All Obituaries

Mr. Spenser Parnell Sumner, 23, of Cave Spring, died Wednesday, April 7, 2021 in a Chattanooga hospital from injuries sustained in an ATV accident a few days earlier. Mr. Sumner was born in Krasnodar, Russia on July 7, 1997 and came to live in America with his parents Dr. Randolph Sumner and Dr. Susan Butler Sumner. He grew up in Cave Spring, and attended Cave Spring Elementary, Berry Elementary, Unity Christian School, and was a graduate of the Coosa High School. He attended the...

Curtis Milton Craw, 74, of Rome, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, April 6, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Craw was born in Santa Monica, California December 17, 1947, a son of the late Milton Craw and the late Rosemond Follet Craw. Mr. Craw earned a B.A. degree in journalism at the California State University, Northridge in Northridge, California. Mr. Craw was employed at Disneyland in California as a caricature artist for a number of years prior to moving to Rome in 1991. Survivors...

Mr. Dennis Duane Sutton, 71, of Cave Spring, died Monday morning, April 5, 2021 at his residence surrounded by family. Mr. Sutton was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas on July 23, 1949, a son of Mrs. Edith Louise McDaniel Sutton and the late Dennis Ely Sutton. Mr. Sutton was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, having served during the Vietnam War and attended the Church of Christ. He and Mrs. Sutton moved to Cave Spring in 1983 from Cisco, Georgia. Mr. Sutton was a machinist and welder, and was...

Thomas Evan Dempsey, Jr., a life long resident of Cave Spring, passed away peacefully March 24, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his family. Mr. Dempsey was born to the late Mae Foster Smith Dempsey and the late Thomas Evan Dempsey, Sr. on December 5, 1939. Mr. Dempsey graduated from the Cave Spring High School in 1957, received his BSEd and his Master’s Degree from West Georgia College (1962 and 1965) and his Specialist Degree from Jacksonville State University in 1981. While at...

Former Cave Spring Mayor Bobby Gene George, Sr., 84, of Cave Spring, died Saturday evening, February 20, 2021 in a Rome hospital. Mr. George was a native of Cave Spring, and was born November 6, 1936, a son of the late Judson Marion George and the late Lucy Melvina Brock George. Mr. George was a graduate of the Cave Spring High School, was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cave Spring and the Mackey Lodge #120 F. & A. M. Mr. George was also a former Jaycee when he lived in the...

James Carlton (J. C.) Warren, Jr, 79, of Cave Spring, died Friday afternoon, January 8, 2021 in a Rome hospital following a brief illness. A native of Rome, Mr. Warren was born at the McCall Hospital, September 20, 1941, a son of the late James C. Warren, Sr. and the late Margaret Tillman Cooper Warren. Mr. Warren was a graduate of the East Rome High School, and the Falls Technical School of Atlanta. Mr. Warren was associated with General Electric in Rome for a number of years as a...

Johnny Ray Knight, age 68, passed away on January 7, 2021 in a long-term care facility located in Carrollton, GA. Mr. Knight was the son of the late James Raymond and Bobbie Nell Roberson Knight. He was born on September 17, 1952 in Contra Costa County, California, during which time his father was serving in the military at Travis Air Force Base. He is survived by one brother, Jimmy Knight (Kathy) of Cave Spring, GA, one niece Lori Knight Kilgo (Mike) of Euharlee, GA, and one nephew...

Mrs. Doris W. Freeman, 94, of Cave Spring, died Saturday afternoon, December 19, 2020, at the residence of a daughter after an extended illness. The former Doris Naomi Wilson, Mrs. Freeman was born in Cave Spring July 11, 1926, the youngest child of the late Luther L. Wilson and the late Clara Fuqua Wilson. She was a graduate of Cave Spring High School, and attended Coosa Valley Technical School where she studied nursing, becoming an LPN and was associated with the Floyd Medical Center for...

William Burand (Billy) Wilson, 64, of Cave Spring, died Monday afternoon, December 14, 2020 in a Rome hospital. Mr. Wilson was born in Rome October 22, 1956, son of the late Armister Burand Wilson and the late Annie Ruth Baxter Wilson. He was a graduate of the Cave Spring High School, and had been associated with Lee Cylinder in Cedartown, Sure Heat in Kennesaw, and The Neaton Company in Rome. He was of the Baptist Church, and had attended Live Oak Baptist and Grace Fellowship Baptist...

Christopher Alan Watson, 50, of Cedar Bluff, and formerly of Rome, died Tuesday evening, December 8, 2020, in a Rome hospital after a short illness. Mr. Watson was born in Rome, a son of the late William Devoe Watson and the late Sadie Mae Simpson Watson. He was an honor graduate of Cedar Bluff High School where he excelled in academics and sports. Mr. Watson was of the Baptist faith, and was a self employed heavy equipment operator. Survivors include his wife, the former Amanda Watson, to...