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Recent Obituaries in Cartersville, GA
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Edward Ayers
May 3, 2012
Mr. Edward �Dan� Ayers, 72, of Cartersville, passed away Thursday, May 03, 2012 at his residence. Born October 16, 1939 in Fulton County, he was the son of the late James Lester Ayers and the late Laura Aileen Darnell Ayers. Mr. Ayers was a veteran, having served his country in the United States Army. He was also a Mason...
Margaret Wild
May 3, 2012
Mrs. Margaret Mary Wild, 88, of Port Republic, New Jersey, died Thursday, May 03, 2012 at Maple Ridge Health Care Center in Cartersville. Born April 18, 1924 in Passaic, New Jersey, she was a lifelong resident of NJ before moving to Georgia to live with her daughter in 2010. �Peggy� was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Paul...
Louise Rodgers
May 1, 2012
Mrs. Louise Clark Rodgers, 86, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Born in Swainsboro, Georgia on November 19, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Wyatt Floyd Clark and the late Arrie Canady Clark. Preceding her in death along with her parents are her husband, Durward Rodgers; two brothers, Wyatt and Amos Clark; and a sister,...
James Ghorley
May 1, 2012
Mr. James Ghorley, 83, of Cartersville, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at a local nursing home. He was born in Floyd County on July 11, 1928 and was the son of the late John Ernest Ghorley and Martha Louise Kilgore Ghorley. Preceding him in death along with his parents are his wife, Mary Icie Smith; and several brothers and...
Harold Pruitt, Sr.
Apr 30, 2012
Mr. Harold G. Pruitt, Sr., 8l, of Cartersville, died Monday, April 30, 2012 at Townsend Health and Rehab. Born in Ducktown, Tennessee, March 8, 1931, he was the son of the late John G. Pruitt and the late Myrtle M. Weaver Pruitt. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife and mother of his children, LaVerne Pruitt;...
Gayle Crocker
Apr 24, 2012
Mrs. Gayle �Belle� Crocker, 65, of Cartersville died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at her residence following a four year courageous and brave battle with breast cancer. She was born November 13, 1946 in Fulton County and was the daughter of the late Andrew Holland and the late Sarah Francis Worthington Holland. Gayle was of the Methodist Faith and was...
Carol Morgan
Apr 21, 2012
Mrs. Carol Sue Morgan, 60, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Floyd Medical Center. Born August 19, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Leona Mae Mull Lanham. She is preceded in death by her mother and step-dad, Leona and James Lanham; a brother, Gary Lanham; and two sisters, Linda and Glenda Lanham. Survivors include her children, Mandy...
Joseph Simpson
Apr 21, 2012
Joseph �Joe� Albert Simpson, 90, of Cartersville passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at his residence. Born July 11, 1921 in Bartow County he was the son of the late Herschel Sylvester Simpson and the late Eunice Brown Simpson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Louise Melissa White; and his siblings, Edna Chitwood, Boyd Simpson, Bill...
Nelma Mcginnis
Apr 21, 2012
Nelma Jean McGinnis, 70, of Cartersville passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012 at her residence. Born August 10, 1941 in Villa Rica she was the daughter of the late Reuben McGinnis and the late Idelle Cline McGinnis. She was also preceded in death by her son, Kenneth McGinnis and her daughter, Pamela Brawner. Survivors include her daughters, Elizabeth Johnson...
Becky Mccrory
Apr 19, 2012
Barbara Rebecca �Becky� McCrory, 62, of White passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at her residence. Born August 15, 1949 in Cedartown she was the daughter of the late Freeman and Inez Crawford of the Rockmart Fish Creek area. Becky was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and retired from the Morgan Corporation as a purchaser. Survivors include her son,...
James Chambers
Apr 16, 2012
Mr. James William Chambers, 86, of Rockmart passed away Monday, April 16, 2012 at his residence. Born in Covington, Georgia, May 5, 1925, he was the son of the late Sam Pat Chambers and the late Jessie Mae Wade Chambers. Preceding him in death along with his parents is his wife of 64 years, Wilma Cornwell Chambers; and his...
Shelby Duvall
Apr 12, 2012
Mrs. Shelby J. Leatherwood Duvall, 73, of Cartersville, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2012 at her residence. She was born February 10, 1939 to the late Nettie Key Leatherwood and Samuel Albert Leatherwood, Sr. Preceding her in death along with her parents is her husband of fifty seven years, Trammell W. Duvall; her brothers, Homer Leatherwood, Astor Leatherwood, Ralph Leatherwood...
Pamela Brawner
Apr 11, 2012
Mrs. Pamela McGinnis Brawner, 44, of Cartersville died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Bartow County born on October 15, 1967. Preceding her in death is a brother, Kenneth McGinnis. She is survived by her husband, Michael Brawner; her children, Tabitha Hembree and Tyler Hembree; her mother, Nelma Jean McGinnis; her sisters, Elizabeth Johnson...
Carolyn Maulden
Apr 10, 2012
Mrs. Carolyn B. Maulden, 75, of Cartersville died peacefully, surrounded by her family on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at her residence. She was a native of Bartow County, born on September 23, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Meredith T. Brown and the late Gertrude Brooke Brown. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by a...
Alivia Grimm
Apr 10, 2012
Alivia Marie Grimm, infant daughter of Mark and Marie Reeves Grimm, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at a Cartersville Medical Center. Preceding her in death are her maternal grandparents, Donald Bell, Jake Reeves, and Aline Reeves; and her paternal great grandmother, Charlotte Phillips Grimm. She is survived by her parents; her half brother, Christian Grimm; her half sister, Cayden...
Harvey Adams
Apr 8, 2012
Mr. Harvey William Adams, 55, of Cartersville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Sunday, April 8, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Adams was born January 29, 1957 in Bartow County and was the eighth child of the late Jesse Adams and Clara Blackmon Adams Smith. Preceding him in death along with his parents are three brothers, Kenneth...
Johnnie Carter
Apr 1, 2012
Miss Johnnie Faye Carter, 63, of Cartersville, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. A native of Cobb County, she was born April 30, 1948, to the late John Robert Carter and the late Louise Nolan Carter. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Larry Carter. Miss Carter was a member of Friendship...
Cecil Blalock, Sr.
Mar 26, 2012
Cecil Jerrell Blalock, Sr. age 80, passed away on March 26, 2012, at his residence in Cartersville, Georgia. He was born in Mentone, Alabama, November 19, 1931, and was the son of the late Cecil Richard Blalock and the late Lillie Jewell Stoker Blalock. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years,...
Nina Harvey
Mar 24, 2012
Mrs. Nina Lee Harvey, age 97, of Cartersville, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Fite Living Center. Born in Greenwood, Mississippi on June 20, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Judge Allen White and the late Lee Ella Vaughn White. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, George Lewis Harvey. Mrs....
Wayne Morris
Mar 24, 2012
Wayne Morris, 66, of Cartersville passed away Friday, March 24, 2012 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Cartersville on March 20, 1946 he was son of the late Henry M. Morris and Christine Gordon Morris. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Alvin Morris, and Robert Morris; and his sister, Margaret Gore. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Morris;...
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