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T. Casey

T. Casey

Dec 16, 2010

Colleen T. Casey, age 74, of Calhoun. Died Thursday morning December 16th in the Gordon Health Care Center. Colleen was born December 10, 1936 in Franklin County, Alabama. Daughter of the late Millard Lee and Gladys Austin Tuggle. Colleen was a member of the Belmont Baptist Church where she attended the Joy Sunday School Class. She was employed as the...

Rita Lynn Ellis Kent

Rita Lynn Ellis Kent

Dec 14, 2010

Rita Lynn Ellis Kent, age 61 of Calhoun. Died Tuesday December 14th in the VistaCare Hospice of Emory Hospital in Atlanta. The early years found her frolicking through the cotton fields of her father’s farm, curly blonde hair bouncing about her smiling face. The impish grin - the same one that would signal in later years she knew something you...

Mary Sue Malone

Mary Sue Malone

Dec 13, 2010

Mrs. Mary Sue Malone of Longview, Texas and formerly of Sugar Valley. Died Monday December 13th in Longview. Mary was born August 22, 1919, in Gordon County, GA, near the town of Resaca, to Ben B. Allen and Susie E. Ward Allen. Her family moved to Sugar Valley, GA, where she attended school and graduated from Sugar Valley High School....

Edna Viola Caldwell

Edna Viola Caldwell

Dec 12, 2010

Mrs. Edna Viola Caldwell, age 63, of Kingston. Died Sunday morning December 12th at her residence. Edna was born August 18, 1947 in Gordon County. Daughter of the late Bill and Alice Kinsey Hall. She was a homemaker who was preceded in death by her son, William Caldwell in May of this year. Three brothers; Howard M. Hall, Eddie Hall,...

Myrtle Vandergriff Barnes Presley

Myrtle Vandergriff Barnes Presley

Dec 10, 2010

Myrtle Vandergriff Barnes Presley, age 86, of Calhoun. Died Friday December 10th at her residence. Myrtle was born in Gilmer County January 17, 1924. Daughter of the late Benson Reed and Mamie Irea Cantrell Vandergriff. She attended Philadelphia Baptist Church and prior to her retirement was employed by Lockheed Aircraft. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Carol Sloan Balliew

Carol Sloan Balliew

Dec 9, 2010

Carol Sloan Balliew, age 74, of Calhoun. Died Thursday December 9th at her residence. Carol was born December 19, 1935 in Gordon County. Daughter of the late Henry Grady and Trilby Nichols Sloan. She was a member of the Calhoun Community Church and prior to her retirement was an accountant at Constantine Carpets. Carol was preceded in death by her...

Margaret Ann Walraven

Margaret Ann Walraven

Dec 3, 2010

12-5-2010 Margaret Ann Walraven, age 80 of Sugar Valley, died Friday, December 3rd at her residence. Margaret was born, March 19, 1930 in Floyd County, daughter of the late Ben Millican and Lottie Norman Millican. Also, she was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Addyson Davis, a brother, Ben Millican, and a special sister in law, Floy Walraven. Margaret was...

Leonard Brown,Sr.

Leonard Brown,Sr.

Nov 26, 2010

November 27, 2010 Reverend Leonard B. Brown, Sr., age 89 of Calhoun died at 5:18 PM, Friday, November 26 following an extended illness. Leonard was born, January 23, 1921 in Floyd County, son of the late Alva Francis Brown and Minnie Ellen Henry. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Marie O. Brown, a daughter, Ruth Duffek, a...

Edward Lee Fuquea

Edward Lee Fuquea

Nov 26, 2010

November 28, 2010 Edward Lee Fuguea, age 84, of Fairmount. Died Friday November 26th. In Gordon Health Care. Edward always considered the area around Ranger and Fairmont, Georgia as home. Although he was born April 18, 1926 in Newton Falls, Ohio to Mary Taylor and James Carl Fuquea, Ed’s family returned to the Ranger area when he was a young...

Lelia Harper Fuqua

Lelia Harper Fuqua

Nov 25, 2010

November 26, 2010 Leila Harper Fuqua, age 65, of Gordon County. Died Thursday morning November 25th in the Floyd Medical Center. Leila was born June 23, 1945, in Floyd County. Daughter of the late Cleon and Nora Norton Harper. She had worked at Klopman Mills prior to her retirement and was a member of the Wax Baptist Church. Leila was...

Syble M. Gibson

Syble M. Gibson

Nov 24, 2010

Mrs. Syble M. Gibson, age 92 of Rome, and formerly of Gordon County. Died Wednesday November 24 in Floyd Medical Center. Syble was born August 29, 1918 in Sugar Valley, daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth Moorehead Childers. She was a member of the Oothcalooga Baptist Church and prior to her retirement was employed by Crown Craft. Syble was...

Jill Rutledge

Jill Rutledge

Nov 24, 2010

November 26, 2010 On November 24, 2010, at 3:36 PM, our darling Jill Rutledge went home to be with our Lord Jesus at such a youthful age of 48 years. This is truly a heartbreak for so many that love her. She was born in Orlando, Florida to a loving mother, sister and brother who cherished her with all their...

Ora Woodall "WoWo" Lane

Ora Woodall "WoWo" Lane

Nov 24, 2010

Mrs. Ora Woodall "WoWo" Lane, age 85, of Calhoun. Died Wednesday morning in the Redmond Regional Medical Center. She was born January 11, 1925 in Cherokee County, Georgia. Daughter of the late Homer C. and Naomi Knox Woodall. She was a homemaker and at the time of her death was attending the Heritage Baptist Church. Mrs. Lane was preceded in...

Major Jack Knight, U.S.A.F. Retired

Major Jack Knight, U.S.A.F. Retired

Nov 17, 2010

November 17, 2010 Major Jack C. Knight, U.S. Air Force retired, age 84 of Calhoun, died Tuesday November 16th. following several months of declining health. Jack was born in Calhoun, Ga. on Nov. 17, 1926 son of the late John T. and Mary Bell Knight. He joined the Army Air Corp during WWII and retired from the United States Air...

Burton "Bert" Clarence Schendel

Burton "Bert" Clarence Schendel

Nov 15, 2010

November 15, 2010 Mr. Burton Clarence "Bert" Schendel, age 94 of the Plainville community, died Monday morning November 15, 2010 at his residence. Bert was born in Turlock, California on January 15, 1916. He was the son of the late David and Ernestma Deckwa Schendel. Bert served in the U.S. Air force during WWII. He is the last living child...

Earl Lindsey

Earl Lindsey

Nov 12, 2010

November 14, 2010 Earl Lindsey, age 64, of the Shannon community. Died Friday evening November 12th in Floyd Medical Center. Earl was born September 18, 1946 in Centre, Alabama. Son of the late John Amos and Lila Mae Martin Lindsey. He enjoyed and was active in the regional saddle clubs and trail rides. Earl was a truck driver prior to...

Faith Ann Byars

Faith Ann Byars

Nov 12, 2010

November 12, 2010 Faith Ann Byars, infant daughter of Jessie Lee and Melissa Ann Cass Byars. Died Friday morning November 12th in Gordon Hospital. Besides her parents Faith is survived by two sisters; Kimberly LeAnn and Cheyenne Destiny Byars. Her brother; Dakota Keith McGovern. Grandparents; Hugh Byars of Idaho, Tena Cayleen Byars of Plainville, Ruth Ann Tyler of Calhoun, and...

Cornelious "Neal" Jones

Cornelious "Neal" Jones

Nov 5, 2010

November 6, 2010 Mr. Cornelious "Neal" Jones, age 79, of Calhoun. Died Friday November 5th in the Floyd Medical Center. Neal was born September 9, 1931 in Floyd County. Son of the late Will and Willie Mae Sharp Jones. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and a member of the Rock Bridge Community Church. He severed his...

Kathleen Lansford

Kathleen Lansford

Nov 1, 2010

November 1, 2010 Mrs. Kathleen Smith Lansford, age 97, of Calhoun, died Monday Nov. 1, 2010 following several months of declining health. She was born in Jeffersonville, Ga. on April 29, 1913 daughter of the late David Thomas Smith and Elvenia Carswell. She had lived in Calhoun since 1966 coming here from Miami, Florida. She was a member of the...

Vaughnell Womack

Vaughnell Womack

Oct 31, 2010

November 1, 2010 Mr. Otis Vaughnell (O.V.) Womack age 72 of 546 E. Pleasant Valley Rd, Adairsville, Ga. passed away Sunday October 31 , 2010 at Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome following a lengthy illness. He was a member of the Barrett Road Church of God in Calhoun. He was well known in his community for many years as...

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