Obituaries

Sep 11, 2013

Ms. Sonya Ann Brooks Dobbs, age 70, of Temple passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Ms. Dobbs was born in Marietta on July 24, 1943. She was the daughter of the late Radford S. Brooks and the late Ara Lowe Brooks. Ms. Dobbs was a retired assistant administrator with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Sonya was...

Sep 9, 2013

Rev. Larry Eugene Vincent, age 62, of Temple passed away Monday, September 9, 2013. Rev. Vincent was born in Douglas County on April 29, 1951. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a minister having last served as the interim pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Tallapoosa. Mr. Vincent was preceded in death by...

Sep 8, 2013

Mr. Bobby Lee Garner, age 75, of Bremen passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013. Mr. Garner was born in Haralson County on September 11, 1937. He was the son of the late Toy Garner and the late Josephine Bishop Garner. Mr. Garner was a veteran of the United Navy and was retired from Ford Motor Company. Besides his...

Sep 8, 2013

Mr. Tony Eric Haynes, age 42, of Tallapoosa passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013. Mr. Haynes was born in Atlanta on December 19, 1970.

Survivors include his nephew and caregiver, Richard Byrd of Bremen; mother, Bertie Hale Welch of Bremen; father, Buddy Haynes of Hiram; two sisters, Joyce Wright of Bremen and Monique Pierce of Temple;...

Aug 28, 2013

Mr. Howard Jessie Evans, age 84, of Buchanan, formerly of Carrollton, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Mr. Evans was born in Douglas County on August 12, 1929. He was the son of the late Jessie Mason Evans and the late Effie Covington Evans. Mr. Evans was veteran of the United States Army and was a retired as...

Aug 26, 2013

Mr. Joseph Lee Keaton, age 47, of Bremen passed away Monday, August 26, 2013. Mr. Keaton was born in Carrollton, Georgia on July 30, 1966. He was the son of the late Raymond Keaton and the late Roxie Pitts Keaton. Mr. Keaton was a forklift operator for Kellogg.

Survivors include his wife, Lisa Henry Keaton of...

Aug 26, 2013

Mr. Edward Luke Bartlett, age 73, of Carrollton passed away Monday, August 26, 2013. Mr. Bartlett was born in Buffalo Valley, Tennessee on September 21, 1939. He was the son of the late Bryan Luke Bartlett and the late Rebecca Doris Turman Bartlett. Mr. Bartlett was a retired carpenter.

Survivors include three daughters, Brenda Smith and...

Aug 25, 2013

Mr. David Sloan Stalnaker, age 55, of Marietta passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013. Mr. Stalnaker was born in Nashville, Tennessee on June 18, 1958.

Survivors include three daughters, Tricia Headrick of Marietta, Melissa Overn and Lacey Stalnaker both of Bradenton, FL; parents, Elvis and Nancy Ella Sloan Stalnaker; two brothers, Todd Stalnaker and Les Stalnaker...

Aug 22, 2013

Mrs. Cheryl Ann Johnson Foster, age 58, of Carrollton passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013. Mrs. Foster was born in Haralson County on December 10, 1954. She was the daughter of the later Howard Johnson and the late Hazel Holcombe Johnson.

Survivors include her husband, Jeff Foster of Carrollton; one daughter, Jenny Sumerlin of Kennesaw; one...

Aug 20, 2013

Mrs. Marlena Harden Griffin, age 68, of Buchanan passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Mrs. Griffin was born in Rosebud, Texas on September 3, 1944. She was the daughter of the late Marvin Harden and the late Vivian Weaver Harden. Mrs. Griffin was a retired criminal background researcher.

Survivors include her husband, Hollis Griffin of Buchanan;...

Aug 19, 2013

Ms. Frances Maydale Powers Queen McClain, age 59, of Tallapoosa passed away Monday, August 19, 2013. Ms. McClain was born in Riverdale on April 15, 1954. She was the daughter of the late Willie Powers and the late Kathleen Stevens Powers.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, James and Denise Queen of Tallapoosa and Dennis and...

Aug 17, 2013

Mr. Johnny Leroy Wright, age 72, of Temple passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013. Mr. Wright was born in Ellijay, Georgia on April 7, 1941. He was the son of the late Kermit Lee Wright and the late Helen Pearl Beavers Notch. Mr. Wright was a retired truck driver with Grand Union. Besides his parents, he was preceded...

Aug 10, 2013

Mrs. Fanny Novella Beachamp Adams, age 103, of Buchanan passed away Saturday, August 10, 2013. Mrs. Adams was born in Haralson County on March 10, 1910. She was the daughter of the late J.D. Beachamp and the late Novella Dearing Beachamp. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Adams.

Survivors include...

Aug 8, 2013

Ms. Anne Thomas Holder, age 86, of Bremen passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013. Ms. Holder was born in Haralson County on October 17, 1926. She was the daughter of the late William A. Thomas and the late Elizabeth Garner Thomas. Ms. Holder was retired from Arrow Shirt Company in Bremen. She was preceded in death by one...

Aug 7, 2013

Mr. William Kermit Shadrix, age 86, of Bremen passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013. Mr. Shadrix was born in Carroll County on May 8, 1926. He was the son of the late Samuel Kemp Shadrix and the late Vera Mae Parrish Shadrix. Mr. Shadrix was a veteran of the United States Army serving during the time of the...

Jul 29, 2013

Mr. N.L. Richards, age 86, of Bremen passed away quietly in his sleep in the early morning of Monday, July 29, 2013 and went to meet the Lord. He was a devoted Christian and loved the Lord and always looked to him for guidance. He was born in Tallapoosa, Georgia to the late Johnathon Wesley Richards and the...

Jul 27, 2013

Mr. William Oscar Mann, age 87, of Bowdon passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013. Mr. Mann was born in Canton, Georgia on Monday, March 8, 1926. He was the son of the late Robert Mann and the late Izzy Kay Kendal Mann.

Mr. Mann is survived by his Son William Michael Mann ; Five daughters, Billie...

Jul 26, 2013

Doris Kiser Long No truer soul of kindness has bestowed the world with such selflessness as Doris Kiser Long. We affectionately refer to her as Granny Long, as did the multitudes of which were fortunate enough to encounter her generosities. Born in 1928 to Marian Bartlett and Mary Irene Cook Kiser of rural Haralson County near Buchanan she was...

Jul 23, 2013

Mr. Ralph Reed Bowling, age 83, of Buchanan passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Mr. Bowling was born in Buchanan on June 11, 1930. He was the son of the late Franklin Lee Bowling and the late Abby Ethel Windom Bowling. Mr. Bowling as a veteran of the Army National Guard and was a retired engineer with the...

Jul 22, 2013

Mr. Richard Truman Olsen Sr. age 83, of Carrollton formerly of Ponte Vedra, Florida, passed away Monday, July 22, 2013. Mr. Olsen was born in Walnut Grove, Nebraska on Tuesday, October 1, 1929. He was the son of the late Norman G. and the late Virginia (Waugh) Olsen. Besides his parents Mr. Olsen is preceded in death by...