Mike Tate
Dec 27, 2008
Mr. Mike Tate, age 58, of 105 Melody lane N.W. Rome, GA, died Saturday, December 27, 2008 in a local hospital. Mr. Tate was born in Floyd County, GA, on December 26, 1950, the son of the late Joe Tate and Eva Storey Tate. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Tate retired from North Georgia Equipment Company after...
Dorothy Smith
Dec 27, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy Virginia Smith, age 81, of 602 Holmes Road, Rome, GA. died Saturday December 27, 2008 in a local hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Etowah county Al., on May 11, 1927 the Daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Mary Pauline Black Bircheat. She was married on September 6, 1945 to Mr. Gilbert Smith. Mrs. Smith moved...
Doris Montgomery
Dec 26, 2008
Doris Jewel Montgomery, 77, of Cartersville passed away on December 26, 2008 at her residence. Born in Alabama on December 16, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Harlen Thomas and Mattie Parker. She was also preceded in death by her daughter Debra Brown, her sisters, Ann Hallman and Louise Abernathy and her brother David Thomas. Doris was...
Oscar Finchum
Dec 25, 2008
Oscar L. Finchum Jr., 79, of Cartersville passed over into heaven Thursday, December 25, 2008 at his residence after a long battle with COPD. Born in Manchester Tennessee on January 8, 1929, he was the son of the late Elder Oscar Finchum and the late Clara Belle Stone. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Edith Finchum and...
William Lee
Dec 24, 2008
Mr. William Richard �Bill� Lee, 68, of Cartersville passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at the Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Cartersville on February 4, 1940, he was the son of the late William Virgil Lee and the late Mzillie Bell Lee Fowler. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Leroy Lee. Bill was the owner and operator...
Joann Reedy
Dec 22, 2008
Ms. JoAnn Williams Reedy, age 53, of Cedartown,GA, died, Monday, December 22, 2008, in a hospital. Ms. Reedy was born in Floyd County, GA, on August 20, 1955 the daughter of Lois Smith Williams and the late James Calvin Williams. She was a nurse for many years and a caretaker. Ms. Reedy was of the Baptist faith. In addition to...
Blanche Pittman
Dec 22, 2008
Ms. Blanche Twilley Pittman, age 85, of 105 Old Airport Road, Rome, GA, died Monday, December 22, 2008 at her residence. Ms. Pittman was born in Floyd County, GA, on March 20, 1923, the daughter of the late John Alvin Twilley and Minnie Bell Blankenship. In addition to her parents Ms. Pittman was preceded in death by a son, Wade...
Edyth Rush
Dec 20, 2008
Mrs. Edyth Mae Rush, 96, of Taylorsville passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008 at the Cartersville Medical Center after a brief illness. Born June 22, 1912 in Maynard, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Henry Lee Spence and the late Tennessee Luthada Gamel Spence. Mrs. Rush was also preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Elvis Rush; and...
Brenda Hensley
Dec 19, 2008
Mrs. Brenda Gail Hensley, 61, of Aragon passed away Friday, December 19, 2008 at the Cartersville Medical Center after an extended illness. Born February 3, 1947, she was a native of Cartersville and was the daughter of the late Charlie Hugh Dover and the late Lula Blackmon Dover. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Marvin Edward Dover...
Billy Black
Dec 17, 2008
Mr. Billy Edd (Bill) Black, 77, of Emerson passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at the Cartersville Medical Center after an extended illness. Born June 25, 1931 in Anderson County, Tennessee, he was the son of the late John Edward Black and the late Inez Carney Black Prelli. He was preceded in death by his brother, Bob Black, and...
Kenneth Tallman
Dec 16, 2008
Mr. Kenneth Jordan Tallman, age 51, of 75-A Northridge Court, Rome, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Tallman was born April 13, 1957, in Fulton County, GA, son of Betty Thrailkill Tallman and the late Rollie J. Tallman. Mr. Tallman was a welder and a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps. He was a beloved husband,...
Jewel Gales
Dec 14, 2008
Jewell Popham Gales, 79, of Dawsonville, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in Atlanta. Born June 24, 1929 in Taylorsville, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Webster Popham and Bessie Carmen Ballard Popham. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herbert Gales; her daughter, Elaine McConnell; and three...
David Hazelwood
Dec 9, 2008
Mr. David Fain Hazelwood, 85, of Cartersville passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at his residence after an extended illness. Born December 26, 1922, he was the son of the late Henry Hazelwood and the late Mary Edwards Hazelwood. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Mary Lou Clark, Ioan Hazelwood, Lola Mae Tidwell, and Allie Duvall; his...
Doris Whitfield
Dec 6, 2008
Mrs. Doris G. Whitfield, age 95, of Rome, GA, died Saturday, December 6, 2008. Mrs. Whitfield was born in Roane County, TN, the daughter of the late Samuel C. Grasham and Amanda Barnes Grasham. She retired as a beautician and prior worked at Celanese Fiber Company. Mrs. Whitfield was a member of Riverside Baptist Church. In addition to her...
Nina Pye
Dec 5, 2008
Mrs. Nina Williams Pye, age 100, of Rome, GA, died Friday, December 5, 2008, in a local hospital. Mrs. Pye was born on March 31, 1908, the daughter of the late Richard Smith Williams and Minnie Magdalene Williams. She moved to Rome in 1925. Mrs. Pye was a member of North Broad Baptist Church since 1925 and a member...
Donald Dover
Dec 4, 2008
Donald Dover, 61, of Cartersville passed away Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Emory University Hospital. Born August 4, 1947, he was a native of Bartow County and was the son of James Henry Dover and Missie Atkinson Dover. He was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Marcus Bennett, and his nephew, Robert Lowery. Donald was employed as a security...
Marjorie Wellman
Dec 4, 2008
Marjorie Ann Wellman, 85, of Cartersville passed away Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Cartersville Medical Center. Born August 25, 1923 in Milton, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Arthur �Don� Harshbarger and the late Eva Maude Kirby Harshbarger. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mason Wellman; her son, Don Wellman; her daughter,...
Danny Fountain
Dec 2, 2008
Mr. Danny Riggins Fountain, age 61, of 208 Sycamore Street, Rome, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Fountain was born November 25, 1947, in Floyd County, GA. son of the Mildred Riggins Fountain and the late Fred Fountain,Sr. Mr. Fountain was a electrician with Rayburn Electric Company for over thirteen years. Danny enjoyed fishing and loved to...
Clyde Powell
Dec 1, 2008
William Clyde �Sleepy� Powell, 78, of Taylorsville passed away Monday, December 1, 2008 at Emory University Hospital. Born October 21, 1930, he was the son of the late Thomas Larkin Powell and Mattie Elizabeth Free Powell. Mr. Powell worked with road maintenance for Bartow County before his retirement. He attended Mt. Tabor Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing, baseball and NASCAR...
Gus Day
Nov 30, 2008
Willie A. �Gus� Day, 69, of Cartersville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 at his residence. Born in Cherokee County on October 8, 1939, he was the son of the late Ralph Day and Hazel Abernathy Day. Preceding him in death are his parents; his wife, Mary Geneva Lee Day; and his step-father, Jake Howell. Gus was a member...
