Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
Denise Mae "Neesy" Lemon
Jan 4, 2023
Mrs. Denise Mae “Neesy” Lemon, age 68, of Temple, GA, passed away Wednesday evening, January 4, 2023.
Neesy was born in Rockmart, GA, on April 1, 1954, a daughter of the late William E. “Red” Fincher and Frances Adaline Bollen Fincher. She had lived all her life in Polk and Paulding counties and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church....
Nancy Barber
Jan 2, 2023
Mrs. Nancy Barber, age 76, of Dallas, GA, formerly of Rockmart, GA, passed away Monday, January 2, 2023.
Nancy was born in Rome, GA on May 11, 1946, daughter of the late Parker Roberson and Bessie Deems Roberson. She had lived the greater part of her life in Rockmart and was a member of Euharlee Baptist Church. She was a caregiver...
Sandra Gail Causey
Jan 2, 2023
Mrs. Sandra “Gail” Causey, age 67, of Cedartown GA, formerly of Rockmart, left her broken body behind and stepped into the arms of Jesus on Monday, January 2, 2023.
She was born on July 4, 1955, to Clarence James Costlow and Edna Mae Hulsey Costlow. Both of her parents were there to welcome her into heaven.
Gail was a beloved wife, mama,...
Gerald Bobby Lee
Dec 30, 2022
Mr. Gerald Bobby Lee, age 83, of Cedartown, GA passed away Friday, December 30, 2022 in a Rome medical center.
Gerald was born in Cartersville, GA on August 29, 1939, a son of the late Harold Franklin Lee and the late Annie Avis Sumner Lee. He had been a resident of Polk County since 1960, was a member of the Morning...
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