Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Lottie Mae Reece
Mar 16, 2010
Mrs. Lottie Mae Reece, beloved mother and grandmother, age 95 of #505 North Fifth Avenue, Rome, a former residence of the Glenwood Community , died Tuesday night, March 16th, 2010 at Fifth Avenue Health Care. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Reece was born on December 30th, 1914, the daughter of the late William Jessie Evans and the late Donia...
Mavis H. Touchstone
Mar 10, 2010
Mavis H. Touchstone, age 85, of #48 Ramblewood Drive, SE, Silver Creek, GA. died Wednesday night, March 10th, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Jackson County, Florida, Mrs. Touchstone was born on October 31st, 1924, the daughter of the late Coley P. and Docia Franklin Hartzog. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County...
Hugh L. Rudd
Mar 9, 2010
Hugh L. Rudd, age 73, of the Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, died Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mr. Rudd was born on November 28th, 1936, the son of the late John C. and Annie Ruth Hartline Rudd. He was a 1954 graduate of Armuchee High School and was of the Baptist faith....
Michael Bureon Vann
Mar 1, 2010
Michael B. "Mike" Vann, age 70, of Ridgehaven Drive, Rome, Ga. died early Monday morning, March 1st, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mike was born on July 18th, 1939, the son of the late George E. and Irene Mitchell Vann. He was a 1957 graduate of Cave Springs High School and attended Young Harris College...
Clara Mae Green
Feb 24, 2010
Clara Mae Cooper Green, age 93, of #2 Three Mile Road, Rome, Ga. and formerly of the Turner Road, Rome, died Wednesday evening, February 24, 2010 at Summit Healthcare of Rome. A life-long resident of Floyd County, Mrs. Green was born February 17, 1919 the daughter of the late Willie Frank Cooper and the late Della Carter Cooper. Mrs. Green...
Vicki Lynn Bennett
Feb 21, 2010
Vicki Lynn Baxter Bennett, age 56, of #4 Chester Avenue, Rome, died Sunday morning, February 21st, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Bennett was born on February 20th, 1954, the daughter of the late Kenneth J. and Beatrice Graham "Bea" Baxter. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. Mrs. Bennett was preceded...
Carol Elaine Barnes
Feb 20, 2010
Carol F. Barnes, age 69, of the Spout Springs Road, Cave Springs, died Saturday evening, February 20th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Fulton County, Georgia, Mrs. Barnes was born on October 5th, 1940, the daughter of Iris Grant Fields and the late J.B. Fields. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cave Springs Baptist Church. Mrs....
Frances Imogene Morrison
Feb 17, 2010
Frances Imogene "Jean" Morrison, age 83, of Rome, GA. died Wednesday morning, February 17th, 2010 at the residence. Mrs. Morrison was born on March 31st, 1926 in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, the daughter of the late William Burdette Wood and the late Lessie Adams Wood. She attended Cedar Bluff School and was a 1944 graduate of Red Bank High School in...
Sarah Darlene Atkins
Feb 12, 2010
Sarah Darlene Talley Atkins, age 62, of Rooney Road SW, Rome, died Friday night, February 12th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Mrs. Atkins was born on January 6th, 1948, the daughter of Marion H. and Irene Pervette Talley. She was a graduate of Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C. and was of the Baptist faith....
Clifford Lawson Thompson
Feb 9, 2010
Clifford L. Thompson, age 87, of #84 Hatfield Road NE, Rome, died early Tuesday morning, February 9th, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Mr. Thompson was born on February 26th, 1922 the son of the late Crawford and Kate Bohannon Thompson. He was a World War II veteran having served in the United States Army...
Frankie Ann Clark
Jan 31, 2010
Mrs. Frankie Clark, age 65, of #219 Bells Ferry Road, NE, Rome, died on Sunday morning, January 31st, 2010 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Clark was born on July 22nd, 1944, the daughter of the late Frank J. and Flowreen Williams Davis. She was a 1962 graduate of East Rome High School and was a member...