Obituaries

Jun 29, 2012

Little Miss Lilly Elizabeth Rice, the infant daughter of Johnathan and Tiffany Mohorcic Rice of Carrollton passed away Friday, June 29, 2012.

Survivors besides her parents include one sister, Anslee Rice of Carrollton; grandparents, Terry Chad Rice of Bremen, Kenya Horton of Bremen, Michelle Rice of Carrollton and Crystal Mohorcic of Carrollton; great grandparents, Terry and...

Jun 27, 2012

Mr. David Brian Horovitz, age 54, of Buchanan passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Mr. Horovitz was born in Atlanta on November 5, 1957. He was the son of the late Buddy Horovitz and Elaine Sherman Horovitz. Mr. Horovitz was a United States Military Veteran and was a paramedic with Med-Stat Emergency Medical Services. Besides his father, he...

Jun 24, 2012

Mr. Melvin Durell Gober, age 67, of Bremen passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012. Mr. Gober was born in Haralson County on August 12, 1944. He was the son of the late Melvin Grady Gober and the late Jewell Hollis Gober. Mr. Gober was a retired engineer with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Survivors include his wife, Arlene...

Jun 22, 2012

Mr. Luther Irwin McCall, age 73, of Buchanan passed away Friday, June 22, 2012. Mr. McCall was born in Salem, Florida on August 6, 1938. He was the son of the late Lonnie McCall and the late Lula Ursula Haghen McCall. Mr. McCall was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and was a retired truck driver...

Jun 15, 2012

Ms. Janice Helene McPherson, age 65 of Marietta, passed away Friday, June 15, 2012. Ms. McPherson was born on August 9, 1946 in San Diego, CA. She was preceded in death by her father Raymond Moore and mother Mrs. Dolly Violet Moore.

Survivors include her son, Mitch K. McPherson of Winston, GA; Two daughters, Holly Louise...

Jun 10, 2012

Ms. Donna Jo Etheridge, age 68, of Buchanan passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012. Ms Etheridge was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 18, 1944. She was the daughter of the late Radford Donell Etheridge and the late Josephine Cobb Etheridge.

Survivors include four brothers, Wayne Etheridge of Silverhill, AL, Don Etheridge of Griffin, Jerry Etheridge...

Jun 8, 2012

Mrs. Ann Forshee Lumpkin Chumney, age 75, of Sylvester died Friday June 8, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mrs. Chumney was born December 23, 1936 to the late Claude and Christine Smith Forshee in Worth County. She had lived in Worth County all her life and had worked at Worth County Hospital in the admissions...

Jun 4, 2012

Mr. Joseph Brown Byrd Jr., age 68, of Buchanan passed away early Monday morning, June 4, 2012 of a heart attack outside of his home while doing yard work. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Mrs. Johnnie Wilson Byrd, oldest son Joseph Richard Byrd and his wife Lynn, his only daughter, Bonnie Jean Rayburn and...

Jun 2, 2012

Mr. Michael Darryl McKibben, age 58, of Buchanan passed away Saturday, June 2, 2012. Mr. McKibben was born in Cedartown on July 13, 1953. He was the son of the late Frank McKibben and the late Maline Lee McKibben. Mr. McKibben was a carpenter and a farmer.

Survivors include one son, Joshua Hayes, Sr. of Buchanan;...

May 31, 2012

Ms. Lisa Sharon Smith, age 46, of Heflin, Alabama passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Hutcheson''s Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan.

May 29, 2012

Mr. James L. Poore, age 62, of Douglasville passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at home. He was born on August 23, 1949 in Powder Springs, GA to the late William and Ethel Poore.

He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Tina Poore of Douglasville; son and daughter-in-law, Adam and Leslie Poore of Senoia,...

May 28, 2012

Mr. Gary Allen Loyd Stroupe, age 31, of Dallas passed away Monday, May 28, 2012. Mr. Stroupe was born in Centre, Alabama on June 29, 1980.

Survivors include two daughters, Destine Cheyenne Stroupe of Dallas and Haley Dianna Stroupe of Dallas; father, Floyd Howard Jennings; mother, Sarah Jones; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Karen and Lewis...

May 28, 2012

George Reid Verner, 84, of Kennesaw, died May 28, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 31, at Maple Avenue United Methodist Church, Marietta, with Rev. Randy Rooks officiating. Interment will follow at Edwards Cemetery, Buchanan.

Mr. Verner was a graduate of Buchanan High School and served as a U.S. Marine in...

May 26, 2012

Miss Willie Myrl Cantrell, age 80, of Carrollton passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012. Miss Cantrell was born in Carroll County on November 21, 1931. She was the daughter of the late Henry Grady Cantrell and the late Amzie Belle Lester Cantrell. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Shirley Ophelia Cantrell; and one...

May 20, 2012

Mr. Stephen Keith Gibson, age 42, of Cedartown passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012. Mr. Gibson was born in Carrollton on June 6, 1969. He was the son of the late Jerry Smith Gibson and the late Ruby Nell Owens Gibson.

Survivors include one brother, Tony Gibson of Buchanan; and a number of other relatives.

May 15, 2012

Evelyn Victoria Gore Steed, 93, of Bowdon passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012. She was born on June 6, 1918, the daughter of Enoch Hesterley Gore and Georgia McRae Gore of Bremen, GA.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Harris Hutson Steed; brothers James, Glenn and Bobby Gore;...

May 13, 2012

Ms. Betty Jean Lovvorn Boone, age 84, of Bremen passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012. Ms. Lovvorn was born in Carroll County on November 1, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Loyce Lovvorn, Sr. and the late Mamie Reid Lovvorn. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Diane Benefield.

Survivors...

May 11, 2012

Mr. Donald Lee Loner, age 56, of Buchanan passed away Friday, May 11, 2012. Mr. Loner was born in Cobb County on April 17, 1956. He was the son of the late James W. Loner, Sr. and the late Leona Nash Loner.

Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Jennifer Bailey of Carrollton and Amy and...

May 10, 2012

Mr. Hoyt Woody, age 88, of Buchanan passed away Thursday, May 10, 20112. Mr. Woody was born in Draketown, Georgia on April 18, 1924. He was the son of the late John Henry Woody and Julie May Tanner. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Shirley Arp and Ruby Whitaker; and two brothers, Robert...

May 9, 2012

Myles Eric Easterwood, age 65, of Buchanan passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Mr. Easterwood was born in Centre Alabama on September 14, 1947. He was the son of the late Milas Hubert Easterwood and Helen Smith Hendon.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Easterwood of Buchanan; two daughters Laina (Robert) Milam of Buchanan and Connie Cruz...