Obituaries

Sep 14, 2012

Mr. Butch McLarty, age 67, of Temple passed away Friday, September 14, 2012. Mr. McLarty was born in Douglasville on March 15, 1945. He was the son of the late Harry McLarty and the late Mary Warren McLarty.

Survivors include five daughters and two sons-in-law, Terri Thompson of Ranburne, AL, Tina and Micky Summerville of Temple,...

Sep 9, 2012

Mr. Robert Leslie English, age 75, of Bremen passed away Sunday, September 9, 2012. Mr. English was born in Scottdale, Georgia on January 25, 1937. He was the son of the late Benjamin Lee English and the late Bertha Ann Kendall. Mr. English was a retired security officer. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one...

Sep 8, 2012

Mr. Michael Dwayne Taylor, age 48, of Tallapoosa passed away Saturday, September 8, 2012. Mr. Taylor was born in Villa Rica on July 24, 1964. He was the son of James David Taylor and Rosa Parrish Adams.

Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Sherry Ann Taylor of Tallapoosa, Bonnie Jo and Michael Upton of Rockmart...

Sep 8, 2012

Mr. Terry Lee Conant, age 61, of Luthersville passed away Saturday, September 8, 2012. Mr. Conant was born in Watertown, New York on August 8, 1951. He was the son of the late Robert Anderson Conant and the late Sally Ann Scott. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Terri Jean Hadsock; and two...

Sep 7, 2012

Mrs. Jean Walden Ploof, age 76, of Buchanan passed away Friday, September 7, 2012. Mrs. Ploof was born in Polk County on September 30, 1935. She was the daughter of the late Raymond Walden and the late Bertha Finch Walden. Mrs. Ploof was a homemaker. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Dean Walden....

Aug 28, 2012

Mrs. Velma Jerrell Williams Lane, age 75, of Dallas passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Mrs. Lane was born in Haralson County on November 2, 1936. She was the daughter of the late James Marvin Williams and the late Rilla Louella Swann Williams. Mrs. Lane was retired from Pillowtex. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Aug 26, 2012

Mrs. Martha Ella Koontz Fryar, age 79, of Canton passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012. Mrs. Fryar was born in Dale, Arkansas on August 8, 1933. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Koontz and the late Rosie Brown Koontz. Mrs. Fryar was a homemaker.

Survivors include one daughter, Glenda Harper of Canton; three brothers,...

Aug 20, 2012

Mrs. Marjorie Elaine Mann Lemus, age 65, of Buchanan passed away Monday, August 20, 2012. Mrs. Lemus was born in Atlanta on November 8, 1947. She was the daughter of the late Charles Robert Mann and the late Marjorie Bates Mann.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Rhonda and Donald Willbanks of Buchanan; two sons and...

Aug 17, 2012

Mayor Benjamin S. "Buster" Biggers, age 69, of Buchanan passed away Friday, August 17, 2012. Mr. Biggers was born in Buchanan on April 14, 1943. He was the son of the late Loyd Thomas Biggers and the late Mary Clotele Shumake Biggers. Mr. Biggers was currently serving his second term as Mayor of Buchanan, a city that he loved...

Aug 17, 2012

Mrs. Debra Laverne Smith Greene, age 58, of Carrollton passed away Friday, August 17, 2012. Mrs. Greene was born in Gastonia, North Carolina on October 12, 1953. She was the daughter of the late John Smith and the late Helen Weathers Smith. Mrs. Greene was a consultant with Greene Maddox Associates.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas...

Aug 17, 2012

Mr. Fred Perdue Morris, age 85, of Temple passed away Friday, August 17, 2012. Mr. Morris was born in Carroll County on February 27, 1927. He was the son of the late Claude Marshall Morris and the late Lillie Mae Perdue Morris. Mr. Morris was a long time member of the Temple United Methodist Church where he had...

Aug 13, 2012

Mrs. Sarah Alma Johnson Peyton, age 82, of Marietta passed away Monday, August 13, 2012. Mrs. Peyton was born in Grayson, Georgia on March 26, 1930. She was the daughter of the late Albert Johnson and the late Aileen Allen Johnson. Mrs. Peyton was retied from General Electric Credit where she was an accounting supervisor.

Survivors...

Aug 11, 2012

Mr. Michael Allen Maniscalco, age 59, of Buchanan passed away Saturday, August 11, 2012. Mr. Maniscalco was born in Duval County, Florida on December 26, 1952. He was the son of the late Andrew J. Maniscalco and the later Mildred Irene Johnson Maniscalco. Mr. Maniscalco was a machinist.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Teresa Fisher Maniscalco...

Aug 9, 2012

Mr. Laurence Victor Perrigo, age 48, of Villa Rica passed away Thursday, August 9, 2012. Mr. Perrigo was born in Saginaw, Michigan on February 4, 1964. He was the son of the late Ross Gilmore Perrigo and the late Janice Mary Demers Perrigo. Mr. Perrigo was a veteran of the United States Army and was employed as a...

Aug 1, 2012

Mr. Ronald Ira Williams, age 67, of Buchanan passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Mr. Williams was born in Bremen on October 9, 1944. He was the son of the late Nathaniel J. Williams and the late Eula Marie Brooks Williams. Mr. Williams was of the Christian Faith and was retired from Lockheed. Besides his parents, he was...

Jul 30, 2012

Mr. Conrad Swindle, age 78, of Atlanta passed away Monday, July 30, 2012. Private memorial services will be conducted at a late date. The body was cremated. Hutcheson''s Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan is in charge of the arrangements.

Jul 30, 2012

Ms. Janie Michele Warren Samples, age 45, of Bowdon passed away Monday, July 30, 2012. Ms. Samples was born in Carrollton on July 18, 1967. She was the daughter of the late Cecil Dorsey Warren and Janice Cheryl Williams. Besides her father, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Lori Elizabeth Samples; step-mother, Eueline Warren; and grandfather,...

Jul 24, 2012

RJ Crum, Sr., 84, passed away on Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 in Douglasville, GA.

He was born in Wakulla County, Fla., and served his country in the US Army during World War II. He was also a commercial fisherman and business owner in Wakulla County.

Memorial services will be held at Lake Ellen Baptist...

Jul 24, 2012

Ms. Charlotte Mae Cheatwood Morris, age 61, of Bremen passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Ms. Morris was born in Atlanta on March 22, 1951. She was the daughter of Lowell Cheatwood and Bertha Beck Cheatwood. Ms. Morris was employed by Honda-Lok.

Survivors include two daughters and son-in-law, Heather and Richard Wyatt of Carrollton and Chelsie...

Jul 17, 2012

Mr. Gordon Willis Frazier, Jr., age 63, of Carrollton passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Mr. Willis was born in Scottsboro, Alabama on November 6, 1948. He was the son of the late Gordon Willis Frazier, Sr. and the late Jane Marie Johnson. Mr. Frazier was a construction worker.

Survivors include five daughters, Franchesca Frazier of...