Obituaries
Stanley Ray Shelton
Dec 18, 2010
Stanley Ray Shelton, age 53, of #1330 Bells Ferry Road, NE, Rome, GA. passed away on Saturday morning, December 18th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. Stanley was born on November 22nd, 1957 in Lake Toxway, N.C., the son of Delma Gean Brown Shelton and the late Vernon David Shelton who passed away on April 1st, 2010. Stanley attended Model High...
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dec 13, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Roberts Brown, age 80, of # 5761 Martha Berry Highway, NW, Armuchee, passed away Monday morning, December 13th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mrs. Brown was born on August 30th, 1930, the daughter of the late James C. and Sally Lois Adams Roberts. She attended Sublina School and was a homemaker. Mrs. Brown...
Geneva Delores Carter
Dec 6, 2010
Geneva Delores Carter, age 79 of #505 North Fifth Avenue, Rome passed away Monday afternoon, December 6th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. Mrs. Carter was born on August 25th, 1931 the daughter of the late Glen and Zeda Stancell Griggs. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was of the Baptist Faith. For a period...
Edna Ruby Gaines
Dec 3, 2010
Edna Carver Gaines, age 81, of #473 Pinson Road, NE, Rome, Georgia passed away early Friday morning, December 3rd, 2010 at the residence. A native of Bartow County, Georgia, Mrs. Gaines was born on March 10th, 1929, the daughter of the late Henry Clay Carver, Sr. and the late Ruby Pinson Carver. She was a member of the Enon Baptist...
Jonathan Bryant Durham
Dec 2, 2010
Dr. Jonathan Bryant Durham, Sr., age 91, of 23 Windrush Drive, Rome, Georgia died December 2, 2010 at his son's residence in Gulf Breeze, Florida. A native of Green County, Georgia, Dr. Durham was born on September 18, 1919, the son of the late Samuel Vincent and Minnie Lee Aderholt Durham. Dr. Durham graduated from Brewton-Parker College and Mercer University...
Ethel Elizabeth Grigsby
Nov 28, 2010
Betty Mitchell Grigsby, age 55, of #543 Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, passed away on Sunday morning, November 28th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Savannah, Georgia, Betty was born on June 16th, 1955, the daughter of the late Willie Newton Mitchell who passed away on September 24th, 1990 and the late Sara Ruth Dunaway Mitchell who passed away...
Jewell Ramsey
Nov 27, 2010
Jewell Boggs Ramsey, age 90, of Rome passed away on Saturday night, November 27th, 2010 at Fifth Avenue HealthCare of Rome. Mrs. Ramsey was born on May 2nd, 1920, the daughter of the late James Walter Boggs and the late Emma Ruth McCain Boggs. She was a homemaker and had been a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church since...
Margaret Burnice Willingham
Nov 23, 2010
Margaret Burnice Willingham, age 85, of #506 Collier Road, NE, Rome, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday afternoon, November 23rd, 2010. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Willingham was born on October 26th, 1925, the daughter of the late Alvin and Annie Maude Fleming. She was a 1943 graduate of Rome Girls High School...
Harry Lee Teague
Nov 20, 2010
Harry L. Teague age 81, of # 32 Sunny Heights Drive NE, Rome, passed away on Saturday evening, November 20th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Gainesville, Georgia, Mr. Teague was born on August 1st, 1929, the son of the late Chester Arthur Teague and the late Mamie Billingsley Teague. He was a 1947 graduate of Rome Boys...
George Herman Yarbrough
Nov 20, 2010
Herman Yarbrough, age 76, of #541 Haywood Valley Road NE, Armuchee, GA. passed away on Saturday morning, November 20th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Yarbrough was born on December 25th, 1933, the son of the late George Edward Yarbrough and the late Katie Cadle Yarbrough. He was a graduate of Armuchee High School and...
Ricky Edward Carter
Nov 19, 2010
Ricky Edward Carter, Sr., age 54 of #8348 New Calhoun Highway NE, Adairsville, died Friday evening, November 19th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Carter was born on July 5th, 1956 the son of the late William Buford Carter and the late Ethel Scheets Carter. He was a construction worker and attended Marietta Jr. High...
Kathryn Onez Burnes
Nov 13, 2010
Mrs. Kathryn Onez McCurry Burnes, age 83, formerly of #4 Hillcrest Avenue in North Rome, died Saturday morning, November 13th, 2010 following an extended illness with Alzheimer's disease. Mrs. Burnes was born as Chastin McCurry in Polk County, Georgia on June 24th, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Joe Cephus McCurry and the late Cora Mae Pittman. She...
John Willie Wadsworth
Nov 12, 2010
John W. Wadsworth, Jr. age 73, of #161 Castlebar Court, Mableton, GA. and formerly of Floyd County, GA. passed away Friday Morning, November 12th, 2010 at the resident in Mableton. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mr. Wadsworth was the son of the late John W. Wadsworth, Sr. and the late Ruby Moore Wadsworth. He was a 1956 graduate of...
Martha Faye Martin
Nov 10, 2010
Martha Faye White Martin, age 84, of Trillum Trail, Rome, passed away Wednesday morning, November 10th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Martin was born on July 25th, 1926, the daughter of the late James C. and Gladys Johnson White. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and attended Rome...
Vivian Loy Poole
Nov 8, 2010
Vivian Pruitt Davis Poole, age 78, of Conasauga Place, NW, Rome, (Garden Lakes) passed away Monday, November 8th, 2010 at a local hospital. Mrs. Poole was born on May 12th, 1932 in Athens, Tennessee, the daughter of the late, Hoke and Mae Tate Pruitt. Mrs. Poole attended Rome Girls High and The Detroit Business Institute. She was a member of...
William Guthrie Hurt
Nov 4, 2010
William G. "Bill" Hurt, age 64, of Royal Oaks Drive, N.E., Rome, GA. passed away early Thursday morning, November 4th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Glasgow, Kentucky, Bill was born on April 23rd, 1946, the son of the late Clarence Ernest Hurt and the late Clara Mae Maloney Hurt. He was a Vietnam veteran having served in...
Charles Harden Moore
Nov 1, 2010
Charles Harden Moore, age 88 of #223 Fred Kelly Road, NE, Rome, passed away on Monday morning at the residence. Mr. Moore was born on August 20th, 1922 in Polk County, the son of the late Rena Horace Moore and Cordie Gossett Moore. Mr. Moore was a veteran of World War II Having served in the United States Navy, was...
Lillian Watkins
Oct 31, 2010
Lillian McEver Mayfield Watkins, age 86, of Clarksville, Georgia, formerly of the Rome, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 following a brief illness. Mrs. Watkins was born in Polk County, Georgia on July 2nd, 1924 to the late Robert and Gertrude Bolinger McEver. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Ralph S. Mayfield in 1967...
Donald Adron Gillespie
Oct 31, 2010
Donald Adron Gillespie, age 81, of #223 Culpepper Road, NE, Calhoun, (the Rosedale Community) passed away on Sunday morning, October 31st, 2010 at a Rome, GA. hospital. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mr. Gillespie was born on January 15th, 1929, the son of the late William Edward Gillespie and the late Mattie Mae Gulledge Gillespie. He had spent the...
Michael Gilbert
Oct 27, 2010
Michael Gilbert, age 58, of Cartersville, GA. and a long time resident of Armuchee, passed away Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Gilbert was born on March 26th, 1952, the son of the late William Oren and Bernice Estelle Sparks Gilbert. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome...