Obituaries

Aug 17, 2016

Mr. Robert Neil Williamson, age 75, of Muscadine, Alabama passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

No services are planned.  Mr. Williamson was cremated.

Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan is in charge of the arrangements.

Aug 15, 2016

Mrs. Sue Miller Bennett, age 86, of Buchanan passed away Monday, August 15, 2016.  Mrs. Bennett was born in Acworth, Georgia on March 18, 1930.  She was the daughter of the late Robert Q. Miller and the late Luna Miller.  Mrs. Bennett worked as a secretary for Lockheed Aircraft in Marietta, Georgia, First Baptist Church of Dothan, Alabama,...

Aug 15, 2016

Mr.  Joshua Todd "Donkey" Wade, age 31, of Tallapoosa passed away Monday, August 15, 2016.  Mr. Wade was born in Carrollton, Georgia on July 2, 1985.  He was an iron worker with Dixie Erectors.

Survivors include his fiance', Julie Abercrombie, of Tallapoosa; sons, Collin Patrick Joshua Wade, Jacob Todd, and Joshua Landon; father and step-mother, Ricky...

Aug 14, 2016

William Blanton Kirk, age 98, made his glorious homegoing on August 14, 2016 to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart and beloved wife of seventy-three years, Christine Rowell Kirk. He was a devout Christian and served as a deacon for more than sixty years in Roswell and Sandy Springs as well as Mount View Baptist Church.  When retiring...

Aug 12, 2016

Ms. Helen Davis Anderson, age 78, of Bremen passed away Friday, August 12, 2016.  Mrs. Anderson was born in Bremen, Georgia on November 3, 1937.  She was the daughter of the late Arlie Davis and the late Gladys Holmes Davis.  Mrs. Anderson was retired from Gold Kist.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Aug 9, 2016

Ms. Tonya Denise Shirey Nguyen, age 46, of Evasville, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016.  Ms. Nguyen was born in Marietta, Georgia on January 7, 1970. She was the daughter of Gary Eugene Shirey and Peggy Allison Towe.

Survivors include three daughters, Sara Lo, Little Peggy Nguyen and Pearl Nguyen; two sons, Ben Nguyen and...

Aug 9, 2016

Mr. James Starling Waddell, age 72, of Bremen passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016.  Mr. Waddell was born in Haralson County, Georgia on January 1, 1944.  He was the son of the late Starling Esker Waddell and the late Nora Lee Moore Waddell.  Mr. Waddell worked for many years as a commercial industrial electrician with Mabry Electric Company. ...

Aug 7, 2016

Ms. Ronda Ann Smith McCarty, age 50, of Carrollton passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016.  Ms. McCarty was born in Carrollton, Georgia on March 12, 1966.

Survivors include one loving sister, Melinda Gail Sears of Carrollton; three nieces; eight nephews; and a number of other relatives.

Private memorial services will be conducted at a...

Aug 3, 2016

Mr. Bobby Richard Houston, age 67, of Temple passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016.  Mr. Houston was born in Carroll County, Georgia on August 9, 1948.  He was the son of the late Reuben Jack Houston and the late Jo Ann Leatherwood Houston.  Mr. Houston was a retired automobile mechanic.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death...

Jul 29, 2016

Ms. Cathy Ann Coursey Gantt, age 60, of Villa Rica passed away Friday, July 29, 2016.  Ms. Gantt was born in Douglasville, Georgia on August 31, 1955.

Survivors include her husband, Steve Stevenson of Villa Rica; two sons, Dusty Baxter of Villa Rica and Greg Cohran of Temple; mother, Kathleen Mauldin Whitaker of Villa Rica; two...

Jul 29, 2016

Mr. Edgar Leonard Worthy, age 79, of Tallapoosa passed away Friday, July 29, 2016.  Mr. Worthy was born in Tallapoosa, Georgia on June 16, 1937.  He was the son of the late Nealey Worthy and the late Clara Odom Worthy.  Mr. Worthy was retired from Stoffel Seals in Tallapoosa.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Jul 26, 2016

Mr. Lemuel Douglas Evans, age 68, of Dallas passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2016.  Mr. Evans was born in Cobb County, Georgia on March 17, 1948.  He was the son of the late Alonzo David Evans and the late Mary Pauline Cantrell Evans.  Mr. Evans was a retired carpenter.

Survivors include his wife, Debra Holcombe Evans...

Jul 22, 2016

Ms. Cynthia Kay Phillips Gaither, age 38, of New Site, Alabama passed away Friday, July 22, 2016.  Ms. Gaither was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 24, 1977.  She was preceded in death by her mother Judy Ann Joiner Phillips.

Survivors include two sons, Isaac Neville and Curtis Neville; two sisters, Bree and her husband...

Jul 20, 2016

Mr. Keith Anthony Hurley, age 58, of Cedartown passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016.  Mr. Hurley was born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 1957.  He was the son of the late William John Wesley Hurley and the late Carolyn Brooks Hurley.  Mr. Hurley was retired as the Fire Marshall for the City of Forest Park.  Besides his...

Jul 20, 2016

If asked how he would choose to leave this life, "Dr. Ron" Robertson might have quipped as a true morning person, "I think maybe riding on a motorcycle as the sun comes up!"  If that was his prayer, the Lord gave him that final wish.  He left us at age 64 in the early morning of July 20th,...

Jul 17, 2016

Mrs. Kathy Ann Bentley Benefield, age 63, of Waco (Buncombe community), passed away Sunday, July 17, 2016.  Mrs. Benefield was born in Cedartown, Georgia on July 22, 1952.  She was a cashier at the Pilot Travel Center.  She was preceded in death by her father, Nathaniel Bentley; and one brother, Ronnie Bentley; and one grandchild, Larry Dwight Benefield,...

Jul 14, 2016

Mrs. Melissa "Lisa" Joan Whitmore Carroll, age 49, of Tallapoosa passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016.  Mrs. Carroll was born in Carrollton, Georgia on October 5, 1966.  She was a homemaker.  She was preceded in death by her father, David Whitmore.

Survivors include her husband, Henry Lee Carroll of Tallapoosa; one daughter, Kay and her husband...

Jul 11, 2016

Mr. Charles Wayne Shipman, age 75, of Tallapoosa passed away Monday, July 11, 2016.  Mr. Shipman was born in Rome, Georgia on December 28, 1940.  He was the son of the late Charlie F. Shipman and the late Ruth Brown Shipman.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Charles Wayne Shipman, Jr and one...

Jul 10, 2016

Mrs. Teresa Ann Gladden Sloan, age 61, of Bethlehem passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016.  Mrs. Sloan was born in Chatsworth, Georgia on July 31, 1954.  She was the daughter of the late Charles Ralph Gladden and the late Thelma Jean Logston Gladden.  Mrs. Sloan was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Tyrone Kelly Sloan of...

Jul 10, 2016

Mr. Michael James Collins, age 65, of Carrolton passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016.  Mr. Collins was born in Jewell, Iowa on August 23, 1950.  He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a millwright.  He was preceded in death by his father, Alton J. Collins.

Survivors include his wife, Anita Reaves Collins...