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Alma "Tomma Sue" Sanford
Jun 5, 2013
Alma “Tomma Sue” Sanford, age 60, of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday Morning June 5th at her residence. Tomma Sue was born Oct 17, 1952 in Fannin County, daughter of the late Thomas M. Norton and Rachel Sallie Patterson Norton. She was attending Valley Baptist Church of Dalton at the time of her death and besides her parents was preceded in...

Deborah "Debo" Gallman Parker
Jun 3, 2013
Deborah “Debo” Gallman Parker, age 56, of Calhoun, passed away Monday June 3rd in Gordon Hospital. Deborah was born July 7, 1956 in Gordon County, daughter of Harold Lee Gallman and the late Vennie Mae Bagley Gallman, she was a lifelong resident of Gordon County and was employed by Kroger. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Carol...

Matt Bowen
Jun 1, 2013
Matt Bowen, age 41 of Rockmart and formerly of Calhoun died Saturday, June 1 at his residence in Rockmart. Matt was born, May 12, 1972 in Floyd County, son of Seth Bowen and the late Dottie Facette Bowen. Also, he was preceded in death by his grandparents, J.P. and Sallie Bowen, Bob and Catherine Facette; aunt, Beth Hawkins and her...

Jerry Benjamin Sims
May 30, 2013
Jerry Benjamin Sims, age 72, of Calhoun, passed away Thursday May 30th in Gadsden, Alabama, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Jerry was born in Gordon County, January 11, 1941, son of the late Alvin Raymond Sims and Winnie Lee Sitton Sims. He was an avid fisherman and a renowned fishing guide who has appeared in magazines and on...

Craddock Durham
May 28, 2013
Craddock Durham, age 86 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, May 28th in Hamilton Medical Center. Craddock was born on April 24, 1927 in Woodville, GA. He was the son of the late A.F. Durham and Helen Pope McWhorter Durham. Craddock was a member of Belmont Baptist Church and served as a Baptist minister pasturing Mars Hill for two years,...

Martha Claire Schwartz Adams
May 26, 2013
Martha Claire Schwartz Adams, age 81, of Calhoun, passed away Sunday May 26th in Gordon Hospital. Martha Claire was born in DeKalb County on March 15, 1932, daughter of the late John Dewey Edge and Mamie Willa Mote Edge, she was very active in her community as a volunteer for the Calhoun-Gordon County Chamber of Commerce, the American Red Cross,...

Derryl Elizabeth Reese
May 24, 2013
Mrs. Derryl Elizabeth Reese passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at Gordon Health Care. She was born August 29, 1913. Aunt Elizabeth lived in Thomson, GA, before coming to Calhoun in Dec of 2009. She never had children but babysat for several of her nieces and nephews. She was a very colorful lady who had a keen sense of humor!...

Michael Boyd
May 24, 2013
Mr. Michael Boyd, age 69, of Calhoun, passed away Friday May 24th in Redmond Regional Hospital. Michael was born in Nashville, Tennessee, June 3, 1943, son of the late Willard and Rebecca Boyd, he was of the Catholic faith and was employed by Labor Force prior to his death. He is survived by his daughter, Paris Niewoehner and her husband...

Louise Reed Faith
May 23, 2013
Mrs. Louise Reed Faith, age 82 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday, May 23rd in Gordon Hopital. Louise was born on November 20, 1930 in Gordon County. She was the daughter of the late Floyd Reed and Addie Lewis Lakey. Louise was a charter member of the Eastgate Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was...

Ernest Gunner Silverberg
May 23, 2013
• An Ode To Celebrate the Life of My Grandpa....one of the greatest men who ever lived....may he rest in peace with his Eternal Father. This morning,May 23,2013, young-hearted Ernest Gunner Silverberg passed away at 99 years of age, departing this world peacefully and leaving 115+ family members, created by he and his wife of 65 years….Jane Kathryn Silverberg, to...

Vera Hammett Locklear
May 22, 2013
Vera Hammett Locklear, age 92 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Gordon Hospital following a brief illness. Vera was born on December 23, 1920 in Lawrence, Alabama. She was the daughter of the late W.W. Hammett and Mary Adelia Bray Hammett. Vera was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker who...

Johnnie Kate
May 20, 2013
Johnnie Kate Fox, age 83 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, May 20th in Floyd Medical Center. Johnnie was born on July 22, 1929 in Gordon County. She was the daughter of the late Frank R. Edens and Palace Calbeck Edens. Johnnie formerly attended the Echota Baptist Church and College Street Church of God. She was a graduate of the...

Louise Edge
May 17, 2013
Miss Louise Edge, age 87 of Calhoun die, Friday, May 17 at the residence of her cousin, Sue Rogers. Louise was born, March 22, 1926 in Gordon County, daughter of the late Winston and Jessie Ballard Edge. She was preceded in death by brothers, Roy Ballard Edge and Butch Edge and a sister, Barbara Edge. She had formerly lived in...

Jack H. Morris
May 11, 2013
Jack Morris, age 83 of Calhoun died Saturday morning in the Roman Court residence of Rome, Georgia. He was born March 29, 1930 in Douglas County, son of the late Comer Morris and Ethel Hill Morris. Also, he was preceded in death by a brother Harold Morris and a sister, Evelyn Ray. He was an alumnus of both West Georgia...

John Robert Kelly
May 11, 2013
John Robert Kelly, age 75 of Sandy Springs, GA, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Northside Hospital. John was born on February 24, 1938 in Gary, Indiana. He was the son of the late Arthur and Blanche Baker Kelly. He was a member of the St. Jude Catholic Church. Survivors include: his wife Diane H. Kelly of Sandy...

Margarett Ann Powell
May 8, 2013
Margarett Ann Powell, age 49 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at her son’s residence. Margarett was born on July 25, 1963 in Austell, GA. She was the daughter of the late Albert James Gaskin and Mary France Feathere. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Tony Powell. Survivors include: two...

Candice Michelle Love Poore
May 3, 2013
Candice Michelle Love Poore, age 43, died Friday May 3rd at her residence following a sudden illness. Candice was born February 20, 1970 in Rome, Georgia, daughter of Mickey Love and Elaine Thomas Love, she was employed by the State of Georgia as a coordinator for the University of Georgia and was preceded in death by her grandparents, Dewey Thomas...

Charles Lee Wright
May 3, 2013
Charles L. Wright, age 65 of the Plainville community died at 9:30 AM, Friday May 3 in the Landmark Hospital of Athens. Charles was born, May 20, 1947, in Gordon County, son of the late Barney L. Wright and Minnie Sue Robbins Wright. Also, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Danny and Jimmy Wright, and two brothers in...

Jerrie Kinsey Fite
May 1, 2013
Jerrie Kinsey Fite, age 74 of Calhoun died Wednesday, May 1 at the residence of her sister Martha near Adairsville. She was born, February 16, 1939 in Bartow County, daughter of the late Joe J. Kinsey and Dorothy Eloise Jackson. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Fite. She had lived most of her life in Gordon...

Charles William Clark
Apr 8, 2013
Charles William “Bill” Clark, age 79 of Calhoun, passed away Monday afternoon April 8, 2013 at his residence. Bill was born October 13, 1933 in Gordon County, son of the late John Virgil Clark and Lucy Elizabeth Keene Clark, he was of the Church of God faith and had been employed by Lockheed for 42 years prior to his retirement....
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