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Ashleigh Briana Clarke
Aug 5, 2014
Ashleigh Briana Clarke, age 25, of Calhoun and formerly of Utah, passed away Tuesday August 5th at her residence. Ashleigh was born September 29, 1988 in Panama City, Florida, daughter of Darrell Clarke and Stephanie Watson Clarke. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Joe L. Reece and Robert Lee Clarke. Survivors include her mother; Stephanie Clarke of Washington,...

Teah Lanette Bramlett
Aug 4, 2014
Teah Lanette Bramlett, age 33 of Fairmount, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 in Piedmont Hospital. She was born on March 22, 1981 in Whitfield County, GA. She was the daughter of Ronnie S. Bramlett and Teresa L. West Bramlett. Teah was a member of the Rowland Springs Baptist Church in Cartersville and was employed by The Prescription Shop....

Donald Lamar Thornton
Aug 2, 2014
Donald Lamar Thornton (Lamar), 48, of Atlanta, passed away August 2, 2014, unexpectedly, at his residence. He was born September 16,1965, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Dalton, son of Catherine Bridges Bethune Thornton and the late Gary Thornton; grandson of the late Ruth Bridges, and the late Thurman Thornton and Louise Thornton Vaughn, all of Whitfield County. He was preceded in...

Terry Carter
Jul 29, 2014
Terry Carter, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away on July 29, 2014. Terry was born on September 10, 1952 in Gate City, VA. He is the son of Bill and Janie Carter who survive. He was a member of the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, and has been a resident of Gordon County for the past 20 years. He was...

Howard W. Hall
Jul 26, 2014
Howard W. Hall, age 84 of the Sonoraville Community, passed away July 26th, 2014 at the Kindred Hospital in Rome. Howard was born in Gordon County, November 27, 1929, a son of the late Benjamin Harrison Hall and Belle Stewart Hall. Also, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Jack and Don Hall, and two sisters, Frances Hall Davis...

Charles Broughton Earnest
Jul 25, 2014
Charles Broughton Earnest, Jr. age-81 of Calhoun, Ga. Passed away on Friday, July 25, 2014. Mr. Earnest was born on February 4, 1933, son of the late C.B. Earnest, Sr. and the late Julia Griggs Earnest. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Betsy Carson. Charles Earnest is survived by his wife, of 58 years, Catherine King Earnest,...

Louann Brown
Jul 24, 2014
Louann Cooper Brown, age 60 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday morning, July 24, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Louann was born on November 10, 1953 in Crossville, TN. She was the daughter of the late Vincent Cooper and Tiva Jane Harris Cooper. She lived most of her life in Harlan County, KY, and later moved to Gordon County, where she...

Kathy G. Eaker
Jul 22, 2014
Kathy G. Eaker, age 52 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at her residence. Kathy was born on July 17, 1962 in Gordon County. She was the daughter of William Leroy Carpenter and Ida Elizabeth Hall Carpenter. She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ and has been a lifetime resident of Gordon County. She...

Samuel "Sammy" M. Black
Jul 22, 2014
Samuel "Sammy" M. Black, Jr. age 69 of Sugar Valley, passed away July 22, 2014 at his residence following a courageous 10 month battle with cancer. Sam was born on January 23, 1945 in Gordon County to the late Sam Black Sr. and Ruby Bob Walraven Black. He was a member of the Sugar Valley Baptist Church. He is survived...

Kenneth Ray Proctor
Jul 20, 2014
Kenneth Ray Proctor, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away on July 20, 2014 at his residence after a year of declining health. Kenneth was born on July 27, 1942 in Wilson County, NC. He was the son of the late Preston Proctor and May Bell Proctor. Ken received his Bachelor’s Degree from East Carolina University and a Master’s Degree in...

Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West
Jul 20, 2014
Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West passed away Monday, July 14, 2014, at the age of 72. Harry was born in Calhoun, Georgia. He married Jane Munday of Doraville, Georgia, in 1962, and lived, worked and raised his family in Atlanta for 50 years. Harry is survived by his wife Jane, son Jeff, daughter Susan Johnson (Robert), and grandchildren Caroline and Josh...

Teresa Lynn Fuller
Jul 16, 2014
Teresa Lynn Fuller, age 48, of Calhoun passed away Wednesday July 16th in Gordon Hospital. Teresa was born July 29, 1965 in Gordon County. Daughter of Mary Nell Floyd West and the late Billy M. West. She was a Homemaker and lifelong resident of Gordon County. Besides her father she was preceded in death by her son, D.J. Fuller and...

Dorothy Shelor Pierce
Jul 14, 2014
Mrs. Dorothy Shelor Pierce, age 89 of Smyrna and former resident of Gordon County died Monday July 14. Mrs. Pierce was the daughter of the late Ethel Sloan Shelor and Clarence Bruce Shelor, both pioneer Gordon County families. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Richard Campbell Pierce. She was an alumna of the Toccoa...

Jacky Smith
Jul 10, 2014
Jacky Smith age 54 of Resaca, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Jacky was born on October 3, 1959 in Gordon County to Helen Woody Watson and the late Leo Jack Smith. He was formerly employed by Cross Plains Textile. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Marvin Lynn Smith,...

Yvonne Gussie Fuquea
Jul 7, 2014
Yvonne Gussie Smith Fuquea, age 77 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Yvonne was born on July 28, 1936 in Gordon County. She was the daughter of the late Hope Smith and Ruby Parks Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles “Cannonball” Fuquea; two grandsons, Brandon...

Ingeborg B. Martin
Jul 6, 2014
Ingeborg B. Martin, 76, of Calhoun, died on Sunday, July 06, 2014 at home. Born in Bad Aibling, Germany, on November 2, 1937, she was the daughter of Joseph and Elisabeth (Eigner) Bichl. She married Worth B. Martin in Bad Aibling, West Germany on September 6, 1956. After coming to the United States, Inge and her husband lived briefly in...

Charles W. Walraven
Jul 4, 2014
Charles W. Walraven, age 77, of Calhoun, passed away Friday July 4th at his residence. Charles was born October 6, 1936 in Gordon County, son of the late Emmett F. Walraven, Sr. and Ida Brown Walraven. Prior to his retirement he was employed by Siemens Corporation in Electrical Equipment Sales. Charles was a member of the St Clement’s Catholic Church...

John "Shag" Worley
Jul 1, 2014
John “Shag” Worley, age 65 of Sugar Valley, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at his residence. Shag was born on April 10, 1949 in Whitfield County, son of Martha Lee Worley and the late Bascomb Worley. Besides his mother he is survived by his wife, Nancy Worley of Sugar Valley; two daughters; Laura Lynn Jordon and her husband...

Marian King
Jun 26, 2014
Marian King, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Morning Pointe Assisted Living. She was born in Atlanta on March 4th, 1930 to the late Franklin Denman and Eula Sadler Denman. She was a member of Belmont Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School. She was the Author of the three part series, “It happened...

George Michael Graham
Jun 26, 2014
George Michael Graham, age 63 of Sugar Valley, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Floyd Medical Center. George was born on August 26, 1950 in Lawrence County. He was the son of the late George R. Graham and Francis A. Barber Graham. He was formerly employed by Textile Rubber & Chemicals for over twenty four and a half...
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