Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Davenport, Anne Dickens July 8, 2003
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The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, July 17, 2003
Anne Dickens Davenport, 83, of 477 Morgan Valley Rd., Rockmart passed away 
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 in a Rome hospital. She was born Oct. 17, 1919 in Sparta, 
Ga., and was a retired Rockmart High School teacher of 34 years. She was vice-
president of the Polk County Teachers Association in 1961 and president of the 
organization in 1962. She attended the National Education Association 
Convention in Denver, Colorado, representing Polk County, and held the office 
of secretary of the Association of Classroom Teachers of Georgia for two years. 
Other associations and organizations of which she was a member include Delta 
Kappa Sorority, Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Pi Epsilon and D.A.R. She was very 
involved in genealogy and was a member of Rockmart First United Methodist 
Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fay Guill Dickens and Gordon 
Lee Dickens, Sr.; husband, Guy F. Davenport, Sr.; and a son, Anthony Kirk 
Davenport. Survivors include son, Guy F. Davenport, Jr. of Rockmart; daughters, 
Guill D. Bailey of Douglasville and Priscilla Kines of Decatur, Ala.; brother, 
Gordon Lee Dickens, Jr. of Milledgeville; seven grandchildren and two great 
grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday, July 10 at 2 p.m. from the 
Rockmart First United Methodist Church with Rev. David Autry and Rev. Carol 
Cook officiating. Interment followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were 
Richard Guill, Phil Kinney, Andy Williams, Jimmy Davenport, Kirk Bailey, Colin 
Davenport, Gordon Dickens, III and Ronnie Kent. Honorary pallbearers were David 
Williams, Chris Williams, Joel and Ronnie Kent. Honorary pallbearers were David 
Williams, Chris Williams, Joel Williams, Pat Garner, Sam Davenport, Hal 
Davenport and Carl Guill. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rockmart 
First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 152, Rockmart, Ga. 30153, the Pierce 
United Methodist Church, 716 Bollen St., Sparta, Ga. 30187 or Polk County 
Retired Teachers Memorial Wall. The Freeman Harris Funeral Home was in charge 
of the arrangements. (The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, July 17, 2003)


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