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Rome News Tribune March 26, 1981

Mr. Carnes

Charles L. Carnes, 74, 30 Westwood Circle, died Wednesday afternoon in a Rome hospital, following an attack suffered earlier at the residence.
A native of Floyd County, born April 11, 1906, son of the late Rev. A. B. and Caroline Griffith Carnes, he was an accountant and owned Anniston Scrap Metal Company in Rome for a number of years prior to retirement in 1973. He attended college at Bowling Green, Ky. and was a member and deacon of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. He was a member of Oostanaula Masonic Lodge 113, F&AM, the Low Twelve Club, and a former member of Rome Civitan Club.
Survivors include the widow, the former Mary Margaret (Elsie) Crenshaw to whom he was married Feb. 13, 1938; two daughters, Mrs. Charlene Carnes Cole, Gadsden, Ala., and Mrs. Nancy Carnes Richards, Deland, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Howard Davis and Mrs. Ruth Lloyd, both of Rome, and Mrs. Louis Brown, Cartersville.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Evans officiating.
Interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers include Lawrence Wilkins, Dr. Tom Moss, Jr., Preston Hayes, Cary Frazier, Sam Byrd and Lawrence Landsdell.

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