Obituaries

Apr 6, 2020

Mrs. Shirley Louann Pruitt, age 79, of Rocky Face passed away peacefully Monday, April 6, 2020 at her residence.

She was born on October 20, 1940 in Newport, KY to the late Matthew Morris and Clata Mae Fowler Morris. She was a member of Dewey Baptist Church of White and attended Mt. Vernon Methodist Church of Rocky...

Apr 2, 2020

Mr. Blaine William Bennett, age 37, of Adairsville passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020. He was born on September 12, 1982 in San Clemente, CA.

Blaine was a very talented guitar player. He loved his family, God, music, and fishing. He knew how to make you laugh, even if you didn't feel like it. He was always...

Mar 27, 2020

Mr. Paul Leldon Woodring, age 80, of Adairsville passed away Friday evening, March 27, 2020, at his residence.

He was born in Shannon, Georgia, December 5, 1939, to the late Paul and Willie Bell Woodring. Mr. Woodring was a member of Dry Creek Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during...

Mar 26, 2020

Miss Elizabeth Lacey Culberson, age 33, of Adairsville, passed away March 26, 2020, at Floyd Medical Center.

She was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, June 17, 1986, to Rusty Culberson and Theresa Ann Carter Culberson. She was a member of Pleasant Valley North Baptist and a previous member of North Metro First Baptist Church. She attended Truett McConnell...

Mar 18, 2020

Mr. Charles Roy Gibson, Sr., age 84, of E. Pleasant Valley Road, Adairsville passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at his residence.

He was born in Jasper, Georgia, June 12, 1935, to the late Victor Gibson and Daisy Caylor Gibson. Mr. Gibson was a veteran of the United States Marines having served during the Korean War. He...

Mar 18, 2020

Mrs. JoAnne Casey McClure, 80, of Decatur, formerly of Adairsville, passed away March 18, 2020 at Tranquility Hospice at Cobb.

She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, May 5, 1939, to the late Willard Casey and Retha Newton Casey. She was a member of Bridge Point Church at Toco Hills. Mrs. McClure retired from Reynolds and Reynolds. She...

Mar 17, 2020

Mrs. Melba Jean Shinholster, 86, of Rydal, formerly of Marietta, passed away March 17, 2020 at her residence.

She was born in Gordo, Alabama, February 26, 1934, to the late Austin V. Pate and Eunice Keene Pate. She was a member of South Cobb Church of Christ in Mableton. Her life was fulfilled with raising her children...

Mar 17, 2020

Mr. Kevin Lynn Bagley, age 37, of Adairsville passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Advent Health Gordon.

He was born in Rome, GA, August 14, 1982, to Jackie Fain Bagley and Carolyn Flathers Bagley. Kevin was employed at Pleasant Valley Grading and enjoyed operating heavy equipment. He loved the outdoors, going fishing and hunting, and barbecuing...

Mar 16, 2020

Ms. Teresa Virginia Calderoni, age 57, passed peacefully in her sleep Monday, March 16, 2020, at her tranquil cabin home in Ellijay.

She was born in New York March 7th, 1963 to the late Louis Calderoni and Virginia "Dixie" Peck Calderoni. Teresa graduated from John I. Leonard high school in Florida 1981. She had continued on to...

Mar 12, 2020

Mrs. Sandra Gail Rust Higgins, age 72, of Adairsville passed away peacefully Thursday, March 12, 2020, surrounded by her family whom she loved and adored.

She was born in Rome, Georgia, February 25, 1948, to the late Thomas Joseph Rust, Jr. and Dorothy Goss Rust Hogan. Sandra graduated from Pepperell High School Class of 1966. Following high...

Mar 6, 2020

Miss Eunice Inez Lewis, age 96, of Adairsville, Georgia, (Folsom Community) passed into the arms of her Heavenly Father on Friday, March 6, 2020, at the residence of her niece and surrounded by family and friends. Her passing joined her with her parents, the late Alfred Marshall Lewis and Esther Belcher Lewis, and her sisters and brothers-in-law Edna Lewis...

Mar 1, 2020

Ms. Jean Scott Smith, age 86, of Griffin, Georgia passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020 at her residence.

She was born in Huntington Park, CA, July 14, 1933, daughter of the late Belah Paul Scott and Clara Adelle Hightower Scott. Mrs. Smith was a member of First United Methodist Church of Griffin and loved her church family....

Feb 26, 2020

Justin Jute Garland, age 17, of Adairsville passed away February 26, 2020 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

He was born in Cartersville, Georgia May 22, 2002. A true southerner, he loved hunting, fishing, pickup trucks, and more importantly his family and friends. Justin was employed at Double J Farms in Kingston. Never one to just...

Feb 18, 2020

Mrs. Winona Carmalee Cantrell, age 90, formerly of Adairsville passed away Tuesday morning, February 18, 2020 at her son's residence.

She was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, December 21, 1929, daughter of the late Walter Grady Coxey and Leona Sizemore Coxey. Mrs. Cantrell was a member of Oothcalooga Baptist Church. She retired after 50 plus years as...

Feb 17, 2020

Dr. David Randel Peace, age 73, of Winter Springs, Florida passed away Monday, February 17, 2020. Presidents day.

Born May 11, 1946, Cartersville, Georgia to the late George and Juanita Peace. He played the trumpet and ran track at Adairsville High School. At an early age he professed his faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ, he was...

Feb 13, 2020

Rev. Harold June Dale, age 91, of Adairsville went to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, February 13, 2020.

He was born in the Oakman Community on June 15, 1928, to the late Harley John and Mary Gertrude Woody Dale. Mr. Dale was a veteran having served twelve years at the end of the WWII with...

Feb 12, 2020

Mrs. Olga Kisor Logan, age 93, formerly of Rome, was born January 28, 1927, daughter of the late Thomas and Mami Ledbetter Kisor. For nine decades she lived an extraordinary life of work ethic. Leaving the cotton fields in Northeast Alabama for the textile mills of Northwest Georgia, raising two children, along with her husband of thirty-four years, William...

Feb 10, 2020

Mrs. Freddie Lorraine Reynolds Blasengame, 58, Ward Mountian Road, Adairsville, GA passed away February 10, 2020 at the residence.

Mrs. Blasengame was born in Floyd County, GA, October 12, 1961, daughter of Alice Defphine Furlow Reynolds and the late Charles Darnell Reynolds. She was of the baptist faith. Lorraine loved spending time with family, doing crafts with...

Feb 5, 2020

Mrs. Donna Sue Adcock Walraven, age 71, of Calhoun, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at Advent Health, Gordon after a long illness.

Mrs. Walraven was born September 24, 1948, daughter of the late Wilford A. Adcock and Maulene Kirby Adcock. She was a member Oothcalooga Baptist Church. She fulfilled her...

Feb 2, 2020

Mrs. Karen Juanita Raines Davis, age 59, of Adairsville, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020, at her residence.

Mrs. Davis was born in Baltimore, MD, March 10, 1960, daughter of the late Frank and Doris Robinson Raines. She had been a homemaker, and had attended Pleasant Valley Full Bible Church in Adairsville. Mrs. Davis enjoyed daytime television...