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Beatrice Lucille Swafford Ploof

Beatrice Lucille Swafford Ploof

Jul 3, 2008

Mrs. Beatrice Lucille Swafford Ploof, age 67, of 718 Hamrick Rd., Bremen passed away Thursday, July 3, 2008. Mrs. Ploof was born in Cleburne County, Alabama on August 31, 1940. She was the daughter of the late Jack E. Swafford and the late Nellie Miller Swafford. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John...

Frances Smith Brownlow Hitchcock

Frances Smith Brownlow Hitchcock

Jun 27, 2008

Mrs. Frances Brownlow Hitchcock, age 80, of 600 West Memorial Drive, Dallas passed away Friday, June 27, 2008. Mrs. Hitchcock was born in Bartow County on August 16, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Willie Smith and the Lena Smith. Mrs. Hitchcock was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Bobby H. Hitchcock; one daughter, Sandra...

Clyde Jasper Dudley, Jr

Clyde Jasper Dudley, Jr

Jun 24, 2008

Mr. Clyde Jasper Dudley, Jr., age 63, of 245 Dudley Rd., Buchanan passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Mr. Dudley was born in Polk County on April 22, 1945. He was the son of the late Clyde Jasper Dudley, Sr. and the late Lena Lynch Dudley. Mr. Dudley was the retired manager of the Blossman Gas Company in...

Sam Lee Henderson

Sam Lee Henderson

Jun 16, 2008

Mr. Sam Lee Henderson, age 61, of 6 East Head Ave., Buchanan passed away Monday, June 16, 2008. Mr. Henderson was born in Newton County on November 13, 1946. Mr. Henderson was a veteran of the United States Army serving in Germany and was a retired police officer. He was preceded in death by his mother Lois Moore...

Jimmy Roger Davis

Jimmy Roger Davis

Jun 15, 2008

Mr. Jimmy Roger Davis, age 72, of 268 McKibben Rd., Buchanan passed away Sunday, June 15, 2008. Mr. Davis was born in Haralson County on March 29, 1936. He was the son of the late Lovie Davis and the late Ora Leatherwood Davis. Mr. Davis was retired from Ford Motor Company. Survivors include his wife, Elmira Davis of...

Geraldine Richards Mcpherson

Geraldine Richards Mcpherson

Jun 12, 2008

Mrs. Geraldine Richards McPherson, age 81, of 323 Fern Ave., Bremen passed away Thursday, June 12, 2008. Mrs. McPherson was born in Haralson County on February 23, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Luther Brown Richards and the late Mamie Payne Richards. Mrs. McPherson was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by one sister, Kate...

Martha Polage

Martha Polage

Jun 6, 2008

Mrs. Martha Polage, age 87, of Pine Knoll Dr., Carrollton passed away Friday, June 6, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 12, 2008 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Roper and Sons Funeral Home of Lincoln, Nebraska is in charge of the arrangements. Local arrangements are by Hutcheson''s Memorial Chapel of Buchanan.

J.P. Hicks

J.P. Hicks

Jun 6, 2008

Mr. J.P. Hicks, age 89, of 233 Carrollton St., Buchanan passed away Friday, June 6, 2008. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Hutcheson''s Memorial Chapel of Buchanan.

James Ralph Higgins

James Ralph Higgins

Jun 1, 2008

Mr. James Ralph Higgins, age 78, of 320 Carrollton St., Buchanan passed away Sunday, June 1, 2008. Mr. Higgins was born in Calhoun County, Alabama on March 5, 1930. He was the son of the late Robert Luther Higgins and the late Mamie Cook Brown. Mr. Higgins was a retired grocer. Besides his parents, he was preceded in...

Fred Travis Manus

Fred Travis Manus

May 26, 2008

Mr. Fred Travis Manus, age 50, of 484 Wesley Camp Rd., Buchanan passed away Monday, May 26, 2008. Mr. Manus was born in Jefferson County, South Carolina on April 30, 1958. He was the son of the late Oscar Clayton Manus and the late Gracie Thelma Brown. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters,...

Danna Meredith Orgeron

Danna Meredith Orgeron

May 25, 2008

Ms. Danna Meredith Orgeron, age 34, of 2077 Pemberton Rd., Atlanta formerly of Bremen passed away Sunday, May 25, 2008. Ms. Orgeron was born in Orleans Parrish, Louisiana on November 27, 1973. She was the daughter of Raphael Jonathan Orgeron, Jr. and Gloria Jean Weber. Survivors include two daughters, Lacie Smith of Bremen and Lexi Worthy of Bremen;...

Sarah Elizabeth Foster Cox

Sarah Elizabeth Foster Cox

May 24, 2008

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Foster Cox, age 80, of 176 King James Dr., Dallas passed away Saturday, May 24, 2008. Mrs. Cox was born in Carroll County on May 20, 1928. She was the daughter of the late George Manual Foster, Sr. and the late Mary Ellen Mabry Cox. Mrs. Cox was retired from Sewell Manufacturing Company. Besides her...

Gavin Lane Morris

Gavin Lane Morris

May 21, 2008

Infant Gavin Lane Morris, son of Gene and Quinn Morris of Temple passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Survivors besides parents include maternal grandparents, James and Lori Peckham of Kearneysville, WV; paternal grandparents, Joe and Martha Handley of Dallas; materanl great grandmother, Mary Peckham of Lawrenceville, MD; pateranl great grandparents, Bob and Marilyn Layton of Acworth and James...

Ester Benetta "Bennie" Smith

Ester Benetta "Bennie" Smith

May 17, 2008

Mrs. Ester Benetta "Bennie" Backus Smith, age 69, of 458 Old Corinth Rd., Buchanan passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008. Mrs. Smith was born in Fulton County on February 1, 1939. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Hanes Backus and the late Rachel Booth Backus. Mrs. Smith was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. and...

Deborah Carolyn Rutledge

Deborah Carolyn Rutledge

May 16, 2008

Mrs. Deborah Carolyn Rutledge, age 53, of 8599 Hwy. 78, Bremen passed away Friday, May 16, 2008. Mrs. Rutledge was born in Pulaski County, Georgia on December 31, 1954. She was the daughter of Carolyn Adams. Mrs. Rutledge was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tonia Cheatwood. Survivors include her husband, Michael Rutledge of...

Edward Leon Hughes, Sr

Edward Leon Hughes, Sr

Apr 29, 2008

Mr. Edward Leon Hughes, Sr., age 68, of 419 Morgan Rd., Buchanan passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Mr. Hughes was born in Dekalb County, Alabama on September 22 1939. He was the son of the late Carl Hughes and Juanita Nix Ezell of Buchanan. Mr. Hughes was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a...

Stephen Roy Mcelhannon

Stephen Roy Mcelhannon

Apr 26, 2008

Mr. Stephen Roy McElhannon, age 44, of 4074 Tyus-Carrollton Rd., Carrollton passed away Saturday, April 26, 2008. Survivors include one daughter, Betsy McElhannon of Felton; two sons, Stephen Jesse McElhannon of Tallapoosa and Jasper Roy McElhannon of Felton; mother, Myra Brown McElhannon of Carrollton; and a number of other relatives. The body was cremated. Memorial services are private....

Buell Burnell Rice

Buell Burnell Rice

Apr 23, 2008

Mr. Buell Burnell Rice, age 80, of 38 Eaves Bridge Rd., Buchanan passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Mr. Rice was born in Haralson County on July 18, 1927. He was the son of the late Elijah Noah Rice and the late Levia Ann Kirk Rice. Mr. Rice was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during...

Mary Lovvorn

Mary Lovvorn

Apr 23, 2008

Mrs. Mary Ann Melear Lovvorn, age 90, of 233 Carrollton St., Buchanan passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Mrs. Lovvorn was born in Carroll County on March 3, 1918. She was the daughter of the late William Melear and the late Annie Mae Smith Melear. Mrs. Lovvorn was a homemaker. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death...

Rose C. Reece

Rose C. Reece

Apr 22, 2008

Ms. Rose C. Reece, age 70 of 233 Carrollton St., Buchanan passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Funeral arrangements age incomplete at this time and will announced later by Hutcheson''s Memorial Chapel of Buchanan.

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