Obituaries

Edna May Talley

Edna May Talley

Apr 1, 2014

Edna May Gordon Talley, age 75, of Rome passed away on Tuesday morning, April 1, 2014 at a Rome hospital. Edna was born on December 4, 1938, in Whitfield County, GA, the daughter of the late Dorsey and Flora May Shelton Gordon. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life and...

Elizabeth E Higgins

Elizabeth E Higgins

Mar 31, 2014

Elizabeth Amy Elaine Rhodes Todd Higgins, age 63, of Rome, GA, died Monday afternoon, March 31, 2014, in a local health care facility. Mrs. Higgins was born in Marietta, GA, on April 24, 1950, the daughter of Henry Grady Higgins and the late Katie Brewer Higgins. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the past 29...

Eula Belle Rickman

Eula Belle Rickman

Mar 23, 2014

Mrs. Eula Belle "Jo" Rickman, age 82, of Rome, GA, passed away on Sunday afternoon, March 23, 2014, at the residence. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Rickman was born on February 1, 1932, the daughter of the late George Alexander Holcomb and Reathy Elzora Haney Holcomb. Prior to retirement she was the office manager for Dr. Tom...

Robert Carlton Berry

Robert Carlton Berry

Mar 22, 2014

Robert C. "Bobby" Berry, age 79, of Cedar Bluff, AL, formerly of Rome, GA, passed away on Saturday evening, March 22, 2014, in Centre, Alabama. Mr. Berry was born in Floyd County, GA, on May 3, 1934, the son of the late Ewell and Cora Martin Berry. He had been a resident of Rome for most of his life, moving...

James Benjamin Humphries

James Benjamin Humphries

Mar 20, 2014

Mr. James Benjamin "J.B." (Uncle B) Humphries, Sr., passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Humphries was born in Floyd County, GA, on December 27, 1952, the son of the late James L. Humphries and Gladys Patterson Humphries. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County all his life and was a...

Beverly Juanita Carden

Beverly Juanita Carden

Mar 15, 2014

Beverly Juanita Carden, longtime resident of Roswell, GA, and Rome, GA, died at her residence March 15, 2014. She was 72 and succeeded to heart failure following a brief illness. Beverly was born in Cartersville, GA, on January 13, 1942 to Ernest Watson Jenkins and Opal Floyce Daniel Jenkins. She was married to Samuel F. Carden and blessed with the...

Patsy Jane Buffington

Patsy Jane Buffington

Feb 26, 2014

Patsy Murdock Buffington, age 80, of Leland, North Carolina, and a former resident of Rome and Lavonia, Georgia passed away on Wednesday evening, February 26, 2014, in Leland, North Carolina. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Mrs. Buffington was born on February 6, 1934, the daughter of the late Ray and Edna Mae Peace Murdock. She was a graduate of...

Alton John A.J Rountree

Alton John A.J Rountree

Feb 16, 2014

Alton John (A.J.) Rountree, age 77, of Armuchee, GA., died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Winthrop Health and Rehabilitation following a sudden illness. A.J. was born in Floyd County on July 30, 1936 to the late W.H. Rountree and Alba Hawkins Rountree. He enjoyed playing the guitar and listening to country music. He retired from General Electric. He is a...

Edwin Hoyt Abbott

Edwin Hoyt Abbott

Jan 30, 2014

Edwin Hoyt "Abb" Abbott, age 76, of Rome, Georgia passed away on Thursday morning, January 30, 2014, at a local hospital. Mr. Abbott was born in Chattooga County, GA, on Novembe 5, 1937, the son of the late Ellis Hoyt Abbott and Annie Dell Bridges Abbott. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County all his life and...

Bobby Ross Mobbs

Bobby Ross Mobbs

Jan 30, 2014

Mr. Bobby Ross Mobbs, age 78, of 554-B Floyd Springs Road, Rome, GA, died Thursday, January 30, 2014. Funeral services for Mr. Mobbs will be held on Sunday afternoon, February 2, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. in the Parkview Chapel of Fred Talley's Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Oaknoll Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Fred Talley's...

Margaret Evelyn Carver

Margaret Evelyn Carver

Jan 25, 2014

Mrs. Margaret Evelyn Carver, age 90, of Rome, GA, died Saturday morning, January 25, 2014, at Floyd Medical Center after a short illness. Mrs. Carver was born in Bartow County, February 2, 1923, daughter of the late Jesse and Azzie Lanham Taylor and lived in Rome and Floyd County most of her life. Mrs. Carver worked in sales and had...

Henry David Lindsey

Henry David Lindsey

Jan 17, 2014

Mr. Henry David Lindsey, age 89, of Cedartown, GA, died Friday evening, January 17, 2014. Mr. Lindsey was born on December 31, 1924, in Stilesboro, GA, the son of the late Lester Lindsey, Sr., and Ida Mae Dudley Lindsey. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp having served during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Mr....

Henriette Pauline Crowe

Henriette Pauline Crowe

Jan 6, 2014

Henriette P. "Henny" Crowe, age 88, of Rome, passed away on Monday morning, January 6, 2014 at a Rome hospital. Mrs. Crowe was born on June 15, 1925, in Holyoke, Mass., the daughter of the late Charles J. and Virginia Canse DeDeurwaerder. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life and...

Linda Joan Mckelvey

Linda Joan Mckelvey

Jan 5, 2014

Mrs. Linda Joan McKelvey, age 68, of Rome, GA, died Sunday, January 5, 2014, in a local hospital. Mrs. McKelvey was born in Centre, AL, on August 18, 1945, the daughter of the late Roy ManlyGarmany Sr. and Lillian Lois Knight GarmanyRedditt. She had been a resident of Floyd County since 1994, moving here from Florida. Prior to retirement in...

Namon Adams Wiseman

Namon Adams Wiseman

Jan 4, 2014

Namon Adams Wiseman, age 82, affectionately known by many as "Coach" or "PawPaw", passed away on January 4th, 2014, with his family by his side. Mr. Wiseman was born in Rome on November 18, 1931, son of the late George Dewey Wiseman and Lydia Adams Wiseman. Mr. Wiseman graduated from Rome High School in 1952 and played for the Rome...

John Daymon Davis

John Daymon Davis

Jan 2, 2014

Mr. John Daymon Davis, age 73, of Rome, GA, died Thursday morning, January 2, 2014, in a local healthcare facility. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mr. Davis was born on October 7th, 1940, the son of the late William Damon Davis and Grace Hall Davis. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County almost all his...

Alix Olivia Pratt

Alix Olivia Pratt

Dec 31, 2013

Alix Pratt, age 11, daughter of Carlita Adams Pratt and Durando Pratt, of Lavonia, GA, formerly of Rome, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at Egleston Hospital of Atlanta. A native of Rome, Alix was born on August 30, 2002 the daughter of Carlita Adams Pratt and Durando L. Pratt. She was a student North Hart Elementary and a former student...

William Gordon Aycock

William Gordon Aycock

Dec 30, 2013

William "Gordon" Aycock, Jr. age 69, of 85 Sam Harris Road, NE Rome, passed away on Monday morning, December 30, 2013, at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Aycock was born on February 2, 1944, the son of the late William Gordon Aycock, Sr. and the late Beulah Mae Broom Aycock. Mr. Aycock had spent the greater...

Louise E Hodo

Louise E Hodo

Dec 28, 2013

Louise E. Hodo, age 95, of Rome passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Hodo was born on April 12, 1918, the daughter of the late Edward Stewart and the late Lillian Heist Cone. She had spent the great part of her life in Floyd County and attended Riverside Baptist Church....

Patricia Marlene Burch

Patricia Marlene Burch

Dec 25, 2013

Patricia Marlene "Memaw" Touchstone Burch, of Everett Springs, died peacefully in her sleep on Christmas morning, 2013, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was the daughter of the late Lloyd Touchstone and the late Myrtle Kelly Touchstone Stanfield of Shannon, GA. She was married for 62 years to the late Ernest Burch of Everett Springs. Mrs. Burch and...