All Obituaries

Ky Van McCain, 20, of Cave Spring, died Monday evening at the residence. Mr. McCain was the son of Dena Carver McCain-Wagner and Donnie McCain, and was born in Lang Son, Vietnam January 9, 2001. He was a graduate of Coosa High School and had taken classes in welding at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. He was employed as a welder for Evergreen Patio in Cave Spring, and had returned to Georgia Northwestern to further his education. Mr. McCain attended the First Baptist Church of Cave...

Ms. Tina Louise Harbin, 59, of Buchanan, died Thursday, October 7, 2021 in a Carrollton hospital following a brief illness. A native of Floyd County, she was born in Rome June 9, 1962, a daughter of the late William Worley and the late Margaret Sue Cromer Worley. Ms. Harbin had made her home in Cave Spring and Rockmart prior to moving to Buchanan a couple of years ago. Ms. Harbin had been a personal care giver prior to ill health, and was of the Baptist faith, having attended the...

Mr. Carl Joe (Joey) Gilmore, Jr. 58, of Cave Spring and Cedartown, died Thursday morning, September 16, 2021 in a Rome hospital. Mr. Gilmore was born in Rome June 30, 1963, and was the son of the late Carl Joe Gilmore, Sr. and the late Sharon Faye Waits Gilmore. He was a graduate of Cave Spring High School and received a degree in mechanical engineering from the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering in Marietta. Mr. Gilmore was employed by the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 72 in...

Mr. Carl Joe Gilmore, Sr., 78, of Cave Spring, died Tuesday evening, September 7, 2021, in a Rome hospital following a short illness. Mr. Gilmore was born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama March 28, 1943, son of the late Andrew Franklin Gilmore and the late Pearl Woodall Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore worked through UA Local 72 of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters in Atlanta, was a long time member of the Mackey Masonic Lodge #120 F.&A.M., and was a member of the Grace Fellowship Baptist Church. He was...

Mr. Charles William Bailey, Sr., age, 86 of Cave Spring, died Sunday morning, September 5, 2021, at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Bailey was born in Tate, Georgia January 28, 1935, a son of the late Roy Bailey and the late Grace Harrison Bailey. Having made his home in Cave Spring since 2003, Mr. Bailey was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, having served his country during the Korean War, was a retired crane operator with the Operating Engineers Local #926 in Atlanta, and was a...

Mr. Robert Earl (Bobby) Graves, 59, of Sand Rock, Alabama, died Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Graves was born in Mountain Home, Idaho on April 16, 1962, son of William Tommy Graves and Carol Jean Bartlett Graves while his father was stationed there in the Air Force. Mr. Graves was a veteran of the U.S. Army, Airborne and was a retired truck driver associated with Osborne Trucking Company for 15 years prior to his retirement a couple of years ago. A devout Alabama Fan,...

Larry Doyl Taylor of Cave Spring died Tuesday morning, August 31, 2021, one day short of his 75th birthday. Mr. Taylor was born in Rome, September 1, 1946, son of the late Doyl Taylor and the late Francis Wilson Taylor. He was a graduate of the Cave Spring High School and Coosa Valley Tech. Mr. Taylor was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served as a Staff Sargent in the Vietnam War era. Mr. Taylor had owned Taylor’s Grocery in Cave Spring, and B and C Sporting Goods. Prior to...

Mrs. Marilyn Burrier, 82, of Cedartown, died Thursday afternoon, August 26, 2021. The former Marilyn Marini, she was born in Melrose, Illinois on June 17, 1939, a daughter of the late Joseph Marini and the late Lillian Lee Marini. Mrs. Burrier was a homemaker and attended the Episcopal Church. She was married to the late David Edward Burrier on February 19, 1958, and was preceded in death by him on March 30, 2016. Besides her husband and her parents, Mrs. Burrier was also preceded in death...

Mrs. Nancy Jane Grasham Culver Oxford, 80, of Centre, Alabama, formerly of Cave Spring, died Thursday evening, August 12, 2021 in a Rome hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Oxford was born in Rome, November 5, 1940, a daughter of the late Thomas Taft Grasham and the late Essie Kinsey Grasham. A graduate of Model High School, Mrs. Oxford was associated with Trend Mills for 10 years, later owning and operating an antique store and an ice cream shop in Cave Spring. She was a member of...

Mr. Bill G. Davis, 96, Cave Spring's last World War II veteran, died Monday morning, August 9, 2021. Mr. Davis was born in Armuchee, July 14, 1925, a son of the late William Hubbard Davis and the late Bessie Owens Davis. He was a graduate of Cave Spring School and the University of Georgia where he earned a Degree in Agriculture. Mr. Davis was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp, serving as a Ball Turret Gunner for 33 missions on a B-17 stationed in Italy. He and his twin brother,...