Obituaries

Gordon Lee Shipp

Gordon Lee Shipp

Dec 7, 2006

Gordon Lee Shipp, age 61, of 3124 Cedartown Highway, Rome, died Thursday evening, December 7th, 2006 at his residence following a brief illness. A native of Walker County, GA., Mr. Shipp was born on July 20th, 1945, the son of the late Iva L. Shipp and Mavis Smith Shipp Austin. He had spent the greater part his life in Floyd...

Marilyn Andrews Elrod

Marilyn Andrews Elrod

Dec 5, 2006

9Marilyn Andrews Elrod, age 64, of 17 Graben Drive, Rome, Beech Creek, died Tuesday morning, December 5th, 2006, at her residence. A native of Dade County, Fla., Mrs. Elrod was born on August 9th, 1942, the daughter of the late Howard C. and Iletta Atkinson Rhodes. She had spent the greater part of her life in Floyd and Bartow Counties...

Gilbert Leon Pledger

Gilbert Leon Pledger

Dec 2, 2006

Gilbert Leon Pledger, age 86, of 1407 Cave Springs Road, Rome, died Saturday afternoon, December 2nd, 2006, at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Pledger was born on March 22nd, 1920, the son of the late James A. and Mary Jane Phillips Pledger. He was a life long resident of Floyd County and was a World War...

Lewis Virgle Vaughn, Jr

Lewis Virgle Vaughn, Jr

Nov 30, 2006

Lewis Virgle Vaughn, Jr., age 65, of Kennesaw, GA. and a former Roman, died Thursday evening, November 30th, 2006 in Douglasville, Ga. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Vaughn was born on October 6th, 1941, the son of the late Lewis Virgle Vaughn, Sr. and the late Mattie Jenkins Vaughn. For many years he had resided in Lawrenceville and Atlanta,...

Willie Mae Crumley

Willie Mae Crumley

Nov 27, 2006

Mrs. Willie Mae "Pat" Crumley, age 78, of 227 Lavista Drive, Calhoun, GA. died Monday, November 27th, 2006 at her residence in Calhoun. A native of Gordon County, Ga., Mrs. Crumbly was born on October 2nd, 1928, the daughter of the late Lincoln and Ethel Howell Silver. She was of the Baptist faith and for a number of years was...

Valerie Lynn Benson

Valerie Lynn Benson

Nov 20, 2006

Mrs. Valerie Lynn Prater Benson, age 50, of 64 Deland Road, Kingston, died Monday afternoon, November 20th, 2006, at her residence. A native of Floyd County, Valerie was born on February 7th, 1956, the daughter of Richard M. Prater and the late Annie Ruth Duke Prater. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a member of...

Jewell Irene Monteith

Jewell Irene Monteith

Nov 16, 2006

Mrs. Jewell Irene Monteith, age 74, of Willow Road, Shannon, GA. died Thursday, November 16th, 2006 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mrs. Monteith was born on September 27th, 1932, the daughter of the late James B. and Ida Morrow Culberson. She had spent her entire life in Floyd County and was a member of the Mount...

Mirna Emperatriz Calderon

Mirna Emperatriz Calderon

Nov 6, 2006

Mirna E. Calderon, age 52, of 514 Burnett Ferry Road, Rome, died Monday afternoon, November 6th, 2006 at a Rome hospital. A native of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Mirna was born on September 13th, 1954, the daughter of the late Julio Calderon and Marta Alvarenga. She had been a resident of Rome for the past 16 year moving here from Los Angeles,...

Evaneda Mae Durden

Evaneda Mae Durden

Nov 4, 2006

Mae Higgins Durden, age 91, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, died Saturday morning, November 4th, 2006 at Beverly HealthCare of Rome. Survivors include a daughter, Debby Brown of Rome; a son, Wayne Durden of Cedar Bluff, Ala.; 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers and a sister-in-law, Franklin and Ann Higgins and Grady Higgins all of Rome. Funeral services for Mrs. Durden will...

Jimmy Remoan Jarrard, Sr

Jimmy Remoan Jarrard, Sr

Nov 4, 2006

Jimmy R. Jarrard, Sr. age 73, of 858 Turner Chapel Road, SE, Rome, died Saturday morning, November 4th, 2006, at a local hospital. A native of Cobb County, GA., Mr. Jarrard was born on February 21st, 1933, the son of the late Harold and Alma Crawford Jarrard. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and...

Doris June Hibbard

Doris June Hibbard

Nov 3, 2006

Mrs. Doris Sade Hibbard of 42 Wellington Way, Rome passed away Friday, November 3rd, 2006 at a local hospital following a short illness. Mrs. Hibbard was born on March 4th in Alicia, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Ernest and Bertha Julian Sade. She graduated from Walnut Ridge High School in Arkansas. After graduation, she worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone...

Annie Ruth Rudd

Annie Ruth Rudd

Oct 25, 2006

Mrs. Annie Ruth Rudd, age 92, of Birmingham, Ala. and a former long time resident of Armuchee died Wednesday morning, October 25th, 2006 in Birmingham, Ala. A native of Cherokee, Ala., Mrs. Rudd was born on January 24th, 1914, the daughter of the late Alfred and Della Gardner Hartline. She was a seamstress and a homemaker and was a member...

Harold Edward Jackson

Harold Edward Jackson

Oct 13, 2006

Harold E. "Jack" Jackson, age 82, of 8 Leon Street, Rome, died Friday evening, October 13th, 2006 at a local hospital. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Jackson was born on May 6th, 1924, the son of the late Columbus B. and Martha E. Kinsey Jackson. He had spent his entire life in Rome and was a member of Shorter...

Randall William Randy Buss, Jr

Randall William Randy Buss, Jr

Oct 12, 2006

Randall William "Randy" Buss, Jr., age 23, of 488 Sproull Road, Rome, Ga. died Thursday morning, October 12th, 2006 at a Rome hospital. A native of Dallas, TX., Randy was born on January 25th, 1983, the son of Dr. Randall William Buss, Sr. and Karen Burke Lemming. Randy had been a resident of Rome since 1988 moving here from Ann...

James Harold Black

James Harold Black

Oct 8, 2006

Mr. James Harold Black, age 81, of 103 Echota Circle, Rome, GA. died Sunday afternoon, October 8th, 2006 at his home. Mr. Black was born in Stilesboro, GA. on December 7th, 1924, the son of the late Herman B. and Lizzie Jackson Black. He had been a resident of Rome since 1950, moving here from Bartow County. He was a...

Kathleen Mae Smith

Kathleen Mae Smith

Oct 4, 2006

Kathleen Mae Andrews Smith, age 85, of Merrill Gardens, Rome, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday morning, October 4th, 2006. Mrs. Smith was born on October 29th, 1920 in Kingston, GA. the daughter of the late Ernest M. and Ada P. Andrews. She was a long time member of the North Rome United Methodist Church where she taught...

Sara Margaret Molene Cordle

Sara Margaret Molene Cordle

Sep 29, 2006

Mrs. Molene Caldwell Cordle, age 93, of 5127 Big Texas Valley Road, Rome, died Friday afternoon, September 29th, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Cordle was born on February 16th, 1913, the daughter of the late Alfred Frank Caldwell and the late Elizabeth Margaret Yarbrough Caldwell. She was a long time member of the Midway Primitive Baptist Church and attended the...

Paul Harvey Mansfield

Paul Harvey Mansfield

Sep 26, 2006

Paul Harvey Mansfield, age 88, of 2517 Maple Road, Rome died Tuesday evening, September 26th, 2006 at a Rome hospital. A native of Waterbury, Conn., Mr. Mansfield was born on March 23rd, 1918, the son of the late Warren A. and Martha Fowler Mansfield. He had been a resident of Rome for 3 months having moved here from Woodbury, Conn....

Matthew Phillip Barton

Matthew Phillip Barton

Sep 25, 2006

Matthew Phillip Barton, age 31, of 343 Canard Road, Rome, died Monday morning, September 25th, 2006 in Jackson County, Ga. from injuries received in an automobile accident. A native of Floyd County, Matthew was born on January 11th, 1975, the son of Roger P. and Teresa Downs Barton. Matthew had spent his entire life in Floyd County and was a...

James Clifford Cliff Young

James Clifford Cliff Young

Sep 24, 2006

James Clifford "Cliff" Young, age 82, of #800 North Fifth Avenue, apt. 213, Rome, died suddenly Sunday afternoon, September 24th, 2006, while convalescing at the home of his daughter, Gail Y. Poole, at #13 Berkshire Drive, Rome. Mr. Young was born in Lynch, Kentucky on March 28th, 1924, the son of the late Henry and Sarah Young. He had spent...

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