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Douglas Lee Dorsey
Aug 23, 2014
Douglas Lee Dorsey, age 92 of Calhoun died at 10:05 P.M., Saturday, August 23 in the Georgia War Veterans Home of Milledgeville. Mr. Dorsey was born, November 20, 1921 in Calhoun, a son of the late Douglas D. Dorsey and Jessie Elizabeth Crump Dorsey. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bessie Neal Ingle Dorsey, a brother, Cale Vance...

Debbie Brown
Aug 20, 2014
Debbie Brown, age 103 of Dalton, passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at her residence. Debbie was born on January 20, 1911 in Ringgold, GA. She was the daughter of the late Med Wilbanks and Ida Beck Wilbanks. She was a member of the Riverbend Church of Christ. She was a resident of Gordon County, until she went to...

Judy Choate
Aug 18, 2014
Judy Choate, age 67 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014 in Floyd Medical Center. Judy was born on October 12, 1946 in Atlanta, GA. She was the daughter of the late James Patton and Sara White Patton. She was a member of the Oostanaula Baptist Church and was formerly employed by Bellsouth, with 40 years of service....

Mary Lou Neal
Aug 15, 2014
Mrs. Mary Lou Neal, age 83 of the Fairmount Community died Friday evening, August 15 in the Maple Ridge Health Care Center of Cartersville. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 PM, Sunday, Augsut17 at the Chapel of Thomas Funeral Home with the Reverend Rick Langston officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove –Ryo Cemetery. Additional information will be...

Fred "Frog" Baldwin
Aug 12, 2014
Fred “Frog” Baldwin, age 75, of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, August 12th at his residence. Fred was born February 28, 1939 in Gordon County. He was the son of the late William Clifford Baldwin and Mary Newberry Baldwin. He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister...

Sue Cline Holbert
Aug 10, 2014
Sue Cline Holbert, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Sue was born on January 4, 1935 in Gordon County. She was the daughter of the late Robert Olen Cline and Verna Mae Pendley Cline. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Frances M. Burcham
Aug 10, 2014
Frances M. Burcham, age 83, of Calhoun, passed away Sunday August 10th at Gordon Health Care. Frances was born October 12, 1930 in Elkins, NC., daughter of the late Charles C. Walls and Nona Holbrook Walls. She was a member of the Belmont Baptist Church and prior to her retirement was employed by Sun Trust Bank. She was preceded in...

Ashleigh Briana Clarke
Aug 5, 2014
Ashleigh Briana Clarke, age 25, of Calhoun and formerly of Utah, passed away Tuesday August 5th at her residence. Ashleigh was born September 29, 1988 in Panama City, Florida, daughter of Darrell Clarke and Stephanie Watson Clarke. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Joe L. Reece and Robert Lee Clarke. Survivors include her mother; Stephanie Clarke of Washington,...

Teah Lanette Bramlett
Aug 4, 2014
Teah Lanette Bramlett, age 33 of Fairmount, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 in Piedmont Hospital. She was born on March 22, 1981 in Whitfield County, GA. She was the daughter of Ronnie S. Bramlett and Teresa L. West Bramlett. Teah was a member of the Rowland Springs Baptist Church in Cartersville and was employed by The Prescription Shop....

Donald Lamar Thornton
Aug 2, 2014
Donald Lamar Thornton (Lamar), 48, of Atlanta, passed away August 2, 2014, unexpectedly, at his residence. He was born September 16,1965, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Dalton, son of Catherine Bridges Bethune Thornton and the late Gary Thornton; grandson of the late Ruth Bridges, and the late Thurman Thornton and Louise Thornton Vaughn, all of Whitfield County. He was preceded in...

Terry Carter
Jul 29, 2014
Terry Carter, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away on July 29, 2014. Terry was born on September 10, 1952 in Gate City, VA. He is the son of Bill and Janie Carter who survive. He was a member of the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, and has been a resident of Gordon County for the past 20 years. He was...

Howard W. Hall
Jul 26, 2014
Howard W. Hall, age 84 of the Sonoraville Community, passed away July 26th, 2014 at the Kindred Hospital in Rome. Howard was born in Gordon County, November 27, 1929, a son of the late Benjamin Harrison Hall and Belle Stewart Hall. Also, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Jack and Don Hall, and two sisters, Frances Hall Davis...

Charles Broughton Earnest
Jul 25, 2014
Charles Broughton Earnest, Jr. age-81 of Calhoun, Ga. Passed away on Friday, July 25, 2014. Mr. Earnest was born on February 4, 1933, son of the late C.B. Earnest, Sr. and the late Julia Griggs Earnest. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Betsy Carson. Charles Earnest is survived by his wife, of 58 years, Catherine King Earnest,...

Louann Brown
Jul 24, 2014
Louann Cooper Brown, age 60 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday morning, July 24, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Louann was born on November 10, 1953 in Crossville, TN. She was the daughter of the late Vincent Cooper and Tiva Jane Harris Cooper. She lived most of her life in Harlan County, KY, and later moved to Gordon County, where she...

Kathy G. Eaker
Jul 22, 2014
Kathy G. Eaker, age 52 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at her residence. Kathy was born on July 17, 1962 in Gordon County. She was the daughter of William Leroy Carpenter and Ida Elizabeth Hall Carpenter. She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ and has been a lifetime resident of Gordon County. She...

Samuel "Sammy" M. Black
Jul 22, 2014
Samuel "Sammy" M. Black, Jr. age 69 of Sugar Valley, passed away July 22, 2014 at his residence following a courageous 10 month battle with cancer. Sam was born on January 23, 1945 in Gordon County to the late Sam Black Sr. and Ruby Bob Walraven Black. He was a member of the Sugar Valley Baptist Church. He is survived...

Kenneth Ray Proctor
Jul 20, 2014
Kenneth Ray Proctor, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away on July 20, 2014 at his residence after a year of declining health. Kenneth was born on July 27, 1942 in Wilson County, NC. He was the son of the late Preston Proctor and May Bell Proctor. Ken received his Bachelor’s Degree from East Carolina University and a Master’s Degree in...

Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West
Jul 20, 2014
Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West passed away Monday, July 14, 2014, at the age of 72. Harry was born in Calhoun, Georgia. He married Jane Munday of Doraville, Georgia, in 1962, and lived, worked and raised his family in Atlanta for 50 years. Harry is survived by his wife Jane, son Jeff, daughter Susan Johnson (Robert), and grandchildren Caroline and Josh...

Teresa Lynn Fuller
Jul 16, 2014
Teresa Lynn Fuller, age 48, of Calhoun passed away Wednesday July 16th in Gordon Hospital. Teresa was born July 29, 1965 in Gordon County. Daughter of Mary Nell Floyd West and the late Billy M. West. She was a Homemaker and lifelong resident of Gordon County. Besides her father she was preceded in death by her son, D.J. Fuller and...

Dorothy Shelor Pierce
Jul 14, 2014
Mrs. Dorothy Shelor Pierce, age 89 of Smyrna and former resident of Gordon County died Monday July 14. Mrs. Pierce was the daughter of the late Ethel Sloan Shelor and Clarence Bruce Shelor, both pioneer Gordon County families. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Richard Campbell Pierce. She was an alumna of the Toccoa...
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