Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Emory Clark
Mar 25, 2013
Mr. Emory (Pollie) Clark, age 91 of Fairmount, GA passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at Townsend Park in Cartersville. He was born in Cherokee County, GA on December 31, 1921, son of the late Joseph and Georgia Fields Clark. He was preceded in death by brothers, Jack Clark and Donald Clark; and a sister, Sarah Clark. Mr. Clark was...
Fred Worley
Mar 25, 2013
Mr. Fred Walter Worley, age 73 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Gordon County, son of the late Earl and Mamie Clark Worley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Roach Worley in 2004; a brother, Felix Worley; and two sisters, Zeta Worley Crews...
Donald Ray Walls
Mar 23, 2013
Mr. Donald Ray Walls, age 53 of Calhoun, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Floyd Medical Center following several years declining health. Donald was born in Chatsworth, GA on October 21, 1959, son of Florence Walls. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Murray County, and was a Certified Water Intake Technician at Dalton Utilities for many...

Perry Fredrick Cain
Mar 23, 2013
Mr. Perry Fredrick Cain, age 59 of Calhoun, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. He was born on June 16, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late Harold Alton and Phyllis June Weaver Cain. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Nicholas Cain. During his lifetime he served his...
Shelia West
Mar 22, 2013
Mrs. Shelia Raines West, age 55 of Calhoun died Friday, March 22, 2013 at Erlanger Medical Center following three weeks illness. Mrs. West was born on November 23, 1957 in Gordon County, daughter of Bud and Wincie Stanley Raines. She attended Calhoun High School and continued her education at Dalton College and Hamilton Medical Center as a Respiratory Technician. She...
Jessie Mae Hensley
Mar 20, 2013
Mrs. Jessie Mae Hensley, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. A native of Gordon County, she was born on November 26, 1941 to the late John Bunion Wright and the late Edna Jewell Dobbs Wright. She was preceded in death by a sister, Nellie Jane Edwards; a brother-in-law, Jim...
Charleen Bearden
Mar 18, 2013
Charleen Bearden passed away on March 18, 2013 at her home in Gordon County. She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-four years, Jimmy Lane Bearden, a native of Calhoun, her parents, Carl C. and Majora Haynie Whitehead, also of Calhoun, and a sister, Joyce Susan Hodges Rush, of Macon. She leaves three children: Two daughters, Laurie Bearden...
R.L. Fuquea
Mar 18, 2013
Mr. Robert Lee (R.L.) Fuquea, age 96 of the Red Bud Community, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at his residence following an extended illness. He was born in the Pleasant Hill Community in Gordon County on April 28, 1916, son of the late Robert Milton Fuquea and Sally Powell Fuquea, and was preceded in death by a sister, Avanell Fuquea,...
Virginia Keith
Mar 16, 2013
Mrs. Virginia Keith Nix, age 93 of Fairmount, GA passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013. She was born in Forsyth County, GA on July 9, 1919, daughter of the late Thomas Smith Keith and the late Beulah Conner Keith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Andrew Nix; two sons, George Aaron Nix...
Alan Gazaway
Mar 16, 2013
Mr. Alan "Allie" Lee Gazaway, age 47 of Robstown, Tx, formerly of Calhoun, passed away on March 16, 2013. He was born on July 3, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland, son of the late Robert Gazaway and the late Louise Gazaway. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by a sister, Margaret "Punky" Gazaway. Survivors include his...
Jennie Mae Morris
Mar 13, 2013
Proctor, OK~ Jennie Mae (Guthrie) Morris, age 79 of Proctor, OK, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at her home. Jennie Mae was born on February 5, 1934, in Westville, OK, the daughter of the late William Loy Guthrie and Clista Bess Mullin. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Jess Morris, who she married on...

James Alford
Mar 12, 2013
Mr. James Jarrell Alford, age 81 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at his residence. He was born in LaGrange, GA on July 3, 1931, son of the late Ed and Mary Lee Alford. Mr. Alford was a veteran, serving his country in the US Navy. Survivors include two sons, Jim Alford and John Alford of Sarasota, FL;...
Opal Jolley
Mar 10, 2013
Mrs. Opal Virginia Jolley, age 87 of Calhoun, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Gordon Health Care surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Gordon County on November 18, 1925, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Knowles Stansell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Mildred Baker
Mar 8, 2013
Mrs. Mildred Braden Baker, age 92 of Plainville, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 after several years of declining health. Mrs. Baker was born in Floyd County on September 17, 1920, daughter of the late Robert Earnest and Josephine Elizabeth Braden. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, James (Bud) Walton Baker; a son,...
Jerry Daniel White
Mar 6, 2013
Mr. Jerry Daniel White, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. He was born on July 21, 1941 in Toney, Al, son of the late Lawrence White and the late Katie Mae White. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife Anita White who died on September 20, 2012, and a...
Myrtle Marie Coggins
Mar 5, 2013
Mrs. Myrtle Marie Stephens Coggins, age 83 of Sugar Valley, Ga, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 after several months of declining health. She was born in Bartow County on April 18, 1929, daughter of the late Homer and Ada Young Stephens. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Vester Coggins; a son, Ronnie...

Walter Vann Parker
Mar 5, 2013
Mr. Walter Vann Parker Sr. age 51 died Tuesday March 5, 2013 following a brief illness. Mr. Parker was born in Bartow county on April 2, 1961, son of the late Solomon Parker and Lenar Collum Parker. In addition to his parents Mr. Parker is preceded in death by his brothers Larry Parker and Harold Parker. A son Walter Parker...
Diane Mcallister
Mar 2, 2013
Mrs. Diane McAllister, age 53 of Dalton, GA, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013. She was born in Detroit, MI on May 16, 1959, daughter of Lohnny Callaway and the late Mary Lanier Callaway. Survivors include her husband of 37 years, Danny McAllister of the residence; two sons, Shawn McAllister and his wife Sarojin, and Brian McAllister; her father, Lohnny...
Ned Daniel Vandyke
Mar 2, 2013
Mr. Ned Daniel VanDyke, age 77 of Calhoun, passed away on March 2, 2013. He was born on November 28, 1935 in Gastonia, NC, son of the late Will and Nancy Barton VanDyke. He is preceded in death by two brothers Robert Bell, and Billy Bell. Mr. VanDyke was a retired truck driver, and served in the United States Army...
Clark Bunyard Jr
Mar 2, 2013
Mr. James Clark Bunyard Jr., age 66 of Calhoun, died Monday, March 4, 2013 at his residence after experiencing declining health. Mr. Bunyard was born in Memphis, TN on October 22, 1946, son of the late James Clark Bunyard Sr. and Virginia Townsend Bunyard. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having served in the Viet Nam...