OBITUARIES

Carol Ann Christiansen,

73, of Rome, died May 5, 2018. Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel and Crematory, has charge of the arrangements.

Sue Elaine Clark,

69, of Rome, died May 5, 2018. Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.

Darial R. Youngblood,

71, of Cave Spring, died May 4, 2018. John House’s Cave Spring Chapel has charge of the arrangements. Kilgore. Mrs. Christiansen was a homemaker and was a member of Garden Lakes Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Rose Shippey, Armuchee, and Mitzi Hoffman (Max), Carsonville, Michigan; a sister, Sandy Watters, Rome; four brothers, John Watters (Reba Dianne), Shannon, David Watters (Mary), Carrollton, Gary Watters, Rome, and Doug Watters (Ruth), Calhoun; four grandchildren, Stacey Shippey, Richmond, Va., Anthony Shippey, Rome, Laurie Hoffman (Nathan), Port Huron, Michigan, and John Hoffman (Mai), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; five great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 2pm in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, with the Rev. Greg Cater officiating. Interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, on Tuesday from noon until the service hour.

Pallbearers are requested to assemble at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. and include: Anthony Shippey, Chris Watters, Markevus Beard, Cody King, Allen Watters, and John Hoffman.

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

Mrs. Sue Elaine Clark, age 69, of Rome, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at a local hospital.

Mrs. Clark was born in Rome, Ga. on July 14, 1948, daughter of the late Walter Marshall Vinson and the late Ruby Watson Vinson. She was a retired employee of the Rome City School System, after serving for many years as custodian at Elm Street Elementary School. She was a member of East Rome Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Lee “K. C.” Clark in 2005.

Survivors include two sons, Tilmon Lee “Timmy” Clark, and his wife, Holly, Rome, and Chris Walter Clark, and his wife, Venessa “Nicki,” Rome; a sister, Mrs. Edith Slaughter Deese, Cedartown; five grandchildren, several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel. The Rev. Travis Martin will officiate. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Monday from 5 until 7 p.m. At other hours, the family may be contacted at the residence.

Pallbearers serving are asked to assemble at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, at1:30pm on Tuesday and include: David Chittom, Phillip Terry, Jason Pledger, Mason Brown, Paul and Cole Clark.

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

Floyd-Rome Retired Educators Association members Ann Day (from left, front), Scott Moody, Frances Herron, Cynthia Ables, Judy Angle (from left, back), Doris Haulk, Diane Lanham, Phil Herron, Martha Waters and Ed Waters attend the Georgia Retired Educators Association Area 15 cluster meeting at Cherokee Golf and Country Club in Cedartown. The GREA units that attended the meeting are Floyd-Rome, Polk County, Bremen-Haralson and Paulding County.

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Ridge & Valley Storytelling Guild A Time to Tell: A Time for Adult Storytelling on Monday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Oostanaula Room at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Share a story or listen to others tell theirs. For more information email TerrellShaw@me.com.

will hold Habitat Family selection meetings at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on at the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Anyone interested in seeing if they can qualify to be a Habitat Family must attend one of these meetings. For more information call 706378-0030.

The Boys from Tubize/ Celanese will meet for breakfast on at 8:30 a.m. at Landmark Restaurant, 2740 Martha Berry Highway.

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is sponsoring a from 7-10 p.m. on at the Charles C. Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. Admission is $7. Married couples are welcome. For more information call 706-292-9180. Contributed