OBITUARIES

November 27, 2013

Anthony Melillo, age 82, of Dallas, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. He was born on March 7, 1931, in New York, to the late Daniel and Rose Melillo. Mr. Melillo was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. He enjoyed baseball, fishing and the New York Yankees. Survivors include, wife, of 63 years, Mary Melillo of...

November 22, 2013

Clinton Terry Painter, SR. age 52, of Austell, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2013. He was born on May 14, 1961, in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Painter worked as an Iron Worker for over 20 years. Survivors include sons, Clinton Terry Painter, JR of Dallas, GA and Anthony Painter of Lithia Springs, GA; daughter, Tiffany Painter of Lithia Springs, GA;...

November 20, 2013

Kenneth “Wayne” Baggett, age 73, of Dallas, GA, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013. He was born in Dallas, GA, on July 1, 1940, the son of the late, Gus Glenn Baggett & the late, Lola Bell Hitchcock Baggett. Mr. Baggett had worked for Castle Metals in Kennesaw, GA and he was a member of Pumpkinvine Baptist Church. He loved...

November 16, 2013

James “Jim” Lathen Hendon, Jr., age 41, of Dallas, GA, died on Saturday, November 16, 2013. He was born May 4, 1972, in Austell, GA. Mr. Hendon was a carpenter and he was a member of New Seasons Church. Survivors include his wife, Kerri Lea Hendon; son, James Matthew Hendon of Dallas, GA; father, James Lathen Hendon, Sr. of Auburn,...

November 14, 2013

Charles Ernest Hart, 69, born on September 12, 1944, to the late, Joe Brown Hart & Mattie Wilbanks Hart, died on November 14, 2013. Charles spent his younger years and youth in the Cary Park area of Atlanta, graduating from West Fulton High School in 1963. Following high school, Charles joined his father in working a family business, Hart’s Amoco...

November 13, 2013

Melissa Bennett, age 49, of Hiram, GA, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013. The daughter of Richard Lee Bennett and the late, Dorothy N. Bennett, she was born May 23, 1964, in Marietta, GA. Her brother, Ronnie Bennett, preceded her in death. She was a teacher at Lost Mountain Academy and a member of the First Baptist Church of Dallas....

November 12, 2013

Jackie White, age 61, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013. He was born in Atlanta, GA, on December 21, 1951, to the late, Horace Edward White and the late, Rita Lynn Burns White. Mr. White was a U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired as a taxidermist and a barber. Survivors include his wife,...

November 9, 2013

Biography

Janice Louise Thwaites, age 70, of Dallas, GA passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013. She was born on December 16,1942 in Frostburg, Maryland. She was a member of NorthWest Community Church and a Pre-school Teacher for approximately 16 years. Mrs. Thwaites was preceded in death by her parents, Gomer and Beryl Euick Horton. Survivors include her husband,...

November 8, 2013

Tommy Moore age 54, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Friday, November 08, 2013. He was born on April 16, 1959, in Atlanta, GA, and was preceded in death by his father, Jessie Wilson Moore. Mr. Moore was a member of Lost Mountain Baptist Church. Survivors include wife of 27 years, Rhonda Moore of Dallas, GA; son, Gary Moore of...

November 7, 2013

Lynn H. Isley, age 77, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2013. He was born on October 17, 1936, in Austinville, AL, to the late Pervin and Lura Isley. Mr. Isley was self-employed for 45 years. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Jeanette E. Isley of Hiram, GA; sons and daughters-in-law, Mark & Amy Isley of...

November 4, 2013

Robert Franklin Garner, age 88, of Rome, GA, passed away Monday, November 4, 2013. The son of the late, Robert Lee Garner & the late, Effie Cole Garner, he was born February 27, 1925, in Douglasville, GA. Mr. Garner was a lifelong resident of Paulding County. He served in the U. S. Army, worked for General Motors as a paint...

November 1, 2013

Dallas, GA—Mrs. Helen English Nelson, age 102, of Dallas, Georgia, a former long-time resident of High Point, passed away on Friday, November 1, 2013, near her family and close to her caring nephew and his wife, Jack and Nancy Waldrep. Mrs. Nelson was born on September 1, 1911, in Anderson, South Carolina, daughter of the late Floyd English and Eva...

October 29, 2013

Charles Allen Lochamy, age 69, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013. He was born in Birmingham, AL, September 20, 1944, to Dorothy Barnes Lochamy and the late, Walter Lochamy. Mr. Lochamy was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Lochamy; sisters, Ann Stoker and Edna Lee Lochamy; and grandparents, Arthur & Beulah Lochamy and Judson & Gertie...

October 21, 2013

Jerry Richard Wood, age 75, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2013. He was born December 17, 1937, in Green River, Wyoming, to the late, Thomas & Edna Wood. Mr. Wood retired from the Woodruff Arts Center. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church, where he loved working with the children at the church and at...

October 20, 2013

Johnny Watts Spencer, age 76, of Rockmart, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2013. He was born on May 16, 1937, in Atlanta, GA, to the late John and Annie Spencer. Mr. Spencer was a veteran of the United States Navy and retired from Roadway Express where he worked as a truck driver. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Johnny...

October 20, 2013

Regina Ann Newton Hillhouse, age 82, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2013. She was born on February 21, 1931, in Marietta, GA, to the late Hoke & Annie Newton, and was preceded in death by her husband, Loyd G. Hillhouse, brothers, Richard and James Newton, and sisters, Gail Warren and Sandra Kirby. Mrs. Hillhouse was a...

October 19, 2013

Samuel Grant, age 75, of Dallas, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013. He was born on December 21, 1937; in East Point, GA, to the late Matthew and Hazel Grant, and was preceded in death by his son, Mark Flaig. Mr. Grant was a veteran of the United States Navy, retired from ABF Freight Systems as a truck driver,...

October 19, 2013

Bobbie Mae Tucker, age 96, of Powder Springs, formerly of Hiram, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013. She was born on March 25, 1917 in Milton County, GA, to the late Jim and Clare Smith and was preceded in death by her husband, William Simpson Tucker, daughters, Mary Idarita Tucker, Sadie Laverne Croker, and Carolyn Kinsey, and brother, Hall...

October 17, 2013

Mark David Vest, age 51, of Dallas, GA, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013. He was born on November 22, 1961, in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Vest was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Roswell, GA, and was self-employed as an electrician. Survivors include his wife, Monica Vest, of Dallas, GA; sons and daughter-in-laws, Brian Vest of Norfolk,...

October 16, 2013

Mendy Johnson Meyer, age 58, of Douglasville, GA (Paulding County), passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013. She was born in Hialeah, FL, June 19, 1955, and was preceded in death by her father, Frank G. Johnson and sister, Robin Johnson. Mendy worked as a bank teller for SunTrust Bank for 31 years, in Florida and Marietta, GA. She was a...