Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....McGatha, Winford Joe March 31, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: E. Stephens stephens2247@bellsouth.net January 25, 2007, 11:49 am The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, April 03, 2003 Winford Joe “Joey” McGatha, 33, of 260 Emmett Rd., Cedartown, passed away March 31, 2003. He was born Oct. 23, 1969 in Polk County. Survivors include: wife, Patricia McGatha; children, Tiffiny, Copeland, and Heather McGatha; parents, Oliver and Clara Mae McGatha; sisters, Clarice Welchel, Rita Faye Ledford, Cindy Brown, Gayle Gable, Lisa Ann George, and Denise Warren; and brothers, Dale and Stevie McGatha. Funeral services were conducted Friday, April 4 at 2 p.m. at Valley View Baptist church with Rev. Joey Martin and Rev. R. B. Hulsey officiating. Interment followed in the Valley View church cemetery. Gammage Funeral Home of was in charge of the arrangements. Eva Josephine Cox Bentley, 87, of 3844 Piedmont Hwy., Cedartown passed away Friday, Mar. 21, 2003. She was born Dec. 21, 1915 in Polk County and was one of the oldest members of East View Baptist Church. She was a member of the W.M.U. and the Andrews Sunday School class. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mark and Rachel Ledford Cox; husband, Charlie T. Bentley; and a number of brothers and sisters. Survivors include a son, John Thomas Bentley of Rockmart; daughters, Linda Holbrooks of Cedartown and Nancy Rich of Douglasville; 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Monday, March 24 at 2 p.m. at East View Baptist Church with Rev. Reginald Campbell and Rev. Gene Beck officiating. Interment followed in Northview Cemetery. Pallbearers were Charlie Rich, John Holbrooks, Kent Mathis, Marshall Campbell, Norval Knight and Doug McCray. The Litesey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, April 03, 2003) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/polk/obits/m/mcgatha9362ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb