Obituaries

Gregory Lloyd Castleberry

Gregory Lloyd Castleberry

Apr 5, 2012

Gregory L. "Greg" Castleberry, age 56, of Rome, passed away on Thursday evening, April 5th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Greg was born on September 21st, 1955, the son of the late Henry L. and Frances Pauline Cook Castleberry. Greg had spent his entire life in Rome and was of the Baptist faith. Greg a...

Douglas Wayne Cole

Douglas Wayne Cole

Apr 3, 2012

Douglas Wayne Cole, age 72 of Rome and Summerville, GA. passed away on Tuesday afternoon, April 3rd, 2012 at a Rome hospital. Graveside and interment services for Douglas Wayne Cole were held on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 2 o'clock at Polk Memorial Gardens in Columbia Tennessee. The Rev. Ray Miles officiated. Fred Talley's Parkview Chapel had charge of the...

Marion Joyce Kerce

Marion Joyce Kerce

Mar 30, 2012

Joyce Kerce, age 82, of Guest House Court, Rome, passed away on Friday evening, March 30th, 2012 at her resident. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Kerce was born on June 4th, 1929, the daughter of the late William and Clara Chapman Cook. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a homemaker. Mrs. Kerce...

Eleanor Imogene Howard

Eleanor Imogene Howard

Mar 28, 2012

Eleanor Whitworth Howard, age 79, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday night, March 28th, 2012 at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Toccoa, Georgia, Mrs. Howard was born on October 8th, 1932 the daughter of the late Adolphus G. Whitworth and the late Myrtie Irene Garner Whitworth. She had been a resident of Rome since 1975 moving here...

Ruby Dobson

Ruby Dobson

Mar 21, 2012

Ruby Salmon Moore Dobson, age 94, of Birmingham, Alabama and a former long time resident of Armuchee, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 in Birmingham after a long illness. Born in Armuchee, Mrs. Dobson was the last of 8 siblings born to Cleve and Bessie Johnson Salmon. She attended and graduated from school in Armuchee and was a...

William Robert Wilkins

William Robert Wilkins

Mar 10, 2012

William Robert "Pee Wee" Wilkins, III, age 32, of Martin Loop, Cartersville, GA, died Saturday, March 10, 2012, in a Rome, GA, hospital. Pee Wee was born on August 1, 1979, in Bartow County, GA, the son of William Robert Wilkins, Jr. and Judy Ann Copeland. He had been a resident of Bartow County all his life, attended Cass High...

John Moss Harbour

John Moss Harbour

Mar 7, 2012

John Moss Harbour, age 76, of Grayson, Georgia and a former Roman, passed away on March 7th, 2012 in Grayson. A native of Rome, Mr. Harbour was born on December 12, 1935, the son of the late John H. and Mary E. Andrews Harbour. He had been a resident of Grayson, Georgia since 2005 moving there from Rome and was...

Katherine Louise Corbin

Katherine Louise Corbin

Mar 5, 2012

Katherine "Katie" King Corbin, age 63, of Rome, died on Monday evening, March 5th, 2012, at a Rome hospital. A native of Gordon County, GA, Katie was born on April 6th, 1948, the daughter of the late Grady Ledford King who preceded her in death on January 14, 2012, and the late, Virginia Dobson King who preceded her in death...

Lois Avanell Campbell

Lois Avanell Campbell

Feb 29, 2012

Lois Avanell Wilson Campbell, age 79, of the Haywood Valley Road, Armuchee, GA, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, February 29, 2012, in a Rome hospital following a sudden illness. Mrs. Campbell was born on December 29, 1932, in Summerville, GA, the daughter of the late Lester King Wilson and the late Irene Fountain Wilson. She was a homemaker, seamstress, as...

Paul Raymond Kentner

Paul Raymond Kentner

Feb 28, 2012

Paul R. "George" Kentner, age 75, of the Old Dalton Road, Rome, GA, died Tuesday evening, February 28, 2012, at a Rome hospital. Mr. Kentner was born on July 8, 1936, in Montgomery County, TN, the son of the late Sandy Kentner and Agnes Akins Kentner. Mr. Kentner attended Central School in Cunningham, TN. He had been a resident of...

Opal Inez Young

Opal Inez Young

Feb 26, 2012

Mrs. Opal Inez Lambert Young, age 80, of Rome, GA, died Sunday morning, February 26, 2012, in a Rome hospital. Mrs. Young was born in Cherokee County, AL, on April 21, 1931, the daughter of the late Daniel Webster Lambert and the late Nettie Atkinson Lambert. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part...

Mary Kate Radney

Mary Kate Radney

Feb 25, 2012

Mrs. Mary Kate Sharp Radney, age 82, of 123 Presley Street, West Rome, GA, died Saturday morning, February 25, 2012, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Radney was born on September 30, 1929, the daughter of the late Luther Hampton and the late Willie Mae Carver Hampton. She had been a resident of Rome...

Lisa Diane Terry

Lisa Diane Terry

Feb 24, 2012

Lisa Robinson Terry, age 34, of Lindale, GA, died Friday morning, February 24, 2012, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Lisa was born on June 1, 1977, the daughter of Theresa Neal Robinson Dekle and Carlton Robinson. She had lived the greater part of her life in Rome and Floyd County and was a housewife...

Daniel Lee Crowe

Daniel Lee Crowe

Feb 21, 2012

Daniel Lee Crowe, age 29, of 905 Darlington Way, Rome died Tuesday morning, February 21, 2012, in Rome. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Daniel was born on April 5, 1982, the son of Linda Reynolds Sharpe. He was a 2000 graduate of Armuchee High School. Daniel had served in the United States Marine Corps. Daniel is survived by...

Robert E. Bishop

Robert E. Bishop

Feb 18, 2012

Mr. Robert E. "Bob" Bishop, Sr., age 81, of Nan Lee Drive, Rome, GA, died Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Golden Living Center of Rome. Mr. Bishop was born in Cherokee County, AL, on February 13, 1931, the son of the late Donald Joseph Bishop and the late Ellie Hunt Bishop. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd...

Patricia Florance Akins

Patricia Florance Akins

Feb 15, 2012

Patricia F. "Patty" Akins, age 62, of #1396 Old Dalton Road, NE, Rome, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, February 15th, 2012 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Patty was born on January 28th, 1950, the daughter of the late Henry F. and Louise Long Akins. She was a life long resident of Rome and attended Rome...

George Terrell Howard

George Terrell Howard

Feb 9, 2012

Mr. George Terrell Howard, age 79, of the Garden Lakes community, Rome, GA, died Thursday morning, February 9, 2012, at Golden Living Center of Rome. Mr. Howard was born on February 22, 1932, in Toccoa, GA, the son of the late J.W. Howard, Sr., and the late Beulah Black Howard. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County...

Bobbie Kenneth Mckenzie

Bobbie Kenneth Mckenzie

Feb 7, 2012

Bobbie Kenneth McKenzie, II, age 48, of Orlando, Florida, and a former Roman, died suddenly on February 7, 2012, at his residence in Orlando following an apparent heart attack. A native of Rome, Bobbie was born on October 22, 1963, the son of Rome and Floyd County retired Fire Chief, Bobbie K. and Lynda O. McKenzie of Rome. He had...

Charles Chris Hoge

Charles Chris Hoge

Jan 30, 2012

Charles Chris Hoge "Bucky", age 50, of Armuchee, GA. passed away on Monday afternoon, January 30, 2012 in Armuchee. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chris was born on October 20th, 1961, the son of Charles D. and Helen Hoge. He had been a resident of Rome since 1976 moving here from Chattanooga and was of the Baptist Faith. Chris was...

Alton Green Ferguson

Alton Green Ferguson

Jan 26, 2012

Alton G. "Al" Ferguson, age 84, of Rome passed away on Thursday morning, January 26th, 2012 at the residence. A native of Fulton County, GA., Mr. Ferguson was born on October 3rd, 1925, the sone of the late Green Alexander Ferguson and the late Georgia Tanner Ferguson. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and was...