Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Kenneth Ponder
Mar 11, 2008
Mr. Kenneth Ponder, age 64 of Ranger, passed away Tuesday evening in Gordon Hospital following a heart attack. Mr. Ponder was born in Gordon County on December 15, 1943. He was son of the late Charlie and Winifred Moss Ponder. He was a graduate of Fairmount High School class of 1962. Mr. Ponder loved the outdoors, was an avid fisherman,...
J. D. Freeman
Mar 10, 2008
Mr. J.D. (Jay) Freeman, age 85 of Adairsville, passed away Monday, March 10, 2008 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Freeman was born on May 19, 1922 in Gordon County, son of the late Maynard Clark Freeman and Ora Elizabeth Gallman Freeman. He was preceded in death by sisters; Hazel White, Claudia Boring, and Vera Mae Allen; twin...
Sara Ray
Mar 10, 2008
Mrs. Sara Joyce Ray, age 78 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, March 10, 2008 at Gordon Hospital, following a brief illness. Mrs. Ray was born on August 25, 1929 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Hughdon Black and Nettie Mae Gibson Black. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Donna June King, and was a member of...
Jeanette Alford
Mar 9, 2008
Mrs. Jeanette Alford, age 57 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Fulton County, Georgia on June 2, 1950, daughter of the late John and Mabel Hudson Craft. Mrs. Alford was employed by Mohawk, and was a member of Evangelistic Outreach Ministries. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Paul F. Payne
Mar 9, 2008
Mr. Paul F. Payne, age 70 of Calhoun, passed away March 9, 2008 in Cartersville. He was born in Whitfield County on October 9, 1937, son of the late William E. and Lela Waddell Payne. Survivors include sisters; Nell Gentry and Edna Pack, and a nephew, Roger Dale Johnston, all of Calhoun. The family will receive friends at the funeral...
Charlotte Mcdonald
Mar 7, 2008
Mrs. Charlotte McDonald, age 76 of Calhoun, died Friday March 7, 2008 in Redmond Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Mrs. McDonald was born on the 19th day of June in 1931. She was the daughter of the late Willard Lee Walker and Georgia Mae Hix Walker. Preceding her in death was her husband, Harry Neal McDonald Sr. in...
Louise Nix Johnson
Mar 7, 2008
Mrs. Louise Nix Johnson, a lifelong resident of Gordon County, died at her home on Friday, March 7, 2008. She was 88 years old. Louise was born on August 11, 1919, daughter of the late Samuel Frank Nix and the late Elma Blankenship Nix. She was preceded in death by her husband of more than 55 years, Leon Johnson, in...
Janie L. Goss
Mar 5, 2008
Mrs. Janie L. Goss, age 89 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Cherokee County, Alabama on May 14, 1918, daughter of the late Jesse and Shebie Frix Franklin. Mrs. Goss was a homemaker during her lifetime, and enjoyed cooking and going to church. She was a member of Union Grove Baptist...
Charles Anciel Bridwell
Mar 4, 2008
Mr. Charles Anciel Bridwell, age 71 of Calhoun, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Floyd Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Bridwell was born on April 11, 1936 in Savannah, Georgia, son of the late George Bridwell and Ruby Adams Bridwell. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Cail. During his lifetime, he was employed as...
William Monroe Arthur
Mar 3, 2008
Mr. William Monroe Arthur, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, March 3, 2008 at Gordon Hospital following several years of declining health. He was born in Marco Island, Florida on December 26, 1923. During his lifetime, he was a commercial fisherman and a tour guide. Mr. Arthur was a veteran, having served his country in the US Army. He...
Linda Worley Pasley
Mar 1, 2008
Mrs. Linda Worley Pasley, age 59 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2008 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Pasley was born on February 14, 1949 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Conley Worley and Estelle Carden Worley. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, C.H. Worley and Louie Worley. During her lifetime, she...
Roy Grady Leonard
Feb 28, 2008
Mr. Roy Grady Leonard, age 70 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. He was born in Bartow County on July 6, 1937, son of the late Howard and Lucille Clayton Leonard. Mr. Leonard was preceded in death by his wife Betty Leonard, two sisters; Mavis Fortenberry and Elizabeth Burchett, and by four brothers; J.W., Bradford,...
Margaret Price Gravitt
Feb 27, 2008
Mrs. Margaret Price Gravitt, age 87 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday February 27, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was born on May 11, 1920, daughter of the late William Thomas Price and Altha Padgett Price. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. Mrs. Gravitt was preceded in death by Rembert Orr Chastain, father of her children, and by...
Lenela Mae Woodson
Feb 26, 2008
Mrs. Lenela Mae Woodson, age 70 of Calhoun, Georgia passed away Tuesday February 26, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Bartow County on March 12, 1937, daughter of the late Alvin and Esther Brumlow Rogers. Mrs. Woodson was a member of the Erwin Hill Church of God. Mrs. Woodson left Calhoun in 1964 and just returned to Calhoun...
George Delma Blackmon
Feb 26, 2008
Rev. George Delma Blackmon, age 79 of Calhoun, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in Floyd Medical Center, following two years declining health. Rev. Blackmon was born March 9th, 1928 in Haralson County Georgia, but lived in Polk County, Georgia until July 1967. He then moved to Gordon County and worked there until he retired...
Maudell Williams
Feb 24, 2008
Mrs. Maudell "Granny" Williams, age 87 of Calhoun, GA., died Sunday, February 24th in Gordon Hospital following two and a half years of declining health. Mrs. Williams was born in Gordon County on October 25, 1920, daughter of the late Bevie H. and Rosa Sara Watkins Suggs. Her children and grandchildren were the delight of her life. She enjoyed the...
Jeremy Lamar Starkey
Feb 23, 2008
Mr. Jeremy Lamar Starkey, age 30 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Gordon County on March 14, 1977, son of Lee Burk and Karen Starkey. He was employed by Stanton Carpets, and was preceded in death by grandfathers, Floyd Burk and Frank Starkey. Survivors include his wife of nine years, Jamie...
Diane Willix
Feb 23, 2008
Mrs. Hilda Diane Willix, age 62 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Hamilton Medical Center following several years of declining health. She was born in Gordon County on September 29, 1945, daughter of the late Roy and Ida Nicholson Duvall. She was employed by the Gordon County School System, and was a member of New Town Baptist...
Sybil Price
Feb 23, 2008
Mrs. Sybil Price, age 89 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2008. She was born in Gordon County on September 8, 1918, daughter of the late Roy and Rosa B. Greene. She spent her entire life in Ranger and Calhoun and attended Fairmount High School. She had been a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Ranger since the age...
Edna Jewell Wright
Feb 23, 2008
Mrs. Edna Jewell Wright, age 82 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Hamilton Medical Center. She was born in Cherokee County, Georgia on August 2, 1925, daughter of the late Dean and Maude Jones Dobbs. Mrs. Wright was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills, and was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
