Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Billy Joe Chastain
May 27, 2019
Obituary Billy Joe Chastain, 78, of Calhoun, died Monday, May 27, 2019 at his home, following several years of declining health. He was born in Gordon County on June 17, 1940, son of the late Vester and Estell Craig Chastain. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Patsy Haygood Chastain; his...
Tracy Eugene Russell
May 25, 2019
Obituary Tracy Eugene Russell, 51, of Calhoun, died Saturday, May 25, 2019 at his home. He was born in LaGrange, KY on April 12, 1968, son of Mary Draper Russell and Robert E. Russell. Tracy served in the US Army Reserves, 844th Engineers, for 8 years. He was a self-employed auto salesman. Survivors include mother, Mary Russell of Calhoun; his...
Ophelia Florence Bowling
May 23, 2019
Obituary Ophelia Florence Welchel Bowling, 89, of Plainville died Thursday, May 23, 2019. She was born in Canton, GA on December 15, 1929, daughter of the late Solomon Welchel and Ovalene Cox Welchel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Bowling Sr.; brothers, Lewis Welchel, Alton Welchel, Odis Welchel, Silvanous Welchel, and Jack...
Charles Lincoln Allen Ii
May 22, 2019
Obituary Charles Lincoln Allen II, 70, of Calhoun died Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at his home. He was born on March 28, 1949 in Canton, OH; son of the late Rev. Charles Allen and Hazel Allen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jeremy Allen, in November of 1993. He retired from Dow Chemical....
Brenda Ann O'Ryan
May 19, 2019
Obituary Brenda Ann Burns ORyan,52, of Calhoun died Sunday, May 19, 2019. She was born in Calhoun, GA on February 11, 1967, daughter of William Carlis Burns and the late Rena Leatherwood Starkey. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Laney House Jr. Brenda was a member of East Calhoun Church. She is survived...
Lanelle Jeanette Bailey
May 19, 2019
Obituary LaNelle Sonier Bailey, 85, of Calhoun, died Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Calhoun Health Care. She was born in Woburn, MA on August 3, 1933, daughter of the late Allen Edward and Rosetta Murray Sonier. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Donald Eugene Bailey on April 1, 2016; her brother, Henry Allen...
Albert Francis Freeman
May 18, 2019
Obituary Albert Francis Freeman, 84, a longtime resident of the Plainville Community, died at his home on Saturday, May 18, 2019, following several years of declining health. Albert was born near Talladega, Alabama on March 19, 1935. He was the son of the late Walter R. and Buris Wallis Freeman. Along with his parents, Albert was preceded in death by...
Brian Jeffrey Pepper
May 15, 2019
Obituary Brian Jeffrey Pepper passed away at the age of 60 on May 15, 2019, at Floyd Medical Center. He was the seventh child born to Lucille and Wallace Pepper on May 1, 1959 in Wyandotte, Michigan. Brian worked for the Calhoun Police Department for over twenty years, where he served as Patrol Officer, Detective on the joint city/county Drug...
Quillian Young
May 14, 2019
Obituary Quillian Young, 69, a lifetime resident of the Sonoraville Community, died at his home while surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. He was born in Gordon County on February 6, 1950, son of the late Doyle and Loma Hambrick Young. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Lou...
Mary Dutton
May 13, 2019
Obituary Mary Sutton Dutton, 83, died Monday, May 13, 2019 at Cartersville Heights following several years of declining health. She was born in Calhoun, GA on June 5, 1935, daughter of the late Lee and Gordie Sutton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Buddy Dutton and her grandchildren, Michael and Anna Christine. She...
Bill Towers
May 12, 2019
Obituary James Clyde "Bill" Towers, 78, of Calhoun, died Sunday, May 12, 2019 at Floyd Medical Center. He was born in his beloved Sugar Valley, GA on August 24, 1940, son of the late Hugh and Josephine Thomas Towers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant brother, Buddy Towers; and his sisters and brothers-in-law,...
Edna Keeney
May 10, 2019
Obituary Edna Johns Keeney, 79, of Calhoun, died Friday, May 10, 2019 at Gordon Health Care. She was born in Gordon County on July 27, 1939, daughter of the late B.W. and Cora Goforth Johns. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Wesley Johns and Leroy Johns; and sisters, Malisey Dutton, Martha Dutton, Betty Freeman,...
Thomas Charles Hopper
May 9, 2019
Obituary Thomas Charles Hopper, a well-known resident of Gordon County, died unexpectedly on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Charles was born on July 2, 1936, son of the late Lawson Hopper and Eva Miller Hopper. In addition to his parents, his wife, Florence Poole Hopper and his brother, Donald Hopper, preceded him in death. He was retired from Shaw Industries, and...
Michael Terry Willix
May 9, 2019
Obituary Michael Terry Willix, 53, of Dalton, GA, died Thursday, May 9, 2019 following a brief illness. He was born in Gordon County on April 25, 1966, son of Judy Davenport and the late Ronald Willix. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his uncle, Mac Willix; and his grandparents, Claude Franks, and Virgil and Dorothy...
Reece Scotty Payne Sr.
May 8, 2019
Obituary Reece Scotty Payne Sr., 82, of Plainville, GA died Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at his home. He was born in Blue Ridge, GA on May 14, 1936, son of the late Dewey and Billie Patterson Payne. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette Payne, in 2014; and his daughter, Tawana Payne Rosenberg....
Katherine Ebanks
May 6, 2019
Obituary Katherine Mora Ebanks, 84, of Calhoun, died at Etowah Landing in Rome on Monday, May 6, 2019. Katherine was born on September 15, 1934 in Tampa, Florida; she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Virginia Saggus Mora. Katherine is survived by her daughter, Kay Leatherwood and her husband, Nick; her sister, Louise Vann and her husband, Gerald;...
Bruce Hurd
May 6, 2019
Obituary John Bruce Hurd, 67, of Ranger died Monday, May 6, 2019. Bruce was born in Swainsboro, GA on March 4, 1952, son of the late John T. Hurd and Gladys Wright Hurd. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, J.W. and Loneita Harris. Bruce is survived by his wife of 43...
James Hilburn Smith
May 5, 2019
Obituary James Hilburn Smith, 79, of Calhoun, died Sunday, May 5, 2019 at Redmond Regional Medical Center, following several months of declining health. He was born in Gordon County on July 6, 1939, son of the late Judson and Mary Smith. Hilburn worked in the transportation field, and played and coached softball teams for many years. After retiring as a...
James Edgar Hales Jr.
May 4, 2019
Obituary James E. Hales Jr (Jimmy or Turtle) was born in Dalton, Ga on September 21, 1974. He resided in Calhoun, Ga with his parents Ed and Linda Hales, and brothers Mike, Chris & Dale until 1983 when he moved with his parents to Malone, New York to work in volunteer missions. He made many life long friends while in...
Kim Smith Carey
May 3, 2019
Obituary Kim Smith Carey passed away suddenly on May 3, 2019. She was born in Dalton, Georgia on November 26, 1957. Kim lived in Live Oak, Florida, but was raised in Calhoun, where she lived and worked for many years. She was a graduate of Calhoun High School in the Class of 1975. She was employed for several years as...
