Lewis Gilbert

SOUTH CHAPEL

Lynda Olivia Phillips McKenzie

Mrs. Lynda Olivia Phillips McKenzie, age 77, of Rome, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at her residence.

A celebration of Lynda’s life will be held on Friday, March 2, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Dirk Gaylor, Dr. Gary Graves, and Dr. Frank Wood officiating. Private interment will follow at a later date at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Calvary Baptist Church on Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. Mrs. McKenzie will also lie in state on Friday from 10 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. at the church.

In lieu of flower, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association at P.O. Box 15829, Arlington, VA 22215 or www.diabetes.org.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements.

Martha Kate Munford

Ms. Martha Kate Munford, 84, of Rome, Georgia, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2018.

Home going services for Ms. Martha Kate Munford will be held Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Greater Christ Temple Rapture Preparation Cathedral Church, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Rome, Georgia. She will lie in state from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of service. Interment will follow at the Floyd Memorial Garden, Rome, Georgia.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Wright Memorial Mortuary. Alvin James Smith

Alvin James Smith, age 80, of Rome, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in a local health care facility.

Mr. Smith was born August 18, 1937 in Heflin, Alabama, a son of the late Hugh Smith and Eunice Ballinger Smith. He was retired from Inland of Rome.

Survivors include his wife, Betty McNew Smith; son, Steve (LaJeana) Smith, Centre, Ala.; daughters, Marlene (John) Turner, Rome; Lynn (Rick) LaFrance, Jacksonville, Fla.; Cindy Cartwright, Rome; sister, Rosa Terhune, Rome; ten grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Graveside and interment services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2018, at Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery with Reggie Terhune and the Rev. Jerry Dudley officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Friday at Good Shepherd Funeral Home, 2750 Shorter Ave., Rome, Ga. 30165.

Please visit our website, www.goodshepherdfh.net, to post your tributes.

Parnick Jennings Sr.’s Good Shepherd Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Sabrena Owens Ellis

Mrs. Sabrena Owens Ellis, age 50, of Cedartown, Ga., transitioned February 25, 2018. Celebration of Life for Mrs. Sabrena Owens Ellis will be Friday, March 2, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Thankful Baptist Church of Rome, Ga. Mrs. Ellis will lie in state from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour. Interment will follow at Floyd Memory Gardens. Please keep Mr. Chris Ellis and the entire Ellis family in your prayers. The family may be reached at 14 Homestead Cir. (the mother’s residence-Mrs. Gloria Ware). Care and direction entrusted to F.K. Jones Funeral Home .

LONDON — Director Lewis Gilbert, whose dozens of movies included three James Bond thrillers —”You Only Live Twice,” “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker” — and the Swinging London classic “Alfie,” has died at 97, colleagues said.

Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson said in a statement that “it is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of our dear friend Lewis Gilbert.” The Bond fan site “From Sweden With Love” said he died Friday in Monaco.

Broccoli and Wilson said Gilbert was “a true gentleman” whose Bond films “are considered classics within the series.” The British Film Institute’s filmography lists 33 features directed by Gilbert between 1947 and 2002, making him the most prolific of British filmmakers. But, he acknowledged, most people remembered him for his 007 thrillers.

“When I go around the world now when I’m working it’s amazing — they’re not interested in any of my films until I say ‘James Bond,’” Gilbert told the BBC in 2010. “And the minute I say ‘James Bond’ they practically genuflect.”

Gilbert’s first Bond film was “You Only Live Twice” with Sean Connery in 1967. He returned a decade later to direct Roger Moore as 007 in “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker.”