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Thelma Louise Fuller

Thelma Louise Fuller

Jul 8, 2010

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Thelma Louise Fuller, age 66, of the Sugar Valley Community. Died Thursday afternoon July 8th in the Specialty Hospital of Floyd Medical Center. Thelma was born May 8, 1944 in Cherokee County, Alabama. Daughter of Edna Stanley and the late Robert Arnold Stanley.. She was a member of the Calhoun Church of Christ and attended the...

Ervin Dewey Maroney

Ervin Dewey Maroney

Jul 3, 2010

Ervin Dewey Maroney, after being on hospice care for only a short while with cancer. Dewey died Saturday morning July 3rd at his home. He grew up in and around Guntersville, Alabama most of his life moving to Calhoun, Georgia in 1983. He begin working at Horizon Carpet where he retired in 1990. Prior to that he had worked 36...

SPC E4 Charles Caleb Sloan

SPC E4 Charles Caleb Sloan

Jul 2, 2010

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 SPC E4 Charles Calebe Sloan age 23 of Ludowici, Ga. and formerly of Calhoun died Friday July 2, 2010 at Herndon, Virginia. SPC Sloan was born in Calhoun, Ga. on June 2, 1987 son of Charles Sloan,II and Angie Robinson Evans. He was serving in the United States Army where he was a Signal Support System...

Henry Fredrick Grady

Henry Fredrick Grady

Jun 28, 2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Henry Fredrick Grady, age 88, of Calhoun died Monday June 28, 2010, in Gordon Hospital, following a brief illness. Henry was born in Duplin County, North Carolina on April 17, 1922. Son of the late Durham Grady and Glennie Outlaw Grady. He was formerly employed by the US Government as an FBI Agent. In addition to...

Sarah Matlyn Williams

Sarah Matlyn Williams

Jun 24, 2010

Sarah Matlyn Williams, age 11, passed away Thursday morning June 24th at her home surrounded by her family. Sarah was born December 5, 1998. She was a student at Belwood Elementary School and a member of the NorthPointe Church in Adairsville. Sarah's favorite colors were purple, lime-green and black when you wear these colors remember her and her courage. She...

John O'Neal

John O'Neal

Jun 24, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010 John O'Neal Jr., age 55, of Calhoun died Thursday evening June 24th in Erlanger Hospital following a sudden attack suffered at his residence. John was born in Gordon County March 9, 1955. Son of the late John O'Neal Sr. and Hazel Wright O'Neal. He was formerly employed by Metal Container Corporation and was of the Baptist...

Billy "Bill" Eugene Keesler

Billy "Bill" Eugene Keesler

Jun 23, 2010

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Mr. Billy Eugene Keesler age 78 of Knight Rd. Ranger, died Wednesday June 23rd. in Gordon Health Care . Bill Was born in Pontiac Michigan on Sept. 23, 1931 son of the late Albert Ross Keesler and Viola Lucille Mobley Keesler. He was a self employed carpet salesman and installer and was a Non Denominational Minister....

Marie B Fowler

Marie B Fowler

Jun 16, 2010

Mrs. Marie B. Fowler, age 72 of Chicago, Illinois died June 16 in Chicago. She is survived by four children, Ronald Steck, Scott Steck, Tracy Steck and his wife MaryAnn, and Barbara Ouimet; three grandchildren, Krystle, Nicholas, and Nicole, and one great grandchild, Viviana Sanchez; four brothers, Edward, Robert, Frank and his wife Esther, Lawrence and his wife Karen; nieces...

Leo Smith

Leo Smith

Jun 13, 2010

Monday, June 14, 2010 Mt. Jack Leo Smith of Calhoun went home to be with the Lord on Sunday June 13, 2010 in Gordon Hospital. Leo was born in Gordon County on April 15, 1932 son of the late Horace Greeson Smith and Sybil Fuquea Smith and had spent his entire life here. In addition to his parents he was...

Julia Villarreal

Julia Villarreal

Jun 11, 2010

Julia Villarreal age 68 of Calhoun, died Friday June 11, 2010 at her residence. Private Memorial Services will be conducted at a later date.

Velma Ruth Hales

Velma Ruth Hales

Jun 9, 2010

Mrs. Velma Ruth Hales, age 81, of Calhoun. Died Wednesday afternoon June 9th in Lafayette Health Care following an extended illness. Mrs. Hales was born in Pickens County, February 3, 1929. Daughter of the late Edgar B. and Carrie Allen Silvers. She was homemaker and member of the Ball Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Wayne Willard

Wayne Willard

Jun 7, 2010

Mr. Gary Wayne Willard age 44 of Resaca, Ga. died Monday June 7th. 2010 from injuries received in a terrorist attack on his compound in Kandahar Afghanistan. Wayne was born in Rockwood Tennessee on Aug. 13, 1965 son of Gerald Willard and the late Brenda Cook Willard. The early part of his life he resided in Rockwood Tn., but had...

Blankenship Barton

Blankenship Barton

Jun 3, 2010

Geneva Blankenship Barton, age 88, of the Sonoraville Community died at 6:22 PM Thursday June 3 at her residence. Geneva was born in Gordon County, January 28, 1922, daughter of the late Howard Lenvel Blankenship and Gussie Jo Bowles Blankenship. She was a Gordon County native but had lived from 1948 to 1983 in Atlanta. She was a member of...

Helen Mozella Cochran

Helen Mozella Cochran

May 31, 2010

Mrs. Helen M. Cochran, age 90 of Calhoun died at 5:53 PM, Monday, May 31 in Gordon Hospital following an extended illness. Helen was born in Bartow county June 13, 1919, daughter of the late Howard W. Johnson and Thelma Brock Johnson. She was preceded in death by her husband, George V. Cochran November 4, 2000 and a brother, Hugh...

Ronald (Ron) Gary Ralston

Ronald (Ron) Gary Ralston

May 25, 2010

Mr. Ronald "Ron" Gary Ralston, age 57, went home to be with the Lord on May 25th. , at his residence following several years of declining health with cancer. He was surrounded by his friends and family. He was a native of Gordon County, born in Fairmount on August 3, 1952 to the late R. Marshall and Maude Patterson Ralston....

Barbara Weddle

Barbara Weddle

May 23, 2010

Mrs. Barbara Hill Weddle 75 of Calhoun, died Sunday May 23rd in Gordon Hospital. Following several months of decling health. She was born in Jasper Alabama on August 24, 1934 daughter of the late Henry Harding Hill and Willie Bell Higginbotham Hill. She was a home maker and a member of the 1st Baptist Church. She is survived by her...

Ronald Frank Farris

Ronald Frank Farris

May 20, 2010

Mr. Ronald Frank Farris age 38 of Calhoun, died Thursday May 20th. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ronald was born in Gilmer County on April 24, 1972 son of Ronnie Farris who survives him and Deborah Blalock Farris who preceded him in death in 1986. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents; Celestia and Frank Farris. He was employed...

Helen Richards

Helen Richards

May 17, 2010

Ms. Helen Richards 63 of 1809 Everett Springs Rd., Calhoun, died Monday May 17th. at her residence following a brief illness. Helen was born in Pickens County on Sept. 16, 1946 daughter of the late Willie and Peggy Massingill Richards. She was an L.P.N.since 1967 and was employed by Calhoun Health Care. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Staci Lynne Holsomback-Carroll

Staci Lynne Holsomback-Carroll

May 17, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Staci Lynne Holsomback-Carroll, age 38, of Fairmount. Died Monday morning May 17th in Emory University Hospital. Staci was born in Floyd County March 24, 1972. Daughter of John F. Holsomback, Jr. and Linda Crowe Holsomback. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fairmount and was a 1990 graduate of Gordon Central High School....

D.L. Floyd

D.L. Floyd

May 16, 2010

. D. L. (Dagma Leake) Floyd, Jr., age 86, of Atlanta and formerly of Gordon County. Died Sunday May 16th at the Dekalb Medical Center. D.L. was born July 16, 1923 in Floyd County, son of the late Dagma Leake Floyd, Sr. and Naomi Marie Barton Floyd. He graduated from the University of Georgia and did his graduate studies at...