OBITUARIES

May 20, 2013

Harvey Smith, age 85, of Smyrna, GA passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013. He was born on September 5, 1927, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi to the late Davy & Cora Smith. Mr. Smith was a United States Air Force Veteran and retired as a teacher from the City of Chicago School System. Survivors include his daughters and sons-in-law, Cynthia Stewart...

May 20, 2013

Gordon E. Hamby, age 90, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Paulding Wellstar Nursing Home. He was born July 9, 1922 in Murphy, NC and lived in Rome, Austell and Hiram, GA. Mr. Hamby was a Veteran of WW II and was honored in a military funeral on May 24, 2013. He was married to Louise L....

May 19, 2013

John Charles “Chuck” Vollenweider, age 81, of Dallas, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013. He was born July 29, 1931 in Hillsborough, Florida to the late David Othel Vollenweider and Sarah Christine Markey Vollenweider, also preceded in death by brothers David, Jr. and Henry Vollenweider and sister Jane Thomas. John was a retired Tool and Die maker with Lockheed with...

May 17, 2013

Salvatore “Sal” J. Galletto, age 89, of Dallas, passed away Friday May 17, 2013. He was born February 11, 1924 in New York City, New York, Sal attended St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and was retired from Coca-Cola Co, where he was director of Global Marketing, he was preceded in death by his parents Vincenzo Galletto and Angelina Torreta...

May 17, 2013

Ralph Porter, age 73 of Dallas, GA passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013. He was born on March 30, 1940 in Virginia to the late Robert and Annie Porter. He was a Supervisor at Lockheed-Martin, retiring after 38 years of service. He was preceded in death by his step-daughter, Kimberly Jones. Survivors include his wife, Martha Sue Porter; a...

May 14, 2013

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Savannah Joy Veale, age 19, of Hiram, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The daughter of Tom & Senga Veale, she was born in Tacoma, WA, on January 7, 1994. Savannah was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, RET. CM SGT George & Margaret Newton. She graduated from Hiram High School in 2012 and completed one...

May 10, 2013

Carmen Mercedes Ashman, age 83 of Dallas, GA, passed away on May 10, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald Bellamy and Maud McFarlane Malcolm. Survivors include her daughter, Shirley Henry of Dallas, GA; sister, Althea Boswell of Bronx, NY; grandchildren, Marsha Henry of Minneapolis, MN, Bruce Henry of Dallas, GA and Michelle Henry of NJ; great...

May 8, 2013

Charlie Taylor, Jr., age 62, of Hiram, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013. He was born November 12, 1950, in Barlove, Mississippi, and was preceded in death by his parents, Son & Katie Taylor; wife, DeLois Foster Taylor; brother, Tommie “Hammer” Taylor; and sister, Minnie Hobbs. Mr. Taylor was retired from the General Motors Company. Survivors include his daughters,...

May 5, 2013

Steven Lamar Ellison, age 67, of Atlanta, GA (formerly of Dallas, GA), passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013. The son of the late, Paul & Nezzie Bell Ellison, he was born in Atlanta, GA, October 22, 1945. Mr. Ellison worked for 20 years as an EMT for Grady Memorial Hospital and also worked for Metro Ambulance. He was currently working...

May 5, 2013

Martha Moody Calvert, age 80, Dallas, passed away on Sunday, May 05, 2013. Martha was born May 28, 1932 in Dallas, Ga. to the late William L. Moody and Flora Mae Ratteree Moody and was preceded in death by her husband; Jerome Calvert and sister; Nell Moody. Martha was a member of Unity Baptist Church where she was very...

May 3, 2013

Michael Lee Gunter (Mike), age 65, of Dallas, passed away Friday May 03, 2013. Mike was born July 15, 1947 in Madera California to Herschel Paul Gunter and Allie Ruth Parrish Gunter and was preceded in death by his father; Herschel Gunter, brother; Larry Allen Gunter, sister; Herschella Ann Hollomon. Mike was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and...

May 3, 2013

Rose Lee Morgan, age 89, of Hiram, passed away Friday May 03, 2013. She was born on February 01, 1924 in Newnan Ga., to the late Joseph and Lillie Morgan. Ms. Morgan was preceded in death by sisters, Sarah Trammell and Ruth Pruitt, and Brother Travis Morgan. Ms. Morgan was of Baptist Faith. Survivors include Sisters, Charlotte Macewicz of Racine...

May 2, 2013

Danny Rakestraw, age 77, of Dallas, GA passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2013. He was born on January 4, 1936 in Hiram, GA to the late Amos and Louise Elizabeth Rakestraw. He was a Division Manager at Lockheed, retiring after 30 years of service. Danny drove a school bus for Paulding County Schools for 50 years and served on...

May 1, 2013

James Wilbur Maloney, age 69, of Hiram, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013. He was born November 20, 1943, in Shamrock, FL, and was preceded in death by his parents, Lois Ander Maloney & Mona Faye Maloney and his wife, Mary Lou Maloney. Mr. Maloney was a U. S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War and had been...

April 28, 2013

Send Flowers Hubert Cecil Baxter June 23, 1922 - April 28, 2013

Hubert Cecil Baxter, age 90, of Dallas, GA passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Tranquility Hospice in Austell, GA. He was born on June 23, 1922 in Dallas, GA. He was a carpenter by trade and self-employed. Mr. Baxter was preceded in death by his...

April 23, 2013

Janice Wallace, age 59 of Hiram, GA, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013. She was born in Marietta, GA, July 26, 1953 and was preceded in death by her father, Wiley Cecil Norton, mother, Dorothy Elizabeth Finch and a son, Donald Lanier Reece. Survivors include her husband, David Wallace; children, David A. Wallace & wife, Amanda of Hayesville, NC, Connie...

April 20, 2013

Lillian Key, age 74 of Dallas, GA, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013. She was born in Crystal Springs, MS, on August 6, 1938, and was preceded in death by her parents, Fred & Martha Wilson and husband, Joseph Key. Mrs. Key worked for 10 years for Bunker Ramo as an inspector. She was a member of Rocky Ford Baptist...

April 19, 2013

Jennifer “Bug” Truitt, age 30, of Buchanan, passed away on April 19, 2013. She was born on November 5, 1982, in Marietta, GA. Jennifer was a pharmacy technician and worked at The Medicine Shop in Dallas for 8 years. She loved to sing, God and her family. Jennifer was a member of Beulah Land Baptist Church in Rockmart. Survivors include...

April 18, 2013

Oneal Shelnut, age 79, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013. The son of the late, Emmett Oneal Shelnut & the late, Cola Chaffin Shelnut, he was born in Jasper, AL, on June 26, 1933. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Louise Shelnut, in 2011. Mr. Shelnut was a member of Thorsby First Baptist...

April 16, 2013

Linda Gail Mansell, age 62, of Acworth, GA (Paulding County), passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013. She was born in Atlanta, February 4, 1951, the daughter of the late, Raleigh Ray Roberts and the late, Rachel Audine Scuiletti. Mrs. Mansell worked for 12 years as an accountant for Lectra Systems and she was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...