Larry Hunter
Darial Roscoe Youngblood
Mr. Darial Roscoe Youngblood, age 71, of Cave Spring, died Friday afternoon in a Rome hospital.
Mr. Youngblood was born in Cave Spring, October 5, 1946, a son of the late Roscoe Youngblood and the late Gladys Hobgood Youngblood. He was a graduate of the Cave Spring High School, and was a veteran of the U. S. Army. Mr. Youngblood was a former member of the Masonic Lodge and Rome Shrine Club. Having been associated with Georgia Power for 23 years, Mr. Youngblood owned and operated the Youngblood Electrical Company for 16 years.
Besides his parents, Mr. Youngblood was preceded in death by six brothers, Allen Youngblood, Weldon Youngblood, Robert (Bobby) Youngblood, Eugene (Gene) Youngblood, Byron (Buck) Youngblood, and Hilburn Youngblood; and by his sister, Mrs. Ann Youngblood Steed.
Mr. Youngblood is survived by two sons, Bradley Youngblood of Lindale, and Corey Youngblood and his wife Angela of Cave Spring: by his daughter, Mrs. Stephanie Martin and her husband Stacy of Cave Spring; and by seven grandchildren, Ashley Y. Duckett, Turner Youngblood, Cameryn Youngblood, Barrett Martin, Brooke M. Kollman, Cohen Youngblood and Brody Youngblood. Four greatgrandchildren, Brantley Duckett, Jase Duckett, Piper Youngblood, and Tydus Kollman, and one brother, Richard Youngblood and his wife Bettie of Gayesville also survive.
Funeral services for Mr. Youngblood will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at John House’s Cave Spring Chapel with Rev. Dale Byars officiating. Interment will follow in the Jackson Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers will include Cameryn Youngblood, Turner Youngblood, Barrett Martin, Cohen Youngblood, Brody Youngblood, Keith Youngblood, and Tyler Kollman. An honorary escort will include Manley Casey, Steve Burkhalter, Bobby Kerr and Bobby Fincher.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 6 until 8 p.m.
John House’s Cave Spring Chapel has charge of the arrangements. NORTH CHAPEL Darial Roscoe Youngblood
Carol Ann Christiansen
Mrs. Carol Ann Christiansen, age 73, of Rome, passed away Saturday evening, May 5, 2018, in a local health care facility.
Mrs. Christiansen was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 6, 1945, daughter of the late Mickey Driscoll and the late Mamie Ruth Cox Watters. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Gary Anthony Christiansen in 2004, and by a sister, Barbara
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Former Ohio and Western Carolina university coach Larry Hunter has died.
Western Carolina spokesman Daniel Hooker said Hunter’s wife Mary told him the coach died at a Cary hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the week. He was 68 and had stepped down at Western Carolina in March after his team went 1319.
Hunter won 702 career games, including 397 in Division I during 12 seasons at Ohio and 13 at Western Carolina.
He also was the head coach at Division III Wittenberg University from 1976-89.
His only NCAA Tournament appearance as a Division I head coach came in 1994 with the Bobcats and future NBA player Gary Trent. Ohio lost 84-72 to Bob Knightcoached Indiana. honoring patients and families at 6 p.m. on at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 911 N. Broad St. The event will include a brief word of prayer and music. A reception will follow the service. For more information call 706-509-3200. will meet at Hawthorn Suites, 110 Second Ave., on
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