Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Asa B.  Carnes  November 21 1938
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Rome News Tribune November 22, 1938

Rites Tomorrow For Rev. Carnes
   Funeral services for the Rev. Asa B. Carnes, well-known Baptist minister, 
who died suddenly Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock in an Atlanta hospital, will be 
conducted from the Pisgah Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. 
The Rev. J. L. Rayburn, the Rev. O.E. Rutland and the Rev. S. H. Pendley will 
officiate, with burial in the church cemetery.
   Mr. Carnes had entered the hospital on November 4 for an operation from 
which he was recovering when he suffered a heart attack while sitting in a 
wheel chair, and died a few moments later.
   He had been pastor of the Pisgah Baptist Church for the past 21 years, and 
was well-known throughout Georgia and Alabama, having been pastor of a number 
of churches in north Georgia and the neighboring state.
   Mr. Carnes was born at Esom Hill, Ga., on March 22, 1871. He was educated at 
Hearn Academy at Cave Spring and at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and was 
ordained as a minister at Iola, Texas, in 1898. He moved to Rome almost a 
quarter of a century ago, and had lived here since.
   Mr. Carnes was married on December 27, 1896 to the former Miss Caroline 
Louise Griffin of Breman, who survives him. Also surviving are four daughters, 
Mrs. T.S. Medlock, Mrs. Joe Lloyd, Mrs. Howard F. Davis, all of Rome; Mrs. W. 
L. Brown of Cartersville; four sons, J. Russell, Allen W. and Charles Carnes, 
all of Rome; Henry Carnes of Atlanta; two brothers, J.P. of Texas, and John 
Carnes of California; two sisters, Mrs. Jim Edge, of Cedartown, and Mrs. Dan 
Collins, of Sheffield, Ala.; 13 grandchildren, Vaughan, Frances and Alva Ruth 
Paris, T.S. Medlock, Jr., Gene Loyd, Howard Ray and Donna Fay Davis, Allen W. 
Carnes, Jr., Lewis Brown, Jr., Betty Joyce, Catherine and James Carnes, and 
Penelope Brown.
   Remains will lie in state at the Jennings Funeral home until Wednesday 
morning at 9 o'clock when they will be removed to the residence, 1105 North 
Fifth Avenue.
   Active pallbearers, who are requested to meet at the residence at l:45 p.m. 
are Frank Weathers, Farrill Angle, Victor Dean, R.E. Wade, Taylor Rhineheart, 
Dr. W.K. Heller, H.O. Weaver and Quinn McArver.
   Honorary pallbearers, who are requested to meet at the church at 2:30 
o'clock are Rev. L.A. Garrison, Rev. W.F. Conn, Rev. T.L. Collins, Rev. Charlie 
Patterson, Rev. W.A. Broom, Rev. J.A. Nolan, Rev. Gordon Ezzell, Rev. J.E. 
Smith, Rev. J.P. Craft, Rev. Alex Shores, Rev, Paul M. Balsch, Rev. Bunyan 
Stephens, Rev. James Parker.

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