All Obituaries

Anthony Harbin (Tony) Fricks, 79, of Cave Spring, died Thursday morning, July 2, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Fricks was born in Floyd County November 11, 1940, a son of the late Arthur Harbin Fricks and the late Auzie Rebecca Buchannon Fricks. Mr. Fricks was a retired veteran of the U. S. Army and the Georgia Army National Guard. He was a Past Master and former Secretary of the Mackey Masonic Lodge # 120 F. & A.M., a member of the Cherokee Masonic Lodge in...

Miss Gloria Jean Blankenship, 67, of Cave Spring, died Wednesday morning, June 17, 2020, following a brief illness. Miss Blankenship was born in Rome May 22, 1953, a daughter of the late Bruce D. Blankenship and the late Lena Robinson Blankenship. An avid Atlanta Braves fan, she was a 1971 graduate of Cave Spring High School, and was co-owner with her life long friend Vickie Jacobs of Vickie’s Beauty Shop. A devoted sister, aunt and friend, Miss Blankenship was a life long member of...

Mr. Leon Herman Hopper, 92, of Cave Spring, died Sunday morning in a Cedartown hospital following an short illness. Mr. Hopper was born in Jacksonville, Alabama November 20, 1927, a son of the late Henly Hopper and the late Hattie Mae Shaw Hopper. Mr. Hopper served in the U.S. Army, and for a number of years was a sales representative for a mobile home manufacturer. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Bob Hopper, Clay Hopper, and Bud Hopper, and by two sisters,...

Mrs. Ona Mae Peck Hester, age 98, of Forney, passed away Monday, June 1, 2020 at the Cherokee County Health Center. Mrs. Hester was born in Vann’s Valley, Georgia on May 15, 1922, the fourth child of the late DeLone Stuart Peck and the late Katie Mae Smith Peck. Mrs. Hester was a 1939 graduate of Cave Spring High School where she was an outstanding basketball player. Mrs. Hester was married to Wyatt T. Hester December 24, 1941 in Cave Spring, and was preceded in death by him April...

Mr. James Fain Griffin, 87, of Cave Spring, passed away Friday afternoon, April 17, 2020, in a Rome hospital following a short illness. Mr. Griffin was born in Alapaha, Georgia March 18, 1933, a son of the late John E. Griffin and the late Minnie Rowe Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a 1954 graduate of the Georgia School for the Deaf, and made his career with the United States Postal Service, working in the Duluth area. Mr. Griffin was a member of the Crusselle-Freeman Church of the Deaf in...

Martha Virginia (Ginny) McEver, 69 of Dahlonega, died Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at her residence. Ms. McEver was born in Rome, July 15, 1950, a daughter of the late James Howard McEver, Sr., and the late Thelma Virginia Wallace McEver. She was a graduate of Cave Spring High School in 1968, earned her Bachelor of Science Degree at West Georgia College in 1972, and earned her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2006. In her early...

Former Cave Spring Mayor Gayle T. Godfrey, age 82, died Tuesday afternoon, March 10, 2020 after a brief illness. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mr. Godfrey was born September 20, 1937, a son of the late W. R. Godfrey and the late Gertrude Ellis Godfrey. Mr. Godfrey had made his home in Cave Spring for many years, was a veteran of the U. S. Army, having served in Korea during the Korean War, was a former Cave Spring City Council member, served as Mayor of Cave Spring, and was...

Mrs. Charlotte Poff, 84, of Marietta, died Saturday, March 7, 2020, in a Marietta area care facility following an extended illness. The former Charlotte Virginia Broome, Mrs. Poff was born in Cave Spring December 15, 1935, a daughter of the late James Henry Broome and the late Agnes Hughes Broom. Mrs. Poff was married to Charles D. (Danny) Poff, and they made their home in the Acworth area for a number of years, he having preceded her in death January 12, 2014. Mrs. Poff was a home maker...

Mrs. Peggy Ann Scalf, 84, of Lawrenceville, formerly of Cave Spring, died Thursday afternoon, February 27, 2020 in a Lawrenceville care facility following an extended illness . The former Peggy Ann Crouch, Mrs. Scalf was born in Monticello, Kentucky March 26, 1935, a daughter of the late Jim Ed Crouch and the late Ada Woodrow Spradlin Crouch. A graduate of Warfield High School in Lovely, Kentucky, Mrs. Scalf was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. She was married to Frank Scalf...

Louise Holman passed away on February 2, 2020. She was born in Newnan to the late Landon Steele and Annie Ruth Thrower Steele on September 23, 1944. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Holman is preceded in death by her brother, Landon “Bud” Steele; her sisters, Patsy Robinson and Brenda Payne. Mrs. Louise Holman is survived by her children, Sonny Holman (Regina), Tracy Laverne Mobley (Tracy), and Cindy Holman; her brothers, Harry Steele and David Steele; her grandchildren, Andrew...