Obituaries
Mildred Davis
Oct 5, 2008
Mrs. Mildred Prater Davis, age 85, of #1355 Horseleg Creek Road, Rome, passed away, Sunday night, October 5th, 2008 at the Golden Living Care Center in Rome following an extended illness. Mrs. Davis was born in Floyd County on October 2nd, 1923, daughter of the late Bishop Marvin Prater and the late Cora Lee Hooper Prater. She was the youngest...
Carrie Jane Ball
Sep 30, 2008
Carrie Jane Ball, age 76, of #12 Lombardy Way, Rome, (Rosemont Park) died Tuesday evening, September 30th, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Ball was born on July 26th, 1932 the daughter of the late Thollie W. and Jesse Cora Mathis Freeman. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was of the...
Kathleen Reynolds
Sep 28, 2008
Kathleen Brown Reynolds, age 77 of #399 Everett Springs Road, NE, (The Rosedale Community) died Sunday evening, September 28th, 2008 at the residence. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mrs. Reynolds was born on August 26th, 1931, the daughter of the late J. H. and Mattie Jones Brown. She was a homemaker and was a member of Four Mile Baptist...
Marvin Edmund Burnes, Jr
Sep 26, 2008
Mr. Marvin Edmund Burnes, Jr., age 81, of #4 Hillcrest Avenue, (North Hills), Rome, died suddenly Friday morning, September 26th, 2008 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Burnes was born in Greenville, South Carolina on March 24th, 1927. He was a son of the late Marvin E. Burnes, Sr. who died December 8th, 1940 and the late Grace...
Keith Gordon Dosskey
Sep 17, 2008
Keith Dosskey, age 64, of #18 Rebecca Street, Rome, (Coosa Community) died Wednesday morning, September 17th, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Dosskey was born on November 23rd, 1943, was of the Catholic Faith and had been a resident of Rome for the past 4 months moving here from New Mexico. Survivors include Janette...
Jeffrey Bruce Littlejohn
Sep 15, 2008
Jeffrey Bruce Littlejohn, age 39, of #412 Perry Road, Armuchee, Georgia died Monday, September 15th, 2008at a local hospital from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. A native of Floyd County, Jeff was born on June 24th, 1969, the son of Norman Bruce Littlejohn and Carolyn Stanley Littlejohn Young. He was a 1987 graduate of Coosa High School and was...
Renee Irene Neal
Sep 13, 2008
Renee Irene Neal, age 35, of #1950 Old Summerville Road, Rome, died Saturday morning, September 13th, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of El Paso, Texas, Renee was born on February 21st, 1973, the daughter of Andrew L. and Noreen Alves Gagnon. She was a Christian and for several years Renee was associated with the West Rome Wal-Mart and...
Christine Matthews
Sep 12, 2008
Christine M. Matthews, age 68, of #5 Friar Tuck Road, Rome, (Sherwood Forest) died Friday, September 12th, 2008 at her residence. A native of Ft. Meade, Fla. Mrs. Matthews was born on June 17th, 1940, the daughter of the late James R. and Johnny Flowers McAuley. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was...
Gordon Webster Kell
Sep 11, 2008
Gordon W. Kell, age 80 of #4 A Hummingbird Place NW, Rome, died Thursday afternoon, September 11th, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Kell was born on June 12th, 1928, the son of the late John and Rosa Sapp Kell. Mr. Kell was a graduate of Berry Academy received a business degree from Georgia State...
Joseph Edward Wilson
Sep 9, 2008
Joseph Edward Wilson, age 79, of #367 Lavender Road, NW, Rome (Little Texas Valley)died Tuesday evening, September 9th, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Emanuel County, Georgia, Mr. Wilson was born on August 24th, 1929, the son of the late Eddie G. and Bertie Jean McNeely Wilson. Mr. Wilson had been a resident of Rome since 1955 and...
Claude Swanson Lineberry
Aug 24, 2008
Claude S. Lineberry, age 96, of Turlock, California and a former long time resident of East Valley Road, Rome, died Sunday evening, August 24th, 2008 at Memorial Hospital in Modesto, California. A native of Hillsville, Virginia, Mr. Lineberry was born on March 22nd, 1912 the son of the late Charles O. and Laura Mabe Lineberry. He had been a resident...
Janet Marie Roberts
Aug 14, 2008
Jan Roberts, age 48, of #25 Nicholas Drive, NE, Rome (the Armuchee Community) died suddenly early Thursday morning, August 14th, 2008 at her residence after suffering an apparent heart attach. A native of Floyd County, Jan was born on December 24th, 1959, the daughter of the late Edward Curtis Diggs and the late Laura Mae Jones Diggs. Jan was a...
Andrew Mason Andy Moore
Aug 3, 2008
Andrew M. "Andy" Moore, age 82 of #1351 Culpepper Road, NE, Calhoun (The Everett Springs Community) died early Sunday morning, August 3rd, 2008 at the residence. A native of Phoenix City, Alabama, Mr. Moore was born on August 23rd, 1925 the son of the late Charles and Martha Moore. He had spent most of his life in Floyd County and...
Harold Joseph Earwood
Aug 3, 2008
Harold Joseph Earwood, age 78, of #2532 Shorter Avenue, Rome and a former resident of #44 Kings Bridge Road, Cave Springs, died Monday morning, August 4th, 2008 in an Atlanta Hospital. A native of Austell, Georgia, Mr. Earwood was born on November 16th, 1929, the son of the late Alva J. and Ruby Westbrooks Earwood. He had spent the greater...
Donald E. Evans
Aug 2, 2008
Donald E. "Don" Evans, age 67 of #686 Everett Springs Road, NE, Calhoun (the Everett Springs Community) died Saturday morning, August 2nd, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Evans was born on February 24th, 1941, the son of the late Lee Wesley Evans and the late Sara Francis Stephens Evans. Don was a member of...
Margaret Ann Jones Mckerley
Jul 27, 2008
Margaret Ann Jones McKerley, age 67, of 795 County Road 199, Cedar Bluff, Alabama died on Sunday night, July 27th, 2008 at Cherokee County Health Care in Centre, Alabama. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. McKerley was born on November 17th, 1940 the daughter of the late Aaron W. and Fronie Melisa Middleton Couey. Mrs. McKerley resided in Winter Haven...
Minnie Eloise Chambers
Jul 5, 2008
Eloise Everett Chambers, age 73, of #292 Turkey Mountain Road, Armuchee, died Saturday, July 5th, 2008 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Chambers was born on November 4th, 1934, the daughter of the late Clark H. and Zula Fitzpatrick Everett. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a member of the Floyd Springs...
Kay Barnett
Jun 29, 2008
Kay B. Barnett, age 58, of #81 Jones Bend Road, Rome, died Sunday afternoon, June 29th, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Ms. Barnett was born on February 8th, 1950 the daughter of James C. and Ruby Grace Ragland Blackwood. She had spent her entire life in Rome and was a member of...
Jewell Mozelle Pace
Jun 27, 2008
Mrs. Jewell Mozelle Howren Pace, age 98 of #29 Doncaster Drive, Rome, Georgia, (Sherwood Forrest), passed away at her daughter's home on the Wayside Road Friday evening, June 27, 2008. She was 98 years of age, living through seventeen presidents and several wars. She saw the transition of the horse and buggy era to the cars and trucks of today....
John Daniel Rev. Carter
Jun 17, 2008
Rev. John D. Carter, age 93, of Rome/Armuchee, a mighty warrior, has fought and won his final battle, gaining the ultimate victory as he stepped into the arms of Jesus on June 17th, 2008. A pastor and minister of the Gospel for over 70 years, he accepted his first pastoral assignment to the Bennettesville, S.C. Church of God in 1936....