Obituaries
Joanne Bartel
Jul 6, 2017
Mrs. Vivian Joanne Bartel, age 60, of Cave Spring, GA, passed away on Thursday afternoon, July 6, 2017, in a local hospital. Joanne was born in Rome on February 26, 1957, the daughter of the late Gordon Lee Davis and Vivian Maxine Tucker Davis. She had been a resident of Floyd County her entire life and was a housewife and...
Charles William Boy Martin
Jul 3, 2017
Charles William, "Boy", Martin, age 71, of Kingston, GA, passed away Monday morning, July 3, 2017, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Charles was born on June 18, 1946, the son of the late Charles Lewis Martin and Beatrice Rose Martin. He was associated with Galey and Lord of Shannon, GA, for a number of...
Helen Stowe Tatum
Jun 27, 2017
Mrs. Helen Tatum, age 94, of Rome, GA, formerly of Cave Spring, GA, passed away on June 27, 2017, in a local health care facility. A native of Cave Spring, Helen was born on February 3, 1923, a daughter of the late William Robert Stowe and Lola Bernice Weems Stowe. During World War II she worked in Goodyear Tire Company...
Cherry Kay Mccain
Jun 24, 2017
Ms. Cherry Kay McCain, age 68, of Rome, GA, passed away on Saturday morning, June 24, 2017, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Cherry was born on March 16, 1949, a daughter of the late Fred Thomas McCain and Naomi Alberta Walker McCain. She was a 1967 graduate of Pepperell High School and a faithful...
Joan Rayburn Moats
Jun 8, 2017
Mrs. Joan Rayburn Moats, age 74, of Rome, GA, passed away on Thursday evening, June 8, 2017, following an extended illness. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Joan was born on December 25, 1942, the daughter of the late William Cassell and Stella Cassell Broadway. She was a life-long resident of Rome and was of the Baptist faith. Joan...
Betty Ann Bishop
Jun 5, 2017
Mrs. Betty Ann Quinton Bishop, age 83, of Rome, GA, passed away Monday morning, June 5, 2017, at her residence. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Bishop was born on July 16, 1933, a daughter of the late Hollis Clifford Quinton and Magnolia "Nola" Whitfield Quinton. She was a 1950 graduate of McHenry High School, a member of...
John L. Davidson
Jun 4, 2017
Mr. John L. Davidson, age 95, of Rome, passed away on, Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the Renaissance Marquis assisted living facility. It was Mr. Davidson's wish to be cremated and for his family to have a private memorial service followed by a private scattering ceremony. The staff of Salmon Funeral Home and Cremation Services are honored to serve the...
Phillip Hugh Williams
Jun 1, 2017
Mr. Phillip Hugh Williams, age 62, of Rome, GA, passed away suddenly on Wednesday afternoon, May 31, 2017. Phillip was born in Atlanta, GA, on September 6, 1954, a son of Jay Hugh Williams and the late Mary Alice Toles Williams. He was a graduate of Coosa High School and received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Shorter College. For...
Audrey Mathis Phelps
May 29, 2017
Audrey Mathis Phelps, 94, of Rome, passed away at Riverwood Remembrance Village on May 29, 2017 after an extended battle with Dementia/Alzheimer's. Mrs. Phelps was born on March 18, 1923 in Ellijay, Georgia, daughter of the late Ben and Lissie Mathis. She was a faithful member of Friendship Baptist Church and served in many areas. She spent a number of...
Ray Carroll Pop Owens
May 29, 2017
Mr. Ray Carroll "Pop" Owens, age 83, of Rome, passed away on Monday morning, May 29, 2017, following a brief illness. Ray was born on Little Sand Mountain in Chattooga County, GA, on February 28, 1934, a son of the late William Leonard "W.L." Owens and Bertha Caldwell Owens. He had lived most of his life in Rome and Floyd...
Cecil M. Carney
May 28, 2017
Mr. Cecil M. Carney, age 79, of Sanford, FL, formerly of Rome, GA, died Sunday May 28, 2017, in Florida. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Cecil was born on March 23, 1938, a son of the late William Madison Carney and Lillie Elizabeth Ely Carney. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and a member of...
Barbara Ann Taylor
May 27, 2017
Barbara Ann Jackson Taylor, age 81, transitioned peacefully after an extended illness on May 27, 2017. Mrs. Taylor was born March 8, 1936, in Guntersville, AL, daughter of Tom W. Jackson and Katie M. Jackson Guice. Mrs. Taylor grew up in Guntersville and moved to Calhoun, GA, with her mother in 1952. At the time of her marriage to Henry...
Patsy Kay Witt
May 27, 2017
Ms. Patsy Kay Witt, age 72, of Rome, GA, died Saturday, May 27, 2017, following an extended illness. Ms. Witt was born January 15, 1945, in St. Charles, Virginia, daughter of the late Joseph Hayes Smith and Beulah Mae McFarland Smith. Until her retirement Ms. Witt had been employed with Floyd Medical Center in Guest Relations. Ms. Witt had a...
Antonietto T. Colello
May 16, 2017
Mrs. Antonietta T. Colello, age 92, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday evening, May 16, 2017, in her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Colello was born in Valsinni Matera, Italy, on May 29, 1924, a daughter of the late Carmine Truncellito and Rosalia Sinisalch Truncellito. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for most of...
Richard Scott Cooper
May 14, 2017
Robert Scott Cooper, II, age 21, of Rome, GA, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017/ A private memorial service for Robert will be held at a later date. The staff of Salmon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Robert Scott Cooper, II.
Doris C. Zafra
May 11, 2017
Mrs. Doris C. Zafra, age, 75, of Rome, passed away on, Thursday, May 11 2017, in a local hospital. It was her wish to be cremated. The family will have a private memorial service at a later date in the outer banks of North Carolina. She is survived by her husband, Juan Zafra of 29 years who misses her very...
Eugenia Lanelle Bradshaw
May 11, 2017
Eugenia Lanelle Bradshaw, age 89, of Rome, passed away on, Thursday, May 11, 2017 in a local hospital. Eugenia was born in Floyd County on, July 31, 1927, daughter of the late Cary James Horton and Ella Mae Sparks Horton. Mrs. Bradshaw graduated from Model High School in 1944. She was a homemaker and lived her entire life in Floyd...
Holly Suzanne Marenic
May 8, 2017
Holly Suzanne Marenic, age 20, of Rome, GA, made her Heavenly flight home on Monday afternoon, May 8, 2017, from the Scottish Rites Children's Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Holly was born in Rome on June 12, 1996, the daughter of Kimberly Marenic and Ray Brown, Jr. She had been a resident Rome and Floyd County her entire life and was...
William Allen Pops Routt
May 3, 2017
Mr. William Allen 'Pops' Routt, age 71, of Rome, GA, passed away on Wednesday evening, May 3, 2017. Pops was born in Soddy, TN, on August 7, 1945, a son of the late Jack Allen Routt and Ruth Alice Lasley Routt. He was an entrepreneur, starting and managing several local businesses, most recently, CrossFit Chariot of Rome. Pops was a...
Allie Sue Patterson
May 2, 2017
Mrs. Allie Sue Patterson, age 81, of Freeman Ferry Road, Rome, GA, died Tuesday morning, May 2, 2017, following an extended illness. Mrs. Patterson was born April 16, 1936, in Bartow County, GA, daughter of the late Herman S. Reeves and Ida Mae Lowery Reeves. Until her retirement Mrs. Patterson was associated with Walmart in their Deli Department. Mrs. Patterson...
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