Obituaries

William Robert Wilkins

William Robert Wilkins

Mar 10, 2012

William Robert "Pee Wee" Wilkins, III, age 32, of Martin Loop, Cartersville, GA, died Saturday, March 10, 2012, in a Rome, GA, hospital. Pee Wee was born on August 1, 1979, in Bartow County, GA, the son of William Robert Wilkins, Jr. and Judy Ann Copeland. He had been a resident of Bartow County all his life, attended Cass High...

John Moss Harbour

John Moss Harbour

Mar 7, 2012

John Moss Harbour, age 76, of Grayson, Georgia and a former Roman, passed away on March 7th, 2012 in Grayson. A native of Rome, Mr. Harbour was born on December 12, 1935, the son of the late John H. and Mary E. Andrews Harbour. He had been a resident of Grayson, Georgia since 2005 moving there from Rome and was...

Katherine Louise Corbin

Katherine Louise Corbin

Mar 5, 2012

Katherine "Katie" King Corbin, age 63, of Rome, died on Monday evening, March 5th, 2012, at a Rome hospital. A native of Gordon County, GA, Katie was born on April 6th, 1948, the daughter of the late Grady Ledford King who preceded her in death on January 14, 2012, and the late, Virginia Dobson King who preceded her in death...

Lois Avanell Campbell

Lois Avanell Campbell

Feb 29, 2012

Lois Avanell Wilson Campbell, age 79, of the Haywood Valley Road, Armuchee, GA, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, February 29, 2012, in a Rome hospital following a sudden illness. Mrs. Campbell was born on December 29, 1932, in Summerville, GA, the daughter of the late Lester King Wilson and the late Irene Fountain Wilson. She was a homemaker, seamstress, as...

Paul Raymond Kentner

Paul Raymond Kentner

Feb 28, 2012

Paul R. "George" Kentner, age 75, of the Old Dalton Road, Rome, GA, died Tuesday evening, February 28, 2012, at a Rome hospital. Mr. Kentner was born on July 8, 1936, in Montgomery County, TN, the son of the late Sandy Kentner and Agnes Akins Kentner. Mr. Kentner attended Central School in Cunningham, TN. He had been a resident of...

Opal Inez Young

Opal Inez Young

Feb 26, 2012

Mrs. Opal Inez Lambert Young, age 80, of Rome, GA, died Sunday morning, February 26, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mrs. Young was born in Cherokee County, AL, on April 21, 1931, the daughter of the late Daniel Webster Lambert and the late Nettie Atkinson Lambert. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part...

Mary Kate Radney

Mary Kate Radney

Feb 25, 2012

Mrs. Mary Kate Sharp Radney, age 82, of 123 Presley Street, West Rome, GA, died Saturday morning, February 25, 2012, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Radney was born on September 30, 1929, the daughter of the late Luther Hampton and the late Willie Mae Carver Hampton. She had been a resident of Rome...

Lisa Diane Terry

Lisa Diane Terry

Feb 24, 2012

Lisa Robinson Terry, age 34, of Lindale, GA, died Friday morning, February 24, 2012, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Lisa was born on June 1, 1977, the daughter of Theresa Neal Robinson Dekle and Carlton Robinson. She had lived the greater part of her life in Rome and Floyd County and was a housewife...

Daniel Lee Crowe

Daniel Lee Crowe

Feb 21, 2012

Daniel Lee Crowe, age 29, of 905 Darlington Way, Rome died Tuesday morning, February 21, 2012, in Rome. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Daniel was born on April 5, 1982, the son of Linda Reynolds Sharpe. He was a 2000 graduate of Armuchee High School. Daniel had served in the United States Marine Corps. Daniel is survived by...

Robert E. Bishop

Robert E. Bishop

Feb 18, 2012

Mr. Robert E. "Bob" Bishop, Sr., age 81, of Nan Lee Drive, Rome, GA, died Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Golden Living Center of Rome. Mr. Bishop was born in Cherokee County, AL, on February 13, 1931, the son of the late Donald Joseph Bishop and the late Ellie Hunt Bishop. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd...

Patricia Florance Akins

Patricia Florance Akins

Feb 15, 2012

Patricia F. "Patty" Akins, age 62, of #1396 Old Dalton Road, NE, Rome, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, February 15th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Patty was born on January 28th, 1950, the daughter of the late Henry F. and Louise Long Akins. She was a life long resident of Rome and attended Rome...

George Terrell Howard

George Terrell Howard

Feb 9, 2012

Mr. George Terrell Howard, age 79, of the Garden Lakes community, Rome, GA, died Thursday morning, February 9, 2012, at Golden Living Center of Rome. Mr. Howard was born on February 22, 1932, in Toccoa, GA, the son of the late J.W. Howard, Sr., and the late Beulah Black Howard. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County...

Bobbie Kenneth Mckenzie

Bobbie Kenneth Mckenzie

Feb 7, 2012

Bobbie Kenneth McKenzie, II, age 48, of Orlando, Florida, and a former Roman, died suddenly on February 7, 2012, at his residence in Orlando following an apparent heart attack. A native of Rome, Bobbie was born on October 22, 1963, the son of Rome and Floyd County retired Fire Chief, Bobbie K. and Lynda O. McKenzie of Rome. He had...

Charles Chris Hoge

Charles Chris Hoge

Jan 30, 2012

Charles Chris Hoge "Bucky", age 50, of Armuchee, GA. passed away on Monday afternoon, January 30, 2012 in Armuchee. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chris was born on October 20th, 1961, the son of Charles D. and Helen Hoge. He had been a resident of Rome since 1976 moving here from Chattanooga and was of the Baptist Faith. Chris was...

Alton Green Ferguson

Alton Green Ferguson

Jan 26, 2012

Alton G. "Al" Ferguson, age 84, of Rome passed away on Thursday morning, January 26th, 2012 at the residence. A native of Fulton County, GA., Mr. Ferguson was born on October 3rd, 1925, the sone of the late Green Alexander Ferguson and the late Georgia Tanner Ferguson. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was...

Gordon Lee Young

Gordon Lee Young

Jan 23, 2012

Gordon Lee Young, age 84, of Rome, passed away on Monday evening, January 23rd, 2012 at a local hospital. A native of Rome, Mr. Young was born on December 25th, 1927, the son of the late William and Ella Mae Strange Young. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was a veteran of World War...

Lillian Ruth Russell

Lillian Ruth Russell

Jan 16, 2012

Lillian Ruth Russell, age 94, of the Horseleg Creek Road, Rome, GA, passed away at her home, Monday, January 16, 2012 with her family by her side. She was born September 14, 1917 to the late Eugene Pat and Ada Frances Bell Griffin in Gadsden, Alabama. She was married on May 22, 1937 to George Nicholson (Jody) Russell in Floyd...

Grady Ledford King

Grady Ledford King

Jan 14, 2012

Grady L. King, age 94, of #511 West 10th Street, Rome, passed away suddenly on Saturday night, January 14th, 2012 at his residence. A native of Pisgah, Alabama, Mr. King was born on September 29th, 1917. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was a graduate of the Oostanaula School and North Georgia Technical College....

Ida Jean Hall

Ida Jean Hall

Jan 11, 2012

Mrs. Ida Jean Hall, age 55, of 20 Shade Tree Lane, Rome, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Mrs. Hall was born on August 17, 1956, in Anchorage, Alaska, the daughter of the late William Donald Frye, Sr. and Betty Jane Rightmire Frye. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County since 2007. Prior to becoming...

Margaret Faynell Vasser

Margaret Faynell Vasser

Jan 8, 2012

Margaret Vasser, age 87, of Rome, passed away on Sunday evening, January 8th, 2012 at a local hospital. A native of Rome, Mrs. Vasser was born on October 5th, 1924, the daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Allen Stansell. Mrs. Vasser had spent her entire life in Rome and was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church in...