Obituaries

Kermit Lee Wright

Kermit Lee Wright

Jul 20, 2007

Kermit Lee Wright, age 87, of #29 Fernwood Way, NE, Rome, died early Friday morning, July 20th, 2007 at his residence. A native of Gilmer County, Georgia, Mr. Wright was born on June 15th, 1920, the son of the late Cicero and Mollie Wright. He had been a resident of Rome since 1967 moving here from Pontiac, Mich. Mr. Wright...

O.W. Pierce Ham Bone Oscar William

O.W. Pierce Ham Bone Oscar William

Jul 17, 2007

O. W. "Ham Bone" Pierce, age 88, of Cedartown, Georgia, and a former long time resident of Rome died early Tuesday morning, July 16th, 2007 in Cedartown. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Pierce was born on April 6th, 1919. He had spent his entire life in Rome and was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Pierce was a member of...

Vance Bradley Walker

Vance Bradley Walker

Jul 15, 2007

Vance Bradley Walker, age 36, of #601 Lee Avenue, Rome, died Sunday, July 15th, 2007 at his residence. A native of Floyd County, Vance was born on October 7th, 1970, was a 1989 graduate of West Rome High School and a 1996 graduate of Shorter College. He was an accomplished musician and at the time of his death he was...

Thomas Raymond King

Thomas Raymond King

Jul 14, 2007

Thomas R. "Tom" King, age 80, of Margo Trail, S.E., Rome, died early Saturday morning, July 14th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, Mr. King was born on June 10th, 1927, the son of the late Henry A. and Bessie Reece King. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and...

Larry Franklin Dooley

Larry Franklin Dooley

Jul 13, 2007

Larry Franklin Dooley, age 54, of #2694 Old Summerville Road, Armuchee, died early Friday morning, July 13th, 2007, at the home of his brother on the Floyd Springs Road.. Larry was born in Chattooga County, Georgia on October 6th, 1952, the son of late Clarence E. and Bettie Ruth Maynor Dooley. He has spent the greater part of his life...

Lillian Ann Mccoy

Lillian Ann Mccoy

Jul 11, 2007

Ann McCoy, age 59, of #432 Haywood Valley Road, Armuchee, died Wednesday afternoon, July 11th, 2007, at a local hospital. Ann was born in Floyd County on December 9th, 1947, the daughter of Gene and Lucille Fite Chastain. Ann was a 1966 graduate of Armuchee High School, was a homemaker and for several years was associated with Bausch and Lomb...

Bobby Joe Holder

Bobby Joe Holder

Jul 9, 2007

Bobby Joe Holder, age 51, #587 Warren Road, NE, Rome, died Monday morning, July 9th, 2007, at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Holder was born in Floyd County, Georgia on October 15th, 1955, the don of the late Doris June Smith Holder and the late Jack Duvall Holder. Mr. Holder spent his entire life in Rome, attended Armuchee...

Billy Junior Rickett

Billy Junior Rickett

Jul 8, 2007

Billy Rickett, age 78, of #621 Warren Road NE, Rome, died Sunday afternoon, July 8th, 2007 at his residence. A native of Trion, GA., Mr. Rickett was born on September 15th, 1928, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rickett. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was a member of the East Rome...

Donny Michael Bird Dog Pointer

Donny Michael Bird Dog Pointer

Jul 6, 2007

Donny "Bird Dog" Pointer, age 48, of #30 Battey Drive, Rome, died Friday morning, July 6th, 2007 at a local hospital following a brief illness. A native of Floyd County, Donny was born on December 20th, 1958, the son of Ralph E. and Virginia Nesmith Pointer. He was a life long resident of Rome and was of the Baptist Faith....

Kurt Carson Bishop

Kurt Carson Bishop

Jun 30, 2007

Kurt Carson Bishop, age 20, of #255 Potts Road, Kingston, died Saturday , June 30th, 2007 at the DeKalb Medical Center in Ft. Payne, Alabama from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. A native of Floyd County, Kurt was born on August 15th, 1986, the son of Ralph and Rita Lynn Wilkey Bishop. Kurt had spent his entire life in...

Mildred Louise Millie Kilgo

Mildred Louise Millie Kilgo

Jun 30, 2007

Mildred Louise "Millie" Kilgo, age 72, of #710 Trove Drive, Rome, (Garden Lakes) died Saturday, June 30th, 2007 at 12:55 p.m. at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Georgia, Mrs. Kilgo was born on May 4th, 1935, the daughter of the late Rev. Willis V. and Mildred Louise Ammonds Young. She had spent the greater part of her life...

Frances Jane Ridley

Frances Jane Ridley

Jun 27, 2007

Mrs. Frances Jane Ridley, age 97, of # 49 Elmwood Street, (Riverside Community), Rome, died Wednesday afternoon, June 27th, 2007 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Ridley was born on July 21st, 1909, the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Reed and the lateCornelia Ann Blaylock Reed. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and...

Carole Lynn Pollard Wallace

Carole Lynn Pollard Wallace

Jun 26, 2007

Carole Pollard Wallace, age 60, of 437 Kraftsman Road, SW, Rome died Tuesday evening, June 26th, 2007, at a local hospital after a brief illness. A native of Chattooga County, Carole was born on January 26th, 1947, the daughter of the late David and Irene Taylor Ramsey. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and...

Fannie Lou Mathis

Fannie Lou Mathis

Jun 24, 2007

Mrs. Fannie Lou "Mom" Mathis, age 91, of Winthrop Manor of Rome died Sunday evening, June 24th, 2007, at Winthrop Manor of Rome. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Mathis was born on October 30th, 1915, the daughter of the late Ed and Elizabeth Bing Byars. A life long resident of Floyd County, Mrs. Mathis was a long time member...

Marilyn Lousie Patterson Agan

Marilyn Lousie Patterson Agan

Jun 22, 2007

Mrs. Marilyn Gresham Patterson Agan, age 71, of Lindale, Georgia, died suddenly Friday, June 22nd, 2007, at St. Luke Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, after a brief illness. Mrs. Agan was born in Floyd County on September 21st, 1935, the daughter of the late Devis Watts Gresham and the late Annie Orr Gresham. She was a member of the Word and...

Jessie Lorene Edgins

Jessie Lorene Edgins

Jun 17, 2007

Mrs. Jessie L. Edgins, age 93, of #6 Baker Drive, SW, West Rome, died Sunday morning, June 17th, 2007, at her residence. A native Bartow County, Ga., Mrs. Edgins was born on August 1st, 1913, the daughter of the late Preston E. and Sarah Elizabeth Bennett Blankenship. She was of the Baptist Faith and prior to her retirement, Mrs. Edgins...

Lynda Lee Smith

Lynda Lee Smith

Jun 16, 2007

Lynda Christensen Smith, age 57, of #9 Elliott Drive, SE, Rome, Georgia, died Saturday, June 16th, 2007, at her residence in Rome. A native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Smith was born on December 7th, 1949, the daughter of the late Christ James Christensen and Anna Mildred Young Christensen. Lynda had been a resident of Rome for the past 34 years...

Teresa Dianna Terrell

Teresa Dianna Terrell

Jun 6, 2007

Teresa Dianna Terrell, age 52, of #417 New Freeman Ferry Road, Rome, died Wednesday, June 6th, 2007, at the Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta. A native of Bibb County, GA., Mrs. Terrell was born on June 9th, 1954, the daughter of Ralph L. and Sue Reeves Patterson. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and...

Jonnie Lou Everett

Jonnie Lou Everett

Jun 4, 2007

Jonnie Chambers Everett, age 67, of #505 Turkey Mountain Road, Armuchee, died Monday, June 4th, 2007, at the home of a daughter and son-in-law in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. A native of Polk County, Georgia, Mrs. Everett was born on September 30th, 1939, the daughter of the late James and Ruby Beam Chambers. Mrs. Everett was of the Baptist Faith...

Robert Ira Hood

Robert Ira Hood

May 31, 2007

Robert Ira Hood, age 81, of #102 Cocker Drive, West Rome, died Thursday morning, May 31st, 2007, for injuries sustained in an automobile-truck accident in Polk County. A native of Kingston, Ga., Mr. Hood was born on October 3rd, 1925, the son of the late George B. and Annie Sisson Hood. He had spent the greater part of his life...

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