Obituaries

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...

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...