Obituaries

Alford Ernest Reed

Alford Ernest Reed

May 19, 2014

Mr. Alford "Earnest" Reed, age 77, of Rome, GA, died Monday evening, May 19, 2014, in a local healthcare facility. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Reed was born on July 31, 1936, the son of the late David and Bessie Edwards Reed. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County all his life and prior to retirement...

Michael Craig Evans

Michael Craig Evans

May 18, 2014

Michael Craig Evans, age 61, of Rome, died Sunday morning, May 18, 2014, in a local hospital. Michael was born in Cedartown, GA, on December 16, 1952, the son of Melvin Charlie Evans and the late Geraldine South Evans. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County most of his life. For a period of time Michael was...

Patricia Ann Haislip

Patricia Ann Haislip

May 15, 2014

Patricia Ann "Patsy" Haislip, age 62, of Centre, AL, died Thursday, May 15, 2014, in a local hospital. Patsy was born in Tennessee on September 5, 1951, the daughter of the late Joe Wallace Chunn and the late Dorothy Elizabeth Chunn. She had been a resident of Centre since 2008, moving there from the Armuchee area. Patsy was a member...

Betty Joan Quinton

Betty Joan Quinton

May 6, 2014

Elizabeth Joan "Betty" Quinton, age 91, of Rome, GA, died Tuesday morning, May 06, 2014, in Fifth Avenue Healthcare facility. Mrs. Quinton was born in Merrill, WI, on October 3, 1922, the daughter of the late August Denetz and Tillie Magnuson Denetz. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life, having...

Rosa L Payne

Rosa L Payne

May 3, 2014

Rosa Bohannon Treglown Payne, age 79, of Cartersville, Georgia and a former Roman passed away on Saturday morning, May 3, 2014 at a Rome hospital. Rosa was born in Chattooga County, Georgia on May 8, 1934, the daughter of the late Garnett Edward Bohannon and the late Lillian Ruth Green Bohannon. She had been a residence of Cartersville for several...

Brenda Gail Koger

Brenda Gail Koger

Apr 29, 2014

Brenda "Gail" Koger, age 69, of Calhoun, GA, and formerly of Rome, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at her residence. Gail was born in Floyd County on December 26, 1944, the daughter of the late Hubert Alonzo Barton and Lois Lucille Ledford Barton. She was a graduate of Armuchee High School and was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. Gail...

J W Scott

J W Scott

Apr 23, 2014

J.W. Scott, age 77, of Rome passed away on Wednesday evening, April 23, 2014 in a Rome hospital. Mr. Scott was born in Cherokee County, AL, on April 26, 1936, the son of the late Ida Dodd and Cliff Scott and was raised by his Grandparents, the late Leon and Marion Dodd. For a number of years he was a...

William Terry Murchison

William Terry Murchison

Apr 13, 2014

William Terry Murchison, Sr., age 77, of Rome, GA, died Sunday evening, April 13, 2014, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Terry was born on May 4, 1936, the son of the late Winthrop William Murchison and Katharine Azalee Rogers Murchison. He was a 1955 graduate of Model High School, a veteran of the United...

William Evan Wood

William Evan Wood

Apr 8, 2014

William Evan "Bill" Wood, age 49, of Rome, GA, died Tuesday evening, April 8, 2014, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Bill was born on April 11, 1964, the son of George and Judy Green Wood. He graduated from Kennesaw State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science Degree and was associated with Floyd...

Edna May Talley

Edna May Talley

Apr 1, 2014

Edna May Gordon Talley, age 75, of Rome passed away on Tuesday morning, April 1, 2014 at a Rome hospital. Edna was born on December 4, 1938, in Whitfield County, GA, the daughter of the late Dorsey and Flora May Shelton Gordon. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life and...

Mary Louise Shelnutt

Mary Louise Shelnutt

Apr 1, 2014

Louise Shelnutt, age 81, of Armuchee, GA, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 1, 2014, at a Rome hospital. Mrs. Shelnutt was born in Randolph County, AL, on September 12, 1932, the daughter of the late Calvin Lee and Duelalar Holloway Payne. She had been a resident of Floyd County since 1950 and was a member of the New Armuchee Baptist...

Elizabeth E Higgins

Elizabeth E Higgins

Mar 31, 2014

Elizabeth Amy Elaine Rhodes Todd Higgins, age 63, of Rome, GA, died Monday afternoon, March 31, 2014, in a local health care facility. Mrs. Higgins was born in Marietta, GA, on April 24, 1950, the daughter of Henry Grady Higgins and the late Katie Brewer Higgins. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the past 29...

Eula Belle Rickman

Eula Belle Rickman

Mar 23, 2014

Mrs. Eula Belle "Jo" Rickman, age 82, of Rome, GA, passed away on Sunday afternoon, March 23, 2014, at the residence. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Rickman was born on February 1, 1932, the daughter of the late George Alexander Holcomb and Reathy Elzora Haney Holcomb. Prior to retirement she was the office manager for Dr. Tom...

Robert Carlton Berry

Robert Carlton Berry

Mar 22, 2014

Robert C. "Bobby" Berry, age 79, of Cedar Bluff, AL, formerly of Rome, GA, passed away on Saturday evening, March 22, 2014, in Centre, Alabama. Mr. Berry was born in Floyd County, GA, on May 3, 1934, the son of the late Ewell and Cora Martin Berry. He had been a resident of Rome for most of his life, moving...

James Benjamin Humphries

James Benjamin Humphries

Mar 20, 2014

Mr. James Benjamin "J.B." (Uncle B) Humphries, Sr., passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Humphries was born in Floyd County, GA, on December 27, 1952, the son of the late James L. Humphries and Gladys Patterson Humphries. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County all his life and was a...

Beverly Juanita Carden

Beverly Juanita Carden

Mar 15, 2014

Beverly Juanita Carden, longtime resident of Roswell, GA, and Rome, GA, died at her residence March 15, 2014. She was 72 and succeeded to heart failure following a brief illness. Beverly was born in Cartersville, GA, on January 13, 1942 to Ernest Watson Jenkins and Opal Floyce Daniel Jenkins. She was married to Samuel F. Carden and blessed with the...

Patsy Jane Buffington

Patsy Jane Buffington

Feb 26, 2014

Patsy Murdock Buffington, age 80, of Leland, North Carolina, and a former resident of Rome and Lavonia, Georgia passed away on Wednesday evening, February 26, 2014, in Leland, North Carolina. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Mrs. Buffington was born on February 6, 1934, the daughter of the late Ray and Edna Mae Peace Murdock. She was a graduate of...

Alton John A.J Rountree

Alton John A.J Rountree

Feb 16, 2014

Alton John (A.J.) Rountree, age 77, of Armuchee, GA., died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Winthrop Health and Rehabilitation following a sudden illness. A.J. was born in Floyd County on July 30, 1936 to the late W.H. Rountree and Alba Hawkins Rountree. He enjoyed playing the guitar and listening to country music. He retired from General Electric. He is a...

Bobby Ross Mobbs

Bobby Ross Mobbs

Jan 30, 2014

Mr. Bobby Ross Mobbs, age 78, of 554-B Floyd Springs Road, Rome, GA, died Thursday, January 30, 2014. Funeral services for Mr. Mobbs will be held on Sunday afternoon, February 2, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. in the Parkview Chapel of Fred Talley's Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Oaknoll Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Fred Talley's...

Edwin Hoyt Abbott

Edwin Hoyt Abbott

Jan 30, 2014

Edwin Hoyt "Abb" Abbott, age 76, of Rome, Georgia passed away on Thursday morning, January 30, 2014, at a local hospital. Mr. Abbott was born in Chattooga County, GA, on Novembe 5, 1937, the son of the late Ellis Hoyt Abbott and Annie Dell Bridges Abbott. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County all his life and...

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