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Oline Ida Marvel
Feb 7, 2014
Mrs. Oline Marvel, 95, of Resaca and formerly of Hastings, Nebraska, died Friday February 7, 2014, in Dal-ton, Georgia. Oline was born May 26, 1918 in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Nancy and Hanny Lindemann. She completed her public education in Grand Island and graduated from Hastings College in 1940 with a Public School Music major. Following graduation she taught English...
Diane Schmidt
Feb 5, 2014
Diane Frances Schmidt, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at her residence. Diane was born on February 5, 1935 to the late Emil Nischik and Irene Welch Nischik. She was a member of the New Echota United Methodist Church and has been a resident of Gordon County for eight years. She was formerly employed by...
Harlan Ralston
Feb 5, 2014
Harlan Ralston, age 81 of Marietta, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 in WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Harlan was born on November 12, 1932 in Gilmer County, GA to the late John Grady Ralston and Viola Sutherland. He was born and raised in Gordon County and lived in Marietta for 45 years. He was a member of Grace Point Baptist...
Roy Lee Chapman
Feb 4, 2014
Roy Lee Chapman, age 66 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at his residence. Roy was born on June 23, 1947 in Gordon County to the late Lee Otis Chapman and Mary Lou Poarch Chapman. Roy was a member of the Concord Baptist Church. He graduated from Calhoun High School, Class of 1966 where he held many...
Pat Thurman Bowen
Feb 4, 2014
Pat Thurman Bowen, age 67 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 in Gordon Hospital after several years of declining health. Pat was born, February 24, 1946 to the late John Henry and Adell Neal Thurman. In addition to her parents and grandparents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Terry Bowen, sisters and...
Regina Wyatt
Feb 2, 2014
Regina Wyatt, age 63 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2014 in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Regina was born on June 11, 1950 in Mount Sterling, KY to the late Robert Colonel Begley and Virginia “Momma B” Wells Begley. She was a member of the New Town Baptist Church and has been a resident of Gordon County for...
Infant Tattum Mallory Webb
Jan 31, 2014
Infant Tattum Mallory Webb, age seven weeks of Calhoun, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014 in St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, IL. Tattum was born on December 12, 2013 in Gordon County to Dustin Webb and Renee Poore Webb. She was preceded in death by a great-grandfather, Sam Muse. She is survived by her parents, Dustin...
Jean Manning Lowery
Jan 31, 2014
Jean Manning Lowery, age 80 of Calhoun, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Jean was born on October 1, 1933 in Polk County to the late Retho Sylvania Manning and Laura Jane Henderson Manning. Jean was an active member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and attended the Mattie Lou Strain Sunday School Class. She spent...
Mary Gene Williams
Jan 30, 2014
Mary Gene Williams, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away on January 30, 2014 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born on December 19, 1942 to the late Gene Nichols and Verdine Avant Nichols. She was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and the Mattie Lou Strain Sunday School Class. She was also a member...
Lucille Peace Sullivan
Jan 27, 2014
Mrs. Lucille Peace Sullivan, 80, of Calhoun, passed over peacefully Monday, January 27, 2014 in her home surrounded by her beloved family. Lucille was born April 12, 1933 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Herman Peace and Laura Rickett Peace. She was preceded in death by sister Inez Edwards, brothers-in-law Herman Stone, Sam Rogers, James Sullivan, Billy Sullivan, and...
Geneva Ard McLeod
Jan 25, 2014
Geneva Ard McLeod, age 82 of Calhoun died at 6:15 PM Saturday, January 25 at her residence. Geneva was born, December 26, 1931 in Seminole County, daughter of the late Walter Ard and Ruby Aligood Ard; also, she was preceded in death by four brothers. She was a graduate of Seminole County High School and later attended the University of...
Jewell Winkle Miles
Jan 25, 2014
Jewell Winkle Miles, age 84, of Calhoun, passed away Saturday afternoon January 25th in Calhoun Health Care. Jewell was born June 5, 1929 in Cherokee County, Alabama, daughter of the late Adolphus John Williams and Lillie Mae Womack Williams, she was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her first husband, Vernon Winkle, Sr.,...
Johnson B. DeFoor
Jan 24, 2014
Johnson B. DeFoor, age 84, of Calhoun passed away Friday evening January 24th at his home. Johnson was born October 12, 1929 in Gordon County, son of the late Baxter Lee DeFoor and Jewell Inez Robbins DeFoor. He was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and was retired from the United States Postal Service after 33 years of...
Burma WandaAnn Guffey
Jan 24, 2014
Burma Wanda Ann Guffey, age 68 of Resaca, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2014 at her residence. Burma was born on May 30, 1945 in Calhoun to the late Joseph Taylor Bunch and Lou Verne Chapman Bunch. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her two sons, Joseph Guffey of Resaca, and Edward Guffey of...
Carl Bowman
Jan 16, 2014
Carl Bowman, Jr., age 87 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014 in Calhoun Health Care. Carl was born on September 4, 1926 in White, GA to the late Carl H. Bowman, Sr. and Jewel Allen Bowman. He served in the United States Army for 9 ½ years, and was a veteran of the Korean War. He was...
Annie Mae Owens
Jan 14, 2014
Annie Mae Owens, age 81 of Ranger, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Mae was born on November 26, 1932 in Gordon County to the late Clemon Hancock and Berta Lee Green Hancock. Mae was a member of the RYO Baptist Church. She was the oldest of fifteen children. In addition to her parents, she was...
Rex Allen Brown
Jan 12, 2014
Rex Allen Brown, age 41, of Calhoun, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 12th at Gordon Hospital, following a sudden attack. Rex was born December 28, 1972 in Harlan, Kentucky, son of Lewis and Louann Cooper Brown. He was employed by Hardee’s Restaurant for more than 20 years and was of the Holiness faith. Rex was preceded in death by his...
James "J.T." Thomason
Jan 7, 2014
James “J.T.” Thomason, age 78 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday afternoon at Calhoun Health Care surrounded by his loving family. J.T. was born on November 22, 1935 in Gordon County to the late James Virgil Thomason and Zora Elizabeth Greeson Thomason. J.T. attended the Calhoun First Baptist Church. He was a true outdoorsman who loved to hunt, fish, travel and...
Rebecca "Becky" Ann Herndon Mumpower
Jan 5, 2014
Beloved wife, sister, mother and friend, Rebecca Ann Herndon Mumpower passed away peacefully in Calhoun, Georgia on Sunday evening, January 5, 2014 at the age of 83. Becky, the daughter of Leonard and Lucy Herndon, originally of the Swansonville Community in Pittsylvania County, was predeceased by her daughter Janice Barbour. She is survived by William A. Mumpower, her dedicated, loving...
Retha Dianne Poarch Adams
Jan 4, 2014
RETHA DIANNE POARCH ADAMS age 64 of LaFayette died Saturday January 04, 2014. Preceded in death by her husband William Adams, Jr. Survived by daughters Karen Clark, and Pam Snider both of LaFayette, son Mike Bohannon, Dalton, sister Jan Hyde, Resaca, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral from the Wallis Memorial Chapel was conducted Tuesday...
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