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Recent Obituaries in Cartersville, GA
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Patty Shutz
Sep 9, 2008
Mrs. Patty Owens Shutz, age 69, of 492 Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, GA, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Shutz was born in Floyd County, GA on September 5, 1939, the daughter of the late Marvin Dewey Owens and Henrietta Allen Owens. She was a loving caregiver and retired from Northwest Regional after thirty- five years...
Dewey Lumpkin
Sep 7, 2008
Mr. Dewey Leroy (Red) Lumpkin, age 82, of 530 County Rd. 616 SW, Rome, GA, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, in his home. Mr. Lumpkin was born in Rome, GA on August 7, 1926. He received Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal Ribbon with one Bronze Star, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge and was a Military Policeman while in the...
Amanda Griffith
Sep 7, 2008
Amanda Laresa Griffith, 29, of Adairsville went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus and to receive her heavenly reward on Sunday, September 7, 2008. Born March 4, 1979 in Marietta, she was the daughter of Gale Evans Thomas and Chuck Davis. Amanda was preceded in death by her grandfather, Ed Evans, and her mother-in-law, Mariessa Gibbs Wilson....
Ray Ashcraft
Sep 5, 2008
Ray A. Ashcraft, 77, of Cartersville passed away Friday, September 5, 2008 at the Sunbridge Nursing Home. Born September 27, 1930 in Eldorado, Kansas, he was the son of the late Wilson Sylvester Ashcraft and the late Vernavida Speaker Ashcraft. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Darell Ashcraft, Richard Ashcraft, George Ashcraft, and Harvey Ashcraft; and his...
Sara Shearer
Sep 5, 2008
Ms. Sara Elizabeth Stone Shearer, age 97, of Jacksonville, FL, went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, September 5, 2008. Ms. Shearer was born July 2, 1911, the daughter of the late Rev. Thomas W. Stone and Lula Hasseltine Barron Stone. She was a homemaker and a member of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. Ms. Shearer was one...
Robert Rogers, Jr.
Sep 4, 2008
Robert �Franklin� Rogers, Jr., 44, of Rome, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 at Heartland Hospice Center in Rome. Born in Floyd County on April 1, 1964, he was the son of Mary Lindsey Rogers and the late Robert Franklin Rogers. He was a member of Kingston Baptist Church and was a welder by trade. He enjoyed baking cakes, canning,...
Henry Ray
Sep 4, 2008
Henry Carlton Ray, 66, of Adairsville passed away Thursday, September 4, 2008 at his daughter�s residence. Born November 11, 1941 in Calhoun, he was the son of the late John Henry Ray and the late Eria Ethel Millsap Ray. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 34 years, Estelle Woody Ray, and his sister, Geneva Ledford. Henry...
Bonnie Haulbrook
Sep 2, 2008
Bonnie Mae Haulbrook, age 59, of Cartersville, died Sept. 2, 2008 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Atlanta, Georgia on Aug. 12, 1949, she was the daughter of the late John Esmond Haulbrook, Sr. and Georgia Otwell Haulbrook. She was a member of Stoners Chapel Church in Adairsville. Bonnie enjoyed crocheting, fussing with her brother, John, and going to...
Jolyn Tully
Sep 2, 2008
Jolyn Tully, 60, of Cartersville, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at the Heartland Hospice House. Born in Ithaca, New York on June 23, 1948, she was the daughter of the late James Godley and the late Velma MacDonald Godley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her mother-in-law, Nancy S. Tulley. Mrs. Tully had a...
Barnard Brewer
Sep 2, 2008
Barnard Bee Brewer, Jr., age 85, of Euharlee died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 at Emory Johns Creek Hospital in Duluth, Georgia. Born in South Carolina on Oct. 13, 1922, he was the son of the late Barnard Bee Brewer and Gladys Hendrick Brewer. He was predeceased by his parents; his wife, Joan Gaskey Brewer; and his brothers, Wade and...
Velma Mcnitt
Aug 31, 2008
Mrs. Velma McNitt, 81, of Cartersville passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Golden Living Center in Rome. Born in Sale City, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Marion Clark and the late Myrtha Moree Clark. Mrs. McNitt was a retired school teacher with the Bartow County School System and was a member of Faith United...
Minnie Kelley
Aug 31, 2008
Mrs. Minnie Frances Kelley, age 79, of 63 Rooney Rd, Rome, GA, passed away Sunday August 31, 2008, in a local hospital. Mrs. Kelley was born in Cherokee County Al. on January 20, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Mark and Lula Moore Gowens She was preceded in death by; one daughter Francis Joann Kelley and by...
Annette Clary
Aug 29, 2008
Mrs. Annette Freeman Clary, age 84, of Chatsworth, GA, died Friday, August 29, 2008 in Chatswoth, GA. Mrs. Clary was born in Floyd County, GA, on April 23, 1924, the daughter of the late Charles Wesley Freeman and Elizabeth Baldwin Freeman. In addition to her parents Mrs. Clary was preceded in death by her husband, Attorney Horace T. Clary;...
Lois Watwood
Aug 29, 2008
Mrs. Lois Brunson Watwood, age 88, of Chatsworth, formerly of Celanese Village of Rome, GA, went to be with our Lord after a lengthy illness on Friday, August 29, 2008, at her daughter�s home. Mrs. Watwood was born December 29, 1919, in Cherokee County, AL. Mrs. Watwood was preceded in death by her loving husband of sixty-four years, Henry...
Joseph Cannon
Aug 29, 2008
Mr. Joseph Wayne Cannon, age 71, of 203 Cherry Street, Rome, GA, died Friday, August 29, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Cannon was born September 20, 1936, the son of the late Homer Cannon and Eleanor Wright Cannon. He retired from G.E. in 1995 after thirty-eight years of service as an automatic core line operator. Mr. Cannon was a member...
Alfred Fender
Aug 26, 2008
Mr. Alfred R. Fender, age 77 of 324 Fulton Road, Kingston died Tuesday evening at his residence. Mr. Fender was born December 20,1930 in Detroit, Michigan son of the late William Alfred and Sarah Fender. Mr. Fender was a veteran of the United States Marines having served during the Korean Conflict. He was a past member of the Oostanaula Masonic...
Rosemary Crowhurst
Aug 26, 2008
Rosemary Crowhurst, 69, of Dallas, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at her residence after a courageous battle with cancer. Born March 2, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Ethel Stewart Crowhurst and the late Winthrop Crowhurst. She was also preceded in death by her son, George Donald Haring; her grandson, Blake...
Elizabeth Massaro
Aug 25, 2008
Mrs. Elizabeth Christine Perusek Massaro, age 87, of 21Williamsburg Drive, Rome, GA, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Massaro was born in Forbes, CO, on January 27, 1921, the daughter of the late John Perusek and Annie Mrak Perusek. She retired as a nurse. In addition to her parents Mrs. Massaro was preceded in death by her...
David Gatrel
Aug 24, 2008
Mr. David H. Gatrel, 54, of Cartersville passed away Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Grady Memorial Hospital. Born February 17, 1954 in Bartow County, he was the son of the late Ralph Gatrel and the late Mary Wylene Crane Gatrel. In addition to his parents, David was preceded in death by his son, Justin �Chopper� Gatrel. David enjoyed driving...
Francis Campbell
Aug 21, 2008
Mrs. Francis Arthonia Campbell, age 79 of 40 E. Camelia Road, Rome died Thursday evening at her residence. Mrs. Campbell was born May 8, 1929 daughter of the late Oliver Moss and Jessie Kilby Moss. She had spent most of her life in Rome having moved here at the age of 15. Mrs. Campbell was a nurse having worked...
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