Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Janell Thomas Phillips
Sep 25, 2008
Mrs. Janell Thomas Phillips, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Gordon Health Care Center. Mrs. Phillips was born in Gordon County on December 5, 1923, daughter of the late R.D. and Quillie Parsons Thomas. She was a member of the Pine Chapel United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death her husband D.F. Phillips, four...
Mary Rutha Geckles
Sep 25, 2008
Mrs. Mary Rutha Geckles, age 63 of Resaca, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Scottsboro, Alabama on January 24, 1945, daughter of the late Curtis and Ella Anderton. Mrs. Geckles was a homemaker during her lifetime and was a member of Dalton Free Holiness Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Mamie Louise Cook
Sep 24, 2008
Mrs. Mamie Louise Cook, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Gordon Health Care Center. Mrs. Cook was born on May 17, 1920 in Fort Payne, Alabama, daughter of the late Henry Ellis Garmon and Viola Florence Wilkerson Garmon. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Clyde Cook, and a son-in-law, Jack Hufstetler....
Calvin Enoch Cross
Sep 24, 2008
Mr. Calvin Enoch Cross, age 70 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Cross was born on June 23, 1938 in Savannah, Georgia, son of Louise Simons Cross and the late Tillman Cross. He was preceded in death by a sister, Myrna Goolsby. During his lifetime, Mr. Cross was a veteran of the United States...
Ernest G. Silverberg Jr
Sep 22, 2008
Ernest G. Silverberg, Jr., age 69, passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in the Carondelet Hospice Unit in Tucson, Arizona Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 10:20pm, MST (Monday, September 22, 2008 at 1:20am, EDT). Born in Worcester, Massachusetts May 26, 1939, he was retired from the construction business. He is survived by his father, Ernest G. Silverberg, Sr. of Fairmount;...
Eneas Margaret Buttram Wade
Sep 21, 2008
Mrs. Eneas Margaret Buttram Wade, age 90 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2008 in Cartersville, GA. She was born on July 31, 1918, daughter of the late George Buttram and the late Fannie Mae Carnes Buttram. Mrs. Wade was a member of Graves Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Charles Herman...
John Marlin Marsingale
Sep 19, 2008
Mr. John Marlin Marsingale, age 68 of Ranger, passed away Friday, September 19, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Bartow County on March 11, 1940, son of the late Obie Lee Marsingale and Dollie Ray Marsingale. Mr. Marsingale was retired from Springs Industries, and was a member of Pleasant Olive Baptist Church in Bartow County. In addition to...
Joyce Jendron Taylor Arcement Ferreira
Sep 17, 2008
Mrs. Joyce Jendron Taylor Arcement Ferreira, age 86 of Ranger, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. Mrs. Ferreira was born on November 13, 1921 in Morgan City, Louisiana, daughter of the late Sidney Louis Jendron and Lydia Dufrene Jendron. She was a member of Saint Clement's Catholic Church of Calhoun, and Saint Anthony Catholic Church. She is...
Ruth Nesbitt Bailey
Sep 16, 2008
Mrs. Ruth Nesbitt Bailey, age 84 of 1656 Roland Hayes Parkway, Calhoun, died Tuesday morning, September 16, 2008 in Floyd Medical Center in Rome. She was born in Gordon County on December 25th, 1923, daughter of the late Henry Clay Nesbitt and Mary Alice Speers Nesbitt. Mrs. Bailey was a member of Oostanaula Baptist Church, where she had taught Sunday...
Virginia Poarch Edwards
Sep 14, 2008
Mrs. Virginia Poarch Edwards, of Adairsville, formerly of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was 82 years of age. Mrs. Edwards was born on June 25, 1926 in Bartow County, daughter of the late Elijah and Beulah Hayes Sparks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Carlton Poarch, and...
William Edward Dyer
Sep 13, 2008
Mr. William Edward Dyer of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. He was 79 years of age. Mr. Dyer was born on April 21, 1929 in Lavonia, Georgia. He served his country with the United States Army and retired as a millworker for Kittrich, Inc. Mr. Dyer is survived by his wife, Marie Dyer, to whom...
Gloria Christine Burnette Wright
Sep 11, 2008
Mrs. Gloria Christine Burnette Wright of the Scottsville Community, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2008 at Heartland Hospice Center in Cartersville. She was 73 years of age. Mrs. Wright was born on September 17, 1934 in Cedartown, Georgia, daughter of the late Guy and Josephine Bonds Burnette. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Heather Wright....
Donna Lynn Miller
Sep 8, 2008
Donna Lynn Miller, age 53 of the Red Bud Community, Calhoun, passed away Monday, September 8, 2008 in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Donna was born on June 18, 1955 in Flint, Michigan, and was preceded in death by grandparents, Ralph and Marion Miller, and Elzie and Vinnes Dixon. Donna is survived by her parents, Ralph and Helen Ruth Dixon Miller...
Otence Rogers Dinsmore
Sep 7, 2008
Mrs. Otence Rogers Dinsmore, age 84 of Sugar Valley, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2008 at Gordon Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Murray County on October 12, 1923, daughter of the late Isaac and Lula Fox Couch. Mrs. Dinsmore was retired from the textile industry, and was a member of the Sugar Valley Church of God....
Jimmy Bradford Smith
Sep 7, 2008
Mr. Jimmy Bradford Smith, age 60 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. He was born in Bartow County on September 10, 1947, son of the late Howard and Elsie Nichelson Smith. He worked in the carpet industry his entire working career. Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Bradley and Dickie Smith,...
James Walter Childers
Sep 6, 2008
Mr. James Walter Childers, age 49 of Rydal, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2008. He was born in Bartow County on July 30, 1959, son of the late Hilburn and Ella Mae Mulkey Childers. Mr. Childers attended Canaanland Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandmother, Idora Evans. Survivors include five brothers; Randall...
Mettie Velena
Sep 4, 2008
Mrs. Mettie Velena Kay, age 86 of Fairmount, passed away Thursday morning, September 4, 2008 at her residence following a brief illness. Mrs. Kay was born on December 6, 1921 in Pickens County, Georgia, daughter of the late Samuel Kelley and Sara Young Kelley. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. Mrs. Kay is survived by her...
P.J. Mathis
Sep 2, 2008
P.J. Mathis, age 26 of Resaca, passed away Tuesday September 2, 2008 from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born in Henderson, Texas on December 18, 1981, son of James Lewis and Martha Irene Mathis. He was employed at D&J Carpet Services and attended Resaca Church of God. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Martha Croye, Eirl...
Carol Jean Dawson
Aug 31, 2008
Mrs. Carol Jean Dawson,age 74 of Fairmount, passed away Sunday morning, August 31, 2008 at her residence following one year of declining health. Mrs. Dawson was born on July 10, 1934 in Salem, Kentucky, daughter of the late Carroll Everett Council and Ethel Seabree Council. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Eugene...
Anita Lett Richardson
Aug 28, 2008
Anita Lett Richardson, age 74 of Calhoun, Georgia passed away Thursday, August 28, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 6, 1934, daughter of the late Grant U. Lett and Hazel Wells Lett. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Calhoun. Survivors include a son, Terry G. Richardson of Rome; a daughter and...
