Anderson "Lamar" Couey

Anderson “Lamar” Couey, age 89, of Calhoun passed away on March 31, 2025 in Regency Park Health Center in Dalton, GA following a long illness.

Lamar was born on August 19, 1935 in Dublin, GA. He was the son of the late Anderson Monroe Couey and Evelyn Lawrence Couey. Mr. Couey graduated from Dublin High School in 1953 and later attended Georgia State University. Following that he worked for the L & N Railroad for approximately twenty years, and then was the owner of Couey Transport, a trucking company which he operated until his retirement in 1997. He was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church. Lamar was an avid Georgia Bulldog football fan since his teenage years, and enjoyed playing golf.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Parker Couey and brother, Ira Couey.

Survivors include: his sister, Barbara Perry and her husband Grady; his children, Andy Couey and his wife Dona, Tami Duda and her husband Steven, and Scott Couey and his wife Inas; grandchildren, Adrian Couey, Jeremy Couey, Kailey Duda Pulliam; and great-grandchildren, Hayden Tyler Pulliam, Linux Vera, Lincoln Campbell, and Evie Campbell also survive.

The family would like to thank Stacie Dodd and the entire staff of Regency Park Health and Rehabilitation for their compassionate and dedicated care of Lamar.

Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM from the Chapel of Thomas Funeral Home with Dr. John Barber officiating. The family will receive friends that morning from 11 AM until 11:45 AM followed by a brief service at the funeral home only. Lamar will be laid to rest in Fain Cemetery.

You may leave the family online condolences at www.thomasfuneralhomecalhoun.com

Thomas Funeral Home has proudly been entrusted with the care of Anderson “Lamar” Couey.