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\cf1\f1 Rome News Tribune April 7, 1997\cf0\f0
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\cf1\f1 Mrs. Stephens \cf0\f0
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\cf1\f1 Mrs. Maude F. Stephens 91, of 12 Chateau Drive, died Sunday at a Rome hospital.
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Mrs. Stephens was born in Bartow County, Oct. 24, 1905, daughter of the late William Jeff Fountain and Ethel Callaway Fountain. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church.
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She was preceded in death by her husband, William Russell Stephens, June 4, 1975.
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Survivors include two sons, Rufus Stephens, Rome and Bobby F. Stephens, Orlando, Fla., two daughters, Sarah Stephens Johnston and Ellen Stephens Turner, both of Rome, 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren.
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Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Daniel's Funeral Home with the Rev. Clyde Hampton, the Rev. Bill Adams and the Rev. Robert S. Tucker officiating.
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Interment will be at Floyd Memory Gardens.
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