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Recent Obituaries in Cartersville, GA
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Michael Staley
Apr 29, 2008
Michael Alan Staley, 18, of Alabama Highway, Rome, Georgia, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 29, 2008 at the Floyd Medical Center. Michael was born October 2, 1989 in Cherokee County, a son of Tammy Denise Mulkey and Dennis Earl Staley. At the time of his death he was employed by his aunt and uncle with the National Apartment Association...
Shirley Jones
Apr 28, 2008
Shirley Jeanette Jones May, 63, of Cartersville passed away Monday, April 28, 2008 at the Countryside Health Center in Buchanan. Born July 15, 1944 in Waynesville, she was the daughter of the late Asbury Jones and the late Ruby Nichols Jones. Preceding her in death are her parents; her brothers, Jerry, Wayne and Bobby Jones; and her grandsons, Justin and...
Carolyn Commons
Apr 20, 2008
Carolyn Sue Commons, age 40, of 10 Dove Drive, Cartersville, died on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Bartow County on April 11, 1968, she was the daughter of Jessie Sanford and Shirley Ruth Lowe Sanford. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by a sister, Frances Ann...
Michael Fallon
Apr 19, 2008
Michael Joseph Fallon, 44, died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Heartland Hospice House in Cartersville, Ga. Michael was born July 30, 1963 in Suffolk County, New York, son of the late Donald and Santa Hood Fallon. Survivors include his wife of 5 years, Belinda Watson Fallon; stepsons, Ronald Qruse, Stuart Mitchel; stepdaughters, Rene Daigle, Marie Warren, and Dawn...
Thomas Plummer
Apr 17, 2008
Mr. Thomas R. "Tom" Plummer, age 86, of Autumn Years Assisted Living, died on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Heartland Hospice House. Born in Trion Georgia on May 2, 1921, he was the son of the lateThomas David Plummer and Clara Leigh Clifton Plummer. Prior to retirement Mr. Plummer was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration as a Budget...
Tommie Jacobs
Apr 16, 2008
Mrs. Tommie Jo Jacobs, age 64, of 20 Gray Road, Cartersville, died on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Bartow County on April 2, 1944, she was the daughter of the late J.D. Atkinson and Lillie Bell Cordell Atkinson. Mrs. Jacobs enjoyed reading, cooking, watching baseball and taking care of other peoples' children. She was of...
J.W. Mulkey
Apr 14, 2008
Mr. J. W. Mulkey, age 68, of 104 Johnson Drive, Cartersville, died on Monday, April 14, 2008 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Pickens County on Aug. 28, 1939, he was the son of the late Grady Mulkey and Lee Hicks Mulkey. He was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed fishing. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Darlene and Terry...
Jeanette Stephens
Apr 13, 2008
Mrs. Jeanette M. "Janet" Stephens, 85, of Cartersville and formerly of Buckhead and Roswell, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Born April 11, 1923 in Nashville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Irvin Myers and the late Rhonda Gaskins Myers and the widow of the late Lynn Stephens. Mrs. Stephens and...
James Morris
Apr 8, 2008
Mr. James W. "Jim" Morris, 66, of Pembroke Pines, FL passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Mr. Morris was born in Etowah County, AL on Oct. 10, 1941, son of Mary Jim Kennedy Morris and the late James Roy Morris. He was a graduate of Darlington Preparatory High School in Rome, GA and Auburn University, and he received his...
Katherine Dupree
Apr 5, 2008
Katherine "Kathy" Dupree, age 63, of 19 Fairview Drive, Cartersville, formerly of Kingston, died on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Heartland Hospice House. Born in Hayesville, North Carolina on May 28, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Davenport and Flora Spivey Davenport. She enjoyed sewing and crocheting. Preceding her in death are her parents; a sister,...
Benedict Lucco
Apr 4, 2008
Mr. Benedict "Ben" De Lucco, 80, of Cartersville passed away Friday, April 4, 2008 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Born September 4, 1927 in Dolgeville, New York, he was the son of the late Benedict Castronovo and the late Rose Lattori Castronovo. Ben was a veteran of the United States Navy having served his country during...
L.C. Whitener
Apr 4, 2008
Rev. L. C. Whitener, age 72, of 195 Floral Drive, Cartersville died on Friday, April 4, 2008. Born in Bartow County on Aug. 7, 1935, he was the son of the late James Whitener and Janie Ray Whitener. He was a member and former pastor of Blue Springs Baptist Church. He loved singing, preaching and his grandkids. Preceding him in...
David Otting
Apr 3, 2008
David Otting, 49, of Fayetteville, Georgia died Thursday, April 3, 2008. Born in Bartow County on April 11, 1958, he was the son of Aaron Otting and the late Alene Baskin Otting. David was a graduate of Cartersville High School and was the owner and operator of Imagine That Salon. He loved his children and was a dedicated father who...
Dorothy Hughes
Mar 30, 2008
Dorothy Elaine Hughes, 91, of Cartersville, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at the Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Born in Atlanta on June 14, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Leo Francis Thiel and and the late Myrtle Andrews Thiel. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Cartersville. She was preceded in death by...
Lula Branton
Mar 28, 2008
Mrs. Lula Bell Branton, 71, of Kingston passed away Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. A native of Bartow County, she was born July 24, 1936 and was the daughter of the late Luther Massey and the late Bernice Temples Massey. Mrs. Branton was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William Everett Branton;...
James Pittard
Mar 27, 2008
James D. "Bo" Pittard, 93, of Cartersville passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at the Cartersville Medical Center. Born July 27, 1914 in Cassville, he was the son of the late James Pittard and the late Ollie Strozier Pittard. Bo had retired from civil service employment as a senior accountant at Ft. Gillem in Atlanta. Bo was a grassroots philosopher...
Jason Smith
Mar 25, 2008
Mr. Jason David Smith, 27, of 60 Windy Hill Rd., Cartersville passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at his residence. The son of David and Kathie Smith, he was born September 5, 1980 in Rome. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Faye Ingram Potts and Harwell and Carniece Smith. A 1999 graduate of Cass High, Jason was...
Allen Croy
Mar 25, 2008
Mr. Allen Lester Croy, Jr., age 58, of 390 Webber Road, Plainville, GA, died Tuesday evening, March 25, 2008, in his residence following a long illness. Mr. Croy was born in Chattooga County, GA, on February 21, 1950, son of Ada Katherine Thompson Croy McGuire and the late Allen Lester Croy, Sr. He had been a resident in the Rome...
Marie Bramlett
Mar 24, 2008
Marie Bramlett, 75, of 166 Leek Rd., Adairsville, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at her residence. Born September 9, 1932 in Canton, Ga., daughter of the late Henry Payne and Kinous Childers. Marie was an active member of Cassville Baptist Church and well known as an extreme prayer warrior. She was an excellent cook, enjoyed gardening and caring for...
Della Price
Mar 23, 2008
Della Marie Price, 81, of Cartersville, died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at the Heartland Hospice House. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilburn Price, Sr., and her parents, Carl and Wilhelmina Cotton. Della was an avid reader and enjoyed western movies. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Douglas Reynolds of Woodstock; her daughter, Lisa Price...
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