Obituaries
Margaret Louise Jackson
Apr 10, 2011
Margaret Louise Broach Jackson, age 89, of #171 Salley Davis Road, NE, Armuchee (The Rosedale Community) passed away early Sunday morning, April 10th, 2011 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Jackson was born on July 23rd, 1921 the daughter of the late Joseph Monroe Broach and the late Eula Dora Compton Broach. She had spent the...
James Herschel Shores
Apr 7, 2011
James H. "Jimmy" Shores, Jr. age 67, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and a former resident of Rome passed away on Thursday afternoon, April 7th, 2011 at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Shores was born on March 1st, 1944, the son of the late James Herschel Shores, Sr. and the late Helen...
John Warren Corbin
Apr 5, 2011
John Warren Corbin, age 88, of the Scoggins Road, Rome, passed away Tuesday evening, April 5th, 2011 at Oak View Nursing Center in Summerville, Ga. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Corbin was born on March 1st, 1923, the son of the late Earve Alexander Corbin and the late Cora Davis Corbin. He spent the greater part of his life...
Bobby Glenn Bradley
Apr 4, 2011
Bobby Glenn Bradley, age 55, of Kingston, GA. passed away on Monday, April 4th, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Oklahoma, Bobby had been a resident of Floyd County, Georgia for the past 11 years. Bobby was a Vietnam veteran having served in the United States Air Force and was formally employed at Roller Kingdom in Rome for...
Joy Odean Corbin
Apr 3, 2011
Joy Odean Chambers Corbin, age 88, of Rome passed away on Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Corbin was born on September 24th, 1922, the daughter of the late Dewey A. and Janie Johnson Chambers. She had spent her entire life in Rome and was a member of the North Broad Baptist...
John Gordon Harris
Mar 30, 2011
John Gordon Harris, age 97, of the Salley Davis Road, Armuchee, GA. and a former long time resident of Couper Street in North Rome, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 30th, 2011 at the residence. A native of Roberta, Georgia, Mr. Harris was born on August 28th, 1913, the son of the late Henry Clifton Harris and the late Pearl...
Jeffrey Hamilton Freeman
Mar 17, 2011
Jeffrey H. "Jeff" Freeman, age 47, of #12 Kirkwood Street, (Riverside Community) Rome, passed away on Thursday evening, March 17th, 2011 at his residence. A native of Floyd County, Jeff was born on August 29th, 1963 the son of Hugh F. and Nancy Trammell Freeman. Jeff had spent his entire life in Floyd County and was a graduate of Model...
Sara Mae Tolbert
Mar 14, 2011
Sara M. "Bobbie" Tolbert, age 81, of #151 North Avery Road, NW, Rome, passed away on Monday morning, March 14th, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Tolbert was born on May 21st, 1929, the daughter of the late Luther and Sarah Mann Montgomery. She was a lifelong resident of Floyd County, was a homemaker and...
Charles Farrell Eaves
Mar 9, 2011
Mr. Charles Farrell "Razze" Eaves, age 79, of 20 Kris Drive, Rome, GA, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in a local health care facility. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Eaves was born on July 9, 1931, the son o f the late Ellis and Barbara Byrd Eaves. He was associated with General Electric of Rome for over 28 years,...
Richard Jewell Clark
Mar 8, 2011
Mr. Richard Jewell "Rick" Clark, Sr., age 58, of 7044 Cave Spring Road, Cave Spring, GA, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in a local hospital. Mr. Clark was born on July 11, 1952, in Hoschton, GA, the son of the late Jewell Clark and Mary Emmett Clark. He had been a resident of Cave Spring for the past 12 years,...
Aletea Lynn Austin
Mar 8, 2011
Aletea Lynn Austin, age 45, of 5085 Rockmart Highway, Silver Creek, Georgia passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the residence. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Austin was born on August 19, 1965, the daughter of Kenneth Ellis and Glenda Fay Cole Jones. She was a housewife and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Austin is survived by...
Wayne Homer Ballard
Mar 6, 2011
Wayne H. Ballard, age 73, of #411 Nichols Road, SE, Rome, passed away on Sunday afternoon, March 6th, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Wayne was born on September 7th, 1937, the son of the late James Edgar Ballard and the late Era Boyd Ballard. He spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County...
Jared Bryce Mcgatha
Mar 5, 2011
Jared Bryce McGatha, age 15, of #26 McClain Road, Kingston, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 5th, 2011 at a local hospital from injuries sustained in an ATV accident near his residence. A native of Gadsden, Alabama, Jared was born on August 26th, 1995, the son of Bobby J. and Alexa Jill Rochester McGatha. He had spent the greater part of...
Mary Ruth Patterson
Mar 5, 2011
Mary L. Patterson, age 86, of Flora Avenue, Rome, passed away on Saturday evening, March 5th, 2011 at Summit HealthCare of Rome. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Patterson was born on October 31st, 1924, the daughter of the late E.J. and Catherine Barkley Lawless. Mrs. Patterson was a resident of Summerville for several years prior to moving to...
Irene Walters
Feb 26, 2011
Mrs. Irene Young Walters, age 90, of #4 Robinson Avenue, Rome, passed away on Saturday morning, February 26th, 2011 at a Rome hospital. Mrs. Walters was born on February 15, 1921, the daughter of the late Edgar Young and Arrie Millican Young. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life and...
Carolyn Grace Gregory
Feb 22, 2011
Carolyn Grace Crowe Gregory, age 67, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, February 21st, 2011 at the residence. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Carolyn was born on September 20th, 1943, the daughter of the late Rev. John Norton Crowe, Sr. and the late Mamie Lou Mosley Crowe. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd...
Jewell Gaynell Williams
Feb 21, 2011
Jewell Gayenell "Gaye" Williams, age 72 of Shannon, passed away Monday morning, February 21st, 2011 at Morning Point Assisted Living in Calhoun, Georgia. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Williams was born on August 18th, 1938, the daughter of the late Marion Carroll O'Neal and the late Eula Eva James O'Neal. She was a graduate of Model High School and...
Sara Ann Greer
Feb 13, 2011
Sara Ann Phillips Greer, age 75, of #6 West 10th Street, Rome passed away on Sunday morning, February 13th, 2011 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Greer was born on November 24th, 1935, the eldest daughter of the late Ralph and Sara Vivian Slaughter Phillips. Mrs. Greer grew up in old Fourth Ward, where she was known...
Doyal Thomas Lewis
Feb 12, 2011
Tom Lewis, age 63, of North Kenora Drive, Rome, Georgia having completed his allotted time on this earth passed on to be with his Lord on Saturday afternoon, February 12th, 2011, after a valiant struggle with a difficult and long illness. Tom was born on August 19th, 1947 in Floyd County and was the son of the late Elbert (E.W.)...