Obituaries

Sarah Lee Owen

Sarah Lee Owen

Feb 4, 2013

Sarah Lee Wooten Owen, age 85, of Rome passed away on Monday, February 4th, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Fort Payne, Alabama, Mrs. Owen was born on November 27th, 1927, the daughter of the late William J. and Azalee Evans Wooten. Mrs. Owen had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and Floyd County and...

Sara Lee Ritchey

Sara Lee Ritchey

Jan 21, 2013

Mrs. Sara Lee Oswalt Ritchey, age 88, of #8 Stonegable Drive, NW, Rome passed away on Monday morning, January 21, 2013, in a Rome hospital. A native of Rome, Georgia, Mrs. Oswalt-Ritchey was born on August 23rd, 1924, the daughter of the late Herbert Alexander McClain and the late Sarah Rachel Irvine McClain. Mrs. Oswalt-Ritchey was a member of the...

Miranda Leigh Turner

Miranda Leigh Turner

Jan 12, 2013

Miranda Leigh Rust Turner, age 30, of Cedar Bluff, Ala. and a former resident of Armuchee passed away on January 12th, 2013 at her residence in Cedar Bluff. A native of Longview, Texas Miranda was born on September 2nd, 1982, the daughter of James Anthony "Tony" Rust of Rome and Rhonda Joyce Key of Rome. Miranda had been a resident...

Samuel Milton Broome

Samuel Milton Broome

Jan 9, 2013

Samuel Milton "Sam" Broome, age 65, of Summerville, Georgia passed away on Wednesday morning, January 9th, 2013 at a Rome hospital. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Mr. Broome was born on May 4th, 1947, the son of the late Samuel Waldo Broome and the late Helen Louise McGee Broome. He had spent the greater part of his life in...

Lillian Estelle Burton

Lillian Estelle Burton

Dec 26, 2012

Lillian Estelle Burton, of Rome, passed away Wednesday afternoon, December 26, 2012, at the Summit of Rome. Mrs. Burton was born in Cherokee County, AL, the daughter of the late Robert Downey and Nobie Downey Williams. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life. Mrs. Burton was a member of the...

Shirley Jean Honea

Shirley Jean Honea

Dec 22, 2012

Shirley Jean Honea, age 71, of the Kingston Highway, Rome, GA, died Saturday, December 22, 2012, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Honea was born on April 10, 1941, the daughter of the late Noble Dial Agan, Sr. and Lois Pearl Martin Agan. She had been a resident of Rome all her life and...

Kenneth Hobart Mize

Kenneth Hobart Mize

Dec 10, 2012

Kenneth H. Mize, age 86, of Rome, passed away on Monday evening, December 10th, 2012 at his residence. A native of Haralson County, Georgia, Mr. Mize was born on January 23rd, 1926, the son of the late Hobart and Essie Goggins Mize. He was a graduate of Tallapoosa High School and was a veteran of World War II veteran having...

William Curtis Falls

William Curtis Falls

Dec 3, 2012

William Curtis "Bill" Falls, age 45, of Rome, passed away on Monday evening, December 3, 2012, at a Rome hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack at his residence on Redmond Road in Rome. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Bill was born on November 27, 1967, the son of Barbara Ables Falls and the late Kenneth W. "Ken"...

Stephen Bradley Gravely

Stephen Bradley Gravely

Nov 19, 2012

Stephen Bradley Gravely, age 59, of Rome, died Monday evening, November 19, 2012, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Stephen was born on May 17, 1953, the son of the late Sarah Lee Worsham Gravely and the late Luther Raymond Gravely. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County all his life and...

Marcus Stephen Davis

Marcus Stephen Davis

Nov 15, 2012

Marcus Stephen "Marc" Davis, age 38, of Brookville, Indiana, formerly of Rome, died Thursday evening, November 15, 2012, in Brookville. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Marc was born on October 6, 1974, the son of Gary Wayne Davis and Donna Kay Odom Overman. He was a 1993 graduate of Coosa High School, attended Floyd College and was a...

Viriginia Iona Myers

Viriginia Iona Myers

Nov 8, 2012

Virginia I. Myers, age 93 of Rome, passed away on Thursday morning, November 8th, 2012 at Golden Living Center of Rome. Virginia was born on September 29th, 1919 in Lima, Ohio the daughter of the late Lyle Irvin Curry and the late Madeline Marie Glenn Curry. Virginia was a graduate of Cridersville High School in Cridersville, Ohio and was a...

Gary Richard Smith

Gary Richard Smith

Nov 8, 2012

Gary Richard Smith, age 65, of Griffith Drive, Liberty, South Carolina passed away on Thursday, November 8th, 2012 at his residence in Liberty. Gary was born in LaFayette, Georgia on October 26th, 1947 the son of Opal Pickle Smith and the late John Wesley Smith. Gary was a 1966 graduate of Chattooga County High School in Summerville, GA. Gary was...

Doris Carolyn Brock

Doris Carolyn Brock

Nov 8, 2012

Doris Carolyn Eaves Brock, age 84 of the Everett Springs Community, Armuchee passed away on Thursday afternoon, November 8th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Lindale, Georgia, Mrs. Brock was born on October 18th, 1928, the daughter of the late Ellis Clemons Eaves and the late Barbara Byrd Eaves. Mrs. Brock had spent the great part of her...

Albert Thomas Silver

Albert Thomas Silver

Nov 6, 2012

Albert T. Silver, age 85, of Calhoun, GA. passed away on Tuesday afternoon, November 6th, 2012 at Gordon County Hospital. A native of Lindale, Georgia Mr. Silver was born on April 27th, 1927, the son of the late Lincoln and Ethel Howell Silver. Mr. Silver had spent the great part of his life in Calhoun and was a veteran of...

Lora Darlene Hall

Lora Darlene Hall

Nov 3, 2012

Lora Darlene Barlow Hall, age 46, of Rome passed away peacefully in her sleep early Saturday morning, November 3, 2012 at her residence. Lora was born in Rome on November 30, 1965, the daughter of Thomas Blakely Barlow of Rome and the late Martha Dempsey Barlow. Lora was a graduate of East Rome High School and was previously employed at...

Nora Lee Crumbley

Nora Lee Crumbley

Nov 2, 2012

Nora Lee Crumbley, age 99, of Mayo Road, Rome, GA, passed away early Friday morning, November 2, 2012, at Morristown Hamblen Hospital in Morristown, TN. Mrs. Crumbley was born on July 13, 1913, in Murray County, GA, the daughter of the late Newt Langford and the late Della Baxter Langford. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County...

Richard Talley

Richard Talley

Oct 31, 2012

Richard Talley, age 74 of Rome, passed away on Wednesday morning, October 31st, 2012, at Summit HealthCare of Rome. A native of Gordon County, GA, Richard was born on October 10th, 1938, the son of the late Walter Samuel Talley and the late Mattie Alice Ridley Talley. He attended Oostanaula School and was of the Baptist faith. Richard was a...

Willie Malenda Owens

Willie Malenda Owens

Oct 24, 2012

Willie Mitchell Owens, age 92, of Rome passed away early Wednesday morning, October 24th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Owens was born on May 29th, 1920, the daughter of the late James McDonald Hanson and the late Sarah Morris Hanson. Mrs. Owens had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County...

Imogene Lindsey

Imogene Lindsey

Oct 16, 2012

Imogene Mooney Lindsey, age 89, of Rome, Georgia passed away Tuesday morning, October 16th, 2012 under the care of hospice at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas Don and Marilyn Lindsey. Mrs. Lindsey was born on October 20th, 1922, in Geraldine, Alabama to the late Hill and Bertha Gilley Mooney. Mrs. Lindsey had been a resident of Rome...

Robin Joseph Sharpe

Robin Joseph Sharpe

Oct 14, 2012

Robin Joseph Sharpe, age 55, of the Wax Road, Silver Creek, GA. passed away on Sunday afternoon, October 14th, 2012 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Sharpe was born on January 17th, 1957, the son of Ruby Neal Sharpe and the late Wade Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe was a 1975 graduate of East Rome High School and was...