Elzie Alverson

Mrs. Elzie Evaline Alverson, age 84, of Rome, GA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in a local hospital.



Mrs. Alverson was born in Guntersville, AL on February 3, 1926, the daughter of the late Fred Clifford Rhodes and Lizzie Lee Hardin. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and attended The Church at Rome. Mrs. Alverson loved to read, sew, and make floral arrangements. In addition to her parents Mrs. Alverson was preceded in death by two brothers, Buddy Rhodes and Dowdy Collins.



Survivors include her husband, Charlie Alverson to whom she was married on April 20, 1956; a son and daughter-in-law, James and Liz Allred of Leesburg, AL; a daughter, Elzie Hodge of Rome; grandchildren, Charles and Marie Jarrett, Elisabeth Massey, Jenny Roden, Rocky and Tammy Kinsey, Roe Hodge, Jr., Starla Price, Amanda and Lee Roden, James �Bill� Allred, Denise Bowman, Toni and Larry Brewer, and Kelly and Kevin Wood; twenty one great-grandchildren; twenty-five great-great-grandchildren; three brothers and a sister-in-law, Billy and Donna Hardin of Douglasville, GA, Edwin Collins of TX, and Frank Collins of Gadsden, AL; and three sisters, Jessie Little of Gadsden, AL, Kate Moore, and Nellie Thomas.



A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, May 27, 2010, at 2:00 P.M. in the Oaknoll Chapel of the McGuire, Jennings, & Miller Funeral Home with Pastor Tony Baldwin, Rev. George Pike, and Bishop Freddy Baldwin officiating. Interment will follow in the Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.



The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. in the Oaknoll Chapel.



The following gentlemen have been asked to serve as pallbearers and are requested to meet in the Oaknoll Chapel on Thursday by 1:30 P.M.: Charles Jarrett, Lee Roden, Brian Gentle, Wayne Dotson, Scott Boatner, and Ryan Baldwin.



Please join Mrs. Alverson�s family in honoring her life by visiting www.jenningsfuneralhome.com to post tributes and share memories.



The Oaknoll Chapel of the McGuire Jennings & Miller Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Elzie Evaline Alverson.