Obituaries
Doris Jean Cantrell
Jun 8, 2019
Mrs. Doris Jean Cantrell, age 85, of Rome, GA, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Cantrell was born February 28, 1934, a daughter of the late James Hugh White and Delia Blanche Davis White Evans. She was a graduate of Model High School and was associated with Sears...
Ronald Alan Ronnie Koehler, Sr.
Jun 3, 2019
Mr. Ronald Alan "Ronnie" Koehler, Sr., age 57, of Rome, GA, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2019. Ronnie was born in Chicago, IL, on August 3, 1961, son of Betty Dodd Koehler Julian and the late Donald Edward Koehler. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd the greater part of his life and was a master welder....
Samuel Orris Sam Freeman
May 28, 2019
Mr. Samuel Orris 'Sam' Freeman, age 95 of Rome , Ga passed away on May 28, 2019 at Townsend Park Health and Rehab in Cartersville, GA. Sam was born in Jones County, GA on July 27, 1923 son of the late William McClayton Freeman and Bertha Waits Freeman. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for 18...
Phillip David Chunky Smith
May 8, 2019
Phillip David "Chunky" Smith, age 57, of Rome, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Phil was born in Leominster, MA, on May 5, 1962, a son of Elmer David and Maurine Tribble Smith. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rome and Floyd County and was a member of Dykes Creek Baptist Church. "Chunky" was associated...
Sara Evelyn Reeves
Apr 3, 2019
Mrs. Sara Evelyn Reeves, age 86, of Rome, GA, passed away Wednesday morning, April 3, 2019. Evelyn was born in Plainville, GA, on May 5, 1932, daughter of the late Daniel Webster Stephens and Maggie Van Dyke Stephens. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life. Prior to retirement in the...
Carolyn Eugenia Stansell
Apr 1, 2019
Mrs. Carolyn Eugenia Stansell, age 92, of Rome, passed away on, Monday, April 1, 2019. The family had a private funeral service at Mizpah United Methodist Church and interment followed in the church cemetery. The staff of Salmon Funeral Home was honored to serve the family of Mrs. Carolyn Eugenia Stansell.
Fielding (Hight) Stutts
Apr 1, 2019
Mrs. Fielding Hight Stutts of 48 Bellemont Drive, S.W., Rome, GA. passed away at her residence on Monday, April 1st, 2019. Fielding was born on August 21, 1952, in Rome, Ga. and was the daughter of the late Gordon Lee Hight, Jr. and Kathleen Stewart Hight. She graduated from the Thornwood School for Girls and attended Stetson College, Deland, FL....
Mary Ann Earle
Mar 30, 2019
Mary Ann Penn Earle, 88, of Rome, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the William Breman Jewish Home in Atlanta after a few years of declining health. She was born in Rome, GA on May 31st, 1930 and was the daughter of the late Herman Stuart Penn and Mary Elizabeth Gaines Penn. In addition to her parents, she...
Jeffrey Wayne Jeff Davis
Mar 24, 2019
Mr. Jeffrey Wayne "Jeff" Davis, age 61, of Cave Spring, GA, passed away on Sunday morning, March 24, 2019. Jeff was born in Detroit, MI, on August 9, 1957, son of the late Gilbert J. "Sam" Davis, Jr., and Vivian Pruitt Davis Poole. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of his life...
Juanita Ann Garrett
Mar 18, 2019
Mrs. Juanita Ann Burch Garrett, age 93, of Rome, GA, formerly of Huntsville, AL, passed away peacefully at her residence on Monday morning, March 18, 2019. Nita, as most people knew her, was born on February 25, 1926, in Covington, VA, daughter of the late Bessie and William W. Burch. She married the love of her life, Robert Shirey Garrett,...
Betty Sue Smith
Mar 11, 2019
Mrs. Betty Sue McNew Smith, age 80, of Northside Drive the Coosa Community, passed away on Monday afternoon, March 11, 2019, following an extended illness. Mrs. Smith was born May 18, 1938 in Rome, GA, daughter of the late J.M. McNew and Avey Ester Gilreath McNew. Until her retirement in the late 1990s, Mrs. Smith had been a Millworker and...
Thomas Elliott Duke Watkins
Feb 26, 2019
Mr. Thomas E. "Duke" Watkins, age 80, of Rome, GA, passed away on Tuesday evening, February 26, 2019, in a local hospital. Duke was born in Washington, DC, on May 18, 1938, son of the late Roy N. Watkins and Addie C. Rogers Watkins. He grew up in Anderson, SC, and attended Clemson University, Anderson University and University of South...
Ruth Alexander
Feb 22, 2019
Ciba Ruth Stone Alexander, 88, of Rome, GA, passed away following a lengthy illness on Friday, February 22, 2019, at her daughters home in Panama City Beach, FL. Ruth, the youngest daughter of the late Landon Tucker Stone and Annie Etta Youngblood Stone, was born March 6, 1930. Ruth was also preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Samuel Alexander,...
Mildred Inez Wheat
Feb 19, 2019
Mrs. Mildred Inez Wheat, age 92, of Rome, GA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Tuesday morning, February 19, 2019. Mrs. Wheat was born in Okeechobee County, FL, on April 24, 1926, a daughter of the late Charles Tilman Martin Sr. and Radie Lou Burns Martin. She was raised in Dalton, GA, and moved to Rome in...
Donald B. Henry
Feb 18, 2019
Mr. Donald B. Henry, age 81, formerly of Rome, GA, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019, in Sylvester, GA. Don was born in Indianapolis, IN, on February 25, 1937, son of the late Willard L Henry and Eunice Fern Ryan Henry. He was instrumental in bringing the Lobster restaurant to Rome and managed it for several years. Don was...
John Grant Self
Feb 17, 2019
John Grant Self (age 89) went to be present with the Lord on Sunday, February 17, 2019, while held by his wife and children. He was born in 1929 in Floyd County, Georgia. John spent his younger years as the child of a farming family and as a student of the Model Schools. Mr. Self graduated Model High in 1948...
Sanford Samuel Sandy Taylor
Feb 9, 2019
Sanford Samuel "Sandy" Taylor, age 97, of Rome, GA, passed away Saturday evening, February 9, 2019 in an Alabama healthcare facility. Mr. Taylor was born on August 22, 1921, in Bartow County, GA, a son of the late Jesse Taylor and Azzie Lanham Taylor. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd the greater part of his life and...
Greer Fay Brock
Feb 8, 2019
Ms. Greer Fay Brock, age 75, of Rome, GA, passed away on Friday evening, February 8, 2019. A native and lifelong resident of Rome and Floyd County, Ms. Brock was born on August 12, 1943, a daughter of the late Charles Thomas Craton, Jr., and Flossie Mae Greer Craton. She was a graduate of West Rome High School and received...
Phillip Lane Mcentire
Feb 7, 2019
Phillip Lane McEntire, age 56, of Calhoun, GA passed away on Thursday evening, February 7, 2019 in a local hospital. Phillip was born in Rome, GA on November 2, 1962. Son of Charles Walker McEntire, Jr and Mattie Louise Riggins McEntire. In addition to his parents, Phillip is survived by his wife, Tara Zann Jefferson McEntire whom he married on...
Betty Thacker Sapp
Jan 28, 2019
Betty Thacker Sapp, age 93, passed away, January 28, 2019, at Redmond Hospital surrounded by her family. Mrs. Sapp was born April 19, 1925 in Rome, GA. to James DeWitt Thacker and Mattie Conn Thacker Johnson. Mrs. Sapp was preceeded in death by her husband of 67 years, Joseph Fredrick Sapp Jr. and brothers James Dewitt Thacker Jr. and Bradley...





