Obituaries
Lois Edna Johnson
Mar 6, 2009
Lois McGee Johnson, age 88, of #2694 Old Rockmart Road, Silver Creek, Ga. died Friday morning, March 6th, 2009 at a local HealthCare Center. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Johnson was born on October 10th, 1920, the daughter of the late Alberta Vann McGee and Park Lee McGee and a decedent of Lt. Thomas McGee, a Revolutionary soldier, as...
Howard Wesley Atkins
Mar 3, 2009
Howard Wesley Atkins, age 75, of #22 Simon Drive, NE, Rome, (The Coosa Community) died Tuesday evening, March 3rd, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Atkins was born on September 15th, 1933, the son of the late Fred H. and Louise Byars Atkins. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was of...
Julia Presley
Mar 2, 2009
Julia Self Presley, age 64, of #117 Berry Forest Drive, Rome, GA. died Monday evening, March 2, 2009 at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Presley was born on September 4th, 1944, the daughter of the late Olin T. and Katherine Harmon Self. She had spent her entire life in Rome, was a long time Christian and attended...
Willie Mae Beard
Feb 28, 2009
Mrs. Willie Mae Beard, age 88, of #13 Brookwood Court, Rome died Saturday morning, February 28th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Beard was born on August 8th, 1920, the daughter of the late Benjamin B. and Bertha Estell Belk Nichols. She had spent most of her life in Rome and was a member of...
Robert Leonard Walters
Feb 27, 2009
R. Leonard Walters, age 62, of # 4 Robinson Avenue, Rome, died Friday morning, February 27th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Walters was born on April 15th, 1946, the son of Irene Young Walters and the late Robert P. Walters. He had spent his entire life in Rome, was of the Baptist faith and...
Ilene Woodfin
Feb 24, 2009
Ilene Ransom Woodfin, age 59, of #123 Everett Springs Road, Calhoun, (The Rosedale Community) died Tuesday night, February 24th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Woodfin was born on September 3, 1949, the daughter of Mary Alice Miller Ransom and the late Alfred Morland Ransom. She was a homemaker and was a member of the...
Donald Gerald Don Hare
Feb 21, 2009
Donald G. "Don" Hare, age 74, of #640 Huffaker Road, Rome, died Saturday morning, February 21st, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Wally Forge, West Virginia, Mr. Hare was born on March 2nd, 1934, the son of the late John W. and Alice Lee Iser Hare. Mr. Hare was a veteran of the United States Army having served...
Edward Freeman Kelly
Feb 18, 2009
Edward F. Kelly, age 82, of Indianapolis, Indiana, a former Roman, died Wednesday afternoon, February 18th, 2009 at Clarian West Medical Center in Indianapolis. A native of Tunnelton, West Virginia, Mr. Kelly was born on March 30th, 1925, the son of the late Edward J. and Lena L. Sidwell Kelly. He was a member of the Garden City Christian Church...
Arthur Lee Griffith
Feb 12, 2009
Arthur Lee Griffith, age 92, of #9 Hickory Street, Rome, (Celanese Community), passed away Thursday morning, February 12th, 2009 at a local hospital. Born in Paulding County, Georgia on January 22nd, 1917, Mr. Griffith was the son of the late James W. and Isabelle Cantrell Griffith. Mr. Griffith spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and for...
Linda Fay Jones
Feb 12, 2009
Linda Fay Jones, age 61 of #502 East 20th Street, Rome, died Thursday evening, February 12th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Ms. Jones was born on May 31st, 1947, the daughter of the late Jack and Pearl Jane Lewis Jones. She had spent her entire life in Rome. Ms. Jones was associated with Lindale Mfg....
Misty Elaine Sharp
Feb 10, 2009
Misty Elaine Sharp, age 28, 0f #4 Dixie Park Road, NE, Rome, passed away Tuesday morning, February 10th, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Rome on June 5th, 1980, she is the daughter of Ronnie and Joy Sharp. Misty was a 1999 graduate of Armuchee High School and served as the only Indian Mascot at the school....
James Franklin Tumblin, Jr
Feb 4, 2009
James Franklin "Jim" Tumblin, Jr. age 62, of Athens, Georgia and a former Roman died February 4th, 2009 in Athens. A native of Laurens, SC, Mr. Tumblin was born on January 23rd, 1947, the son of the late Willie May Smith Tumblin and the late James Franklin Tumblin, Sr. He was the former owner and operator of J. & B....
Martha Gail Tilly
Jan 26, 2009
Martha Gail Terrell Tilly, age 64, of Rome, Georgia and a former resident of Lee Avenue in Rome died Monday evening, January 26th, 2009 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Tilly was born on March 21st, 1944, the daughter of the late Lee and Lillian Montgomery Terrell. She was a 1964 graduate of Armuchee High School...
Jeffrey Todd Sims
Jan 20, 2009
Jeffrey Todd Sims, age 42, of #1125 Park Blvd., Rome, passed away on Tuesday morning, January 20th, 2009 at Floyd Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Floyd County, Todd was born on March 29th, 1966 and was a 1984 honor graduate of Armuchee High School. Todd had spent his entire life in Rome and was of the...
Frances Trapp
Jan 12, 2009
Frances Byrd Trapp of Addington Drive, Rome, died Monday morning, January 12th, 2009 in Centre, Ala. A native of Lindale, Ga., Mrs. Trapp was the daughter of the late Herschel Lee and Zaney Adell Plemones Byrd. She was a life long resident of Rome and was a member of the Glory Tabernacle Church of Rome. Frances was associated with Floyd...
Susan Magdalene Williams
Jan 11, 2009
Mrs. Susan Duvall Williams, age 77, of #75 Acorn Road, SE, Rome died Sunday morning, January 11th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Williams was born on November 19th, 1931, the daughter of the late Ben T. and Ida Mae Duvall. Mrs. Williams had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was of the...
William Thomas Burnett
Jan 10, 2009
William Thomas "Tommy" Burnett, age 67 of #1116 Lovell Road, SE, Rome, died Saturday evening, January 10th, 2009 at his residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Burnett was born on September 15th, 1941, the son of the late Albert E. and Lexie Odessa Ayers Burnett. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was...
Carolyn Eugenia Maxwell
Jan 9, 2009
Carolyn Tumlin Maxwell, age 77, of #1 Raspberry Road, SW, Rome, died early Friday morning, January 9th, 2009 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Maxwell was born on November 15th 1931 the daughter of the late William C. and Jessie Lois Lumpkin Tumlin. She spent her entire life in Rome and was raised in the Celanese...
Vernon Glenn Alexander, Sr
Jan 7, 2009
Vernon G. "Sonny" Alexander, Sr., age 78, of #235 Nowak Road, Rome, died Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 at his residence A native of Heck Canyon, New Mexico, Mr. Alexander was born on July 13th, 1930, the son of the late Hiram and Jewel Bartlett Alexander. He had been a resident of Rome since 1972 moving here from Texas and was...