Kevin King
May 26, 2004
Mr. Kevin King, age 28, of Rome, GA, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at a local hospital following a courageous battle with a near life long illness.Kevin was born in Rome, April 15, 1976 and had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County. Prior to ill health he had attended Garden Lakes and North Heights Elementary Schools. He...
J.T. Griffin
May 26, 2004
Mr. J.T. Griffin, age 83, of Panama City Beach, FL, a former resident of Rome, GA, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004 in Florida.Mr. Griffin had been a resident of Panama City Beach for the past 11 years, moving there from Rome. He was a long time builder and retired carpenter. Mr. Griffin was of the Baptist faith. He was a...
Bobby Gollahon
May 24, 2004
Mr. Bobby Doyal Gollahon, age 70, of 11 Lakemont Drive, Silver Creek, GA, died Monday, May 24, 2004, in a local nursing home.Mr. Gollahon was born in Floyd County on February 2, 1934, son of the late James George Edward Gollahon and Ruthie Ethel Marshall Gollahon. He was a veteran the United States Army. He moved to Atlanta where he...
Pauline Dyer
May 21, 2004
Mrs. Pauline Dyer, age 90, of Rome, GA, died Friday evening in a Rome nursing facility following an extended illness.Mrs. Dyer was born in Floyd County, September 27, 1913, daughter of the late William Alfred and Stella Mae Carter Garlin and had spent her entire life in Rome and Floyd County. She was associated with Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital as...
Homer Thomas, Jr.
May 20, 2004
Mr. Homer Calvin (Tom) Thomas, Jr., age 78, of Dallas, GA and formerly of Rome, died Thursday, May 20, 2004 at his residence following an extended illness.Mr. Thomas was born in Jackson County, Alabama, July 7, 1925, son of the late Homer Calvin Thomas, Sr., and Lois Maynor Thomas and had resided in Rome and Floyd County for many years...
Grace Nicholson
May 18, 2004
Mrs. Grace Nicholson, age 82, of 9 Norwood Street, Rome, GA, died Tuesday May 18, 2004, in a Rome hospital following an extended illness.Mrs. Nicholson was born in Cherokee County, Alabama, February 16, 1922, daughter of the late William and Nobie Poole Dempsey but had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and Floyd County and for many...
Benton Proctor
May 15, 2004
Mr. Benton Russell Proctor, age 93, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, GA, a longtime resident of the Riverside Community, died Saturday evening, May 15, 2004, in a local health care facility.A native of Floyd County, Mr. Proctor was born on April 9, 1911, son of the late Thomas Luther and Georgia Willis Proctor. He was educated in Floyd County Schools...
Billie Selman
May 13, 2004
Mrs. Billie Jo Selman, age 48, of 3575 Old Dalton Road, Rome, passed away unexpectedly at the residence on Thursdays, May 13, 2004. Mrs. Selman was born on December 15, 1955 in Floyd County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Billy J. Adams and Wanda Davis Adams. She was a very sensitive, caring and giving person. Mrs. Selman was a...
Allie Moyer
May 11, 2004
Mrs. Allie Mae Moyer, age 91, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rome, GA, a former resident of Mount Alto Road, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in a local healthcare facility.Mrs. Moyer was born in Alabama City, AL, on August 1, 1912, and had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life. She was a...
Robert Johnston
May 11, 2004
Mr. Robert Lee Johnston, age 69, of 36 Addington Drive, Rome, GA, died Tuesday morning, May 11, 2004, at his residence.Mr. Johnston was born in Floyd County, December 12, 1934, son of Ruby Lee Potts Johnston and the late Eugene S. Johnston and had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County. Prior to his retirement he had been...
Lee Thacker
May 9, 2004
Mr. Lee Eddie Thacker, age 88, of Rome, GA, died Sunday May 9, 2004.Mr. Thacker was born in Bartow County, Georgia, May 1, 1916, to the late Arthur T. and Emma Woodall Thacker and was a life long resident of Rome. He was associated with O'Neal Manufacturing and retired from General Electric Maintenance in 1975. Mr. Thacker was an ordained...
William Cochran
May 8, 2004
Mr. William Herman (Doc) Cochran, age 87, of 800 North Fifth Avenue, Rome, GA, died Saturday morning May 8, 2004, in a local hospital following an extended illness.Mr. Cochran was born in Floyd County, Georgia, April 16, 1917, son of the late William Nevil and Susie Green Cochran and had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County.He was...
Robert Wentz
May 7, 2004
Mr. Robert Elwood Wentz, age 76, of Cave Spring, GA, died Friday May 7, 2004 at his residence.Mr. Wentz was born in Clay County, Alabama, October 19, 1927, son of the late, Charley and Vera White Wentz but had spent the early part of his life in Floyd County. He joined the Merchant Marines at age 17 and later served...
Lee Megargee, Jr.
May 2, 2004
Lee Willard (Little Lee) Megargee, Jr, age 13, of 251 East Big Indian Trail, NE, Rome, GA, died Sunday, May 2, 2004 in Egleston's Children Hospital in Atlanta, following a brief illness.Little Lee was born in Gwinette County, GA, June 28, 1990, son of Lee Willard Megargee, Sr, and Tammy Lee Hite Megargee and had been a resident of Floyd...
Carl Woodard
Apr 29, 2004
Mr. Carl Daniel Woodard, age 77, of 5710 Summer Place Road, Cedar Bluff, AL, died Thursday, April 29, 2004, in a local hospital. Mr. Woodard was born in Cordova, AL, on March 10, 1927, and moved to Rome in 1950 from Monticello, AK. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during World War II. Prior to...
Evelyn Williamon
Apr 28, 2004
Mrs. Evelyn Ruth "Memaw" Williamon, age 80, of 205 Brookwood Avenue, Rome, GA, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at her residence.Memaw was born in Jacksonville, AL, on September 17, 1923, and had been a resident of Floyd County, GA, for the greater part of her life. She was a member of the Rehoboth Baptist Church. Prior to retirement in the...
Robert Wheeler
Apr 27, 2004
Robert Marcus Wheeler, better known as "Bob" or "R.M.", age 68, of 14 Blackwelder Lane, Rome GA, died Tuesday, April 27, 2004, in a local hospital.Mr. Wheeler was born in Floyd County, on September 4, 1935, son of the late Jessie James and Bessie Iona Thacker Wheeler. He was a 1954 graduate of Pepperell High School. Following graduation Mr. Wheeler...
Donald Byerly
Apr 25, 2004
Mr. Donald Eugene Byerly, age 82 of 7271 Rockmart Road, Silver Creek, GA, died Sunday, April 25, 2004 in a Cedartown Nursing facility following an extended illness.Mr. Byerly was born in Richland County, Ohio, March 10, 1922, son of the late Chester F. and Nellie Freeman Byerly but had resided in Floyd County for the past 30 years. He was...
James Stansell
Apr 25, 2004
Mr. James Russell (Dick) Stansell, Sr., age 79, of 306 Alfred Ave., Rome,. GA died Sunday April 25, 2004.Mr. Stansell was born in Floyd County, April 14, 1925, son of the late M.Z. and Ida Victoria Yarbrough Stansell, and had spent his entire life in Floyd County. He was a veteran of WWII serving with both the United States Navy...
Sarah King
Apr 24, 2004
Mrs. Sarah Ann King, age 77, of 16 Ford Road, Rome, GA, died Saturday morning, April 24, 2004, in a local hospital.Mrs. King was born in Moultrie, GA, on May 10, 1926 and had been a resident of Rome and Floyd County for the greater part of her life. She was a homemaker who enjoyed singing and was of the...
