Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Houston Tarver Scott
Jan 12, 2009
Mr. Houston Tarver Scott, age 74 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, January 12, 2009 at Gordon Hospital following several years of declining health. He was born in Murray County on January 11, 1935, son of the late Earl and Fannie Hicks Scott. Mr. Scott was retired from the auto salvage industry, and was a member of White Graves Baptist Church....
Edna Stamey Reece
Jan 12, 2009
Mrs. Edna Stamey Reece, age 79 of Sugar Valley, passed away Monday, January 12, 2009 at her residence following several months of declining health. Mrs. Reece was born on March 19, 1929 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Carl and Ruby York Stamey. During her lifetime, she and her husband owned and operated Reece's Grocery Store in Sugar Valley....
Kevin Valle Nelson
Jan 11, 2009
Mr. Kevin Nelson, age 45 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, January 11, 2009 at Gordon Hospital. He was born in California on March 22, 1964, son of the late Marvin Jack Nelson and Lois Marie McDonald Nelson. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death a brother, James Nelson. He was employed in the textile industry. Survivors...
L. C. Cooke Jr
Jan 11, 2009
Mr. L.C. Cooke, Jr., age 76 of Plainville, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Cooke was born on April 17, 1932 in Bartow County, son of the late Littleton Cecil Cooke and Velma Beatrice Wilson Cooke. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Linnie Marie Bowman Cooke; an infant daughter;...
Karen Lea Brannon
Jan 8, 2009
Ms. Karen Lea Brannon, age 60 of the Sonoraville Community, Calhoun died Thursday, January 8th, 2009 in Gordon Hospital following a brief illness. Karen was born in Bartow County on October 28, 1948, daughter of Jessie Higdon Brannon and the late Howell Brannon. Karen had been associated with Mohawk Industries as a customer service representative, and attended the Farmville United...
Rubye Irene Crumley
Jan 7, 2009
Mrs. Rubye Irene Crumley, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at Gordon Health Care Center following two months of illness. Mrs. Crumley was born on October 10, 1924 in Hamilton County, daughter of the late Sam and Orene Pilcher. She was also preceded in death by four daughters, Sue Williams, Vicki Williams, Allison Stanfield, and Judy...
Dudley Kenon Dilbeck
Jan 6, 2009
Mr. Dudley Kenon Dilbeck, age 75 of the Plainview Community, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Gordon County on September 13, 1933, son of the late Emory and Ioma Ruddell Dilbeck. Mr. Dilbeck was preceded in death by two sisters, Gertrude Williams and Estelle Reeves; two brothers, Loyd and Lewis Dilbeck; and by...
Christina Blair Bartels
Jan 5, 2009
Christina Blair Bartels, age 27 of Adairsville, passed away Monday, January 5, 2009. She was born in Marietta, Georgia on December 19, 1981, daughter of William Clay Burgess and Lucinda J. Edwards. Survivors include her husband, Jacob Bartels; two step-sons, Jacob Bartels and Michael Goodman; a step-daughter, Aszrian Bartels; her father, Clay Burgess of Butler, Georgia; her mother, Lucinda Edwards...
Eunice Grizzle Carney Denton
Jan 4, 2009
Mrs. Eunice Grizzle Carney Denton, age 83 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009 at Gordon Hospital following an extended illness. She was born in North Bend, Oregon on July 5, 1925, daughter of the late Eli Washington Grizzle and Dora Seabolt Grizzle. Mrs. Denton was retired from Mannington Carpets, and was a member of the Mount Zion Baptist...
Ronald Willix
Jan 4, 2009
Mr. Ronald Willix, age 62 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009 at Floyd Medical Center. He was born in Gordon County on March 6, 1946 son of the late Virgil Willix and the Dorothy Fortner Willix. He was preceded in death by his wife, Diane Duvall Willix, and was a member of the New Town Baptist Church. Survivors...
Mrs. Jewell Lee Brown Farmer
Jan 2, 2009
Mrs. Jewell Lee Brown Farmer, age 91 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, January 2, 2009 at Gordon Health Care Center following several years of declining health. Mrs. Farmer was born on September 9, 1917 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Marion Andy Brown and Lular Wilson Brown. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Farmer; a...
Mark Brent Muse
Jan 2, 2009
Mr. Mark Brent Muse, age 39 of Monroe, formerly of Resaca, passed away Friday, January 2, 2009 at Walton Medical Center. Mr. Muse was born on July 5, 1969 in Whitfield County, son of Douglas Howard Muse and Mildred Burger Muse. Mr. Muse was a graduate of Gordon Central High School, Class of 1987. He was a veteran of the...
Doris Goble Hice
Dec 30, 2008
Mrs. Doris Goble Hice, age 94 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008 following several months of illness. Mrs. Hice was born on November 23, 1914 in Gordon County; daughter of the late Willie David Goble and Nellie Beason Goble. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Clayton Hice. Mrs. Hice was retired from the textile...
Louise Wheat Luffman
Dec 30, 2008
Mrs. Louise Wheat Luffman, age 93 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Whitfield County on August 26, 1915, daughter of the late Berry Wheat and Jenny Mae Sailors Wheat. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Luffman was also preceded in death by her first husband, James Walter Pinion, her husband Robert...
Minnie Mae Towe Mills
Dec 30, 2008
Mrs. Minnie Mae Towe Mills, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at Gordon Hospital following an extended illness. She was born in Floyd County on May 3, 1937, daughter of the late Troy and Bessie J. Towe. Mrs. Mills was a homemaker and had retired from Beaulieu of America, and was a member of the Dry...
J. B. Smith
Dec 28, 2008
Mr. J.B. (Smitty) Smith, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008. He was born in Gordon County on January 3, 1932, son of the late Judson and Mary Lay Smith. Mr. Smith had been employed by the BP Corporation as a bookkeeper for 38 years. He was a veteran, having served his country in the United States...
Floy Moorehead Walraven
Dec 27, 2008
Mrs. Floy Moorehead Walraven, age 96 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Gordon Health Care. She was born in Bartow County on July 28, 1912, daughter of the late Allen James Pinson and Tinnie Shaw Pinson. Mrs. Walraven was retired from the textile industry. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her...
Herman Walter Stafford
Dec 24, 2008
Mr. Herman Walter Stafford, age 64 of Davis Jones Road, Chatsworth, died Wednesday, December 24th at Hamilton Medical Center following six months declining health. Mr. Stafford was born in Gordon County on March 19, 1944, son of the late Horace and Dexter Pullum Stafford, and was a farmer. Mr. Herman Walter Stafford is survived by his wife of 45 years,...
Julia Martha Mcgaskey
Dec 23, 2008
Mrs. Julia "Mowie" Martha McGaskey age 89 of Sugar Valley, Georgia died Tuesday December 23rd at her residence following several months declining health. Mrs. McGaskey was born in Murphy, North Carolina on February 17th 1919 daughter of the late Joe and Callie Baker Callaway. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ed McGaskey in 1968 and by one sister;...
Roger Deforrest Revels
Dec 20, 2008
Mr. Roger DeForrest Revels, age 62 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008. Mr. Revels was born on August 5, 1946, son of the late Doyle and Mildred Little Revels. He was associated with National Automatic Sprinkler, and was a member of the UA #669. He was a member of Moss Memorial Baptist Church. Mr. Revels is survived by...
