Milos Forman

Juanita G. Covington

Ms. Juanita G. Covington, age 66, of Rome. Georgia passed away Friday, April 13, 2018, at a local hospital surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Home going services for Ms. Juanita G. Covington, are incomplete and will be announced at a later date.

Wright Memorial Mortuary, Inc. has full charge of arrangements.

Stephanie Marshall

Ms. Stephanie Marshall, age 25, of Rome, Ga., passed away Friday, April 13, 2018.

Memorial Services for Ms. Stephanie Marshall are incomplete at this time and will be announced at a later date.

Wright Memorial Mortuary, Inc. has charge of arrangements. Robert Dennis Beard

Mr. Robert Dennis Beard, age 67, of Rome, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018, at his residence.

Mr. Beard was born on June 13, 1950 to the late Robert Allen Beard and Barbara Imogene Brock Beard.

Mr. Beard loved to fish and hunt and being outdoors. He was a member and retired welder of the Atlanta Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union #72. Mr. Beard was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters: Cindy Beard and Bobbie Janis Beard, and one grandchild Jaden Beard.

Survivors include his wife: Wanda “Elaine” Beard; two sons: Kevin (Jennifer) Beard and Jeremy (Candice) Beard; three grandchildren: Austin, Jaclyn, and Camryn Beard; and one sister: Shelia (Jimmy) Clonch.

Graveside and Interment services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Keith Crowe. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at Good Shepherd Funeral Home, 2750 Shorter Ave. Rome Ga. 30165.

Pallbearers include the following gentlemen and ask to meet at cemetery at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday: Mickey Henderson, Josh Henderson, Chris Waits, Parker Clonch, and Jimmy Clonch.

Please visit our website, www.goodshepherdfh.net, to post tributes and view the DVD on e of Mr. Beard

Parnick Jennings Sr.’s Good Shepherd Funeral Home has charge of Mr. Beard arrangements.

Mr. Artie Eugene Ray, age 83, of Rome, passed Saturday, April 14, 2018, at a local hospital.

Mr. Ray was born on September 25, 1934 to the late Frank Ray and Alice Canada Ray.

He was in the United States Marines where he was a Korean War Veteran from 1952-1954. Mr. Ray also retired from Apache mills in 2000. He was a member of Floyd Springs Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Floyd Springs Baptist Church.

Mr. Ray is preceded in death by four brothers: James Ray, Tom Ray, Sidney Ray, Donald “Guy” Ray.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years: Margaret Gilliland Ray; three daughters: Alice (Tommy) Qualls, Sue (Larry) Hight, and Debra (Mike) Taylor; five grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2018, at Good Shepherd Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan Hyde, and Anthony Trawick officiating.

Interment will follow in Morning View Cemetery.

The family will receive from noon until the service hour on Monday, April 16, 2018, at Good Shepherd Funeral Home, 2750 Shorter Ave. Rome Ga. 30165.

Pallbearers include the following gentlemen: Justin Hight, Nick Hight, Bo Qualls, Austin Parks, Thomas Ray, Ted Edwards Jr.

Please visit our website, www.goodshepherdfh.net, to post tributes and view the DVD on the life of Mr. Ray.

Parnick Jennings Sr.’s Good Shepherd Funeral Home has charge of Mr. Ray arrangements. NORTH CHAPEL

Mr. John Warren, age 75, of Calhoun, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, with the Rev. James Wells, the Rev. James Gravitte, Bro. Caleb Warren, Bro. Micah Warren and Bro. John Dorsey officiating.

Interment will follow in Gordon Memorial Gardens.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, has charge of the arrangements. SOUTH CHAPEL

Annette Toles Beck

Mrs. Annette Toles Beck, age 63, of Lindale, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018, at a local hospital.

Mrs. Beck was born in Floyd County, Georgia on September 15, 1954, daughter of the late Arthur Hoyt Toles and the late Leona Elizabeth Goolsby Toles. She was also preceded in death by a nephew, Dustin Roberson. Mrs. Beck was of the Baptist faith and worked for several years with her husband as coowner of Eddie L. Beck, Inc. She loved working in her flowers and going to yard sales and estate sales. The greatest joy in her life was spending time and loving on her family and friends.

Survivors include her husband, Eddie Lee Beck, to whom she was married on November 16, 1974; a sister, Brenda Roberson and her husband, Donny, Silver Creek; several nieces & nephews; many special friends.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 16, 2018, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, with the Rev. Jerry Brooks officiating. Interment will follow in Floyd Memory Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Sunday from 4 until 6 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children or the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta or a charity of choice.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements. 901 E. Second Ave. 706-232-3646 Since 1895 www.daniels-funeralhome.com

Louise Shirley Stock Stein

Louise Shirley Stock Stein, age 94, of 3126 Cedartown Highway, formerly of 500 E. 11th St., Rome, Ga., passed away early Tuesday morning, April 10, at Floyd Medical Center following an acute illness.

Mrs. Stein was born in Rome, Ga., November 11, 1923, daughter of Casper Isadore Stock and Sara Esserman Stock. She attended the University of Georgia, was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and received her degree in Journalism. She lived in NYC with a dear friend before marrying and moving to Chicago while her husband, Dr. Murray Stein, attended Northwestern University Dental School. Growing up and working in her father’s store on Broad Street, The Boston Store, she took her retail experience and landed a job at the Chicago Merchandise Mart. It was in Chicago that she began learning about and developing her natural talents for cooking and entertaining. Her love of retail, reading and writing, as well as her love of dancing, stayed with her throughout her life. She fondly recalled her days of dancing during high school basketball games, recitals at the Rome City Auditorium, and especially her days at UGA where she and one of her favorite dance partners won the Freshman Jitterbug Dance Contest.

Mrs. Stein was a lifetime member of Rodeph Sholom Congregation, Rodeph Sholom Sisterhood, and Haddasah. She enjoyed many activities and followed her interests including gardening and Garden Club membership, playing bridge, traveling, entertaining, and homemaking. But most of all, she will be remembered for her genuinely sweet nature, enduring smile and charming Southern hospitality.

Mrs. Stein was predeceased in death by her husband, Dr. Murray Stein, originally from Savannah, Georgia, to whom she was married September 5, 1948; daughter, Ann Ryna Stein Friedman, one brother, Joseph David Stock, and her parents, Casper and Sarah Stock.

She is survived by two daughters, Jacquelyn Stein Greenstein, and her husband, Lorin, Peachtree Corners, Ga.; Shelly Stein Peller, and her husband, Jeffrey, Rome, Ga.; a son-inlaw Freddy Freidman, and his wife Marsha, Sharpsburg, Ga.; four grandchildren, Alyson Pauline Greenstein, Erin Elizabeth Greenstein, both of Alpharetta, Ga., Adam Colemen Peller of Asheville, N.C. and Rachel Elyse Peller of Atlanta, Ga.; a sister, Katherine “Kitty” Stock Jacobs, Atlanta, GA and several nieces and nephews. She is also survived by Sheila Baxter, Sheral Marsh, the staff of Renaissance Marquis, The Harbor and many other caring angels who assisted her in recent years.

Funeral services were held Thursday, April 12, at 4 p.m. at the graveside in the Hebrew Cemetery of Mt Aventine with Rabbi Judith Beiner officiating.

The family will receive friends during shiva, the period of Jewish mourning, at the home of Shelly and Jeffrey Peller, 100 Saddle Mountain Road through Tuesday evening.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Rodeph Sholom Congregation, P.O. Box 425, Rome, Ga., 30162-0425 or to the charity of one’s own choosing.

Daniel’s Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Milos Forman, a refugee from Czechoslovakia whose American movies “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus” won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, has died. He was 86.

Forman’s agent said in a statement that Forman’s wife, Martina, told him her husband died about 2 a.m. Saturday.

“Cuckoo’s Nest,” based on Ken Kesey’s novel about a misfit who leads the inmates of a mental institution in a revolt, captured every major Oscar in 1976. “Amadeus,” the Mozart biopic, captured seven Oscars, including best picture, best director and best actor. Contributed

Scholarship Committee Chair Daphnie Morrison (from left) presents $700 scholarships to Casel Burkhalter, Shorter University; Beth Cohely, Georgia Northwestern Technical College; Ashley Couey, University of West Georgia at Georgia Highlands; and Hannah Rice, Berry College. The Floyd-Rome Retired Educators Association annually gives scholarships to local students. The scholarships are given to students who are education majors, have a good academic record, good citizenship and on the recommendation of their college or university.

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