Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Petty Goforth
Apr 30, 2008
Mrs. Janell Goforth, age 82 of Plainville, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at Gordon Hospital following several weeks of declining health. She was born in Gordon County on June 18, 1925, daughter of the late James and Minnie Johns Petty. During her lifetime, she was a homemaker, and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. In addition to her...
Eddis Mildred West
Apr 30, 2008
Mrs.Eddis Mildred West, age 86 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at Calhoun Health Care following an extended illness. Mrs. West was born on March 31, 1922 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Claude Thomas Hall and Dessie Cooper Hall. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Boyd West. Mrs. West was a member of...
Wade Galmon
Apr 28, 2008
Mr. Wade Galmon, age 59 of Resaca, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Gordon County on July 29, 1948, son of Willie Ross and Mandy Cudd Galmon. Mr. Galmon was employed by Shaw Industries, and was a veteran of the US Army, having served in Vietnam. He also served in the Georgia National...
Mary Lou Taylor
Apr 27, 2008
Mrs. Mary Lou Taylor, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Gordon Health Care Center. Mrs. Taylor was born on May 22, 1919 in Sand Mountain, Alabama, daughter of the late Benjamin Allen and Dessie Frix Allen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Gordon Taylor in 1976; by a son, Harry Lee...
Worth Barnett Martin
Apr 20, 2008
Worth Barnett Martin, 73, of Calhoun passed away on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 at his home in Calhoun. He was born in Calhoun, GA., on August 15, 1934. He was the son of the late Hillias Worth Martin and the late Lillian Nelson Martin. An Army veteran, he married Ingeborg Bichl in Bad Aibling, West Germany on September 6, 1956....
Deryll Erwin
Apr 20, 2008
Mr. Deryll Erwin, age 75 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Gordon County on June 4, 1932, son of the late Hubert and Meda Littlefield Erwin. Mr. Erwin was retired from Gold Kist after 32 years as a Field Representative, and was a veteran, having served his country in the US...
Earl Lynn Seal
Apr 19, 2008
Mr. Earl Lynn Seal, age 45 of Resaca, passed away April 19, 2008. He was born in Morristown, Tennessee on October 23, 1962. During his lifetime, Mr. Seal was a Fabricator with the Lessco Company. He was preceded in death by his father, Arch Henry Seal, and a sister, Patricia Seal. Survivors include his mother, Irene Purkey Cluesman; a daughter,...
Gladys Lance
Apr 18, 2008
Ms. Gladys Lance, age 81 of Resaca, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008 at her residence. She was a life long resident of Gordon County, born on December 20, 1926, daughter of the late Fayte and Rosa Lee Allen Lance. During her lifetime, Mrs. Lance was self employed as a seamstress, and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. In...
Stanley William Brown
Apr 18, 2008
Mr. Stanley William Brown, age 41 of Fairmount, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008 at his residence. Stanley was born on November 13, 1966 in Pickens County, Georgia, son of Mary Jo Edwards Brown and the late Stanley Brown. He was employed by Pilgrim Pride Farms of Ellijay. Stanley is survived by his wife, Teresa Annette Brown; two daughters, Elizabeth...
Sally Avery Whitworth
Apr 16, 2008
Mrs. Sallie Avery Whitworth, age 99 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Gordon Health Care following an extended illness. She was born in Gordon County on August 29, 1908, daughter of the late John and Lucinda Pierce James. Mrs. Whitworth was a member of the Blackwood Springs Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was also...
Andrew Baker
Apr 14, 2008
Mr. Andrew J. "A.J." Baker, age 86 of Resaca, passed away at his residence on Monday, April 14, 2008 following several months of declining health. He was born in Gordon County on September 11, 1921, son of the late Andrew J. and Lemer Fowler Baker. Mr. Baker was retired from civil service at Dobbins Air Force Base, and was a...
Lillie Mae Timms
Apr 12, 2008
Mrs. Lillie Mae McBrayer Timms, age 90, passed away Saturday morning, April 12, 2008 at Gordon Health Care Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Timms was born on January 10, 1918 in Gordon County, daughter of the late John Love McBrayer and Minnie Mae Rogers McBrayer. Mrs.. Timms was preceded in death by her husband Rob Timms; one sister, Ollene...
Margaret Louise Hilley
Apr 12, 2008
Mrs. Margaret Louise Clark Hilley; age 79, affectionately known as "Memaw" of the Pine Chapel Community, passed away Saturday afternoon, April 12, 2008 at Gordon Hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Hilley was born on May 20, 1928 in Whitfield County, daughter of the late Claude Clark and Mattie Spence Clark. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Henry Dudley Shaw
Apr 4, 2008
Mr. Henry Dudley Shaw, age 60 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, April 4, 2008 at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. following an extended illness. He was born January 8, 1948 in Gordon County, to Paul Richard and Rosa Mae Boswell Shaw. Mr. Shaw was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by...
Opal Delia Hales
Apr 2, 2008
Mrs. Opal Delia Hales, age 83 of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at Calhoun Health Care following an extended illness. She was born in Cherokee County, GA on August 23, 1924, daughter of the late James Gordon and Cordelia Nickelson Ingram. During her lifetime, Mrs. Hales was employed by the Fairmount School system in the school cafeteria. She...
Hazel Ratcliff
Mar 31, 2008
Mrs. Hazel Maybelle Ratcliff, age 86 of Chatsworth, passed away Monday afternoon, March 31, 2008. Mrs. Ratcliff was born on March 23, 1922 in Gilmer County, Georgia, daughter of the late Rev. L.C. Sluder and Emma Hollofield Sluder. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ralph J. Ratcliff to whom she had been married for 24 years. During...
Raymond J. Silvers
Mar 29, 2008
Mr. Raymond J. Silvers of Ranger, went home to live with the Lord Saturday, March 29, 2008, following several years of declining health. Raymond had been a lifetime resident of the Gordon County community and a member of the Mount Carmel Church of Jesus Christ. For the entirety of his life, Raymond had been very close with his family and...
Gene Hannah
Mar 28, 2008
Mr. Gene Hannah, age 73 of Sugar Valley, died Friday, March 28th, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Hannah was born in Heard County, Georgia on July 6th, 1934. He was the son of the late William and Lillian Johnston Hannah. Mr. Hannah was involved in the Textile and Carpet industry prior to his retirement. He was a member of Sugar...
Nellie Ethel Cudd
Mar 27, 2008
Mrs. Nellie Ethel Cudd, age 62 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. Mrs. Cudd was born October 2, 1945, daughter of the late Walter L. Bryant and Florence Sanford Stanley. She was the owner and operator of Oostanaula Grocery for several years, and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
Jessie Mae Scoggins
Mar 26, 2008
Sister Jessie Mae Scoggins of 25 Bent Oak Trail, Rome, Georgia went to her eternal home in heaven at 1:00 a.m. March 26, 2008 at Gordon Hospital following a brief illness. She was born September 8, 1926 in Fannin County, Georgia, daughter of the late Elisha and Hester Davenport Green. She married Rev. William Hoyt Scoggins on March 25, 1943...
