Obituaries
Sharon Nadine Andrews
Jun 29, 2012
Sharon Holcomb Andrews, age 63, of Armuchee, GA, passed away on Friday afternoon, June 29, 2012, at a Rome hospital. A native of Rome, Sharon was born on May 26th, 1949, the daughter of late Perry M. and Clara Mae Treglown Holcomb. She had spent her entire life in Rome and was a graduate of Pepperell High School. Sharon was...
Billy Bryce Campbell
Jun 29, 2012
Billy Bryce Campbell, age 79, of Rome passed away early Friday morning, June 29, 2012, at a Rome hospital following a brief illness. Billy was born in Walker County, AL, on December 9, 1932, the son of the late Will Alexander Campbell and the late Ella Fowler Campbell. He was a graduate of Carbon Hill, Alabama, High School and had...
Edwin Macnorton Gilbreath
Jun 22, 2012
Edwin Mac Gilbreath, age 73, of the Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, GA, died Friday evening, June 22, 2012, in a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, GA, Mac was born on May 1, 1939, the son of the late Ernest Walter Gilbreath and the late Dealva Fuller Gilbreath. He was a 1958 graduate of Armuchee High School and was...
Charles Martin Ball
Jun 20, 2012
Charles Martin'Charlie' Ball, age 87, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday evening, June 20th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Ball was born on June 6th, 1925, the son of the late Fennin Y. and Emma Firestone Ball. He was a life long resident of Rome, served in the United States Navy and was a...
Harold Clayton Mathis
Jun 6, 2012
Harold Clayton "Clay" Mathis, age 72, of the Youngs Mill Road, Kingston, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 6th, 2012 at his residence Mr. Mathis was born in Floyd County on December 4th, 1939, the son of the late William Harold Mathis and the late Fannie Lou Byars Mathis. He has spent the greater part of his life in Floyd...
Delma Gean Shelton
Jun 3, 2012
Delma Gean Brown Shelton, age 78, of the Bells Ferry Road, Rome, passed away on Sunday afternoon, June 3rd, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of North Carolina, Mrs. Shelton was born on December 30th, 1933, the daughter of the late Thad and Fannie Mae Brown. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was...
Barbara Ann Johnson
Jun 1, 2012
Barbara Ann Towe Johnson of New Albany, Indiana and a native of Armuchee Georgia died on June 1st, 2012 in Indiana. Mrs. Johnson was born on September 11th, 1937 in Floyd County. She was preceded in death by her Father, Frank C. Towe and her Mother, Gertrude Watkins Towe Walters and a sister, Betty Jo Towe Kerrick. She was a...
Richard Dodd
May 31, 2012
Richard "Bird Dog" Dodd, Jr., age 77, of Rome, GA, died Thursday, May 31, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Dodd was born in Leesburg, AL, on March 9, 1935, the son of the late Richard Dodd, Sr. and the late Bessie Herrin Dodd. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the past 70 years and...
Richard Martin Prater
May 27, 2012
Richard M. Prater, age 81, of Rome, Georgia passed away earlier at this residence. Mr. Prater was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on October 13th, 1930 the son of the late Arthur M. and Margaret Moore Prater. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was a graduate of McHenry High School. Mr. Prater was a...
Troy Farmer
May 14, 2012
Troy Farmer, Jr. age 74, of #78 Lynn Drive, Rome, passed away on Monday morning, May 14th, 2012 at the residence. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mr. Farmer was born on February 24th, 1938, the son of the late Troy Farmer, Sr. and the late Dorothy Elizabeth King Farmer. He attended the University of Georgia and Floyd Junior...
Waunel Hall
Apr 28, 2012
Waunel Murray "Winnie" Hall, age 74 of #509 East 11th Street, Rome, passed away on Saturday evening, April 28th, 2012, at Chulio Hills of Rome, GA A native of Blackshear, GA. Mrs. Hall was born on September 12th, 1937, the daughter of the late James B. and Hulda Johnson Murray. Mrs. Hall was a 1957 graduate of Blackshear Georgia High...
Bruce Raymond Bourne
Apr 19, 2012
Mr. Bruce Bourne, age 78, of the Martha Berry Highway, Rome, passed away early Thursday morning, April 19th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Rome, GA., Mr. Bourne was born on September 24th, 1933, the son of the late Raymond Y. and Margaret Clement Bourne. He had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County and was...
Mary Alice Banks
Apr 18, 2012
Alice B. Banks, age 79, of the Miller Mountain Road, Lindale, passed away on Wednesday morning, April 18th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Mrs. Banks was born on February 4th, 1933, the daughter the late Coleman and Hattie Bohannon Bryant. She was a homemaker and for a period of time was associated with the...
John David Miller
Apr 17, 2012
John David Miller, age 81, of North Fifth Avenue, Rome, passed away on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. Mr. Miller was born on March 6th, 1931,was a 10 year resident of Rome and was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. A Memorial service fro Mr. Miller will be held on Monday evening, April 30th, 2012 at 7 o'clock at...
Stephen Ray Willerson
Apr 15, 2012
Mr. Stephen Ray "Steve" Willerson, United States Navy Retired, age 69, of Cuthbert, GA, and Rome, GA, died Sunday morning, April 15, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Willerson was born in Chattooga County, GA, on February 7, 1943, the son of the late Jack and Faustine Bowzer Willerson. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy, retiring after...
Terry Lee Fulton
Apr 13, 2012
Terry Lee Fulton, age 66, Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy, Retired, of Meadow Lakes Blvd, Cedartown, GA, died Friday evening, April 13, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Fulton was born in Somerset, PA, on May 30, 1945, the son of the late Clyde Harold Fulton and the late Olive Irene Davis Fulton. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High...
Dorothy Alma Wrye
Apr 12, 2012
Dorothy Turner Wrye, age 89, of #295 Lovers Lane, Armuchee, GA. (The Everett Springs Community) passed away early Thursday morning at the residence. Mrs. Wrye was born in Screven County, GA, on April 7, 1923, the daughter of the late Duffie Harry Turner and the late Alma Myrtle Oliver Turner. She had been a resident of Floyd County, GA, for...
Charlotte Ann Burns
Apr 10, 2012
Charlotte Nix Burns, age 84, of #390 Warren Road, Rome, passed away on Tuesday eveing, April 10th, 2012 at her residence. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mrs. Burns was born on March 11th, 1928, the daughter of the late Gaston H. and Leone Knight Nix. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and was...
Christopher Allen Stansell
Apr 10, 2012
Christopher Allen "Chris" Stansell, age 50, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 10th, 2012 at a Rome Hospital. A native of Floyd County, Chris was born on May 25th, 1961, the son of the late Palmer A. Stansell and the late Sandra Helms Stansell Bell. Chris had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County and was...