Obituaries

Jan 17, 2018

Mr. Douglas Blanton Evans, age 97, of Pine Grove Circle, Adairsville, passed away Tuesday morning, January 17, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Nashville, TN, June 5, 1920, son of the late Stanley Blanton Evans and Sidney Patrick Evans. Mr. Evans was a member of Adairsville Baptist Church. A veteran of the United States Navy he served as...

Jan 17, 2018

Mrs. Geneva Edwards Nation, age 61, of Pleasant Valley Road, Adairsville, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Cartersville, GA, August 28, 1956, daughter of the late A. L. and Frances Emma Chappell Edwards. She loved being with her family and tending to her flowers. Mrs. Nation never met a stranger, and always greeted...

Jan 14, 2018

Mrs. JoAnn Towe, age 78, of Bradly Lane, Adairsville, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Ball Ground, Georgia, on June 26, 1939, daughter of the late Buford Willie Lee Williams and Mamie Jenkins Williams. She was a member of Oothcalooga Baptist Church. She enjoyed watching the Atlanta Braves and a good western. She...

Jan 13, 2018

Mr. Mark Alan Payne, age 60, of Adairsville, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018.

He was born in Rome, Georgia, on October 11, 1957, son of the late Floyd Benjamin (Trapper) Payne and Dorothy (Dot) Silver Payne. He was a member of Adairsville Baptist Church. Mark enjoyed fishing, watching sports, and NASCAR. He loved being with his...

Jan 10, 2018

Mr. James Harold Touchstone, Sr., age 94, of Hotel Street, Adairsville, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018. He was born in Graysville, Georgia, on July 16, 1923, son of the late Lucius Gartrell Touchstone and Bertha Winkle Touchstone. He was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and a former clerk of the church. He was a veteran of World...

Jan 5, 2018

Mr. Kevin James Bowen, age 50, of Pleasant Valley Road, Adairsville, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at Grady Memorial Hospital. He was born in Redlands, California, on August 10, 1967, son of the late John Hue Bowen and Florence Jessee Bowen. Kevin lived most of his life in Georgia. He was the youngest of the six siblings. Kevin was...

Dec 11, 2017

Mr. James Edwin "Ed" Belcher, 75, of Sparks Street, Adairsville passed away Monday morning, December 11, 2017 at home. Mr. Belcher was born in Cartersville, Georgia, September 24, 1942, son of the late Everett James Belcher and Gladys Taylor Belcher Shope. He was a member of Oothcalooga Baptist Church and the choir director for twenty-one years. A man of musical...

Dec 10, 2017

Mrs. Effie Mae Culberson, aged 95, of Adairsville passed away, Sunday evening, December 10, 2017 at home. She was born in Adairsville, Georgia, the daughter of Annie Emma Freeman Boswell and R. K. Boswell, of Adairsville. Mrs. Culberson was a long-time member of Snow Springs Baptist Church of Adairsville, where she had participated in many activities of the church, especially...

Dec 1, 2017

Mr. George Benson Barton, Sr., age 70, of Calhoun, passed away peacefully Friday morning, December 1, 2017. He was born in Rome, Georgia, September 21, 1947, son of the late Robert Dudley Barton, Jr. and Margaret Hutcheson Barton. Benson was a graduate of Adairsville High School and attended Andrew College and Reinhardt College. He was a veteran of the United...

Nov 29, 2017

Ms. Rose Ann Ferrell, age 56, of Owensby Lane, Adairsville, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017. She was born in the Gardenia, California on September 3, 1961, daughter of the late Albert Vincent Shirah and Mary Moreno Gross. Ms. Ferrell was of the Christian faith. She loved being with her family, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed decorating, going to yard...

Nov 22, 2017

Mr. Dillard Lee Sutton, age 90, of Mount Pleasant Road, Fairmount, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017. He was born in the Folsom Community in Adairsville, GA on May 23, 1927, son of the late John Sherman Sutton and Mabel Mealer Sutton. Mr. Sutton was veteran of United States Navy and a member of Hinton Baptist Church. Over the years...

Nov 10, 2017

Mr. Robert "Bob" M. Fair, Sr., age 86, of Oak Grove Road, Adairsville, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017. He was born in Oglethorpe County, GA on September 19, 1931, son of the late James Robert Fair and Thelma Nelson Fair. Mr. Fair was previously a member at Western Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw. He was a veteran of the...

Nov 6, 2017

Mrs. Velma A. Collins, age 101, formerly of Adairsville, Georgia, passed away Monday, November 6, 2017. She was born in Adairsville, GA on May 7, 1916, daughter of the late Harvey McKnight Morrow and Maimie Burley Morrow. Mrs. Collins was of the Baptist faith. She owned and operated Velma's Beauty Shop for many years. A talented artist, she enjoyed painting...

Oct 23, 2017

Norman Lee Shaw, age 95, of Adairsville, died peacefully Monday, October 23, 2017, at his home. Born November 30, 1921, he was the son of the late Thomas L. and Edna Burnette Shaw. In addition to his parents, Mr. Shaw is preceded in death by sisters, Mary Frances (Donald) Stillson, Elizabeth "Betty" (Frank) Bene, Patricia "Pat" (Earnest) Jowers; and...

Oct 17, 2017

Mr. Donald Robert Collum, age 77, of Adairsville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

He was born in Cartersville, GA on April 5, 1940, son of the late Solomon Collum and Aileen Romine Collum. Mr. Collum was a faithful man of God and loving member and deacon of Stoner...

Oct 10, 2017

Mr. John Lee Hesdorff, age 81, of Plantation Road, Adairsville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at his residence. He was born in San Antonio, Texas on November 17, 1935, son of the late James J. Hesdorff and Nettie Elizabeth Black Hesdorff. Mr. Hesdorff was a veteran having served first in the U.S. Navy, later retiring from the U.S....

Oct 3, 2017

Mr. Oscar Hoover Willerson, age 88, formerly of Adairsville, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Trinka Davis Veterans Village, Carrollton, Georgia. He was born in the Monroe, GA, November 18, 1928, son of the late Joseph Sidney Willerson and Nellie Lou Stewart Willerson. Mr. Willerson was a veteran of the United States Navy having served in WW II. He...

Sep 30, 2017

Mr. William Oscar "Bill" Blalock, age 70, of Rome, GA, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2017, at Kindred Healthcare, Rome. He was born in the Plainview community, Adairsville, June 13, 1947 son of the late Robert Tollie Blalock and Vada Lou Pickard Blalock. Plainview Baptist Church had been his home church and he had been a student of the Rome...

Sep 28, 2017

Mrs. Mary Stroup Tate, age 89, formerly of Adairsville, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care, Rome. She was born in Trion, GA, on May 16, 1928, daughter of the late Edward Richard Stroup and Ima Day Blackmon Stroup. She was of the Baptist faith having attended many churches with her late husband, Reverend Broadus Tate....

Sep 15, 2017

Mr. Robert T. Manning, age 97, of Riverbend Road, Plainville, passed away on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Gordon Health Care, Calhoun. He was born in Adairsville, GA, on August 7, 1920, son of the late Cicero Cleveland Manning and Jennie Teems Manning. Mr. Manning was a member of Plainville Unity Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United...