FLOYD COUNTY, GA - OBITS  William Ward Bragg

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Rome News Tribune July 29, 1970
William Ward Bragg
William Ward Bragg, 224 Watters St. died Tuesday
evening in a Rome hospital following a brief
illness. Mr. Bragg was born in Gordon County on
March 16, 1895, son of William and Cordie Bragg. He
had spent the greater part of his life in Rome and
Floyd County and prior to his retirement,  had been
associated with the city of Rome for twenty-two
years.

He was a member of Spring Creek Baptist Church. He
was married to the former Miss  Birdie Henderson.

Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs.
Bernice Goodwin, of Rome; one stepdaughter, Mrs.
Walker Arnold, of Rome; a stepson, Howard Lowe, of
Rossville, Ga. one brother, Frank Bragg, of
Piedmont, Ala; one grandchild and two great-
grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday 2 p.m. in the chapel of Stevens-Davenport
Funeral Home, Revs. John Crowe and Y. E. Graves
officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in
East View Cemetery. Active pallbearers include
Virgil Bragg, J.M. Bragg, Stanley Bragg, Paul
Ray,Wallace Cochran, and Ray Hulsey. An honorary
escort will be composed of employees of the City of
Rome Works Department.

The body will remain at the funeral home where the
family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m.
At other hours, they will be at the home of a
granddaughter, Mrs. Charlotte Broadaway, 320
Reynolds St. The Stevens-Davenport Funeral Home has
charge of the arrangements.(Note:died July 28)