Obituaries

Dec 7, 2014

Mr. Calvin Artemus Philpot, age 83, of Buchanan passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014.  Mr. Philpot was born in Haralson County, Georgia on January 14, 1931.  He was the son of the late Joe Philpot and the late Elsie Grant Philpot. Mr. Philpot was a veteran of the United States Army and was self employed in the timber...

Dec 6, 2014

Mr. Sam Sparks, age 69, of Buchanan (the Felton community) passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014.  Mr. Sparks was born in Haralson County on February 7, 1945.  He was the son of the late Hubert David Sparks and the late Bernice Lee Sparks.  Mr. Sparks was retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation.  Besides his parents, he was...

Dec 4, 2014

Miss Melissa Ann Baldwin, age 28, of Cedartown passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014.  Miss Baldwin was born in Atlanta, Georgia on Octiber 14, 1986.  She was the son of the late David Lawrence Baldwin, Sr. and the late Paricia Ann Coursey.

Private services will be conducted at a later date.

Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel...

Dec 3, 2014

Mrs. Gladys DeClercq Tuel, age 93, of Tallapoosa passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014.  Mrs. Tuel was born in Milbank, SD on April 14, 1921.  She was the daughter of the late Adiel H. DeClercq and the late Maude Kathine Allen DeClercq.  Mrs. Tuel was a homemaker.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Nov 30, 2014

Mr. Jerry Robert Pope, age 66, of Buchanan passed away Sunday, November 30, 2014.  Mr. Pope was born in Buchanan, Georgia on July 15, 1948.  He was the son of the late Woodrow Pope and the late Ruth Rainey Lee.  He was a retired insurance agent.  Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Annie...

Nov 29, 2014

Mrs. Marjorie Gibson, age 90, of Carrollton passed away Friday, November 29, 2014.  Mrs. Gibson was born in Cumming, Georgia on June 9, 1952.  She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Mamie Thacker. Besides her parents she was preceded in death her husband Preston Gibson; one son Richard Gibson; three brothers and three sisters....

Nov 29, 2014

Mr. Alec Evan Watkins, age 88, of Temple formerly of Maryland passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014.  He was born in Yorktown, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1925.  Mr. Watkins was the son of the late Anthony Wayne Watkins and the late Elizabeth Griffin Watkins. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired construction...

Nov 28, 2014

Mr. Ronald Franklin McClain, age 71, of Buchanan passed away Friday, November 28, 2014.  Mr. McClain was born in Haralson County, Georgia on April 6, 1943.  He was the son of the late Cliff McClain and the late Pauline Williams McClain.  Mr. McClain was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was a retired millwright with...

Nov 25, 2014

Mr. Justin Kile Brown, age 31, of Bowdon passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014.

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

Nov 25, 2014

Mrs. Sandra Upton, age 50, of Rockmart passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014.

Private memorial services will be conducted at a later date.

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

Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Robert Golden Norris, age 77, of Tallapoosa passed away Monday, November 17, 2014.  Mr. Norris was born in Atlanta on December 30, 1936.  He was the son of the late Matthew Norris and Marguarite Clark. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one son Timothy Norris and one half brother William Wagner.

Nov 16, 2014

Mrs. Kathryn Jackson Limuti, age 59, of Villa Rica passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014.  Mrs. Limuti was born in Phenix City, Alamaba on November 25, 1954.  She was the daughter of the late Christine Welch Jackson.

Survivors include her husband, John Limuti of Villa Rica; her father Robert Jackson; two brothers...

Nov 15, 2014

Mrs. Thesba Ruth Head Williams, age 93, of Buchanan passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014.  Mrs. Williams was born in Buchanan, Georgia on May 14, 1921.  She was the daughter of the late Frank Lafayette Head and the late Mary Wilson Head.  During World War II she worked at the Bell Bomber Plant in Marietta and was what...

Nov 14, 2014

Mr. Steve Ernest Hollis, age 48, of Tallapoosa passed away Friday, November 14, 2014.  Mr. Hollis was born in Dallas, Georgia on December 17, 1965.  He was a project manager with Shenandoah Electric Services.

Survivors include his wife, Michelle Dean Hollis of Tallapoosa; three sons, Jonathan Hollis of Dallas, GA, Trevor Barnby of Tallapoosa and Noah...

Nov 9, 2014

Mr. William Howard Crawford Sorrells, Jr., age 80, of Buchanan passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014.  Mr. Sorrells was born in Atlanta, Georgia on July 28, 1934.  He was the son of the late William Howard Crawford Sorrells, Sr. and the late Grace Dutton Sorrells.  Mr. Sorrells was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was...

Nov 8, 2014

Mrs. Debra Ann Folsom Brown, age 59, of Bremen passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014.  Mrs. Brown was born in Bremen, Georgia on December 19, 1954.  She was the daughter of the late Pete Folsom.  Mrs. Brown was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Mack Brown of Bremen; mother Alice Gordon Mowery of Bremen; two daughters...

Nov 7, 2014

Ronald "Ronnie" Huddleston, 58, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 in his home in Carrollton, Georgia. He suffered from throat cancer but passed from heart related causes.

Ronnie was born to Robert and Mina Cook Huddleston on January 26, 1956 at Camp Pendleton, California. He lived in many states, but often found...

Nov 5, 2014

Mr. John Laurence Fitzgerald, age 79, of Dillard, Georgia passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2014.

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

Nov 5, 2014

Mr. Thomas Glenn Stephens, Sr., age 77, of Bremen, GA, passed away on November 5, 2014. He was born on September 17, 1937 in Cypert, AK to the late Hollis and Lena Bass Stephens.

Mr. Stephens served in the United States Army. He came to Tallapoosa, GA in 1979 as General Manager of the Associated Rubber...

Nov 1, 2014

Mrs. Geneva Margaret Jacobs Hatch, age 100, of Kennesaw passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014.  Mrs. Hatch was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois on September 19, 1914.  She was the daughter of the late Chester Arthur Jacobs and the late Nola Bell Jacobs.  Mrs. Hatch was a housewife.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...