Obituaries
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
Margaret Evelyn Carver
Jan 25, 2014
Mrs. Margaret Evelyn Carver, age 90, of Rome, GA, died Saturday morning, January 25, 2014, at Floyd Medical Center after a short illness. Mrs. Carver was born in Bartow County, February 2, 1923, daughter of the late Jesse and Azzie Lanham Taylor and lived in Rome and Floyd County most of her life. Mrs. Carver worked in sales and had...
Henry David Lindsey
Jan 17, 2014
Mr. Henry David Lindsey, age 89, of Cedartown, GA, died Friday evening, January 17, 2014. Mr. Lindsey was born on December 31, 1924, in Stilesboro, GA, the son of the late Lester Lindsey, Sr., and Ida Mae Dudley Lindsey. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp having served during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Mr....
Henriette Pauline Crowe
Jan 6, 2014
Henriette P. "Henny" Crowe, age 88, of Rome, passed away on Monday morning, January 6, 2014 at a Rome hospital. Mrs. Crowe was born on June 15, 1925, in Holyoke, Mass., the daughter of the late Charles J. and Virginia Canse DeDeurwaerder. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life and...
Linda Joan Mckelvey
Jan 5, 2014
Mrs. Linda Joan McKelvey, age 68, of Rome, GA, died Sunday, January 5, 2014, in a local hospital. Mrs. McKelvey was born in Centre, AL, on August 18, 1945, the daughter of the late Roy ManlyGarmany Sr. and Lillian Lois Knight GarmanyRedditt. She had been a resident of Floyd County since 1994, moving here from Florida. Prior to retirement in...
Namon Adams Wiseman
Jan 4, 2014
Namon Adams Wiseman, age 82, affectionately known by many as "Coach" or "PawPaw", passed away on January 4th, 2014, with his family by his side. Mr. Wiseman was born in Rome on November 18, 1931, son of the late George Dewey Wiseman and Lydia Adams Wiseman. Mr. Wiseman graduated from Rome High School in 1952 and played for the Rome...