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Francis Virginia Chitwood

Francis Virginia Chitwood

Mar 17, 2009

March 17, 2009 Francis Virginia Cox Chitwood May 6, 1914- March 17, 2009 Widow of Ralph L Chitwood, died August 19, 1963 Daughter of William Thomas and Myrtle Gwin Cox Born in Oostanaula Community, but spent most of her life in Sugar Valley. Married November 30, 1935 to Ralph Lambert Chitwood. Member of the Sugar Valley Old Methodist Church. Finished...

Ronald Ceal Neal

Ronald Ceal Neal

Mar 14, 2009

Sunday, March 15, 2009 Mr. Ronald Ceal Neal, age 63 of Resaca, died Saturday morning March 14th. at his residence in Resaca. Ronald was born in Gordon County on Feb. 12, 1946 son of the late John Crawford Neal and Sarah Kathryn Caldwell Meadows who survives him. He was a landscaper and gardner, was a member of the American Legion...

Ruth Stanley Bryant

Ruth Stanley Bryant

Mar 9, 2009

Monday, March 09, 2009 Ruth E. Bryant, age 75 of Calhoun died Monday in Redmond Regional Medical Center of Rome. Ruth was born in Jackson County, Alabama, January 28, 1934, daughter of the late Alfred Stanley and Florence Sanford Stanley. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Bryant in 1991, and several brothers and sisters, German, Red,...

Waymon Emil Chastain

Waymon Emil Chastain

Mar 9, 2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Waymon Emil Chastain, age 62 of Calhoun died at 8:25 AM, Monday in Gordon Hospital. Waymon had lived most of his life in Gordon County and was a Baptist. He is survived by two sons, Waymon Curtis Chastain of Fairmount and Russell Heath Chastain of Burbank, California, three daughters, Ann Yvette Chastain of Cedartown, Susan Renee...

John Madison Murray

John Madison Murray

Mar 8, 2009

Monday, March 09, 2009 Mr. John Madison Murray Jr., age 52 of the Red Bud Community died at 2:30 AM, Sunday, March 8 at his residence. John was born at Griffin, Georgia, March 11, 1956, son of the late John M. Murray, Sr. and Beulah Anderson Murray. During his working life he was a self employed truck driver. Also, he...

Helen W. Kritzler

Helen W. Kritzler

Mar 3, 2009

Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Mrs. Helen Warren Kritzler, age 96, of Calhoun died Tuesday evening March 3rd at her residence following a brief illness. Helen was born in Chattam County, Georgia on June 23, 1912. Daughter of the late Otis and Henrietta Smith Warren. She had worked for the Bank of Venice, Florida before moving to Calhoun in 2001. Helen...

Ruby Jewell Sluder Postell

Ruby Jewell Sluder Postell

Mar 1, 2009

Monday, March 02, 2009 Mrs. Ruby Jewell Sluder Postell, age 72 of Dalton, died Sunday evening March 1st in Hamilton Medical Center. Ruby was born in Bartow County December 26, 1936. Daughter of the late Sidney Cornelius and Ruby Lou Martin Sluder. She was a homemaker and had spent most of her life in Whitfield County. Besides her parents she...

Jo Ray McDonald

Jo Ray McDonald

Feb 25, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Mrs. Jo Ray McDonald, age 89 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday morning in Gordon Health Care following several years of declining health. Mrs. McDonald was born in Gordon County on May 28, 1919 daughter of the late James Lewis and Lillie Sutherland Ray and had spent most of her life here. She was a member of...

Buddy A. Jones

Buddy A. Jones

Feb 24, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Mr. Buddy Jones age 71 of 1013 Woodland Street, Centre, Alabama , died Tuesday evening in the Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Al. Buddy was born in Gordon County on Feb. 17, 1938 son of the late Floyd and AlmaWilliams Jones.He had spent most of his life in Calhoun,and moved to Centre, Alabama 10 years ago....

Norma Jean Padgett

Norma Jean Padgett

Feb 23, 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Mrs. Norma Jean Fox Padgett age 69 of 205 Woodland Drive, Calhoun, went to be with the Lord Monday Feb. 23rd. following declining health for the past several years. Norma Jean was born in Gordon county on April 17, 1939 daughter of the late J.N and Daisy Nell Hughey Fox and had spent her entire lifetime...

Edward Bright Holbrook

Edward Bright Holbrook

Feb 23, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009 Mr. Ed Holbrook age 82 of 390 Foster Lusk Rd. Calhoun, died Monday Feb. 23rd. in Gordon Health Care following an extended illness. Ed was born in Cleveland, Tennessee on Feb. 7, 1927 son of the late Gordon Andrew and Verdie Rickett Holbrook and had spent most of his life here. He was a member of...

Lexi Alea Neal

Lexi Alea Neal

Feb 17, 2009

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Little Miss Lexi Alea Neal, Joey and Miranda's Little Angel, age 6 of Calhoun, died Tuesday evening in Kennestone Hospital. Lexie was born in Gordon County on Oct. 23, 2002 daughter of Joseph Eric and Miranda Elaine Warren Neal and had spent her entire life here In addition to her parents she is survived by Grandparents;...

Wayne Carver

Wayne Carver

Feb 16, 2009

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Mr. Wayne Carver age 59 of 140 Summit Drive, Adairsville, died suddenly Monday night in Gordon Hospital following an attack suffered earlier at his residence. Wayne was born in Gordon County on Feb. 21st; 1949 son of the late Clifford Carver and Vera VanDyke Carver who survives him. He was a member of the Northwood Baptist...

Gertrude Slaughter

Gertrude Slaughter

Feb 14, 2009

Monday, February 16, 2009 Mrs. Gertrude M. Slaughter, age 70 of Resaca died Saturday, February 14 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Whitfield County. Gertrude was born, August 7, 1938, in Canyon city, Colorado a daughter of the late Harold May and Gertrude Reddick May. A son, James Dean Slaughter and a grandchild, Marissa Slaughter, and a brother,...

Jewell Miller

Jewell Miller

Feb 14, 2009

Sunday, February 15, 2009 Mrs. Jewell Chastain Miller age 87 of Calhoun, died Saturday Feb. 14th. in the Erlanger Medical Center following a brief illness. Mrs. Miller was born in Fulton County, Ga. on May 22, 1921 daughter of the late Homer Lester and Lois Hunt Chastain. She was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and until retirement...

Thurman William Owen

Thurman William Owen

Feb 13, 2009

Friday, February 13, 2009 Mr. Thurman Owen, age 85, of Calhoun. Died Friday morning February 13th at his residence. Mr. Owen was born in Gordon County August 16, 1923. Son of the late Clyde and Ruby Ferguson Owen. He was a veteran WWII serving in the United States Army. Mr. Owen was employed by Chrysler Corporation for 32 years prior...

Ruth Anne McGarvey

Ruth Anne McGarvey

Feb 9, 2009

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Mrs. Ruth McGarvey, age 58, of Calhoun. Died Monday evening February 9th in the Heartland Hospice House in Cartersville. Ruth was born October 3, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio. Daughter of the late Louis Eugene and Katherine Kroger Moosbrugger. She and her husband had moved here from Cobb County in 2001 where she was an art teacher...

Pauline Peterson

Pauline Peterson

Feb 5, 2009

Thursday, February 05, 2009 Mrs. Pauline Peterson age 78 of 121 Boston Rd. Calhoun, died Wednesday evening in Gordon Hosptial. Mrs. Peterson was born in Gordon County on May 19, 1930 daughter of the late Frank and Ruth Tate Seabolt and was a lifelong resident. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was prededed in death by...

Glenn Alan Cobb

Glenn Alan Cobb

Feb 5, 2009

Feb. 9,2009 Mr. Glenn A. Cobb, 85, died Thursday, February 5,2009 at the Gordon Health Care Center after a lingering illness. He was born May 27, 1923 in Alliance Ohio, son of the late Bereyl G. Cobb and Bessie L. Glass. He was married for over 50 years to the late Eleanor R. Cobb. He attended Alliance City Schools, Fenn...

Lois Rutledge

Lois Rutledge

Feb 4, 2009

Thursday, February 05, 2009 “MaMa” Lois Freeman Rutledge, age 97 the Resaca community died Wednesday evening, February 4, at 8:15 PM in Calhoun Health Care. MaMa Lois was born in Gordon County, October 13, 1911 a daughter of the late Henry Lincoln Freeman and Maude Chitwood Freeman. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband Mack O. Rutledge June...