Obituaries

Rachel Leah Harbin

Rachel Leah Harbin

Feb 25, 2021

Ms. Rachel Harbin, age 41, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021 following an extended illness. She was born January 5, 1980 in Dyersburg, Tennessee to her parents, Ricky and Betty White Harbin. Rachel grew up in Cedartown and made lifelong friends. She was a 1998 graduate of Cedartown High School. She enjoyed spending her spare time cooking and shopping with...

Delores Dostart

Delores Dostart

Feb 21, 2021

Mrs. Delores Dostart, age 78, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2020. She was born June 29, 1942 in Decorah, Iowa to the late Victor Bullerman and the late Hilda Ott Bullerman. Delores enjoyed her computer, reading, and crossword puzzles. Her great love was spending time with her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. She was a bus driver in Cave Spring for...

Blanche Rutland Kulp

Blanche Rutland Kulp

Feb 11, 2021

Blanche Rutland Kulp, 87, finished her race on February 11, 2021, surrounded by family and her Faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. Born in Polk County, Georgia on December 13, 1933 to Guy Jehue Rutland, Sr. and Ida Davis Rutland, Blanche lived her formative years in Cedartown, where she was a 1951 graduate of Cedartown High School. She met her husband and...

Gloria "Jean" Bentley

Gloria "Jean" Bentley

Feb 9, 2021

Mrs. Jean Bentley, age 73, of Cedartown, GA passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Jean was born October 13, 1947 in Apopka, Florida to the late Morton Tarte and the late Opal Christmas Tarte. She spent her childhood in Florida and then moved to Cedartown in 1964. She was a graduate of Cedartown High School. Jean received her bachelor’s degree...

Raymond  Ballew

Raymond Ballew

Jan 27, 2021

Raymond Ballew, age 63, of Cedartown, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. He was born on October 9, 1957 in Cedartown, GA, to his late parents; Graford and Grace Sissom Ballew. Raymond has worked several years at Suhner in Rome and was also a ordained preacher. Mr. Ballew loved the Lord and his faith was steadfast. In his...

Mary Williams

Mary Williams

Jan 27, 2021

Mrs. Mary Williams, age 82, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on January 27, 2021. She was born on December 21, 1938 in Rockmart, GA, to her parents; Robert and Grace Marie Chupp Weaver. Mrs. Williams lived all her life in Polk County and was a faithful member of Westside Baptist Church. She enjoyed puzzle books and front porch rocking. Mary...

Michael "Mj" Whatley

Michael "Mj" Whatley

Jan 24, 2021

Mr. Michael "MJ" Whatley, age 18, of Cedartown passed away Sunday, January, 24, 2021. Michael Jayshaun Whatley, son of Crystal Whatley and Michael Dulaney, was born April 19, 2002 in Rome, Georgia. Michael was a Senior at Cedartown High School, and a member of the Cedartown Bulldogs. He was also a member of Future Farmers of America. Michael is a...

Michael "Mike" Wayne Estes

Michael "Mike" Wayne Estes

Jan 18, 2021

Mr. Michael Wayne Estes, age 72 of Cedartown Georgia, passed away January 18, 2021. He was born and raised in Piedmont, Alabama. Mike proudly joined the Navy in 1965 where he learned the trade of welding in the Seabees Construction Battalion and served four years of active duty, including a tour of Vietnam and service on the U.S.S. Princeton. When...

Ellen Rampley Isham

Ellen Rampley Isham

Jan 12, 2021

Mrs. Ellen Isham, 88, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. She was born in Cedartown on June 23, 1932, daughter of the late Roy Rampley and the late Lily Mozell Prewett. Mrs. Isham was a long-time member of Lake Creek Baptist Church. She loved working in the yard and in her free time she enjoyed coloring...

Marsha Garner  Brown

Marsha Garner Brown

Jan 10, 2021

Mrs. Marsha Garner Brown, age 70 of Rockmart, Georgia passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021. Marsha was born April 13, 1950 in Cedartown, Georgia to the late John Lewis Garner and Audrey Pruitt Garner. Before meeting Phil, she was also blessed to live with the Solon and Della Beals family in Pima, Arizona. Marsha had a home daycare for many...

Wanda Sue Knight

Wanda Sue Knight

Jan 9, 2021

Mrs. Wanda Sue Knight, age 60, of Cedartown, GA passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021. Wanda was born on July 24, 1960 to her late parents: Charlie and Mary Howard Wood. Mrs. Knight worked as a tax preparer and later worked as a bookkeeper. She also taught Sunday school classes and was involved with Operation Christmas. Wanda was a faithful...

Herschel J. Wright

Herschel J. Wright

Jan 8, 2021

Herschel J. Wright, age 86, lifelong resident of Cedartown, GA, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. He was born on June 5, 1934 in Polk County, GA to his late parents; JB Wright and Ophelia Wright. Mr. Wright had retired from General Motors and later went on to own and operate, The Gold Shop...

Timothy F Reynolds

Timothy F Reynolds

Jan 8, 2021

Mr. Timothy F. Reynolds, 56, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021. He was born in Summerville, Georgia on March 26, 1964, the son of F.L. Bud Reynolds and Judy Bridges. Tim was a 1982 graduate from Chattooga High School. Most recently, he was a member of the Local Union 72. Tim was a pipefitter foreman who...

Bert  "Tina" Witt

Bert "Tina" Witt

Jan 8, 2021

Bert “Tina“Gibson Witt, age 100, of Cedartown, GA, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021. Mrs. Witt was born on April 10, 1920 in Pennington Gap, Virginia, daughter of the late Sam and Daisy Gibson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband James Witt, to whom she was married to on November 16,1940,...

Houston  Stone  Mobbs

Houston Stone Mobbs

Jan 6, 2021

Houston Stone Mobbs, age 86, of Armuchee, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Mr. Mobbs was born in Cave Springs, GA, on June 10, 1934, son of the late Ralph D. Mobbs and the late Lela A. Nixon Mobbs. He was the 7th child of 11 siblings. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death...

Kenneth H. (Dickey) Newberry

Kenneth H. (Dickey) Newberry

Jan 4, 2021

Kenneth H. (Dickey) Newberry, age 74, lifelong resident of Silver Creek, GA, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021 at Floyd Medical Center. He was born on September 21, 1946 in Silver Creek, GA, to his late parents; Turman and Bertha Newberry. Mr. Newberry was retired from Hall Masonry, where he worked as a brick layer for many years. He...

John "Barney" Powell

John "Barney" Powell

Jan 3, 2021

Mr. John “Barney” Powell, age 85, of Cedartown, Georgia passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021. Barney was born in Cedartown September 2, 1935 to the late Chesley Powell and the late Mammie Stephens Powell. He worked for Newark Paperboard in trucking. In addition to his parents, Barney was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Beatrice Pruitt Mull Powell, son...

James "Harold" Hayes

James "Harold" Hayes

Dec 27, 2020

Mr. James “Harold” Hayes, age 88, of Cedartown, GA passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020. Mr. Hayes was born in Cedartown, GA on June 29, 1932, a son of the late Louie Hayes and Carmelia Hale Hayes. A native of Cedartown, Mr. Hayes had lived all of his life in Cedartown where he worked for the United Stated Post Office...

Robert Lee  Barfield

Robert Lee Barfield

Dec 24, 2020

Robert Lee Barfield, age 47, of Cedartown, Ga, after an extended illness, passed away in his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, December 24, 2020. He was born August 23, 1973, the son of Rev. Thomas and Mrs. Patricia Tucker Barfield of Felton, Ga. Mr. Barfield is also survived by his loving wife of 24 years, Kelly Bishop Barfield;...

Henry Wallace Hogue

Henry Wallace Hogue

Dec 21, 2020

Mr. Henry Wallace Hogue, age 66, of Cedartown, GA passed away Monday, December 21, 2020. He was born in Bremen, GA on November 9, 1954 a son of the late James Hogue, Jr. and the late Dorothy Forrister Hogue. Mr. Hogue was a long-time member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Cedartown. He was a veteran, having served our...