Obituaries
Rachel Brock
Jan 28, 2007
Rachel S. Brock, age 72, of 112 Malone Drive, Garden Lakes Community, Rome, died Sunday afternoon, January 28th, 2007, at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Ms. Brock was born on April 28th, 1934, the daughter of the late Lincoln N. and Ethel Howell Silvers. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and prior to her retirement...
Rufus Ragsdale Bell
Jan 27, 2007
Rufus R. "Sam" Bell, age 89, of 200 Third Street, Shannon, died Saturday evening, January 27th, 2007, at his residence. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mr. Bell was born on November 30th, 1917, the son of the late William L. and Delia Atkinson Bell. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was a...
Martha Jane Dempsey
Jan 24, 2007
Mrs. Martha Jane Boggs Dempsey, age 83, of #9 Indian Trace Drive, NE, Rome, died Wednesday morning, January 24th, 2007 at her residence. A native of Decatur, Alabama, Mrs. Dempsey was born on March 18th, 1923, the daughter of the late John G. and Victoria Epperson Marshall Boggs. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and...
Kinney Edward Kilgore
Jan 21, 2007
Kinney E. Kilgore, age 76, of #9 Chief Vann Drive, Rome, died suddenly at his residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Kilgore was born on January 27th, 1930, the son of the late Robert Lee and Dollie Dimple Jones Kilgore. Mr. Kilgore had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was a veteran of the...
Betty Gene Barton
Jan 15, 2007
Mrs. Betty Gene Barton, age 76, of 59 Wade Street, Rome, passed away Monday morning, January 15th, 2007, at her residence after a brief illness. Mrs. Betty Barton was born in Centre, Alabama, on October 12th, 1930, the daughter of the late Jessie L. and Sallie McCarley Hampton. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and...
Robert Paul Smith
Jan 13, 2007
Robert Paul "Bobby" Smith, age 30, of Lawrenceville, Ga. and a former resident of Cave Spring, died early Saturday morning, January 13th, 2007, at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. from injuries received in an automobile accident. A native of Clarke County, GA., Bobby was born on April 11th, 1976, the son of Robert Lee Smith and Paula Rogers...
William Colin Thomas
Jan 10, 2007
William Colin Thomas, age 60, of 75 Oreburg Road, Rome, (Coosa Community) died Wednesday afternoon, January 10th, 2007, at his residence. A native of Chattooga County, Mr. Thomas was born on December 26th,1946, the son of the late James D. and Dorothy Jean Gaylor Thomas. He was of the Baptist faith and was self-employed as a landscaper. He was preceded...
Cecil Paul Stewart, Jr
Jan 3, 2007
1 Cecil Paul Stewart, Jr., age 81, of 232 B Huffaker Road, Rome, a retired Lieutenant from the Floyd County Sheriff's Department, died Wednesday morning, January 3rd, 2007, at his residence. A native of Bartow County, Mr. Stewart was born on October 10th, 1925, the son of the late Cecil Paul Stewart, Sr. and the late Mossie Adaline Stephens Stewart....
Edna Jo Atkins
Dec 25, 2006
Edna Jo Atkins, age 72, of 66 Lyons Drive, Rome, died Monday evening, December 25th, 2006, at a local hospital. A native of Calhoun County, Alabama, Mrs. Atkins was born on February 23rd, 1934, the daughter of the late J.C. and Gladys Mae Hart Martin. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was a...
Frances Avaleen Dew
Dec 18, 2006
Mrs. Avaleen Hawkins Dew, age 77, of Roman Court, Chulio Road, Rome, GA. and a former long time resident of the Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, died Monday morning, December 18th, 2006 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Dew was born on June 25th, 1929, the daughter of the late John H. and Lillian Chandler Hawkins. Mrs....
Pattie Jean Gentry
Dec 13, 2006
Mrs. Pattie Gentry, age 77, a long time resident of Garden Lakes, Rome, died Wednesday morning, December 13th, 2006, at a Rome hospital. A native of Bartow County, Mrs. Gentry was born on August 21st, 1929, the daughter of the late Henry S. and Sarah Frances Carver Padgett. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and...
Gordon Lee Shipp
Dec 7, 2006
Gordon Lee Shipp, age 61, of 3124 Cedartown Highway, Rome, died Thursday evening, December 7th, 2006 at his residence following a brief illness. A native of Walker County, GA., Mr. Shipp was born on July 20th, 1945, the son of the late Iva L. Shipp and Mavis Smith Shipp Austin. He had spent the greater part his life in Floyd...
Marilyn Andrews Elrod
Dec 5, 2006
9Marilyn Andrews Elrod, age 64, of 17 Graben Drive, Rome, Beech Creek, died Tuesday morning, December 5th, 2006, at her residence. A native of Dade County, Fla., Mrs. Elrod was born on August 9th, 1942, the daughter of the late Howard C. and Iletta Atkinson Rhodes. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd and Bartow Counties...
Gilbert Leon Pledger
Dec 2, 2006
Gilbert Leon Pledger, age 86, of 1407 Cave Springs Road, Rome, died Saturday afternoon, December 2nd, 2006, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Pledger was born on March 22nd, 1920, the son of the late James A. and Mary Jane Phillips Pledger. He was a life long resident of Floyd County and was a World War...
Lewis Virgle Vaughn, Jr
Nov 30, 2006
Lewis Virgle Vaughn, Jr., age 65, of Kennesaw, GA. and a former Roman, died Thursday evening, November 30th, 2006 in Douglasville, Ga. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Vaughn was born on October 6th, 1941, the son of the late Lewis Virgle Vaughn, Sr. and the late Mattie Jenkins Vaughn. For many years he had resided in Lawrenceville and Atlanta,...
Willie Mae Crumley
Nov 27, 2006
Mrs. Willie Mae "Pat" Crumley, age 78, of 227 Lavista Drive, Calhoun, GA. died Monday, November 27th, 2006 at her residence in Calhoun. A native of Gordon County, Ga., Mrs. Crumbly was born on October 2nd, 1928, the daughter of the late Lincoln and Ethel Howell Silver. She was of the Baptist faith and for a number of years was...
Valerie Lynn Benson
Nov 20, 2006
Mrs. Valerie Lynn Prater Benson, age 50, of 64 Deland Road, Kingston, died Monday afternoon, November 20th, 2006, at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Valerie was born on February 7th, 1956, the daughter of Richard M. Prater and the late Annie Ruth Duke Prater. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a member of...
Jewell Irene Monteith
Nov 16, 2006
Mrs. Jewell Irene Monteith, age 74, of Willow Road, Shannon, GA. died Thursday, November 16th, 2006 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Monteith was born on September 27th, 1932, the daughter of the late James B. and Ida Morrow Culberson. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a member of the Mount...
Mirna Emperatriz Calderon
Nov 6, 2006
Mirna E. Calderon, age 52, of 514 Burnett Ferry Road, Rome, died Monday afternoon, November 6th, 2006 at a Rome hospital. A native of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Mirna was born on September 13th, 1954, the daughter of the late Julio Calderon and Marta Alvarenga. She had been a resident of Rome for the past 16 year moving here from Los Angeles,...
Evaneda Mae Durden
Nov 4, 2006
Mae Higgins Durden, age 91, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, died Saturday morning, November 4th, 2006 at Beverly HealthCare of Rome. Survivors include a daughter, Debby Brown of Rome; a son, Wayne Durden of Cedar Bluff, Ala.; 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers and a sister-in-law, Franklin and Ann Higgins and Grady Higgins all of Rome. Funeral services for Mrs. Durden will...
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