Obituaries

Janice Lou Payne

Janice Lou Payne

Oct 29, 2011

Janice L. Autry Payne, age 73, of Rome, passed away Saturday evening, October 29th, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Janice was born on August 5th, 1938, the daughter of Carol Lee Rhoades Autry and the late W. C. Autry. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a homemaker. Janice was a...

Dallas Marshall Dempsey

Dallas Marshall Dempsey

Oct 28, 2011

Dallas Marshall Dempsey, age 69, of the Dempsey Road, NE, Rome passed away on Friday evening, October 28th, 2011 at a Rome hospital following a very brief illness. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Dempsey was born on September 9th, 1942, the son of the late Dallas W. Dempsey and the late Martha Jane Boggs Dempsey. Marshall was a 1960...

Ruby Pauline Dew

Ruby Pauline Dew

Oct 22, 2011

Ruby Pauline Touchstone Dew, age 82, of #2771 Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, Georgia, passed away early Saturday morning, October 22nd, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Dew was born on May 15th, 1929, the daughter of the late Grady Jett Touchstone and the late Olyra Martin Touchstone. She had spent the greater part of her...

Robert Lewis Gordon

Robert Lewis Gordon

Oct 15, 2011

Robert Lewis Gordon, age 86, of Rome, Georgia, passed away on Saturday night, October 15th, 2011 at Winthrop West of Rome, Georgia after a long illness. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Mr. Gordon was born on September 18th, 1925, the son of the late Robert Calvin Gordon and the late Francis Brazzell Gordon. Prior to moving to Rome 1 year...

James Harvey Adams

James Harvey Adams

Oct 4, 2011

Rev. James H. "Jimmy" Adams, age 60, of 6 Knollwood Drive, Rome, GA, passed away Tuesday morning at the residence. Born on October 27, 1950, Jimmy was a son of the late James Howard Adams and Dorothy Jean Dunn Adams. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during the Vietnam War. He was an ordained minister...

Ruby Lee Thurston

Ruby Lee Thurston

Oct 2, 2011

Ruby Lee Thurston, age 80, of 1316 Turkey Mountain Road NE, Rome, passed away on Sunday afternoon, October 2nd, 2011 at Summit Health Care of Rome. A native of Marshall County, Alabama, Mrs. Thurston was born on May 1st, 1931, the daughter of the late Clay Petti Johnson and the late Julie Ann Snyder Johnson. She had spent the greater...

Nicholas James Gulow

Nicholas James Gulow

Oct 1, 2011

Nicholas James Gulow, age 15, of 65 Glen Lake Road, Rome, GA, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Nicholas was born on December 13, 1995, the son of Russell David and Brandi Deleise Langley Gulow. He attended Glenwood Elementary School and Armuchee Elementary School. While a student at Armuchee Middle School Nicholas was...

June Lanham

June Lanham

Oct 1, 2011

June Wright Lanham, age 64, of Rome, passed away on Saturday, October 1st, 2011, at her residence following a short illness. A native of Floyd County, June was born on August 14th, 1947, the daughter of the late John Orion Wright and the late Sadie Louise Johnston Wright. June was a life long resident of Rome and was a 1965...

Roy Carlton Brand

Roy Carlton Brand

Sep 25, 2011

Mr. Roy Carlton Brand, age 92 of Statham, GA. and a former long time resident of West Rome, passed away Sunday morning, September 25th, 2011 in Statham. A native of Fulton County, Georgia, Mr. Brand was born on January 2nd, 1919, the son of the late Alvin Newton Brand and the late Lydia Dunson Brand. Mr. and Mrs. Brand became...

James Ronald Dodd

James Ronald Dodd

Sep 15, 2011

James Ronald "Ronnie" Dodd, age 59, of #8320 New Calhoun Road, Adairsville (the Scottsville Community) passed away Thursday afternoon, September 15th, 2011 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Ronnie was born on August 1st, 1952, the son of the late Doyal A. and Mary Ellen Bryant Dodd. He had spent the great part of his life in Floyd...

Noel Gordon Carper

Noel Gordon Carper

Sep 3, 2011

Dr. N. Gordon Carper of Rome passed away on September 3, 2011. Dr. Carper was born in Bettsville, Ohio on May 10, 1935, son of the late Glenn and Cleo Carper. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Gene Carper, and a sister, Eileen Warner. Dr. Carper served 3 years in the U.S. Army...

Horace Pruitt

Horace Pruitt

Sep 3, 2011

Horace H. Pruitt, age 92, of #376 Dry Creek Road, Haywood Valley, passed away Saturday evening, September 3rd, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mr. Pruitt was born on November 18th, 1918, the son of the late William Edward Pruitt and the late Ollie Gann Pruitt. He had spent the greater part of his life...

Bud White

Bud White

Aug 30, 2011

Bud White, age 78, of Rome, GA., passed away on Tuesday afternoon, August 30th, 2011 at Summit Health Care of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mr. White was born on June 9th, 1933, the son of the late Herschel and Frances Wyley White. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn Crump White in 1991, by a son,...

Thomas William Crumley

Thomas William Crumley

Aug 24, 2011

Thomas William "Bill" Crumley, age 91 of Rome, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 24th, 2011 at a Rome Hospital. Mr. Crumley was born in Floyd County on July 4th, 1920, the son of the late Noah and Cora Clemones Crumley. He had spent the great part of his life in Floyd County and was a World War II veteran having...

Evelyn Frances Hughes

Evelyn Frances Hughes

Aug 23, 2011

Evelyn Frances Hughes, age 83, of 1022 Wilkerson Road, Rome, passed away early Tuesday morning, August 23rd, 2001 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Hughes was born on November 10th, 1927, the daughter of the late Esben McKinney, Sr. and the late Grace Millican McKinney. She was a graduate of the Rome Girls High School and was...

Vera Bernice Crowe

Vera Bernice Crowe

Aug 23, 2011

Vera Bernice Crowe, age 67, ofWest 11th Street, Rome, passed away Tuesday evening, August 23rd, 2011 at the residence. A native of Polk County, Georgia, Mrs. Crowe was born on September 12th, 1943, the daughter of the late Archie and Daisy Miller Packer. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a 1961 graduate of...

Allan Roy Lane

Allan Roy Lane

Aug 19, 2011

Allan R. "Al" Lane, age 72, of Rome, passed away early Friday morning, August 19th, 2011 in a Rome hospital. A native of Grand Falls, Newfoundland Canada, Mr. Lane was born on July 2nd, 1939, the son of the late Roy Vincent Lane and the late Myrtis Ludlow Lane. He was a graduate of Grand Falls Academy in Grand Falls,...

Joseph Paul Troncalli

Joseph Paul Troncalli

Aug 19, 2011

Joseph Paul Troncalli, age 102, of the Callier Springs Road, Rome, passed away on Friday night, August 19th, 2011 at Fifth Avenue HealthCare of Rome. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Troncalli was born on September 5th, 1908 the son of the late Samuel and Josephine Troncalli. He had been a resident of Rome since 1981 moving here from Atlanta...

William Gerrin

William Gerrin

Aug 11, 2011

William "Bill" Gerrin, age 82, of Sike Story Road, Armuchee, GA. passed away early Thursday morning, August 11th, 2011 in a Rome hospital. A native of Habersham County, Georgia, Mr. Gerrin was born on November 24th, 1928, the son of the late Thomas Jackson "Tom" Gerrin and the late Roxie Ann Irvin Gerrin. He had spent the greater part of...

Hollie E Reeves

Hollie E Reeves

Aug 7, 2011

H.E. "Toonie" Reeves, age 82, of Rome, passed away on Sunday morning, August 7th, 2011 at the residence. A native of Bartow County, Mr. Reeves was born on April 20th, 1929, the son of the late Herman Sanders Reeves and the late Ida Mae Lowery Reeves. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was...