Funeral On Saturday For Woman Killed In Bartow Crash

ROME, GA — The Floyd County woman who died in Tuesday's three-vehicle crash in Bartow County will be laid to rest on Saturday. The funeral for Donna Misti Brownlow Kirkland will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home South Chapel in Rome. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 27 at the funeral home.

Kirkland, 44, of Rome, died in the collision on U.S. 411/S.R. 20 just east of Hardin Bridge Road near Kingston. The Georgia State Patrol was dispatched to the crash on the eastbound side of the highway around 7:30 a.m. April 24.

A preliminary investigation indicates a 2015 Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling westbound while a 2017 Ford F350 and 2011 Kia Soul were going eastbound. According to GSP, the Dodge was "driving too fast for conditions and failed to maintain its lane" when it traveled across the median and into the eastbound lanes. The truck hit the Ford and continued to travel westbound on the eastbound side when it collided with the Kia.

Both the Dodge and Kia traveled off the south shoulder of Ga. 20 where they came to a final rest. The driver of the Dodge, 41-year-old Martina Nanette Couey of Cartersville, was transported to Floyd Medical Center for treatment. Kenneth Nathaniel Ritchie, 36, of Rome, was the driver of the Ford F350 and did not suffer any injuries. Kirkland, the driver of the Kia, died in the crash.

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According to her obituary, Kirkland was a Rome native and was employed as an optician for Vision One in Emerson. She was working to become an optometrist before she died in the three-car crash. Kirkland is preceded in death by her stepfather, Joseph H. Goble, III; mother-in-law, Martha Kirkland; and grandparents, Henry and Dorothy Brownlow and Sonny and Martha Lucas.

Kirkland is survived by her husband, David Addison Kirkland; son, Timothy Blake Puckett and his wife, Kelsey of Rome; mother, Nellie Goble of Talking Rock; father, Roger Dale Brownlow and his wife, Ruby, of Centre, Alabama; father-in-law, James W. Kirkland of Rome; brothers, Shannon Cordle and his wife, Brandy, of Aragon, and Shane Cordle of Rome; sister-in-law, Jamie Lambert and her husband, Jamey, of Rome; and nieces and nephews.

The Georgia State Patrol Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is conducting a follow-up investigation and charges are pending that report, the agency added.

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