Obituaries

Margarett Florine Reed

Margarett Florine Reed

Oct 11, 2007

Florine Cochran Reed, age 80 of #8211 New Calhoun Highway NE, Adairsville, GA. (The Scottsville Community) died Thursday evening, October 11th, 2007 at Erlinger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Reed was born on August 24th, 1927. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a homemaker. Mrs. Reed was a member of...

Charles Lloyd Chuck Lanham

Charles Lloyd Chuck Lanham

Oct 9, 2007

Charles L. "Chuck" Lanham, age 68, of #114 Wade Street, Rome, died Tuesday afternoon, October 9th, 2007 at his residence. A native Floyd County, Chuck was born on August 22nd, 1939, the son of the late Charlie Joe Lanham and the late Gertrude Herod Lanham. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was of the...

Hazel Beatrice Branton

Hazel Beatrice Branton

Oct 8, 2007

Hazel Self Branton, age 65, of Rome, died Monday, October 8th, 2007 at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Branton was born on June 17th, 1942, the daughter of the late Amos D. and Emma Viola Abney Gentry. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Prior to her...

James William Jack Henry

James William Jack Henry

Oct 5, 2007

James William "Jack" Henry, age 83, of #800 North 5th Avenue, Rome, died Friday afternoon, October 5th, 2007 at the residence. A native of Chattooga County, Mr. Henry was born on October 28th, 1923, the son of the late Thomas J. and Lillie Chandler Henry. He was a World War II veteran having served in the United States Army and...

Virginia Mae Adkins

Virginia Mae Adkins

Oct 5, 2007

Virginia Feazell Adkins, age 82, of #1216 Everett Springs Road, Everett Springs, died Friday morning, October 5th, 2007 at the residence. A native of Dempsey, West Virginia, Mrs. Adkins was born on August 28th, 1925, the daughter of the late John W. and Thelma Baughn Feazell. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. Mrs. Adkins was preceded in...

William Melvin Kinsey

William Melvin Kinsey

Oct 3, 2007

William Melvin Kinsey, age 71, of #499 McGrady Road, NE, Rome, died Wednesday evening, October 3rd, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Kinsey was born on July 25th, 1936, the son of the late Seaborn W. and Ruby Mary Brown Kinsey. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was...

William Harold Mathis

William Harold Mathis

Oct 1, 2007

William Harold Mathis, age 95, of #1077 Youngs Mill Road, Kingston, died Monday morning, October 1st, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Bartow County, Mr. Mathis was born on July 30th, 1912, the son of the late Willie B. and Odessa White Holt Mathis. He had spent the greater part of his life in Bartow County and was...

Roberta Jaynell Mama Nell Quarles

Roberta Jaynell Mama Nell Quarles

Sep 28, 2007

Roberta Jaynell "Mama Nell" Quarles, age 95, of #511 West 10th, Street, Rome, died Friday morning, September 28th, 2007 at Chulio Hills Health Care of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Quarles was born on May 28th, 1912, the daughter of the late Robert L. and Addie Woodall Robbins. She was a member of the North Broad Baptist Church....

Wanda Loretta Mcearchern

Wanda Loretta Mcearchern

Sep 23, 2007

Wanda Loretta Davis McEarchern, age 67, of #514 Elliott Drive, NW, Rome, (Garden Lakes Community), died Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. McEarchern was born on November 28th, 1939 the daughter of the late Walker L. and Clara Nell Harkins Davis. She had spent her entire life...

Hollis Sherman Hufstetler

Hollis Sherman Hufstetler

Sep 23, 2007

Hollis Sherman Hufstetler, age 87, of #2514 North Broad Street, Rome, Georgia, passed away Sunday morning, September 23rd, 2007 at a local after an extended illness. Mr. Hufstetler was born on December 4th, 1919 in Bartow County, Georgia. He was the son of the late Arthur Sherman and Simmie Pendley Hufstetler. He spent the greater part of his life in...

William Jesse Evans, Jr

William Jesse Evans, Jr

Sep 22, 2007

William J. "Bill" Evans, Jr. age 87, of #661 Compton Road, SE, Silver Creek, died Saturday evening, September 22nd, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Evans was born on July 15th, 1920, the son of the late William Jesse Evans, Sr. and the late Donie Teague Evans. He attended Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church and...

Lillian Louise Fowler

Lillian Louise Fowler

Sep 20, 2007

Lillian Louise Fowler, age 88, of #131 Dodd Blvd, Rome, died Thursday morning, September 20th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Clayton County, Georgia, Mrs. Fowler was born on May 9th, 1919 the daughter of the late Alfred C. and Johnnie Elizabeth Eberhardt Stephens. She has been a resident of Rome since 1984 moving here from Monroe, Georgia....

Charles Lee Silvey

Charles Lee Silvey

Sep 18, 2007

Charles L. "Chuck" Silvey, age 62 of #2625 Kingston Highway, NE, Rome, died Tuesday morning, September 18th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Akron, Ohio, Chuck was born on March 5th, 1945, the son of the late Clarence L. and Rita Yvonne Wilcox Silvey. He has been a resident of Rome since 1978 moving here from Akron, Ohio...

Monroe Vaughn Tinsley, Ii

Monroe Vaughn Tinsley, Ii

Sep 16, 2007

Monroe V. Tinsley, II, age 83, of #31 Conway Place, Rome, (Garden Lakes) died Sunday evening, September 16th, 2007, at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Tinsley was born on June 25th, 1924, the son of the late Monroe V. and Bertha Harrison Tinsley. He was a World War II veteran having served in the United States Navy....

Emil Wilbur Adam, Iii

Emil Wilbur Adam, Iii

Sep 14, 2007

Emil Wilbur Adam, III, age 92, of Rome, died Friday evening, September 14th, 2007 at a Rome Georgia hospital. A native of Billings, Montana, Mr. Adam was from a very prominent founding family in Montana, born on June 8th, 1915, the son of the late Emil W. Adam, II and the late Helen Goddard Adam. Mr. Adam worked on various...

Leroy Slater

Leroy Slater

Sep 11, 2007

Leroy Slater, age 79, of #18 Rollingwood Drive, West Rome, died Tuesday evening, September 11th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Hamilton County, Tennessee, Mr. Salter was born on August 9th, 1928, the son of the late Roy Lee Slater and the late Rosa Mae Lowe Slater. He had been a resident of Rome since 1971 moving here...

James Marion Penney

James Marion Penney

Sep 6, 2007

James M. "Jim" Penney, age 64, of #24 Cypress Street, Rome, (Riverside Community) died Thursday morning, September 6th, 2007 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Penney was born on October 21st, 1943, the son of the late Bert and Louise Blaylock Penney. He has spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County, was...

Ollie Beatrice Martin

Ollie Beatrice Martin

Aug 29, 2007

Mrs. Beatrice Rose Martin, age 84, of #419 Robinhood Road, Rome, (Sherwood Forest Community) died early Wednesday morning, August 29th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Martin was born on March 5th, 1923, the daughter of the late Benjamin William Rose and the late Mollie Maybell Hazelwood Rose. She had spent her entire life in...

Sam Diprima, Jr

Sam Diprima, Jr

Aug 22, 2007

Sam Diprima, Jr., age 86, of 225 Duggar Drive, NE, Rome, long time owner and operator of Diprima's Steak House died Wednesday evening, August 22nd, 2007, at his residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Diprima was born on May 6th, 1921, the son of the late Sam Diprima, Sr. and the late Ivie Jones Diprima. He had spent the...

Mary Sue Thomas

Mary Sue Thomas

Aug 19, 2007

Mrs. Mary Sue Denson Thomas, age 84, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, and a former long time resident of the Alabama Highway, Coosa Community, died Sunday morning, August 19th, 2007 at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Thomas was born on September 30th, 1922, the daughter of the late Rev. William O. and Willie...

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