OBITUARIES

Johnnie Edwards

December 28, 2015

Mrs. Johnnie Giddens Edwards, age 81, of Temple, GA, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015. She was born on January 24, 1934, in Nashville, GA, to the late John & Sarah Giddens, and was preceded in death by her husband, Don N. Edwards. Mrs. Edwards retired from Allison-Smith Company as an executive secretary, and was a member of...

Dr. Leslie Ross, JR

December 28, 2015

Dr. Leslie Ross, JR, age 66, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015. He was born on April 26, 1949, in Victoria, TX, and was preceded in death by his father, Leslie Ross, SR, and sister, Deborah Ross Torry. Dr. Ross retired from Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL, as a medical doctor in 2002 after...

Perry Burgess

December 28, 2015

Perry Burgess, age 34, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015. He was born on May 20, 1981, in Lithia Springs, GA, and was preceded in death by his father, Gary Lynn Burgess. Perry worked as a contractor for Willow Green and was a member of Christ Freedom Church.

Survivors include wife, Heather Burgess...

Deborah Durham

December 25, 2015

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Barbara Bass

December 24, 2015

Barbara Jean Nelson Bass, age 82, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2015. She was born on January 3, 1933, in Talbot, GA, to the late Charles & Mary Ellen Nelson. Mrs. Bass was retired from S& L Mortgage as an office manager in the accounting department, and was a member of First...

Kerry Southerland

December 24, 2015

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Eddie Williams

December 23, 2015

Eddie Williams, age 57, of Douglasville, GA, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. He was born on September 11, 1958, in Douglasville, GA, to the late Roland Williams and Shirley Eiler, and was preceded in death by his step-mother, Laura Williams, and step-father, Donald Eiler. Mr. Williams worked as a foreman for C.W. Matthews & Bankhead Enterprises. Eddie...

Alfred Fallon

December 22, 2015

Alfred T. Fallon, age 87, of Lafayette, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. He was born on April 16, 1928 in New Milford, NJ, to the late Thomas W. Fallon & Marie Deutell Fallon. He was preceded in death by his wife, Constance Dellaratta Fallon, grandson, Jesse Romeo, granddaughter, Jennifer Fallon, brother, Donald Fallon, sister, Alice Fallon...

Steve West

December 21, 2015

Steve West, age 68, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2015. He was born on October 4, 1947, in Atlanta, GA, to the late Bernard West and Mary Emma Gober, and was preceded in death by his sister, Marjorie Melley, brother, Jimmy West, and brother, Ben West. Mr. West was a United States Army Veteran of...

Elizabeth Taylor

December 21, 2015

Elizabeth Wortor Nimley Taylor, age 83, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2015. She was born on December 15, 1932, in Liberia, to the late George Nimley and Elizabeth Seth Barclay. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Randall Cisco & her daughter, Esther Sammy. Mrs. Taylor was...

Lynn Thomas

December 17, 2015

Biography

Lynn C. Thomas, age 70, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015. He was born to Lyle C. Thomas & Maudie Deloris Lowe Thomas on May 10, 1945 in Dodge City, KS. Lynn was a U.S. government employee for 50 years. He served two tours in Vietnam as a Navy Seal and a...

Carol Rakestraw

December 17, 2015

Biography

Carol Rakestraw, age 72, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015. She was born on February 16, 1943, in Atlanta, GA, to the late Herman Charles Bone & Edna Hampton Bone. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Joann Bone. Mrs. Rakestraw retired as a clerk...

Ray Lawrence

December 16, 2015

Ray Lawrence, age 79, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015. He was born on May 2, 1936, in Dallas, GA, to the late Banks L. Lawrence and Susan Ellen Lawrence Allen. Mr. Lawrence retired from Austell Boxboard as an electrician after 35 years of service and Hiram High School Maintenance Department with 7 years of...

J. Calvin Earwood

December 16, 2015

Calvin Earwood, age 73, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015. He was born on December 28, 1941, in Hiram, GA, to the late Henry & Lucille Earwood, and was preceded in death by his sisters, Catherine Lester and Shirley Hollis. Mr. Earwood was the owner of Sunbelt Fasteners for 33 years and a member of First...

Alvin Jenks

December 16, 2015

Biography

Mr. Alvin Jenks, age 38, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015. He was born on July 3, 1977 in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Jenks was Baptist by faith.

Survivors include wife, Angela Jenks of Powder Springs, GA; sons, Tony Rodriguez & Kross Jenks of Powder Springs, GA; father, James Stephen...

Rose Keller-Myers

December 15, 2015

Rose Keller-Myers, age 75, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. She was born on January 18, 1940, in Round Lake, MN, to the late Wilfred & Bessie Johnson, and was preceded in death by her husband, Danny Myers. Mrs. Keller-Myers worked as a beautician at Rose’s Hair Salon for over 40 years and was a...

Sylvia Meadows

December 14, 2015

Sylvia Elizabeth Meadows, age 67, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015. She was born on September 21, 1948, in Ellijay, GA, to the late Hoyt & Jewell Cochran, and was preceded in death by her sister, Donna LeVert. Mrs. Meadows retired from GA State Government DFACS and was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church....

Lela "Belle" Brock

December 9, 2015

Lela “Belle” Brock, age 93, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. She was born on June 5, 1922, in Calhoun, GA, to the late Wiley & Lelea Thornbrough, and was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Henry Brock, and son, Wayne Robert Brock. Mrs. Brock was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Laura Moody

December 9, 2015

Laura Roberts Moody, formerly of Apalachicola, FL, passed away on December 9, 2015 in Hiram, GA after a battle with lung cancer. During the Korean Conflict, Laura served in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). She is predeceased by her husband of 42 years, Cleveland (Alex) Moody, September 2014; her daughter, C. Lynne Stanford, at age 21; Her brothers, Leonard James...

Ruth Bone

November 28, 2015

Biography

Edna Ruth Bone, age 81, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015. She was born on May 23, 1934, in Austell, GA, to the late Otis Luther Crew and Gladys Phillips Crew. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold Bone. Ruth was retired from Coats and Clark and member of New Canaan Baptist...