Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas

Earl Trofimuk
Dec 2, 2006
Mr. Earl Trofimuk, age 60, of Ranger, passed away December 2, 2006, at Gordon Hospital following several years of declining health. He was born in Butler, Pennsylvania on November 3, 1946. While playing high school football, he was nicknamed "The Mad Russian" by his coach. Mr. Trofimuk was a veteran of the US Army, and had been an elevator technician...

Richard Wayne Burgin
Dec 1, 2006
Richard Wayne Burgin, age 25, of Armuchee, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2006. He was born in Oklahoma on July 30, 1981, son of Melvin Leon Burgin, Sr., and Sonya Faye Thompson. Mr. Burgin was employed in the mobile home moving industry, and was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Calhoun. Survivors include his wife, Latisha Swann...
Ralynn Victoria Niles
Nov 23, 2006
Mrs. Ralynn Victoria Niles, 36, of Auburn, GA., went to be with the Lord early Thursday morning, November 23, 2006. Mrs. Niles is a member of Newtown Baptist Church. She was actively involved with the Senior Center of Winder, Georgia; on the fund raising committee for the Rape Crisis Center of Barrow County and worked with her daughter's Daisy Scout...

Arian Jacob Timms
Nov 17, 2006
Infant Arian Jacob Timms passed away Friday November 17, 2006 at T.C. Thompson's Children Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. He was preceded in death by great grandparents; Homer and Dot Logan and Cressa and Wilma Stone. Survivors include his parents Tristan and Jessica Timms. Grandparents; Darrin and Connie Locke, Lance and Lisa S. Timms and Ron and Patricia Jackson. Great grandparents;...

Jim Cook
Nov 16, 2006
Mr. Jim Cook Sr. age 63 of Sugar Valley, GA passed away Thursday November 16, 2006 at Floyd Medical Center. Mr. Cook was born in Gordon County on December 20, 1942 son of the late James Cook and the late Ruby Garman Floyd. He was retired from Astro Dye and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death...

Ruby Mcdaniel
Nov 15, 2006
Mrs. Ruby McDaniel age 87 of Calhoun, Georgia passed away Wednesday November 15, 2006 at her residence following several years of declining health. Mrs. McDaniel was born on May 2, 1919 in Bartow County daughter of the late Joe and Alice Harvey Kinsey. She was retired from Welco Carpets and was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death...

Glenda Ellen Tapp
Nov 14, 2006
Mrs. Glenda Ellen Tapp age 69 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday November 14, 2006 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Gordon County on April 22,1937, daughter of the late George W. Jones and the late Lillie Naomi Jones. She was retired from Shaw Industries and was preceded in death by two sons; John Bennett and Wayne Bennett, one grandson...

Shirley Jean Whitaker
Nov 10, 2006
Mrs. Shirley Jean Whitaker, age 72 of Calhoun, Georgia; died Friday, November 10, 2006 at Redmond Regional Medical Center following declining health. Mrs. Whitaker was born on August 17, 1934 in Sayre, Oklahoma; daughter of the late Wade and Allie Mae Doster Brewer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mason Richard Snow. Although dealing with many health...
Kristopher Cody Warren
Nov 10, 2006
Lance Corporal Kristopher Cody Warren, age 19 of Resaca, Georgia, died Friday, November 10, 2006 from injuries received in Iraq while serving with the United States Marine Corp. Cody was born on June 25, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia, son of Joseph Neal Warren and Robin Bright Patterson. Cody loved to talk on his cell phone, hunt, fish and camp out....

Loyd Shirley
Nov 3, 2006
Mr. Loyd George (Uncle Bug) Shirley, age 82, of Calhoun, passed away on Friday, November 3rd, 2006, at Gordon Health Care. He was born in Gordon County on May 28, 1924, son of the late Beverly and Lona Burton Shirley. In his lifetime, Mr. Shirley had worked for Johnston-Hall Clinic and Battey State Hospital. He was preceded in death by...
Charles Mccormick
Nov 2, 2006
Mr. Charles Guinton McCormick age 69 of Sugar Valley, Georgia passed away Thursday November 2, 2006 at Gordon Hospital. Mr. McCormick was born in Etowah County, Alabama on October 21, 1937 son of the late Theodore McCormick and Allie Pate McCormick. He was a truck driver for C&S Distributors. Mr. McCormick was preceded in death by his wife Estelle McCormick...

Maggie Elizabeth Goss
Oct 30, 2006
Mrs. Maggie Elizabeth Goss age 90 of Calhoun, died Monday October 30, 2006 at Calhoun Health Care. Mrs. Goss was born April 1, 1916 in Dunlap, TN. and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Goss was the daughter of the late Bill and Sallie Bunch Hughes. She was also preceded in death by her husband Farrell Toliber Goss, Three sons;...

Bessie Pack
Oct 29, 2006
Mrs. Bessie Pack age 82 of Ranger, Georgia died Sunday October 29th in Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome. Mrs. Pack was born in Gordon County on July 31st, 1924. She was the daughter of the late Sam and Pearl Kirby and was preceded in death by one brother, Fain Kirby and by two sisters; Maggie Cronan and Ruth Boswell....

Pete Mckinley Sanders
Oct 29, 2006
Mr. Pete McKinley Sanders, age 59, of Calhoun, passed away on October 29, 2006, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. He was born in Ridgeland, South Carolina, on June 27, 1947, son of the late Irby Frazier Sanders and Janie M. Lyons Pyke. Mr. Sanders was a Maintenance Mechanic with Products Concepts, was a veteran of the US Navy, having served...
Effie Kay Mcdearis
Oct 28, 2006
Mrs. Effie Kay McDearis, age 90 of Calhoun, Georgia; past away Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Calhoun Health Care Center following declining health. Mrs. McDearis was born on November 10, 1915 in Gordon County; daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Kay and Austra Duncan Kay. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Auburn Chester McDearis and by sisters;...

Alfred Owens
Oct 28, 2006
Mr. Alfred Owens, age 71 of East Valley Road; Rydal, Georgia; past away Saturday, October 28, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Owens was born on November 10, 1934 in Muscogee County, Georgia; son of the late Frank and Victoria Mathis Owens. He was also preceded in death by sisters; Lillie Jones, Annie Lou Pascone, Myrtle Lee and brothers; Gary Owens...
Mildred Muse Couch
Oct 26, 2006
Mrs. Mildred Muse Couch, age 84, of Sugar Valley, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at Gordon Hospital following several months of declining health. Mrs. Couch was born in Whitfield County, October 15, 1922, daughter of the late J.H. (Ham), and Cloe Long Muse. She was retired from OJ Mills, and was a charter member of Welcome Gap Baptist...

Mable Louise Cochran
Oct 20, 2006
Mrs. Mable Louise Tate Cochran, age 81, of Calhoun, passed away Friday, October 20, 2006, at her residence after several years of declining health. She was born in Gordon County on February 24, 1925, daughter of the late Will and Gertrude Griffen Tate, and was preceded in death by a sister, Kindness Thomason, and a grandchild, Stanley O'Neal. Mrs. Cochran...

Doris Mason
Oct 20, 2006
Mrs. Doris Anderson Mason of 2185 Roland Hayes Parkway, Calhoun, died Friday evening in Gordon Hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Mason was born in Gordon County. She was the daughter of the late Garnett C. Anderson and Iola Barrett Anderson. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Mason. Mrs. Mason was preceded in death by five brothers;...
Martha Ann
Oct 19, 2006
Mrs. Martha Ann Ray, age 68 of Cartersville, passed away Thursday October 19, 2006. She was born on May 16, 1938 daughter of the late Clifford W. Trammell and Pearl Woody Trammell. She was retired from Starcrest Nursing Home where she worked for many years and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in White, Georgia. Mrs. Ray was preceded...