Obituaries

William Howard Mathis

William Howard Mathis

May 28, 2007

William Howard Mathis, age 89, of #4619 Big Texas Valley Road, Rome, died Monday night, May 28th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Gordon County, Georgia, Mr. Mathis was born on January 25th, 1918, the son of the late Lester L. and Ruby Wilson Mathis. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and...

Olivia Nellie Dawson

Olivia Nellie Dawson

May 24, 2007

Mrs. Olivia Porter Dawson, age 85, of #605 Briarwood Circle, NW, Rome, died Thursday evening at a local hospital. Private graveside and interment services for the family of Mrs. Dawson will be held this (Saturday) afternoon at 1 o'clock at East View Cemetery with Dr. Joel Snider officiating. Grandsons will serve as active pallbearers, Vann Lee Stansell, Jr., Andrew Wesley...

Deborah Charlene Debbie Todd

Deborah Charlene Debbie Todd

May 24, 2007

Deborah Charlene "Debbie" Byrd -Todd, age 51, of #101 County Road 377, Lot #5, Leesburg, Alabama, a former resident of Rome and Cedartown, Ga. died Thursday morning, May 24th, 2007 at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Debbie was born on September 18th, 1955, the daughter of the late Doss and Imogene Q. Byrd. She was of the Baptist...

Sandon Keylan Waddell

Sandon Keylan Waddell

May 22, 2007

Keylan Waddell, the 3 week old son of Rev. Brandon M. and Summer Nelson Waddell, of #122 A Baby Doe Drive, Rome, died Tuesday evening, May 22nd, 2007 at Egleston Children's Hospital in Atlanta. Keylan was born on May 1st, 2007 in Rome, Ga. Survivors include his parents, Rev. Brandon and Summer Waddell, a sister, Mckale Waddell, grand-parents, Kelley and...

Sylvia Jewell West

Sylvia Jewell West

May 22, 2007

Jewell Helton West, age 92, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, died early Tuesday morning, May 22nd, 2007, at Golden Living Center of Rome. A native of Bloomfield, Mississippi, Mrs. West was born on April 15th, 1915. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and was a homemaker. Mrs. West was of the Methodist Faith. Mrs. West...

Allison Kirk Alford

Allison Kirk Alford

May 12, 2007

Kirk Alford, age 47, of 4391 Calhoun Road, P.O. Box 66, Rome, died Saturday morning, May 12th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Kirk was born on January 4th, 1960, the son of Barbara Staton Alford and the late Allison E. Alford. He moved to Rome at age 16 from Adairsville, where he attended school and...

Dolores Jean Wilson

Dolores Jean Wilson

May 7, 2007

Mrs. Dolores Jean Wilson, age 75, of 613 Briarwood Circle NW, Rome, died early Monday morning, May 7th, 2007 at a local hospital. A native of Kremlin, Oklahoma, Mrs. Wilson was born on May 25th, 1931, the daughter of the late Harley E. and Gladys Lola Stack Felton. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Brackettville, Texas...

Timothy Wayne Lehr, Sr

Timothy Wayne Lehr, Sr

May 6, 2007

Timothy Wayne Lehr, age 58, of 1770 East Hermitage Road, NE, Kingston, died Sunday morning, May 6th, 2007 at his residence. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Lehr was born on July 4th, 1948, the son of the late Ernest F. and Viola Lehr. He had been a resident of Rome since 1995 moving here from Chatsworth, Georgia and was...

Rita Lynette Coleman

Rita Lynette Coleman

Apr 19, 2007

Rita Jenkins Coleman, age 36, of 2481 Everett Spring Road, (the Everett Spring Community) Armuchee, died early Thursday morning, April 19th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Rita was born on May 15th, 1970, and was a life long resident of Floyd County. Rita attended the Model Elementary School and was a 1988 graduate of Armuchee...

Donald Gene Mcguire

Donald Gene Mcguire

Apr 16, 2007

Donald Gene McGuire, age 70, of #6 Baker Drive, SW, West Rome, died Monday afternoon, April 16th, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. McGuire was born on August 16th, 1936, the son of Jessie Blankenship McGuire Edgins and the late Cicero Franklin McGuire. Mr. McGuire was of the Baptist faith and prior to returning to...

Paul Russell Trapp

Paul Russell Trapp

Mar 27, 2007

Paul Russell Trapp, age 67, of #2 Stewart Circle, Cave Spring, GA. died Tuesday morning, March 27th, 2007, at Kindred Hospital, in Chattanooga, Tenn. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Trapp was born on April 1st, 1939, the son of the late Marvin M. and Nellie Mae Weathington Trapp. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd...

Minyonne Frances Mcguiness

Minyonne Frances Mcguiness

Mar 24, 2007

Minyonne Stevens McGuiness, age 87, of 110 Chief Vann Drive, Rome, died early Saturday morning, March 24th, 2007, at the residence. Mrs. McGuiness was born on November 28th, 1919 in McComb, Mississippi to George and Caroline Badon Stevens. She had been a resident of Rome since 1963 moving here from Birmingham, Alabama. Mrs. McGuiness was a member of the First...

Mary Rebekah Martin

Mary Rebekah Martin

Mar 23, 2007

Mary Rebekah "Becky" Martin, age 85, of 108 Keown Road, SE, Rome, GA. died Friday afternoon, March 23rd, 2007, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Martin was born on February 16th, 1922, the daughter of the late Tom W. and Lula Barron Stone. She was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, a homemaker and...

Elizabeth Beth Gonzalez

Elizabeth Beth Gonzalez

Mar 22, 2007

Elizabeth C. "Beth" Gonzalez, age 86, of 99 New Rosedale Road, Armuchee, Georgia, died Thursday afternoon, March 22nd, 2007, at the residence. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Gonzalez was born on August 23rd, 1920, the daughter of the late Ernest and Kate Burnett Carney. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County ad was a...

Mildred Odell Broadway

Mildred Odell Broadway

Mar 19, 2007

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Paralee Moon

Paralee Moon

Mar 7, 2007

Paralee Moon, age 84, of 16 Fairhaven Drive, Rome, (Coosa Community) died Wednesday morning, March 7th, 2007, at Cherokee Medical Center, Centre, Alabama. A native of Talladega, Ala., Mrs. Moon was born on August 28th, 1922, the daughter of the late Bloss and Cassie Curtis Kissic. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County, was of...

Warren Calvin Baldwin

Warren Calvin Baldwin

Mar 6, 2007

Warren Calvin Baldwin, age 84 of #120 Elliott Drive, Rome, (Garden Lakes) died Tuesday morning, March 6th, 2007, at the residence. A native of Polk County, GA., Mr. Baldwin was born on April 11th, 1922, the son of the late Benjamin T. and Frances Dobbins Baldwin. He served for 20 years in the United States Army, retiring in 1963 as...

Horace Porter Dykes, Sr

Horace Porter Dykes, Sr

Mar 6, 2007

Horace P. Dykes, Sr. age 87, of West Club Drive, Atlanta, and a former Roman, died Tuesday morning, March 6th, 2007, at his residence in Atlanta. A native of Richton, Mississippi, Mr. Dykes was born on March 14th, 1919, the son of the late Jefferson H. and Pearlie Jane Edwards Dykes. Mr. Dykes was a retired Textile Engineer, was a...

James Paul Kinney, Jr

James Paul Kinney, Jr

Mar 5, 2007

In the depths of the Great Depression, James Paul Kinney, Jr., age 74, was born in Blackshear, Ga., near Waycross, on August 17th, 1932, to James Paul Kinney, Sr. and Sarah Margaret Webb Kinney, both teachers. James Paul Kinney, Jr., died on Monday morning, March 5th, 2007 at his home in Rome, after a short illness. He and his wife,...

Mark Anthony Grant

Mark Anthony Grant

Feb 24, 2007

Mark Anthony Grant, age 53, of Cedar Bluff, Ala. and a former long time resident of Celanese, (the Riverside Community), Rome, died unexpectedly Saturday morning, February 24th, 2007, in Cedar Bluff, Alabama. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Grant was born on May 19th, 1953, the son of the late Doyal H. and Agnes Louise Davis Grant. He had spent...

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