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Ray Nelson Foster

Ray Nelson Foster

May 1, 2009

Saturday, May 02, 2009 Mr. Ray Foster, age 91, of the Sugar Valley community. Died Friday May 1st at his residence following several months of declining health. Ray was born in Fannin County, Georgia on February 25, 1918. Son of the late John Baxter and Mamie Margaret Gibson Foster. He enjoyed hunting and was a veteran of WWII serving in...

Elizabeth Barton

Elizabeth Barton

Apr 30, 2009

Memorial services will be conducted at a later date.

Geraldine Dempsey

Geraldine Dempsey

Apr 25, 2009

Mrs. Geraldine Hays Dempsey, age 95 of the Plainview Community passed away at 3:15 AM, Saturday morning, April 25 at her residence. She was born in Bartow County, April 29, 1914, daughter of then late Hiram and Margaret McCarthy Hays. She was preceded in death by her husband, William E. “Bill” Dempsey in 1990, a step-grandson, Chris Reed and a...

Travis Larry Cooper

Travis Larry Cooper

Apr 25, 2009

Sunday, April 26, 2009 Mr. Travis Larry Cooper, age 81 of the Big Springs Community died unexpectedly Saturday, April 25, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Cooper was born in Sand Mt. Alabama on January 14, 1928 son of the late Ernest and Guidea Salmon Cooper. He was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and retired from Cagles Poultry...

Jean Darnell

Jean Darnell

Apr 21, 2009

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Mrs. Ima Jean Nix Darnell age 78 of Calhoun, died at 12:25 P.M. today in Gordon Hosptial. Mrs. Darnell was born in Gordon County on February 3, 1931 daughter of the late Rev. John Harvey Nix Sr. and Bertie Estelle Cooper Nix. She was a lifelong resident of Gordon County was a homemaker and a member...

Little Ricky Montalvo

Little Ricky Montalvo

Apr 20, 2009

Thursday, April 23, 2009 Little Ricky Montalvo , died Monday in Gordon Hosptial. Ricky is survived by his mother and father; Peggy Jones and Antonio Montalvo of Calhoun. A memorial service will be conducted at 4:00 P.M. Thursday from the Chapel of the Gordon Hospital with Chaplin Dave Smith officiating. You may sign the online register book or express private...

Ruby Lee Cagle

Ruby Lee Cagle

Apr 19, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009 Mrs. Ruby Lee West Cagle age 88 of . , Calhoun, and former resident of Calhoun Health Care died Sunday April 19th. in Gordon Hosptial. Mrs. Cagle was born in Gilmer Co. on January 7, 1921 daughter of the late Benjamin Harvey and Pearl Nealey West. She was a homemaker and a member of the Belmont...

Matthew Ryan Lane

Matthew Ryan Lane

Apr 19, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009 Mr. Matthew Ryan Lane, age 31 of Dews Pond Rd., Calhoun, died Sunday at his residence. Matthew was born in Pascagoula, Ms. on April 5, 1978 son of John Floyd and Pamela Jo Dumas Lane who survive him. He had been a resident of Gordon county since 1988 and had been formerly employed by Mohawk Carpets....

Eugene Langley

Eugene Langley

Apr 17, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009 Mr. Eugene Langley, age 76, of Calhoun. Died Friday morning April 17th at 5:55am in the Redmond Regional Hospital following several months of declining health. Eugene was born in Floyd County April 15, 1933. Son of the late Frank C. and Florence Ellis Langley. He was employed in the carpet industry prior to his retirement and...

Robbie "Bobbie" Mathews

Robbie "Bobbie" Mathews

Apr 10, 2009

Friday, April 10, 2009 Mrs. Robbie (Bobbie) Starr Mathews, age 79, of Calhoun, passed away on Friday April 10th. Following an extended illness. Bobbie was active in the First United Methodist Church, which was a centerpiece in her life. Bobbie dearly loved her family, her friends, and Calhoun, the community she called home. A third generation Calhoun native, Bobbie was...

Jimmy Ted Cornwell

Jimmy Ted Cornwell

Apr 6, 2009

Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Mr. Jimmy Ted Cornwell, age 71, of the Ranger community died at his residence Monday morning April 6th following several months of declining health. Mr. Cornwell was born in Gordon County, April 28, 1937. Son of the late Charlie Andrew and Pearl Ella Lee Frady Cornwell. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Hylkje "Hilda" Middendorp

Hylkje "Hilda" Middendorp

Apr 4, 2009

Saturday, April 04, 2009 Hylkje (pronounce Hilda) Middendorp, age 90, of Calhoun. Died Saturday morning April 4th at her residence. Hilda was born in Friesland, Holland on August 19, 1918. Daughter of the late Wiebe and Hendrikje Van Hes Middendorp. She was a register nurse and member of the Calhoun Seventh-Day Adventist Church. She is survived by her brother; Wiebe...

Nick Whitener

Nick Whitener

Mar 30, 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Mr. Nick Whitener, age 49, of Fairmount. Died Monday evening March 30th in Erlanger Medical Center following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Nick was born in Gordon County February 11, 1960. Son of Muril and Evelyn Smith Whitener. Nick had lived in Cincinnati, Bristol, and Sand Mountain before moving back to Gordon County 21 years...

Retha Poarch

Retha Poarch

Mar 29, 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009 Mrs. Retha Pritchard Poarch, age 79, of Calhoun, passed away March 29th. 2009 in Gordon Hospital following a short illness. She was born in Fannin County, Ga. on Dec. 13, 1929 daughter of the late Wilson and Sarah Davenport Foster, but had resided in Calhoun for 53 years. She was a long time member of the...

Gertis Goswick

Gertis Goswick

Mar 27, 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009 Mr. Gertis Goswick, age 79 of the Plainville Community died peacefully Friday, March 27, after a brief illness in Gordon Hospital. Mr. Goswick or Papaw as he was lovingly called was born in Gordon County, June 19, 1929, a son of Eugene and Lizzie McEntyre East Goswick. He was a lifelong resident of Plainville and was...

Mattie Sue Seritt

Mattie Sue Seritt

Mar 26, 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009 Mrs. Mattie Sue Seritt age 92 of 735 Mountain Loop N.W., Sugar Valley, Ga., died Thursday March 26th. at her residence . Mrs. Seritt was born in Gordon County on Nov. 29, 1916 daughter of the late Lee and Dora Dean Miller and had spent her entire life here. She was a member of the Sugar...

Marcella McLarty

Marcella McLarty

Mar 25, 2009

Memorial services will be conducted at at later date.

June McEntyre

June McEntyre

Mar 25, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Mrs. June McEntyre age 74 of Plainville, Ga., died Wednesday March 25th. in Redmond regional Medical Center. June was born in Gordon county on April 30, 1934 daughter of the late William Edgar and Marguerite Mae Floyd Brown and had spent her entire life here. She was a member of the Unity Baptist Church in Plainville...

Melissa Wilkey Mills

Melissa Wilkey Mills

Mar 24, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Melissa Ann Wilkey Mills age 46 of 110 Richardson Rd., Calhoun, died Tuesday March 24th. in the Heartland Hospice in Cartersville. Melissa was born in Gordon County on March 15, 1963 daughter of Paul Wilkey and Barbara Ann Wyatt. She was a Waitress and was of the Church of God Faith. She was preceded in death...

Archie Lynn DeFoor

Archie Lynn DeFoor

Mar 23, 2009

Mr. Archie Lynn DeFoor, age 47, of the Resaca community. Died Monday afternoon March 23rd at his residence. Mr. DeFoor was born September 24, 1961 in Gordon County, son of the late J.E. and Ada Lou Wilbanks DeFoor. He was called to preach the gospel at the age of 16 and was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church....