Bettye Hagerty Almond
Mrs. Bettye Hagerty Almond, age 74, of Rome, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2018, in a local hospital.
Mrs. Almond was born June 26, 1944 in Floyd County, a daughter of the late Paul Hagerty and Sadie Bea McDaniel Hagerty. She was a member of Calhoun Avenue Baptist Church and a graduate of Pepperrell High Scholl in the class of 1962. Mrs. Almond was retired from SunTrust Bank. She was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Carlton Hagerty.
Survivors include her husband, Mickey Almond, to whom she was married August 15, 1964; son, Shayne (Melissa) Almond, Rome; daughters, Brenda Rushworth (Robert) Williams, Rome, and Wyndie (Ralph) Medley, Cedar Bluff, Ala.; grandchildren, Brandon Williams, Dalton Almond, Michaela Clark, Blayne Almond; great grandchildren, Greyson Fricks, Maggie Bea Williams, Chelsea Medley, and Tyler Medley.
Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at Good Shepherd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dean Wright officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until the service hour on Thursday at Good Shepherd Funeral Home, 2750 Shorter Ave., Rome, Ga. 30165.
Please visit our website, www. goodshepherdfh.net, to post tributes and view a DVD about Mrs. Almond’s life.
Parnick Jennings Sr.’s Good Shepherd Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. 22, 1959; two sons,
Stan Cauthen (Cathy), Armuchee, and Steve Cauthen (Kris), Cedartown; a sister, Marie Eichman, Rome; a sister-in-law, Willie Jo Cauthen, Rome; four grandchildren, Blake Cauthen, Cedartown, Leah Stephenson (Brian), Cedartown, Josh Cauthen (Allison), Adairsville, and Katie Hibberts (Gary), Rome; six great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, with the Rev. Jim Cook officiating. Interment will follow in Floyd Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Wednesday from 5 until 7 p.m. At other hours, they may be contacted at the residence.
Active and honorary pallbearers are requested to assemble at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. and are as follows: Active: Josh Cauthen, Blake Cauthen, Gary Hibberts, Brian Stephenson, Wayne Cauthen, Vaughn Stagg, and Steve McGinnis; Honorary: Landon Mitchell and the Grumpy Old Men Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church of Lindale.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Lindale, P.O. Box 26, Lindale, Ga. 30147.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Christine Watson Haney, age 86, of Rome, formerly of Lindale, passed away Monday morning, July 16, 2018, in a local health care facility. Mrs. Haney was born in Trion, Georgia on September 3, 1931, daughter of the late Hobert Thomas Watson and the late Anne Garrett Watson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Alton Arnold Haney, on January 13, 2014, and by two brothers, Carlos Watson and Gary Watson. Mrs. Haney was a homemaker and was a member of the Fairview Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Leslie Haney Dalrymple and her husband, Roger, Silver Creek, Diane Haney Winn and her husband, Ronald, Silver Creek, and Lori Haney Pate, Lindale; two sons, Michael Wayne Haney, Coosa, and Randy D. Haney, Dalton; a sister, Virginia Watson Stager, Lindale; a brother, Roy Gene Watson, Senoia, Ga.; eight grandchildren, Randy P. Haney and his wife, Amy, Lindale, Timothy Haney, Dalton, Charity Haney Russell and her husband, Brian, Hoover, Ala., Kimberly Haney Floyd, Lindale, Rebecca Haney White and her husband, Todd, Rome, Brandon Vincent and his wife, Jennifer, Rome, Dustin Pate and his wife, Kerri, Lindale, and Savannah Winn, Lindale; many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 3 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, with the Rev. Jerry Brooks officiating. Interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Thursday from 2 p.m. until the service time.
Pallbearers are asked to assemble at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel and include: Active: Tim Haney, Randy P. Haney, and Tervon Bryant. Honorary: Brandon Vincent, Dustin Pate, and Ashton Vincent.
The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the staff at Fifth Avenue Health Care and Tapestry Hospice for the love and care extended to Mrs. Haney and the family.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements. TODAY
Work Source Georgia’s Workforce Develop Board of Northwest Georgia and Chief Elected Officials of Northwest Georgia will meet for consent agenda, fiscal report, executive committee membership, Promoting Access for Individuals with Disabilities committee report, Youth Committee report and recommendations, High Demand Career Initiative update and will hear from Region Project Manager Elyse Davis today at noon at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, 1151 Ga. 53 Spur, Calhoun.
THURSDAY
Lavender Mountain Quilt Guild will meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Charles Parker Senior Center, 1325 Kingston Highway. For more information call Jean Bray at 706-844-3032. FRIDAY
Jehovah’s Witnesses, www.jw.org., will host their annual regional Bible convention FridaySunday and July 27-29 in English and Aug. 31-Sept.
in Spanish at the Forum River Center, 301 Tribune St. Sessions will begin at 9:20 a.m. daily. The theme is “Be Courageous.”
SATURDAY
Trout Unlimited will host their sixth annual Fly Fishing for Veterans Day from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday at the pond at Rolater Park, 13 Old Cedartown Road, Cave Spring. The event is open to all veterans. There will be loaner fly rods and instructors for those wanting to learn fly casting. The creek will be open for fishing throughout the day.