Ms. Alice Marie Boatner, age 71 of Cedartown, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2011. She was born on May 29, 1939 in Cedartown, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mallory and Edna Stone Welchel.

Ms. Boatner is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Watha and Arnie Gokey; son and daughter-in-law, Rev. Robert Gerald Boatner, Jr. and Shannon; uncle, Charles Stone; grandchildren, Brandy Wayne Brady, Cassie Marie Boatner, Briana Leigh Boatner, and six step grandchildren.

Ms. Boatner is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Gerald Boatner, Sr.; sister, Faye Nichols and brother, Frankie Welchel.

The funeral arrangements for Marie Boatner will be conducted on Monday, May 16, 2011 at three o'clock in the afternoon in the chapel of the Gammage Funeral Home with Rev. Bud Davis and Rev. Barry McCullough officiating.

Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family of Ms. Boatner will receive family and friends on Sunday, May 15, 2011 from six o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock in the evening at the Gammage Funeral Home.

Ricky Nichols, Clay O'Neal, Nick O'Neal, Chip Welchel, Michael Palmer, Bruce Golden, Joey Cuzzort, and Chuck Gaylor will serve as pallbearers. Walter Wise will serve as a Honorary Pallbearer.

Please express your condolences to the family by signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.

The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Ms. Alice Marie Boatner.