Obituaries

Nov 22, 2016

Danita Dutton Shinall (Dinky), age 59, took her Heavenly flight Tuesday, November 22, 2016. She passed peacefully into the arms of her dear Jesus and the host of loved ones waiting there. Danita was born September 10, 1957, in Calhoun, Ga., the daughter of Earl A. Dutton and Mary El Towe Dutton. She was a member of the Adairsville High...

Nov 17, 2016

Mrs. Wanda Kay Brooks, age 62, of 126 Dog Lane, Adairsville, passed away Thursday evening, November 17, 2016 at Cartersville Medical Center, Cartersville. She was born in Macon, Georgia on January 5, 1954, daughter of the late William Leon and Betty Kathryn Renfroe Jones. She was a member of Glade Baptist Church and had retired from Jenkins Transport. She enjoyed...

Nov 8, 2016

Edward Wood, 65, formerly of Adairsville returned to the Lord at 10:43 am on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016, at Baptist Health in Madisonville, Kentucky, due to secondary complications from a vehicular accident earlier this year. Edward, the youngest of seven sons, was born January 12, 1951, in Rome to Marrowl and Becky (Monday) Wood of Adairsville. He spent most his...

Nov 6, 2016

Mr. James Burnett, age 63, of Mann road, Rockmart, passed away Sunday morning, November 6, 2016, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. He was born in Bartow County, GA, February 21, 1953, son of the late Robert Lee Burnett and Lucille Chitwood Burnett. Mr. Burnett was of the Christian faith, loved music, and working in his flower gardens. Mr. Burnett is...

Oct 29, 2016

Mr. Lawrence "Bud" L. Jones, JR, age 70, of Adairsville, passed away Saturday morning, October 29, 2016, at Floyd Medical Center. He was born in Bartow County, GA, May 25, 1946, son of the late Lawrence Landrum Jones, SR and Corrie Mae King Jones. He was a member of Connesena Baptist Church and former song leader. Mr. Jones was a...

Oct 29, 2016

Mrs. Shirley Ann Barton Cobb, age 79, formerly of 122 Cherry Street, Adairsville, passed away at Pruitt Health of Lafayette, October 29, 2016. She was born in Bartow County, GA, February 18, 1937, daughter of the late Jess and Mattie Pruitt Barton. She was a member of Oothcalooga Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. She enjoyed horseback riding, square dancing,...

Oct 12, 2016

Mrs. Wanda L. Williams, age 34, of Wade Road, Taylorsville, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Mrs. Williams was born in Marietta, Georgia, February 11, 1982, daughter of Walter Carl Davis and Brenda Fox Ingle. Wanda loved being a mother and spending time with her family. Survivors include her loving husband Boogie Williams of Taylorsville; children, Cody and Anna Williams...

Oct 8, 2016

Mr. Terry Lynn Vaughan, age 48, of Dogwood Drive, Cartersville, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Emory Hospital. He was born in Rome, GA, August 13, 1968, son of Kenneth Lamar Vaughan and the late Linda McElrath Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan was a member of Freedom Worship Center. An outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting and fishing, going camping, and taking the...

Oct 2, 2016

Mr. Kerry Lee Cosby, age 69, of Highway 140, Adairsville, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Cosby was born in Douglasville, GA, April 17, 1947, son of the late Lee Oren Cosby and Irene Horsley Cosby. Mr. Cosby was a member at Plainview Baptist Church and was a truck driver for...

Oct 1, 2016

Mrs. Helon Walker Fouts, age 86, of Highway 140, Adairsville, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016. Mrs. Fouts was born in Temple, Georgia, October 4, 1929, daughter of the late Rufus Hershel Walker and Grace Lovell Walker. She was a member of Adairsville United Methodist Church. Mrs. Fouts retired from the Fulton County School System and was a talented seamstress....

Oct 1, 2016

Mrs. Nellie Ruth "Tootsie" Bailey, age 80 formerly of Highway 140, Adairsville, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016. Mrs. Bailey was born in Shannon, Georgia, June 28, 1936, daughter of the late A.M. Whitlow and Pearl Hammonds Whitlow. She was a member of Snow Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Bailey was a beautician for many years and owned and operated Country...

Sep 22, 2016

Mr. Robert Roger Hicks, age 69, of Old Highway 140, Adairsville, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hicks was born in Portersville, AL, November 28, 1946, son of the late Bill and Tressie Maudie Parker Hicks. He enjoyed fishing, and working on old cars. Mr. Hicks is preceded in death by his wife, Jane...

Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Timothy Michael "T.T." Redd, age 22, of 1838 Firetower Road, Fairmount, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Mr. Redd was born April 27, 1994, in Calhoun, GA, to Mary Jane Hall and Tim Redd. He loved sports, especially playing ball, and the outdoors, playing video games, eating pizza and riding motorcycles. Although...

Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Austin Ryan Baldwin, age 20, of 1155 Mt. Olive Church Road, Fairmount, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016, from injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident.

Mr. Baldwin was born November 25, 1995, in Calhoun, GA, to Rebecca Delane Redd Young and Jason Thomas Baldwin. He had attended Canaanland Church, Adairsville, enjoyed being outside, playing basketball, cliff-jumping...

Sep 13, 2016

Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Turner, age 77, of Fieldwood Drive, Adairsville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 after years of declining health. Mrs. Turner was born in Adairsville, Georgia, February 22, 1939, daughter of the late Harlan Thomas and Mattie Parker Thomas. She was a member of Stoner Chapel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Sep 12, 2016

Mrs. Betty Jane Manning, age 64, of Manning Drive, Plainville, passed away Monday, September 12, 2016, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Manning was born in Floyd County, Georgia, June 15, 1952, daughter of the late Carl Donald West and Juanita Burnette West. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church in Calhoun. Mrs. Manning enjoyed reading and watching cooking...

Sep 11, 2016

Mr. Horace H. Carroll, 85, of Cartersville, Georgia passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday morning, September 11, 2016 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Born April 16, 1931 in Euharlee GA, he was the son of the late J.B. Carroll and Leola Evans Carroll. He was preceded in death by his wife Linda Cozette Carroll;...

Sep 8, 2016

Mrs. Peggy Hill Buttram, age 63, of Adairsville Pleasant Valley Road, Adairsville, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2016. She was born August 21, 1953, in Cartersville, GA, daughter of Thomas Luther Hill, JR and the late Rachel Abernathy Hill. Mrs. Buttram was a member of Adairsville Church of Christ and always enjoyed fellowship with her church family. She retired from...

Sep 5, 2016

Mr. Leslie Dale Bowling, age 82, of West Oak Grove Road, Adairsville, passed away Monday, September 5, 2016 at his residence.

He was born in Athens, West Virginia on March 2, 1934, son of the late Leslie Basil Bowling and Ermertrude Bridges Bowling. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church Marietta. Mr....