Obituaries
Joseph Marvin Buffington
Mar 9, 2008
Joseph Marvin Buffington, age 73, of #23 Johns Drive, NE, Rome died Sunday morning, March 9th, 2008 at Gordon Hospital, Calhoun, Georgia. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Buffington was born on September 1st, 1934, the son of the late Samuel D. and Gladys Manning Buffington. He had spent his entire life in Floyd County and was of the Baptist...
Elizabeth Bass Zip Spivey
Feb 25, 2008
Elizabeth Prater Bass Spivey, also known as "Zip" age 87, of #55 Sam Harris Road NE, Rome, died early Monday morning, February 25th, 2008 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Spivey was born on August 5th, 1920, the daughter of the late Marvin and Cora Lee Hooper Prater. She had spent the greater part of her life...
Howard Carnell Fuqua
Feb 22, 2008
Howard C. Fuqua, age 85, of # 1632 Old Summerville Road, Rome died Friday evening, February 22nd, 2008 at the residence. A native of Bartow County, Georgia, Mr. Fuqua was born on August 6th, 1922, the son of the late Robert Lee and Emily Melvinie Brock Fuqua. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County, having...
Jerry Dean Carlisle
Feb 19, 2008
Jerry D. Carlisle, age 63, of #2002 Maple Avenue, Rome, died Tuesday evening, February 19th, 2008 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, Georgia. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Carlisle was born on June 14th, 1944, the son of the late Bynie Boyd and Eva White Carlisle. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and Floyd...
Donald Everett Don Doggett
Feb 18, 2008
Donald E. "Don" Doggett, age 60, of 43 Tency Lane, NE, Rome, GA. died Monday morning, February 18th, 2008 at his home in Rome. A native of Fulton County, Georgia, Mr. Doggett was born on March 29th, 1947, the son of Ivor Copeland Doggett and the late Augustus Durward Doggett. He had been a resident of Rome since 1986 moving...
Virginia Carolyn Zook
Feb 16, 2008
Virginia C. "Jenny" Zook, age 57, of #12581 Highway 100, Lyerly, Ga. and a former Roman died Saturday morning, February 16th, 2008 at her residence. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mrs. Zook was born on May 30th, 1950, the daughter of Edward Leroy and Susie Josephine Adams Perry. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Shepherd Chapel...
John Sprague Goss
Feb 12, 2008
John S. Goss, age 82, of Garden Lakes, Rome, Georgia died Tuesday evening, February 12th, 2008 at a Rome hospital. A native of Chanute, Kansas, Mr. Goss was born on September 27th, 1925, the son of the late Kenneth L. and Lilah McIntyre Goss. He was a World War II veteran having served in the United States Army and was...
Tiffany Jordan Holder
Feb 10, 2008
Tiffany Jordan Holder, age 3 weeks, the daughter of Robert Kirk Holder and Tonya Marie Roberts of #32 Covered Springs Drive, Rome died Sunday morning, February 10th, 2008 at the residence. Tiffany was born in Rome on January 15th, 2008 and was preceded by a sister, Taylor Victoria Roberts-Hill on May 9th, 2004. Survivors include her father and mother, Kirk...
Elalier Hulsey Elaine Martin
Feb 10, 2008
Elalier "Elaine" Hulsey Martin, age 86, of Sharpsburg, Georgia and a former Roman died early Sunday morning, February 10th, 2008 in Peachtree City, Georgia. A native of Buchannan, Georgia, Mrs. Martin was born on January 9th, 1922, the daughter of the late John David and Eula Mae Gentry Wisener. Mrs. Martin resided in Forest Park Georgia for a number of...
Clinton Dewitt Culberson
Jan 30, 2008
Clinton D. Culberson, age 81, of #266 Bells Ferry Road, Rome, died early Wednesday morning, January 30th, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Bartow County, Georgia, Mr. Culberson was born on May 12th, 1926, the son of the late James B. and Ida Lou Venia Morrow Culberson. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd...
Irene Eunice Adams
Jan 29, 2008
Eunice Avery Adams, age 82 of # 6 Walton Way, Rome, died early Tuesday, January 29th, 2008at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Adams was born on October 12th, 1925, the daughter of the late Howard Dallas Avery and the late Jessie Long Avery. She had spent her entire life in Rome and was a member of the...
Martha Lucile Holcombe
Jan 28, 2008
Martha Lucile Holcombe, age 89 of #114 Sheridan Drive, Rome died Monday evening, January 28th, 2008 at the residence. A native of Fulton County, Georgia, Mrs. Holcombe was born on June 3rd, 1918, the daughter of the late George W. and Carrie Elizabeth Smith Reed. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a member...
Anthony Chase Keener
Jan 28, 2008
Anthony Chase Keener, age 17, of 374 Old Bells Ferry Road, Rome died Monday evening, January 28th, 2008 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Chase was born on April 14th, 1990, the son of James Anthony Keener and Tabitha Shawn Touchstone Jett. Chase had spent his entire life in Floyd County and was a member of the Oostanaula...
Ann Freeman
Jan 25, 2008
Ann Latimer Freeman, age 75, of #86 North Avery Road, Apt. #5, Rome died early Friday morning, January 25th, 2008 at the residence following a short illness. A native of Fulton County, Georgia, Mrs. Freeman was born on July 21st, 1932, the daughter of the late Samuel Luther Latimer and the late Jemmie Cook Latimer. She had spent the greater...
Arliss Estelle Owens
Jan 21, 2008
Mrs. Estelle Hawkins Owens, age 86, of #75 Deason Road, Armuchee, died Monday morning, January 21st, 2008 at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, Georgia. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Owens was born on November 20th, 1921 the daughter of the late John Henry Hawkins and the late Lillian Lee Hawkins. She had spent the greater part of her life...
Robert Lewis Jones
Jan 20, 2008
Robert L. "Bobby" Jones, age 72, of #1396 Old Dalton Road NE, Rome, died Sunday evening, January 20th, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Jones was born on May 3rd. 1935, the son of the late Joel Clifford Jones and the late Velma Harris Jones. He had spent his entire life in Floyd County and...
Mildred Dorothy Powell
Jan 18, 2008
Mrs. Mildred P. Powell of #95 Pinson Road, Rome (the Shannon Community) died Friday evening, January 18th, 2008 at Fifth Avenue Health Care. A native of Douglas, Wyoming, Mrs. Powell was the daughter of the late William and Anna Pflaeging. She had been a resident of Rome for 54 years, moving here from Washington, D.C. Mrs. Powell was a veteran...
Cecil Bonnie Climer-Crowder
Jan 15, 2008
Mrs. Cecil Waits Climer Crowder, age 90 of #1440 Ward Mountain Road, N.E., Rome died Tuesday morning, January 15, 2008 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Crowder was born on June 8th, 1917, the daughter of the late Morgan J. and Willie Mae Bowman Waits. She had spent her entire life in Rome and was a...
Lee Mowry, Jr
Jan 13, 2008
Lee Mowry, Jr. veteran radio and sports announcer, of the Turner Chapel Road, Rome, died on Sunday, January 13th, 2008 at the age of 86 at home. Lee was pre-deceased by his wife, Edith, who died in July 2001. He is survived by three children, a son Lee Mowry III and wife Jo Anne of Roanoke, VA. and 2 daughters,...
Carl Lewis Reed, Sr
Jan 8, 2008
Carl Reed, Sr. age 75, of the Martha Berry Highway, Rome, died Tuesday evening January 8th, 2008, at his residence. A native of Bartow County, Mr. Reed was born on August 7th, 1932, the son of the late Robert and Ola Elrod Reed. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was a member of the...