Funeral Homes in Rome, GA

Facts about the city

• Rome has been featured in films like: Dance of the Dead (2008).
• Some of the notable people born here have been: Larry Kinnebrew (american football player), Ray Donaldson (american football player), Arn Anderson (wrestler and television producer), Will Muschamp (american football coach and american football player), Kris Durham (american football player), Mike Hogan (american football player), and Greg Davis (american football player).

Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, on the western border of the state. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area, population 96,250 (2009), which encompasses all of Floyd County. At the 2010 census, the city alone had a total population of 36,303. It is the largest city in Northwest Georgia and the 19th largest city in the state.Rome was built at the confluence of the Etowah and the Oostanaula rivers, forming the Coosa River. Because of its strategic advantages, this area was long occupied by the Creek and later the Cherokee people. National leaders such as Major Ridge and John Ross resided here before Indian Removal.The city has developed on seven hills with the rivers running between them, a feature that inspired the early European-American settlers to name it for Rome, the longtime capital of Italy. It developed in the antebellum period as a market and trading city due to its advantageous location on the rivers, by which it sent the rich regional cotton commodity crop downriver to markets on the Gulf Coast and export overseas. It is the second largest city, after Gadsden, Alabama, near the center of the triangular area defined by the Interstate highways between Atlanta, Birmingham and Chattanooga. It has developed as a regional center in such areas as medical care and education. In addition to its public school system, there are several private schools. Higher-level institutions include private Berry College and Shorter University, and the public Georgia Northwestern Technical College and Georgia Highlands College.In the late 1920s a United States company built a rayon plant in a joint project with an Italian company. This project and the American city of Rome were honored by Italy in 1929, when its dictator Benito Mussolini sent a replica of the statue of Romulus and Remus nursing from a mother wolf, a symbol of the founding myth of the original Rome.

Rome Obituaries

It was reported by The Mail Tribune on February 25th, 2022 that Jo Todd passed on in Rome, Georgia.  Todd was 92 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Jo's life.

It was noted by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on December 17th, 2021 that Mary Hilda miss Dailey perished in Rome, Georgia.  Dailey was 97 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mary Hilda miss's life.

It was revealed by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on November 30th, 2021 that Edith Doris Swint (Phillips) died in Rome, Georgia.  Ms. Swint was 98 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Edith Doris's life.

It was noted by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on July 14th, 2021 that Randy Moore passed away in Rome, Georgia.  Moore was 68 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Randy's life.

It was revealed by New Haven Register on July 9th, 2021 that Dan "Joe Daniel" Carr died in Connecticut.  Carr was 86 years old and was born in Rome, GA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Dan "Joe Daniel"'s life.

It was written by Register Herald on March 15th, 2021 that Donald Frederick Jr Mock passed away in Rome, Georgia.  Mock was 69 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Donald Frederick Jr's life.

It was reported by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on February 27th, 2021 that Gary Norman Gottlieb passed on in Rome, Georgia.  Gottlieb was 72 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Gary Norman's life.

It was revealed by Tampa Bay on February 20th, 2021 that Norman Gene Sr Preskitt passed on in Forney, Texas.  Preskitt was 34 years old and was born in Rome, GA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Norman Gene Sr's life.

It was disclosed by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on February 3rd, 2021 that Samuel Millard Frye passed away in Heathsville, Virginia.  Frye was 97 years old and was born in Rome, GA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Samuel Millard's life.

It was disclosed by Marysville Advocate on January 6th, 2021 that Jon Daniel "J D" Earwood perished in Marysville, Kansas.  Earwood was 26 years old and was born in Rome, GA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Jon Daniel "J D"'s life.

History

This unit was under the overall command of Andrew Jackson, and supported the Upper Creek. At the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 34,980, and was the largest city in Northwest Georgia.

Life in the area of Rome before the Spaniard expeditions in the 1500s is largely unknown, due to the native inhabitants' lack of written records.There is some debate over whether Hernando de Soto (explorer) de Soto was the first Spanish conquistador to encounter Native Americans in the United States Americans in the area now known as Rome, but it is usually agreed that he passed through the region with his expedition in 1540. In 1560, Tristán de Luna y Arellano de Luna sent a detachment of 140 soldiers and two Dominican friars north along de Soto's route, and it is this group that established true relations with the Coosa chiefdom as they assisted the Coosa in a raid against the rebellious province of Napochín, in what is now known as Tennessee. Before they moved to Head of Coosa, Chief Ridge commanded a company of Cherokee warriors as a unit of the Tennessee militia, with Chief Ross as adjutant. .