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James Wilbert (J.W.) Eckert
Oct 15, 2016
Mr. James Wilbert ( J.W. ) Eckert, age 76, of Rockmart (the VanWert community) passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Rockmart, GA on April 12, 1940 a son of the late Wilbert and Bertha Mae Harrell Eckert. Mr. Eckert had lived all of his life in Rockmart and attended...
Frances Anita Roddy
Oct 11, 2016
Mrs. Frances Anita Roddy, age 91, of Rockmart and formally of Dayton, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee on April 8, 1925 to the late Jimmy and Anita Rogers. Mrs. Roddy was a member of Grace Church of the Nazarene in Red Bank, Tn. In addition to her parents she...
Elmer Newton Roberson
Oct 5, 2016
Mr. Elmer Newton Roberson, age 84, of Taylorsville, GA passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016 in a Rome medical center. He was born in Taylorsville, GA on October 21, 1931 a son of the late Henry Newton Roberson and Beulah Cox Roberson. Mr. Roberson had lived all of his life in Taylorsville where he was a member of the Bethel...
Margaret Jean Rider
Oct 4, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Jean Rider, age 81, of Rockmart passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2016 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Cedartown, GA on September 6, 1935, a daughter of the late William Archie McLarty and Gertha Dill McLarty. Mrs. Rider moved to Rockmart from Austell where she was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith and...
Sara Anne Dunn
Oct 2, 2016
Mrs. Sara Anne Dunn, 74, of Cumming, GA, died at home Sunday of natural causes. She was the widow of the late Kenneth Franklin Dunn, to whom she was wed over fifty-three years. Together, they were parents to four children, Mr. Joseph Dewayne Dunn of Marietta, GA, Mr. Kenneth Franklin Dunn, Jr of Belmont, NC, and two daughters lost in...
James Edward Waites
Sep 23, 2016
Mr. James Edward Waites, age 81, of Aragon, GA passed away Friday, September 23. 2016 in a Rome medical center following several months of illness. He was born in Bartow County, GA on June 25, 1935 a son of the late Jack and Gladys Waites. He had been a resident of Polk County since 1957 and was a member and...
Beulah Haney
Sep 17, 2016
Mrs. Beulah Haney, age 90, of Rockmart, GA passed away Saturday, September 17, 2016 in a Rome medical center. She was born in Haralson County, GA on May 17, 1926 a daughter of the late Arthur Franklin White and Jessie Rebecca McDonald White. Mrs. Haney was a lifelong resident of the Bartow and Polk County area where she was a...
Freida Tant
Sep 7, 2016
Mrs. Freida Tant, age 67, of Rockmart passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Aragon, GA on June 17, 1949 a daughter of the late Cecil and Frances Johnson Teems. Mrs. Tant had lived the greater part of her life in Polk County and was a former employee of the Polk School District. She...
Carolyn Campbell Pharo
Sep 6, 2016
Mrs. Carolyn Campbell Pharo, age 73, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Rome, GA, on March 9, 1943. Carolyn lived all her life in Rockmart and loved her hometown. She was a 1961 graduate of Rockmart High School and attended West Georgia College. In the past, she worked in the...
Edna Earline Holtzclaw
Sep 3, 2016
Mrs. Edna Earline Swann Holtzclaw, age 56, of Cedartown, GA passed away Saturday, September 3, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Rockmart, GA on January 6, 1960 a daughter of Bud and Edna Brewer Swann. She had lived all of her life in Polk County and was a member of the Southside Baptist Church of Cedartown. She was...
Mary Jane Tibbitts
Sep 2, 2016
Mrs. Mary Jane Tibbitts, age 73, of Aragon, GA passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 in a Rome nursing center following an extended illness. She was born in Aragon, GA on February 26, 1943 a daughter of the late Raymond Jasper Prater and Etta Mae Thompson Prater. Mrs. Tibbitts had lived most of her life in the Aragon area where...
Roy James Yarbrough, Sr.
Sep 2, 2016
Mr. Roy James Yarbrough, Sr., age 78, of Rockmart passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born in Rockmart, GA on December 28, 1937 a son of the late Winifred Yarbrough and Frances Crabb Yarbrough. Mr. Yarbrough had lived all of his life in Rockmart where he was a member of the...
John Thomas Foster
Sep 1, 2016
Mr. John Thomas Foster, age 84, of Rockmart passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 in a Rome nursing center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Pleasant Hill, Illinois on January 20, 1932 a son of the late Harold Wesley Foster and Alta Mae Gill Foster. Mr. Foster had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart; was...
Kate Shepard Watts
Aug 31, 2016
Mrs. Kate Shepard Watts, age 89, of Rockmart passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Paulding County, GA on September 15, 1926 a daughter of the late James Alfred Shepard and Vida Tant Shepard. Mrs. Watts had been a resident of Rockmart for the past 65 years and was a member of the Calvary...
Timothy Joe (Tim) Staton
Aug 26, 2016
Mr. Timothy Joe (Tim) Staton, age 57, of Rome, GA passed away Friday, August 26, 2106 in a Rome nursing center. Tim was born in Atlanta, GA on May 30, 1959 a son of the late Howard C. (Buddy) Staton and Betty Sue Aycock Staton. He attended Peachtree High School. The family lived in the Doraville area before moving to...
Van W. Williams
Aug 25, 2016
Mr. Van W. Williams, age 80, of Taylorsville, GA passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Taylorsville, GA on January 26, 1936 a son of the late John Williams and Lula Highfield Williams. Mr. Williams had lived all of his life in the Taylorsville area where he was a member and Deacon of the...
Tommy Montgomery
Aug 24, 2016
Mr. Tommy Montgomery, age 69, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. Tommy was born in Rome, GA on February 16, 1947 a son of the late Robert Fulton Montgomery and Hattie Mae Obar Montgomery. He had lived in Polk County the greater part of his life and was a member...
James Jerry Fuqua
Aug 16, 2016
Mr. James Jerry Fuqua, age 70, of Rockmart, GA passed away peacefully during his sleep Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Taylorsville, GA on July 2, 1946, a son of the late James Edgar Fuqua and the late Gladys Waters Fuqua. Mr. Fuqua was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam. He was...
Milan Mcmillian
Aug 13, 2016
Mr. Milan McMillian, age 63, of Rockmart, GA passed away suddenly Saturday, August 13, 2016. Milan was born in Rome, GA on August 27, 1952 a son of the late John H. McMillian and Betty Gurley McMillian. He had lived all of his life in Rockmart where he was a 1970 graduate of Rockmart High School. Milan was the owner...
Henry Alvin Williams
Aug 11, 2016
Mr. Henry Alvin Williams, age 71, of Aragon, GA passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Floyd County, GA on December 25, 1944 a son of Henry Sterling Williams and Mary Taylor Williams. Mr. Williams had lived the greater part of his life in Aragon where he was a member...
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