Hazel Grinnell
May 4, 2009
Mrs. Hazel M. Grinnell, age 89, of Rock Hill, S.C. formerly of Rome, GA died Monday, May 4, 2009 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Mrs. Grinnell was born in Pickens County, GA, on May 5, 1919, the daughter of the late Oscar Medlin and Leola Anderson Medlin. Mrs. Grinnell was retired from Champion Garment Company. In addition to her...
Michael Leach
May 2, 2009
Mr. Michael David Leach, age 47, of Rome, GA, went to be with his mother in heaven where they will be together forever on Saturday, May 2, 2009, in a local hospital. Mr. Leach was born in Washington County, TN on July 2, 1961 the son of Bill Leach and the late Mary Lou Willis Leach. He was a...
Ruby Dempsey
May 1, 2009
Ruby Mae Dempsey, 87, of Cartersville passed away Friday, May 1, 2009 at her residence. Born June 1, 1921 in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Luther Franklin Harper and the late Ida Bell Cox Harper. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George Dempsey. Ruby was a homemaker and a member of the Macedonia Baptist...
Lewis Justus
Apr 30, 2009
Lewis Cleon Justus, 76, of Cartersville passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009 at his residence. Born in Dahlonega, Georgia on April 18, 1933, he was the son of the late Pearl Connor Justus and the late John Henry Justus. Mr. Justus graduated from North Georgia College in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in...
Jesse Welchel
Apr 29, 2009
Mr. Jesse Frank �Jack� Welchel, age 93, of Rome, GA, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Mr. Welchel was born in Bartow, GA on June 20, 1915 the son of the late John William Welchel and Ella Jane Hames Welchel. Mr. Welchel worked at Anchor Rome Mill for over 20 years and retired from the O.J.Mills in Calhoun in 1980...
Christopher Byars
Apr 28, 2009
Christopher Hunter Byars, the infant son of Christopher Byars and Samantha Mullinax Byars, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Survivors include his parents of Fairmount; his grandparents and great-grandparents, Mary and Robert Mullinax of Acworth, Tim Byars of Fairmount, Sandra Stephens of Cartersville, Barbara Crisp of Cartersville, and Evelyn Mullinax of Fairmount; and several...
Joyce Shumpert
Apr 25, 2009
Mrs. Joyce Drawdy Shumpert, 57, of Cartersville earned her wings on Saturday, April 25, 2009 after her long battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard Fulton Drawdy and Bernice Hewitt Drawdy; and her brother, Jerol Drawdy. Joyce touched the lives of many through her kindness, generosity, and resounding laughter. Mom will eternally be loved...
Judy Price
Apr 25, 2009
Judy Price, 66, of Cartersville passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Redmond Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Cartersville on April 1, 1943, she was the daughter of the late D.C. Myrick and the late Gussie Chitwood Myrick. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Joan Baggett. Judy had retired from Lockeed-Martin as...
Gene Tant Jr
Apr 23, 2009
Gene A. �Bones� Tant Jr., 48, of Kingston died Thursday, April 23, 2009 at his residence. Born May 9, 1960 in Polk County, he was the son of Gene A. Tant and the late Gloria Fay Grant Tant. Gene was preceded in death by his mother and two brothers, Bobby Joe Tant and Kenneth Tant. Gene attended Cloverleaf Baptist...
Conner I
Apr 20, 2009
Mr. Conner Dilbeck I, age 65 o f Rome, GA, died Monday, April 20, 2009, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Dilbeck was born in Etowah County, AL on January 5, 1944, the son of Clara Arlice Drake of Rome and the late Conner Douglas Dilbeck. He was a resident of Rome for the last eight years. Mr. Dilbeck was a...
Juanita Stroup
Apr 20, 2009
Mrs. Juanita Lourine Stroup, age 85, of Rome, Ga. died Monday, April 20, 2009 in a Rome hospital. Mrs. Stroup was born in Atlanta, GA, on November 17, 1923, the daughter of the late Samuel Luther Robinson and Mittie Velma Moore Robinson. She had spent the greater part of her life in the Shannon Community. Mrs. Stroup for a...
Brenda Roberson
Apr 20, 2009
Brenda Beaver Roberson, 61, of Cartersville, entered into heaven Monday, April 20, 2009. Born in Cartersville on October 11, 1947, she was the daughter of Eva Gayton Beaver and the late Ernest James Beaver. Brenda was a member of the Church of the Covenant and was a homemaker. She was a woman of faith and a child of God. Brenda...
Richard Barnes, Jr.
Apr 19, 2009
Mr. Richard (Whitey) Barnes, Jr. age 84, of Oreburg Road Rome, GA, died Sunday, April 19, 2009, at his residence. Mr. Barnes was born in Escambia, Al. on July 25, 1924, the son of the late Richard Barnes Sr. and Alyene Murphy Barnes. He served in the United States Army and served his country in the single biggest and...
Flossie Evans
Apr 19, 2009
Flossie Brock Greenwood Evans, 95, of Rome went to her heavenly home on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Born April 16, 1914 in Bartow County, she was the daughter of the late Noah Anderson Brock and the late Ida Stubblefield Brock. Flossie was married to Logan Eugene Greenwood who died in 1958. She was also preceded in death by her second...
Clyde Hearn
Apr 19, 2009
Clyde Lee Hearn, 70 years young, joined his angels Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 2:30 a.m. at the home of his extended family. He has joined his awaiting angels: his parents, Bernard and Ida Hearn; and his brothers, Ellis, Ralph and Donald. He is survived and watching over his sisters still with us, Elline Swadis, Jeane Atkinson, Joanne Teague,...
Pauline Webb
Apr 18, 2009
Pauline Webb, 51, of Cartersville passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009 at her residence. Born September 26, 1957 in Mount Holly, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Emmons and the late Marie Parks Emmons. Pauline was known for her love of animals and was employed as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the health care field....
Ruby Sutton
Apr 18, 2009
Ruby Elizabeth Sutton, 92, of Cartersville passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the Cartersville Heights Nursing Home. Born July 31, 1916 in Adairsville, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Calvin Sutton and the late Julia Yates Sutton. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Rembert Sutton, Marcus Sutton, Vernie Lee Sutton, Sherman Sutton, and...
Zuma Wallace
Apr 16, 2009
Mrs. Zuma Lucile Isham Wallace, age 97, of Crosscreek Drive Rome, GA died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Wallace was born in Floyd County, GA, on April 5, 1912, the daughter of the late Romie Dolphus Isham and Henrietta Headrick Isham. She lived most of her life in the Rome area except for twenty years in...
Ruth Dillard
Apr 15, 2009
Ruth Mae Dillard, age 80,of Cartersville died Wednesday, April 15,2009 at Heartland Hospice House. Born May 8,1928 in Cobb County, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Harkins. She is preceded in death by her husband,Thomas Eugene Dillard, Sr. Survivors include her children,Betty Jones and her husband,Jimmy of McDonough, Ga.,Lamar Hartman of Hogansville,Ga.and Jimmy Hartman of McDonough,Ga.; her step-son,...
