Obituaries

Mar 16, 2017

Mr. Kenny Lee Vaughan, age 55, of Dogwood Drive, Cartersville, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Cartersville Medical Center. He was born in Cartersville, GA, February 23, 1962, son of Kenneth Vaughan and the late Linda McElrath Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan was a member of Lighted Pathway Church of God. An outdoorsman, he enjoyed fishing and hunting. He liked watching...

Mar 13, 2017

Mrs. Grace Cowart Adcock, 96, of the Folsom Community, passed away peacefully at home Monday, March 13, 2017. She was born in Adairsville, GA April 24, 1920, daughter of the late John B. "Jack" Cowart and Mary L. Stephens Cowart. Mrs. Adcock was a devout Christian and member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church. She cherished her church and her neighbors....

Mar 13, 2017

Mrs. Emily Payne, 96, passed away on March 13, 2017 at the home of her daughter, LeAnn Strom, in Tucker, GA. Emily was born on October 10, 1920 in Trans, Walker County, GA, the daughter of the late William Madison and Leona Davis Clement. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 years, Albert Sydney Payne, on...

Feb 15, 2017

Mr. Thomas Luther Hill, Jr., age 88, of White Road, NW, Adairsville, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Piedmont Hospital. He was born February 7, 1929, in Bartow County, GA, son of the late Thomas Luther Hill, Sr. and Roxie Jarrett Hill. Mr. Hill was a devout member and longtime deacon of Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church. After retiring from...

Feb 6, 2017

Mrs. Carrie Mae Richards Bowdoin, age 88, formerly of Adairsville, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017, at Gordon Health Care, Calhoun. She was born in Plainville, GA, March 6, 1928, daughter of the late of Oliver Richards and Bessie Goodman Richards. She was a member of Gray's Chapel A.M.E. Church. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, canning vegetables, singing, and taking care...

Jan 25, 2017

Mrs. Carol Ann Knight, 79, of Firetower Road, Rome passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017. She was born November 22, 1937 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, daughter of the late Benjamin Vogt and Emily Kaltenbach Vogt. Mrs. Knight worked many of jobs but people will most remember her from Troy's BBQ. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend...

Jan 23, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Eloise Harp, 82, of Adairsville passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 at her residence. She was born September 26, 1934 in Rome, GA, daughter of the late Arthur Justin Wallace and Bertha Wood Wallace. She was a member of Creekside Fellowship in Cartersville. Mrs. Harp loved spending time with her family, was an avid reader, and enjoyed gardening....

Jan 21, 2017

Mr. Robert "Bobby" Chandler, age 62, formerly of Adairsville passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

He was born in Rome, GA, August 26, 1954, son of the late Robert Cecil Chandler, Sr. and Thelma Peason Chandler. Mr. Chandler was of the Baptist faith and retired from the City of Adairsville. After retiring he...

Jan 18, 2017

Mrs. Stacy Hayes Schuman, of Hiram passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Wellstar Paulding Hospital. She was born January 17, 1977 in Rome, GA, daughter of Lillian Marie Patterson and the late Columbus Doyle Hayes. She was a member of New Canaan Land Church in Cartersville. She was an amazing wife, mother, daughter, and grandmother who will be deeply...

Jan 16, 2017

Mrs. Martha Jeanette Henson, 79, of Adairsville, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at Redmond Regional Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born in Cartersville, GA August 4, 1937, daughter of the late Albert Gravely and Bessie Patterson Gravely. Mrs. Henson was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church and the Joe P. Bowdoin Order of the Eastern Star. A...

Jan 16, 2017

Mr. Brent Maurice Shortnacy, age 53, of Adairsville passed away Monday, January 16, 2017. He was born in Etowah, AL, February 3, 1963, son of the late Billy Joe Peter Shortnacy and Mary Morgan Shortnacy. Mr. Shortnacy was of the Baptist faith and a heavy machinery operator. He was an avid collector of civil war relics, enjoyed being outdoors, playing...

Jan 14, 2017

Mr. Charles Melvin Parker, 46, of Adairsville passed away Saturday (January 14, 2017) at Columbus Hospice House. He was born in Cartersville, May 18, 1970, son of Charles Clifton Parker and the late Nennie Faye Hall. Mr. Parker was a member of Pleasant Valley Full Bible Church. He loved being with his family, especially all of his grandchildren. He enjoyed...

Jan 10, 2017

Mr. Edwin D. Littlefield, 75, of Stone Mill Drive, Cartersville passed away Tuesday (January 10, 2017) at Cartersville Medical Center. Mr. Littlefield was born in Adairsville, August 24, 1941, son of the late William Landon Littlefield and Lucile Culberson Littlefield. He was the Valedictorian and star student for the Adairsville High School Class of 1959 and graduate of Shorter College....

Jan 6, 2017

Mr. Dennis Long, age 93, of Long Road, Rydal, passed Friday, January 6, 2017, at his residence. He was born in Fannin County, GA, July 22, 1923, son of the late J.J. Long and Nettie Free Long. Mr. Long was a member and deacon of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. He owned and operated a garbage service in Marietta for over...

Dec 31, 2016

Jim Darby of Brunswick died Saturday, December 31, 2016, at Hospice of the Golden Isles after a prolonged illness. A child of his era, Jim was a Baby Boomer born to Lee and Elaine Darby in Rome, Georgia, on July 10, 1946. He grew up amid numerous grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in Bartow and Gordon counties. After graduating from...

Dec 29, 2016

Frances Geneva Stansell Poole, age 81, of Rome, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones and family, Thursday, December 29, 2016, following a brief illness of kidney cancer. Geneva was born in Plainville, GA, August 29, 1935, daughter of the late Farris G. and Ruby Lee Sutton Stansell. She attended Model High School, and later married Allen H. Poole...

Dec 21, 2016

Mrs. Annie Hall Carringer, age 33, went home to be with Jesus on December 21, 2016.

She was born in Cartersville, GA, December 31, 1982 to Christine Williams Hall and the late George Raymond Hall. She was a member of The Church at Liberty Square and enjoyed working in the children's ministry with Pastor Lynn, Christie Hale,...

Dec 1, 2016

Mrs. Helen Garrett Young, age 68, of 411 Highway, Rydal, passed away Thursday evening, December 1, 2016, at Cartersville Medical Center. She was born in Talking Rock, GA, February 14, 1948, daughter of the late John and Grace McDaniel Garrett. Mrs. Young was a member of Stamp Creek Baptist Church. She cherished time spent with family, especially all of the...

Nov 30, 2016

Mrs. Margie Bell Johnson, age 66, of Hill Street, Adairsville, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Cartersville Medical Center. She was born in Bartow County, GA, April 8, 1950, daughter of the late John R. Bell, SR and Thelma Tidwell Bell. Mrs. Johnson was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. After years of making delicious biscuits at Dandy...

Nov 25, 2016

Mr. Frederick Ramon Carreathers, 48, of Poplar Springs Road, Adairsville, GA, passed away Friday, November 25, 2016, at Floyd Hospital.

Mr. Carreathers was born January 11, 1968, in Rome, Georgia, to Mary McConnell Carreathers and the late Joseph Dennis Carreathers. A strong and determined person, he always fought his physical challenges following a cardiac and respiratory arrest...