Obituaries

Jo Ann Mills

Jo Ann Mills

Jun 18, 2013

Jo Ann Cummings Mills of the Bells Ferry Road, Rome, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, June 18, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Ashburn, Georgia, Jo Ann was born on August 1, 1939, the daughter of the late Joe M. and Viola R. Sumner. Jo Ann was a graduate of Turner County High School in Ashburn, Georgia. Jo...

Margaret Coyle Adams

Margaret Coyle Adams

Jun 9, 2013

Margaret Coyle Nunn Adams, age 97 of Rome, Georgia passed away early Sunday morning, June 9, 2013 at her son's residence in Silver Creek. A native of Jackson County, Georgia, Mrs. Adams was born on March 13, 1916, the daughter of the late Thomas F. Love Nunn and the late Mae Belle Parks Nunn. She had spent the greater part...

Robert Delaney Minge

Robert Delaney Minge

May 27, 2013

Robert D. "Bobby" Minge, age 82, of Rome, passed away on Monday evening, May 27, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Bobby was born on March 2, 1931 the son of the late Robert Lane Minge and the late Margaret Hicks Minge. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was...

Raymond Jerome Touchstone

Raymond Jerome Touchstone

May 26, 2013

Raymond J. Touchstone, age 98, of the Floyd Springs Community, Armuchee, passed away on Sunday night, May 27, 2013 at Oak View Health Care in Summerville, GA. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Touchstone was born on January 7, 1915 the son of the late Grady Jett Touchstone and the late Olyra Vinna Martin Touchstone. Mr. Touchstone had spent the...

Jadie Lee Brock

Jadie Lee Brock

May 21, 2013

Jadie Lee "Pete" Brock, age 91, of the Everett Springs Community, Armuchee, died on Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013 at his residence. A native of Armuchee, Georgia, Mr. Brock was born on July 5, 1921, the son of the late Samuel Gordon Brock and the late Ruth Mae Price Brock. He had spent the greater part of his life in...

Deborah Mae Brown

Deborah Mae Brown

May 21, 2013

Debby Brown of Rome passed away on Tuesday night, May 21, 2013 at a Rome hospital. Funeral services for Debby will be held on Friday afternoon, May 24, 2013 at 2:30 pm from the Parkview Chapel of Fred Talley's Funeral Home with Reverend Horace Stewart officating. Interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday...

James Wilburn Culberson

James Wilburn Culberson

May 19, 2013

James W. "Woody" Culberson, age 78, of #109 Benton Drive, Rome (Garden Lakes Community) passed away on Sunday morning, May 19, 2013 at his home in Rome, Ga. Woody was born on April 11, 1935, the son of the late James and Ida Morrow Culberson. He attended Model High School and was of the Baptist Faith. Woody was a retired...

William Alonzo Johnson

William Alonzo Johnson

May 8, 2013

William A. "Billy" Johnson, Jr. age 74 of Rome, passed away early Wednesday morning, May 8, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Rome, Billy was born on January 4, 1939, the son of the late William A. Johnson, Sr. and the late Emmie Sparks Johnson. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and attended...

Dorothy Ann Howell

Dorothy Ann Howell

May 5, 2013

Dorothy Ann "Dot" Howell, age 83, of Rome passed away on Sunday afternoon, May 5, 2013 at Chulio Hills of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Howell was born on November 19, 1929, the daughter of the late James Claude White and the late Gladys Johnson White. Mrs. Howell spent her entire life in Rome and attended Rome Girls...

Albert Thomas Hardin

Albert Thomas Hardin

May 2, 2013

Albert Thomas "Tommy" Hardin, age 81, of # 56 Rooney Road, Rome passed away Thursday afternoon, May 2, 2013 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mr. Hardin was born on September 18, 1931the son of the late Elbert Cleveland Hardin and the late Lottie Lynn Dutton Hardin. He had spent the greater part of his...

Geneva Lynn Hassler

Geneva Lynn Hassler

Apr 30, 2013

Geneva Hassler, age 90, of Rome passed away on Tuesday morning, April 30, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Dawson County, Georgia, Mrs. Hassler was born on January 12, 1923, the daughter of the late Otis and Sarah Mann Edmondson. Mrs. Hassler had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was of the Baptist faith....

Bettie June Reid

Bettie June Reid

Apr 20, 2013

Bettie June Reid, age 61, of #29 Ridgeview Drive, Silver Creek, Georgia passed away on Saturday afternoon, April 20, 2013, at the residence. Bettie was born on December 11, 1951 the daughter of Alice Lucille Tolbert Hulsey and the late Jessie Edward Hulsey. Bettie had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was a 1967 graduate...

Robert L Cordle

Robert L Cordle

Apr 19, 2013

Colonel Robert Livy (Bob) Cordle, U.S. Air Force Retired, age 82, of Big Texas Valley Road, Rome, GA, passed away April 19, 2013 at Winthrop of Rome. Col. Cordle, born May 23, 1930 in Floyd County, joined the Air Force soon after graduating from Armuchee School in 1947. After serving as an air traffic controller, he completed Officer's Candidate School...

Celia Alice Klardie

Celia Alice Klardie

Apr 14, 2013

Celia Durden Klardie, age 39, of Dunwoody, Georgia, and a former Roman passed away at her residence in Dunwoody. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Celia was born on June 8, 1973, the daughter of Hugh B. and Mabel Bass Durden. Celia was a 1991 graduate of East Rome High School and attended Southern Poly Technical School. Celia attended Mizpah...

Andrew Wesley Dawson

Andrew Wesley Dawson

Apr 14, 2013

Andrew W. "Dub" Dawson, Jr. age 93, a former longtime resident of Briarwood Circle in Summerville Park, Rome, passed away on Sunday morning, April 14, 2013 at Riverwood of Rome. A native of Chattooga County, Mr. Dawson was born on November 27, 1919, the son of the late Andrew Wesley Dawson, Sr. and the late Susan Catherine Johnson Dawson. He...

Elizabeth Ann Jones

Elizabeth Ann Jones

Apr 13, 2013

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Raven Jones, age 93, a long-time resident of the Celanese Community passed away on Saturday morning, April 13, 2013 at Winthrop of Rome. A native of Fayette County, Georgia, Mrs. Jones was born on April 19, 1919, the daughter of the late Joseph Henry Raven and the late Ola Fleming Raven. Mrs. Jones spent the great part...

Doris Eugenia Presley

Doris Eugenia Presley

Apr 5, 2013

Doris Peace Presley, age 88, of Burchfield Drive, Rome, GA, passed away on Friday morning, April 5, 2013 at a Rome hospital. Mrs. Presley was born in Chattooga County, GA, on November 26, 1924, the daughter of the late James Otis Peace and the late Cecil Middleton Peace. She was a graduate of Trion High School and had been a...

David Martin Willis

David Martin Willis

Apr 4, 2013

David M. "Marty" Willis, age 29, of #11 Marble Street, Rome "The Shannon Community" passed away on Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Marty was born on February 14, 1984, the son of David Harlan Willis and Peggy Martin Willis. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County...

Evelyn Wilson

Evelyn Wilson

Apr 2, 2013

Evelyn Trapp Wilson, age 80, of the Little Texas Valley Community, Rome, passed away on Tuesday morning, April 2, 2013 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Wilson was born on July 27, 1932, the daughter of the late Fred and Annie Fay McCain Trapp. Mrs. Wilson had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County...

Lillian Jewell Fricks

Lillian Jewell Fricks

Mar 26, 2013

Lillian Jewell Dean Fricks "Lil", age 77, of the Walker Mountain Road, Rome passed away on Tuesday evening, March 26, 2013 at the home of her daughter in Trion, Georgia. A native of Polk County, Georgia, Mrs. Fricks was born on May 11, 1935, the daughter of the late Paul and Lillie Hovers Hilliard. She had spent the greater part...