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Edna Earle Brown
Nov 30, 2016
Edna Earle Brown, age 89 of Plainville, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 in Gordon Hospital. Edna was born on May 16, 1927 in Bartow County, daughter of the late Dallas George King and Nina Earle Ellis King. She was the oldest living member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Bobby Jack Whitfield
Nov 26, 2016
Bobby Jack Whitfield, age 77 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Bobby was born on May 5, 1939 in Gordon County to the late Otis Dennis Whitfield and Cleo Irene Pendley. He worked as a house mover for several years for Cochran Brothers House Movers. Bobby enjoyed various yard work with his tractor. In addition...
Myrtle Irene Bowen Roberson
Nov 24, 2016
Mrs. Myrtle Bowen Mulkey Roberson, age 96 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday morning, November 24, 2016 at her residence. Myrtle was born on April 8, 1920 in Gordon County to the late Gordon and Nancy Fuquea Bowen. Myrtle was retired from Echota Cotton Mill after 39 years of service. She also worked 10 years as a hostess with Hardee’s...
Sandra Sloan Underwood
Nov 22, 2016
Sandra Sloan Underwood, age 70, of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, November 22nd in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Sandra was born in Floyd County February 18, 1946, daughter of the late Felton Sloan and Jessie Bagley Sloan. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved animals, Nascar, and Elvis. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Ellis Medlin
Nov 21, 2016
Ellis Medlin, age 55 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2016 in Gordon Hospital. Ellis was born on March 7, 1961 in Gordon County, son of the late Max Medlin and Peggy Reeves Medlin. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Shelia Medlin; his sister, Debbie Hall; and a nephew, Kevin Long. He is survived...
James D. Jimmy" Caldwell
Nov 17, 2016
James D. “Jimmy” Caldwell, age 69 of the Plainville Community, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2016 in Floyd Medical Center. James was born on February 15, 1947 in Lownders County, GA to the late William Harvey Caldwell and Clarice Winnie Bennett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Caldwell; and sister, Annette...
Gail Shadburn
Nov 15, 2016
Gail Shadburn, age 74 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Calhoun Health Care. Gail was born on September 7, 1942 in Gordon County to the late Durham W. Richards, Sr. and Essie Lee Jones Richards. She attended Blackwood Springs Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Craig Shadburn and his wife Jennifer; two brothers, Butch...
Destiny Ruby Jean Turner
Nov 13, 2016
Destiny Ruby Jean Turner, age 10 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. Destiny was born on October 1, 2006 in Whitfield County, daughter of Hank Turner and Charlotte Bunn Turner. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, James Ledford. She attended West Union Baptist Church. Destiny loved life, was...
Frankie Nell Holsomback
Nov 6, 2016
Frankie Nell Holsomback, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016 in Floyd Medical Center. Frankie was born on March 29, 1928 in Nelson, Georgia, daughter of the late Doll Rooney and Lucy Belle Cochran Rooney. She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and was retired from the Calhoun City Schools were she had...
Johnny Earl Parks
Nov 4, 2016
Johnny Earl Parks, age 68 of Sugar Valley, passed away Friday, November 4, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Johnny was born on April 26, 1948 to the late Georgia Callahan. In addition to his mother, he is preceded in death by his wife, Melinda Carver Parks. Johnny was of the Baptist faith and has resided in Gordon County for 35 years....
Mable Hopper Hunt
Nov 3, 2016
Mable Hopper Hunt, age 77 of Plainville, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Mable was born on May 27, 1939 to the late Thomas Claude and Martha Goswick Hopper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Edwin Sharon McEntyre; and second husband, Howard Douglas Hunt and a sister in...
Lillian Blackstock Baker
Nov 2, 2016
Lillian Blackstock Baker, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at her residence. Lillian was born on May 26, 1932 in Gordon County, GA to the late Marvin Lee Blackstock and Maude Lillian Gallman Blackstock. She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church, and briefly served as a deputy sheriff under her husband, Pat Baker, who...
Wilborn Robert "Bobby" Galloway
Oct 28, 2016
Wilborn Robert “Bobby” Galloway, age 68 of Ranger, GA, passed away on Friday October 28th at Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome. “Bobby” was born on February 7, 1948 in Pickens, South Carolina to U.G. Galloway and Seldia Jane Holland. He was a member of Corner Church of Plainville and Fellowship Baptist Church of Plainville. “Bobby” served in Vietnam with...
Michael Ledell Mincey
Oct 27, 2016
Michael Ledell Mincey, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Michael was born on August 5, 1955 in Cartersville, GA to the late J.C. Mincey and Frances Wilkey Mincey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Jason Colston. He was a member of Blackwood Springs Baptist Church....
Deborah Gilmore
Oct 24, 2016
Deborah Gilmore, age 63 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Deborah was born on March 19, 1953 in Beckley, West Virginia to the late John McGrady and Madeline Bowman McGrady. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Gilmore. She was a resident of Gordon County for the...
Tony Lamar Edwards
Oct 20, 2016
Tony Lamar Edwards passed away October 20, 2016 at Floyd Medical Center. Tony was born on September 6, 1956 in Chatsworth, GA. He was a truck driver for 35 years, and his last job was at Gateway Transportation for 17 years. Tony graduated from Calhoun High School in 1975. He was a minister of the United Christian Church, and was...
Susan Gazaway Robertson
Oct 19, 2016
Susan Gazaway Robertson, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Rome, GA on October 11, 1940, daughter of the late Leonard DeWitt Fuller and Ruth Ledford Kinsey. She attended West GA College for several years, until marrying John A. Gazaway. Following marriage she resided in Ankara, Turkey where Mr....
Stephen Lamar Sanders
Oct 19, 2016
Stephen Lamar Sanders, age 53 of Cullman, AL and formerly of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday October 19th at UAB Medical Center in Birmingham. Stephen was born on May 30, 1963 in Floyd County to Mildred Delay Sanders and the late Walter Don Sanders, Sr. He was a member of Belmont Baptist Church. In addition to his father, he was...
Howard R Franklin
Oct 15, 2016
Howard R. “Poppa” Franklin, age 75, of the Nance Springs Community, died at 7:02 AM Saturday, October 15, 2016. Howard was born in Chattanooga on July 24, 1941. A son of the late Howard J Franklin and Doris Self Franklin Moore. Also, he was preceded in death by his stepfather Roy B Moore, brother Robert Franklin, stepmother Minnie Franklin. He...
Edith Witherow Burns
Oct 15, 2016
Edith Witherow Burns, age 91, of Calhoun passed away at 7AM on October 15, 2016 at Gordon Healthcare. Edith was born on December 7, 1924 to the late Fate Witherow and Frances Rogers Witherow in St. Clair County, Alabama. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Hoyt Jackson Burns Sr, seven brothers and...
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