OBITUARIES

William Smith

January 15, 2016

William Otis Smith, age 74, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2016. He was born on September 1, 1941 in Calhoun, GA, to the late Woodrow Smith & Bonnie Gravely Smith. Mr. Smith worked as a self-employed painter for over sixty years.

Survivors include wife, Daralene Smith of Hiram, GA; son, Jessie Smith &...

Katherine Carroll

January 15, 2016

Katherine “Kitt Katt” Carroll, age 46, of Rockmart, GA (Paulding Co.), passed away on Friday, January 15, 2016. She was born on June 15, 1969, in Atlanta, GA to Kenneth Arthur Cantrell & Ellen Louise Saxon. Mrs. Carroll was preceded in death by her father, Kenneth Cantrell. She was a homemaker and Baptist by faith.

Survivors include...

Doug Puckett

January 13, 2016

Doug Puckett, age 54, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. He was born on March 18, 1961, in Dallas, GA, to the late Edwin R. & Evelyn Johns Puckett. Mr. Puckett was a member of First Baptist Church of Dallas, enjoyed car restoration, fishing with his son and bragging on his daughter. Doug loved his...

Louise Stabel

January 12, 2016

Louise Stabel, age 70, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. She was born on August 1, 1945, in Clinton, SC, to the late Leroy & Lillie Mae Dunaway, and was preceded in death by her son, Michael Stabel, and brother, Johnny Dunaway.

Survivors include her husband of 35 years, Lowell Milton Stabel of...

Joe Parker

January 11, 2016

Mr. Joseph Stewart Parker, Sr. Longtime Editor of The Dallas New Era Passes

Mr. Joseph Stewart Parker, Sr., age 71, passed away January 11, 2016, after a courageous battle with esophageal cancer. Mr. Parker was born April 13, 1944 in Dallas, Georgia, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edward (Edna Meadows) Parker, Sr. A lifelong...

Olga Wood

January 10, 2016

Olga Susanne Wood, age 69, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2016. She was born on August 11, 1946, in New York, New York, and was preceded in death by her mother, Inez Rodriguez. Mrs. Wood attended St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

Survivors include her husband, Travis Wood of Hiram, GA; children, Lori...

Frances Dyvig

January 9, 2016

Frances Elizabeth Dyvig, age 62 of Douglasville, GA passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Wellstar Paulding Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curt Dyvig and son, Christopher Dyvig. She was a housewife and member of Grace Baptist Church.

Survivors include sons and daughter-in-laws; Daryl and Wendy Smallwood, Jr. of Douglasville,...

Mary Strickland

January 7, 2016

Mary C. Strickland, age 82, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016. She was born on November 15, 1933, in Powder Springs, GA, to the late James Jackson Croker & Ennis Jones Croker. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Ray Strickland, her son, James Wayne Strickland &...

Tish Maxwell

January 4, 2016

For God is an all knowing God. He knows the very second you took your first breath and He knows when you will take your last. He knows the number of hairs you have on your head. God cares about every detail of our lives, for we are the apple of His eye. The day God spoke LIFE into...

William "Bill" Reece

December 31, 2015

William “Bill” Theodore Reece, age 84, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2015. He was born on June 7, 1931, in Marietta, GA, to the late Raymond E. Reece & Alice Reece, and was preceded in death by his son, William Timothy Reece. Mr. Reece retired from Marietta Printing and was a member of Piney Grove...

Doris Willoughby

December 29, 2015

Doris Ann Willoughby, age 69, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015. She was born on August 25, 1946, in Atlanta, GA, and was preceded in death by her father, Wilson O. Thompson. Ms. Willoughby worked as a coordinator for Wellstar Cobb Hospital.

Survivors include children, Jeanne Kinsey, Billy Willoughby of Hiram, GA,...

Johnnie Edwards

December 28, 2015

Mrs. Johnnie Giddens Edwards, age 81, of Temple, GA, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015. She was born on January 24, 1934, in Nashville, GA, to the late John & Sarah Giddens, and was preceded in death by her husband, Don N. Edwards. Mrs. Edwards retired from Allison-Smith Company as an executive secretary, and was a member of...

Dr. Leslie Ross, JR

December 28, 2015

Dr. Leslie Ross, JR, age 66, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015. He was born on April 26, 1949, in Victoria, TX, and was preceded in death by his father, Leslie Ross, SR, and sister, Deborah Ross Torry. Dr. Ross retired from Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, AL, as a medical doctor in 2002 after...

Perry Burgess

December 28, 2015

Perry Burgess, age 34, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015. He was born on May 20, 1981, in Lithia Springs, GA, and was preceded in death by his father, Gary Lynn Burgess. Perry worked as a contractor for Willow Green and was a member of Christ Freedom Church.

Survivors include wife, Heather Burgess...

Deborah Durham

December 25, 2015

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Barbara Bass

December 24, 2015

Barbara Jean Nelson Bass, age 82, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2015. She was born on January 3, 1933, in Talbot, GA, to the late Charles & Mary Ellen Nelson. Mrs. Bass was retired from S& L Mortgage as an office manager in the accounting department, and was a member of First...

Kerry Southerland

December 24, 2015

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Eddie Williams

December 23, 2015

Eddie Williams, age 57, of Douglasville, GA, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. He was born on September 11, 1958, in Douglasville, GA, to the late Roland Williams and Shirley Eiler, and was preceded in death by his step-mother, Laura Williams, and step-father, Donald Eiler. Mr. Williams worked as a foreman for C.W. Matthews & Bankhead Enterprises. Eddie...

Alfred Fallon

December 22, 2015

Alfred T. Fallon, age 87, of Lafayette, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. He was born on April 16, 1928 in New Milford, NJ, to the late Thomas W. Fallon & Marie Deutell Fallon. He was preceded in death by his wife, Constance Dellaratta Fallon, grandson, Jesse Romeo, granddaughter, Jennifer Fallon, brother, Donald Fallon, sister, Alice Fallon...

Steve West

December 21, 2015

Steve West, age 68, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2015. He was born on October 4, 1947, in Atlanta, GA, to the late Bernard West and Mary Emma Gober, and was preceded in death by his sister, Marjorie Melley, brother, Jimmy West, and brother, Ben West. Mr. West was a United States Army Veteran of...