Tag: Cedartown High School
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Pamela McBride Weaver
Pamela “Jill” McBride Weaver, age 62, passed away Monday, November 10, 2025. Jill was born June 2, 1963, in Rome, Georgia, daughter of the late Delos McBride and Judith Hackney McBride. Jill spent most of her life in Cedartown, Georgia, where she graduated from Cedartown High School with the Class of 1981. She enjoyed a…
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Myrtle Hunt
Ms. Myrtle Frances Hunt, age 93, passed away, Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Ms. Hunt was born May 9, 1932, in Cartersville, Georgia, daughter of the late Robert Lee Hunt and Lonie Little Paris. Ms. Hunt spent most of her life in Cedartown, Georgia, where she graduated from Cedartown High School with the Class of 1950.…
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Morgan named 2025 Teacher of the Year for PSD
The 2025 Teacher of the Year was celebrated at the Polk County Board of Education’s Tuesday session as schools from across the district honored their educators for the year over the past month. Beth Morgan of Cherokee Elementary School was named this year’s Teacher of the Year. She was honored alongside other educators who were…
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Joyce Hayes Sigers
Mrs. Catherine Joyce Hayes Sigers, age 95, of Rockmart, Georgia, passed away on October 6, 2025. She was born on December 30, 1929, in Florence, Alabama to the late Floyd Earl Hayes and Lois Florence Cofield Hayes. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Otis E Sigers, Sr.; her 3 brothers, Glen…
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Julie Farmer
Mrs. Julie Colombo Farmer, age 80, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2025. She was born on December 15, 1944, in Rome, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Joe Colombo and Vera Norris Colombo. Julie was a lifelong resident of Cedartown Georgia. She graduated from Cedartown High School in 1962.…
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Karen Bridges Hindman
Mrs. Karen Bridges Hindman, age 66, of Cedartown, GA, and Ocala, FL, passed away peacefully Saturday August 23, 2025, in Ocala. Karen was born on November 7, 1958, in Cedartown, Georgia, a daughter of the late Hugh Bridges and the late Grace Cook Bridges. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by…
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BATTLE FOR POLK TONIGHT
It has stormed, it has been called off by COVID. But if mother nature can’t stop two rivals from facing off to start off every season, nothing will. The annual rivalry that is the Battle for Polk County returns to the gridiron tonight, and all week the two teams have been getting ready to face…
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William Edward Wilkes
William Edward Wilkes, “Ed”, originally of Cedartown, GA passed away peacefully under the care of Rennes Health & Rehab Center and Compassus Hospice on August 5, 2025 in Weston, WI at the age of 90 with family by his side. He is preceded in death by his loving wife, Linda Wilkes; daughter, Toni and Nolan…
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Class of 2026 mark their spots
Seniors over the weekend got to show off their artistic talents and mark their parking spots for the upcoming school year. Rockmart and Cedartown Class of 2026 members grabbed paint and went to the campuses to decorate and personalize their area where they arrive and leave school every day. This was one of the first…
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Michael O’ Hara Galloway
Mr. Michael O’Hara Galloway, age 79, of Marietta, Georgia, made his final journey to his eternal home on Sunday, July 6, 2025 with his wife by his side. He was born on July 26, 1945 in Vincent, Alabama to the late John Cooper “Jack” and Jewel Ava Allgood Galloway. Mr. Galloway was raised in…