Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Walter David Gravley
Feb 22, 2008
Mr. Walter David Gravley age 58 of Fairmount, passed away Friday February 22, 2008. He was born in Cherokee County on January 5, 1950, son of the late Grady Elbert and Pairlee Summer Gravley. He was preceded in death by four brothers and by three sisters. Survivors include his wife Hazel Young Gravley. Three stepsons; Bryan Bradshaw of Resaca, Billy...
Virginia Slye
Feb 22, 2008
Mrs. Virginia Slye, age 80 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, February 22, 2008 at Calhoun Health Care following several years of declining health. She was born in Gordon County on May 20, 1927, daughter of the late Willie and Vada Williams. She was a member of the Resaca Order of the Eastern Star, and was of the Baptist faith. During...
Patricia Ann Payton
Feb 22, 2008
Mrs. Patricia Ann Payton, age 56 of Calhoun, passed away Friday February 22, 2008. She was born in Gordon County on March 10, 1951, daughter of the late John Henry Adams and Cecilia Digsby Adams of Calhoun. She was a member of East Calhoun Church of God. Mrs. Payton was preceded in death by her husband, Larry L. Burkett. Four...
Lester Eugene Silvers
Feb 20, 2008
Mr. Lester Eugene (Gene) Silvers, age 74 of Red Bud Road, Ranger, passed away Wednesday morning, February 20, 2008, at his residence following a long illness. Mr. Silvers was born in Ramhurst, Georgia, son of the late Clifford and Lizzie Wooten Silvers. During his lifetime, he was associated with the Gold Kist Corporation of Calhoun in the poultry department. He...
Bonnie Ruth Freeman
Feb 18, 2008
Mrs. Bonnie Ruth Freeman, age 60 of Sugar Valley, died Monday, February 18, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Freeman was born on January 17, 1948 in Coleman, Texas, daughter of the late Carlton and Dorothy Ruth Dyer Jackson. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, James Jackson and Douglas Jackson. She was a member of Graves Memorial Church....
Tasha Michelle Holbert
Feb 16, 2008
Tasha Michelle Holbert, age 21 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday February 16, 2008. She was born in Floyd County on May 2, 1986, daughter of Gilbert Holbert and Felicia Edwards Brown. She was a cashier at Knights Chevron and was of the Baptist Faith. Miss Holbert was preceded in death by a grandfather, William (Bill) Holbert, a grandmother, Betty Sue...
Grace Holt
Feb 14, 2008
Mrs. Grace Holt, age 70 of Calhoun, passed away February 14, 2008 at Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, GA. She was born in Polk County, TN on April 15, 1937, daughter of the late James and Nellie Hall Darnell. During her lifetime, she worked in the textile industry, and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she...
Herman Petty
Feb 14, 2008
Mr. Herman (Bit) Petty, age 74 of Calhoun, passed away February 14, 2008 at his residence, following several years of declining health. He was born in Floyd County on July 20, 1933, son of the late Martin and Leitha Houston Petty. Mr. Petty had been a resident of Gordon County for 27 years, and was a veteran, retiring from the...
Erin Louise Young
Feb 11, 2008
Mrs. Erin Louise Young, age 94 of Plainville, passed away February 11, 2008 at Gordon Health Care. She was born in Floyd County on May 26, 1913, daughter of the late Noah and Mary Jane McEntyre Higgins. Mrs. Young was a homemaker during her lifetime, and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Plainville. In addition to her parents,...
J. B. Young
Feb 10, 2008
Mr. J.B. Young, age 61, passed away February 10, 2008 in Decatur, Tennessee. He was born in Pickens County on June 6, 1946, son of the late Lindsey and Betty Young. Survivors include two sons, Timmy Young and Eddie Young; two daughters, Penny Stanley and her husband Ronnie, and Edith Hicks, all of Calhoun. Four brothers, Nathan Young, J.L Young,...
Brenda Gail Kirkpatrick
Feb 9, 2008
Mrs. Brenda Gail Kirkpatrick, age 58 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Gordon County on February 6, 1950, daughter of the late Billy Sunday Stewart and Mildred Elise Crabbe Stewart of Calhoun. In addition to her father, she was also preceded in death by a brother, Billy Ray Stewart. Survivors include...
Dimple Walraven
Feb 7, 2008
Mrs. Dimple Walraven, age 89 of Calhoun, died Thursday morning, February 07, 2008 at the Calhoun Health Care Center. Mrs. Walraven was born on April 15, 1918 in Gordon County, daughter of the late John Henry Sisson and Dennis Buchannan Sisson. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Silas A. Thompson in 1959, and by her later...
Larry Lee Harkins Sr
Feb 3, 2008
Mr. Larry Lee Harkins, Sr., age 62 of Adairsville, passed away February 3, 2008. He was born in Bartow County on January 20, 1946, son of the late Hubert and Edna Crowe Harkins. Mr. Harkins was retired from the landscape industry, and was a veteran, having served his country in the US Army during Vietnam. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn...
Gilbert Barnette
Jan 31, 2008
Mr. Gilbert Barnette, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday, January 31, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. He was born in Gordon County on March 11, 1936, son of the late Levi and Norabell Moore Barnette. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Jeannette Bailey Barnette; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jan and Tony Holbrook, and...
Helen Bohannon Campbell
Jan 31, 2008
Mrs. Helen Bohannon Campbell, age 83 of the Pleasant Hill Community, passed away Thursday, January 31, 2008 at Hamilton Medical Center. Mr. Campbell was born on January 25, 1925, daughter of the late William Grady and Myrtie Mae Curtis Bohannon. She was retired from the United States Postal Service. She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where...
Ernesto Garcia-Rosales
Jan 25, 2008
Mr. Ernesto Garcia-Rosales, age 37 of Forest Park, GA passed away January 25, 2008. He was born in Guatemala on November 5, 1969. Local survivors include relatives and friends. Funeral services for Mr. Ernesto Garcia-Rosales will be conducted at 7:00pm Thursday, January 31, from the chapel of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home. Visitation will begin Thursday at 3:00pm at...
B.W. Silvers
Jan 22, 2008
Mr. B.W. Silvers, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Gordon County on December 29, 1928, son of the late Harley and Oma Beal Silvers. Mr. Silvers was a retired maintenance supervisor for Astro Dye. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving during WWII, receiving a victory...
Kevin Richard Massingill
Jan 22, 2008
Kevin Richard Massingill, age 27 of Parker Road, Calhoun, died Tuesday morning at his residence following an extended illness. Kevin was born on June 24, 1980 in Whitfield County, son of Franklin Lamar Massingill and Jean Parker Massingill. Besides his parents, Kevin is survived by sisters; Brandi Jones and her husband Jack, of Calhoun, Tammy Pass of Calhoun, and Donna...
Paul W. Thompson
Jan 22, 2008
Mr. Paul W. Thompson age 75, of Calhoun passed away Tuesday January 22, 2008 at Gordon Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Thompson was born in Monroe, TN on April 10, 1932, son of the late Harvey and Rachel Farner Thompson. He was a member of the Welcome Gap Baptist Church where he served as deacon for many years, and...
Marie Owensby Brown
Jan 22, 2008
Mrs. Marie Owensby Brown, age 76 of Calhoun, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, after several years of declining health. She was a resident of Gordon Health Care, and had spent most of her life as a full-time homemaker. She was of the Church of God faith. Mrs. Brown was born in Gilmer County, GA on...
