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Deskie Margaret Hale

Deskie Margaret Hale

Feb 14, 2010

Mrs. Margaret Deskie (Amos) Hale age 89 of the Oak Grove Community Gordon County, Georgia passed away Sunday February 14, 2010 at her home following several months of declining health. She was born in Sumter County, Georgia daughter of the late Charlie Clifford Amos and Deskie Jane (Arnold) Amos. She grew up in Bartow County, Georgia and for the past...

Phillip Emeal Williams

Phillip Emeal Williams

Feb 13, 2010

Friday, February 19, 2010 Mr. Phillip Emeal Williams age 80, a resident of Calhoun since 2001, was called to rest on Sabbath February 13th at Hamilton Hospital in Dalton following complications from pneumonia. Phillip was born in Mexico City, Mexico on May 17, 1929, son of the late Esther M. and John A. Williams; who were residing as missionaries from...

Marjorie Leary

Marjorie Leary

Feb 12, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010 Mrs. Marjorie Emiline Leary, age 85 of Calhoun, died Friday Feb. 12th. in Gordon Hosptial. Mrs. Leary was born in Michigan on Feb, 15, 1924 daughter of the late Glenn D. and Mildred Fancher Lake. She was a homemaker and a member of the Calhoun First Presbyterian Church and was a member of the Eastern Star...

Mary Elizabeth Watkins

Mary Elizabeth Watkins

Feb 12, 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010 Mary Harris Watkins, age 91, of Calhoun. Died Friday morning February 12th at her residence. Mary was born in Gordon County July 4, 1918. She was the last living child of the late Mr. and Mrs. Issac Landrum Harris. She was a homemaker and she had made her profession of faith at Blackwood Springs Baptist Church...

Dixie Hobgood

Dixie Hobgood

Feb 7, 2010

Monday, February 08, 2010 Mrs. Dixie Wright Hobgood, age 91 of Calhoun died at 12:30 PM, Sunday, February 07, 2010 at her residence. Dixie was born February 8, 1918 in Fulton County, daughter of the late Robert L. Wright and Ruth Nance Wright. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank M. Hobgood, September 26, 1991 and two...

Martha Lee Bagwell

Martha Lee Bagwell

Feb 3, 2010

February 4, 2010 Mrs. Martha Lee Kisselburg Bagwell, age 77 of Calhoun, died Wednesday evening Feb. 3rd. at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Bagwell was born in Gordon County on Oct. 16, 1932 daughter of the late Herman and Viola Boswell Kisselburg and had spent her entire life here. She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church...

Mabel Annette Wright

Mabel Annette Wright

Feb 2, 2010

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Mrs. Mabel Wright, age 63, of Resaca. Died Tuesday evening February 2nd in the Hamilton Medical Center. Mabel was born in Gilmer County, August 19, 1946. Daughter of the late Clifford and Hazel Parks Davis, Jr.. She was employed by Hamilton Medical Center as a home health care nurse and was a member of the Resaca...

Roy L. Scott.

Roy L. Scott.

Jan 31, 2010

Monday, February 01, 2010 Mr. Roy L. Scott, age 53, of Calhoun. Died Sunday January 31 at his residence. Roy was born in Galesburg IL on Feb 7, 1956. Son of the late Edward Lewis and Maulde Edith Lundgreen Scott, and had been a resident of Calhoun for several years. He was a member of the St. Timothy Ep. Church....

Christine C. Lines

Christine C. Lines

Jan 30, 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010 Mrs. Christine C. Lines of Charleston , S.C. and formerly of Calhoun died Saturday Morning January 30th. in Charleston. She was born on August 29, 1922 in Calhoun, Ga. daughter of the late Roscoe S. and Edith Green Cornelison. She was a retired nurse’s assistant and x-Ray technician and was a member of the Sylvania Ga,...

Elaine S. Washington

Elaine S. Washington

Jan 29, 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010 Elaine S. Washington, age 64, of Calhoun. Died Friday evening January 29th, in Gordon Health Care. Elaine was born in Gordon County February 19, 1945. She had spent all of her life in Calhoun and had worked at Astro Dye prior to her retirement. Elaine was preceded in death by her mother Willie Nell Starr. She...

Betty L. Weaver Greene

Betty L. Weaver Greene

Jan 29, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010 Mrs. Betty L. Weaver Greene, age 68, of Calhoun. Died Friday January 29th at her home surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born in Gordon County January 5, 1942. Daughter of the late Lloyd Willard and Irene Heath Weaver. After graduating from Dalton High School in 1960 she married her high school sweetheart the following...

Ottilie Theresa Norrell

Ottilie Theresa Norrell

Jan 28, 2010

Mrs. Theresa Norrell, 92, of Calhoun, died Thursday January 28th following several months of declining health. Mrs. Norrell was born in Atlanta on December 22, 1917 daughter of the late Claude Lemke, Sr. and Ruth Freeman Lemke. She worked for many years in the Corporate offices of Aetna Insurance Company. She spent the past 35 years of her life in...

Jesse "J.D." David Anderson

Jesse "J.D." David Anderson

Jan 25, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Mr. Jesse David “J.D.” Anderson, age 88, one of Calhoun’s well-known businessman and community leader. Died Monday evening January 25th in Gordon Hospital. J.D. was born in Madison County, Georgia, September 10, 1921. Son of the late Jesse David and Allie Lavonia Threkeld Anderson, Sr. After graduating from the Georgia Military College in 1939. He was...

Doris Elizabeth Gravitt

Doris Elizabeth Gravitt

Jan 23, 2010

Sunday, January 24, 2010 Mrs. Doris Elizabeth Gravitt, 89, of the Sonoraville Community died Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 9:10 a.m. at Northeast Georgial Medical Center In Gainesville, Ga. She died from complications of surgery that she endured on January 17, 2010. She was born in Gordon County on February 12, 1920. She was the daughter of the late Balius...

Dorothy "Dot" Loftin

Dorothy "Dot" Loftin

Jan 20, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010 Mrs. Dorothy “Dot” Loftin 83 of the Alabama Hwy S.W., Rome, Ga. died at 12:30 A.M. January 20th. at the Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Loftin was preceded in death by her husband “Shorty” Owen Loftin in 1969, and several brothers and sisters. She is survived by three children; Sandra Loftin Evers (Billy) of Douglasville, Ga....

Pauline Johnson

Pauline Johnson

Jan 20, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010 Mrs. Pauline S. Johnson 90 of Oakman, Ga. died Wednesday January 20th. in Gordon Health Care Center following an extended illness. She devoted her life to the care of her family. Mrs. Johnson was born in Pickens County on Sept. 21, , 1919 daughter of the late Virgil and Minnie Allen Silvers and had spent the...

Mable Harris

Mable Harris

Jan 16, 2010

Saturday, January 16, 2010 Mrs. Mabel Andrews Harris, age 81 of the Ranger Community died at 10:55 AM, Saturday, January 16 following several weeks of illness. Mabel was born in Gordon County, August 3, 1928, daughter of the late Mack A. Andrews and Dorothy Davenport Andrews. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Harris, a daughter, Linda...

Alton "Bucky" Monroe

Alton "Bucky" Monroe

Jan 10, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Mr. Alton M. “Bucky” Fox, age 73 of Calhoun died Sunday evening in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Bucky was born, April 1, 1936 in Gordon County, son of the late, Asa M. Fox and Ruth Gaines Fox. He was formerly employed by Backing, Inc. and Firestone as plant manager. He was a member of the Belmont...

Holli Rae Knight

Holli Rae Knight

Jan 3, 2010

Miss. Holli Rae Knight, age 47 of Calhoun, died Sunday January 3rd. following a sudden attack suffered at her residence. Holli was born in Gordon County on December 18, 1962 daughter of the late Seth Utah Knight and Charlotte Prater Knight who survives her. She was a member of the Meadowdale Baptist Church were she was very active with the...

Lottie Mae McCarty

Lottie Mae McCarty

Dec 28, 2009

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Mrs. Lottie Mae Bell McCarty age 78 OF 473 Mt. Vernon Drive, Calhoun, Ga, died at her residence on December 28, 2009. Lottie was born in Gordon County on April 3, 1931 daughter of the late Wayne Blake and Jessie Ruth Crawley Bell and was a lifelong resident of Gordon County. Lottie retired after working for...