Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Steve Southern
Mar 5, 2009
Mr. Steve Southern, age 51 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday morning, March 5, 2009 at Gordon Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Southern was born on September 15, 1957 in Tennessee, son of Marie Southern and the late Billy Southern. He was also preceded in death by a son, Jeff Stansell and by a brother, Danny Lee Southern. During his...
Leoma Hambrick Young
Mar 5, 2009
Mrs. Leoma Hambrick Young, age 80 of Mount Olive Church Road, Fairmount, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2009 in Cartersville Medical Center following an extended illness. Leoma was born in Pickens County on May 20, 1928, daughter of the late Jim Hambrick and Ollie Hales Shephard Hambrick. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ellis Doyle Young, a...
Marvin Ernest Massingill
Mar 4, 2009
Mr. Marvin Ernest Massingill, age 67 of Sugar Valley, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at his residence following 5 A
Walter Holden
Feb 27, 2009
Mr. Walter Lee Holden, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, February 27, 2009 at Wooddale Health Care Center. Mr. Holden was born on July 9, 1947 in Gordon County, son of Roy Woodrow Holden and Lovell Ruth Crump Holden. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Holden. During his lifetime he was...
Herman Douglas Moore
Feb 25, 2009
Mr. Herman Douglas Moore, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at his residence, following several years of declining health. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 4, 1929, son of the late James Euell Moore and Rena Wilson Moore. During his lifetime, Mr. Moore had been a meat cutter, and was retired from Piggly-Wiggly. He...
Frances Goss Landress
Feb 25, 2009
Mrs. Frances Goss Landress, age 95 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Wilkes County, Georgia on May 16, 1913, daughter of the late Benjamin Hill Goss and Mattie Cochran Goss. Mrs. Landress was retired from Springs Industries, and was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...
Beatrice Hazel Newman
Feb 22, 2009
Mrs. Beatrice Hazel Newman, age 76 of Chatsworth, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Murray Medical Center. She was born in Gordon County on May 15, 1932, daughter of the late Henry Pack and Thaley Cronan Pack. Mrs. Newman was retired from R & R Textiles, and was a member of Gospelway Baptist Church in Dalton. In addition to...
Glenn Johnson
Feb 14, 2009
Mr. Doyle Glenn Johnson, better known as "Rinso and Soda Pop"", age 77 of Fairmount, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the Cartersville Medical Center following eight months of illness. A
Wayne Ralph Moore
Feb 11, 2009
Mr. Wayne Moore, age 71, a well known resident of Calhoun died Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 in Gordon Hospital after several months of declining health. Mr. Moore was born in Gordon County, Georgia on October 19, 1937, son of the late Frank and Stella Mae Tate Moore. He was a farmer, a businessman, and most of all a dedicated husband,...
Brenda Fain Coggins
Jan 31, 2009
Mrs. Brenda Fain Coggins, age 54 of the Pine Chapel Community, departed this life to be with her heavenly father on Friday evening, January 30, 2009 in Gordon Hospital following an extended battle with cancer. Brenda was born in Gordon County on August 31, 1954, daughter of Ralph Fain and the late Charlene Dodd Fain. She had been associated with...
Ruby Katherine Waddell
Jan 30, 2009
Mrs. Ruby Katherine Waddell, age 97 of Fort Oglethorpe, formerly of Gordon County; passed away Friday, January 30, 2009. Mrs. Waddell was born on February 9, 1911 in Gilmer County, daughter of the late Oscar D. Waddell and Addie Mae Johnston Waddell. She was also preceded in death by a son, Thomas Harold Hammond; a grandson, David Michael Hammond; sisters,...
Jerome Smith
Jan 30, 2009
Mr. Jerome Smith, age 60 of Adairsville, passed away January 30, 2009 at his residence after several years of declining health. He was born in Gordon County on October 26, 1948, son of the late Willie Lee Smith and Angie Gravitt Smith. Mr. Smith had been employed in the textile industry as a machine operator. Survivors include his wife of...
Stanley Eugene Mefferd
Jan 27, 2009
Mr. Stanley Eugene Mefferd, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away January 27, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Fairfield, Iowa on December 25, 1947, and had lived in Calhoun for three years, moving from Citrus Springs, Florida. Mr. Mefferd had been employed as an executive recruiter, and was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Dalton....
Shelly Bowling Chambers
Jan 27, 2009
Mrs. Shelly Bowling Chambers, age 31 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2009. She was born in Floyd County on June 20, 1977, daughter of the late Melvin Bowling and Linda Thomas Bowling. Shelly was a member of Reeves Baptist Church. In addition to her father, she was also preceded in death by her grandparents, Arthur and Louise Thomas....
Mary Ann Harris
Jan 26, 2009
Mrs. Mary Ann Harris, age 70 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, January 26 at her residence. She was born in Gordon County on July 12, 1938, daughter of the late Jim and Anna Mae Ralston Bell. Mrs. Harris had been employed with Georgia Textiles for many years, and also the Calhoun Times, and was a member of New Zion Baptist...
Boyd B. Farmer
Jan 24, 2009
Mr. Boyd B. Farmer, age 96 of Lookout Mountain in the New Salem Community, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Bartow County on December 1, 1912, son of the late Bascomb Plott Farmer and Phenie Caroline Odom Farmer. He had lived in Dade County on Lookout Mountain since 1952, and was a technician...
Bobby Leonard Moore
Jan 23, 2009
Mr. Bobby Leonard Moore, age 64 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 at Emory University Hospital. He was born on November 29, 1944 in Cobb County, son of the late Allen Moore and Nettie Reddings Moore, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Vera Blanchard Moore. During his lifetime he served his country, and retired from...
Helen Smith
Jan 19, 2009
Mrs. Helen Smith, age 95 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, January 19, 2009 at Gordon Health Care. She was born in Walker County on May 2, 1913, daughter of the late Peter and Emma Sprayberry Stanfield, and was the last remaining of thirteen children. During her lifetime, Mrs. Smith had worked in the textile industry, and was of the Baptist...
Robert L. Altum Jr
Jan 16, 2009
Robert L. Altum, Jr. age 74 of Chattanooga went home to live with his Lord and Savior Friday afternoon following an extended illness. Mr. Altum was born October 22, 1934 in Chattanooga Tennessee, son of the late Robert L. Altum Sr. and Gussie Ervin Altum. Robert lived the greater part of his life in Chattanooga and was a retired architect....
Minnie Mae Weitzel
Jan 15, 2009
Mrs. Minnie Mae Weitzel, age 96 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2009. She was born in Mississippi on August 26, 1912, and had been a homemaker during her lifetime. Mrs. Weitzel was a member of the Adairsville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Alice and Larry Manning of Calhoun; grandsons, Kevin Manning and...
