James Rosenquist
William H. Pelfrey Sr.
Mr. William H. “Bill” Pelfrey, Sr., age 86, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in a local hospital.
A son of the late Hoyt and Edith Collins Pelfrey, Bill was born on August 20, 1930, in Bartow County, Ga. He graduated from Model High School in 1948 and graduated from ICS Electronics School. Bill spent most of his life in Rome and Floyd County, except 15 years in Brunswick, GA. While there he worked for Hercules Powder Company and Interstate Paper Company. Bill was active in the local youth sports for Glynn County Recreation Department serving as President at Ballard Park. He was an avid Bird Hunter who loved to take a puppy and train it to be a great bird hunting dog.
Bill was a member of the Shannon Lodge #100 F&AM, serving as Worshipful Master in 1960. He was a Master Mason for over 64 years. Bill was a member of the traveling Degree Team that won the Grand Masters Cup in 1957 and 1958, a member of the Royal Arch Chapter #026 and a member of the Rome Council #15. He served as a Trustee for the Model-Johnson Schools Foundation, Inc. Bill was the co-founder of World Hi Fi with his wife, Frances and was President for 41 years of WHP Electronics, Inc.
Bill and his wife of 66 years, Frances Pelfrey, whom he married on May 27, 1950, traveled throughout the 50 states. They also enjoyed going on cruises, especially their to Alaska. Bill was active in keeping the Pelfrey Family Reunion an annual event that has gone on for over 60 years.
In addition to his wife, Bill is survived by a son, William H. Pelfrey, Jr. and his wife Teresa, of Rome; grandson, Brian Pelfrey and his wife Jo Anne; granddaughter, Heather Pelfrey Rhodes; greatgrandchildren, Braden and Riley Pelfrey and Jamie and Shelby Rhodes; brother, James Pelfrey of Sylacauga, Ala. In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Alvin Pelfrey and Donald Pelfrey.
A Celebration of Life for Mr. William H. “Bill” Pelfrey, Sr. will be held on Monday afternoon, April 3, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in the Carl Sidwell Chapel of the Salmon Funeral Home with Dr. Dale Levan and Rev Robert Skelton officiating.
The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon, April 2, 2017, from 4 until 6 p.m. in the Salmon Funeral Home.
The staff of Salmon Funeral Home, 2516 New Calhoun Highway, Rome, GA, is honored to serve the family of William H. “Bill” Pelfrey, Sr. Cinda Lou Thompson
Cinda Lou Thompson passed away Thursday March 30, 2017 at Floyd Medical Center. She was born on February 5, 1938 to The late Robert and Mae Rogers. She was preceded in death by her children Rickey Lee and Robin Renea Hancock. NORTH CHAPEL
Mr. James Edward Parker, age 76, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at his home following an extended illness.
Survivors include his wife, Kay Wisenbaker Parker, Rome; three daughters, Elizabeth Ann Parker Simonds and her husband, Billy, Rome, Sarah Katherine Parker Holding and her husband, Carter, Atlanta, and Kimberly Diane Duncan and her husband, Doug, Richmond Hill; nine grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Sarah Corbett and Linda Pitts; two brothers, Allen Parker and his wife, Hilda, and Randall Parker and his wife, Ruth, all of Valdosta; a sister-inlaw, Sandy Parker, Atlanta.
Celebration of Life services will be held at the Christian Church at Rome at 11 a.m., on Saturday, April 8, 2017, with Pastor Brad Dillard officiating.
In lieu of flowers the family respectfully requests memorial contributions be made to a cancer service program of Redmond Regional Hospital that was special to James: Camp Bluebird, C/O Lisa Dempsey, 501 Redmond Rd.,Rome, GA 30165.
A complete obituary will be available at www. hendersonandsons.com.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, makes this announcement for the family.
NEW YORK (AP) — Artist James Rosenquist, a key figure in the pop art movement, has died. He was 83.
Rosenquist’s wife, Mimi Thompson, told The New York Times that he died in New York City after a long illness.
Rosenquist started by painting signs and billboard advertisements in Times Square and other public places. He later incorporated images from popular culture, from celebrities to consumer goods, into his work.
One of his best-known pieces is “President Elect,” created in the early 1960s. It is a billboard-style painting depicting John F. Kennedy’s face alongside a yellow Chevrolet and a piece of cake.
“The face was from Kennedy’s campaign poster. I was very interested at that time in people who advertised themselves,” Rosenquist told the art appreciation organization The Art Story. “Why did they put up an advertisement of themselves? So that was his face. And his promise was half a Chevrolet and a piece of stale cake.”
Another popular piece was Rosenquist’s “F-111,” which superimposes a Vietnam War fighterbomber on images of children and consumer goods.
Rosenquist resisted comparisons to his contemporaries Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
“I’m not like Andy Warhol. He did Coca-Cola bottles and Brillo pads. I used generic imagery — no brand names — to make a new kind of picture,” Rosenquist said in a 2007 interview with Smithsonian magazine. “People can remember their childhood, but events from four or five years ago are in a never-never land. That was the imagery I was concerned with — things that were a little bit familiar but not things you feel nostalgic about. Hot dogs and typewriters — generic things people sort of recognize.”
Rosenquist was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. His mother was an amateur painter who supported his creative interests early on. His watercolor of a sunset won him an art scholarship.