Tag: Collard Valley
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Opal Eloise Alexander
Ms. Opal Eloise Alexander, age 79, of Cedartown (Collard Valley Community) transitioned April 3, 2025. Complete arrangements are forthcoming. To the Alexander family, we at F. K. Jones Funeral Home, extend to you our deepest sympathy and condolences. Our prayers remain that your abiding faith in God will continue to comfort, to strengthen, and sustain…
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Man back behind bars after weekend firearms incident
Polk County Police had business once again with a man on Collard Valley Road, this time facing firearms and paraphernalia possession charges, according to reports. Officers arrested Timothy Ray Waddell, 61, of a Collard Valley Road address after PCPD was called out to investigate a shot being fired in the area on Saturday, February 3…
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Man denied bond for chase with law enforcement last Thursday
A Rockmart man remains in jail on multiple charges following a chase involving several law enforcement agencies on January 25. The Polk County Sheriffs Office was responsible for the report on the chase involving Zachary Stanton Shirah, 30, of a Rockmart address on Thursday evening, January 25, 2024 through the Fish Creek, Collard Valley and…
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(Contributed by James Vines) REPORT: Fire at Junk Yard on Collard Valley Road
Emergency personnel were out this afternoon battling a fire at a junk yard on Collard Valley Road, according to officials. Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd confirmed the fire. There were no injuries reported so far. Thus far, the only damage reported has been to vehicles in the junk yard. UPDATE: Officials report that no…
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HOMETOWN PHOTO: Cotton crop coming in on Collard Valley Road
When the big rolls of cotton start showing up in fields around Polk County, its a sign that cold weather is just right around the corner. The cotton harvest is underway across Polk County, and local reader James Vines shared photos from the Collard Valley Road area of tractors busy out in the field getting…
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Fundraiser coming up on Aug. 19 for New Bethel Baptist track
The Brotherhood of New Bethel Baptist Church are inviting everyone to come out and take part in a fundraiser event in the coming weeks that will help the church provide a walking track on property around the Collard Valley Road chapel for the community to use safely. Mark the calendar for Saturday, August 19 and…
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UPDATE: Police charge man in Monday night shooting
Polk County Police charged a man who shot another during an argument on Monday night, and he remains in jail this morning without bond set. Rodney Lee Powell, 52, listed in the jail as a Silver Creek address but had been living at the Collard Valley Road address, was charged after being taken into custody…
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Mrs. Edna Marie Lefevers King
Mrs. Edna Marie Lefevers King passed into her heavenly home on July 15, 2021. She lived a full life, surrounded by family that she loved so much. Marie was born March 19, 1932 in Mt Calm Texas and moved to Collard Valley in her teenage years. She married Sammie King on May 28, 1948 and…
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Mr. Barry Lee Couch
Mr. Barry Lee Couch, age 74, of Cedartown, passed away Friday, October 16, 2020. Barry was born October 18, 1945 in Cedartown, (Collard Valley), Georgia to the late Rupert Lee Couch and the late Mattie Maude Bennett Couch. In addition to his parents, Barry was preceded in death by his siblings: Rupert Harold “Buck” Couch,…