Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Michael Anthony Galloway
Oct 26, 2008
Mr. Michael Anthony Galloway, age 59 of Norcross, Georgia, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Gwinnett Medical Center. He was born in Polk County, Georgia,on April 8, 1949, son of the late Max and Burtys Bridges Galloway, and was employed with Harbor Management as a Maintenance Technician. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
John E. O'Neal Jr
Oct 25, 2008
Mr. John E. O'Neal, Jr., better known as "Big John", age 65 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 at his home after an extended illness. "Big John" was born September 15, 1943 in Akron, Ohio, son of the late John Estes O'Neal, Sr. and Frances Mae Abernathy O'Neal. During his lifetime, Big John was a small business owner...
Vicki Fuquea Hicks
Oct 25, 2008
Vicki Fuquea Hicks, age 55 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 at her residence following six weeks of illness. Vicki was born on December 24, 1952 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Raymond and Floy Denney Fuquea. Besides her parents, Vicki was preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth Fuquea and Larry Fuquea. She was employed by...
Jack Netherland Holland
Oct 19, 2008
Mr. Jack Netherland Holland, age 62 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, October 19, 2008 at Floyd Medical Center following an extended illness. He was born in Hamilton County, Tennessee on March 27, 1946, son of the late Roy and Dorothy Moore Holland. During his lifetime, Mr. Holland had worked in the textile industry and was a veteran, having served his...
Betty Johnston
Oct 15, 2008
Mrs. Betty Johnston, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2008 following several years of declining health. She was born in Walker County on September 30, 1932, daughter of the late John Henry and Mammie Laura Jenkins Burgess. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Gene Johnston and by four sisters; Verna Burgess,...
Louise Pack Mulkey
Oct 14, 2008
Mrs. Louise Pack Mulkey, age 71 of Tunnel Hill, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2008. She was born in Gordon County on January 17, 1937, daughter of the late Sam and Josephine Hopgood Pack. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Doyle William Mulkey; a son, Sammy "J.R." Mulkey; brothers, Bud Pack, Curtis Pack,...
Emma Ruth Stone Skidmore
Oct 14, 2008
Mrs. Emma Ruth Stone Skidmore, age 74 of Sugar Valley, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Whitfield County on September 21, 1934, daughter of the late Fred and Lillie Duvall Stone. She was truly Christ-like, loving and faithful, and was a member of Hill City Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs....
William Henry Franklin
Oct 12, 2008
Mr. William Henry Franklin, age 68 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Franklin was born on August 25, 1940 in Whitfield County; son of the late Charlie Franklin and Janie Carter Franklin. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Maxine White Franklin, to whom he had been married for 48 years. Mr....
Lorean Greeson
Oct 12, 2008
Mrs. Mary Lorean Greeson, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Gordon Health Care Center. Mrs. Greeson was born on December 15, 1919 in Murray County, Georgia, daughter of the late Robert Nolan and Ora Gray Nolan. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Clyde H. Greeson to whom she married on November 05,...
Craig Warren Mccarty
Oct 9, 2008
Mr. Craig Warren McCarty, age 54 of Nesbitt Road, Calhoun, died Thursday at Gordon Hospital following seven months illness. Mr. McCarty was born in Amherst, Ohio on May 10th, 1954, son of Merilyn McCarty and the late Charles McCarty. He was employed by the City of Calhoun in the Sewer Construction Department. Mr. McCarty is survived by his wife, Susan...
Annie Mathis Raines
Oct 8, 2008
Mrs. Annie Mathis Raines, age 61 of Dalton, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at Hamilton Medical Center. She was born in Gordon County on October 6, 1947, daughter of the late Frank and Rose Jackson Raines. She was a member of Immanuel United Fellowship in Resaca. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a...
Jerry Ray Holt Sr
Oct 3, 2008
Mr. Jerry Ray Holt, Sr., age 65 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, October 3, 2008 at his residence. He was born on September 1, 1943 in Gordon County, son of the late Raymond Holt and Mary Alice Shirley Holt. Mr. Holt was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during the Cuban Conflict. He was a member of...
Samuel Lee Junkins
Sep 30, 2008
Mr. Samuel Lee Junkins, age 78 of the White Graves Community, Ranger, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Junkins was born on September 17, 1930 in Gordon County, son of the late Samuel and Minnie Noland Junkins. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Nina Clouse Junkins on September 18, 2007. He served his...
David Joseph Marshall
Sep 28, 2008
Mr. David Joseph Marshall, age 57 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Redmond Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Mr. Marshall was born on May 4, 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut, son of the late Warren Marshall and Grace Heinze Marshall. He was also preceded in death by his brother Skip Marshall of Houston TX; a sister,...
Brandi Taylor
Sep 27, 2008
Brandi Orletta Taylor, age 21 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Floyd Medical Center following a brief illness. Brandi was born on May 17, 1987 in Floyd County, daughter of Donald Lamar Taylor and Linda Sue Dinning Taylor. She attended Calhoun high School where she was a band member, and was a member of World Harvest Church...
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;...
