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Gladys Marie Wright Hightower
Oct 5, 2013
Gladys Marie Wright Hightower, age 74 of the Scottsville Community, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2013 in Erlanger Medical Center, in Chattanooga, after several weeks of declining health. Gladys was born on October, 22, 1938 in Gordon County to the late Barney and Minnie Sue Robbins Wright. She was of the Christian faith and whole heartily served her savior...
Fernando Luna,
Oct 3, 2013
Fernando Luna, Jr. age 33 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013 due to injuries sustained in an accident. Fernando was born on July 18, 1980 in Chicago, IL to Fernando Luna, Sr. and Esther Luna. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and prior to moving to Calhoun was a firefighter with the Sycuan...
Douglas Franklin Williams
Oct 3, 2013
Douglas Franklin Williams, age 53 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013 in Gordon Hospital. Douglas was born on August 19, 1960 in Bartow County to Raymond Williams and Geneva Luckhurst Williams. He was a member of Bethel Crossroads Baptist Church and was employed by Mohawk. He is survived by his parents, Raymond Williams of Taylorsville and Geneva...
Robert M. Fain
Oct 2, 2013
Robert “Rob” Fain, age 81 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at his residence. Rob was born on December 8, 1931 in Gordon County to the late Conway Fain and Odell Hall Fain. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter, Wanda Sue Fain in 1965....
Helen Carter
Oct 1, 2013
Helen Carter, 102, Smyrna died Tuesday night, October 1 at Delmar Gardens. She was born June 16, 1911 in Sugar Valley, Ga. on Mountain Loop Road daughter of the late John Carter and Josie Ballew Carter. When Helen was 14, her father bought a house in NW Atlanta and moved the family, furniture and a cow South, Helen drove the...
Charles "Ellis" Owens
Oct 1, 2013
Charles “Ellis” Owens, age 81 of Ranger, passed away on Tuesday evening, October 1, 2013 at his residence. Ellis was born on December 24, 1931 in Gordon County to the late Paul Owens and Estelle Tipton Owens. He was a 20 year veteran of the United States Army serving as an Army Ranger in both the Korean Conflict and Vietnam...
Charlie Joe Grooms,
Sep 25, 2013
Charlie “Joe” Grooms, Jr., age 52, of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday September 25th at his residence. Joe was born February 16, 1961 in Austell, Georgia, son of Emma Lee and the late Charlie Grooms, Sr.. He had lived here since 1969 and was employed by Colormaster’s. Survivors include his mother, Emma Lee Young and her husband James of Calhoun, one...
Jimmie Lou Poarch Robertson
Sep 23, 2013
Jimmie Poarch Robertson, age 86, of Calhoun, passed away Monday September 23rd in the Floyd Medical Center. Jimmie was born March 12, 1927 in Gordon County, daughter of the late John Neal Poarch and Maude Montgomery Poarch, she was a graduate of Fairmount High School, attended West Georgia College and received her teaching degree from the University of Georgia, while...
Virginia Godfrey Westbrooks
Sep 20, 2013
Virginia Godfrey Westbrooks, age 78, of Calhoun passed away Friday evening September 20th in Gordon Health Care. Virginia was born March 11, 1935 in Austell, Georgia, daughter of the late Burle Worley and Opel Melton Worley. She had attended Blue Pond Baptist Church and was employed at Gordon Health Care prior to her retirement. Besides her parents she was preceded...
Harlan Paschel Parker
Sep 20, 2013
Harlan Paschel Parker, Sr. age 64 of Calhoun, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013 at his residence. Harlan was born on April 3, 1949 in Calhoun, GA to the late Henry Parris Parker and Runette Reed Parker. He was of the Baptist faith and formerly worked for Plainville City Hall. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
Irene Bennicoff
Sep 19, 2013
Irene Bennicoff, age 87 of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at her daughter’s residence in Calhoun, GA. Irene was born on September 7, 1926 in Reading, Pennsylvania to the late Henry and Maize Loose. She was a member of the Hamburg Seventh Day Adventist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Bonnie England Johnson
Sep 17, 2013
Bonnie England Johnson, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday evening, September 17, 2013 in Gordon Health Care. Bonnie was born on December 5, 1928 to the late John Mack England and Cora Hensley England. She was a member of the Calhoun First United Methodist Church and was formerly secretary for Georgia Life Insurance Company. In addition to her...
Johnnie Mae Shepherd
Sep 16, 2013
Johnnie Mae Price Shepherd, age 54 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday morning, September 16, 2013 in Gordon Hospital. Johnnie was born on November 8, 1958 in Floyd County to the late William Hershel Price and Joyce Shirley Price. She was formerly employed by Echota Smokehouse. Survivors include her husband, Randy Shepherd of Calhoun; one son, Michael Shepherd of Calhoun;...
Charles Edwards Lee,
Sep 11, 2013
Charles Edward Lee, Sr., age 76, of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday September 11th at his residence. Charles was born September 29, 1936 in Polk County, Georgia. Son of the late George Bennett Lee, Jr. and Margaret Virginia Wilson. He was a computer engineer with Controll Data Corporation prior to his retirement and a veteran of the United States Army. Besides...
Margie Tate West
Sep 11, 2013
Margie Tate West, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 in Gordon Hospital. Margie was born on April 13, 1937 in Gordon County to the late Walter Tate and Beatrice Silvers Tate. She attended Sugar Valley Baptist Church and was a member of Evergreen Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Doyle M.
Sep 10, 2013
Doyle M. Cox, age 87 of the Ranger Community died at 9:10 PM, Tuesday, September 10 in Gordon Health Care. Doyle was born in Gordon County, January 13, 1926, a son of the late John Henry Cox and the former Miss Bertie Jenkins. Also, he was preceded in death by one sister and her husband, Marie and Max Silvers and...
Debra Darlene Baldwin
Sep 9, 2013
Debra Darlene “Duck-Duck” Baldwin, age 48 of Calhoun died Monday, September 9th at her residence. She was born, February 19, 1965 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Wallace F. “Footsie” Baldwin and the former Viola E. Parker. She was a lifetime resident of Gordon County and was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church near the Oostanaula Community. Debra...
William H. "Billy" Neal
Sep 8, 2013
Mr. William H. “Billy” Neal, age 73, of Calhoun, passed away Sunday morning September 8th at his residence. Billy was born February 17, 1940 in Gordon County, son of the late Herbert Neal and Edna Seritt Neal. He was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the Belmont Baptist Church and the Sportsman Sunday School Class....
Annie Sue Stancill Blackstock
Sep 6, 2013
Annie Sue Stancill Blackstock, age 91, of Resaca, passed away Friday morning September 6th at Gordon Hospital. Annie was born in Murray County August 15, 1922, daughter of the late William H. Stancill and Dora Knowles Stancill. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church and a retired hostess at McDonald’s in Calhoun. Besides her parents she was preceded in...
Mary Kathryn Roberts
Aug 29, 2013
Mary Kathryn Dobson Roberts, age 83 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at her residence. Kathryn was born on November 22, 1929 in Gordon County to Henry Roe Dobson and Thelma Lucille Stancill Dobson. She attended Heritage Baptist Church and she worked at Mannington Mills prior to her retirement. In addition to her parents she was preceded...
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