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Celestia Farris

Celestia Farris

Aug 21, 2009

Celestia Farris Cox, age 82, of Calhoun. Died Saturday morning August 22, 2009 at her residence following several months of declining health. Celestia was born in Gilmer County, October 30, 1926. Daughter of the late John Henry and Fannie Mae Pinson Troglin. She had spent most of her life in Gordon County and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church....

Shirley Ann Hall

Shirley Ann Hall

Aug 21, 2009

Mrs. Shirley Hall, age 58, of Calhoun. Died Friday evening August 21st in the Specialty Hospital of Floyd Medical Center. Shirley was born in Gordon County February 12, 1951. Daughter of the late Floyd and Geneva Parker Silvers. She attended the Holiness Church of Christ in the Red Bud Community and was a former employee of the Bostik Corporation. Survivors...

Calvin "C L" Lee Lackey

Calvin "C L" Lee Lackey

Aug 19, 2009

Mr. Calvin Lee “C.L.” Lackey, age 80, of Calhoun. Died Wednesday morning August 19th at his residence. C.L. was born in Gordon County February 28, 1929. Son of the late Thomas Columbus and Mandia Reece Lackey. He was a member of the Hall Memorial Baptist Church and a veteran of the United States Army. Fafnir Bearing employed him prior to...

Danny Fred Davis

Danny Fred Davis

Aug 17, 2009

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Mr. Danny Fred Davis age 61 of Cedar Hill Drive, Calhoun, died Monday evening in the Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Danny was born in Rogersville, Tn. on Feb. 21, 1948 son of the late Fred and Mary Johnson Davis. He had lived in Calhoun for a number of years where he worked at OMC for 15...

J. R. Fuller

J. R. Fuller

Aug 16, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009 Mr. J.R. Fuller, age 86 of the Rock Creek Community died at 7:10 PM, Sunday, August 16, 2009 at his residence. JR was born in Gordon County, October 11, 1922, a son of the late John Robert Fuller and Lucille Parks Fuller. Two sisters, Illa Hyde and Virginia Sewell and a brother Meban Fuller, also preceded...

Eleanor Ruth Turbeville

Eleanor Ruth Turbeville

Aug 13, 2009

Mrs. Eleanor Ruth Turbeville, age 86, of Calhoun. Died Thursday morning August 13th in Gordon Health Care. Mrs. Turbeville was born in Chicago, IL. January 8, 1923. Daughter of the late Anthony and Anna Beatty Madasa. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, who prior to her retirement had worked as a Ward Clerk for the Jefferson, Wisconsin County...

Thomas Franklin "Frank" Jones

Thomas Franklin "Frank" Jones

Aug 11, 2009

Thomas Funeral Home 535 Red Bud Road Calhoun, Georgia 30701 706-629-2832 Mr. Thomas Franklin “Frank” Jones, age 71, of Adairsville. Died Tuesday evening August 11th in Gordon Hospital. Frank was born in Walker County on December 31, 1937. Son of the late Gus Lloyd and Janie Mae Watson Jones. He was a member of the Salem Baptist Church and was...

Linda Ann Brogdon

Linda Ann Brogdon

Aug 6, 2009

Friday, August 07, 2009 Miss Linda Ann Brogdon, age 58 of Calhoun died Thursday evening, August 6, at Gordon Health care following an extended illness. She was born in Gordon County, October 14, 1950, daughter of the late Ellsworth Kemp Brogdon and Virginia Mae Burdette Brogdon. She was a lifetime resident of Calhoun, a graduate of Calhoun High School Class...

Donald "Butch" Dixon

Donald "Butch" Dixon

Aug 6, 2009

Thomas Funeral Home 535 Red Bud Road Calhoun, Georgia 30701 706-629-2832 Mr. Donald E. “Butch” Dixon, age 63, of the Rydal community. Died Thursday evening August 6th in the Emory University Hospital. Donald was born in Gordon County June 22,1946. Son of the late Donald Hue and Lillie Bell Garrett Dixon. He was a computer engineer with One Source Computer...

Glinda Sutton

Glinda Sutton

Aug 3, 2009

Monday, August 03, 2009 Mrs. Glinda Sutton age 60 of 136 Rustic View Drive, Chatsworth, Ga, died Monday morning August 3rd. at her residence. Glinda was born in Gordon County March 21, 1949 daughter of the late Roy F. and Opal Alline Withrow Choate. She had resided in Chatsworth for the past 25 years, was a member of the Oostanaula...

Joseph "Joe" Edward Kilpatrick

Joseph "Joe" Edward Kilpatrick

Jul 31, 2009

Saturday, August 01, 2009 Mr. Joe Kilpatrick, age 89, of Sugar Valley. Died Friday afternoon July 31st in the Specialty Hospital of Floyd Medical Center. Joe was born November 2, 1919 in Farmington, Georgia. Son of the late Charlie and Florence Greenway Kilpatrick. He was employed as a Quality Control Engineer with Lockheed Aircraft for 34 years prior to his...

Frank "Popsie" Walraven

Frank "Popsie" Walraven

Jul 27, 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Mr.Emmett Franklin (Frank) “Popsie”_ Walraven, age 77 of Calhoun, died Monday, July 27th. at 4:00 P.M. at his residence after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Gordon County on June 22, 1932, the son of the late Emmett and Ida Brown Walraven. He was a lifelong resident of Gordon County and was an...

Sammy Joe Barnette

Sammy Joe Barnette

Jul 27, 2009

Thursday, July 30, 2009 Sammy Joe Barnette, age 63, of Gordon County. Died Monday July 27th at Saint Luke Hospital in Kansas City, MO. following a sudden attack. Sammy Joe was born in Gordon County April 11, 1946. Son of the late William Clifford and Ruby Jo Rickett Barnette. He was employed at the time of his death by Textile...

Robert L. Kinman

Robert L. Kinman

Jul 25, 2009

Sunday, July 26, 2009 Mr. Robert L. “Bob” Kinman, age 84 of Resaca died Saturday, July 25 at his residence. Robert was born, May 31, 1925 in Gordon County, son of the late Robert B. Kinman and Fannie Mae Robbins Kinman. He was a retired employee of the Whitfield County Road Department; a member of the Resaca Masonic Lodge #...

Marcilene Whitaker

Marcilene Whitaker

Jul 24, 2009

July 24, 2009 Miss Marcilene “Marcie” Whitaker, age 57 of Calhoun, Georgia died at 12:40 PM, Friday, in Gordon Hospital of Calhoun. Marcie was born, March 4, 1952 in Hazel Park, Michigan, daughter of the late Morris S. Whitaker and Nell Humphrey Whitaker. She had lived in Calhoun since 1989 and had been employed by Marketing Alliance of Calhoun. She...

Wiley Joseph Moore

Wiley Joseph Moore

Jul 23, 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009 Mr. Wiley Joseph Moore, age 74 and lifetime resident of Gordon County passed away July 22, 2009. He was the son of the late Ernest and Kathleen Moore and was preceded in death by his sister Margaret Moore Burdette and a brother Toby Moore. Mr. Moore was a retired brick mason and was a retired employee...

Margie Louise Davis

Margie Louise Davis

Jul 23, 2009

Friday, July 24, 2009 Mrs. Margie L. Davis, age 84 of Calhoun died at 4:00 AM, July 23 at her residence following an extended illness. Margie was born in Gordon County, July 14, 1925, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Grady Taylor. Her husband, Ford Davis, a sister Evelyn Honea and a brother Grady Taylor, Jr. also preceded...

Weston "Ebb" Wright

Weston "Ebb" Wright

Jul 18, 2009

Sunday, July 19, 2009 Mr. Weston Everett “Ebb” Wright, age 94 of Calhoun died at 6:55 P.M. Saturday, July 18 in Cartersville Heights Nursing Home. Ebb was born, July 16, 1915 a son of the late Weston Andrew ”W.A.” Wright and Cora Franklin Wright, and lived most of his life in Gordon County. He was a veteran of WW II,...

Doug Cronan

Doug Cronan

Jul 17, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009 Doug Cronan, age 50 of Ranger died at 9:26 PM Friday July 17. Doug was born, December 2, 1957 in Pickens County, son of John Newman Cronan and the late Barbara Jo Mullinax Cronan. Also, he was preceded in death by a brother, Melvin “Buff” Cronan in 1997. He was formerly employed at Allied Universal of...

Martha Nance Chitwood

Martha Nance Chitwood

Jul 15, 2009

Mrs. Martha Nance Chitwood, age 95, of Resaca. Died Tuesday morning July 15th at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Martha was born at Nance’s Spring in Whitfield County, February 22, 1914. Daughter of the late Robert Charles and Bertie Stroud Nance. She was a homemaker and member of the Resaca Church of Christ. Her husband, Thurman Chitwood preceded...