H Wheat
Aug 3, 2008
Mr. H. L. Wheat, Jr., 61, of Kingston, died Sunday, August 3, 2008. He was born, June 17, 1947, in Dalton, Georgia, son of the late H. L. Wheat and the late Myrtle Wade Wheat. Mr. Wheat had resided in the Kingston area for most of his life, loved fishing and enjoyed working on heavy equipment as a diesel...
Jimmy Austin
Aug 3, 2008
Jimmy Buford �Bubba� Austin, Jr. passed away Sunday, August 3, 2008, in Cartersville. Bubba was born July 8, 1986 in Rome, son of the late Jimmy Buford Austin, and Betty Evans Austin. He was preceded in death by his father; grandparents Bartow Austin, Vader Vandora Austin, and a niece Gabriela Ortiz. Bubba was of the Baptist faith and was...
Charles Howard, Sr.
Aug 2, 2008
Mr. Charles Eugene Howard, Sr. age 51, of 231 Cave Spring Street, Rome, GA, died Saturday, August 2, 2008, in a Rome hospital. Mr. Howard was born on April 2, 1957, in Paulding County, GA, son of Christine Janette Hunter Nichols of Cave Spring, GA, and the late Carl Charles Howard. He had spent most of his life in...
Eugene O'Banion
Aug 1, 2008
Mr. Eugene O�Banion, 71, of Taylorsville passed away Friday August 1, 2008 at his residence. Born in Grayson, Kentucky on October 25, 1936, he was the son of the late Estill O�Banion and the late Mabel Cooke Jaynes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Marcus Edward O�Banion. Eugene was a self-employed contractor...
Giles Gibson
Aug 1, 2008
Giles Cranford Gibson, age 32, of 6 East Lakeshore Drive, Rome, GA, died Friday, August 1, 2008, in a local hospital. Giles was born in Floyd County, GA, on November 4, 1975, the son of Ron and Margaret Gibson. He had a tremendous love for music and people. Giles will be missed by all who cared for him. In addition...
Lois Wheeler
Jul 30, 2008
Mrs. Lois Ward Wheeler, age 92, of 165 Old Shannon Road, Rome, GA, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008, in a local hospital. Mrs. Wheeler was born in Floyd County, GA, the daughter of the late Robert Calhoun Ward and Addie Sutton Ward. She was a lifelong resident of the Shannon Community and the longest living oldest member for eighty...
Ruby Espy
Jul 25, 2008
Mrs. Ruby Neil Stroud Espy, age 91, of 13 Ridge Drive, Rome, GA, passed away Friday, July 25, 2008, in a local hospital. Mrs. Espy was born in Cherokee County, Al., on June 21, 1918, the daughter of the late Joseph and Rebecca Treadaway Stroud. She was married to Clinton Ernest Espy in 1934. Ms. Espy was a woman...
Peggy Herring
Jul 24, 2008
Peggy Herring, age 68, of Cartersville passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born in Florala, Alabama on July 6, 1940, she was the daughter of the late James Goolsby and Lucile Davis Goolsby. She was a member of Taylorsville Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Herring enjoyed playing with her grandchildren, riding motor...
Eugene Cagle
Jul 23, 2008
Mr. Eugene C. Cagle, age 84, of Cartersville passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Starcrest of Cartersville. He was a native of Bartow County born on February 16, 1924. He was the son of the late Isaiah Jack (Carl) Cagle and the late Ethel Beatrice Dupree. Preceding him in death are his parents; two sisters, Una Dodd and...
Joe Hall
Jul 16, 2008
Mr. Joe Hall, 83, of Cartersville passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at the Heartland Hospice House. Born November 2, 1924 in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Joe and Pearl Booker Hall. Joe was a retired cook with Western Steer and had worked at several of the Western Steer restaurants in the area. He...
Earl Storey
Jul 14, 2008
Mr. Earl Storey, age 81, of 749 Warren Road, Rome, GA, died Monday, July 14, 2008, in a local nursing home. Mr. Storey was born in Floyd County, GA, on October 5, 1926, the son of the late A.D. Storey and Hassie Selman Storey. He was a resident of Floyd County all of his life and graduated from Gore High...
James Culberson, Sr.
Jul 10, 2008
Mr. James Olin Culberson, Sr.Age 76 of Hattiesburg, Mississippi formerly of Shannon Georgia died Thursday July10, 2008 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Culberson was born April 5, 1932 in Floyd County to the late John Thompson and Willie Mae Colston Culberson. He graduated from Model high School in 1949. Mr. Culberson received his Bachelors degree in...
Martha Pittard
Jul 10, 2008
Martha Thomas Pittard, 89, of Cassville passed away Thursday, July 10, 2008 at Floyd Medical Center in Rome. Born August 26, 1918 in Cartersville, she was the daughter of late John Robertson Thomas and the late Susie Shelhorse Thomas. Preceding her in death along with her parents is her husband James D. "Bo" Pittard. Survivors include her son, Thomas...
James Culberson, Jr.
Jul 10, 2008
Mr. James Olin (JIMMY) Culberson, Jr. age 40 of Shannon, Georgia died Thursday July 10, 2008 from injuries sustained in an automobile He was born March 5, 1968 in Floyd County, Georgia to Janice May Jaquith Culberson, and the late James Olin Culberson, Sr. He graduated in 1986 from the Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg, MS. In 1988 he...
Tholley Cagle
Jul 5, 2008
Mr. Tholley Lee "Junior" Cagle, Jr., age 65, of 275 Ted Donath Road, NE, Armuchee, GA, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, in a local hospital. Mr. Cagle was born in Floyd County, GA, on January 20, 1943, the son of Marie Sims Cagle and the late Tholley Lee Cagle, Sr. He loved riding horses. In addition to his mother...
Betty Jones
Jul 5, 2008
Betty Ann Jones, 68, formerly of Walker Rd., Cartersville passed away Saturday, July 5, 2008 at Maple Ridge Health Care. Born July 4, 1940 in Lafayette, she was the daughter of J.W. Collett and Mary Ellen Teague Collett. Betty had been employed by Cartersville Sample Co. as a binder operator. More recently she had retired from Holiday Inn of...
Jean Trager
Jul 2, 2008
Mrs. Jean W. Trager, 78, of Cartersville, Georgia passed away July 2, 2008 at the Cartersville Medical Center after a brief illness. Born November 1, 1929 in Berwick, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert Owen Willoughby and the late Mildred Etta Smith Willoughby. Mrs. Trager was also preceded in death by her husband, Leonard William Trager,...
Roy Chitwood
Jul 1, 2008
Roy Chitwood, age 81, of Cassville, died Tuesday, July 01, 2008 at Heartland Hospice House. Born in Bartow County on December 26, 1926, he was the son of the late Richard Chitwood and Alice Mae Hufstetler Chitwood. He was a veteran, having served in the Unites States Army. Survivors include his sons and daughter-in-law, Richard and Tammy Chitwood of White,...
Marie Carnes
Jul 1, 2008
Mrs. Marie Scroggs Carnes, age 88, of 4245 Hutcheson Ferry Road, Whitesburg, GA died Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Mrs. Carnes was born in BallGround, GA on August 4, 1919, the daughter of the late Alfred Swanson Scroggs and Colena Scott Ware Scroggs. She was a resident of Rome and Floyd County for thirty-one years then moved to Whitesburg to...
Wilbur Burnette
Jun 27, 2008
Mr. Wilbur Eugene "Gene" Burnette, age 70, of 221 East Little Indian Trail, Rome, GA, died Friday, June 27, 2008. Mr. Burnette was born in Wilcox County, GA, on November 5, 1937. He is the son of the late George Edward Burnette and Ethel Cantrell Burnette. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Mr. Burnette was a...
