Obituaries
Bobby Joe Holder
Jul 9, 2007
Bobby Joe Holder, age 51, #587 Warren Road, NE, Rome, died Monday morning, July 9th, 2007, at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Holder was born in Floyd County, Georgia on October 15th, 1955, the don of the late Doris June Smith Holder and the late Jack Duvall Holder. Mr. Holder spent his entire life in Rome, attended Armuchee...
Billy Junior Rickett
Jul 8, 2007
Billy Rickett, age 78, of #621 Warren Road NE, Rome, died Sunday afternoon, July 8th, 2007 at his residence. A native of Trion, GA., Mr. Rickett was born on September 15th, 1928, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rickett. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was a member of the East Rome...
Donny Michael Bird Dog Pointer
Jul 6, 2007
Donny "Bird Dog" Pointer, age 48, of #30 Battey Drive, Rome, died Friday morning, July 6th, 2007 at a local hospital following a brief illness. A native of Floyd County, Donny was born on December 20th, 1958, the son of Ralph E. and Virginia Nesmith Pointer. He was a life long resident of Rome and was of the Baptist Faith....
Mildred Louise Millie Kilgo
Jun 30, 2007
Mildred Louise "Millie" Kilgo, age 72, of #710 Trove Drive, Rome, (Garden Lakes) died Saturday, June 30th, 2007 at 12:55 p.m. at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Mrs. Kilgo was born on May 4th, 1935, the daughter of the late Rev. Willis V. and Mildred Louise Ammonds Young. She had spent the greater part of her life...
Kurt Carson Bishop
Jun 30, 2007
Kurt Carson Bishop, age 20, of #255 Potts Road, Kingston, died Saturday , June 30th, 2007 at the DeKalb Medical Center in Ft. Payne, Alabama from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. A native of Floyd County, Kurt was born on August 15th, 1986, the son of Ralph and Rita Lynn Wilkey Bishop. Kurt had spent his entire life in...
Frances Jane Ridley
Jun 27, 2007
Mrs. Frances Jane Ridley, age 97, of # 49 Elmwood Street, (Riverside Community), Rome, died Wednesday afternoon, June 27th, 2007 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Ridley was born on July 21st, 1909, the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Reed and the lateCornelia Ann Blaylock Reed. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and...
Carole Lynn Pollard Wallace
Jun 26, 2007
Carole Pollard Wallace, age 60, of 437 Kraftsman Road, SW, Rome died Tuesday evening, June 26th, 2007, at a local hospital after a brief illness. A native of Chattooga County, Carole was born on January 26th, 1947, the daughter of the late David and Irene Taylor Ramsey. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and...
Fannie Lou Mathis
Jun 24, 2007
Mrs. Fannie Lou "Mom" Mathis, age 91, of Winthrop Manor of Rome died Sunday evening, June 24th, 2007, at Winthrop Manor of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Mathis was born on October 30th, 1915, the daughter of the late Ed and Elizabeth Bing Byars. A life long resident of Floyd County, Mrs. Mathis was a long time member...
Marilyn Lousie Patterson Agan
Jun 22, 2007
Mrs. Marilyn Gresham Patterson Agan, age 71, of Lindale, Georgia, died suddenly Friday, June 22nd, 2007, at St. Luke Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, after a brief illness. Mrs. Agan was born in Floyd County on September 21st, 1935, the daughter of the late Devis Watts Gresham and the late Annie Orr Gresham. She was a member of the Word and...
Jessie Lorene Edgins
Jun 17, 2007
Mrs. Jessie L. Edgins, age 93, of #6 Baker Drive, SW, West Rome, died Sunday morning, June 17th, 2007, at her residence. A native Bartow County, Ga., Mrs. Edgins was born on August 1st, 1913, the daughter of the late Preston E. and Sarah Elizabeth Bennett Blankenship. She was of the Baptist Faith and prior to her retirement, Mrs. Edgins...
Lynda Lee Smith
Jun 16, 2007
Lynda Christensen Smith, age 57, of #9 Elliott Drive, SE, Rome, Georgia, died Saturday, June 16th, 2007, at her residence in Rome. A native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Smith was born on December 7th, 1949, the daughter of the late Christ James Christensen and Anna Mildred Young Christensen. Lynda had been a resident of Rome for the past 34 years...
Teresa Dianna Terrell
Jun 6, 2007
Teresa Dianna Terrell, age 52, of #417 New Freeman Ferry Road, Rome, died Wednesday, June 6th, 2007, at the Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta. A native of Bibb County, GA., Mrs. Terrell was born on June 9th, 1954, the daughter of Ralph L. and Sue Reeves Patterson. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and...
Jonnie Lou Everett
Jun 4, 2007
Jonnie Chambers Everett, age 67, of #505 Turkey Mountain Road, Armuchee, died Monday, June 4th, 2007, at the home of a daughter and son-in-law in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. A native of Polk County, Georgia, Mrs. Everett was born on September 30th, 1939, the daughter of the late James and Ruby Beam Chambers. Mrs. Everett was of the Baptist Faith...
Robert Ira Hood
May 31, 2007
Robert Ira Hood, age 81, of #102 Cocker Drive, West Rome, died Thursday morning, May 31st, 2007, for injuries sustained in an automobile-truck accident in Polk County. A native of Kingston, Ga., Mr. Hood was born on October 3rd, 1925, the son of the late George B. and Annie Sisson Hood. He had spent the greater part of his life...
Vera Weems
May 31, 2007
Vera Williamson Weems, age 87, of #12 Chateau Drive, Rome, a former long time resident of the Old Cedartown Road, Lindale, died late Thursday afternoon, May 31st, 2007 at Winthrop Manor of Rome. A native of Dawson, Alabama, Mrs. Weems was born on September 24th, 1919, the daughter of the late Perry and Mindie Lou Fraser Williamson. She had spent...
Clyde Auburn Beard
May 29, 2007
Clyde A. Beard, age 86, of Bonney Lake, Washington, a former long time resident of Rome, died May 29th, 2007 at his residence in Bonney Lake, Washington. A native of Gordon County, GA. Mr. Bread was born on January 26, 1921, the son of the late Lewis A. and Callie Ann Casey Beard. He had been a resident of Washington...
William Howard Mathis
May 28, 2007
William Howard Mathis, age 89, of #4619 Big Texas Valley Road, Rome, died Monday night, May 28th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mr. Mathis was born on January 25th, 1918, the son of the late Lester L. and Ruby Wilson Mathis. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and...
Deborah Charlene Debbie Todd
May 24, 2007
Deborah Charlene "Debbie" Byrd -Todd, age 51, of #101 County Road 377, Lot #5, Leesburg, Alabama, a former resident of Rome and Cedartown, Ga. died Thursday morning, May 24th, 2007 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Debbie was born on September 18th, 1955, the daughter of the late Doss and Imogene Q. Byrd. She was of the Baptist...
Olivia Nellie Dawson
May 24, 2007
Mrs. Olivia Porter Dawson, age 85, of #605 Briarwood Circle, NW, Rome, died Thursday evening at a local hospital. Private graveside and interment services for the family of Mrs. Dawson will be held this (Saturday) afternoon at 1 o'clock at East View Cemetery with Dr. Joel Snider officiating. Grandsons will serve as active pallbearers, Vann Lee Stansell, Jr., Andrew Wesley...
Sandon Keylan Waddell
May 22, 2007
Keylan Waddell, the 3 week old son of Rev. Brandon M. and Summer Nelson Waddell, of #122 A Baby Doe Drive, Rome, died Tuesday evening, May 22nd, 2007 at Egleston Children's Hospital in Atlanta. Keylan was born on May 1st, 2007 in Rome, Ga. Survivors include his parents, Rev. Brandon and Summer Waddell, a sister, Mckale Waddell, grand-parents, Kelley and...