Recent Obituaries
Obituaries for Hiram, GA, Paulding County & Surrounding Areas
William Johnson
October 1, 2013
William Donald Johnson, age 78, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013. The son of the late, Nathan L. Johnson & the late, Pearlie Wright Johnson, he was born on March 10, 1935, in Haralson County, GA. Mr. Johnson retired as a maintenance mechanic, after 40 plus years of service. He was a member of New Liberty Baptist...
Patricia Killingsworth
September 29, 2013
Patricia Ann Killingsworth, age 68, of Hiram, GA, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013. She was born in Troy, AL, September 11, 1945, and was preceded in death by her parents, Horace & Sarah Gibson, and husband, Floyd R. Killingsworth. Mrs. Killingsworth was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Mableton, GA. Survivors include her...
Nirva Longchamp
September 27, 2013
Nirva A. Longchamp, age 48, of Hiram, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013. She was born on January 21, 1965, in Haiti, to the late Jean and Marie Longchamp, and was preceded in death by her son, Jefferson Joseph. Ms. Longchamp worked as a hairstylist and was a member of Philadelphie French Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Douglasville, GA. Survivors...
Harold Strickland
September 27, 2013
Harold Douglas Strickland, age 68, of Lithia Springs, GA, passed away Friday, September 27, 2013. He was born, January 4, 1945, in Douglasville, GA, and was preceded in death by his father, Harold Turner Strickland, mother, Mozel Strickland and daughter, Alice Strickland. Mr. Strickland worked for R. L. Wiley for 35 years, as an electrician. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy...
Ollie Plante
September 25, 2013
Mrs. Ollie-Grace Plante, of Hiram, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2013. She was born August 7, 1926, in Cartersville, GA. She was a former school teacher and of Baptist faith. Mrs. Plante was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Arthur E. Plante, and her parents Mr. & Mrs. O.B. Corley. Ollie-Grace is survived by her two sons; Samuel...
Bill Bohannon
September 22, 2013
Bill Bohannon, age 71, of Dallas, GA, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013. He was born in Cartersville, GA, on May 9, 1942, and was preceded in death by his father, Virgil William Bohannon, Sr.; mother, Mildred Wiley Bohannon; brother, Jimmy Bohannon; and sister, Diane Bohannon-Trammell. Mr. Bohannon retired as the manager of Mannington Carpet in Calhoun, GA. He loved...
Hollis Jones
September 22, 2013
Hollis Jones, age 89, of Collinsville, AL, (formerly of Hiram, GA), passed away, Sunday, September 22, 2013. He was born December 10, 1923, in Atlanta, GA, and was preceded in death by his father, George (Casey) Columbus Jones, mother, Flora Shipp Jones, and wife, Estelle Hardy Jones. Mr. Jones had served in the Army Air Corp and he retired from...
June Richard
September 21, 2013
June Veronica Richard, age 82, of Dallas, GA, formerly of Clearwater, FL, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013. She was born on November 24, 1930 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, to the late Austin and Elsa Marsan, and was preceded in death by her brothers, Steve Marsan, Rudolph Marsan, and Allan Marsan. Ms. Richard was of Catholic Faith and...
Jean Meek
September 21, 2013
Jean Yancey Meek, age 93, of Douglasville (Paulding County), passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013. She was born on November 19, 1919, in Douglasville, GA, to the late Charles and Verdie Yancey, and was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Irvin Meek, SR, four brothers and five sisters. Mrs. Meek was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church....
Charles Sensing
September 20, 2013
Charles Rickey Sensing, age 58, of Douglasville, GA (Paulding County), passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013. He was born on September 3, 1955, in Atlanta, GA, to the late James and Ruth Sensing. Mr. Sensing worked as a machine repairman for CKS Packaging for over 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Sensing of Douglasville, GA; daughters and sons-in-law,...
Jarrett Williams
September 20, 2013
Jarrett Lee Williams, age 18, of Dallas, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013. He was born on June 7, 1995, and was the son of Danny and Sherry Williams. Jarrett was 2013 graduate of East Paulding High School. He was currently attending Tennessee Temple University on a Sports Scholarship for Discus Throwing and enjoyed attending classes at the university....
James Freeman
September 20, 2013
James “Edmond” Freeman, age 87, of Dallas, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013. He was born on April 16, 1926, in Dallas, GA, to the late Luther and Beulah Freeman, and was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Virginia Freeman. Mr. Freeman worked in upholsteries for Simmons Company, was a member of New Canaan Baptist Church, and was...
Britni Newsome-Cooper
September 12, 2013
Britni Nichol Newsome-Cooper, age 36, of Powder Springs (Paulding County), passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2013. She was born on August 12, 1977, in Lithia Springs, GA, to Wayne Newsome and Donna Harvey. Ms. Newsome-Cooper worked as a hospice nurse at Wellstar Tranquility Hospice and was a member of Youth Baptist Church. Survivors include, father and step-mother, Wayne &...
Claude Sanford
September 12, 2013
Claude (C.J.) Sanford, age 71, of Dallas, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2013. He was born on July 10, 1942, in Smyrna, GA, to the late Samuel and Isa Sanford, and was preceded in death by son, George O’Kelley; daughter, Pamela O’Kelley; and brother, Samuel Alexander Sanford. Mr. Sanford worked as a building inspector for Cobb County Government for...
Geta Canon
September 11, 2013
Geta B. Canon, age 87, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013. She was born January 14, 1926, in Brunson, SC, and was preceded in death by her father, Benjamin Albert Owens, mother, Maggie Bell Owens and a daughter, Polly Scoggins. She retired from Colonial Bakery Company as a packer. Survivors include her sons & daughters-in-law, Anthony...
Maria Perez
September 11, 2013
Maria Diaz Perez, age 92, of Douglasville, GA (Paulding County), passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2013. She was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on November 4, 1920, and was preceded in death by her father, Jose Maria Diaz, mother, Eugenia Sustache Cortez and husband, Ramon Perez. She worked for the Health & Hospital Corporation in New York City for...
Sherry Tilley
September 10, 2013
Sherry Denise Tilley, age 45, of Douglasville, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013. The daughter of Edward Jerry Teems and the late, Connie Faye Teems, she was born in Atlanta, GA, on July 11, 1968. She worked for Food Depot as a cashier. Survivors include her husband, William Tilley, Jr. of Anniston, AL; son, William Derek Tilley of Anniston,...
Patsy Lindsey
September 8, 2013
Patsy Ann Lindsey, age 68, of Rockmart, GA (Paulding County), passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013. She was born December 21, 1944, and was preceded in death by her husband, Kerry David Lindsey; mother, Helen Gibbs Pullen; and step-son, Jonathan David Lindsey. Mrs. Lindsey worked for Sewell’s Clothing in Bowdon, GA, for 20 years and retired from Wal-Mart after 15...
Brenda Durham
September 3, 2013
Brenda Ann Durham, age 46, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2013. She was born in Exeter, NH, October 30, 1966, and was preceded in death by her father, Theodore Joseph Plouffe, II and a nephew, Sean Constanzo. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Durham of Dallas, GA; son, Cole Jonathan Weeks of Dover, NH; step-sons, Chris Durham of...
Diane Beale
September 1, 2013
Biography Diane Smith Beale, age 68, of Douglasville, GA passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2013. She was born on December 15, 1944 in Philadelphia, PA to the late George and Lillian Smith. Mrs. Beale was a retired supervisor with Dallas Millwork. Survivors include her husband, John Raymond Beale; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert & Connie Beale of Minden, Louisiana and...
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