Obituaries
Sylvia Jewell West
May 22, 2007
Jewell Helton West, age 92, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, died early Tuesday morning, May 22nd, 2007, at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Bloomfield, Mississippi, Mrs. West was born on April 15th, 1915. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a homemaker. Mrs. West was of the Methodist Faith. Mrs. West...
Allison Kirk Alford
May 12, 2007
Kirk Alford, age 47, of 4391 Calhoun Road, P.O. Box 66, Rome, died Saturday morning, May 12th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Kirk was born on January 4th, 1960, the son of Barbara Staton Alford and the late Allison E. Alford. He moved to Rome at age 16 from Adairsville, where he attended school and...
Dolores Jean Wilson
May 7, 2007
Mrs. Dolores Jean Wilson, age 75, of 613 Briarwood Circle NW, Rome, died early Monday morning, May 7th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Kremlin, Oklahoma, Mrs. Wilson was born on May 25th, 1931, the daughter of the late Harley E. and Gladys Lola Stack Felton. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Brackettville, Texas...
Timothy Wayne Lehr, Sr
May 6, 2007
Timothy Wayne Lehr, age 58, of 1770 East Hermitage Road, NE, Kingston, died Sunday morning, May 6th, 2007 at his residence. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Lehr was born on July 4th, 1948, the son of the late Ernest F. and Viola Lehr. He had been a resident of Rome since 1995 moving here from Chatsworth, Georgia and was...
Rita Lynette Coleman
Apr 19, 2007
Rita Jenkins Coleman, age 36, of 2481 Everett Spring Road, (the Everett Spring Community) Armuchee, died early Thursday morning, April 19th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Rita was born on May 15th, 1970, and was a life long resident of Floyd County. Rita attended the Model Elementary School and was a 1988 graduate of Armuchee...
Donald Gene Mcguire
Apr 16, 2007
Donald Gene McGuire, age 70, of #6 Baker Drive, SW, West Rome, died Monday afternoon, April 16th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. McGuire was born on August 16th, 1936, the son of Jessie Blankenship McGuire Edgins and the late Cicero Franklin McGuire. Mr. McGuire was of the Baptist faith and prior to returning to...
Paul Russell Trapp
Mar 27, 2007
Paul Russell Trapp, age 67, of #2 Stewart Circle, Cave Spring, GA. died Tuesday morning, March 27th, 2007, at Kindred Hospital, in Chattanooga, Tenn. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Trapp was born on April 1st, 1939, the son of the late Marvin M. and Nellie Mae Weathington Trapp. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd...
Minyonne Frances Mcguiness
Mar 24, 2007
Minyonne Stevens McGuiness, age 87, of 110 Chief Vann Drive, Rome, died early Saturday morning, March 24th, 2007, at the residence. Mrs. McGuiness was born on November 28th, 1919 in McComb, Mississippi to George and Caroline Badon Stevens. She had been a resident of Rome since 1963 moving here from Birmingham, Alabama. Mrs. McGuiness was a member of the First...
Mary Rebekah Martin
Mar 23, 2007
Mary Rebekah "Becky" Martin, age 85, of 108 Keown Road, SE, Rome, GA. died Friday afternoon, March 23rd, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Martin was born on February 16th, 1922, the daughter of the late Tom W. and Lula Barron Stone. She was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, a homemaker and...
Elizabeth Beth Gonzalez
Mar 22, 2007
Elizabeth C. "Beth" Gonzalez, age 86, of 99 New Rosedale Road, Armuchee, Georgia, died Thursday afternoon, March 22nd, 2007, at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Gonzalez was born on August 23rd, 1920, the daughter of the late Ernest and Kate Burnett Carney. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County ad was a...
Paralee Moon
Mar 7, 2007
Paralee Moon, age 84, of 16 Fairhaven Drive, Rome, (Coosa Community) died Wednesday morning, March 7th, 2007, at Cherokee Medical Center, Centre, Alabama. A native of Talladega, Ala., Mrs. Moon was born on August 28th, 1922, the daughter of the late Bloss and Cassie Curtis Kissic. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County, was of...
Warren Calvin Baldwin
Mar 6, 2007
Warren Calvin Baldwin, age 84 of #120 Elliott Drive, Rome, (Garden Lakes) died Tuesday morning, March 6th, 2007, at the residence. A native of Polk County, GA., Mr. Baldwin was born on April 11th, 1922, the son of the late Benjamin T. and Frances Dobbins Baldwin. He served for 20 years in the United States Army, retiring in 1963 as...
Horace Porter Dykes, Sr
Mar 6, 2007
Horace P. Dykes, Sr. age 87, of West Club Drive, Atlanta, and a former Roman, died Tuesday morning, March 6th, 2007, at his residence in Atlanta. A native of Richton, Mississippi, Mr. Dykes was born on March 14th, 1919, the son of the late Jefferson H. and Pearlie Jane Edwards Dykes. Mr. Dykes was a retired Textile Engineer, was a...
James Paul Kinney, Jr
Mar 5, 2007
In the depths of the Great Depression, James Paul Kinney, Jr., age 74, was born in Blackshear, Ga., near Waycross, on August 17th, 1932, to James Paul Kinney, Sr. and Sarah Margaret Webb Kinney, both teachers. James Paul Kinney, Jr., died on Monday morning, March 5th, 2007 at his home in Rome, after a short illness. He and his wife,...
Clora Roselyn Ransom
Feb 24, 2007
Clora Roselyn Corbin Ransom, age 85, of #505 North 5th Avenue, Rome, and a long time resident of the Floyd Springs Community, died Saturday morning, February 24th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Ransom was born on January 30th, 1922, the daughter of the late John E. and Ola Mae Murchison Corbin. She was a...
Mark Anthony Grant
Feb 24, 2007
Mark Anthony Grant, age 53, of Cedar Bluff, Ala. and a former long time resident of Celanese, (the Riverside Community), Rome, died unexpectedly Saturday morning, February 24th, 2007, in Cedar Bluff, Alabama. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Grant was born on May 19th, 1953, the son of the late Doyal H. and Agnes Louise Davis Grant. He had spent...
Lucian Arthur (D.O.M.) L.A. Mckinney
Feb 22, 2007
Lucian Arthur (D.O.M.) "L.A." McKinney, age 76, of #300 Wilkerson Road, SW, Rome, died Thursday evening, February 22nd, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Cherokee County, Ala., Mr. McKinney was born on July 18th, 1930, the son of the late David Norman McKinney and Velma Payne McKinney. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd...
Ann Weaver
Feb 21, 2007
Mrs. Ann Terry Weaver, age 88, a former resident of McGrady Road, Rome, died Wednesday morning, February 21st, 2007, at Beverly HealthCare of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Weaver was born on October 7th, 1918. She was a member of the New Armuchee Baptist Church and for a number of years was associated with Dr. C.J. Wyatt as...
Shannon Deon Godfrey
Feb 18, 2007
Shannon Deon Godfrey, age 32, of #8 Woodcliff Drive NE, Rome, passed away early Sunday morning, February 18th, 2007, at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Shannon was born on October 11th, 1974, the daughter of Mack and Louise Allmon Godfrey. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and attended the First Baptist Church of Shannon. Shannon...