Mr. Donald Wayne Googe, age 73, of Rome, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021.  He was born on November 16, 1947 in Thomaston, Georgia.  He was the son of the late Austin Lincoln and Mary Magdelene Clements Googe.

Mr. Googe was a member of the Day Spring Assembly of God.  Prior to retirement, Mr. Googe served three years in the US Army, attended Coosa Valley Technical School (Radio and TV/Electronics), he worked at Rome Plow and Jockey Menswear in Cedartown. 

He retired from Georgia Power with 34 years of service as lead lineman at the Rome Divison and 1 & 2 test shop technician at Plant Bowen in Taylorsville, Georgia.

Mr. Googe is survived by his wife, Eugenia Whatley Googe; children, Helen Michele Googe Deems, Hunter M. Deems, Brittany F. Deems, and Tanner B. Deems; brothers, Ralph “Buddy” Googe, James Googe, Ronald Googe, and Greg Padgett; and extended family of Mrs. Googe, Annice Whatley of LaGrange, Georgia, and Sarah Lynette Osborne of Cedartown, Georgia.

Mr. Googe is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Mary Lee Holland.

The funeral arrangements for Mr. Donald Wayne Googe will held on Friday, November 12, 2021 at one o’clock in the afternoon in the chapel of Gammage Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Benefield officiating.  Interment will follow in the Northview Cemetery with full Military Rites conducted by the Rockmart Legion and full Masonic Rites.

The family of Mr. Googe will receive family and friends on Friday, November 12, 2021 from eleven o’clock in the morning until the funeral hour at the Gammage Funeral Home.

The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Ralph “Buddy” Googe, James Googe, Greg Padgett, Mike Googe, Rick Googe, and Steve Wisenburg.  Honorary pallbearers will be Leroy Minshew and Dale Farmer.

Messages of condolence can be made to the family by visiting our website and signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.

The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Mr. Donald Wayne Googe.