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James M. (Lanky) Landers
Rome News Tribune August 18, 1978
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
James M. (Lanky) Landers, 72, Armuchee Rte. 1, Floyd Springs Road, died Thursday in a Rome hospital from injuries received in an automobile-pedestrian
accident several days ago.
Mr. Landers was born in Floyd County, Feb. 27, 1906, son of the late James M. and Maggie Lee Rice Landers. He resided his entire life in Floyd County and
prior to retirement in 1971 had been associated with Ernest Holmes Wrecker Co. of Chattanooga for more than 20 years.
He was a member of New Armuchee Baptist Church and the Adult Men's Sunday School Class. He was a member of Floyd Springs Masonic Lodge 167 F&AM and was a
past Worshipful Master. He was a member of the Low 12 Club and Floyd Springs Order of Eastern Star 443. He was married Sept. 13, 1930 to Vivian Wilson, who
died April 10, 1975.
Survivors include three sons; Herbert and Larry Landers, both of Armuchee Rte. 1 and Ladelle Landers, Villa Rica, one brother, W. D. (Pete) Landers, Rome
Rte. 6, seven grandchildren; one great grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Armuchee Baptist Church with the Revs. Willard MacAllaster, Gerald Rogers and C. L. Curry
officiating. Interment will be in Sand Springs Cemetery.
Floyd Springs Masonic Lodge will have charge of graveside rites.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today. At other hours they will be at the home of a
son, Herbert Landers, Floyd Springs Road. The body will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to funeral services.
Pallbearers are Ed Dempsey, W.G. Caldwell, B.W. Lingerfelt, Weldon Touchstone, Alvin Hyde and Jack Maxey. An honorary escort will include past Worshipful
Masters of Floyd Springs Masonic Lodge 167 F&AM. Talley Brothers Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
(Note: Died August 17, 1978)
Judson Landers
Rome Tribune-Herald Thursday, April 14, 1910
Death Calls Young Man at Boozville
Judson Landers Dies After an Illness of a Year--Funeral This Morning.
Submitted by Fran Weatherby
Judsonn L. Landers, aged 29 years, died at the residence of his father, William
Landers, in Boozville Wednesday. He leaves a wife, a child, a father and
mother, three brothers and a sister. He is the brother-in-law of former
Councilman Harry Williamson of the Fourth ward.
Mr. Landers had been ill for about a year and his hard fight for life was an
admirable one. He had a promising future and before his illness was employe3d
in the McDonald furniture company.
The funeral will take place this morning at 11 o'clock from the residence of
his father, the Rev. C.T. Willingham officiating. The pallbearers are as
follows: John and Thomas Hendrix, Arthur Thedford, Henry Selman, Jr. J.F.
McLeod, and J.K. Williamson, they are requested to meet at Hanks furniture
store at 9:30.
Mrs. Vivian Wilson Landers
Rome News Tribune April 11, 1975
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Mrs. Vivian Wilson Landers, 60, Armuchee, died Thursday night following a sudden
attack.
She was born October 19, 1914, in Floyd County, daughter of the late Willie and
Lillie Green Wilson and had resided in Floyd County all of her life. She was a
member of the New Armuchee Baptist Church, taught the Young People Sunday School
Class for 15 years, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a past worthy
matron, and prior to retirement in 1973 was employed by A and P Food Stores for 15
years.
Survivors include her widower, James M. (Lanky) Landers to whom she was married
in 1930; three sons, Herbert and Larry Landers, both of Armuchee, and Ladelle
Landers of Villa Rica; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in New Armuchee Baptist with
the Rev. Willard MacAllaster officiating, with interment in Sand Springs Cemetery.
The body will be carried to the residence today to lie in state until l:30 p.m.
Sunday when it will be carried to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour.
Pallbearers include Larry Maxey, B.W. (Buck) Lingerfield, Edd Dempsey, W.D.
(Pete) Landers, Billy Landers, Paul Webb, Dan Gray, and Jack Dollar, Jr. Honorary
escorts include members of the Young People Sunday School Class of New Armuchee.
Jennings Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
(Note: Died April 10, 1975)
Miss Parry Jane Landress
Rome Tribune-Herald, Nov. 2, 1910
Pellagra Claims Floyd Woman
Submitted by Fran Weatherby
Pellagra has claimed another victim in Floyd county. This time Miss Parry Jane Landress fell a victim to the unusual disease at the home of C.W. Landress in West Rome. Miss Landress was 25 years of age and had been ill ever since last March. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church and is survived by a father and mother, five brothers and three sisters. The funeral will take place at the West Rome Baptist church at 10 o'clock this morning. The Rev. J.E. Smith will officiate. The interment will be in Fellowship cemetery.
Mrs. Jean Freeman LaRocca
Rome News Tribune, August 22, 2006
Family-Placed Death Notice
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Mrs. Jean Freeman LaRocca, age 82 of Sandy Springs, GA died Sunday, August 20, 2006.
Mrs. LaRocca was raised in Rome, GA, the seventh of nine daughters of Clarence and Ola Evans Freeman. She was a resident of the Spalding Woods neighborhood in Sandy Springs and was active at
the Dorothy Benson Senior Center. An accomplished seamstress and gourmet Italian and Southern cook, Mrs. LaRocca had a collection of over 300 cookbooks. Loyalty was an important trait of Mrs.
LaRocca and once you became her friend, you had a friend for life. She met her husband Dominick "Nick" LaRocca on a blind-date and he asked her to marry him that night. They would have celebrated
their 63rd wedding anniversary on August 23, 2006. She is also survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, John and Paulette LaRocca of Providence Forge, VA and Greg LaRocca of Front Royal, VA; her
daughter, Alice LaRocca of San Francisco, CA; her grandchildren, Christopher, Lauren, Teresa and Dominick LaRocca; her sisters, Bernice Hightower and Susan Cormany of Rome, GA, Charlotte Haynes of
Conyers, GA and Bobbie Parker of Woodstock, GA; 9 nieces and 5 nephews.
A memorial mass will be celebrated Wednesday, August 23 at 3 p.m. at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church with Fr. Lawrence Schmuhl, celebrant.
Memorial tributes to Mrs. LaRocca and her family may be posted by visiting www.mem.com. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you plant a living tree in her memory or make a contribution
in her name to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
Arrangements by H.M. Patterson & Son, Arlington Chapel, 173 Allen Road,
N.E. Sandy Springs, GA 30328.
Also: Jean Freeman LaRocca, 82, of Sandy Springs died Sunday. The body was cremated. Memorial Mass, 3 p.m. Wednesday, St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church; H.M. Patterson & Son, Arlington Chapel.
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 8/22/2006.
George Terrell Lay
Rome News Tribune, Rome, Ga., March 27, 1987, page 1-A
Submitted by Wendell & Edna Stephens
George Terrell Lay, of 335 Ross St., passed away Thursday at the residence after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Thankful Baptist Church with Dr. Orlando Yates officiating. Interment will be at Myrtle Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the residence. Survivors include one sister, Miss Sarah Ann Lay of Rome; two nieces, Mrs. Sarah William, Detroit, Mich. And Mrs. Thelma Johnson, Braddock, Pa.; two nephews, Oliver Lay, Dayton, Ohio, and Albert Lay, New Kensington, Pa.; host of other relatives and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence Sunday at 2:45 p.m. to leave for the funeral service. Dozier Mortuary has charge of arrangements.
Ola Mae Ledbetter
Rome News Tribune December 6, 1940
Funeral Services Today for Ola Mae Ledbetter
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Funeral services for Miss Ola Mae Ledbetter, of Silver Creek Route 1, who
passed away Wednesday afternoon at a Rome hospital following a brief illness,
were conducted this morning from the Pleasant Valley (South) Baptist Church with
the Rev. J. E. Waits, of Lindale, and the Rev. J. W. Boatner,pastor of the South
Lindale Friendship Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in the cemetery at
Pleasant Hope.
During the services the Chapman sisters sang "Will The Circle Be Unbroken",
Give Me the Roses While I Live", and "Farther Along".
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ledbetter, of Silver Creek Rt.
1; four sisters, Miss Beatrice Ledbetter and Miss Annedelle Ledbetter, of Silver
Creek, Rt. 1, Mrs. Fannie Vincent of Hollywood, and Mrs. Dorothy Smith, of Wax;
five brothers, Floyd and Kelly Ledbetter, of Silver Creek, Route 1, Dallas and
Mason Ledbetter, of Atlanta, and Doyal Ledbetter, of Rome Route 4.
George W. Lee
From the Monroe Enquirer, (Union Co, NC), Saturday, October 26, 1878
Death of George W. Lee
Submitted by Julie Hampton Ganis
Died at the residence of Thos. W. Lee, in Floyd County, GA, George W. Lee, on the 14th day of Oct., 1878. He was the youngest
child of Samuel and Levina Lee, late of Chesterfield County, SC...
Mrs. Gustie E. Lewis
Rome News Tribune February 28, 1971
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Funeral services for Mrs. Gustie E. Lewis 77, Alabama Road, who died Friday following a sudden attack, will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Beech Creek
United Methodist Church with the Revs. Harold Beard, Bob Patterson, and Ralph Broome officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Memorial Gardens.
The body will remain at the funeral home until 1 p.m. today and then will lie in state at the church until time for services. The family will be at the
residence. Active pallbearers are Ronald Hess, Willis Norwood, Edward Holder, Aaron J. Holder, G.B. (Bonnie) Whittle, Sr., W. Ray Cadle, Members of Coosa
Lodge 622 F & AM, Coosa Chapter 412 Order of the Eastern Star and other chapters of O.E.S. in District 2 will serve as an honorary escort.
Mrs. Lewis had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and Floyd County. She was a member of Beech Creek United Methodist Church and Coosa Chapter 412
Order of the Eastern Star. Her husband, John Fredrick Lewis preceded her in death Feb.19,1965. Jennings Funeral home has charge of arrangements.
(Note: died Feb. 26)
T J Lewis
Rome Tribune-Herald, March 3, 1916
Submitted by Fran Weatherby
The many friends in Rome, the former home, of Mr. T. J. Lewis will regret to
learn that his death occurred on February 13th at Bary City, Texas. Among
Mr. Lewis' relatives in Rome are his two nephews, Mr. Thomas Reese, and ex-
Sheriff Dunehoo and brother-in-law, Mr. P.J. Kammerer who speaks feelingly of
the loss of his comrade in-arms, during the Confederate war, he and Mr. Lewis
having been dear friends before they became brothers-in-law.
Wesley Lewis
Rome Tribune-Herald, March 4, 1916
Submitted by
Fran Weatherby
Wesley Lewis Killed By Fall of A Freight Car Which Was Being Raised, After Wreck.
Southern Railway; Had Lived in Rome 25 Years and Was Highly Esteemed
Wesley M. Lewis, aged 46 years, a wreck foreman for the Southern railway and a
resident of East Rome, was killed shortly after noon yesterday when a freight
car, wrecked the night before in West Rome, was being raised to be replaced on
the trucks. One end of the car was resting on the trucks and the other was
being raised with a cable when the car suddenly turned and fell, striking Mr.
Lewis on the breast and head and producing injuries from which he died just as
he was being taken from a taxicab at the Emergency hospital. The taxi had been
rushed to the hospital with the injured man, immediately after the accident.
Surviving the decedent are his wife, his sons, Shepard and Marion, and his
daughter, Miss Stella Mae, all residents of Rome.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed but will be announced tomorrow.
Mr. Lewis had been a resident of this city twenty-five years and was highly
esteemed by all who knew him. He was a man of excellent character, a loving
husband and a kindly father whose loss is deeply regretted.
J. Clinton Lifsey
Rome News Tribune February 28, 1971
Funeral Rites for J. Clinton Lifsey Slated
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
J. Clinton Lifsey, 68, 1 Vassar Dr., died Saturday at 5:20 a.m. in a Rome hospital following a short illness.
He was born in Meansville, Ga., son of the late Benjamin Nathan and Mary Jones Lifsey, and had resided in Rome since 1936. He was the assistant division
manager of the Rome office of the Georgia Power Co. for 46 years, until his retirement in 1968. He was a member of the Second Avenue United Methodist Church,
where he served on the Official Board and teacher of the Men's Bible Class for a number of years. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Salvation
Army and the Rome Boys' Club, and had served as chairman of each for two and three years, respectively. He was also a member of the Rome Rotary Club and a
life member and past president of the Northwest Georgia chapter of Professional Engineers.
Survivors include his wife, the former Willlie King; two sons, William N. and J. C. Lifsey, Jr. both of Doraville; one brother, Harold Lifsey, Thomaston;
four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Second Avenue United Methodist Church with the Revs. E.M. Nelson and Ernest Kendall officiating.
Interment will be at 4 p.m. in the Riverside Cemetery, Macon. Pallbearers will be Fred Pass, H.M. Oldham, Bill Powell, Bob and Paul Ransom, Ed Swint, Joe
Cordle and Floyd Outlaw. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Men's Bible Class of the Second Avenue United Methodist Church and Georgia Power
employees.
The body will lie in stae at the funeral home and the family will receive friends at the resident. Daniel's Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
(Note: died Feb. 27)
James Everett Little
Sunday, November 29, 1970
Submitted by Wendell & Edna Stephens
James Everett Little, Funeral services for James Everett Little, 80, of 1909 Hull St., who died Saturday (November 28, 1970)
at 1 p.m. in a Rome hospital following a sudden illness, will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Henderson Frazier chapel with the
Rev. Harvey Brown officiating. Interment will be in Floyd Memory Gardens. Mr. Little was born in Polk County Sept. 7, 1890,
son of the late Ben and Mary Ann Little. He was a retired employee of the Battey State Hospital, and a member of Etna Baptist
Church. Survivors include one son, Clifford Little of Lindale; four daughters, Miss Virginia Little of Lindale, Mrs. Sarah
Howard of Silver Creek, Mrs. Mary Ferguson of Hampton, Va., and Mrs. Hazel Miller of Highrose, N.M.; one sister, Mrs. Allie
Dempsey of Cedartown; six grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers include Clifford Little, M. C. Dempsey,
Herman Poe, Granger Poe, Jim Sanders, and Freddie Slaughter. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7
to 9 P.M.
Miss Fannie Littlejohn
Rome Tribune-Herald, Sunday, January 2, 1916
Submitted by Fran Weatherby
Miss Fannie Littlejohn, aged 63 years, died of pneumonia at her home on DeSoto
avenue at 6 o'clock Saturday morning. Miss Littlejohn had a great many friends
and her death was sincerely regretted by all who knew her. She was a member of
the First Baptist church. Funeral services will be conducted by the pastor of
that church, Rev. W.L. Walker, at Avenue C mission this morning at 10 o'clock.
The pallbearers will be John Drennon, Willis Casey, Archie Hicks, Luther
Keruth, Grover Mooney, and Silas Payne. They are requested to meet at the
Daniel undertaking parlors at 9:30 o'clock.
George A. Lloyd
Rome Tribune-Herald, May 27, 1910
Well Wednesday Night
Dies from Paralysis of Heart Before Morning
Submitted by Fran Weatherby
In good health Wednesday night and a corpse, cold in death, on Thursday morning
was the shocking close to the career of George Alexander Lloyd, who was found
dead in his bed from paralysis of the heart early Thursday morning.
Mr. Lloyd was a railroad man by profession. He was with the N.O. & N.E. road at
Meridian Miss. for 14 years and for 7 years was yard master of the East Rome
yard of the Southern, who valued his service most highly. For the past four
years he was in business in East Rome.
Retiring as usual on Wednesday night, Mr. Lloyd appeared to sleep soundly. Mrs.
Lloyd arose early Thursday morning and noticed Mr. Lloyd was pale, but thought
him still asleep. She went back to bed for a time and on getting up again
thought strange that he had not awakened. Going over and putting her hand on
him she was horrified to find that the warmth of life was gone. Her screams
brought other members of the family and Dr. Watts was quickly sent for. But it
was all too late. Death had come silently and without warning, evidently about
3 o'clock.
Mr. Lloyd leaves three daughters, Mrs. C.C. Collins, and Mrs. Luke Cottrell, of
Meridian Miss., and Mrs. Walter Walls, of New Orleans, and one son, Thomas E.
Lloyd, of Rome, a former councilman of this city.
The sincere sympathy of the community goes out to the family in their sudden
bereavement. The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, but it will
not be until Saturday.
Lewis Randolph Lloyd
Rome News Tribune August 9, 1987
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Lewis Randolph Lloyd, Sr., 67, of 213 Flora Ave., died Friday afternoon at a Rome hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Lloyd was born in Floyd County May 7, 1920, son of the late L.H. Lloyd and Gertrude Camp Lloyd. He was employed by Auctions United. Mr. Lloyd also was
a gospel singer, having performed on television and radio. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Navy.
He was member of the American Legion Post 136 in Lindale, the 7th District American Legion Benefit Association, the Lindale Lodge 455 F&AM and the Low 12
Club. Mr. Lloyd was a member of Pleasant Hope Baptist church, where he was a deacon, member of the Joshua Sunday School Class and trustee of the Cemetery
Fund.
Survivors include his wife, the former Ruth Bradshaw, to whom he was married Sept. 1, 1939, a son, Lewis Randolph Lloyd, Jr., Rome; two daughters, Mrs.
Sandra Harper, Lindale, and Mrs. Deanna Owensby, LaGrange, four sisters, Mrs. Carl Hall, Atlanta, Mrs. Lonnie Meroney, Armuchee, Mrs. Karl Ullman, East
Point, and Mrs. Bill Goss, Lindale; three brothers, Wallace Lloyd, Rome, the Rev. Robert Lloyd, LaGrange and Jimmy Lloyd, Silver Creek; seven grandchildren;
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. David Laughner, the Rev. Richard Smith and the Rev. Bob Bagley
officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Hope Cemetery. (Note: died Aug. 7)
Mrs W W Lovell
Rome News Tribune August 21, 1900
Rome News Tribune December 9, 1928
Mrs. W. W. Lovell Claimed By Death Burial Saturday
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Mrs. W. W. Lovell, age 88, for 50 years a beloved resident of Floyd county died at 5:10 Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Asworth
at Calhoun Ga. Mrs. Lovell had been in feeble health for some time, but her death came very suddenly, and was a great shock to her many friends.
She has been a devoted member of the Baptist church for 75 years. February 1, 1865,. She was married to W.W. Lovell who preceded her in death three months
ago. She is survived by five children: Mrs. O. A. Morgan of Oklahoma; Mrs. E. A. Smith of LaFayette, GA; Mrs. J. W. Ashworth of Calhoun and Mrs. B. F. Camp
and J. C. Lovell of Rome; besides a host of grand and great grandchildren.
The funeral services were held from the Baptist church at Pleasant Valley North, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Rev. W. M. McKenzie and A. B. Carnes conducting the services and interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
Six grandsons of the deceased were pallbearers and were as follows: Harold Lovell, James Thrash, Robert Lovell, Curby Smith, Hoyt Lovell and Lovell Camp.
The honorary pall-bearers were: Dean Johnson, Clarence Floyd, Marvin Fincher, Doc Jones, J. M. Walker, M. G. Harris, Roland King, Carl Terrell, Hollis
Mitchell, William Wimpee, William Thomas, D. B. Broom, Louie Burns, Sol Smith and Dink Horton.
(Nancy Lovell died Dec. 7, 1928)
William Wiley Lovell
Rome News Tribune
W. W. Lovell Claimed By Death Sunday
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
One of Floyd County's Best Loved Citizens Dies at Home of Daughter
Timothy Russell Loyd
Rome News Tribune April 20, 1959
Floyd Youth Loses Leukemia Battle; Funeral Tuesday
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
A Floyd County lad's battle against leukemia ended today.
Timothy Russell Loyd, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Loyd, died at 7:30 am. at the home on the Wayside road.
Stricken with the disease of the blood cells a year ago, young Loyd had made a valiant fight and his faith and courage had been an inspiration.
Born in Rome Oct. 10, 1949, son of Paul and Evelyn Allen Loyd, he had resided here all of his life and prior to his illness, was a student at Model
School. He was a member of North Rome Methodist Church.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Loyd, one sister, Miss Paula Loyd, Rome, Rte. 6, the paternal grandmother, Mrs. W.B. Loyd, and the maternal
grandfather, D.G. Allen; both of Rome and a number of aunts and uncles.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the North Rome Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. W. Jack Lamb, officiating. Interment
will follow in East View Cemetery. The body will be at Jennings Funeral Home.
Pallbearers include Neal A. Wimberly, Ed Miller, Leland Bagwell, Ora O. Beard, O.W. Montgomery and Milton Turner.
B. F. Lumpkin
Rome Tribune-Herald, October 10, 1913
B. F. Lumpkin Dies At South Rome Home
Submitted by Fran Weatherby
B. F. Lumpkin died Thursday night at his home in South Rome, of a complication
of diseases. Mr. Lumpkin was 60 years old. Mr. Lumpkin has resided here for
many years and had many friends who will regret to learn of his death. He had
been ill for several months but had been confined to bed for the past week.
Mr. Lumpkin is survived by his wife, three daughters, Misses Myrtle, Jessie and
Mrs. P. L. O'Bryant, of Atlanta; and four sons, Linton and J. B. Lumpkin, Jr. of
Nashville; T. E. and Carl Lumpkin, of Rome.
He is also survived by three brothers, S. B., Charles and Burt Lumpkin, and
three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Chambers, Mrs. M. E. Jenkins, and Mrs. Joe Spence.
The funeral services will be conducted from the residence at 137 South Broad
street at 4 p.m., Rev. Ed. Smith officiating. The pallbearers will be Walter
Deaken, Ike Colbert, Claude Chambers, Bart Watkins, Joe Duncan, J. D. Mathis.
They will meet at Daniels' undertaking parlors.
Thomas Lumpkin
The Tribune of Rome March 15, 1888
Death of An Old Settler
Mr. Thomas Lumpkin Aged Eighty-two, Died Last Night
Submitted by Emily O'Neal
in Chulio District at eight o'clock last night Mr. Thomas Lumpkin died in his home in Chulio District
about five miles from Rome.
The worthy man for many years held the office of justice of peace in his district. He died at the advanced age of eight-two and leaves 8 children, four
sons and four daughters to mourn their loss.
Mr. Lumpkin was one of the early settlers of Floyd County, settling here 49 years ago. The funeral notice appears in another column. (Nothing else was found in this or later editions. Thomas Lumpkin appeared on the 1880 census in Chulio District, Floyd County, as being 73 and born in
Maryland, father in Maryland and mother in North Carolina. His wife, Martha A., was 57, born GA, father born GA, mother South Carolina. Living with them were
sons, Charles L. 22, and Hiram B. 16.)
Mr. Demetrius W. Lunsford
Daily Citizen News (February 1984)
Submitted by Gary Harbin.
Mr. Demetrius W. Lunsford, 66, of Chatsworth, died Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. at his residence. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Opal Rogers Lunsford; three daughters, Mrs. Nina Bowman of Rocky Face, Miss Doris Lunsford of Atlanta, and Mrs. Jeanette
Sluder of Chatsworth; two sons, Edwin Lunsford of Chatsworth and Grover Lunsford of Calhoun; six grand-children; two
great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Jewell Davis of Greensboro, Ga., Mrs. Velma Wright of Varnell, Mrs. Willene Hewit of
Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. Irene Cameron of Gadsden Ala., one brother, Kenneth Lunsford of Decatur, Ala.; one aunt; a number of
nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Holly Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Damon Smith and
the Rev. Bill Worley officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Creek Cemetery.
Mr Jim Lunsford
Daily Citizen News (January 1976)
Submitted by Gary Harbin.
Mr. Jim Lunsford, 78, of Rt. 4, Chatsworth, died this morning at 4:30 in the Murray County Hospital. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mattie Dotson Lunsford, two son, Cleabuorn Lunsford and the Rev. Clinton Lunsford of Chatsworth. Four
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Two sisters, Mrs. Betty Hix and Mrs. Sarah Ann Banks, both of
Chatsworth. Funeral services will be Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Mt. View Baptist Church with the Revs. Emmett
Burgess and Thurman Hightower officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
