Obituaries
Martha Jo Free
Oct 2, 2012
Martha Free, age 58, of Thomas Bluff Road NE, Rome, passed away Tuesday morning, October 2nd, 2012 at the residence. Martha was born in Marshall County, Alabama, on June 11th, 1954, the daughter of the late John D. Roden who passed away in May 1998 and the late Ruth Griffith Roden who passed away in October 1994. Martha had spent...
Linda Sherry Morgan
Sep 27, 2012
Linda Reeves Morgan, age 62, of West Rome, passed away on Thursday evening, September 27th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Linda was born on October 3rd, 1949 the daughter of Sarah Evelyn Stephens Reeves and the late Hollie E. "Toonie" Reeves. She had spent the great part of her life in Floyd County and was...
James Stewart Smith
Sep 22, 2012
James Stewart Smith, age 78, of Rome, passed away on Saturday night, September 22nd, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Smith was born on January 2, 1934, the son of the late Lacy Ford Smith and the late Gaddis Elizabeth Griffin Smith. He was a life long resident of Floyd County and was a graduate...
Gerald Blake Autry
Sep 20, 2012
Gerald Blake Autry, age 50 of the Autry Road, Adairsville (The Scottsville Community) passed away early Thursday morning, September 20th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Autry was born on October 5th, 1961, the son of the late Eugene Talmadge Autry and the late Willene Baily Autry. He had spent his entire life in Floyd...
Margaret Lowette Murphy
Sep 15, 2012
Margaret L. Murphy, age 85, of Shannon, Georgia, passed away on Saturday evening, September 15th, 2012 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Murphy was born on April 4th, 1927, the daughter of the late Malcolm H. and Ozella Byars Ross. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a homemaker. Mrs. Murphy was of...
Houston Lee Freeman
Sep 6, 2012
Houston Lee Freeman, Sr., age 67, of Armuchee, GA, passed away Thursday morning, September 6, 2012, at the residence. A brief memorial service for Houston will be held on Saturday morning, September 15, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at the graveside of Floyd Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Ken Hinkley officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions in...
Minnie Redden
Sep 1, 2012
Minnie H. "Mickey" Redden, age 92, of Rome, passed away on Saturday evening, September 1st, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Heflin, Alabama, Mrs. Redden was born on September 9th, 1919, the daughter of the late Simeon F. and Missouri Harris. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was a graduate of...
A T Phillips
Aug 31, 2012
A.T. Phillips, Jr. age 80, of Rome passed away on Friday night, August 31st, 2012 at his residence. A native of Gordon County Georgia, Mr. Phillips was born on September 5th, 1931, the son of the late Andrew T. and Myrtle Phillips. He attended Oostanaula School and was a Korean War veteran having served in the United States Navy. Mr....
John Wilburn Wilson
Aug 25, 2012
John Wilburn Wilson (affectionately known as "Wilbur"), age 92, Rome, GA, passed away Saturday, August 25th, 2012 at Roman Court of Rome. He was born in Cherokee County Alabama on January 27th, 1920, the son of the late Thomas Homer Wilson and Martha Maebell Whorton Wilson. He married his beloved wife Rebecca Wilson on June 6th, 1941. During their lifetime...
Rebecca Wilson
Jul 28, 2012
Rebecca W. Wilson, 90, of Rome, GA. passed away July 28, 2012 at Roman Court of Rome. Mrs. Wilson, affectionately known as "Beck Beck" was born in Cherokee County, Alabama on November 21, 1921, the daughter of the late Jessie Moore Wilson and the late Narvin Johnson Wilson. She was a graduate of Cedar Bluff Alabama High School. She married...
Edgar Wayne Silver
Jul 27, 2012
Edgar Wayne Silver, age 74, of Rome, passed away Thursday night, July 26th, 2012, at a Rome Health Care Center. Mr. Silver was born in Rome on January 14th, 1938, the son of the late Harvey E. and Susie Moss Silver. He attended 4th Ward School and was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. For a period of...
Scarlet Renee Shaw
Jul 26, 2012
Scarlet Renee "Tiny" Shaw, age 32 of #8 Windrush Drive, Rome, passed away on Thursday morning, July 26th, 2012 at a Rome Hospital. A native of Floyd County, Renee was born on April 23rd, 1980. Renee spent her entire life in Floyd County and attended Model High School and Coosa Valley Technical College. Renee was a member of the New...
George Eugene Russell
Jul 21, 2012
George E. Russell, age 71, of the Horseleg Creek Road, Rome, passed away Saturday night, July 21, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Russell was born on July 20, 1941, the son of the late George N. and Lillian R. Griffin Russell. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and...
Robert H Ross
Jul 20, 2012
Mr. Robert H. "Bob" Ross, age 51, of 395 Jones Bend Road, Rome, GA, died Friday, July 20, 2012, in a Rome hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Bob was born on June 1, 1961, the son of Robert Dudley Ross and Carolyn Johnson Ross. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater...
Marianne Mccain
Jul 19, 2012
Marianne Brock McCain, "Macie" age 69, of Cave Spring, Georgia passed away Thursday morning, July 19th, 2012 at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Macie was born on October 15th, 1942, the daughter of the late Joe Brock and the late Geneva Pruitt Brock Casey. Macie had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was...
Jane Allen Harbour
Jul 16, 2012
Jane Arnold Harbour, age 75, of Grayson, Georgia and a former Roman, passed away on July 16th, 2012 at her residence in Grayson, Georgia. A native of Rome and Lindale, Mrs. Harbour was born on November 29th, 1936, the daughter of the late Altas Allen Arnold and the late Ruby Jane Wilkins Arnold. Mrs. Harbour was a graduate of Pepperell...
Leuomon Stewart
Jul 5, 2012
Mr. Leuomon Stewart, age 94, of Portsmouth, OH, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at Hill View Health Care Center in Ohio. Mr. Stewart was born on April 5, 1918, in Eden, AL, the son of the late B.P. and Lucy Kilgrove Stewart. He was a retired minister and member of the Church of God. Along with his parents, Leuomon was...
Bobbie Kenneth Mckenzie
Jul 3, 2012
Bobbie Kenneth McKenzie, age 71, retired Rome and Floyd County Fire Chief, of #15 Ridge Drive, Rome passed away Tuesday night, July 3rd, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Jackson County, Alabama, Chief McKenzie was born on March 7th, 1941, the son of the late Bluford McKenzie and the late Geneva Muphree McKenzie Ollis. He attended Hardin Elementary...
Leslie Blake Rutland
Jul 3, 2012
Leslie Blake Rutland, Jr., age 74, of the Old Dalton Road, Rome, passed away Tuesday morning, July 3, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mr. Rutland was born on January 7, 1938, the son of the late Leslie Blake Rutland, Sr., and the late Mary Lee Melton Rutland. He was a 1957 graduate of...