Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
James Tommy Fincher
Mar 16, 2013
James Tommy Fincher, Sr., age 75, of the Booger Hollow Road, Lindale, passed away Saturday morning, March 16, 2013, at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Mr. Fincher was born on December 19, 1937, the son of the late Henry T. and Bertha Barton Fincher. Mr. Fincher was of the Baptist faith and was a graduate of...
Mary Elizabeth Nelson
Mar 14, 2013
Mary Nelson, age 66, of Blarney Way, Kingston, GA, passed away Thursday evening, March 14, 2013, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Nelson was born on December 12, 1946, the daughter of the late Kenneth Pilcher and the late Elizabeth Sizemore Pilcher. She had attended Model High School and was a housewife and homemaker....
Opal Ruth Edwards
Mar 12, 2013
Mrs. Opal Ruth Carver Free Edwards, age 80, of Bent Creek Drive, Rome, GA, the Gardens Lakes Community, died Tuesday afternoon, March 12, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Edwards was born on October 27, 1932, in Cleburne County, AL, the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Carver and the late Eula Mae Moore Carver. She had spent the greater part...
Bobby Joe Sikes
Mar 12, 2013
Bobby Joe Sikes, age 76, of 350 Addington Drive, Rome, GA, died early, Tuesday morning, March 12, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Sikes was born in Cherokee County, AL, on March 10, 1937, the son of the late Jimmy David Sikes and the late Jewell Sikes Land. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rome and Floyd...
Gladys Wheeler
Mar 6, 2013
Gladys Dew Wheeler, age 88, of Rome and a former long-time resident of the Everett Springs Community, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 6, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Wheeler was born on July 30, 1924, the daughter of the late Hammond and Mattie White Dew. Mrs. Wheeler had spent the greater part of...
Audrey A Earle
Feb 27, 2013
Audrey Williams Earle, age 78, of 4092 Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, GA. passed away Wednesday night, February 27, 2013 at the residence. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Earle was born on December 26, 1934, the daughter of the late Merl Vasser Williams and the late Evie Wood Williams. Mrs. Earle was a 1955 graduate of Armuchee High School...
Hazel Lee Ingram
Feb 25, 2013
Hazel L. Ingram, age 88, of Rome passed away Monday afternoon, February 25, 2013 at Winthrop Court of Rome. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Ingram was born on December 24, 1924, the daughter of the late James Loye Williams and the late Vergie Lee Comer Williams. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and...
Robert Lee Smith
Feb 25, 2013
Robert Lee "Bob" Smith, age 68, of the Sleepy Hollow Road, Cave Spring, GA. passed away early Monday morning, February 25, 2013 at the residence. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Bob was born on October 11, 1944, the son of the late Leonce Lee Trahan and the late Carrie Elizabeth Strosnider Trahan. Bob was a graduate of Damascus High School...





