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Jack Edward Stooksbury
Feb 22, 2023
Mr. Jack Edward Stooksbury, age 81, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Jack was born in Knoxville, TN, on April 7, 1941, son of the late Willard Cam Stooksbury and Willie Mae Lee Stooksbury. He had been in the Rockmart area for the past 5 years, moving here from Gwinnett County. Jack was a former owner/operator of a...
Gary Franklin Taylor
Feb 19, 2023
Mr. Gary Franklin Taylor, age 55, of Leesburg, AL passed away Sunday, February 19, 2023 at his residence.
He was born in Atlanta, GA on January 3, 1968 and lived in Rockmart, GA for many years. Gary was a painter by trade and had attended UTI Auto Mechanic School. He loved to build model cars and listen to rock music. He...
Christopher Brian Gayton
Feb 17, 2023
Mr. Christopher Brian Gayton, age 47, of Adairsville, GA, passed away Friday, February 17, 2023, in a Chattanooga hospital.
Christopher was born in Marietta, GA, on August 12, 1975, son of the late James Hogan and Judy Cantrell Hogan. He had lived the greater part of his life in Cartersville, GA, and enjoyed fishing. Christopher loved spending time with his family,...
Richard John Andrews
Feb 16, 2023
Mr. Richard John Andrews, age 47, of Aragon, GA, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2023.
Mr. Andrews was born on June 19, 1975, in Angola, IN, to his parents, Richard Andrews and Carol Murk. He spent his early life in Indiana and the past 5 years in Polk County. Richard attended 101 Church. He worked for most of his life...
Betty Pierce Smith
Feb 14, 2023
Mrs. Betty Pierce Smith, age 78, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Tuesday morning, February 14, 2023, in a Rome, GA, hospital.
Mrs. Smith was born in Rockmart on March 2, 1944, a daughter of the late Hobart Pierce and Mary Gaines Pierce. She had lived the greater part of the life in Rockmart and was a longtime member of the Piedmont...
Charlene Turner
Feb 14, 2023
Mrs. Charlene H. Turner, age 72, of Silver Creek, GA, passed away Tuesday morning, February 14, 2023, in a Rome, GA, hospital.
Charlene was born in Atlanta, GA, on October 14, 1950, daughter of the late Charles David Helton and the late Martha Josephine Lane Helton. She had lived the greater part of her life in the Silver Creek community and...
Matthew Dawkins
Feb 14, 2023
Matthew Dean Dawkins, age 48, of Tunnel Hill, GA, passed away Tuesday morning, February 14, 2023, in an Atlanta hospital.
Matthew was born in Lima, OH, on April 29, 1974, son of Barbara Lasch Dawkins and the late William Dawkins. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and Cartersville. Matthew was a graduate of Cartersville High School...
Lane Mcrae
Feb 9, 2023
Ms. Lane McRae, age 70, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 9, 2023.
Ms. McRae was born in Rome, GA, on August 23, 1952, daughter of the late Gene McRae and Mary Lane McRae. She had lived the greater part of the life in the Atlanta, GA, area and had worked for AT&T Communications and for the Georgia Depart...
Oveline "June" Purser
Jan 29, 2023
Mrs. Oveline “June” Purser, age 91, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2023.
Mrs. Purser was born in Clarkesville, GA on July 11, 1931, a daughter of the late Caney D. Eller and the late Lona Carolyn Chastain Eller. June had been a resident of Rockmart since 1997 moving from Doraville, GA. She was a member of Rockmart First...
Dwight Clifford Beck
Jan 29, 2023
Mr. Dwight Clifford “Shep” Beck, age 67, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023.
Mr. Beck was born on October 19, 1955 in Rockmart, GA to his parents: Clifford William Beck and Wilma Jean Brewer Beck. Shep lived all his life in Rockmart. Mr. Beck worked for Goodyear for 22 years and then worked as a sanitation supervisor...
George W. Mayfield
Jan 29, 2023
George W. “Dubb” Mayfield, age 83, of Aragon, GA, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023.
Mr. Mayfield was born on May 2, 1939, in Dallas, GA, to his parents: William Lee Mayfield and Martha Louise O'neal Mayfield. George lived all his life in Paulding County and Polk County. He was retired from Goodyear and was a member of Euharlee Baptist...
Nina Sue Gowens
Jan 28, 2023
Ms. Nina Sue Gowens, age 66, of Taylorsville, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2023. She was born on October 9, 1956. A daughter of the late HP Simpson and the late Norma James Simpson. Nina worked for Wal-Mart as a store associate. Ms. Gowens was a military wife and traveled all over the United States and moved back to...
Brenda Wood Henderson
Jan 25, 2023
Mrs. Brenda Jann Wood Henderson, age 73, of Buchanan, GA, passed away Wednesday evening, January 25, 2023, in a Rome, GA, hospital.
Mrs. Henderson was born in Cedartown, GA, on February 17, 1949, daughter of the late Carlton F. Wood and Dorothy Faye Barrett Wood. She had lived her childhood in Haralson County and most of her adult life in Rome...
John Michael "Mike" Johnson, Sr.
Jan 24, 2023
Mr. John Michael “Mike” Johnson, Sr., age 66, passed away Tuesday morning, January 24, 2023, at his residence in Rockmart, GA.
Mike was born on October 3, 1956, in Jacksonville, FL, a son of Elizabeth “Betty” Butler Johnson and the late Calvin Johnson. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rome, GA and spent the last nine years...
Vicki Chupp
Jan 24, 2023
Mrs. Vicki Chupp, age 65, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 24, 2023.
Vicki was born in Rome, GA, on July 29, 1957, daughter of the late James Mitchell and Martha Garner Mitchell. She had lived all her life Rockmart and was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church. Vicki was a substitute teacher with the Polk County School...
Joyce Mccown Waters
Jan 16, 2023
Mrs. Joyce McCown Waters, age 82, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Monday morning, January 16, 2023.
Mrs. Waters was born in Rockmart on December 12, 1940, a daughter of the late Joel “Joe” L. McCown and Julia White McCown. She had lived all her life in Rockmart and was a member of the True Fellowship Nondenominational Church. Mrs. Waters was a...
Lawrence "Popeye" Montgomery
Jan 14, 2023
Mr. Lawrence “Popeye” Montgomery, age 64, of Dalton, GA, formerly of Rockmart, GA, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2023, in Dalton.
Lawrence was born in Marietta, GA, on November 16, 1958, son of the late Harold Lloyd Montgomery and Wilma Jean Wilson Montgomery. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and was a painter by trade. “Popeye”...
Leslei Elizabeth Lott Adams
Jan 14, 2023
Leslei Elizabeth Lott Adams, age 58, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023 in Rome surrounded by family after a life filled with love and laughter.
Known as "Kook" or, most recently, “Kookie” to those who loved her, Leslei was born on September 28,1964, in Rome, GA, daughter to Frank “Bud” Lott and the late Billie Sue Grimes...
Bobby Glenn Formby
Jan 11, 2023
Mr. Bobby Glenn Formby, age 71, of Cedartown, GA, passed away Wednesday evening, January 11, 2023.
Bobby was born in Cedartown on June 14, 1951, a son of the late Robert F. Formby and Evelyn Ingle Formby. He had lived all his life in Polk County and was a member of Euharlee Baptist Church. Bobby had worked with J L Lester...
Elaine Tanya Nowotny Stubblefield Founds
Jan 11, 2023
Elaine Tayna Nowotny Stubblefield Founds, age 90, of Rockmart, GA, passed away at her home, surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
Elaine was born on March 10, 1932, in Dayton, OH at her paternal grandparents’ home. A daughter of the late Mr. Eldven T. Nowotny and Marguerite Alena Youtsey Nowotny. Elaine was the first (living) grandchild of...
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