Submitted by Emily O'neal
Rome News Tribune March 4, 1974
Mrs. Pearl Boggs
Mrs. Pearl Boggs, 77, of 7 Ridge Dr., died at 10:05 Sunday in a
convalescent home following an illness of several months.
Mrs. Boggs was born March 28, 1896, in Floyd County, daughter of the late
Lee Richard Johnson and Callie Palmer Johnson, and had resided here most of
her life. She was a member of Shorter Avenue Baptist Church. Her husband,
Horace Franklin Boggs, Sr. died Feb. 5, 1971.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Irene Stansell, Rome; two sons,
James Boggs, Chattanooga, and Horace Boggs, Los Angeles; two brothers, Bill
Johnson, Cave Spring, Hubert Johnson, Rome; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae
Huffman, Rome and Mrs. Myrtis Hanson, LaFayette, seven grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Shorter Avenue
Baptist Church with the Revs. Howard Holcomb and Max Tucker officiating.
Interment will be in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.
The body will remain at the Jennings Funeral Home and the family will
receive friends there from 7 to 9 p.m. today. At other hours they will be at
the residence of a daughter, Mrs. Stansell, 7 Ridge Dr. Pallbearers will
include Milton Stewart, Jerry Penny, James Z. Loyd, Bill Johnson, Doyal
Grant, and Raymond Johnson.
Jennings Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
(Note: died March 3)