Obituaries

Feb 16, 2020

Mrs. Jimmie Sue Herndon, age 80, of Bremen, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2020. She was born on October 21, 1939 to the late James Scoggins and the late Evelyn L. Jacobs Scoggins. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by one sister, Nell Fuller and two brothers, Joseph Scoggins and John Scoggins.

Feb 15, 2020

Legacy of Life

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born and a time to die;

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2

Barbara Ann Dove, affectionately known as "Nana Boo" was born...

Feb 15, 2020

Mrs. Rosie Lee Burns Mason, age 86, of Buchanan, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020. She was born on September 3, 1933 in Buchanan to the late Lena Burns Shoemake. Besides her mother she is preceded in death by her husband Luther Eugene Mason.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Lisa...

Feb 12, 2020

Monica Jean Benefield Bradley, age 68 of Carrollton, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. She was born on November 18, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA to the late Dack Benefield and the late Eila McGuire Benefield. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Ollie Herbert Bradley and one brother, Darwin...

Feb 11, 2020

Mrs. Brenda Judy Robinson of Bremen passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2020. She was born Friday, August 4, 1944 to the late Harold Jasper Stacey and Mildred Mattie Shelton Stacey in Carrollton, GA. She was preceded in death by her first husband, children`s father Thomas Wayne Keeton Sr. and her late husband Charles Edker "Pete" Robinson, sister Barbara...

Feb 10, 2020

Mr. Samuel Theodore Stevenson III, of Villa Rica, GA passed away Monday, February 10, 2020 at Tranquility Hospice in Austell, GA. He was born Tuesday, January 5, 1954 to the late Samuel Theodore Stevenson Jr. and Helen Spivey Stevenson in Asheboro, NC. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wives Reba Beal Stevenson and Cathy...

Feb 10, 2020

Mrs. Margaret Lynn Folds Evans, age 54, of Waco, passed away peacefully at her residence on Monday, February 10, 2020. She was born on Monday, January 13, 1966 to the late Glen Watson Folds and the late Flossie Mae Strickland Folds. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by one sister, Mavis J. Skipper and two brothers,...

Feb 9, 2020

Sorrel Hays, American pianist, composer and artist died on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at her bucolic home in rural Buchanan, Georgia, after battling cancer for two years. She was born on August 6, 1941 and was 78 years of age. For her friends, family and colleagues, a light has gone out. The world is a greyer, more somber...

Feb 1, 2020

Mrs. Ellen Jane Allen Priest, age 69, of Bremen, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020. She was born on November 16, 1950 to the late James Calvin Allen and the late Reba Louise Potridge Allen. Beside her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Raymond Priest and son, Mitchell Lee Jackson.

Jan 30, 2020

Ms. Patricia Irene Weems Whitten, age 70, of Bowdon, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020. She was born on January 11, 1950 in Borden Springs, AL to the late Douglas Weems and the late Mary Ellen Dyer Weems. Beside her parents she is preceded in death by a brother, Edwin Weems.

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Jan 29, 2020

Mr. John Howard Wyatt, age 85, of Jasper, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. He was born on August 13, 1934 in Talladega, AL to the late Hubert Wyatt and the late Jessie Wyatt.

Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis Howard and Connie Wyatt of Douglasville, Mitchell Brian and Susan...

Jan 29, 2020

Mrs. Janice Elizabeth Smalley Shirley, age 74, of Marietta, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. She was born on January 1, 1946 in Marietta to the late Silas Jones Smalley and the late Willie May Gann. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by a sister, Gail Yarbrough and a brother, Larry Smalley.

Jan 28, 2020

Mrs. Ruby Ayres Calhoun, 100 ½ of Buchanan, gained her heavenly wings on Tuesday, January 28, 2020.  Mrs. Ruby was born on July 25, 1919, on a farm in Troup County to James Abram Ayres and Lucille Colley Ayres.  She was a graduate of West Point High School, and she married the love of...

Jan 26, 2020

Ms. Patricia Joann Gravley Thompson, age 69, of Tallapoosa, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020. She was born on October 24, 1950 in Atlanta to the late Johnny Lee Gravley and the late Maggie Juanita Ramsey Gravley. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her daughter Rhonda Sue Thompson.

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Jan 24, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Carolyn Rowell Clay, age 74, of Buchanan, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2020. She was born on January 19, 1946 in Rockmart to the late A.O. Rowell and the late Claudia Thornton Rowell. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by one brother, Charles Rowell.

Survivors include her husband, Loyd Eugene Clay...

Jan 22, 2020

Miss Christina "Chrissy" Marie Goodwin, age 37 of Buford, GA, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020.  Chrissy was born in Atlanta on April 12, 1981.  She was a graduate of Fayette County High School and attended the University of West Georgia.  She was predeceased by her father, Robert Goodwin, her maternal grandfather, Frank Perry, and her paternal grandparents,...

Jan 19, 2020

Mrs. Dorothy Agnes Shearer, age 91 of Buchanan, passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2020. She was born on August 16, 1928 in Niagara Falls, NY to the late Richard Thomas and the late Ethel Thomas. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Howard Shearer. She retired from retail and worked at...

Jan 17, 2020

Mrs. Hazel Sally Miller Chandler, age 83, of Buchanan passed away on Friday, January 17, 2020. She was born on April 23, 1936 in Haralson County to the late Jim Miller and the late Vera Leola Addison Miller. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband William Herbert Chandler; three sisters, Bertha Osmer,...

Jan 13, 2020

Derek Joiner of Buchanan, GA died Monday, January 13, 2020 at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton. He was born May 4, 1980 in Baton Rouge, LA to Susan Baird Thacker. He was preceded in death by his sister Hollie Atchley; maternal grandparents, Shirley Merrill and Roger Edward Baird.

He was a veteran...

Jan 6, 2020

Mrs. Betty Jean Cook Stephens, age 75, of Franklin, passed away at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, on Monday, January 6, 2020. She was born on September 29, 1944 in Cleburne County, AL to the late Clyde Cook, Sr. and the late Cloe Alice Alewine Cook. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by two...