Obituaries
Harold Clayton Mathis
Jun 6, 2012
Harold Clayton "Clay" Mathis, age 72, of the Youngs Mill Road, Kingston, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 6th, 2012 at his residence Mr. Mathis was born in Floyd County on December 4th, 1939, the son of the late William Harold Mathis and the late Fannie Lou Byars Mathis. He has spent the greater part of his life in Floyd...
Delma Gean Shelton
Jun 3, 2012
Delma Gean Brown Shelton, age 78, of the Bells Ferry Road, Rome, passed away on Sunday afternoon, June 3rd, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of North Carolina, Mrs. Shelton was born on December 30th, 1933, the daughter of the late Thad and Fannie Mae Brown. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was...
Barbara Ann Johnson
Jun 1, 2012
Barbara Ann Towe Johnson of New Albany, Indiana and a native of Armuchee Georgia died on June 1st, 2012 in Indiana. Mrs. Johnson was born on September 11th, 1937 in Floyd County. She was preceded in death by her Father, Frank C. Towe and her Mother, Gertrude Watkins Towe Walters and a sister, Betty Jo Towe Kerrick. She was a...
Richard Dodd
May 31, 2012
Richard "Bird Dog" Dodd, Jr., age 77, of Rome, GA, died Thursday, May 31, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Dodd was born in Leesburg, AL, on March 9, 1935, the son of the late Richard Dodd, Sr. and the late Bessie Herrin Dodd. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the past 70 years and...
Richard Martin Prater
May 27, 2012
Richard M. Prater, age 81, of Rome, Georgia passed away earlier at this residence. Mr. Prater was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on October 13th, 1930 the son of the late Arthur M. and Margaret Moore Prater. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was a graduate of McHenry High School. Mr. Prater was a...
Troy Farmer
May 14, 2012
Troy Farmer, Jr. age 74, of #78 Lynn Drive, Rome, passed away on Monday morning, May 14th, 2012 at the residence. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mr. Farmer was born on February 24th, 1938, the son of the late Troy Farmer, Sr. and the late Dorothy Elizabeth King Farmer. He attended the University of Georgia and Floyd Junior...
Waunel Hall
Apr 28, 2012
Waunel Murray "Winnie" Hall, age 74 of #509 East 11th Street, Rome, passed away on Saturday evening, April 28th, 2012, at Chulio Hills of Rome, GA A native of Blackshear, GA. Mrs. Hall was born on September 12th, 1937, the daughter of the late James B. and Hulda Johnson Murray. Mrs. Hall was a 1957 graduate of Blackshear Georgia High...
Bruce Raymond Bourne
Apr 19, 2012
Mr. Bruce Bourne, age 78, of the Martha Berry Highway, Rome, passed away early Thursday morning, April 19th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Rome, GA., Mr. Bourne was born on September 24th, 1933, the son of the late Raymond Y. and Margaret Clement Bourne. He had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County and was...
Mary Alice Banks
Apr 18, 2012
Alice B. Banks, age 79, of the Miller Mountain Road, Lindale, passed away on Wednesday morning, April 18th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Mrs. Banks was born on February 4th, 1933, the daughter the late Coleman and Hattie Bohannon Bryant. She was a homemaker and for a period of time was associated with the...
John David Miller
Apr 17, 2012
John David Miller, age 81, of North Fifth Avenue, Rome, passed away on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. Mr. Miller was born on March 6th, 1931,was a 10 year resident of Rome and was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. A Memorial service fro Mr. Miller will be held on Monday evening, April 30th, 2012 at 7 o'clock at...
Stephen Ray Willerson
Apr 15, 2012
Mr. Stephen Ray "Steve" Willerson, United States Navy Retired, age 69, of Cuthbert, GA, and Rome, GA, died Sunday morning, April 15, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Willerson was born in Chattooga County, GA, on February 7, 1943, the son of the late Jack and Faustine Bowzer Willerson. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy, retiring after...
Terry Lee Fulton
Apr 13, 2012
Terry Lee Fulton, age 66, Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy, Retired, of Meadow Lakes Blvd, Cedartown, GA, died Friday evening, April 13, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Fulton was born in Somerset, PA, on May 30, 1945, the son of the late Clyde Harold Fulton and the late Olive Irene Davis Fulton. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High...
Dorothy Alma Wrye
Apr 12, 2012
Dorothy Turner Wrye, age 89, of #295 Lovers Lane, Armuchee, GA. (The Everett Springs Community) passed away early Thursday morning at the residence. Mrs. Wrye was born in Screven County, GA, on April 7, 1923, the daughter of the late Duffie Harry Turner and the late Alma Myrtle Oliver Turner. She had been a resident of Floyd County, GA, for...
Charlotte Ann Burns
Apr 10, 2012
Charlotte Nix Burns, age 84, of #390 Warren Road, Rome, passed away on Tuesday eveing, April 10th, 2012 at her residence. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mrs. Burns was born on March 11th, 1928, the daughter of the late Gaston H. and Leone Knight Nix. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was...
Christopher Allen Stansell
Apr 10, 2012
Christopher Allen "Chris" Stansell, age 50, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 10th, 2012 at a Rome Hospital. A native of Floyd County, Chris was born on May 25th, 1961, the son of the late Palmer A. Stansell and the late Sandra Helms Stansell Bell. Chris had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County and was...
Gregory Lloyd Castleberry
Apr 5, 2012
Gregory L. "Greg" Castleberry, age 56, of Rome, passed away on Thursday evening, April 5th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Greg was born on September 21st, 1955, the son of the late Henry L. and Frances Pauline Cook Castleberry. Greg had spent his entire life in Rome and was of the Baptist faith. Greg a...
Douglas Wayne Cole
Apr 3, 2012
Douglas Wayne Cole, age 72 of Rome and Summerville, GA. passed away on Tuesday afternoon, April 3rd, 2012 at a Rome hospital. Graveside and interment services for Douglas Wayne Cole were held on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 2 o'clock at Polk Memorial Gardens in Columbia Tennessee. The Rev. Ray Miles officiated. Fred Talley's Parkview Chapel had charge of the...
Marion Joyce Kerce
Mar 30, 2012
Joyce Kerce, age 82, of Guest House Court, Rome, passed away on Friday evening, March 30th, 2012 at her resident. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Kerce was born on June 4th, 1929, the daughter of the late William and Clara Chapman Cook. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a homemaker. Mrs. Kerce...
Eleanor Imogene Howard
Mar 28, 2012
Eleanor Whitworth Howard, age 79, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday night, March 28th, 2012 at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Toccoa, Georgia, Mrs. Howard was born on October 8th, 1932 the daughter of the late Adolphus G. Whitworth and the late Myrtie Irene Garner Whitworth. She had been a resident of Rome since 1975 moving here...
Ruby Dobson
Mar 21, 2012
Ruby Salmon Moore Dobson, age 94, of Birmingham, Alabama and a former long time resident of Armuchee, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 in Birmingham after a long illness. Born in Armuchee, Mrs. Dobson was the last of 8 siblings born to Cleve and Bessie Johnson Salmon. She attended and graduated from school in Armuchee and was a...