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Nancy Jane Jackson
Mar 8, 2017
Nancy Jane Jackson, age 90, of Calhoun and formerly of Gulfport, Mississippi, passed away Wednesday morning March 8th in the Gordon Health Care Center. Nancy was born August 7, 1926 in Smith County, Mississippi, daughter of the late Daniel Herman Landrum and Rena Adcox Landrum. She was a homemaker and member of the Baptist faith. Besides her parents she was...

Lori Moss
Mar 8, 2017
Lori Moss, age 50 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at her residence. Lori was born on October 4, 1966 in Whitfield County to Helen Greeson Moss Stewart and the late Douglas W. “Pete” Moss. Lori is survived by her mother and step-father, Helen Moss Stewart and Carlton Stewart; brother, Jimmy Moss and his wife, Dale; niece,...

Barry McMilleon
Mar 6, 2017
Barry McMilleon, age 45 of Salem, Alabama and formerly of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017 in Emory University Hospital. Barry was born on October 19, 1971 in Hodge, Louisiana, a son of Samuel Barry McMilleon and the late Edna Scott Paul. He was employed by Letica Corporation of Selma. Barry is survived by his wife, Tanya James...

Patricia "Pat" Blount
Mar 5, 2017
Patricia “Pat” Blount, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at her residence. Pat was born on October 2, 1940 in Alexandria, VA to the late J.B. and Mary Ann Parker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Blount; daughter, Mary Ann Priest; and sister, Ann Coleman. Pat is...

Steve Burgess
Mar 4, 2017
Steve Burgess, age 51, of Calhoun, passed away Saturday March 4th at his residence. Steve was born February 24, 1966 in Floyd County, son of the late Willard Burgess and Betty Jo Bennett Burgess. He was a self-employed painter and member of the Hall Memorial Baptist Church. Besides his parents in was preceded in death by three brothers; Ray Alton...

Gwendolyn Guess Penley
Mar 2, 2017
Gwendolyn Guess Penley, age 93 of Ranger, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at her residence. Gwendolyn was born on April 9, 1923 in Gordon County to the late Mike Dewey Guess and Alice Lee Owens Guess. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jess Willard Penley. She attended Fairview Church of God....

Gregory "Greg" Eugene McEntyre
Mar 1, 2017
Gregory (Greg) Eugene McEntyre passed away on March 1, 2017, due to complications of open heart surgery. Greg was born on November 9, 1960 to Robert Wayne “Pruney” McEntyre, Jr. and the late Jackie Smith McEntyre. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his grandmother, Pearl Ray McEntyre; grandfather, Wayne McEntyre, Sr.; and grandmother, Mable Everett....

Charles S. Greene
Feb 28, 2017
Charles Simpson Greene, age 92 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his residence. Charles was born on August 2, 1924 in Ranger, Georgia, son of the late Leroy Simpson Greene and Rosa Bell Blalock Greene. Charles was an honor graduate of Fairmount High School in 1941 and attended Berry College for one year before being drafted...

Debbie Miller
Feb 26, 2017
Debbie Miller, age 58 of Fairmount, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at her residence. Debbie was born on July 23, 1958 in Dahlonega, GA to the late John Henry Rider and Callie Marian Beasley Rider. Debbie grew up in Dahlonega, and moved to Gordon County in 1988. Debbie is survived by her husband, Marvin Bryan Miller of Fairmount;...

Norman Doyle Malone
Feb 26, 2017
Norman Malone, age 89 of the Sugar Valley community, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his residence. Norman was born on June 12, 1927 in Sugar Valley, son of the late Isaac Buford Malone and Mary Carter Malone. He was a member of the Sugar Valley Baptist Church and the Sugar Valley Masonic Lodge # 733. Norman also...

Wilma Worley Ingle
Feb 23, 2017
Wilma Worley Ingle, age 86 of Dalton and formerly of Calhoun, passed away on February 23, 2017 in Gordon Hospital. Wilma was born on July 12, 1930 in Resaca to the late Vernon Worley and Julia Sorrell Worley. She was a retired nurse for Hamilton Medical Center. Wilma was survived by her two sons, Ron M. Ingle and his wife...

Ruby Virginia Weir
Feb 20, 2017
Ruby Virginia Weir, age 97 of Dalton, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017 in Morning Pointe Assisted Living of Calhoun. Ruby was born on February 1, 1920 in Ruth, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late John Rumfelt and Lula Freeman Rumfelt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis E....

Marshall Jordan Tatum
Feb 19, 2017
Marshall Jordan Tatum, age 55 of Ranger, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at his residence. Marshall was born on July 6, 1961 in Gordon County, GA. He was the son of Jordan Eli Tatum and Elizabeth Silvers Tatum. He was a graduate of Red Bud High School, and employed by Lockheed Aircraft. Marshall was an avid NASCAR fan,...

Alton "Bud" Harris
Feb 17, 2017
Alton “Bud” Harris, age 92 of Chatsworth, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017 at his residence. Bud was born on May 15, 1924 in Gordon County, to the late Henry Harris and Ella Brown Harris. Alton Harris was a lifelong resident of Gordon county where he grew up with his family on a farm off of Hwy 53 were...

Kevin Leonel Diaz
Feb 13, 2017
Kevin Leonel Diaz, age 17 months of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017 in Gordon Hospital. Kevin was born on August 27, 2015 in Floyd Hospital. He was the son of Miguel Angel Diaz Morales and Aracelie Montanez Garcia. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Sergio Garcia; and sister, Naylea Garcia. A Funeral...

Charles Maple
Feb 13, 2017
Charles Maples, age 75 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017 in Gordon Hospital. Charles was born on January 11, 1942, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patrick Maples. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister. Charles enjoyed fishing, and was a loving husband and father. Charles is survived by...

Brock Troupe
Feb 11, 2017
Brock Troupe, age 40, of Dalton and formerly of Calhoun, passed away Saturday February 11th at his residence. Brock was born August 20, 1976 in Coffee County, Georgia, son of Jimmy C. Troupe and Dianne Hutto Troupe. He was the owner of Brock Poultry and attended Liberty Baptist Church on Tibbs Bridge Road in Dalton. Brock was an athlete who...

Ruth Colquitt Owings
Feb 11, 2017
Mrs. Ruth C. Owings, age 97 of the Fog Road Community, Resaca, died Saturday, February 11 in Gordon Health Care following an extended illness. Ruth was born in Cedartown, January 27, 1920, daughter of the late John T. Colquitt and Annie Liddelle West Colquitt. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Henry H. Owings, Jr. on October 26,...

Ronald Merrill Dobbs
Feb 7, 2017
Ronald Merrill Dobbs passed away on February 7, 2017 in his home in Calhoun, Georgia. He was born in Gordon County on April 29, 1929, the son of the late Etta Moss Dobbs and Frank Johnston Dobbs. Merrill was married to Barbara Parsons Dobbs for 64 years until her passing in 2014. Merrill is survived by his sister, Marjorie Dobbs...

Maxine Mashburn
Feb 5, 2017
Maxine King Mashburn, age 85 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at her residence. Maxine was born on December 26, 1931 in Calhoun to the late Emmett King and Mary King. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother, Harold and sister, Sara. She attended Mount Zion Baptist Church. Maxine is survived...
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