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Larry Ellis Grider
Jan 1, 2017
Larry Ellis Grider, 73, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at his home in Calhoun. He was born August 11, 1943 to Roy Grider and Esther Elnora Causby Grider Williams. He graduated from Calhoun High School in 1961 where he was a captain on the football team. Larry served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War from 1961-1966 aboard...
Tony DeFoor
Dec 31, 2016
Tony J DeFoor, age 71, of Calhoun passed away suddenly at his residence Saturday, December 31, 2016 after a year of declining health. Tony was born April 8, 1945 in Gordon County, son of the late Baxter Lee DeFoor and Jewel Inez Robbins DeFoor. He attended Antioch Baptist Church and he formally served in the Georgia National Guard 1st Battalion...
Mary Watts Blalock
Dec 29, 2016
Mary Watts Blalock, age 80, of Gordon County, passed away Thursday December 29th at her residence, following several years of declining health. Mary was born October 16th, 1936, daughter of the late Herbert Sylvester Watts and Jessie Wells Watts. She was a retired nurse and member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church where she worked as a Mission Friends leader...
Charles Lowery Beasley
Dec 27, 2016
Charlie Lowery Beasley, age 73, of Calhoun passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Gordon Healthcare. Mr. Beasley was born in Red Bay, Alabama on May 26, 1943 to the late Joseph Wheeler and Bernice Lowery Beasley. Charlie was a member of Freedom Baptist Church. He graduated Florence State College. Mr. Beasley was an expert in design and manufacturing...
Anthony Jerome Moore
Dec 26, 2016
Anthony Jerome Moore, age 49, of Calhoun passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 suddenly at his residence. Anthony was born on September 24, 1967 in Dalton Georgia to Joe Neal Moore and Retha Clark Prater. He was a graduate of Calhoun High School Class of 1986 and was a huge Yankees baseball and music fan, he also sang with several...
Beverly Louise Stoner Patrick
Dec 26, 2016
Beverly Louise Stoner Patrick, age 89, of Dalton and formerly of Calhoun, passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 at Hamilton Medical Center. Beverly had a very full and powerful life. After graduating from Petroleum High school in 1945, she enrolled in the student nurse cadet program from 1946-1947. She then married and started her family. She studied at Indiana University...
Keith "Catfish" Kinsey
Dec 25, 2016
Keith “Catfish” Kinsey, age 50 died Sunday, December 25 in Redmond Regional Medical Center of Rome. Catfish was born, December 15, 1966 in Gordon County a son of Carolyn Griffith Kinsey and the late, Benjamin Franklin Kinsey. He was a lifetime resident of Gordon County and loved to fish. He is survived by his mother, Carolyn Kinsey; three brothers, Richard...
Sylvia Lee Clark
Dec 20, 2016
Sylvia Lee Clark, age 61, of Adairsville passed away Tuesday December 20th in Hamilton Medical Center. Sylvia was born December 25, 1954 in Gordon County, daughter of Doris Clark Burns and the late Albin Eugene Burns. She was a loving daughter, mother, and grandmother. Besides her mother she is survived by one son; Aubrey Williams and his wife Christina, one...
Karen Lee Dyer
Dec 17, 2016
Mrs. Karen Lee Dyer, R.N, MSN, age 80 of Calhoun, formerly of Kennesaw, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Erlanger Medical Center of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Karen was born on February 14, 1936 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to the late Kelly Smith Tingler and Kathryn Elizabeth Ferrell. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Calhoun. Karen attended Alderson...
Linda Gail Merritt
Dec 16, 2016
Linda Gail Merritt, age 63 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at her residence. Gail was born on August 21, 1953 in Fulton County to the late William Harvey Burns and Peggy Nell King. She was employed by Cowboys and All American Truck Stop for several years. In addition to her parents, Gail is also proceeded in death...
Elsie Wyatt Bell
Dec 16, 2016
Elsie Wyatt Bell, age 86 of Gordon County, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Elsie was born on September 23, 1930 in Gordon County to the late John C. Wyatt and Mary Hall. She was a devoted lifetime member of Bethel Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, B.F...
May Ella McDonald
Dec 16, 2016
May Ella Rebecca McDonald, 63 of Lafayette, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at Park Ridge Hospital in Chattanooga. May Ella was born on September 5, 1953 in Walker County to Lila Leatherwood McDonald and the late James Lafayette McDonald Jr. She was a member of Oakman-Ranger United Methodist Church. May Ella is an alumna of LaFayette High School, and...
Norma Walker Jackson
Dec 12, 2016
Norma Walker Jackson, age 83, of Calhoun, died Monday December 12th at her residence surrounded by her family following years of declining health. Mrs. Jackson was born in Gordon County on May 3, 1933 daughter of the late Buren and Hilma Horton Walker and had been a lifelong resident of Gordon County. She was a member of the New Hope...
Charles M. Dillard
Dec 9, 2016
Charles M. Dillard, age 70 of Calhoun, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2016 at Gordon Health Care. Charles was born on November 27, 1946 in Gordon County to the late Charles “CF” Foster Dillard and Winifred Hazel Moore. He was a member of Calhoun First Baptist Church. Charles was an alumnus of Georgia State University with a degree in...
Joyce Parker
Dec 8, 2016
Joyce Parker, age 75 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016 in Gordon Hospital. Joyce was born on September 1, 1941 in Hamburg, Arkansas to the late William Willard Pollock and Lura Dean Holland Pollock. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert Parker; brother, Ronnie Pollock; and sister, Floyce Pollock. She...
Clyde Petty
Dec 8, 2016
Clyde Petty, age 95 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016 in Gordon Health Care. Clyde was born on May 23, 1921 in Hornbeak, Tennessee to the late Edward Petty and Mamie Fields Petty. He was a member of the Calhoun First United Methodist Church. Clyde attended the University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin, Tennessee for two...
Avanelle Holbert
Dec 4, 2016
Avanelle Holbert, age 90 of Calhoun, passed away on December 4, 2016. Avanelle was born on September 10, 1926 in Gordon County, GA to the late Marion Holland and Ruby Jo Taylor Holland. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She is survived by her three sons, Mike Holbert of Calhoun, Mylon Holbert of Fairmount and Larry Holbert...
Thomas Howard Luttrell
Dec 3, 2016
Thomas Howard Luttrell, age 87 of the Plainville community, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Hamilton Medical Center. Thomas was born on May 14, 1929 in Huntsville, Alabama to the late William Clayton Luttrell and Gladys Estelle Johnson. Thomas was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp from 1947-1950 during World War II and later served as...
Tecumseh Bear Murphy
Dec 3, 2016
Tecumseh Bear Murphy, age 18 of Resaca and formerly Silver City, New Mexico passed away Saturday December 3, 2016 at Grady Memorial Hospital. Tecumseh was born March 16, 1998 in Ripley, WV to Wayne E. Murphy and Sarah Ward. He was a member of the New Mexico National Guard. Tecumseh was recently baptized and was a member of Oak Grove...
John Howard Alden
Dec 2, 2016
John Howard Alden, age 72, of Calhoun, passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at Morning Pointe Assisted living. John was born on June 8, 1944 in Gordon County to the late John Alden and Eva Gladys Barton. He was a supervisor for Carriage Industries for many years. He is survived by a sister, Pat Dupree and her husband Bobby of...
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