Obituaries

Nov 3, 2019

Mr. William Carlos Wade, age 85, of Bremen, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2019. He was born on February 28, 1934 in Birmingham, AL to the late William Franklin Wade and the late Mabel Strickland. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Swann and son Billy Wade.

Mr. Wade was...

Nov 3, 2019

Mr. Randal Dewayne Williams, age 60, of Buchanan, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2019. He was born on June 20, 1959 in Carrollton to the late E.C. Williams and the late Josephine Warren Williams.

Survivors include his sisters, Sarah Snow and Ledana Blissett and one brother, David Williams.

In keeping with Mr. Williams...

Nov 1, 2019

Mr. Ronald Thomas Brown, age 77, of Cedartown, passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019. He was born on August 1, 1942 in Rome to the late John Thomas Brown and the late Ella Faye Irwin Brown. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by one sister, Linda Jacobs and one brother Donald Brown.

Survivors...

Oct 31, 2019

Mr. Bobby Gene Hammitt, age 82, of Fruithurst, Alabama, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019. He was born on January 7, 1937 in Chatooga County, Georgia to the late Andrew Hammitt and the late Martha Dukes Hammitt Hendrix.

Survivors include his wife Pam Hammitt of Heflin, AL; daughter, Bobbie Hammitt Pope of Dallas; three sons...

Oct 31, 2019

Mr. Lewis Stephen Williford, Sr., age 67, of Bremen passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019. He was born in Conyers, Georgia on Wednesday, April 30, 1952. Mr. Williford is the son of the late, Aubrey Lee Williford and the late, Lena Mae (Wilson) Williford. Besides his parents, Mr. Williford is preceded in death by one brother, Kenneth...

Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Jack Cottingham Sims, age 88, of Buchanan, GA, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, October 23, 2019.  Mr. Sims was born September 1, 1931, just outside Milltown, AL, to Admiral Dewey Sims and Lella Cunningham Sims.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Elizabeth Nan Gillenwaters.

Mr....

Oct 22, 2019

Ms. Dorothy Jean (Causey) Hayward, age 62, of Bremen passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. She was born in Bremen on Saturday, June 1, 1957. Ms. Hayward is the daughter of the late, Homer Lee Causey and the late, Eunice Geneva (Williams) Causey. Besides her parents, Ms. Hayward is preceded in death by three sisters, Brenda Causey,...

Oct 20, 2019

Mrs. Carolyn Yvonne Harris, age 69, of Carrollton, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2019. She was born on August 13, 1950 in Tulare, California to the late Bill Jordan and the late Zeta Mae Brown Shopshire.  Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Willis Dale McDowell.

Survivors include one daughter, Shelly...

Oct 19, 2019

Mrs. Sara Lue Harrell Wade, age 77, of Buchanan, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2019. She was born on September 24, 1942 in Rockmart to the late Fred Nathaniel Harrell and the late Sara Myrtle Gentry Lewis. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one daughter, Annette Wade; three grandchildren, Mitchell Wade, Joshua Wade and...

Oct 17, 2019

Mrs. Martha Lee Davis Wilburn, age 98, of Buchanan, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019. She was born on March 5, 1921 in Carroll County to the late Samuel Allen Davis and the late Mattie Ophelia Jones Davis. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Howard Raymond Wilburn; five sisters and three brothers....

Oct 17, 2019

Mr. James John "Tray" Rodgers, III, age 21, of Temple, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019. He was born on September 19, 1998 in Carrollton to James John Rodgers, II and Johnnie Sue Bright.

Survivors include his parents, Jennifer and Tim Blue of Bremen; one daughter and her mother, Claira Joe Rodgers and Katheryn "Quinlan"...

Oct 3, 2019

Mr. Leslie Merle "Butch Gillham, Jr., age 75, of Douglasville, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2019. He was born on December 9, 1943 in Atlanta to the late Leslie Merele Gillham, Sr. and the late Lucile Wade Gillham. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by one sister, Ruth Gillham Queen.

Survivors include his...

Oct 2, 2019

Mr. Richard Allen Bailey, age 69, of Cedartown, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. He was born on October 1, 1950 in Chattanooga, TN to the late Johnny Bailey and the late Peggy Ratcliff Wycoff. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one sister, Lynn Horton and two brothers, Johnny David Bailey and Charles Lee...

Sep 24, 2019

Mr. Ricky Braxton Farmer, age 63, of Austell, passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. He was born on January 24, 1956 to the late John Braxton Farmer and the late Corine Hatcher Farmer.

He attended and graduated from West Over High School in Albany, GA and later became a Respiratory Therapist for Emory University Hospital...

Sep 24, 2019

Mr. Joe Lamar Millsap, age 75, of Douglasville, passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. He was born on June 10, 1944 to the late Fred Millsap and the late Catherine Ferguson Millsap. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.

Survivors include two sisters, Charlotte Blair of Heflin, AL...

Sep 24, 2019

Mrs. Kimie Sue Riddle, age 59, of Bremen, passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey on April 2, 1960 to the late Bill Williams, Sr. and the late Kimiko Isobe Williams.

Survivors include her husband, Kenneth William Riddle of PA; two sisters and brother-in-law, Carol Ann Ayers of Morrow and...

Sep 24, 2019

Mr. Jerry Houston, age 72, of Rockmart, passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. He was born in Haralson County on August 2, 1947 to the late Jack R. Houston and the late Joan Leatherwood Houston. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by his wife Margie Louise Houston; two sisters, Joyce Tanner and Rebecca Cline and...

Sep 22, 2019

Mrs. Ann Christine Swanson Westmoreland, age 79, of Buchanan, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019. She was born on June 12, 1940 to the late Floyd Arthur Swanson and the late Hazel Clara VanBibber Swanson. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by one daughter, Cheri Mixon.

She obtained her master's from Rockford College...

Sep 19, 2019

Mrs. Judy Marjean Newborn Harrell, age 68, of Rockmart, passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019. She was born on January 14, 1951 to the late, Nezzie Ree Newborn and the late Elsie Jane Rush Newborn. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, James Nathaniel Harrell, Sr.; one son, Jonothon Harrell; two sisters, Dorothy...

Sep 17, 2019

Mr. Charles Johnson, age 66, of Carrollton, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. He was born on August 9, 1953 in Carrollton to the late Billy Johnson and the late Edna Lewis Johnson. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by his wife Debra Johnson; one brother, Jerry Johnson and one sister, Allene Norman.

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