Obituaries

May 11, 2015

Mr. Borders "Bubba" Lane Holliday, Jr., age 73, of Buchanan passed away Monday, May 11, 2015.  Mr. Holliday was born in Richmond County, Georgia on December 18, 1941.  He was the son of Borders Lane Holliday, Sr. and the late Robbie Juanita Johnson Holliday.  He was retired from Turner Broadcasting Company in Atlanta.  Besides his parents, he was...

May 11, 2015

Mr. James "Jim" Robert Rierson, Sr., age 73, of Tallapoosa passed away Monday, May 11, 2015.  Mr. Rierson was born in Stamford, Texas on March 12, 1942.  He was the son of the late Malcolm T. Rierson and the late Lenice Ledbetter Rierson.  Mr. Rierson owned a pet shop for many years.

Survivors include his wife,...

May 11, 2015

Mr. Jeffrey Elon Jones, age 57, of Tallapoosa passed away Monday, May 11, 2015. Mr. Jones was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 7, 1958.  Mr. Jones was a veteran of the United States Army.  He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Elon Jones.

Survivors include his wife, Sherri Brown Jones of Tallapoosa; two...

May 9, 2015

Ms. Gloria Jean Bates, age 58, of Bremen passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015.  Ms. Bates was born in DeKalb County, Georgia on March 17, 1957.  She was the daughter of the late James Ledbetter and the late Mamie Lee Heath Ledbetter.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Kirsty and Mark Bellew of Temple and Kayla...

May 3, 2015

Mr. Ronnie Hunter Craft, age 19, of Waco passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015.  Mr. Craft was born in Carrollton, Georgi a on June 19, 1995.  He worked with his father as a mechanic at the family business, "The Shop".

Survivors include his parents, Ronnie and Saralyn Keaton Craft of Waco;...

May 1, 2015

Ms. Imogene Wood Brown, age 85, of Buchanan passed away Friday, May 1, 2015.  Ms. Wood was born in Haralson County, Georgia on October 2, 1929.  She was the daughter of the late William S. Wood and the late Lorena Bagwell Wood.  Ms. Wood worked for many years at First National Bank of Georgia retiring as the executive...

Apr 29, 2015

Mr. Thomas Arthur Baggett, age 98, of Waco passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2015.  Mr. Baggett was born in Paulding County, Georgia on September 18, 1916.  He was the son of the late Arthur Allen Baggett and the late Claudia Beall.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Gladys Ruth Cohran Baggett and...

Apr 27, 2015

Mr. Richard Lamar Nelson, age 58, of Temple passed away Monday, April 27, 2015.

Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Peggy and Alton Lewis of Dallas, Liz Elmore of Carrollton and Karen and Lewis Huddleston of Douglasville; one son and daughter-in-law, Howard and Nicole Jennings of Buchanan; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Peggy and Curtis Mitchell...

Apr 26, 2015

Mrs. Dorothy Virginia Meeker Gentry, age 77, of Temple passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015.  Mrs. Gentry was born in Stevenson, Alabama on March 15, 1938.  She was the daughter of the late Charlie S. Meeker and the late Mollie M. Moore Meeker.  Mrs. Gentry was retired form Sewell Manufacturing Company where she worked as a seamstress.

Apr 23, 2015

Mr. Charles Robert Lee Harris, age 65, of Bremen passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015.  Mr. Harris was born in Rome, Georgia on August 12, 1949.  He was the son of the late Robert Lewis Harris and the late Lucile Barker.

Surivors include one sister, Minnie Dobbs of Bremen.

No services are planned at...

Apr 21, 2015

Mrs. Edna Charlene Stevens Turner, age 50, of Whitesburg passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015.  Mrs. Turner was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 3, 1965.  She was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Lonnie Homer Turner, Sr. of Whitesburg; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Angela Woodward of Sutton, NE, Jessica and Jonathon Scott of Lithia...

Apr 20, 2015

Mr. Edward "Eddie" Foster Posey, Jr., age 46, of Buchanan passed away Monday, April 20, 2015. Mr. Posey was born in Carroll County, Georgia on October 26, 1968.  He was the son of the late Edward Foster Posey, Sr. and the late Peggy Dobbs Posey.  Mr. Posey was a construction worker.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in...

Apr 20, 2015

Rachel Price, age 75 of Temple, passed away Monday, April 20, 2015. She was born to the late Howard and Estelle Griggs. She attended Buchanan High School where she was Valedictorian of her class of 1957. Her classmates also elected her Most Likely to Succeed. She was a Faithful member of District line Methodist Church for over 60...

Apr 10, 2015

Mrs. Mary Sue Reeves Rutledge, age 91, of Bremen passed away Friday, April 10, 2015.  Mrs. Rutledge was born in Haralson County, Georgia on February 12, 1924.  She was the daughter of the late John William Reeves and Lavinia Estelle Gallman Reeves. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Carroll Hoover Rutledge;...

Apr 8, 2015

Mr. Kerry Anthony Smith, Sr., age 51, of Muscadine, Alabama passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015.  Mr. Smith was born in Bremen, Georgia on July 18, 1963.  He was the son of the late Calvin C. Smith.  Besides his father, he was preceded in death by one sister, Debbie Robinson; and one brother, Larry Smith.

Apr 7, 2015

Ms. Linda Lee Siemens Turman, age 60, of Waco, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015.  Ms. Turman was born in Macon County, Missouri on May 19, 1954.  She was the daughter of the late Fredrick Siemans and the late Marjorie Posheck Siemens.

Survivors include one daughter, Jolene Franklin of Liberty, MO; three brothers and sisters-in-law,...

Apr 6, 2015

Ms. Alma Ruth Worthy Hawkins, age 77, of Tallapoosa passed away Monday, April 6, 2015.  Ms. Hawkins was born in Tallapoosa, Georgia on February 4, 1938.  She was the daughter of the late A.D. Worthy and the late Katura Wilson Hilton.  Ms. Hawkins was retired from Crum and Foster Insurance.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law,...

Apr 6, 2015

Jackson Scot Kirby, infant child of Christopher Scot Kirby and Sally Ann Mance Kirby of Temple passed away Monday, April 6, 2015. He is preceded in death by maternal grandmother Mary Mance, paternal grandmother Joy Smith and paternal grandfather Lewis Kirby.

Survivors include maternal grandfather Roger Mance of Temple; one sister, Pepper...

Mar 29, 2015

Mr. Troy Edward Wood, age 70, of Tallapoosa passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015.  Mr. Wood was born in Haralson County on September 9, 1944.  He was the son of the late Robert B. Wood and the late Vera Warner Wood.  Mr. Wood was retired form Southwire.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife...

Mar 28, 2015

Ms. Lisa Mishelle Hearing, age 45, of Tallapoosa passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be anounced later by Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan.