Obituaries

Aug 21, 2016

Reverend Ted P. Griner, 86, of Cartersville, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at his residence. Born in Savannah, Georgia on December 6, 1929, he was the son of the late Benjamin Griner and Ruth Smith Griner. At the young age of 16, Ted Perry Griner, affectionately known as "Brother Ted," was called by God to be a servant...

Aug 19, 2016

Christian Xavier Austin, age 16, of Cartersville, died on Friday, August 19, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Canton, Georgia on August 28, 1999 and was the son of Kent Austin and Alicia Rhodes Sutton. Christian is of the Baptist faith. He was a junior at Cass High School and enjoyed watching football and...

Aug 16, 2016

Mrs. Josephine (Jodi) Hensley, 62, of Cartersville, died Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at her residence. A native of Bartow County, she was born on September 26, 1953 and was the daughter of the late Clarence Bennett and Lula Belle Hufstetler Bennett. Before retiring, Mrs. Hensley was employed by Nantucket Industries as a machine operator. Jodi was a born again Christian...

Aug 15, 2016

Melvin Stanley, 73, of Cartersville, passed away August 15, 2016 at Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, GA. Stanley, the youngest of 15 children, was born May 1, 1943 in Wheeling, West Virginia to the late Dewitt Stanley and Margarett Bell Johnson Stanley. He was employed by Glidden Durkee Paint Company for 23 years and Shaw Industries (Plant 13) until...

Aug 13, 2016

Aug 12, 2016

Mr. Robert Womack, 80, of Cartersville, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Floyd Medical Center. Born in Hollywood, Alabama on August 16, 1935, he was the son of the late Lemuel Womack and Ethel Mae Sinclair Womack. Mr. Womack was of the Baptist faith. He retired as a foreman from the Bartow Co. Water Department and was a...

Aug 12, 2016

Aug 9, 2016

Mrs. Johnnie Odom Frey, 82, of Cartersville, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at Cartersville Health and Rehab. She was born in Blairsville on May 27, 1934 and was the daughter of the late Clyde Odom and Ruth Warren Odom. Mrs. Frey was a member of Iron Hill Baptist Church. She loved her family very much and especially her...

Aug 8, 2016

Preslie ReeseWilliams, five month old infant daughter, of Brad and Megan Williams died Monday, August 8, 2016 at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Egleston. She was born in Cartersville on February 28, 2016. Preslie is preceded in death by her brother, Cooper Reed Williams; great-grandfather, Horace Williams and her great-grandmothers, Joyce Wilson and Nana Ruth Green; and great-granddad, Andrew Ingle....

Aug 5, 2016

Aug 2, 2016

Mr. Donald Milton Jones, 67, of Cartersville, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Tifton, Georgia on September 11, 1948, he was the son of the late James Milton Jones, Jr. and Louise Keith Jones. Donald was a member of Omega Baptist Church and was a wonderful husband and provider. He was straight...

Jul 28, 2016

Jul 27, 2016

Mr. Roy Eugene Chambers, age 80, of Cartersville, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2016 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Kingston, Georgia on July 26, 1936, he was the son of the late Sam P. Chambers and Jessie Mae Wade Chambers. Mr. Chambers was a member of Atco Baptist Church and was an ordained Missionary Baptist Minister. He retired from...

Jul 27, 2016

Mr. Travis Turner Worsham, age 82, of Cartersville, died Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at his residence. Born in Cedartown on October 6, 1933, he was the son of the late Reverend Henry Turner Worsham and Mary Bailey Worsham. Mr. Worsham was retired from Chevron Oil Company and was of the Baptist faith. He was a member of the Cartersville Elk...

Jul 27, 2016

Mr. Leroy "Scooter" Cagle, age 70, of Royston, Georgia, formerly of Cartersville died Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at Athens Regional Hospital. He was born in Calhoun on November 13, 1945 and was the son of the late Walter Hensley Cagle and Margaret Elizabeth Nations Cagle. Mr. Cagle was a carpenter by trade. He was a member of Apopka First Baptist...

Jul 25, 2016

Jul 23, 2016

Vickie Lynn Davis, age 49, of Cartersville, died Saturday, July 23, 2016. She was born in Cartersville, Georgia on January 15, 1967 and was the daughter of the late James (Bud) Davis and Louise Collum Davis. Ms. Davis was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cartersville. She loved the Braves and the Falcons. She had a great sense...

Jul 23, 2016

Jul 21, 2016

Mr. Tommy Boyles, age 60, of Douglasville, died on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Born in Fulton County on May 23, 1956, he was the son of the late Colman Boyles and Edna Marie Smith Boyles. Mr. Boyles was a veteran, having served in the United State Army. He enjoyed doing puzzles, drinking coffee and watching old westerns on TV. He...

Jul 21, 2016

Mrs. Opal Vann Wisnom, age 91, of Cartersville died Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Fite Living Center following a lengthy illness. Born in Cottonwood, Alabama on July 26, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Short Vann and Minnie Lee Hoffman Vann. Mrs. Wisnom was a longtime member of Tabernacle Baptist Church where she taught the Willing Workers Sunday...