Obituaries

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...

Oct 7, 2017

Mrs. Sheila Maureen Cudmore Foy, age 78, of Carrolton passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017.  Mrs. Foy was born in Suffolk, England, on September 7, 1939.  She was the daughter of the late Tom and Irene Dorothy Cudmore.  Mrs. Foy was a retired accountant.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Foy and...

Oct 4, 2017

Mrs. Janet Hall Doyle, age 75, of Carrollton passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2017.  Mrs. Doyle was born in Flint, Michigan, on March 20, 1942. She was the daughter of the late Walter Frederick Hall and the late Margaret Ling Hall.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Doyle.

Survivors include...

Sep 27, 2017

Mr. James Arthur Padgett, II, age 60, Mableton passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2017.  Mr. Padgett was born in Mableton, Georgia, on January 24, 1957.  He was the son of the late Edsel Padgett and the late Margaret Collier Padgett.  Mr. Padgett was a self-employed building contractor.

Survivors include his wife, Susan Padgett; one son, James...

Sep 27, 2017

Mr. Charles Vincent Costello, age 65, of Bremen passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2017.  Mr. Costello was born in Washington, DC, on January 19, 1952.  He was the son of the late Charles Lucas Costello and the late Helen King Costello.  Mr. Costello was a security system dealer with ADT.

Survivors include his wife, Pamela Gayle...

Sep 27, 2017

Mrs. Dannie M. Taylor Benson, age 92, from Munford, Tennessee, passed away in Carrollton, Georgia, on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.  Ms. Benson was born in Rogers, Arkansas, on December 14, 1924.  Mrs. Benson was preceded in death by her husband, John Stewart Benson.

A private memorial Services will be conducted in Munford, TN

In...

Sep 26, 2017

Mr. Jimmy Monroe Brimer, age 60, of Bremen passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017.  Mr. Brimer was born in Cleburne County, Alabama, on August 19, 1957.  He was the son of the late Pete Brimer and the late Lois Elsie Hudson Brimer.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Hubbard Brimer of Woodland, AL; one son, Brandon Brimer...

Sep 26, 2017

Mrs. Mildred Joyce Osmer Gentry, age 76, of Buchanan passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017.  Mrs. Gentry was born in Buchanan, Georgia, on December 16, 1940.  She was the daughter of the late Rena Osmer and the late Bertha Cheatwood Osmer.  Mrs. Gentry was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, V.L....

Sep 23, 2017

Mr. Marvin Eugene Lucas, age 81, of Buchanan passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017.  Mr. Lucas was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1936.  He was the son of the late Steve Morris Luca and the late Mattie Gertrude Lockey Lucas.  Mr. Lucas was veteran of the United States Army where he served in Korea.  He was...

Sep 22, 2017

Mrs. Lizzie Fay Shaw Bishop, age 92, of Buchanan passed away Friday, September 22, 2017.  Mrs. Bishop was born in Alabama, on March 8, 1925.  She was the daughter of the late Jim Shaw and the late Mary Mann Shaw.  Mrs. Bishop was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, C.J. Bishop;...

Sep 20, 2017

Mrs. Betty Jean Spearman Carroll, age 84, of Buchanan passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2017.  Mrs. Carroll was born in Buchanan, Georgia, on September 24, 1932.  She was the daughter of the late John Palmer Spearman and the late Clevadell Jones Spearman.  Mrs. Carroll, along with her husband, owned and operated Carroll Auto Parts and Wrecker Service in...

Sep 19, 2017

Ms. Regina Kennedy, age 58, of Rockmart passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017.  Ms. Kennedy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 3, 1959.  She was preceded in death by one son, Chad Hutchings.

Survivors include her fiancé, Billy Ritchie; parents, Dewey and Florence Carter Kennedy of Tallapoosa; three daughters and sons-in-law, Dana and Gio Figueroa,...

Sep 18, 2017

Mr. Harold Lloyd Calhoun, age 89, of Carrollton passed away Monday, September 18, 2017.  Mr. Calhoun was born in Bowdon, Georgia, on October 3, 1927.  He was the son of the late Landon and Ivydell Calhoun.  Mr. Calhoun was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II, was retired from the textile industry and...