OBITUARIES

March 18, 2013

Sidney Ray Fox, age 79, of Eastover, SC, passed away Monday, March 18, 2013. He was born in Mt. Clemons, MI, on April 15, 1933. Mr. Fox retired from the U. S. Army as a Master SGT and was a Veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Ray was a man who loved his country and served it...

March 15, 2013

Lillian Bolden Crew, 96, of Frog Level Drive, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, died Friday, March 15, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Crew was born March 6, 1917 in Carroll County, Georgia to the late Lee Bolden and Jewel Shockley Bolden. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Arthur Guy Crew and four sisters. She was a seamstress at...

March 15, 2013

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Annie Adams, age 72, of Dallas, GA passed away on Friday, March 15, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herschel and Alice Luallen and daughter, Sherry Ann Adams. Survivors include her husband, Riley P. Adams, Jr. of Dallas, GA; her son Riley P. Adams, III of Austell, GA; sisters, Kathleen Boos of Dallas, GA, Donita...

March 15, 2013

Ray Kelley, age 77, of Dallas, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born on March 23, 1935, in Camden, NJ, to the late George and Rachel Kelley. Mr. Kelley was a welding teacher at Osborn High School and Booker T. Washington High School. He welded on the US Kitty Hawk and also C5A Aircrafts. Mr. Kelley loved...

March 15, 2013

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David Barton “Bart” Shellhorse, age 46, of Temple, GA passed away on Friday, March 15, 2013. He was formerly employed with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office for 18 years and was presently employed at Lockheed -Martin as a Security Officer. Survivors include his parents, Henry David Shellhorse and Evelyn Mobbs Shellhorse of Dallas, GA; daughters, Lana Shellhorse of...

March 14, 2013

Loyd Vonzelle Jones, age 70, of Rome, GA, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013. He was born in Dallas, GA, February 5, 1943, to the late, George Columbus Jones & the late, Flora Agness Shipp Jones. Mr. Jones served in the U. S. Air Force. He retired as an auto parts representative for Edwards Sales in Rome, GA. Survivors include...

March 13, 2013

Barbara Jean Croker, age 72, of Dallas, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013. She was born July 1, 1940, in Heflin, AL, the daughter of the late, John Edward Jordan and the late, Ada Rilla Warren Jordan. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Thomas E. Croker; sons & daughter-in-law, John E. &...

March 12, 2013

Doug Bacon, age 58, of Hiram, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013. He was born May 26, 1954, in Smyrna, GA, and was preceded in death by his parents, E. I. Bacon & Mary Roberts Bacon. Mr. Bacon was a truck driver for Wayne Davis Concrete. Survivors include his wife of 22 years, Becky Bacon; children, Erika & Michael...

March 11, 2013

W. D. “Bill” Reed, age 77, of Tallapoosa, GA, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013. The son of the late, Cecil & Thelma Reed, he was born June 1, 1935, in Chickamauga, GA. Mr. Reed was a U. S. Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was a pastor for many years and a member of the Christ Freedom Church....

March 6, 2013

Lynn D. Gunter, age 66, of Dallas, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013. She was born December 13, 1946, in Atlanta, GA, and was preceded in death by her parents, Bonnie & Lottie Day. Lynn enjoyed traveling and loved owl watching, singing, and Nascar. She retired from Bell South after 30 years of service, was a member of Picketts...

March 5, 2013

Earl Howard Geho, III, age 60, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The son of the late, Earl Howard Geho, Jr. and the late, Wilda M. Geho, he was born May 10, 1952, in Washington, PA. Mr. Geho worked at Home Depot after his retirement from Provider Relations-Health Care. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Jones Geho; son,...

March 5, 2013

Carolyn Virginia Freeman, age 82, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013. She was born September 10, 1930, and was preceded in death by her father and mother, L. T. & Frances Bell Moss and a sister, Mary Dean Gravett. Mrs. Freeman was a member of New Canaan Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Edmond...

March 5, 2013

Frances Moon Cook, age 87, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The daughter of the late, Hershel & Allie Denton Moon, she was born in Dallas, GA on June 5, 1925. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Allen Cook and sisters, Elizabeth Atcheson, Inez Saxon and Ann Moore. Survivors include...

March 2, 2013

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Mary Ellen McElroy, age 86, of Dallas, GA passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2013. She was a homemaker. Mrs. McElroy was preceded in death by her parents; James Oscar and Lily Chitwood Brawner and her husband, Oscar L. McElroy. Survivors include her sons, James (Gail) McElroy of Dallas, GA, Lamar (Barbara) McElroy of Sedro Wooley, WA and...

March 2, 2013

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Elizabeth Powers Baxter, age 68, of Hiram, GA passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2013. She was born December 21, 1944, in Lebanon, Virginia and was preceded in death by her father, Con Powers & mother, Margaret Stevens Powers. Survivors include her husband, Jeff Baxter of Hiram, GA; her son Jeff (Kristie) Baxter, Jr. of Hiram, GA; sisters,...

March 1, 2013

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Ruth Smallwood, age 81, of Douglasville, GA, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents Oran Henderson Morris and Annie Ruth Evelyn Morris; and a son, Jerry Benson. Survivors include daughters; Kay Smith of Hiram, GA and Susan (Tom) Sawyer of Dallas, GA, brothers, Tom Morris of Acworth and Larry Morris...

March 1, 2013

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Janie “Darlene” Williams, age 57, of Lithia Springs, GA passed away on March 1, 2013. She was born on March 27, 1955 in Atlanta, GA. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents; Gordon and Mary Kimmons and her maternal grandparents; Dee and Pearl Byrd. Survivors include her husband, Jerry L. Williams of Lithia Springs; a son,...

March 1, 2013

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Annie Lorene Coalson, age 80, of Rockmart, Georgia passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013. She was a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Willie Mae McClung; grandson, Howard Cooper, and husband, Charley Coalson. Survivors include her son, Dr. Barry (Jennifer) Coalson of...

February 26, 2013

Jimmy Chambers, age 66, of Temple, GA (Paulding County), passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013. He was born in Canton, GA, December 23, 1946, and was preceded in death by his father, Grady Herbert Chambers & mother, Gladys Willeen Kilgore Chambers. Mr. Chambers was a U. S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. He had been a truck driver for...

February 25, 2013

Felecia Robin Wheeler, age 55, of Dallas, GA, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013. She was born February 4, 1958, in Atlanta, GA, to Evelyn Inez Wheeler and the late, Bobby Newton Wheeler. Survivors include her mother, Evelyn Inez Wheeler of Dallas, GA; sons & daughter-in-law, Bobby & Kristy Weinberg of Villa Rica, GA, Wendel Jason Holbrook of Cumming; daughter...