obituaries
Mildred Manning
Mar 11, 2011
Mrs. Mildred Manning, of 527 Church Street, Rockmart passed away Friday, March 11, 2011 at her residence. She was born on August 29, 1930 in Polk County, GA a daughter of the late Charlie Harold Ingle and Omie Jacobs Ingle. Mrs. Manning returned to Rockmart in 1968 following her husbands retirement from the military during which time they lived in...
Marion Albert (Dink) Summers
Mar 10, 2011
Mr. Marion Albert (Dink) Summers, age 77, of Bowdon Junction Road Mt. Zion, GA passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 in Carrollton, GA. Graveside funeral and interment services will be held Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in Rose Hill Cemetery with Rev. Justin Silver officiating. The Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Mar 10, 2011
Mrs. Shirley Ann Jackson, age 69, of 35 Carr Road, Rockmart passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 at her residence. She was born October 3, 1941 a daughter of the late Carl O. White and Estel Hitt White. Mrs. Jackson had lived in Rockmart the greater part of her life and was employed by Murata for twenty five years followed...
Brenda Allen
Mar 9, 2011
Mrs. Brenda Kay Allen, age 60, of 2290 County Road 118 Centre, AL and formerly of Aragon passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011. She was born in Atlanta, GA on November 14, 1950 a daughter of the late Joel Franklin Taylor and Jewell Smith Taylor. Mrs. Allen had been a resident of Centre, AL since 2001 moving there from Aragon....
Ray Yarborough
Mar 4, 2011
Mr. Ray Yarborough, age 74, of 737 Live Oak Road Aragon, GA passed away Friday, March 4, 2011 in a Marietta, GA hospital following a year long illness. He was born on October 1, 1936 a son of the late Francis Boaz (Frank) Yarborough and Elmer Love Bishop Yarborough. Mr. Yarborough had lived all of his life in Polk County....
Mary Frances Pierce
Feb 21, 2011
Mrs. Mary Frances Pierce, age 91, of 317 Carlton Drive Rockmart passed away Monday, February 21, 2011 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born in Summerville, GA on November 27, 1919 a daughter of the late Rufus P. Gaines and Willie Mae League Gaines. Mrs. Pierce was Valedictorian of her graduating class at Summerville High School. She...
Herbert Franklin Hulsey
Feb 19, 2011
Mr. Herbert Franklin Hulsey, age 76, of Fairview Road, Rockmart passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at his residence following a six months illness. He was born in Braswell, GA on August 29, 1934 a son of the late C.C. Hulsey and Lillie Mae Brown Hulsey. Mr. Hulsey grew up in the Rockmart area before entering the U.S. Navy. While...
Maudie Hines
Feb 18, 2011
Mrs. Maudie Bramlett Hines, age 82, of 265 Bramlett Road Rockmart passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Gordon County, GA on February 15, 1929 a daughter of the late Charles E. Bramlett and Suelane Thacker Bramlett. Mrs. Hines had lived all of her life in Rockmart where she was...
James Ishmael Lentz
Feb 17, 2011
Mr. James Ishmael Lentz, Sr., age 80, of Polk Street Rockmart passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 in a Rome medical center. He was born on October 2, 1930 in Itawamba, Mississippi a son of the late Curtis Gerome Lentz, Sr. and Gladys Movline Samples Lentz. Mr. Lentz had been a resident of Georgia for the past 57 years. He...
Carolyn Dye
Feb 17, 2011
Mrs. Carolyn Dye, age 68, of 110 Dye Road Rockmart passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 in a Rome medical center following several months of illness. She was born in Boaz, AL on August 15, 1942 a daughter of the late James Crawford and Ivelvia Murdock Crawford. Mrs. Dye was a homemaker and had been a resident of Rockmart since...
Helen Hester
Feb 3, 2011
Mrs. Helen Hester, age 76, of White River Road, Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center. She was born on April 12, 1934 a daughter of the late Will Douglas Edwards and Lillie Ethel Ward Edwards. Mrs. Hester was a homemaker and had lived all of her life in Polk County. She was of...
R. J. Earwood
Feb 3, 2011
Mr. Rollan James (R.J.) Earwood, age 67,of Hillbrook Lane Hixon, TN and formerly of Rockmart passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 in Hixon. Mr. Earwood was born in Bartow County, GA on April 9, 1943 a son of the late Henry Isaiah Earwood and Troy Mae Waits Earwood. He had been a resident of Hixon, Tennessee for the past 18...
Anita Howard
Jan 31, 2011
Mrs. Anita Howard, age 74, of Quail Mountain Path Rockmart passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia on December 22, 1936 a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Herman Smith. Mrs. Howard had been a resident of Rockmart since 2005 moving here from Smyrna, GA. She was a...
Hattie Lou Austin
Jan 24, 2011
Hattie Lou Austin, age 86, of 133 Cason Road, Cedartown GA formerly of Rockmart passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center of a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her parents D. B. Austin and Mollie Waters Austin, a brother John F. (Pat) Austin, and a sister Georgia Austin. Hattie Lou is survived by...
Louise W. Dunn
Jan 23, 2011
Mrs. Louise W. Dunn, age 83, of Peachtree Road Rockmart passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born February 15, 1927 a daughter of the late R.B. Whitfield and Fannie Moore Whitfield. Mrs. Dunn had lived the greater part of her life in Rockmart where she was a member of the First...
Myrtle Virginia Gore
Jan 20, 2011
Mrs. Myrtle Virginia Gore, age 81, of Wingfoot Street Rockmart passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 in a Rome Medical Center following several months of declining health. She was born in Floyd County, GA on January 19, 1930 a daughter of the late Lebron Lester Pope and Lois Carver Pope. Mrs. Gore had lived the greater part of her life...
John Curtis Lanier, Sr.
Jan 17, 2011
Mr. John Curtis Lanier, Sr., age 86, of Wheeler Road, Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, January 17, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Polk County, GA on April 18, 1924 a son of Roy Lanier and Lottie Harper Lanier. Mr. Lanier grew up in the Taylorsville area where he attended the Taylorsville School. He was a veteran of...
Betty Jo Thornton
Jan 17, 2011
Mrs. Betty Jo Thornton, age 66, of Compton Circle, Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, January 17, 2011 in an Atlanta, GA Hospital following a four month illness. She was born in Paulding County, GA on November 27, 1944 a daughter of the late Clyde Compton and Ruby Pinkard Compton. Mrs. Thornton had lived all of her life in Paulding County...
Sandra H. Stewart
Dec 30, 2010
Mrs. Sandra H. Stewart of Glendale Road Rome passed away Thursday, December 30, 2010 at her residence following a two year illness. Survivors include her husband, Robert F. (Bob) Stewart, Rome; two daughters: Edith Rice, Canandaigua, NY and Anna Womack, Honolulu, Hawaii; one sister, Doris Robinson, East Point, GA. Memorial services will be held at a date yet to be...
Herma Mae Smith
Dec 30, 2010
Mrs. Herma Mae Smith of Silver Creek, GA passed away Thursday, December 30, 2010 in a Rome Medical Center. She was born in Delbarton, West Virginia on May 25, 1932 daughter of Thomas Deskins and Hazel Miller Deskins. Mrs. Smith had lived the greater part of her life in the Polk and Floyd County area. She owned and operated Honey...
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