Obituaries

Shirley Colynn Hardin

Shirley Colynn Hardin

Aug 26, 2013

Shirley Chapman Hardin, age 78, of # 3 Gregory Drive, West Rome, passed away on Monday morning, August 26, 2013 at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Shirley was born on July 29, 1935 the daughter the late Leonard and Annie Busby Chapman. Shirley was a life long resident of Rome and was a graduate of Coosa High School....

Jay Donald Easterling

Jay Donald Easterling

Aug 16, 2013

Jay Donald Easterling, II, age 38, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away August 16, 2013 in Jacksonville. Jay was born in Rome, Georgia on June 20, 1975, the son of Jay Donald Easterling and Johnnie Johnson Easterling. Survivors include his wife, Angelina J. Easterling of Jacksonville; his father, J. Donald Easterling of Statesville North Carolina, his mother, Johnnie Johnson Easterling of...

Delorres Dean Hightower

Delorres Dean Hightower

Aug 13, 2013

Delorres Dean "Dee" Hightower, age 72, of the Moran Lake Road, Rome passed away on Tuesday afternoon, August 13, 2013 in a Rome hospital. A native of Ryan, Oklahoma, Dee was born on November 10, 1940, the daughter of the late Daris and Orhelen Adams Coats. Dee attended Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi, Texas and had been a...

Guyton Dial Selman

Guyton Dial Selman

Aug 7, 2013

Guyton Dial "Guy" Selman, age 91, of Rome passed away early Wednesday morning, August 7, 2013 in a Rome hospital. A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Mr. Selman was born on July 31, 1922, the son of the late John D. and Ollie Chapman Selman. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was of the...

Marilyn Margaret Davis

Marilyn Margaret Davis

Aug 6, 2013

Marilyn M. Davis, age 90 of #21 Albion Drive, SW, Rome passed away early Tuesday morning, August 6, 2013 at Winthrop of Rome. A native of Englewood, Tennessee, Mrs. Davis was born on August 5, 1923, the daughter of the late Eonley and Sara Jane Bledsoe Miller. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was...

Fannie Dorris Chambers

Fannie Dorris Chambers

Aug 4, 2013

Dorris Wade Dobbs Chambers, age 93, of the Old Summerville Road, Rome, passed away on Sunday afternoon, August 4, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Mrs. Chambers was born on May 8, 1920 the daughter of the late Arthur Shamblin Wade and the late Annis Rudd Wade. She had spent the greater part of her...

Ruby Sullins

Ruby Sullins

Aug 1, 2013

Ruby Arnold Sullins, Age 91, of Rome passed away on Thursday morning, August 1, 2013 at Fifth Avenue HeathCare. A native of Whitfield County, Georgia, Mrs. Sullins was born on December 9, 1921, the daughter of the late John Wesley Arnold and the late Cordelia Long Arnold. Mrs. Sullins spent the greater part of her life in Rome and Floyd...

Nancy Carol Easterling

Nancy Carol Easterling

Jul 29, 2013

Nancy Carol Oaks Easterling, age 67, of Romulus, Michigan and a former Roman, passed away early Monday morning, July 29, 2013 in a Rome hospital. Mrs. Easterling was born on May 3, 1946 in Paris, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Chester Lee Oaks and the late Catherine McMinn Oaks. Mrs. Easterling attended Armuchee High School and was a homemaker....

Barbara Janice Fowler

Barbara Janice Fowler

Jul 21, 2013

Barbara Janice Barton Fowler, age 74, of the Rosedale Community, passed away Sunday night, July 21, 2013 in a Rome Hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Fowler was born on September 8, 1938, the daughter of the late Thomas Leonard Barton and the late Idell Miller Barton. Mrs. Fowler was a 1957 graduate of Armuchee High School and was...

Evelyn Jeanette Maynor

Evelyn Jeanette Maynor

Jul 21, 2013

Evelyn Jeanette Maynor, age 71, of Kingston GA. passed away Sunday afternoon, July 21, 2013 in a Rome hospital. A native of Bartow County, GA. Mrs. Maynor was born on December 15, 1941, the daughter of the late Charles Raymond Jenkins and the late Mary Francis Kell. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and...

Charles Edward Earle

Charles Edward Earle

Jul 20, 2013

Charles Edward Earle, Sr. of Rome, passed away July 20, 2013 in a Rome Hospital at the age of eighty three after a brief illness. Mr. Earle was born on August 2, 1929, in the Everett Springs community of Floyd County to the late Malcolm Landrum Earle and the late Pearl Davis Earle. He had spent the greater part of...

Linda Joyce Larch

Linda Joyce Larch

Jul 18, 2013

Linda "Linnie" Larch, age 64, of Rome, Georgia passed away on Thursday night, July 18, 2013 at Cedar Hills Assisted Living in Cedartown, GA. Linda was born on August 25, 1948 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of the late Robert T. and Margaret Alma Reiger Larch. She was a graduate of Sam Houston High School in Houston, TX. And attended...

Tony Williams

Tony Williams

Jul 16, 2013

Tony Williams, age 73, of Ocklawaha, Florida passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in a Rome Georgia hospital. A native of New Cumberland, West Virginia, Mr. Williams was born on October 10, 1939 the son of the late William and Sarah Elizabeth Reese Williams. Mr. Williams was visiting his daughter and son-in-law, Toni and Randy Couey of Kingston at...

Stephen Mark Williams

Stephen Mark Williams

Jul 15, 2013

Stephen Mark "Steve" Williams, age 55, of Rome passed away on Monday night, July 15, 2013 in Rome. A native of Floyd County, Steve was born on August 7, 1957, the son of J. Hugh and Mary Alice Toles Williams. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and Floyd County and was a 1975 graduate of...

Lelah Allen

Lelah Allen

Jul 15, 2013

Mrs. Lelah M. Allen, age 88, of Happy Valley, Oregon and a former resident of Rome passed away on Monday, July 15, 2013 in Oregon. Mrs. Allen was born in Darby, Montana, February 26, 1925, the daughter of the late William and Florence Paddock Tessler. Mrs. Allen, the widow of Robert M. Allen had been a resident of Oregon since...

Barbara Eades Gheesling

Barbara Eades Gheesling

Jul 12, 2013

Mrs. Barbara Cathcart Eades Gheesling, age 81, of Appling, Georgia, beloved wife of Mr. Alton Gheesling, died Friday, July 12, 2013, in Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. Mrs. Eades-Gheesling was a native of Fulton County, but had lived in Appling for many years. She was retired from the New Life Christian Book Stores as President, She was a member of...

Elbert Monroe Boswell

Elbert Monroe Boswell

Jul 6, 2013

Elbert M. Boswell, age 87, of#244 Woodridge Drive, Calhoun, Georgia and a former long resident of the Shannon Community, passed away Saturday night, July 6, 2013 at the residence in Calhoun. A native of Bartow County, Georgia Mr. Boswell was born on December 6, 1925, the son of the late Richard King Boswell and the late Annie Marie Freeman Boswell....

Ernest Eugene Burch

Ernest Eugene Burch

Jul 2, 2013

Ernest E. "Pop" Burch, age 80, of #450 Gazelle Dew Road, Armuchee, GA. passed away on Tuesday night, July 2, 2013 at a Rome hospital from complications of a rattlesnake bite. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Burch was born on December 1, 1932, the son of the late Lester Milligan Burch and the late Clemmie Pearl Turner Burch. He...

James Ladelle Landers

James Ladelle Landers

Jun 27, 2013

James Ladelle Landers, Sr., age 68 of Villa Rica, Georgia and a former residence of Armuchee, GA. died Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, GA. Ladelle was born July 27, 1944 in Floyd County, GA., the son of the late James Middleton Landers and the late Vivian Wilson Landers. He was a 1962 graduate of Armuchee...

Thomas D Hash

Thomas D Hash

Jun 22, 2013

Thomas D. "Tom" Hash, age 76, of the Old Dalton Road, Rome, passed away early Saturday morning, June 22, 2013, at the residence. Mr. Hash was a native of Quebeck, TN, born on March 12, 1937, the son of the late Elmer S. and Nana Lou Terry Hash. Mr. Hash had been a resident of Rome since 1979, moving here...