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Mrs. Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson

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Mrs. Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson

Mrs. Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson, age 91, of Rockmart, GA passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at her residence.

She was born on February 28, 1929, in the Sand Mountain community of Etowah County, Alabama a daughter of James Augustus Fowler and Minnie Shaw Fowler. Mrs. Ferguson had lived the greater part of her life in Cobb county before moving to Rockmart eighteen years ago. She was a very active member of the Rockmart First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Ferguson loved to cook and her family was of very great importance to her. She had once worked for the Georgia State Patrol where she was a typesetter and she had also worked for the F.W. Woolworth Company.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Rayford Ferguson II, and nine siblings.

Survivors include her two daughters: Sandra Jones and her husband Jimmy and Vicki Ferguson all of Rockmart; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great great-grandson.



Mrs. Ferguson will lie instate at the Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home on Monday, November 9th. from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon where friends may come and visit.

A private family graveside service will follow in the Powder Springs Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jeanette Dickens officiating.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that memorial donations be made in memory of Mrs. Ferguson to the Rockmart United Methodist Church Community Meal Fund.

The Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson.




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Mrs. Eva Ruth Gibson Short

Mrs. Eva Ruth Gibson Short, age 82, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2025.

She was born on February 19, 1943 in Cherokee, Alabama.  She was the daughter of the late John Hubert and Eula Adell Lockridge Gibson. 

Mrs. Short is survived by her sons, John Short (Mary) and Brad Short; grandchildren, Matt Bridges, Kayla Bridges, Katie Swafford (Drew) and Emma Hellriegel (Jake); great-grandchildren, Josie, Bo, Ella Ruth and Case Swafford and Chloe Hellriegel and nieces and nephews; and several other extended family members. 

Mrs. Short is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Henry Edward Short; daughter, Karen Denise Short Bridges; sisters, Louise Liner and Mary Frances Corn and brothers, Herbert Gibson and Wayne Gibson. 

The funeral arrangements for Mrs. Short will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at one o’clock in the afternoon in the chapel of the Gammage Funeral Home with Rev. Kyle Camp officiating.  Interment will follow in the family lot of Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery.   

The family of Mrs. Short will receive family and friends on Thursday, December 11, 2025 from eleven o’clock in the morning until the funeral service hour at the Gammage Funeral Home.

The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Bill Short, Sam Short, Dennis Alexander, Drew Swafford, Jake Hellriegel, Zack Alexander and Jay Liner.   

Messages of condolence can be made to the family by visiting and signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.

The Olin L. Gammage and Son Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the services for Mrs. Eva Ruth Gibson Short.

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