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Betty Joyce Balliew

Betty Joyce Balliew

Mar 28, 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Mrs. Betty J. Balliew age 58 of Calhoun, died Sunday evening at her residence following an extended illness. Betty was born in Ooglethorpe County, Ga. on Nov. 18, 1951 daughter of the late Cecil Audell Antwine Sr. and Ruby Jewel Lucas Antwine. She had been a resident of Calhoun since 1971 and was a member of...

CPO. Reuben Grant Houchins  USN Retired

CPO. Reuben Grant Houchins USN Retired

Mar 24, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010 Chief Petty Officer Reuben Grant Houchins USNR, age 84, of Plainville. Died Wednesday March 24th in the Redmond Regional Hospital. Chief Houchins was born September 26, 1925 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Son of the late Thomas Grant and Maggie Brazier Houchins. He was retired from the United States Navy after 30 years of services as an...

Evelyn Allene

Evelyn Allene

Mar 18, 2010

Friday, March 19, 2010 Evelyn Allene Lee, age 81, of Calhoun. Died Thursday March 18th at her home following an extended illnesss. Evelyn was born November 14, 1928 in Cleveland, Tennessee. Daughter of the late Clarence and Lena Ann Swafford Lee. She is survived by three daughters; Debbie Jolley Harris and her husband Greg of Resaca, Angie Gillman and her...

Carolyn D. Robinson

Carolyn D. Robinson

Mar 18, 2010

.Thursday, March 18, 2010 Mrs. Carolyn D. Robinson age 74 of Calhoun died Thursday March 18th. following a brief illness. Carolyn was born in Gordon County on Jan 12, 1936 a daughter of the late James H. Davis and Ruby Wyatt Davis.Carolyn was a member of the South Calhoun Baptist Church and was employed at Dobbs and Company Accountants at...

Will Dee Long

Will Dee Long

Mar 15, 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010 Mr. Will Dee Long age 74 of 104 Millers Lane, Calhoun, died suddenly Monday morning at the residence. Will was born in Murray County, Ga. on Jan. 10, 1936 son of the late Hughes Franklin and Bessie Singleton Long but had spent the greater part of his life in Gordon County. He was a retired painter...

Carolyn Whitaker

Carolyn Whitaker

Mar 11, 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010 Carolyn Whitaker age 65, of 578 Gee Rd. N.E. Calhoun died Thursday morning March 11th in Gordon Healthcare following several months of declining health. Carolyn was born in Sparta, Tennessee on Nov. 15, 1944 daughter of the late Morris S. and Nell Humphrey Whitaker. She was retired from R.U.S. Uniform Rentals and was a member of...

Floy Ray

Floy Ray

Mar 10, 2010

Mrs. Floy Dutton Ray of Rome and formerly of Calhoun died Wednesday March 10, 2010. Survivors include her husband of 64 years James B. (Bill) Ray of Calhoun and Rome and son, J. Billie Ray, Jr. and his wife, Carol Blessing Ray of Osprey, FI. and Highlands N.C. and their children: grandson, Christopher James Ray and his wife Karen Rudt...

Tommy Lee Holt

Tommy Lee Holt

Mar 9, 2010

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 Mr. Tommy Lee Holt Sr. age 64 of Sugar Valley, died Tuesday morning at his residence following a brief illness. Tommy was born in Gordon County on Nov. 13, 1945 son of the late Sephus and Wilda Hall Holt. He was retired from the Textile business where he was a sewing machine mechanic. Tommy was a...

Barbara Murphy Wood

Barbara Murphy Wood

Mar 4, 2010

Friday, March 05, 2010 Barbara Murphy Wood, age 63, of Calhoun. Died Thursday March 4th at her residence. Barbara was born in Raleigh County, W.VA. September 30, 1946. Daughter of the late George E. and Audrey Jane Murphy Wood. She was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and the Calhoun High School Class of “64”. Barbara had worked...

Terry Holsomback

Terry Holsomback

Mar 3, 2010

Terry Holsomback, age 62 of Calhoun died at 12:20 PM, Wednesday, March 03, 2010 in the Heritage Health Care of LaFayette. Terry was born in Gordon County, November 17, 1947, son of Frankie Nell Rooney Holsomback and the late Floyd Talmadge Holsomback. He was a graduate of Calhoun High School, Class of 1965; had served in the US Navy; and...

Mary Will Stephens

Mary Will Stephens

Mar 3, 2010

Thursday, March 04, 2010 Mrs. Mary Will Moss Stephens age 95 of Calhoun, died Wednesday evening March 3rd. at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Stephens was born in Gordon County on Oct. 24, 1914 a daughter of the late Columbus “Lum” and Charlcie Madge Slagle Moss. She was a lifelong resident of Calhoun, was a homemaker and a...

Kenneth "Casey" Fields Chapman

Kenneth "Casey" Fields Chapman

Mar 2, 2010

Thursday, March 04, 2010 Mr. Kenneth Fields “Casey” Chapman, Jr. of the Knight Rd. N.E. Ranger, Ga. died Tuesday March 2nd.in Gordon Hospital following a sudden illness. Casey was born in Gordon County on June 18, 1969 son of the late Kenneth Fields Chapman Sr. and Patsy Marisa Rutledge Poarch who survives him. He worked as a pipe fitter in...

Cynthia Darlene DeFoor

Cynthia Darlene DeFoor

Feb 23, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Mrs.. Cynthia Redd “Cindy” DeFoor, age 44 of the Old Rome Dalton, Rd. died Tuesday February 23rd. at her residence following several months of declining health. Cynthia was born Fulton County, Ga. on October 11, 1965 daughter of John and Vivian Hightower Redd. She was a member of the Sugar Valley Baptist Church and had been...

Patsy Ruth Rutherford

Patsy Ruth Rutherford

Feb 23, 2010

Thomas Funeral Home 535 Red Bud Road NE Calhoun, Ga. 30701-1962 Patsy R. Rutherford, age 69 of Calhoun died at 7:32 PM, Tuesday, February 23 in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Patsy was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, October 14, 1940, daughter of the late William L. Brock and Velma Hughes Brock. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Patti Jane Townsend

Patti Jane Townsend

Feb 22, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Mrs. Patti Jane Townsend age 69 of Fairmount. Died Monday evening February 22nd at Starcrest of Cartersville. Patti was born on June 18, 1940 daughter of the late J.W. and Lillian Henry Ratcliff. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oakman Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...

Lee Johnson

Lee Johnson

Feb 16, 2010

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Mr. Lee Johnson age 80 long time City of Calhoun Police Officer, died Tuesday Feb. 16th. in Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga from complications from an auto accident on Feb. 3, 2010. Lee was born in Pickens County, Ga. on Nov. 9, 1929 son of the late Perry Hilan and Emma Lee Tillery Johnson. He retired...

Lois Greeson Johnson

Lois Greeson Johnson

Feb 16, 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010 Mrs. Lois Greeson Johnson, age 88 of Jonesboro and formerly of Gordon County died at 2:37 PM, Tuesday, February 16. Lois was born in Gordon County, May 6, 1921, daughter of the late Claude A. Greeson and Lou Ella Barton Greeson. Her husband, William D. “Bill” Johnson, also preceded her in death September 2002. She was...

Sue Marie Franklin Lewis

Sue Marie Franklin Lewis

Feb 16, 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Mrs. Sue Marie Franklin Lewis, age 79, of Calhoun. Died Tuesday evening February 16th at her residence. Sue Marie was born in Whitfield County December 24, 1930. Daughter of the late Bernard and Mignon Harlan Franklin.She was the wife of the Late John A. Lewis Jr. and was a 1946 graduate of Calhoun High School and...

Lola Seritt

Lola Seritt

Feb 15, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010 Mrs. Lola Seritt age 91 of 212 Timms Rd., Calhoun went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 15, 2010. She was born on Jan. 5, 1919 in Walker County, Alabama, daughter of the late Sidney J. and Josie Shadwick Brumlow. She moved to Gordon County with her family in 1925 and spent the...

John Millard Surber

John Millard Surber

Feb 14, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010 Mr .John Millard Surber, age 77 of 400 Walraven Rd. N.E., Calhoun died unexpectedly Sunday February 14th. 2010. John was born in Cawood Kentucky on August 28, 1932 son of the late Albert and Sally Pace Surber. He had been a resident of Calhoun since 1970, was retired from the Gallion Mfg. Co and was a...