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Corey "Alex" Dobbs

Corey "Alex" Dobbs

Aug 31, 2010

Corey "Alex" Dobbs, age 15, of Calhoun. Died Tuesday August 31st at his residence. Alex was born March 29, 1995 in Austell, Georgia. Son of Serena Ann Manning Coats and the late Edward Larry Dobbs. He was a 10th grade student at Gordon Central High School where he had played football. Alex had many friends and was an excellent student....

Zebulon "Zeb" Johnston Thompson

Zebulon "Zeb" Johnston Thompson

Aug 28, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010 Zeb Thompson, age 88 of Calhoun died Saturday evening, August 28 at his residence following an unexpected illness. He was born in Gordon County, October 19, 1921, son of the late John Andrew Thompson and Maude McKinley Sitton Thompson. Also he was preceded in death by his wife, Mozelle Black Thompson, June 13, 2007. He had...

Dorothy Louise Crowder

Dorothy Louise Crowder

Aug 25, 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010 Mrs. Dorothy Louise Crowder, age 78 of Calhoun, died Wednesday August 25 in Gordon Health Care following and extended illness. Dorothy was born in Cobb County on November 17, 1931. Daughter of the late Roy Mathis and Lilly Clonts Mathis. She was of the baptist faith and has been a residence of Gordon County for the...

William Arnold Land

William Arnold Land

Aug 23, 2010

Monday, August 23, 2010 Mr. Arnold Land, age 88, of the Sugar Valley community. Died Monday morning August 23rd at his residence. Arnold was born in December 19, 1923 in Young Harris, Georgia. Son of the late Arthur and Mary Ann Woody Land. Prior to his retirement he was employed in the carpet industry and was a member of the...

Jewel Brown

Jewel Brown

Aug 15, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Mrs. Jewel Owen Brown age 91 of Calhoun, died Sunday evening in Calhoun Health Care Center following an extended illness. Jewel was born in Gordon County on Dec. 7, 1918 daughter of the late John and Ada Buford Owen. She was a member of the Echota Baptist Church and prior to her retirement she was employed...

Ruth Everett Thompson

Ruth Everett Thompson

Aug 14, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010 Mrs. Ruth Everett Thompson age 93, formerly of Gordon County, died August 14 in Provo, Utah. Ruth was born in Erwin County Georgia on July 25, 1917. She was the daughter of the late Wesley Eugene Everett and Dora Brown Everett. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Albert Isaac Thompson, who...

Mae West Blalock Pruitt

Mae West Blalock Pruitt

Aug 13, 2010

Mrs. Mae West Pruitt, age 92 of Calhoun died at 7:46 PM, Friday, August 13 in Gordon Health Care of Calhoun. Mrs. Pruitt was born, June 27, 1918 in Gilmer County, daughter of the late Harvey West and Pearl Nealy West. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Elmer T. Blalock and her second husband Doyle Pruitt. She...

Lynda Joyce Hunter

Lynda Joyce Hunter

Aug 13, 2010

Friday, August 13, 2010 Mrs. Lynda J. Hunter, age 59 of Calhoun died at 5:48 AM, Friday, August 13 in the Etowah Landing Care and Rehabilitation Center of Rome. Lynda was born, June 29, 1951 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Clint Slaughter and Fannie Mae Tucker Slaughter. She was a lifetime resident of Calhoun and was a member...

Maxine Silvers Fuller

Maxine Silvers Fuller

Aug 11, 2010

Maxine Silvers Fuller, age 87, of the Reeves Station Community. Died Wednesday August 11th in the Redmond Regional Hospital. Maxine was born January 8, 1923. Daughter of the late Robert Chesley Silvers and Tennie Ethel Crook Silvers. She was a homemaker who had spent her life in Gordon County and was of the Baptist faith. Maxine was preceded in death...

Norris Farriba

Norris Farriba

Aug 10, 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Norris Clifton Farriba, age 84 of Calhoun died at 10:35 AM, Tuesday August 10, in Gordon Health Care following an extended illness. Norris was born July 1, 1926 in Dawson County, Georgia, but had been a resident of Gordon County since 1956. Norris served in the army as PFC in WWII from November 1944 to July...

Maria Cho Teng

Maria Cho Teng

Aug 8, 2010

Monday, August 09, 2010 Maria Cho Teng, age 61 of Calhoun died at 12:17 AM, Sunday, August 8 in Floyd Medical Center of Rome following an extended illness. Maria was born, July 8, 1949 in Taipei, Taiwan, a daughter of the late Hsu Schra-Sun Cho and Chen Tung May Cho. She and her husband, Hai Peng Teng were the owner-operators...

Willie B. Powell

Willie B. Powell

Jul 25, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010 Mr. Willie B. Powell 89 of Fairmount Highway, Calhoun, died early Sunday morning in Gordon Health Care following an extended illness. He was born in Gordon County on Dec. 12, 1920 son of the late Arthur Cylvester and Lena Hitt Powell Boston. He was a lifelong resident of Gordon County; was a retired employee of Echota...

Thomas 'Tommy" Harvey Allen

Thomas 'Tommy" Harvey Allen

Jul 22, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010 Thomas H. "Tom" Allen, age 66 of Calhoun died at 2:28 PM, Thursday, July 22 in the National Health Care Center of Fort Oglethorpe. Tom was born in Gordon County, November 16, 1943, son of the late William Thomas Allen and Christine Holcomb Allen. He had been employed as an environmental health inspector for Whitfield County...

Dorothy Jean Stanley

Dorothy Jean Stanley

Jul 22, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010 Dorothy King Stanley, age 87, of Calhoun, died Thursday July 22 at her residence. Dorothy was born in Gordon County November 19, 1922. Daughter of the late Henry Grady King and Exa Nix King. Dorothy was a member of Bethany Christian Church of Lawrenceville, GA. She was formerly employed by Canterbury Court. Dorothy was also preceded...

Mable Boston Barton

Mable Boston Barton

Jul 21, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010 Mrs. Mable Boston Barton age 93, of the Sonoraville community , died Wednesday July 21, 2010 in the Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper. Mable was born in Gordon County December 30, 1916. Daughter of the late Henry Felton Boston and Kate Lou Porter Boston. She was the oldest member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and prior...

Etta Lee Carpenter

Etta Lee Carpenter

Jul 19, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Mrs. Etta Lee Carpenter, 85 of Calhoun, died July 19, 2010 at her residence, following a brief illness. Etta was born in Ballplay, Tn on July 19, 1925. She was the daughter of the late Bennie McNabb and Ina Cardin McNabb. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Etta was a member of Maranatha Baptist...

Johnny L. Walraven

Johnny L. Walraven

Jul 19, 2010

Mr. Johnny L. Walraven age 48 of Resaca, died suddenly Monday July 19th, 2010. Mr Walraven was born in Calhoun on March 21, 1962 son of Betty Walraven and the late Lloyd Walraven and had spent his entire life here. He was a member of the White Graves Baptist Church. During his lifetime he was the owner and operator of...

Mildred Ovalene Taylor Pace

Mildred Ovalene Taylor Pace

Jul 18, 2010

Mildred Ovalene Taylor Pace "Aunt Weenie", age 87, of the Fairmount community. Pass away Sunday afternoon July 18th in Gordon Health Care Center. Aunt Weenie was born in Gordon County August 18, 1922. Daughter of the late Robert "Bob" Kelly and Magnolia Savannah Hyde Kelly. She was a member of the Fairmount Church of Christ and besides her parents was...

Bunnie Mae Evans Fite

Bunnie Mae Evans Fite

Jul 17, 2010

Bunnie Mae Evans Fite, age 84, of Calhoun. Died Saturday morning July 17th at Gordon Health Care. Bunnie was born in Floyd County July 15, 1926. Daughter of the late Rush and Rosie Lee Adams Evans. She attended Oostanaula High School and was a member of the Newtown Baptist Church. Besides her parents she was preceded in death her husband...

Charles "Jack" Pershing Thompson

Charles "Jack" Pershing Thompson

Jul 10, 2010

ednesday, July 07, 2010 Charles "Jack" Pershing Thompson, age 91, of Calhoun. Died at his residence Saturday morning July 10th. Following and extended illness. Charles was born May 6, 1919 in Lindale, Georgia. Son of the late John Perry and Varney Weaver Thompson. He had lived for many years in Yonkers, NY and Orlando, FL before moving back to Calhoun...