Tag: Rockmart High School
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Matt Lindsey
Matt Lindsey, age 45, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2025, at his residence. Matt was born in Rome, GA, on April 27, 1980, a son of Keith Lindsey and Marcia Payne Lindsey. Though he was born in Rome, his heart belonged to Rockmart, the place he proudly called home for all of…
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Paula Ann Atkins
Mrs. Paula Ann Curenton Atkins, age 79, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2025 at her home. Paula was born October 6, 1946, in Cedartown, GA. She was the daughter of the late Gethel Curenton and the late Annie Ruth Shelley Curenton. She a was a graduate of Rockmart High School Class of…
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Rockmart High gets runner up spot in region for One Act
Several awards were handed out in for Rockmart High School’s performance at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School this week as the One Act competition was held for Region 7-AA. This year’s play “John Lennon and Me” brought Rockmart a runner-up finish on Region 7-AA, with two members of the cast joining the region all-star, and one…
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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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Donnie Edward Lumpkin
Mr. Donnie Edward Lumpkin, age 73, of Rockmart, GA, passed away on Tuesday morning, September 16, 2025. Mr. Lumpkin was born on September 7, 1952, in Rome, GA, to the late Edward Hart “Runt” Lumpkin and Margaret Louise Jackson Lumpkin. A lifelong resident of Polk County, Donnie was a proud graduate of Rockmart High School.…
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Rockmart High set to celebrate Homecoming
Monday evening kicks off a week of events at Rockmart High School celebrating this year’s return to the Rock for the football team and the celebration of this year’s Homecoming Court. The annual Homecoming Parade through downtown Rockmart is set to kick off at 7 p.m. and return to City Hall via East Elm Street…
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Frank “Frankie” David Hilburn
Mr. Frank “Frankie” David Hilburn, age 69, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Thursday evening, September 11, 2025, at his residence. Frankie was born on October 26, 1955, in Germany to the late John Pershing “Pete” Hilburn and Barbara Williams Hilburn. Though born abroad, Frankie spent the majority of his life in Rockmart, Georgia—a community he…
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Shea Camp
Mrs. Shea Camp, age 51, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Thursday afternoon, August 28, 2025, in Rome, GA. Shea was born in Rockmart on September 16, 1973, the daughter of the late Thomas Larry Swann and Marcia Whitman Swann. She was a lifelong resident of the Rockmart and Aragon area and attended Rockmart High School.…
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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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Glenn Campbell
Polk County lost a legend this week. Mr. Glenn Wade Campbell of Rockmart, Georgia, left this earth on August 6, 2025. Glenn was born on June 5, 1948. He was the son of the late Billy Campbell and Tommie Lou Simpson Campbell, and was raised on Grady Road in Rockmart, Georgia. Glenn was raised helping…