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GOOD SHEPHERD FUNERAL HOME
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by Jodi Varnado
here is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant
and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-3). Parnick Jennings Sr.’s Good Shepherd Funeral Home has served the Rome community for more than thirteen years, providing families with support during the most challenging seasons of life. Parnick Jennings Sr. and his wife, Margaret Eads Jennings, opened Good Shepherd Funeral Home in West Rome in 2008. Jennings was rooted in the funeral business, as his father, James William Jennings, opened Jennings Funeral Home in the 1930s. Together, the
Today, Good Shepherd Funeral Home continues
Jennings became a foundational name in the community
the Jennings way. Andy McGuire, a longtime friend and
known for their compassionate Christian care.
employee of the Jennings family, purchased Good Shepherd
Parnick Jennings Sr. passed away on June 27, 2021 at the
Funeral Home in January of 2022. Now, with the support
age of ninety-one. Jennings faithfully ministered to Rome
of Margaret Jennings and other Jennings family members,
and Floyd County families for nearly seventy years in the
McGuire is upholding the same principles that have guided
family-owned funeral home business. His legacy pervades
the business for over a decade. Along with McGuire,
the business still, perfectly described by its founding
Bobby Don Rogers, Manager, Cameron O’Neal, Licensed
mission statement: Striving to serve you best in this sacred
Apprentice Funeral Director and Embalmer, and the rest of
responsibility, with a staff trained to render a service equaled by
the Good Shepherd Funeral Home employees take care of
few and surpassed by none, at the lowest cost in the community.
day-to-day operations.
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