Obituaries
Crawder R. Free
May 17, 2020
Mr. Crawder R. Free, age 76, of Taylorsville, GA Passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020 at his residence. He was born on August 9, 1943 in Taylorsville, GA the son of R.C. Free and Ollie Mae Dudley Free. Mr. Free had lived on the family farm all of his life and was a graduate of Taylorsville High School. He was...
Jimmy Dabbs
May 16, 2020
Mr. Jimmy Dabbs, age 76, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020 at his daughters residence following a brief illness. He was born in Rockmart, GA on November 9, 1943, a son of the late James B. Dabbs and the late Katie Louise Cline Dabbs. Jimmy had lived all of his life in Rockmart where he was a...
Stephen Bryan Cobb
May 11, 2020
Mr. Stephen Bryan Cobb, age 48, of Taylorsville, GA passed away suddenly Monday morning, May 11, 2020. He was born in Gainesville, GA on August 15, 1971, a son of Marshall Eugene Cobb and Linda Snelling Cobb. Stephen grew up in Gainesville, GA and lived in Colorado for two years after school. He had been a resident of Taylorsville for...
Ruby Lester Mayberry Loe
May 9, 2020
Mrs. Ruby Lester Mayberry Loe, age 93, of Camden, Arkansas passed away Saturday, May 9, 2020 in Rome, GA. She was born in Camden, AR on May 10, 1926, a daughter of the late John A. Lester and the late Carrie Elizabeth Davidson Lester. Ruby had lived all of her life in Camden, AR before relocating to Rome, GA to...
Joan Margaret Clower
Apr 27, 2020
Mrs. Joan Margaret Clower, age 82, of Cedartown, GA passed away Monday, April 27, 2020. She was born in Rockmart, GA on October 4, 1937, a daughter of the late Carl Robert Purser and the late Theodosia Elzeda Tanner Purser. Mrs. Clower spent her childhood in Rockmart but had lived some of her adult life in Atlanta, Smyrna and Dallas...
Willie Mae Poneleit
Apr 23, 2020
Mrs. Willie Mae Poneleit, age 84, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020. She was born in Chattanooga, TN on November 8, 1935, a daughter of the late Andy Woods and the late Mary Bishop Woods. Mrs. Poneleit had been a resident of Georgia since the age of eighteen and lived the past year in Rockmart. She enjoyed...
Jolene F. Gravitt
Apr 21, 2020
Mrs. Jolene F. Gravitt, age 91, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at her residence following several months of declining health. She was born on September 6, 1928 in Jasper, GA a daughter of the late Burton B. Fowler and the late Mamie Disharoon Fowler. Mrs. Gravitt had been a resident of Polk county since 1978 moving...
Little Jonah Mcquade Dillard
Apr 18, 2020
Little Jonah McQuade Dillard, infant son of McQuade Dillard and Michaela Thorpe Dillard, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020. Jonah was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandfather, Jerry Thorpe; maternal great-great-grandmother, Ruth Rousseau; paternal great-grandfather, Roe Lester. Survivors include his parents, McQuade and Michaela Dillard, Rockmart; paternal grandparents, Jeff and Missy Dillard; maternal grandparents, Michael and Beth Thorpe; paternal...
Melanie Lynne Robinson
Apr 17, 2020
Mrs. Melanie Lynne Robinson, age 50, of Aragon, GA passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at her residence following a ten month illness. She was born on December 1, 1969, a daughter of Melvin Sullivan and Joyce Sisson Sullivan. Melanie had lived all of her life in Polk County where she was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. She home...
Frances Leatherwood Estes
Apr 12, 2020
Mrs. Frances Leatherwood Estes, age 74, of Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Aragon, GA on June 28, 1945, a daughter of the late Leonard Leatherwood and the late Lillian Cole Leatherwood. Mrs. Estes had lived all of her life in Rockmart where she attended Rockmart High School. She was a...
Deborah Sue Taylor
Apr 12, 2020
Mrs. Deborah Sue Taylor, age 65, of Rockmart, GA passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020 in a Rome nursing center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Statham, GA on August 6, 1954 a daughter of the late John Stapp and the late Helen Perry Stapp. Mrs. Taylor was a graduate of Bass High School and was a retired...
Angie Aileen Mcalister
Apr 9, 2020
Ms. Angie Aileen McAlister, age 32, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020. She was born in Rome, GA on April 28, 1987, a daughter of Kenneth (Kenny) McAlister and Cynthia (Cindy) Matthews McAlister. Angie lived all of her life in Rockmart where she attended Rockmart High School. She had a love for music and was a daddy's...
Ethel Lee Williams
Apr 7, 2020
Mrs. Ethel Lee Williams, age 88, of Rockmart, GA passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Waleska, GA on April 7, 1932, a daughter of the late Thomas Ratcliff and the late Katie Childers Ratcliff. Mrs. Williams lived the greater part of her life in Rockmart where she was a member of the Piedmont...
Dianne Quick
Apr 7, 2020
Mrs. Dianne Quick, age 68, of Rockmart, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Dianne was born July 8, 1951 in Rome, Georgia, a daughter of the late Donald Gore and the late Margaret Early Gore. She lived all her life in Polk County, and was a graduate of Cedartown High School. Dianne loved her cats and enjoyed working in her...
Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Stiles
Mar 29, 2020
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann “Beth” Stiles, age 38, of Cedartown, GA passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020. She was born in Rome, GA on November 20, 1981. Beth had lived all her life in Floyd and Polk County where she was a member of Valley View Baptist Church. She enjoyed drawing and had a great love for her children and her...
Mike Mcburnett
Mar 28, 2020
Mr. Mike McBurnett, age 55, of Rockmart, GA passed away, Saturday, March 28, 2020. He was born in Rockmart, GA on June 23, 1964, a son of the late James Lee McBurnett and the late Mozelle Dyer McBurnett. Mike had lived all of his life in Polk County where he was a graduate of Rockmart High School. He enjoyed traveling...
Seward Ott Chambers, Jr.
Mar 27, 2020
Mr. Seward Ott Chambers, Jr. age 75, of Cedartown, GA passed away Friday, March 27, 2020. He was born in Rome, GA on February 16, 1945, a son of the late Seward Ott Chambers, Sr. and the late Mary Elizabeth Tarbush Chambers. Mr. Chambers had lived all of his life in Polk County. He owned and operated Chambers Garage along...
Teresa Louise Cupp Lerch
Mar 25, 2020
Mrs. Teresa Louise Cupp Lerch, age 59, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020. She was born in Fairfield, OH on December 19, 1960, a daughter of the late Kenneth Ray and the late Mildred Louise Jones Ray. Mrs. Lerch lived her childhood in Ohio before moving to Georgia. She had been a resident of Rockmart for the...
Joel Felton Smith
Mar 23, 2020
Mr. Joel Felton Smith, age 72, of Rockmart, GA passed away Monday, March 23, 2020 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Rome, GA on November 10, 1947, a son of the late Thomas Felton (T.F.) Smith and the late Edna Tabor Smith. Joel had been a resident of Polk County all of his life where...
Samuel Taft Walley
Mar 20, 2020
Mr. Samuel Taft Walley, 45, of Helena, Alabama, died March 20, 2020. He was born in Decatur, Georgia, on October 8, 1974. He was the son of Charles and Linda Walley. Taft was a 1993 graduate of Cedartown High School in Cedartown, Georgia, and a 1998 graduate of Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, where he was a member of...
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