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Jimmie Lou Avedisian

Jimmie Lou Avedisian

Mar 13, 2015

Jimmie Lou Avedisian, age 72, of Calhoun, passed away Friday March 13th at her residence. Jimmie Lou was born in Smyrna, Georgia December 31, 1942, daughter of the late Alvin Wright and Jimmie Nell Dean Wright. She was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and a member of the WM Association. Jimmie Lou was a member of the...

Anna Lee Little

Anna Lee Little

Mar 12, 2015

Anna Lee Little, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Gordon Hospital. Anna was born on March 2, 1927 in Stevenson, AL to the late Charles Gamble and Sallie Arnold Gamble. She was a member of Calhoun First Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert P....

Marie Cook

Marie Cook

Mar 10, 2015

Marie Cook, age 97 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 10, 2015 in Gordon Health Care. Marie was born on January 27, 1918 in Cherokee County, daughter of the late A.J. Land and Ollie Duck Cook; she was a homemaker and member of the Northside Church of Christ. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Marvin Eugene Parker

Marvin Eugene Parker

Mar 8, 2015

Marvin E. (Gene) Parker, age 79, of Dalton and formerly of Resaca, passed away Sunday March 8th in the Hamilton Medical Center. Gene was born May 17, 1935 in Resaca, son of the late William Virgil (Cap) Parker and Jessie C. Brackett Parker. He was a long time member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Resaca. After returning from...

Leonard William Howard

Leonard William Howard

Mar 7, 2015

Leonard William Howard, age 67 of Calhoun died Saturday, March 7 in the US Veterans Administration Hospital near Decatur. Leonard was born, September 15, 1947 in Cartersville, son of Nadine Massey Talbert and the late James William Howard. He was a member of the American Legion and the Loyal Order of the Moose, and a Veteran of the Vietnam War,...

Gene Henry Cole

Gene Henry Cole

Mar 3, 2015

Gene Henry Cole, age 65 of Adairsville, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at his residence after several months of declining illness. Gene was born on September 1, 1949 in Atlanta, GA to the late William H. Cole and Hester Mullinax Cole. Gene was a faithful member and deacon of Sonoraville Baptist Church. Gene was retired from Atlantic Steel...

Ralph Leslie Fagan

Ralph Leslie Fagan

Mar 2, 2015

Ralph Leslie “Butch” Fagan, age 52, passed away on March 2, 2015 at his home after a short illness. Butch was born in Rutland, Vermont on March 30, 1962 to Nelson and Sandra Fagan. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ben and Jeane Jones of Granville, NY and Eleanor Fagan of Blairsville, GA. Also preceding him in death...

Faye Holt

Faye Holt

Mar 2, 2015

Faye Holt, age 70 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015 at Gordon Hospital. Faye was born on June 30, 1944 in Gordon County to the late D.B. Goodnight and Myrtle Clark Goodnight. Faye was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church and was retired from Shaw Industries after 19 years of service. In addition to her parents,...

David Carlton Walraven

David Carlton Walraven

Feb 27, 2015

David Carlton Walraven, age 60, of Ranger, passed away Friday evening February 27th at Gordon Hospital. David was born May 12, 1954 in Murray County, son of the late George Carlton Walraven and Gennie Lee Crider Walraven. He a lifetime resident of the Ranger Community and was a member of the Fairmount High School Class of 1973. He was of...

Joan Nita Stone

Joan Nita Stone

Feb 26, 2015

Joan Nita Stone, age 74 of Columbia, TN, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Maury Regional Hospital of Columbia, TN. Joan was born on August 19, 1940 in Jefferson County, GA to the late Otis Wren and Eunice Cato Wren. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George Stone and son, Charles Wesley Wiley. She is...

Mary Evelyn Carter

Mary Evelyn Carter

Feb 26, 2015

Mary Evelyn Carter, age 90 of Plainville, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Pruitt Health Care of Rome. Mary was born on April 1, 1924 in Muscadine, AL to the late Lucas I. Ford and Vassie Chandler Ford. Mary was a member of Plainville Church of God and was retired from Burlington Industries. She was a minister’s wife;...

Russell V. "Russ" Johnson

Russell V. "Russ" Johnson

Feb 25, 2015

Mr. Russell Vardry Johnson, 71 years old, passed away in his home at 113 Garden Lake Drive, Calhoun, GA on February 25, 2015. He was surrounded by his family and died peacefully in his own home, just as he had hoped. “Russ” was born in Greenville SC on November 28, 1943 to the late Maude Banks Johnson and Vardry Lewis...

Carolyn Joyce Clines

Carolyn Joyce Clines

Feb 23, 2015

Carolyn Joyce Clines, age 85 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, February 23, 2015 in Gordon Hospital. Carolyn was born on October 31, 1929 in Macon, GA to the late George Vernon Knight and Mattie Mae Stokes Knight. She was a member of the St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church and has been a resident of Calhoun for the last 44 years....

Fred C. Williams

Fred C. Williams

Feb 23, 2015

Rev. Fred C. Williams, age 82 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, February 23, 2015 at his residence. Fred was born on September 24, 1932 in Fannin County, GA to the late James Grant Williams and Olla Elizabeth Patterson Williams. Fred was a member of the Plainview Baptist Church and prior to retirement worked for the Georgia Department of Transportation....

Thomas M.  Eilerman

Thomas M. Eilerman

Feb 19, 2015

Thomas M. Eilerman of Calhoun, Georgia passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 19, 2015. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on April 17, 1947 to Elaine C. Kittrell and Richard Eilerman and grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. In his youth he was very involved in the Boy Scouts earning an Eagle Scout. He graduated in 1965 from Huntsville High School...

Ruby Temples Dorsey

Ruby Temples Dorsey

Feb 16, 2015

Ruby Temples Dorsey, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2015 in Floyd Medical Center. Ruby was born on March 15, 1935 in Fairmount, GA to the late Albert Temples and Lillian Wehunt Temples. Ruby was a member of the Salacoa Baptist Church and attended Meadowdale Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Fairmount High School Class...

Johnny Max Parker

Johnny Max Parker

Feb 15, 2015

Johnny “Fuzz” Parker, age 65 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015 in Gordon Hospital. Johnny was born on September 12, 1949 in Gordon County to the late John C. Parker and Sybil Bunch Parker. Johnny owned and operated F&D Services for over 30 years and was a former Gordon County firefighter. He was a member of the...

Thomas Nonnie "Tom" Owens

Thomas Nonnie "Tom" Owens

Feb 14, 2015

Thomas Nonnie “Tom” Owens Jr., age 75 of the Farmville community, died Saturday February 14th at his home surrounded by his family following an extended illness. Tom was born in Gordon County March 25, 1939, son of the late Nonnie and Bonnie Erwin Owen. He was a cattle and chicken rancher before going to work with the Gordon County Sheriff’s...

Lamar Charles Stephens

Lamar Charles Stephens

Feb 13, 2015

Mr. Lamar Charles Stephens, age 89 of Calhoun, passed away At Gordon Hospital on February 13, 2015. He was born in Gordon County June 15, 1925, son of the late James Millard Stephens and the late Ruby Bagwell Stephens. Lamar was a member of Blackwood Springs Baptist Church. Lamar was retired as a Chief Boatswain’s Mate from the U.S. Navy...

Mary Louise Hobgood

Mary Louise Hobgood

Feb 12, 2015

Mrs. James Hollister Hobgood, Sr, the former Mary Louise Nevin, 88, died Thursday, February 12th at Delmar Gardens of Smyrna, Georgia. She was born October 30, 1926 in Atlanta to Henry Wells Nevin and Louise Denny Nevin. She grew up in Atlanta and Dalton, graduating from Dalton High School in 1942. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1945...