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Martha Elizabeth Goswick (Granny) Hopper
Jun 16, 2012
Martha Elizabeth Goswick (Granny) Hopper, age 90 formerly of Plainville, died Saturday morning June 16th at Morning Point. Martha was born on May 24, 1922 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Rupert (James) Goswick and Vada Scott Goswick. She had spent most of her life in Plainville and was a member of the Unity Baptist Church. She was a...
Michael Allen Holloway
Jun 13, 2012
Mike “Michael” Allen Holloway, of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 due to injuries sustained from an automobile accident. Mike was born on June 4, 1963 in Alabama. Son of Avis Allen and the late Wynell Hollaway. Mike was an avid Alabama Football fan “Roll Tide.” He had a love for the outdoors, hunting and grilling. In addition...
Mary A. Weaver
Jun 10, 2012
Mary Wood Weaver, age 77 of the Pleasant Hill Community, passed away on Sunday June 10, 2012 in Gordon Hospital. Mary was born on August 17, 1934 in Gordon County. Daughter of the late Carl Bates Wood, Sr. and Lula Fite Wood. She was a lifetime resident of Gordon County and a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She...
Minnie Lou Grisham
Jun 10, 2012
Minnie Lou (Jackson) Grisham, 69, of Plainville, passed away June 10, 2012 after an extended illness. Minnie was born in Floyd County. She was preceded in death by her parents Minnie and Hulett Jackson. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Mr. Ralph Jackson and a sister, Miss. Daisy Jeanette Jackson along with a special nephew, Andrew Jackson....
Della Mae Sikes
Jun 9, 2012
Della Mae “Nanny” Sikes, age 89 of Scottsville, passed away on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at her residence. Nanny was born on February 24, 1923 in Rockdale County, GA. Daughter of the late Zelma Grady Brown and Keron Elizabeth Mitchell. Nanny lived at 121 Mathis Drive in Rome from 1962 until 2004. For the past eight years she lived with...
Susan Diane Parker
Jun 8, 2012
Susan Diane Parker, age 44 of Ranger, passed away on Friday, June 8, 2012 at her residence. Susan was born on November 3, 1967 in Gordon County. Daughter of the late Randolph Preston Roger and Clara Mae Stone Rogers. Susan was a member of the Smyrma Gospel Tabernacle Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Faynette Smith
Jun 6, 2012
Faynette Smith, age 90 of Calhoun, passed away on June 6, 2012 in Hamilton Medical Center. Faynette was born on June 30, 1921 in Cherokee County. Daughter of the late David and Melinda Stanfield Wilson. She was a member of the Echota Baptist Church and was formerly employed by O’Jay’s. She was preceded in death by; her husband, James Howard...
Renia Erwin Williams
Jun 4, 2012
Renia Erwin Williams, age 62 of Calhoun passed away on Monday, June 4, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness. Renia was born on November 27, 1949 in Calhoun. Son of Erwin Williams and Mamie Jo Rickett Williams. He had been employed by ABF Freight for many years and had recently received a Thirty-two year Safe Driver Award. He...
Randall Edwards
Jun 4, 2012
Randall Edwards Lay, age 58 of Calhoun died Monday June 4th at his residence following a sudden attack. Randall was born in Floyd County November 23, 1953, son of the late Henry Grady Lay, Jr. and Bettye Jean Edwards Lay. He loved the outdoors, playing his guitar and especially UGA football. Randall was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist...
Polly Lee Hightower
May 31, 2012
Polly Lee Hightower, age 80 of the Scottsville Community died at 6:00 PM, Thursday, May 31 at her residence. Polly was born in Gordon County, October 2, 1931, daughter of the late Donald Lee Jacks and Mary Langston Jacks. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Hightower, a daughter, Angela Kay Hightower, and two sisters, Patsy Dixon and...
Jerry Ray Tate
May 30, 2012
Jerry Ray Tate, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at his residence. Jerry was born on October 25, 1950 in Gordon County. Son of Linnie Mae Tate and the late Joe Tate. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by; his mother-in-law Billie Pauline Nicholson and his sister Kathy Shoemaker. Survivors include;...
Irene Ward
May 28, 2012
Irene P. Ward, age 90 of Resaca, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012 in Gordon Hospital. Irene was born on January 14, 1922 in Murray County, GA. Daughter of the late William Virgil Parker and Jessie Brackett Parker. Irene was a member of Timms Chapel Church of God and attended Mt. Zion and Resaca Baptist Church. In addition to...
Opel Thomas Brown
May 27, 2012
Mrs. Opel Brown, age 102 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday May 27th in Gordon Health Care. Mrs. Brown was born February 3, 1910 in Murray County, daughter of the late Will and Emma Burks Thomas. She was a member of the Casey Springs Methodist Church and was employed by O-Jay Mills prior to her retirement. Besides her parents she was...
Darlene Surber Sanchez
May 20, 2012
Darlene Surber Sanchez, age 54 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at her residence. Darlene was born on April 19, 1958 in Crummies, KY., daughter of the late John M. Surber and Stella Smith Surber. She was preceded in death by one sister, Vickie Surber McCallister. Survivors include; her husband, Mauro Sanchez Rodriquez of Calhoun, two sons;...
Hattie Pearl Wyatt
May 13, 2012
Hattie Pearl Horn Wyatt, 74, wife of Henry F. “Hank” Wyatt, of the Scottsville Community, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012. She was a retired SFC in the United States Army. She and Hank met in Masione Fort Orlean’, France, came back to the states and were married April 2, 1966, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, MD. Hattie was...
Wilburn "Tooter" Tate
May 12, 2012
Wilburn “Tooter” Tate, 72 of Sugar Valley, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Gordon Hospital after an extended illness. Tooter was born on May 23, 1939 in Gordon County. He was the son of Walter and Beatrice Silvers Tate. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers Tommy and Dodge Tate of Sugar Valley....
Edward Michael Fitz
May 12, 2012
Edward Michael Fitz, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Gordon Health Care. Edward was born on March 26, 1924 in Detroit, MI. Son of the late Michael Fitz and Blanche Krzak Fitz. He was of the Catholic faith and served in the United States Army during WWII. Prior to retirement he was employed by...
Jimmie Nell Smith
May 9, 2012
Jimmie Nell Smith, age 85 of Plainville, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at her residence. Jimmie was born on April 17th in Carroll County, GA. Daughter of the late Wylie Washington Garnette and Emma Marion Smith Garnette. Jimmie was a member of the Shannon Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Bertha Mae Stanley Dupree
May 8, 2012
Bertha Mae Stanley Dupree, age 85, of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday May 8th in Gordon Hospital. Bertha was born May 15, 1926 in Henegar, Alabama, daughter of the late Tom Stanley and Senie Dean Stanley. She was a charter member of the Tabernacle of Praise. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her two sisters, Ruby Gravitt and...
Roland Bryson
May 7, 2012
Roland Bryson, age 78 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, May 7, 2012 in Gordon Health Care. Roland was born on October 21, 1933 in Chattooga, GA. Son of the late Grady W. Bryson and Tiney Garrett Bryson. Roland was a member of the Gospel Light Baptist Church in Walkertown, NC, but has been a resident of Gordon County for...
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