Obituaries

Harry Lee Teague

Harry Lee Teague

Nov 20, 2010

Harry L. Teague age 81, of # 32 Sunny Heights Drive NE, Rome, passed away on Saturday evening, November 20th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Gainesville, Georgia, Mr. Teague was born on August 1st, 1929, the son of the late Chester Arthur Teague and the late Mamie Billingsley Teague. He was a 1947 graduate of Rome Boys...

Ricky Edward Carter

Ricky Edward Carter

Nov 19, 2010

Ricky Edward Carter, Sr., age 54 of #8348 New Calhoun Highway NE, Adairsville, died Friday evening, November 19th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Carter was born on July 5th, 1956 the son of the late William Buford Carter and the late Ethel Scheets Carter. He was a construction worker and attended Marietta Jr. High...

Kathryn Onez Burnes

Kathryn Onez Burnes

Nov 13, 2010

Mrs. Kathryn Onez McCurry Burnes, age 83, formerly of #4 Hillcrest Avenue in North Rome, died Saturday morning, November 13th, 2010 following an extended illness with Alzheimer's disease. Mrs. Burnes was born as Chastin McCurry in Polk County, Georgia on June 24th, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Joe Cephus McCurry and the late Cora Mae Pittman. She...

John Willie Wadsworth

John Willie Wadsworth

Nov 12, 2010

John W. Wadsworth, Jr. age 73, of #161 Castlebar Court, Mableton, GA. and formerly of Floyd County, GA. passed away Friday Morning, November 12th, 2010 at the resident in Mableton. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mr. Wadsworth was the son of the late John W. Wadsworth, Sr. and the late Ruby Moore Wadsworth. He was a 1956 graduate of...

Martha Faye Martin

Martha Faye Martin

Nov 10, 2010

Martha Faye White Martin, age 84, of Trillum Trail, Rome, passed away Wednesday morning, November 10th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Martin was born on July 25th, 1926, the daughter of the late James C. and Gladys Johnson White. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and attended Rome...

Vivian Loy Poole

Vivian Loy Poole

Nov 8, 2010

Vivian Pruitt Davis Poole, age 78, of Conasauga Place, NW, Rome, (Garden Lakes) passed away Monday, November 8th, 2010 at a local hospital. Mrs. Poole was born on May 12th, 1932 in Athens, Tennessee, the daughter of the late, Hoke and Mae Tate Pruitt. Mrs. Poole attended Rome Girls High and The Detroit Business Institute. She was a member of...

William Guthrie Hurt

William Guthrie Hurt

Nov 4, 2010

William G. "Bill" Hurt, age 64, of Royal Oaks Drive, N.E., Rome, GA. passed away early Thursday morning, November 4th, 2010 at a Rome hospital. A native of Glasgow, Kentucky, Bill was born on April 23rd, 1946, the son of the late Clarence Ernest Hurt and the late Clara Mae Maloney Hurt. He was a Vietnam veteran having served in...

Charles Harden Moore

Charles Harden Moore

Nov 1, 2010

Charles Harden Moore, age 88 of #223 Fred Kelly Road, NE, Rome, passed away on Monday morning at the residence. Mr. Moore was born on August 20th, 1922 in Polk County, the son of the late Rena Horace Moore and Cordie Gossett Moore. Mr. Moore was a veteran of World War II Having served in the United States Navy, was...

Donald Adron Gillespie

Donald Adron Gillespie

Oct 31, 2010

Donald Adron Gillespie, age 81, of #223 Culpepper Road, NE, Calhoun, (the Rosedale Community) passed away on Sunday morning, October 31st, 2010 at a Rome, GA. hospital. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mr. Gillespie was born on January 15th, 1929, the son of the late William Edward Gillespie and the late Mattie Mae Gulledge Gillespie. He had spent the...

Lillian Watkins

Lillian Watkins

Oct 31, 2010

Lillian McEver Mayfield Watkins, age 86, of Clarksville, Georgia, formerly of the Rome, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 following a brief illness. Mrs. Watkins was born in Polk County, Georgia on July 2nd, 1924 to the late Robert and Gertrude Bolinger McEver. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Ralph S. Mayfield in 1967...

Michael Gilbert

Michael Gilbert

Oct 27, 2010

Michael Gilbert, age 58, of Cartersville, GA. and a long time resident of Armuchee, passed away Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Gilbert was born on March 26th, 1952, the son of the late William Oren and Bernice Estelle Sparks Gilbert. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rome...

John William Britt

John William Britt

Oct 26, 2010

John William Britt, Jr. age 79 of #121 Maplecrest Lane, S.E. Rome, passed away Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Fitzgerald, Georgia, Mr. Britt was born on January 27th, 1931, the son of the late John William Britt, Sr. and the late Tassie Louise Rooks Britt. He had spent the greater part of his life...

Charles Sedley Ford

Charles Sedley Ford

Oct 25, 2010

Charles Sedley Ford, age 76, of Rome, GA. passed away on October 25th, 2010 at a local hospital after a short illness. A native of Durham, N.C., Mr. Ford was born on December 1st, 1933, the son of the late James D. and Retha Ford Fullam and the grandson of the late Arthur and Pearl Ford. He was a graduate...

John Wesley Corbin

John Wesley Corbin

Oct 21, 2010

John Wesley Corbin, Jr. age 89, of Rome, GA. passed away on Thursday afternoon, October 21st, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mr. Corbin was born on August 9th, 1921, the son of the late John Wesley Corbin, Sr. and the late Mary Rebecca Kerce Corbin. Mr. Corbin had spent the greater part of his life...

Charles Jeffery Terry

Charles Jeffery Terry

Oct 19, 2010

Charles Jeffrey "Jeff" Terry, age 43 of #502 Turkey Mountain Road, Armuchee, GA. passed away on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 in Calhoun Georgia following an apparent heart attack. A native of Floyd County, Jeff was born on June 14th, 1967 the son of Charles Horace Terry, Jr. and Sara Ann Dunaway Terry. He had spent his entire life in Floyd...

Ernest Melvin Gresham

Ernest Melvin Gresham

Oct 18, 2010

Ernest M. Gresham, age 79, of #203 Laurel Creek Road, Calhoun, GA. and a former long time resident of Rome passed away on Monday morning, October 18th, 2010 at his residence in Calhoun after a long battle with cancer. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Gresham was born on January 17th, 1931 the son of the late Sidney J. and...

Jerry Bryson Maddox

Jerry Bryson Maddox

Oct 15, 2010

Jerry Bryson Maddox, age 53, of Rome passed away on Friday afternoon, October 15th, 2010 at a local hospital. A native of Augusta, Georgia, Mr. Maddox was born on November 29th, 1956 the son of the late Jesse C. Maddox, Jr. and the late Ruth B. Maddox. He has been a resident of Rome for the past 10 years and...

Mary Adelle Crider

Mary Adelle Crider

Oct 7, 2010

Mrs. Adelle Broome Crider, age 86, of Centre, AL, and the Little Texas Valley Community, Rome, died Thursday morning, October 7, 2010, in a local hospital. A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Crider was born on August 5, 1924, the daughter of the late Lester Mathis and Ruby Wilson Mathis. She was a resident of Rome and Floyd...

Mattie Mae Autry

Mattie Mae Autry

Oct 2, 2010

Devoted wife and mother Mattie Mae Davis Autry, 80, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The life-long resident of Floyd County, Georgia, Mrs. Autry was born Feb. 18, 1930. She was an active member of Enon Baptist Church of Rome, Ga., since her childhood. A 1948 graduate of Model High School in Rome, Ga., Autry had been employed as a spinner...

Paula Gail Umberhandt

Paula Gail Umberhandt

Sep 28, 2010

Paula Loyd Umberhandt, age 65, of #162 Shadow Lane, SW, Rome passed away at her residence. A native of Rome, Paula was born on September 21st, 1945 the daughter of the late Rev. Paul E.Loyd and the late Evelyn Allen Loyd. She had spent her entire life in Rome and was a graduate of Model High School, a graduate of...

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