Mrs. Elizabeth Quarles Carlton, age 95 of Rockmart passed away Tuesday evening, May 21, 2019. Mrs. Carlton was born January 12, 1924 in Ball Ground, daughter of the late Frank Quarles and the late Georgia Worley Quarles. She was a graduate of Berry College with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics. Mrs. Carlton began her teaching career at Rockmart High School, and upon her marriage began working in the family business, Carlton’s Department Store, for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rockmart where she was a former director of the Adult 3 Sunday School Class, worked with the College & Career Sunday School Class and was active in the WMU program. Mrs. Carlton was a devoted grandmother and enjoyed cooking, traveling and being outdoors, especially gardening and working with her flowers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, E.W. (Bill) Carlton, Jr. on August 27, 2014; and a brother, Thomas Quarles. Survivors include three sons, Ken Carlton of Rockmart, Bob Carlton and Dan Carlton and his wife Misty all of Rome; two sisters, Evelyn England and her husband Ed of Marietta and Mary Douglas of Dublin; four grandchildren, Jeff Carlton, Davis Carlton, Katie Carlton and Callie Carlton; three great-grandchildren, Logan Carlton, Tillman Carlton and Laney Beth Carlton; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Carlton will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Rockmart with Dr. Bill Heaton officiating. A eulogy will be given by Mr. Ken Carlton. Interment services will follow in the family lot of Rose Hill Cemetery. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Danny Stanford, Kyle Trout, Scott Kinney, Allen Bullard, Mike McRae and Alan McRae.
The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday prior to the service from 11:00 a.m. until the funeral hour. Floral donations will be accepted, or those wishing to do so may make memorial contributions to the First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 388, Rockmart GA 30153 in memory of Mrs. Carlton. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Quarles Carlton. (Freeman Harris Funeral Home, Website, May, 2019)