Obituaries
Lemuel Davis Corbin
Aug 15, 2009
Mr. Lemuel D. Corbin, age 83, of #27 Ash Street, Rome, GA. (the Riverside Community) died Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Rome, Mr. Corbin was born on November 26, 1925, the son of the late Erve A. and Cora Lee Davis Corbin. He spent most of his life in Rome and was a World...
Rudy Eugene Langford
Aug 1, 2009
Rudy Eugene Langford, age 79, of 1031 Rock Creek Road, Calhoun, GA., died on Saturday noon, August 1st, 2009 at Evergreen Health and Rehab of Rome. A native of Murray County, Mr. Langford was born on April 29th, 1930, the son of the late Newt and Della Baxter Langford. He was a member of Dykes Creek Baptist Church and was...
Arthur B. Ritchey
Jul 29, 2009
Arthur B. Ritchey, age 85, of Winthrop West, 279 Technology Parkway, Rome died Wednesday morning, July 29th, 2009 at Fifth Avenue HealthCare in Rome. A native of Rome, Mr. Ritchey was born on April 21st, 1924, the son of the late Robert E. and Myrtle Johnson Ritchey. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was...
Rymon Grant Thurston
Jul 28, 2009
Rymon G. Thurston, age 82, of #1316 Turkey Mountain Road, Rome, (Armuchee Community) died Tuesday morning, July 28th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Thurston was born on November 11th, 1926, the son of the late Thomas R. and Sallie Ann Neal Thurston. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County...
Mary Lynn Price
Jul 28, 2009
Mrs. Mary Lynn Price, age 62, of #29 Fernwood Way, Rome, died Tuesday evening, July 28th, 2009 at the residence. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Price was born on August 19th, 1949, the daughter of the late Kermit L. and Toni Hyatt Wright. She had been a resident of Rome for 1 years moving here from Clarkston, Michigan and...
Jewell Elizabeth Davis
Jul 18, 2009
Mrs. Jewell Haralson Davis, age 83, of Cartersville, Georgia, and a former long time resident of Elliott Drive, Rome, died on Saturday evening, July 18th, 2009 in Cartersville. A native of Fyffe, Alabama, and raised in Gordon County, Georgia, Mrs. Davis was born on September 19th, 1925, the daughter of the late William G. and Myrtle Davidson Haralson. Mrs. Davis...
Kathleen M. Riordan
Jul 14, 2009
Kathleen M. Riordan, age 85, a former resident of Bay Dar Road, Rome, died Tuesday evening, July 14th, 2009 at Fifth Avenue HealthCare of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Riordan was born on June 9th, 1922, the daughter of the late Albert C. and Sally Kathleen Weaver Smith. She had spent the greater part of her life in...
Josephine Agnes Martin
Jul 7, 2009
Josephine Agnes Pappalardo Martin, age 87, of Rome died Tuesday morning, July 7th, 2009 at Summit HealthCare of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Martin was born on February 22nd, 1922, the daughter of the late Sam and Effie Staton Pappalardo. She had spent most of her life in Rome and was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church....
Edna Jo Corbin
Jul 5, 2009
Mrs. Edna J. Corbin, age 83, of Scoggins Road, Big Texas Valley, died early Sunday morning, July 5th, 2009 in Summerville, Georgia. A native of Murray County, GA. Mrs. Corbin was born on July 21st, 1925, the daughter of the late Joseph W. and Myrtle Parker Gallmon. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and...
Wilma Barbara Cleveland
Jul 4, 2009
W. Barbara Chandler Cleveland, a loving, caring and understanding wife and Mother, age 79, of #354 Rush Chapel Road, Adairsville, (Shannon Community) died Saturday morning, July 4th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Mrs. Cleveland was born on September 3rd, 1929, the daughter of the late Sumner L. and M. Magrolia Crumley Chandler. She had...
Ina Mae Toney
Jul 3, 2009
Ina Mae Richards Upshaw Toney, age 89, of Fayetteville, GA. and a former long time resident of Rome died Friday evening, July 3rd, 2009 in Fayetteville. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Toney was born on June 30, 1920 the daughter of the late William Raymond and Mattie Mae Williams Richards. She had spent the greater part of her life...
Alberto Ramos Gomez
Jun 30, 2009
Alberto "Al" Gomez, age 77, of #18 Fairhaven Drive, Rome, (Coosa Community) died Tuesday morning, June 30th, 2009 at the residence. A native of Los Angelus, California, Mr. Gomez was born on February 19th, 1932 the son of the late Ignacio and Jennie Ramos Gomez. He had been a resident of Rome since 1997 having moved here from Oregon and...
Audrey Leighann Littlejohn
Jun 14, 2009
Audrey Leighann Littlejohn age 2 weeks of 412 Perry Road, Armuchee, Georgia, died on Sunday afternoon, June 14th, 2009 at Scottish Rite Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Audrey was born on May 29th, 2009 in Fulton County, the daughter of Cameron Bryce Littlejohn and Melissa Ann Horelica. Audrey Leighann was preceded in death by a grandfather, Jeffrey Bruce Littlejohn on September...
Beatrice Baxter
Jun 7, 2009
Beatrice "Bea" Baxter, age 82 of #1170 Chulio Road, SE, Rome, died on Sunday afternoon, June 7th, 2009 at the home of a daughter in Rome. A native of Harriman, Tennessee, Mrs. Baxter was born on May 21st, 1927. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was of the Church of God faith. Prior to...
Eddie Dunnell Skinner
May 29, 2009
Eddie Dunnell Skinner, age 50 of #55 Madden Road, Kingston, died Friday morning, May 29th, 2009 at the residence. A native of Fulton County, Georgia, Mr. Skinner was born on December 19th, 1958, the son of the late Thomas E. and Vivian Porter Skinner. He attended West Rome Baptist Church and was an automobile paint technician. Mr. Skinner was a...
Tracy Joe Duvall
May 17, 2009
Tracy J. Duvall, age 63, of Rome, died on Sunday evening, May 17th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Duvall was born on March 9th, 1946 the son of the late Ben T. and Ida Mae Duvall. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was a veteran of the United...
Mildred Louise Bishop
May 12, 2009
Mildred Louise Bishop, age 83, of Acworth Georgia and a former Roman died Tuesday afternoon, May 12th, 2009 at Heartland Hospice House in Cartersville, GA. A native of Bartow County, Mrs. Bishop was born on July 9th, 1925, the daughter of the late Gus F. and Lucinda Emaline Chrisp Chitwood. She had spent the greater part of her life in...
Frank Wesley Kerce
May 11, 2009
Frank Wesley Kerce, age 61, of Rome, died Monday morning, May 11, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Kerce was born on September 24th, 1947, the son of Joyce Cook Kerce and the late Frank Quarles Kerce. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was of the Baptist Faith. Mr....
Sherry Faye Puryear
May 10, 2009
Sherry F. Puryear, age 53 of #412 Robinhood Road, Rome, died Sunday, May 10th, 2009 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Puryear was born on July 4th, 1955 the daughter of the late James M. and Mary Jean Martin Owens. She had spent her entire life in Rome and attended Northwood Baptist Church. For a period of...
Shirley Mae Hall
May 6, 2009
Shirley Lowery Hall, age 68, of #102 East Creekview Drive, Rome, died Wednesday morning, May 6th, 2009 at the residence. A native of Rome, Mrs. Hall was born on April 25th, 1941, the daughter of the late Arzie and Marjorie "Sammie" Richards Lowery. Shirley was a 1959 graduate of East Rome High School and was a life long resident of...