Obituaries

Nov 5, 2017

Mr. Howell K. Pope, age 79, of Buchanan, formerly of Athens and East Point entered into eternal rest on Sunday, November 5, 2017.  He was a loving and very devoted caregiver to his immediate family all of his later years in East Point, Georgia.  Mr. Pope was born December 1, 1937 in Atlanta, Georgia.  He was the son...

Nov 5, 2017

Mr. James Wesley Mackey, age 72, of Bremen passed away Sunday, November 5, 2017.  Mr. Mackey was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 20, 1945.  He was the son the late Francis H. Mackey and the late Dorothy L. Parrish Mackey.  Mr. Mackey was employed as a drywall finisher with Turner Drywall.

Survivors include his wife,...

Nov 4, 2017

Mrs. Cora Downs Cranford, age 63, of Carrollton passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017.  Mrs. Cranford was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 17, 1954.  She was a homemaker.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Selena and Matthew Collett of Carrollton; two sons and one daughter-in-law, James and Sherry Wood of Douglasville, and Terry Lee Wood...

Nov 2, 2017

Mr. Dallas Jacob Bradley White, age 18, of Buchanan passed away Thursday, November 2, 2017 in Tempe, Arizona.  Mr. White was born in Carrollton, Georgia, on June 11, 1999.  He graduated from Haralson County High School in the class of 2017 and was attending the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona.  Mr. White was preceded in death...

Nov 2, 2017

Mr. Michael Wayne Goodwin, age 41, of Tallapoosa passed away Thursday, November 2, 2017.  Mr. Goodwin was born in Carrollton, Georgia, on September 28, 1976.  He was employed as a maintenance engineer with Flowers Bakery in Villa Rica.

Survivors include one daughter, Melody Shiann Goodwin of Tallapoosa; one son, Danny Wayne Goodwin of Tallapoosa; one brother,...

Oct 27, 2017

Mrs. Marsha Elaine Dewberry Sparks, age 70, of Buchanan passed away Friday, October 27, 2017.  Mrs. Sparks was born in the Buncombe Community of Haralson County, Georgia, on February 2, 1947.  She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Sparks; one daughter, Susan Odom; one brother, Pete Dewberry; and father, William Walker Hammond...

Oct 27, 2017

Ms. Sarah Lee Ayers Wood, age 89, of Bremen passed away Friday, October 27, 2017. Ms. Wood was born in Buchanan, Georgia, on February 6, 1928. She was the daughter of the late Lowell Iverson Ayers and the late Delcie Kelly Ayers. Ms. Wood was a retired LPN. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one...

Oct 26, 2017

Ms. Nora Faye Folds Malone, age 65, of Villa Rica passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017.  Ms. Malone was born in Columbus, Georgia, on May 4, 1952.  She was the daughter of the late William Oliver Folds and the late Nora Jean Shepherd Gate.

Survivors include two sisters, Debra Mull and Carol Burdett; one brother, David...

Oct 25, 2017

Mr. Gary William Smith, age 67, of Carrollton passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017.  Mr. Smith was born in Newnan, Georgia, on June 24, 1950.  He was a veteran of the United States Army and was retired from Mike Fitzpatrick Ford in Newnan.  Mr. Smith was the son of the late Paul Thomas Smith; mother, Thelma Louise Sewell...

Oct 24, 2017

Mrs. Ruby Nell Worthy Davis Swann, age 90, of Buchanan passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017.  Mrs. Swann was born in Buchanan, Georgia, on November 20, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Alva Worthy and the late Ruby Perry Worthy.  Mrs. Swann was retired from Cluett, Peabody in Buchanan.

Survivors include two daughters and...

Oct 19, 2017

Miss Rosemary Ware, age 57, of Carrollton passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017.  Miss Ware was born in Buchanan, Georgia, on February 23, 1960.  She was preceded in death by her father, Willie Ware; mother, Litdene Shooks Ware; three sisters, Hazel Ware, Maxine Arnold and Diane Ware; two brothers, Willie Ware, Jr. and Earnest Roberts.

Survivors...

Oct 17, 2017

Mr. Raymond Murray Smith, age 63, of Moreland formerly of Tallapoosa passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017.  Mr. Smith was born in Tallapoosa, Georgia, on April 20, 1954.  He was the son of the late Raymond Cecil Smith and the late Jessie Smith.  Mr. Smith was a graduate of Haralson County High School and was a graduate of...

Oct 14, 2017

Mr. Howell Boyce Thornton, age 73,of Buchanan passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017.  Mr. Thornton was born in Buchanan, Georgia, on April 6, 1944.  He was the son of the late William Earnest Thornton and the late I.V. Wood Thornton.  Mr. Thornton was retired from Lockheed.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Rhonda...

Oct 14, 2017

Miss Nicole Walker, age 43, of Buchanan passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017.  Miss Walker was born in Carrollton, Georgia, on March 4, 1974.  She was the daughter of the late Arvell Walker and the late Katherine Phillips Walker.

Survivors include a special cousin and caregiver, Tabitha Stodghill of Buchanan; and a number of other relatives....

Oct 12, 2017

Mr. Ray Morris Baughn, age 89, of Ranburne, Alabama, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017.  Mr. Baughn was born in Ranburne, Alabama, on October 22, 1927.  He was the son of the late Luther Franklin Baughn and the late Delia Morris Baughn.  Mr. Baughn was a veteran of the United State Army Air Corps serving during World War...

Oct 12, 2017

Mrs. Opal Leatherwood Vines, age 64, of Buchanan passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017.  Mrs. Vines was born in Cedartown, Georgia, on September 20, 1953.  She was the daughter of the late O.B. Leatherwood and the late Mae Davis Leatherwood.  Mrs. Vines was retired from Atlanta Structural Concrete Company in Buchanan.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in...

Oct 10, 2017

Mrs. Sarah Nell House Bagley, age 72, of Temple passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2017.  Mrs. Bagley was born in Bremen, Georgia, on January 29, 1945.  She was the daughter of the late Willie B. House and the late Laura Owens House.  Mrs. Bagley was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Oct 10, 2017

Ms. Valerie Hudson McPherson, age 59, of Wedowee, Alabama, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2017.  Ms. McPherson was born in Douglasville, Georgia, on June 25, 1958.  She was the daughter of the late Thad Oliver Hudson and the late Cornelia Ward Hudson.  Ms. McPherson was a cabinet maker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one...

Oct 8, 2017

Miss Makayla Naomi Burton, age 8, of Waco passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017.  She was born in Carrollton, Georgia, on February 23, 2009.  She attended 2nd grade at Tallapoosa Primary School.  Makayla is preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Richard Jones and her paternal grandfather, Hoyt Burton.

Survivors include her parents, Troy and...

Oct 8, 2017

Mr. David James Thompson, age 50, of Carrollton passed away Sunday, October 8, 2017.  Mr. Thompson was born in Lakeland, Florida, on May 16, 1967.  He was the son of the late Doyle Thompson and the late Betty Turner Thompson.  Mr. Thompson was a supervisor with the City of Carrollton.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death...