Maggie Roche
SOUTH CHAPEL
Frederic Franklin Shell
Mr. Frederic Franklin Shell, age 80, of Rome, passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017, at a local hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.
William Marvin Fricks
Mr. William M. Fricks, age 91, of Rome, passed away at his home Friday evening, January 20, 2017. Mr. Fricks was born on May 8th, 1925 in Rome, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his beloved Martha, his father and mother, Claude and Lottie B. Fricks, and sister, Marion Fricks Smith.
Mr. Fricks married the love of his life, Martha Abney on July 23rd, 1949. Survivors include his two sons, Greg and Rob, and daughter, Marsha, one brother, Robert Fricks, of Tifton, Ga.. He has nine grandchildren. Greg and his wife Ramona have four children, Rie Rie Rubadue (Michael) of Powder Springs, Will (Karyn) of Atlanta, Grier (Derek) and Garret of Rome. Rob and his wife Tami have three children, Robert (Bo), Abney, and Mathis all of Macon, Ga. Marsha has two children, Ashley and Trey of Albany, GA; and three great-grandchildren, Ross Rubadue, Anna Rubadue, and Aria Fricks.
Bill served as President of the Rome Optimist Breakfast Club, and then elected as State Secretary and Treasurer of Georgia State Optimist international, Rome Exchange board member and Exchangite of the year in 2006. Martha and Bill received the Heart of the Community Award for the year of 2006. He served two terms as president of the Rome Floyd County Convention and Visitors Bureau and served on the PRIDE organization downtown.
Along with his amazing wife Martha he founded Bill Fricks Furniture in June of 1967. Bill was elected President of the Georgia Home Furnishings Association in 1975.
Bill was elected to serve on the Rome City Commission in 1984 and was re-elected five times a serving two years as their Mayor in 2000 and 2001 for a total of 25 years. He served on most all committees plus Georgia Municipal Committees and the board of directors two years. Served as Chairman of the First District of GMA. He was entered into the GMA Hall of Fame in 2006.
Bill was active in the Mayor’s Motorcade at NWGRH for 15 years. Bill loved his church and its members. He thoroughly enjoyed his golf group the “Hoky Luky Bunch” along with their families.
Pallbearers will include loyal and long time employees George Adams and John A. Thompson, Grandsons Trey Underwood, Will Fricks, J. Garret Fricks, Robert (Bo) Fricks, Mathis Fricks, Michael Rubadue, Ross Rubadue, and Derek Hay.
Mr. Fricks services will be at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and interment will take place at the Georgia Beverly Ann Parker
Mrs. Beverly Ann Parker age 70 of Cave Spring Road, Rome died Friday following an extended illness.
Mrs. Parker was born February 3, 1946 in Polk County, GA daughter of the late Luther B. Stroup and Theda Vell Cagle Stroup. Mrs. Parker was a homemaker and for 35 plus years had been very active in the American Legion auxiliary. Mrs. Parker was 2nd Vice of Unit 5 until her health deteriorated; she also held several chairmanships on District Level and was President numerous times. When she moved up to the Department of Georgia with the Auxiliary, she was Sargent at Arms, Chaplin, Historian, 2nd Vice President, 1st Vice President and her greatest accomplishment of becoming President for 2001-2002.
In addition to her parents Mrs. Parker was preceded in death by an aunt and uncle who raised her, Zula and Riley Winkles. She was also preceded in death by her husband Jerry Allen Parker in 2008.
Survivors include: her son, Bruce Mattox, Aragon, GA; grandchildren, Zack Mattox and Drew Mattox, great-grandchild, Cooper Mattox, two brothers, Dennis Stroup, Boaz, AL and Tommy Durden, a large number of nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM in the Chapel of Miller and Richards Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Kiser and Mr. Jason Stroup officiating, interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Parker’s family will gather Monday at the Oaknoll Chapel where they will receive friends from 5 PM until 8 PM at other hours they may be contacted at their respective residences.
Pallbearers are ask to meet at Oaknoll Chapel Tuesday at 1:45 PM and include: Zack Mattox, Drew Mattox, Bunk Davis, John Glenn, Josh Stroup, Kevin Stroup and Mike Fortenberry.
Please join Mrs. Parker’s family in celebrating her life by visiting www.oaknollchapel.com to post tributes and share memories.
The Oaknoll Chapel of Miller and Richards Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Beverly Ann Parker.
NEW YORK — Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has died.
Roche died of cancer, according to a statement posted online Saturday by her sister and bandmate Suzzy Roche. She was 65.
Growing up in Park Ridge, New Jersey, eldest sister Maggie formed a duo with middle sister Terre, and while touring, they caught the attention of Paul Simon, who brought them in as backup singers for his hit 1973 album, “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon.”
In 1975, they released an album of their own. Shortly after that, youngest sister Suzzy joined to form The Roches trio. The voices of this threesome blended majestically, with Maggie’s rich contralto balanced by Terre’s soprano and Suzzy filling in the mid-range.
They played Greenwich Village folk venues and, in 1979, released the well-received “The Roches.” Alex Brandon / The Associated Press