OBITUARIES

Jan 30, 2013

James C. Elsberry, age 80, of Dallas, GA, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013. He was born March 18, 1932, in Dallas, GA and was preceded in death by his parents, Ben Zeb Elsberry & Lillie Mae Carruth Elsberry; daughter, Deborah Lynn Elsberry; brothers and sisters, W. A., Doyal, Ivy, Louise, Lewis and Marvin. Mr. Elsberry owned the Dallas Standard...

Jan 24, 2013

Grady Abernathy, age 88, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013. He was born, July 4, 1924, in Hiram, GA, and was preceded in death by his parents, John Homer Abernathy & Ovelle Smith Abernathy and his wife, Norma Camp Abernathy. Mr. Abernathy was retired from Mather Brothers Furniture, as a salesman, after 55 years of...

Jan 24, 2013

Shelby Jean Maxwell, age 75, of Dallas, GA, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013. The daughter of the late, John & Ester Hill, she was born July 27, 1937, in South Carolina. Mrs. Maxwell worked for the Cobb County School System for 29 years at Harmony Leland Elementary in food services. She was a member of Mt. Harmony Baptist...

Jan 21, 2013

Bill Miller, age 71, of Dallas, GA, passed away Monday, January 21, 2013. He was born August 25, 1941, in Louisville, KY, and was preceded in death by his father, William Martin Miller, I & mother, Adelee Kreiling Miller. Mr. Miller worked most of his life as a truck driver and he attended St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Survivors...

Jan 20, 2013

Rosealie T. Penland, age 85, of Dallas, GA, passed away, Sunday, January 20, 2013. She was born September 5, 1927, in Norwalk, CT and was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph & Mary Ellen Scalisi; husband, Harold Penland, Sr. and son, Harold Penland, Jr. Mrs. Penland was a teacher for the Cobb County School System for 17 years and...

Jan 14, 2013

Kenny Harris, age 61, of Buchanan, GA, passed away Monday, January 14, 2013. He was born, August 25, 1951, in Austell, GA, and was preceded in death by his father, Clinton J. Harris; mother, Sarah Rackley Dokey; grandparents, Levi & Myra Harris and Warner & June Rackley; and step-brothers, Eddie Joe Pursley and Richard Langdon. Mr. Harris worked as a...

Jan 13, 2013

Alvin Sims, age 70, of Hiram, GA, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013. The son of the late, Willis Eugene Sims & the late, Mildred Barnwell Sims, he was born in Hiram, GA, November 11, 1942, and was preceded in death by his son, Patrick A. Sims. Mr. Sims served in the U. S. Army and was retired from the...

Jan 12, 2013

Biography Katherine Nobel Henkle, 69, of Dallas, GA and formerly of Terre Haute and Chicago died on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in Douglas Hospital in Douglasville, GA. She was born June 4, 1943 in Terre Haute to James H. Nobel and Mary K. Matherly Nobel. Katherine is survived by her husband, Larry L. Henkle of Dallas, GA. Other survivors include...

Jan 10, 2013

Bobby Terry Johnson, age 70, of Dallas, GA, passed away Friday, January 10, 2013. He was born June 21, 1942, in Rome, GA and was preceded in death by his father & mother, Copeland T. & Anna Bell Johnson and grandson, Caleb Maston Tibbitts. Mr. Johnson was a member of Narroway Baptist Church. Survivors include his children, Mandy & Joey...

Jan 10, 2013

Lora “Ann” Dodd, age 80, of Hiram, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2013. She was born on February 10, 1932, in Stilesboro, GA, to the late John & Mattie Motes, and was preceded in death by her brothers, Rayford and Donald Motes, and sisters, Floy Morgan and Margie Shiflet. Mrs. Dodd loved flowers, mountains and being with family. She...

Jan 7, 2013

Dolores S. Rutledge, age 81, of Rockmart, GA (Paulding County), passed away Monday, January 7, 2013. She was born October 12, 1931 in Elgin, IL, and was preceded in death by her father, James Henry Allison & mother, Helen Ruth Hobbs Allison and a daughter, Sandra Plante. Survivors include her husband, Thomas P. Rutledge; children, Gayle & Ron Kaspar of...

Jan 7, 2013

Helen Tinsley, age 91, of Hiram, GA, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013. She was born October 14, 1921 in Chamblee, GA and was preceded in death by her parents, Harrison & Maude Tollison and her husband, Loy Albert Tinsley. Mrs. Tinsley was retired from the State of Georgia Department of Education, after 28 years of service. She was a...

Jan 4, 2013

J.D. Strickland, age 88, of Woodland, AL passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013. He was employed with the Dallas New Era for approximately 17 years and was a member of McPhearson Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. Mr. Strickland was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Fannie Meeks Strickland, wife, Edith Mae Mayfield Strickland,...

Jan 3, 2013

Jim Hardeman, age 67, of Hiram, GA, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013. He was born January 26, 1945 and was preceded in death by his father, Lee Clack; mother & step-father, Marie Chambers & husband, Robert; and wife, LaRue Jenkins Hardeman. Mr. Hardeman was retired from the military, as a Sergeant in the U. S. Army, where he...

Jan 3, 2013

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Charlie Morris, age 69, of Dallas, GA passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013. He was born on July 5, 1943 in Dallas, GA. He was retired from Lockheed-Martin after 27 years in food service and was of the Baptist faith where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Morris was preceded in death by his father, Charles Ernest...

Dec 26, 2012

Chuck Sprayberry, age 46, of Dallas, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2012. The son of the late, Charles Edward Sprayberry, Sr. & the late, Margie Arnold Sprayberry, he was born September 29, 1966, in Marietta, GA. Mr. Sprayberry worked as a computer programmer for Elsym Consulting in Kennesaw. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Powder Springs,...

Dec 25, 2012

Tom P. Ryan, age 89, of Dallas, GA, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012. He was born in Boston, MA, on August 4, 1923, and was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph Francis Ryan & Ellen Dolan Ryan and his wife, Alice Chabot Ryan. Mr. Ryan was a World War II Veteran of the U. S. Army and a...

Dec 25, 2012

Marvin Gene Elsberry, Sr., age 82, of Hiram, GA, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012. He was born March 15, 1930, to the late, Ben Zeb Elsberry and the late, Lillie Carruth Elsberry. Mr. Elsberry was a U. S. Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He was the owner of Elsberry & Son Service Station & Car Wash for 30...

Dec 24, 2012

Ronald James Brooks, age 64, of Lithia Springs, GA, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012. He was born in Washington, DC, July 25, 1948, and was preceded in death by his parents, James & Lillian Brooks; brothers, James Nelson Brooks and Michael Brooks; and sister, Donnell Brooks. Mr. Brooks worked as a concrete mason for Ornamental Masonry in Jessup, Maryland...

Dec 23, 2012

Robert Dillard Ballentine, Sr. age 84, of Hiram, GA, passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2012. He was born in Atlanta, GA, July 31, 1928 to the late William Cleveland Ballentine and the late, Minnie Dillard Ballentine. Mr. Ballentine was also preceded in death by his son, Robert D. Ballentine, Jr.; wife of 54 years, Virgie Gorham Ballentine; brother,...