Obituaries

Lillian Louise Fowler

Lillian Louise Fowler

Sep 20, 2007

Lillian Louise Fowler, age 88, of #131 Dodd Blvd, Rome, died Thursday morning, September 20th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Clayton County, Georgia, Mrs. Fowler was born on May 9th, 1919 the daughter of the late Alfred C. and Johnnie Elizabeth Eberhardt Stephens. She has been a resident of Rome since 1984 moving here from Monroe, Georgia....

Charles Lee Silvey

Charles Lee Silvey

Sep 18, 2007

Charles L. "Chuck" Silvey, age 62 of #2625 Kingston Highway, NE, Rome, died Tuesday morning, September 18th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Akron, Ohio, Chuck was born on March 5th, 1945, the son of the late Clarence L. and Rita Yvonne Wilcox Silvey. He has been a resident of Rome since 1978 moving here from Akron, Ohio...

Monroe Vaughn Tinsley, Ii

Monroe Vaughn Tinsley, Ii

Sep 16, 2007

Monroe V. Tinsley, II, age 83, of #31 Conway Place, Rome, (Garden Lakes) died Sunday evening, September 16th, 2007, at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Tinsley was born on June 25th, 1924, the son of the late Monroe V. and Bertha Harrison Tinsley. He was a World War II veteran having served in the United States Navy....

Emil Wilbur Adam, Iii

Emil Wilbur Adam, Iii

Sep 14, 2007

Emil Wilbur Adam, III, age 92, of Rome, died Friday evening, September 14th, 2007 at a Rome Georgia hospital. A native of Billings, Montana, Mr. Adam was from a very prominent founding family in Montana, born on June 8th, 1915, the son of the late Emil W. Adam, II and the late Helen Goddard Adam. Mr. Adam worked on various...

Leroy Slater

Leroy Slater

Sep 11, 2007

Leroy Slater, age 79, of #18 Rollingwood Drive, West Rome, died Tuesday evening, September 11th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Hamilton County, Tennessee, Mr. Salter was born on August 9th, 1928, the son of the late Roy Lee Slater and the late Rosa Mae Lowe Slater. He had been a resident of Rome since 1971 moving here...

James Marion Penney

James Marion Penney

Sep 6, 2007

James M. "Jim" Penney, age 64, of #24 Cypress Street, Rome, (Riverside Community) died Thursday morning, September 6th, 2007 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Penney was born on October 21st, 1943, the son of the late Bert and Louise Blaylock Penney. He has spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County, was...

Ollie Beatrice Martin

Ollie Beatrice Martin

Aug 29, 2007

Mrs. Beatrice Rose Martin, age 84, of #419 Robinhood Road, Rome, (Sherwood Forest Community) died early Wednesday morning, August 29th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Martin was born on March 5th, 1923, the daughter of the late Benjamin William Rose and the late Mollie Maybell Hazelwood Rose. She had spent her entire life in...

Sam Diprima, Jr

Sam Diprima, Jr

Aug 22, 2007

Sam Diprima, Jr., age 86, of 225 Duggar Drive, NE, Rome, long time owner and operator of Diprima's Steak House died Wednesday evening, August 22nd, 2007, at his residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Diprima was born on May 6th, 1921, the son of the late Sam Diprima, Sr. and the late Ivie Jones Diprima. He had spent the...

Mary Sue Thomas

Mary Sue Thomas

Aug 19, 2007

Mrs. Mary Sue Denson Thomas, age 84, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, and a former long time resident of the Alabama Highway, Coosa Community, died Sunday morning, August 19th, 2007 at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Cherokee County, Alabama, Mrs. Thomas was born on September 30th, 1922, the daughter of the late Rev. William O. and Willie...

Glenn Amber Reeves

Glenn Amber Reeves

Aug 19, 2007

Glenn A. "Applejack" Reeves, age 66, of #82 Blankenship Place, Rome, Georgia, died Sunday morning, August 19th, 2007 at his residence. A native of Randolph County, Alabama, Mr. Reeves was born on March 4th, 1941, the son of the late Travis A. and Velma Mae Gaston Reeves. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and...

Ted D. Aycock

Ted D. Aycock

Aug 12, 2007

Ted Aycock, age 64, of # 265 Berryhill Road, NW, Rome, died Sunday morning, August 12th, 2007 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Aycock was born on August 4th, 1943, the son of the late Albert G. and Florence Buchannon Aycock. Mr. Aycock had spent his entire life in Floyd County and was a member of the...

Lula Irene Gravitte

Lula Irene Gravitte

Aug 10, 2007

Lula Irene Gravitte, age 91, of 499 McGrady Road, Rome, and a long time of Everett Springs and Armuchee, died Friday evening, August 10th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Bartow County, Mrs. Gravitte was born on August 5th, 1916, the daughter of the late Horace and Martha Kilgore Lockridge. She had spent most of her life in...

Otis William Ashworth

Otis William Ashworth

Aug 7, 2007

Otis W. Ashworth, age 85, of #118 Grant Road, Armuchee, (the Rosedale Community) died Tuesday afternoon, August 7th, 2007 at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mr. Ashworth was born on October 2nd, 1921, the son of the late Robert and Emma Gentry Ashworth. He was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Ashworth was a World...

Ronald Steven Steve Lynch

Ronald Steven Steve Lynch

Aug 6, 2007

Ronald Steven "Steve" Lynch, age 52 of #383 Rosedale Road NE, Armuchee, (Rosedale Community) died Monday morning, August 6th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Steve was born on December 27th, 1954, the son of Loyd F. "Buster" Lynch and the late Vera Lee Roundtree Lynch. Steve had spent his entire life in Floyd County and...

Janet Elizabeth Jan Bohannon

Janet Elizabeth Jan Bohannon

Aug 6, 2007

Janet Elizabeth "Jan" Bohannon, age 47, of 17 Lee Street, Rome (the Coosa Community) died Monday afternoon, August 6th, 2007 in Rome. A native of Floyd County, Jan was born on November 28th, 1959, the daughter of Bobby G. Atkins and Blanche Thornton Orr. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a member of...

Billy Joe Graham

Billy Joe Graham

Aug 6, 2007

Joe Graham, age 68 of 2582 River Road, Dalton, Ga. and a former long time resident of Rome, died Monday afternoon, August 6th, 2007 at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Graham was born on July 4th, 1939, the son of the late William H. and Eva Branton Graham. He had spent the greater part...

Ruth Falls

Ruth Falls

Aug 5, 2007

Ruth Massingill Falls, age 89 of #1345 Redmond Road, Rome, and a former resident of Armuchee, died Sunday evening, August 5th, 2007 at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Gordon County, Mrs. Falls was born on February 10th, 1918, the daughter of the late Walter and Polly Chastain Massingill. She had spent the greater part of her life...

Elizabeth Roberta Cameron-Chumley

Elizabeth Roberta Cameron-Chumley

Aug 3, 2007

Elizabeth Holden Cameron Chumley, age 84, of Leafmore Road, Rome, died Friday morning, August 3rd, 2007, at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Pittsfield, Mass., Mrs. Chumley was born on August 6th, 1922, the daughter of the late Wallace H. and Mabel Roberts Holden. Mrs. Chumley became a resident of Rome in 1953 and was a member of...

Vera Lee Lynch

Vera Lee Lynch

Jul 30, 2007

Mrs. Vera Lee Lynch, age 76, of #383 Rosedale Road, NE, Armuchee, (the Rosedale Community) died Monday night, July 30th, 2007 at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Lynch was born on December 19th, 1930, the daughter of the late William H. and Alba Hawkins Roundtree. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a...

Robert Lee Milam

Robert Lee Milam

Jul 23, 2007

Robert Lee "Bob" Milam, age 82, of #2769 Old Dalton Road, NE, Rome, died Monday morning, July 23rd, 2007 at his residence. A native of Bartow County, Georgia, Mr. Milam was born on February 13th, 1925, the son of the late Frank and Rosa Lee Nelson Milam. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and...

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