Obituaries

Apr 22, 2018

Mr. Clyde Wayne Kimbrell, age 61, of Cedartown passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018.  Mr. Kimbrell was in Granite City, Illinois, on October 16, 1956.  He was the son of the late Clyde Kimbrell and the late Margaret Louise Barrentine Robertson.  Mr. Kimbrell was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired instrument technician for...

Apr 20, 2018

Mr. Jesse Edgar Waller, age 75, of Tallapoosa passed away Friday, April 20, 2018.  Mr. Waller was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 28, 1942.  He was the son of the late Reubean Waller and the late Betty Henderson Waller.  Mr. Waller was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired Firefighter with the City...

Apr 19, 2018

Mr. Kenneth Gene Maynard, age 76, of Carrollton passed Thursday, April 19, 2018.

No services are planned at this time.

Cremation services are being provided by Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan.

Apr 19, 2018

Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Boyce Boswell, age 82, of Bremen passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018.  Mrs. Boswell was born in Haralson County, Georgia, on May 27, 1935.  She was the daughter of the late Roy E. Boyce and the late Lona Harden Boyce.  Mrs. Boswell was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Apr 18, 2018

Mrs. Naomi Marlene Shead Butler, age 85, of Ottumwa, Iowa, formerly of Bremen passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018.  Mrs. Butler was born in Douglas County, Georgia, on October 12, 1932.  She was the daughter of the late Dixon Phillip Shead and the late Ruby Faye Broome Shead.  Mrs. Butler was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was...

Apr 16, 2018

Mr. Theodore Ayers Newsum, age 67, of Douglasville passed away Monday, April 16, 2018.  Mr. Newsum was born in LaCanada, California, on September 17, 1950.  He was the son of the late James Newsum and the late Jean von der Linden Newsum.  Mr. Newsum was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard and was a retired social...

Apr 12, 2018

Mr. Christopher Gerald Wade, age 38, of Tallapoosa passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018.  Mr. Wade was born in Villa Rica, Georgia, on May 14, 1979.  He worked as a crane rigger with Viking Erectors.  Mr. Wade was preceded in death by two brothers, Mitchell Wade and Josh Wade; and grandparents, Chalmers and Oliva Daniell.

Survivors...

Apr 12, 2018

Mr. Robert Lee Sponsel, age 81, of Douglasville passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018.  Mr. Sponsel was born in Milltown, Ohio, on December 13, 1936.  He was an automobile architect.

The family will conduct a memorial service at a later date.

Cremation services are being provided by Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan....

Apr 11, 2018

Mr. Doyle Lee Witcher, age 70, of Calhoun passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018.  Mr. Witcher was born in Gadsden, Alabama, on November 2, 1947.  He was the son of the late Oscar Witcher and the late Lera Beatrice Williams Witcher.  Mr. Witcher was retired from the United States Air Force.

Survivors include his wife, Won-Shil...

Apr 10, 2018

Mrs. Estelle Gresham Dennis, age 94, of Bremen passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018.  Mrs. Dennis was born in Coweta County, Georgia, on February 14, 1924.  She was the daughter of the late Charlie Lee Gresham and the late Rosa Jane Hester Gresham.

Survivors include four daughters and three sons-in-law, Redonia and Phil Johnson of Douglasville,...

Apr 8, 2018

Mr. Henry Richard Ferchaud, age 72, of Villa Rica passed away Sunday, April 8, 2018.  Mr. Ferchaud was born New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 3, 1945.  He was the son of the late Henry Ferchaud and the late Catherine Johnson Ferchaud.  Mr. Ferchaud was an antique dealer.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Henry "Beau" and...

Apr 3, 2018

Mr. Lester Milton Ritter, age 88, of Cedartown passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018.  Mr. Ritter was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 8, 1929.  He was the son of the late Joseph Ritter and the late Eva Marawetz Ritter.  Mr. Ritter was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired electrical engineer.

Apr 3, 2018

Mr. Jerry Lynn Martin, age 65, of Crossville, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018.  Mr. Martin was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 11, 1952.

Graveside services will be conducted Friday, April 6, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. from Melrose Hills Memorial Park in Villa Rica with Rev. Homer Wysner officiating.  Interment will follow in Melrose...

Mar 29, 2018

Jeanell Rebecca Thompson was born to her parents Glover and Hattie Cheatwood in 1944. She lived in Tallapoosa all her life with her family. She was a teacher until she retired, and a friend to many all her life. She was always there when anyone needed her to lend a hand or ear.

She is survived...

Mar 23, 2018

Ms. Debra Denise Ray Allen, age 63, of Carrollton passed away Friday March 23, 2018.  Ms. Allen was born in Tallapoosa, Georgia, on May 24, 1954.  She was the daughter of the late Henry Ray and the late Dorothy Jones Wilkinson.  Ms. Allen was a 1971 graduate of Haralson County High School.  Besides her parents, she was preceded...

Mar 21, 2018

Mr. Delmas Pat Towe, age 69, of Evansville, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2018.  Mr. Towe was born in Murphy, North Carolina, on January 22, 1948.  He was the son of the late Elbert Pat Towe and the late Edna Mae Murphy Towe.  Mr. Towe was a retired construction worker.

Survivors include one daughter and...

Mar 20, 2018

Mr. Hubert Young Hutcheson, Jr., age 93, of Chamblee passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018.  Mr. Hutcheson was born in Tallapoosa, Georgia, on August 29, 1924.  He was the son of the late Hubert Young Hutcheson, Sr. and the late Catherine Virginia Word Hutcheson.  Mr. Hutcheson was the retired Treasurer of Atlantic American Insurance Corporation.  Besides his parents,...

Mar 18, 2018

Mrs. Debra Sue Kirk Bentley, age 63, of Temple formerly of Buchanan passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018.  Mrs. Bentley was born in Rome, Georgia, on November 29, 1954.  She was the daughter of the late Earl Benjamin Kirk and the late Mary Elizabeth Luke Kirk.  Mrs. Bentley was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in...

Mar 15, 2018

Ms. Janet Marie Stewart Billups, age 65, of Crossville, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018.  Ms. Billups was born in Wood River, Illinois, on October 9, 1952.  She was the daughter of the late Clyde Louis Stewart and the late Edna Pauline Turnbull Stewart.  Ms. Billups was retired from Duke Energy.

Survivors include her husband,...

Mar 12, 2018

Mrs. Betty Hasty Gardner, age 86, of Carrollton passed away Monday, March 12, 2018; she will be greatly missed.  Mrs. Gardner was born in East Point, Georgia, on January 13, 1932.

Mrs. Gardner is now in Heaven with her late husband, Robert Scott Gardner. Together they owned and operated BoBetta Farms in Middleburgh, Florida. Horses were...