Obituaries

Mabel Spencer

Mabel Spencer

Jan 28, 2011

Mabel Kasonawich Spencer, age 89, a life-long resident of Rome, and daughter of Austrian immigrants, Alex and Annie Kasonawich (original old world spelling), passed away peacefully on January 28th, 2011. Mabel was a member of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for over 35 years. She was generous, loving, and kind-spirited living out her Christian faith and...

Ellis Heath Vaughn

Ellis Heath Vaughn

Jan 26, 2011

Heath Ellis Vaughn, age 60, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, January 26th, 2011 at a Rome hospital after suffering a heart attack at his residence. A native of Floyd County, Heath was born on November 3rd, 1950, the son of the late Joe Vaughn and the late Amy Heath Vaughn. Heath had been a resident of Floyd County...

James Whitley Dillard

James Whitley Dillard

Jan 19, 2011

James Whitley Dillard, age 64, of #37 Whispering Pines Road, NE, Rome, passed away on Wednesday evening, January 19th, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Whitfield County, Georgia, Mr. Dillard was born on March 5th, 1946, the son of the late Earl and Pauline Dillard. He attended school in the Whitfield County School System and had been a...

Buna Ester Evans

Buna Ester Evans

Jan 13, 2011

Mrs. Buna Crowder Evans, age 93, of Shannon, passed away early Thursday morning, January 13th, 2011 in Rome. A native of Bartow County, Georgia, Mrs. Evans was born on September 8th, 1917, the daughter of the late Lewis Elbert Crowder and the late Mary Dillard Chatman Crowder. She was a homemaker and a member of the Shannon United Methodist Church...

Luther Newell Overby

Luther Newell Overby

Jan 11, 2011

Luther Newell Overby, age 97, of Lindale, Georgia died on Tuesday morning, January 11th, 2011 at a Rome hospital. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mr. Overby was born on August 26th, 1913, the son of the late James A. and Margaret D. Overby. He had spent the great part of his life in Floyd County and was of the...

Lillian Sue Wilson

Lillian Sue Wilson

Jan 9, 2011

Lillian Wilson, age 89 of Watson Street, West Rome died Sunday evening, January 9th, 2011 at the residence. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mrs. Wilson was born on September 10th, 1921 the daughter of the late William Belton Brown and the late Irene Pinion Brown. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a...

Fannie Mae Casey

Fannie Mae Casey

Jan 2, 2011

Mrs. Fannie Mae Casey, age 87, of #21 London Lane, SE, Rome passed away on Sunday morning, January 2nd, 2011 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Casey was born on February 5th, 1923 the daughter of the late George Washington Touchstone and the late Willie Lorena Smith Touchstone. Mrs. Casey was a member of the Cedar...

Kenneth W. Wilson

Kenneth W. Wilson

Dec 30, 2010

Mr. Kenneth W. "Pete" Wilson, age 66, of 475 County Road 585, Cedar Bluff, AL died Thursday evening, December 30, 2010, in Cherokee Medical Center. A native of Rome, Mr. Wilson was born on May 10, 1944, the son of the late William Marcus and Clara Carden Wilson. He has been a resident of Cedar Bluff since 1989, moving there...

Kenneth Wilson

Kenneth Wilson

Dec 30, 2010

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Elston Lee Gentry

Elston Lee Gentry

Dec 19, 2010

Elston Lee "Chuck" Gentry, Jr. age 56, of #22 Beverly Drive, SW, Rome, passed away on Sunday morning, December 19th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Chuck was born on December 14th, 1954 the son of Elston Lee Gentry, Sr. and Patsy Jo Abney Gentry. Chuck was a 1973 graduate of West Rome High School and...

Eva Christine Smith

Eva Christine Smith

Dec 19, 2010

Mrs. Eva Christine Smith, age 71 of #20 Collier Road, Rome, died Sunday morning, December 19th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. She was the wife of Jerry R. Smith Mrs. Smith was born December 24th, 1938 in Cherokee County, Alabama. She was the daughter of the late C. J. and Mary Elizabeth Brumbelow. Mrs. Smith retired from West Point Pepperell....

Stanley Ray Shelton

Stanley Ray Shelton

Dec 18, 2010

Stanley Ray Shelton, age 53, of #1330 Bells Ferry Road, NE, Rome, GA. passed away on Saturday morning, December 18th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. Stanley was born on November 22nd, 1957 in Lake Toxway, N.C., the son of Delma Gean Brown Shelton and the late Vernon David Shelton who passed away on April 1st, 2010. Stanley attended Model High...

Mary Elizabeth Brown

Mary Elizabeth Brown

Dec 13, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Roberts Brown, age 80, of # 5761 Martha Berry Highway, NW, Armuchee, passed away Monday morning, December 13th, 2010 at the residence. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mrs. Brown was born on August 30th, 1930, the daughter of the late James C. and Sally Lois Adams Roberts. She attended Sublina School and was a homemaker. Mrs. Brown...

Geneva Delores Carter

Geneva Delores Carter

Dec 6, 2010

Geneva Delores Carter, age 79 of #505 North Fifth Avenue, Rome passed away Monday afternoon, December 6th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. Mrs. Carter was born on August 25th, 1931 the daughter of the late Glen and Zeda Stancell Griggs. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was of the Baptist Faith. For a period...

Edna Ruby Gaines

Edna Ruby Gaines

Dec 3, 2010

Edna Carver Gaines, age 81, of #473 Pinson Road, NE, Rome, Georgia passed away early Friday morning, December 3rd, 2010 at the residence. A native of Bartow County, Georgia, Mrs. Gaines was born on March 10th, 1929, the daughter of the late Henry Clay Carver, Sr. and the late Ruby Pinson Carver. She was a member of the Enon Baptist...

Jonathan Bryant Durham

Jonathan Bryant Durham

Dec 2, 2010

Dr. Jonathan Bryant Durham, Sr., age 91, of 23 Windrush Drive, Rome, Georgia died December 2, 2010 at his son's residence in Gulf Breeze, Florida. A native of Green County, Georgia, Dr. Durham was born on September 18, 1919, the son of the late Samuel Vincent and Minnie Lee Aderholt Durham. Dr. Durham graduated from Brewton-Parker College and Mercer University...

Ethel Elizabeth Grigsby

Ethel Elizabeth Grigsby

Nov 28, 2010

Betty Mitchell Grigsby, age 55, of #543 Floyd Springs Road, Armuchee, passed away on Sunday morning, November 28th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Savannah, Georgia, Betty was born on June 16th, 1955, the daughter of the late Willie Newton Mitchell who passed away on September 24th, 1990 and the late Sara Ruth Dunaway Mitchell who passed away...

Jewell Ramsey

Jewell Ramsey

Nov 27, 2010

Jewell Boggs Ramsey, age 90, of Rome passed away on Saturday night, November 27th, 2010 at Fifth Avenue HealthCare of Rome. Mrs. Ramsey was born on May 2nd, 1920, the daughter of the late James Walter Boggs and the late Emma Ruth McCain Boggs. She was a homemaker and had been a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church since...

Margaret Burnice Willingham

Margaret Burnice Willingham

Nov 23, 2010

Margaret Burnice Willingham, age 85, of #506 Collier Road, NE, Rome, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday afternoon, November 23rd, 2010. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Willingham was born on October 26th, 1925, the daughter of the late Alvin and Annie Maude Fleming. She was a 1943 graduate of Rome Girls High School...

George Herman Yarbrough

George Herman Yarbrough

Nov 20, 2010

Herman Yarbrough, age 76, of #541 Haywood Valley Road NE, Armuchee, GA. passed away on Saturday morning, November 20th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Yarbrough was born on December 25th, 1933, the son of the late George Edward Yarbrough and the late Katie Cadle Yarbrough. He was a graduate of Armuchee High School and...

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