Obituaries

Dec 9, 2014

Patricia M. Lange, 72, of Cartersville, died Tuesday December 9, 2014 at Kennestone Hospital. Born September 2, 1942 in Miami, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Henry Joseph Komatz and the late Marie Pokorney Komatz. Mrs. Lange was of the Catholic faith. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother and was adored by her husband and...

Dec 9, 2014

Mr. Ricky Abernathy, 64, of Cartersville, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Floyd Medical Center. Born May 20, 1950 in Cartersville, he was a son of the late Leonard "Pole Cat" Abernathy and Emma Lee Martin Abernathy. Ricky was of the Baptist Faith and worked for the City of Euharlee. He enjoyed the outdoors and loved to hunt and fish....

Dec 9, 2014

Mr. Franklin Mack Bunch, 72, of Cartersville, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at his residence. Born March 26, 1942 in Talking Rock, Georgia, he was the son of the late Floyd Cecil Bunch and Ethel Hightower Bunch. Mr. Bunch was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church and was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He retired from Lockheed-Martin...

Dec 9, 2014

Mr. Robert William Green, 39, of Oxford, Alabama, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Born August 24, 1975 in Jonesboro, GA, he was a son of Roger Craig Green and Jacqueline Elaine Carlson. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Oxford, AL and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and riding motorcycles. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his...

Dec 6, 2014

Dec 3, 2014

Mrs. Joyce Carolyn Poole, 74, of Cartersville, died Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born February 29, 1940 in Chattanooga, TN, she was a daughter of the late A. D. Killingsworth and the late Cecilia Schearer Killingsworth. Mrs. Poole was of the Baptist Faith and enjoyed working in her flower garden. She enjoyed crafts, and buying things from...

Dec 1, 2014

Mr. Alvin "Bud" Barrett, 87, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014 at Kindred Hospital in Rome surrounded by his family. Born in Floyd County on July 25, 1927, he was the son of the late Carter F. Barrett and Mary Babe Ramsey Barrett. Mr. Barrett was a member of Narroway Baptist Church and enjoyed reading his Bible, telling stories, making...

Nov 29, 2014

Mrs. Leila Pauline Bryson, 91, of Cartersville, died Saturday, November 29, 2014, at Townsend Park Health & Rehab. A native of Bartow County, she was born February 23, 1923 and was the daughter of the late Mort Sheffield and Hulda Mae Lewis Sheffield. Mrs. Bryson worked for E-Z Mills for 25 years and enjoyed yard work, cooking, cleaning and arranging...

Nov 27, 2014

Mr. Larry Thomas Cline, 67, of Kingston, died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Cedar Valley Nursing & Rehab in Cedartown. Born in Bartow County on July 4, 1947, he was the son of the late Charlie Thomas Cline and Lois Melissa Chitwood Cline. Mr. Cline was a member of White Fellowship Baptist Church and was self- employed as a contractor....

Nov 27, 2014

Mr. Smiley "Bud" Williams, Jr., 82, of KJingston, died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Chulio Hills Health & Rehab in Rome. Born April 18, 1932 in Armurchee, Georgia, he was a son of the late Smiley Williams, Sr. and the late Exie Kilgore Williams. Mr. Williams was a member of Path of Christ Church in Kingston and was retired from...

Nov 24, 2014

Mr. Larry F. Beaver, 68, of Euharlee, died Monday, November 24, 2014 at his residence. A native of Bartow County, born May 28, 1946, he was the son of the late Ernest James Beaver and Eva Corrine Gayton Beaver. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by two sisters, Brenda Roberson and Patricia Hamrick. Mr. Beaver was...

Nov 23, 2014

Nov 22, 2014

Mrs. Wilma Jean Day, 75, of Taylorsville, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, November 22, 2014 at her residence surrounded by her family. Mrs. Day was born in Taylorsville on March 22, 1939 and was the daughter of the late Henry Hoy Collum, Sr. and Evelyn Lois Hames Collum. She grew up in Bartow County but after marrying moved...

Nov 21, 2014

Jakob Christian Wilburn, 13, died Friday, November 21, 2014 at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. A native of Bartow County born November 9, 2001, he was the son of Jessica and Jason Wilburn. He is preceded in death by his aunt, Jennifer Wilburn Walker; his Oma, Marianne Lutz; his Nanny, Mollie Huggins; his Granny, Lucy Wilburn, his Nana, Daisy Garrison and...

Nov 20, 2014

Ms. Grace Inez Langford, 89, of Madison, Georgia, died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Madison Health and Rehab. Born in Woodbury, Georgia, July 1, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Walter Lee Walker and Salone Elizabeth Storey Walker. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a son, Wayne Gulledge and several brothers and sisters....

Nov 18, 2014

Mr. Curtis Junior Grier, 71, of Cartersville, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at his residence. Born in Columbus, Georgia on May 29, 1943, he was the son of the late Curtis Love Grier and Johnnie Pearl Hickman. Mr. Grier was a truck driver for Bartow Paving. He was kind hearted, plain spoken, a good family man and had strong...

Nov 16, 2014

Rebecca Louise Harris, 46, of Adairsville, died Sunday, November 16, 2014 at her residence. A native of Bartow County, born October 10, 1968, she was the daughter of Jennie Marie Hatfield Harris and the late "Jimmy" C.W. Harris. Becky was employed by Shoney's and was a loving mother, daughter, sister and friend. She was a hard worker, never met a...

Nov 15, 2014

Miss Gail Anne Brown, special child of the late Irene Ford Brown and Howard Brown, left this earth on November 15, 2014. Gail was born July 8, 1940 in Winston Salem, NC. Her last residence was Townsend Park Nursing Home in Cartersville, Ga. Lifelong friends of Gail are Delores Romanick of Newport News, VA and Regina Chapman of Columbus, Ga....

Nov 15, 2014

Ms. Bessie Greenlee Morrow, 74, of Cartersville, died Saturday November 15, 2014 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born March 19, 1940 in Canalou, Missouri she was the daughter of the late Carl Greenlee and the late Mae Hilton Greenlee. Bessie was preceded in death also by her husband Raymond Chatman. Survivors include her sons, Mike Chatman of Grier SC, Chris Chatman...

Nov 14, 2014

Mrs. Bobbie Lynn White, 47, of Cartersville died Friday, November 14, 2014 at Cartersville Medical Center. She was born August 31, 1967 in Fulton County and was the daughter of the late Joseph Clarence Langley and Geneva McPherson Langley. Survivors include her husband, Donnie White; her sons, David and Brandon Langley; and a daughter, Lisa Ray. Parnick Jennings Funeral Home...