Submitted by Emily O'neal
Rome News Tribune March 27, 1979
Mr. Conway
John Henry Conway, 94 of Adairsville Rte. 3, died Monday night in
Adairsville following a sudden attack.
Mr. Conway was born June 18, 1884 in Bartow County, son of the late
Samuel Conway and Mary Carnes Conway. He had spent his entire life in Bartow
County, was the oldest member of the Adairsville Christian Church, attended the
Bartow County public schools and was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by
his wife, the former Annie Lillian Kerr.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Annie Lanham of Emerson, Mrs.
Mildred C. Black and Marcella Conway, both of Adairsville; three sons, William B.
Conway, Arnold E. Conway and Joseph H. Conway,all of Adairsville; four
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Carmel United
Methodist Chrch with the Revs. Ralph Kimsey and Vernie Wesley officiating. Interment
will be in the Mt. Carmel cemetery in the Hall Station Community.
Pallbearers include Eddie Black, Bryan Leatherwood, Keith Ledford, Jim
Boswell, and Johnny and Frank Taylor.