OBITUARIES

April 27, 2009

Al Simmons, age 65, of Douglasville, GA (Paulding County), passed away on Monday, April 27, 2009. A native of Paulding County, he was born November 13, 1943, and was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Other Simmons, Sr. & Verdie Marie Aderhold Simmons, and sister, Dorothy Howard. Mr. Simmons worked for the City of Atlanta for 28 ½ years,...

April 27, 2009

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Ron McDonald, age 55, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2009. He was born January 3, 1954, in Dayton, Ohio, the son of the late, Mac & Betty McDonald. Mr. McDonald was a computer teacher at Chattahoochee Technical College, Marietta campus, for 9 years. He attended the Lutheran Church of the Nativity in Austell, GA....

April 25, 2009

Tom Watson Rowell, age 88, of Dallas, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2009. He was born September 8, 1920, in Carrollton, GA, to the late, John Harvey Rowell and the late, Bertha Beatrice Barlow Rowell. Mr. Rowell was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the 750th Tank Battalion. He received the Purple Heart, American...

April 22, 2009

Herman Williams, age 84, of Hiram, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The son of the late, John Henry Williams & the late, Evie Lou Harper Williams, he was born in Fulton County, November 26, 1924. Mr. Williams was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. He worked for Southeastern Industry for 42 years and then worked...

April 22, 2009

Dan Phillip Glaze, age 60, of Dallas, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Mr. Glaze was born in Atlanta, on April 30, 1948, to Ethelene East Glaze & the late, Edward d. Glaze. He was a U. S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, a lifetime member of the V.F.W. in Morningside, Maryland, and a member of the...

April 22, 2009

Biography Emily June Maple, age 54, of Dallas, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. She was born, December 30, 1954, in Austell, GA, to Evie Irene Holland Walls & the late, Warner Wendell Walls. Besides her father, Mrs. Maple was preceded in death by her husband, Jackie Sanford Maple and step-son, Jeremy Maple. She was a member of New...

April 16, 2009

Marcelle Carruth Schreiber, age 76, of Dallas, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2009. She was born in Paulding County, on September 11, 1932, and was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer & Gertrude Nix Carruth, and a son, Alan Schreiber. Mrs. Schreiber was a member of New Canaan Baptist Church. She worked for New Beginnings Day Care...

April 15, 2009

Kathy Landmon Stanley, age 56, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. She was born September 5, 1952, in Greenville, SC, to John M. & Edna Landmon, and was preceded in death by her brother, John Kevin Landmon. Mrs. Stanley graduated in 1970 from South Cobb High School. She loved flowers, gardening, walking, jogging, the outdoors, the...

April 15, 2009

Joseph Wesley Scoggins, age 88, of Dallas, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. A native of Paulding County, he was born, April 18, 1920, and was preceded in death by his father, Robert. B. Scoggins, Sr., mother, Molly Hudson Scoggins, and daughter, Janice Scoggins Harris. Mr. Scoggins was a decorated Veteran of the U. S. Army, serving in World...

April 14, 2009

Robert Houston “Bobby” Price, of Rockmart, GA (Paulding County) died on, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Bobby was born on October 8, 1932, in Montgomery County, Virginia, the son of the late Lester Allen and Myrtle Georgia Price. He was the widower of Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Price. He was active in his home church, Sunnyside Lutheran, in Toms Creek, Virginia; was...

April 14, 2009

Charlotte Rebecca Cargle, age 69, of Douglasville, GA (Paulding County), passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2009. She was born September 23, 1939, in Rome, GA, and was preceded in death by her parents, George & Mamie Kiser; husband, James Edward Cargle; and daughter, Angela Cargle. She was a member of West Metro Church of Christ. Survivors include her sons...

April 14, 2009

John Edward Nix, age 78, of Dallas, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. He was born June 19, 1930, in Cumming, GA, and was preceded in death by his parents, Gordon & Elizabeth Nix, and his wife, Barbara June Nix. Mr. Nix was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the U. S. Army. Survivors include his daughter...

April 13, 2009

Melba Mitchell Twilley, age 88, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2009. A native of Paulding County, she was born November 30, 1920, and was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse Parks Mitchell & Aubrey Williams Mitchell; husband, William Edward “Bill” Twilley; daughter, Janice Lagana; and grandson-in-law, Mike Akers. Mrs. Twilley worked as a lab...

April 12, 2009

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Raymond Robert Williams, age 71, of Mableton, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2009. He was born on December 10, 1937, to the late John & Evie Williams, and was preceded in death by his wife, Iris Williams. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, David & Cindy Williams of Douglasville; daughter, Susan Renee Williams of Hiram; brothers and...

April 11, 2009

Sallie Mae Porter, age 95, of Hiram, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2009. She was born on May 4, 1913, in Hiram, GA, to the late Henry and Levada Hitchcock, and was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Porter. Mrs. Porter retired from Wellstar Paulding Nursing Home where she worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for 26...

April 11, 2009

Biography Sharon Gail Welch, age 63, of Hiram, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2009. She was born on September 25, 1945, in LaFayette, GA, to the late Roy William and Bernice Pauline Wallin. Mrs. Welch was a member of the Fellowship Christian Center. Survivors include, husband, Leonard Jerry Welch; son, Jerry Welch of Hiram; daughters and son-in-law, Rhonda &...

April 10, 2009

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Bobby Finch Morgan, age 73, of Dallas, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2009. He was born on November 30, 1935, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was preceded in death by his father, James Parks Morgan, Sr., mother, Zelma Finch Morgan, and brother, James Parks Morgan, Jr. He retired as a conductor for the Norfork Southern Railroad after...

April 10, 2009

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Bobby Morgan Jackson, age 68, of Dallas, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2009. He was born on February 8, 1941, in Menlo, GA, to the late William and Faris Jackson. Mr. Jackson retired from Lockheed with 33 years of service in the tool and die department and was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War stationed at...

April 9, 2009

Reba Stone Jackson, age 82, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2009. She was born, February 12, 1927, in Waco, GA, and was preceded in death by her parents, Walter L. & Rosa Lee Stone; husband, Willis Andrew “Pop” Jackson and a son, Terry Lee Finnell. Mrs. Jackson was a homemaker and a member of New Hope...

April 6, 2009

Earnesteen Hand, age 74, of Mableton, GA, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2009. A native of Paulding County, she was born January 25, 1935, to the late James S. & Estora Shelton. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Survivors include her son & daughter-in-law, John & Donna Hand of Dallas; brothers & sister-in-law, Harold &...