Sara Payne
Jul 15, 2006
Mrs. Sara Louise Hall Payne, age 82, of 250 North Avery Road, Rome, wife of Sanford Payne, died unexpectedly Saturday. She was born in Emanuel County, GA, Feb. 18, 1924, a daughter of the late Bennett Wilburn Hall and Mattie Mae Waller Hall and lived most of her life in Floyd County, following graduation from Summertown High School. She also...
Clarence Arnold
Jul 13, 2006
Mr. Clarence Henry Arnold, age 87, of 2064 Bailey Road, Aragon, GA, died Thursday, July 13, 2006, in a local hospital.Mr. Arnold was born in Gordon County on July 18, 1918, the son of the late William Comer and Willie Ross Arnold. He was a member of Wax Baptist Church and served in the United States Army during World War...
Carl Holtzclaw
Jul 9, 2006
Mr. Carl Leon Holtzclaw, age 72, of 374 Bryant Road SW, Rome, GA, died Sunday, July 9, 2006, in his residence following an extended illness.Mr. Holtzclaw was born on March 27, 1934 in Polk County, GA, to the late Charles Leon Holtzclaw and Mary Brand Holtzclaw. He grew up on his grandparents' farm working with the animals and the fields....
Herbert Millican
Jul 9, 2006
Mr. Herbert Emory "Herbie" Millican, age 76, of 202 East Valley Road, Rome, GA, died Sunday, July 9, 2006, at his residence, after a long battle with cancer.Mr. Millican was born in Floyd County, GA on November 30, 1929, son of the late Lawrence Lee and Helen Dempsey Millican. He was co-owner of Millican Plastering Company and was of the...
Robert Cross, Sr.
Jul 7, 2006
Mr. Robert Joe "Bobby" Cross, Sr., age 66, of 9 Kris Drive, Rome, GA, died Friday, July7, 2006, following a brief illness.Mr. Cross was born in Bradley County, TN, on January 19, 1940, the son of the late Mattie Lucille Gunter Hardy, his biological father, Robert Ramsey Cross, and the father who raised him, William Charles Hardy. He was a...
Violet Lawler
Jul 7, 2006
Mrs. Faye Couey Lawler, age 68, of 183 Barker Road, Rome, GA, died Friday afternoon, July 7, 2006, at her residence.Mrs. Lawler was born in Floyd County, June 1, 1938, daughter of the late Raymond Couey and Jessie Mae Carroll Couey. She had lived her entire life in Floyd County. Mrs. Lawler was married to Bobby Ralph Lawler and he...
Jerry Argo
Jul 3, 2006
Mr. Jerry Maxie Argo, age 70, of 121 Malone Drive, Rome, GA, died Monday, July 3, 2006, in his residence. Mr. Argo was born in Floyd County, GA on June 1, 1936, the son of the late Ottie Argo and Polly Siniard Argo McCullough. He retired from the Roman Country Club as a manager for eighteen years and was a...
Charles Watson
Jun 30, 2006
Mr. Charles Watson, 79, of 1919 Blacks Bluff Road, Rome died Saturday in a local hospital.Mr. Watson was born March 16, 1927, son of the late John Thomas Watson and Nellie Clark Watson. He worked on the dairy farm with his parents and retired from Rome Housing Authority after fifteen years of employment. He was of the Baptist faith and...
Della Witt
Jun 25, 2006
Mrs. Della M. Witt, age 94, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, GA, died Sunday, June 25, 2006, in a local healthcare facility.A long-time resident of the high rise, Mrs. Witt was born in Cherokee County, AL, on July 31, 1911, the daughter of the late Lemuel and Elizabeth Sanford. She had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for...
Lonnie Shamblin, Jr.
Jun 23, 2006
Mr. Lonnie Gray Shamblin, Jr., of 29 Camelia Road (Hermitage Heights Community), Rome, GA, passed away Friday, June 23, 2006, with his family by his side.A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mr. Shamblin was born on August 8, 1932, the son of the late Lonnie Gray Shamblin, Sr. and Nora Davis Shamblin. Prior to retirement he was associated with...
Rev. Mount
Jun 19, 2006
Rev. Arnold Lovic Mount, age 79, of 1 Westlyn Place, Rome, Ga passed away Monday evening, June 19, 2006 at his residence.Rev. Mount was born April 3, 1927 in Chattanooga, TN to Paul Hill Mount and Lillian Pearl Lipham Mount. During World War II at the age of 17, he joined the United States Navy and served in the Seabees....
James Flynn
Jun 17, 2006
Mr. James Dale Flynn, age 44, of 113 Jim Lee Drive, Rome, GA, died Saturday, June 17, 2006, from injuries sustained in an accident.Mr. Flynn was born in Ashville, NC, on September 21, 1961, the son of Roma Biggs Flynn and the late James Weldon Flynn. He had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County since 2001, moving here...
Lavonne Clark
Jun 16, 2006
Mrs. LaVonne O'Dillon Clark, age 68, of Rome, died Friday, June 16, 2006, after an extended illness.Mrs. Clark was born in Floyd County, GA on January 23, 1938, the daughter of the late Rev. Arthur Roy O'Dillon and Tina Beatrice Williams O'Dillon. She retired in 1996 after a lengthy career as a local real estate agent. Mrs. Clark was a...
Susie Brooks
Jun 13, 2006
Mrs. Susie Phene Brooks, age 91, of 12 Chateau Drive, Rome, GA, died Tuesday, June 13, 2006, in a local nursing home.Mrs. Brooks was born in Haralson County, GA, on November 21, 1914, the daughter of the late John Benjaman and Lena May Johnson Morgan. She worked at Rome Hosiery Mill for several years and then was a homemaker. Mrs....
Pearl Terry
May 28, 2006
Mrs. Pearl Mae Terry, age 81, of 15 Phillip Vann Drive, Rome, GA, died Sunday morning, May 28, 2006, at her residence.A native of Rome and Floyd County, Mrs. Terry was born on May 25, 1925, the daughter of the late Bill and Florence Salmon. She was a housewife and homemaker and a member of the New Grace Baptist Church....
Sarah Dill
May 25, 2006
Sarah Frances Dill, age 91, of Rome, GA, and formerly of Punta Gorda, FL died Thursday, May 25, 2006.Mrs. Dill was born in Floyd County, GA on May 7, 1915, the daughter of Meddie Berry and Minnie Lee (Lumpkin) Broach. She was raised in Rome, GA and in 1961 moved to Punta Gorda, FL for forty-two years. Mrs. Dill was...
Crayton Agan
May 25, 2006
Mr. Crayton E. Agan, age 81, of 38 Winnie Road, NE, Rome, GA passed Thursday afternoon, May 25, 2006 at his residence following a sudden attack.Mr. Agan was born in Cherokee County, Alabama on April 30, 1925, the son of the late Alonzo Agan and Mollie Morris Agan. He had lived most of his life in Floyd County and was...
Jeremy Whiteside
May 21, 2006
Mr. Jeremy David Whiteside, age 24, of 151 Boyd Road, SW, Rome, GA, passed away Sunday, May 21, 2006 in Centre, Alabama.Mr. Whiteside was born in Floyd County, GA, on November 7, 1981, the son of David and Gaynell Whiteside. He attended Flint Hill Baptist Church and Rome Word of Life Church. Jeremy gave his life to Christ as a...
Billie Jennings
Apr 21, 2006
Mrs. Billie Jo Jennings, age 51, of 213 A Sunny Heights Drive, Rome, GA passed away suddenly on April 21, 2006 at a local medical center.Mrs. Jennings was born on April 20, 1955 in Chattooga County, Georgia, the daughter of Mildred Brown Barlow and the late Marvin Barlow. She had lived most of her life in Floyd County and was...
Julian Binford
Apr 20, 2006
Mr. Julian Benjamin Binford, age 83, of 3604 Garden Lakes Parkway, Rome passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2006 at a local medical center.Mr. Binford was born in Milledgeville, GA on December 20, 1922, the son of the late Alonzo B. Binford and Edith Long Binford. He was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the United States Army,...
