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...
Troy Mobley
Apr 16, 2004
Troy Lincoln Mobley, age 93, formerly of Old Summerville Road, Rome, GA, died after a short illness in Gulfbreeze, Florida Hospital Friday, April 16, 2004. Prior to moving to Navarre, Florida, Mr. Mobley had been a resident of Rome since 1950. he was born in Pierce County, Blackshear, Georgia, on July 13, 1910. Mr. Mobley was a barber at Knox's...
Ruby Cherry
Apr 14, 2004
Mrs. Ruby Lee Smith Cherry, age 67, of 663 Woods Road, Rome, passed away on April 14, 2004 at her residence following an extended illnessMrs. Cherry was born on September 7, 1936 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, the daughter of Ed Smith and Ulee Moon Smith. She resided at 663 Woods Road for 47 years, where she and her husband raised...
Betty Allen
Apr 10, 2004
Betty Ann Allen, age 64, of 36 Johns Drive, Rome, GA, died Saturday, April 10, 2004, from injures sustained in automobile accident.Betty was born on October 7, 1939 in Floyd County, the daughter of the late General Virgil McBurnett, Jr., and Lydia Morgan Allen. She was a resident of Rome and Floyd County all of her life and was a...
Roger Aycock
Apr 5, 2004
Mr. Roger D. Aycock, died at his home in Rome, GA, at 6:30am, Monday, April 5, 2004.Mr. Aycock was born in Floyd County, December 6, 1914, son of the late D.N. and Frances Whi.te Aycock and had spent his entire life in Rome and Floyd County. He attended the Rome City Schools and graduated with the class of 1932. During...
Hettie Hamilton
Apr 5, 2004
Mrs. Hettie Jo Hamilton, age 68, of 109 South Sycamore Street, Rome, GA passed away on Monday, April 5, 2004 at a local medical center.Mrs. Hamilton was born in Harrisonburg, Louisiana on April 2, 1936, the daughter of the late Alex Jones and Lena McCollum. She had been a resident of Rome since 1969 and was a member of the...
Herman Walters
Apr 2, 2004
Mr. Herman Wayne Walters, age 65, of Tallapoosa Georgia, died Friday April 2nd at his residence.Mr. Walters was born in Rome, Georgia. He is the son of the late Mr. Grover Cleveland Walters and Mrs. Susan Gladys Brock-Walters. Mr. Walters was an Associate Professor of Foreign Languages at the Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. He enjoyed collecting...
Charles Zinck, Sr.
Mar 31, 2004
Mr. Charles Thomas Zinck, Sr., of 1280 Dunn Road, Silver Creek, GA, died Wednesday, evening, March 31, 2004, in a local hospital following an extended illness.Mr. Zinck was born in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1944, son of the late Norman Franklin and Grace Elizabeth Koch Zinck. He was educated in the Public Schools of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania and was...
Lucille Bryan
Mar 31, 2004
Mrs. Lucille Bryan, age 88, of 2317 Calhoun Highway, Rome, GA, died Wednesday evening, March 31, 2004, at the residence of her daughter, Becky Baynes, 3500 Brown Bridge Road, Dalton, GA.Mrs. Bryan was born on April 11, 1915, the daughter of the late John Wesley Blankenship and Telitha Mullinax Blankenship. She had been a resident of Floyd County for the...
Charlotte Gentry
Mar 29, 2004
Mrs. Charlotte Mae Gentry, age 65, of White, GA, died monday, March 29, 2004, after a brief illness.Mrs. Gentry was born on February 8, 1939, in Bartow County, GA, the daughter of the late Robert and Willie Bagwell. She was a member of the Church of God of the Union Assembly. Mrs. Gentry was a homemaker and a beloved mother...
