Obituaries

Margaret Louise Owen

Margaret Louise Owen

May 28, 2010

Margaret "Margie" Owen, age 80, of #19 Southern Woods Drive, Armuchee, GA. died Friday afternoon, May 28th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Cobb County, Georgia, Mrs. Owen was born on August 9th, 1929, the daughter of the late W.H. "Dub" Anderson and the late Vaudie Pope Anderson. Prior to her retirement in 1992 she was associated with the...

Deborah Susan Hopper

Deborah Susan Hopper

May 28, 2010

Susan Hopper, age 59, of #8 Marlynn Drive, Rome, died Friday morning, May 28th, 2010 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. A native of Floyd County, Susan was born on December 9th, 1950, the daughter of the late Robert C. McClinton,Sr., the late Kathryn McClinton Green and her late step-dad, William Doyal Green. She was a homemaker and was a...

Herbert Luther Davis

Herbert Luther Davis

May 15, 2010

Herbert Luther Davis, age 80, of Rome went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May15th, 2010 after a short illness. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Davis was born on August 15th, 1929, the son of the late William Edgar and Lona Mae Stevens Davis. Mr. Davis joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1946 and was...

Terry Wayne Rose

Terry Wayne Rose

May 8, 2010

Terry Wayne Rose, age 53, of #520 Mountain View Road, Rome, died early Saturday morning, May 8th, 2010 in Warner Robins, Georgia. A native of Floyd County, Terry was born on December 25th, 1956, the son of Helen Lenora Fowler Rose and the late J.C. Rose. He had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County and was a...

Mary Nelle Hankins

Mary Nelle Hankins

May 1, 2010

Mary Nelle Jones Marable Hankins, age 83, of Rome died Saturday morning, May 1st, 2010 at Winthrop Manor of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Hankins was born on April 15th, 1927, the daughter of the late Romeo and Speaker Clarke Jones. She had spent the great part of her life in Rome and Floyd County and was a...

Bj Lee Caldwell

Bj Lee Caldwell

Apr 27, 2010

BJ Caldwell, age 23, of #112 Malone Drive, Garden Lakes, Rome died early Tuesday morning, April 27th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, BJ was born on May 7th, 1986. BJ attended Coosa Elementary school, Coosa Middle school, was a 2004 graduate of Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico and attended Coosa Valley Tech. BJ...

Pauline Silver

Pauline Silver

Apr 24, 2010

Pauline Silver, age 74 of Athens, Georgia and a former Roman died early Saturday morning, April 24th, 2010 at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens. A native of Floyd County, Miss Silver was born on July 20th, 1935, and had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County the greater part of her life. Miss Silver was preceded in death...

Jeanette Touchstone Kinsey

Jeanette Touchstone Kinsey

Apr 21, 2010

Jeanette Touchstone Kinsey, age 87, of the Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, died early Wednesday morning, April 21st, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Gadsden, Alabama, Mrs. Kinsey was born on March 24th, 1923, the daughter of the late Arthur Lee Touchstone and the late Mary Frances Ray Touchstone. She was a graduate of Armuchee High School and was...

Camilla Wright

Camilla Wright

Apr 18, 2010

Mrs. Camilla Brunson Wright, age 87, a 30 year resident of Rome, died Sunday, April 18th, 2010 in Carrollton, Georgia. Mrs. Wright was born on April 1st, 1923 in Summerton, S.C. and later moved to Dalton, GA. and was the daughter of the late Lawrence A. and Selena Whilden Brunson. She was of the Methodist Faith and for a period...

Frankie Lamar Redmond

Frankie Lamar Redmond

Apr 14, 2010

Frankie L. Redmond, age 49, of Lamar Street, Rome, died Wednesday night, April 14th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Valley, Alabama, Mr. Redmond was born on August 4th, 1960, the son of Gaynell Stephens Aycock and the late Melvin Lamar Redmond. He has spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was a Christian. Mr....

Diane Hobgood Trammell

Diane Hobgood Trammell

Apr 13, 2010

Diane Hobgood Trammell, age 67, of Rome, died Tuesday night, April 13th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mrs. Trammell was born on October 25th, 1942, the daughter of the late Trammell Winston Hobgood and the late Helen Beamer Hobgood. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was a...

Brenda Ann Neal

Brenda Ann Neal

Apr 13, 2010

Brenda Ann Neal, age 43, of #169 Joann Drive SE, Calhoun, Georgia and formerly of Rome died early Tuesday morning. April 13th, 2010 at her residence in Calhoun. A native of Floyd County, Brenda was born on November 9th, 1966, the daughter of Benjamin "Ben" Neal and Mary Lynch Neal. Brenda was a 1984 graduate of Darlington School, attended Shorter...

Rachel Williams Bray

Rachel Williams Bray

Apr 11, 2010

Rachel Williams Bray, age 85, of Rome died Sunday evening, April 12th, 2010 at Fifth Avenue HealthCare. A native of Jackson County, Georgia, Mrs. Bray was born on December 22nd, 1924, but had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a member of the East Calhoun Church of God. Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Bray was...

Ronald Leo Barker

Ronald Leo Barker

Apr 11, 2010

Ronald Leo "Ronnie" Barker, age 59, of Rome, died early Sunday morning, April 11th, 2010 at a Rome hospital following a brief illness. A native of Rome, Georgia Ronnie was born on April 13th, 1950, the son of the late William Leo and Elsie Viola Barker. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was a...

Marvin Eugene Davis

Marvin Eugene Davis

Apr 6, 2010

Marvin E. Davis, age 84, of Rome, died Tuesday afternoon, April 6th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Davis was born on April 18th, 1925, the son of the late William Edgar and Lona Mae Stevens Davis. Mr. Davis was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War having served for...

John David Huckaby

John David Huckaby

Apr 2, 2010

John David Huckaby, age 40, of #714 Compton Road, SE, Silver Creek, Georgia, died suddenly early Friday morning, April 2nd, 2010 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. David was a life long resident of Floyd County, born on August 15th, 1969 the son of John Larry "Johnny" Huckaby and Nancy Smith Huckaby. He had spent his entire life in Floyd County and...

Vernon David Shelton

Vernon David Shelton

Apr 1, 2010

Vernon David Shelton, age 79, of the Bells Ferry Road, NE, Rome, died early Thursday morning, April 1st, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Wolf Mountain, North Carolina, Mr. Shelton was born on November 3rd, 1930, the son of the late John Oscar and Mary Etta Owens Shelton. He was of the Baptist faith and was a veteran...

Henry Edward Hardin

Henry Edward Hardin

Mar 31, 2010

Henry Edward "Ed" Hardin, age 87, of Calhoun Avenue, Rome, died Wednesday afternoon, March 31st, 2010 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Hardin was born on October 15th, 1922, the son of the late Thomas Ruel and Mary Erwin Hardin. He was a World War II and Korean veteran having served in the United States Army and...

Lily Otha Magness

Lily Otha Magness

Mar 30, 2010

Lily Battle Magness, age 74, of Atlanta, Ga. and a former Roman, died on Tuesday night, March 30th, 2010 at the Atlanta Medical Center. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Magness was born on March 20th, 1936, the daughter of the late James and Maggie Price Battle. She was of the Baptist faith, a 30 year resident of Atlanta and...

Bobbie Earl Dunaway

Bobbie Earl Dunaway

Mar 19, 2010

Bobbie Earl Dunaway, Sr. age 77, of #47 Dixie Park Road, NW, Rome, died Friday morning, March 19th, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Dunaway was born on May 6th, 1932, the son of the late Benjamin F. and Sarah Marguerite Yarbrough Dunaway. He had spent his entire life in Floyd County and was 1949...