OBITUARIES

October 11, 2012

Biography

Gordon Carlton Buttram, age 83, of Dallas, GA passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2012. He was born on August 9, 1929. Gordon was a wonderful husband, father and provider for his wife and 5 children. He was proud to be a Marine and served his term in the Philippines. He worked for more than 40 years in...

October 7, 2012

William T. “Sam” Cochran, age 65, of Dallas, GA, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012. He was born, July 13, 1947, in Atlanta, GA, son of the late, Hoke Terrell Cochran & the late, Ollie Brown Cochran. Mr. Cochran was retired from the trucking business after 35 years and was the former owner of Southern Sand & Gravel. He...

October 5, 2012

Biography

Ethel Hollis Hembree, age 90, of Dallas, GA passed away on Friday, October 5, 2012. She was born on December 21, 1921 to the late Charlie and Mattie Belle Hollis. She was a member of New Hope Second Baptist Church since 1988 and was a homemaker. Mrs. Hembree was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Hembree. Survivors...

October 2, 2012

Perry Alan Nash, age 55, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The son of, Thomas Roy Nash & the late, Virginia Guice Nash, he was born in Atlanta, GA, on October 28, 1956. Mr. Nash was an avid motorcycle rider. He loved to work on and ride vintage motorcycles, and enjoyed camping with his boys. He was...

September 29, 2012

James Michael “Mike” Baker, age 67, of Dallas, GA, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012. He was born May 25, 1945, in Atlanta, GA, son of the late, Frank Jefferson Baker & the late, Mary Kathryn Brisben Baker. Mr. Baker served in the U. S. Army. He worked in construction for 25 years. Survivors include is wife of 46 years,...

September 28, 2012

William Lee Southern, age 71, of Dallas, GA passed away on Friday, September 28, 2012. He was born on July 13, 1941 in Cobb County, GA to the late Virgil and Lillie Mae Southern. Mr. Southern was a member of Cheatham Hill Baptist Church and was deeply loved by many friends and family members as daddy and papa. Mr. Southern...

September 26, 2012

Biography

Judy Mosley Hayes, age 60, of Dallas, GA passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. She was born on November 4, 1951 in Cedartown, GA. Mrs. Hayes was a member of Beulahland Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her son, Mike Miller and her father, Bill Mosley. Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Hayes of Dallas; a...

September 22, 2012

Ronald Thomas Cameron, age 69 of Dallas, GA passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012. He was born on November 5, 1942, in Kennydale, WA, to the late, William & Bertha Berlina Cameron and was preceded in death by his son, Bryan Thomas Cameron. He served in the U. S. Navy, was retired as a salesman and was a...

September 21, 2012

Doyle Vaughn, age 83, of Dallas, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2012. He was born on August 7, 1929, in Canton, GA, to the late Fletcher and Lillie Bell Vaughn, and was preceded in death by his sister, Louise Rollins. Mr. Vaughn was educated in Canton and moved to Atlanta in the mid 1940’s, and married his wife, Nell,...

September 17, 2012

Virginia Lee Embrey Riley, age 83, of Acworth, GA (Paulding County), passed away Monday, September 17, 2012. She was born in Atlanta, GA, September 4, 1929, and was preceded in death by her parents, Robert D. Embrey & Juanita Allegra Braden Embrey and her husband, Harold Riley. Mrs. Riley was a member of Acworth United Methodist Church. Survivors include...

September 15, 2012

Barbara Ann Howes, age 72, of Dallas, GA, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2012. She was born, January 15, 1940, in Atlanta, GA, to the late, Heyward H. & Mary Helen Thompson, and was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Pat Thompson. She was retired from the Atlanta Journal Constitution after 17 years as a district manager. Survivors include her...

September 15, 2012

Pam McAdams Callahan, age 62, of Hiram, GA, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2012. Born in Atlanta, GA, July 29, 1950, she was preceded in death by her parents, Freddie Joe McAdams & Mertie Lou Clonts McAdams and a brother, Joey McAdams. Pam worked as an insurance agent for over 30 years and was saved and baptized at First New...

September 15, 2012

Elizabeth Womack, age 85 of Bremen, GA passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2012. She was born on May 25, 1927, to the late Cliff Lively and Lucy Bell Lively McManus. Mrs. Womack was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest "Son" Womack and granddaughter, Jamie Butler. She was a member of White Oak Baptist Church and a beloved homemaker....

September 13, 2012

Patricia L. Watkins, age 72, of Lithia Springs, GA passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2012. She was born on May 21, 1940 in Atlanta to the late Julius and Vera Argo. She retired from National Envelope after 15 years of service and was preceded in death by her daughter, Melissa House. Survivors include her daughter, Susan House Harville of...

September 11, 2012

John Edward Isaacs, age 56, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012. He was born, November 30, 1955, in Knoxville, TN, to the late, Zeke & Dottie Isaacs. Mr. Isaacs served in the U. S. Navy and worked for Marta as a railroad car mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Fay Isaacs; step-daughter, Desirae Ann Gable of...

September 10, 2012

Lorene B. Lawson, age 76, of Hiram, GA, formerly of Miami, FL, passed away Monday, September 10, 2012. The daughter of the late, Arthur & Ada Ruth Brown, she was born March 31, 1936, in Quitman, GA. She retired from the Dade County School System in Miami, FL, after teaching for 32 years. She was a member of Sweet Home...

September 7, 2012

Alice Dilbeck Walton, age 96, of Hiram, passed away on September 7, 2012. She was born on July 11, 1916, in Atlanta, GA, to the late William & Alice Dilbeck, and was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Walton and grandson Keith Eubanks. Mrs. Walton retired as a secretary from H.M. Patterson & Son Funeral Home for 35...

September 7, 2012

Oscar Dobbs, Jr.,age 70 of Rockmart, GA passed away on Friday, September 7, 2012. He was born on March 11, 1942 in Carroll County, GA to the late Oscar Dobbs Sr., also preceded in death by his brothers Robert, David, Freddie Dobbs and sisters Shirley Duncan, Patricia Blount, Virginia Henry, and a grandson Tifton R. Dobbs, Jr. Mr. Dobbs...

September 7, 2012

Biography

Martha A. Holcomb, age 48 of Dallas, GA, passed away on Friday, September 7, 2012. She was born on November 19, 1963, to the late Chaplain Colonel J. Earl & Betty Andrews, and was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Bob Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb was employed at Hiram High School where she worked in the cafeteria. Survivors include...

September 7, 2012

Billy Inman Bedgood, Sr., age 79, of Dallas , passed away on Friday, September 07, 2012. He was born on May 2, 1933, in Memphis, TN, to the late, Inman Jansen Bedgood & the late, Floy Elizabeth Bedgood. Mr. Bedgood was an amateur artist/painter and an avid sports fan. He was inducted into the Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame,...