Obituaries

Mar 10, 2018

Little Miss Alaina Delores Ray age 2 months, of Franklin, Georgia passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018.  Miss Alaina was born in Carrollton on January 8, 2018.  She is preceded in death by her great grandmothers Delores Jiles and Robin Cheryl Ray.

Survivors include her mother and father Katie Nicole Ray of Franklin and Juan Cosper...

Mar 10, 2018

Mrs. Linda Sue Head Jones, age 60, of Waco passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018.  Mrs. Jones was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16, 1957.  She was the daughter of the late James Head and the late Ruth Viola Long Head.  Mrs. Jones was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Mar 8, 2018

Ms. Linda Carol Yates Skinner, age 72, of Tallapoosa passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018. Ms. Skinner was born in Bremen, Georgia, on November 12, 1945.  She was the daughter of the late Ernest Yates and the late Dicie Cates Yates.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Juanita and Todd Miller of Fruithurst, AL, and Rhonda...

Mar 8, 2018

Mr. Eugene Burke Justice, age 76, of Carrollton passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018.  Mr. Justice was born in Henagar, Alabama, on August 5, 1941.  He was the son of the late John Lester Justice and the late Bertha Burch Justice.  Mr. Justice was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a carpenter.

Survivors...

Mar 8, 2018

Rev. Marion Howard Jenkins, age 73, of Temple, formerly of Tallapoosa passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018.  Rev. Jenkins was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 24, 1944.  He was the son of the late Howell E. Bryan and the late Sarah Lou Lovvorn Bryan.  Rev. Jenkins all around the West Georgia area.  He also worked for a...

Mar 7, 2018

Mr. James Dennis Bowen, age 66, of Tallapoosa, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018.  Mr. Bowen was born in Villa Rica, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 24, 1951. He was preceded in death by his mother Vivian Olivia Foster; grandparents Manuel and Mary Ellen Foster; one sister Deborah Galloway and one brother Douglas Bowen.

Survivors include...

Mar 7, 2018

Mrs. Shannon Rae Bright Garrison, age 47, of Tallapoosa passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018.  Mrs. Garrison was born in East Point, Georgia, on August 6, 1970.

Survivors include her husband, Gregory Shane Garrison of Tallapoosa; one daughter and son-in-law, Sarah Elizabeth and Derek Marcum of Tallapoosa; parents, Verlin Ray and Mary Munsey Bright...

Mar 6, 2018

Mr. Henry Donald Hamil, 74, of Bremen passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018.  Mr. Hamil was born in Haralson County, Georgia, on April 11, 1943.  He was the son of the late James Lee Hamil and the late Elizabeth "Betty" Bush Hamil.  Mr. Hamil was a farmer and business man with interests in many local businesses.

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Mar 6, 2018

Mrs. Maggie Lee Smith Farmer, age 81, of Felton passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018.  Mrs. Farmer was born in Cedartown, Georgia, on October 17, 1936.  She was the daughter of the late Walter Smith and the late Maggie Lee Davis Smith.  Mrs. Farmer was retired from the lunch room at Buchanan School.  Besides her parents, she was...

Mar 3, 2018

Mr. Wallace Richardson, age 64, of Buchanan passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018.  Mr. Richardson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 28, 1953.  He was the son of the late Wallace Richardson, Sr. and the late Helen Davis Richardson. Mr. Richardson was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and was a homebuilder.

Survivors includes...

Mar 1, 2018

Mr. Richard Zeady Sullivan, age 70, of Bremen passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018.  Mr. Sullivan was born in Carroll County, Georgia, on November 16, 1947.  He was the son of the late Zead Sullivan and the late Bernell Williams Sullivan.  Mr. Sullivan was a veteran of the United States Army and was a welder.  Besides his parents,...

Mar 1, 2018

Mr. Michael Allen Jones, Sr., age 70, of Cedartown passed Thursday, March 1, 2018.  Mr. Jones was born in Cedartown, Georgia, on December 20, 1947.  He was the son of the late Ernest Nathaniel Jones and the late Ethel Broome Jones.  Mr. Jones was a retired forklift operator with Newark Paper Company.  Besides his parents, he was preceded...

Feb 26, 2018

Lonnie Millwood and Sarah Frances Howard Millwood, age 60 and 69, of Kennesaw passed away Monday, February 26, 2018. Mr. Millwood was born in Canton on March 26, 1957 and Mrs. Millwood was born on January 6, 1949. Mr. Millwood was the son of the late Mr. Andrew Ellis Millwood and Ethel Burk Millwood. Mrs. Millwood was the...

Feb 23, 2018

Mr. Ludie Herman Griffith, age 57, of Fruithurst, Alabama, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018.  Mr. Griffith was born in Piedmont, Alabama, on October 28, 1960.  He was the son of the late Paul Wilbur Griffith and the late Iver Grace Smith Griffith.  Mr. Griffith spent most his career in law enforcement having served as a Deputy Sheriff...

Feb 22, 2018

Mrs. Barbara Sue Chadwick Ray, age 83, of Rockmart passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018.  Mrs. Chadwick was born in Forsyth County, Georgia, on August 10, 1934.  She was the daughter of the late Thomas Lucene Chadwick and the late Nettie Grace Roper Chadwick.  Mrs. Ray was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Feb 22, 2018

Mr. Keith Scott Holloway, age 45, of Bremen passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018.  Mr. Holloway was born in Carrollton, Georgia, on April 3, 1972.  He was the son of the late Barry Lee Holloway and the late Elaine Barbara Hornsby Brown.

Survivors include three sisters and one brother-in-law, Michelle and Allen Akin of Waco, Melissa...

Feb 20, 2018

Mr. Lloyd Martin King, age 73, of Bremen passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018.  Mr. King was born in Haralson County, Georgia, on August 11, 1944.  He was the son of the late Leon Martin King and the late Olevia Smith King.  Mr. King was a veteran of the United States Army and was an auto mechanic.  Besides...

Feb 19, 2018

Mr. Tommy Van Maxwell, age 59, of Carrollton passed away Monday, February 19, 2018.  Mr. Maxwell was born in Carrollton, Georgia, on September 11, 1958.  He was the son of the late Sammy Gene Maxwell and the late Addie Iva Driver Maxwell.  Mr. Maxwell was a veteran of the United States Air Force and worked in HVAC construction...

Feb 17, 2018

Mrs. Anna "Lou" Louise Baxter McGukin, age 93, of Bremen passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018.  Mrs. McGukin was born in Haralson County, Georgia, on March 29, 1924.  She was the daughter of the late James Lester Baxter and the late Sarah Ethel Stevens Baxter.  Mrs. McGukin was the long-time owner of Lou's Florist in Bremen.  Prior to...

Feb 16, 2018

Mrs. Cynthia Fay McElroy Chambers, age 57, of Heflin, Alabama, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018.  Mrs. Chambers was born in Austell, Georgia, on December 30, 1960.  She was the daughter of the late Homer Wesley McElroy, Sr. and the late Janice Gwendolyn Wade McElroy.

Survivors include her husband, Terry Lynn Chambers of Heflin, AL; two...