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Benjamin Herbert "Benny" Coulter
Jan 1, 2011
Benjamin Herbert "Benny" Coulter, age 67, a well known funeral director and member of the Thomas Funeral Home staff. Died Saturday January 1st in Gordon Hospital following a sudden attack. Benny was born September 22, 1943 in Floyd County. Son of the late Herbert Millard and Lillie Bell Coulter. He was a member of the Adairsville United Methodist Church and...
Mary Allen Lowery
Dec 30, 2010
Mary Allen Lowery, age 83, of Calhoun, passed away Thursday morning, December 30, at her residence. Mary was born in West Virginia, May 20, 1927. Daughter of the late John Allen and Mary Locke Allen. Mary has been a resident of Gordon County since 1990 and was a member of the South Dalton Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...
Steven Anthony Hensley
Dec 27, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 Steven Anthony Hensley, age 38, of Calhoun, passed away Monday, December 27 at Gordon Hospital. Steven was born on March 19, 1972, in Jefferson, Tennessee. Son of Dana Steve Hensley and the late Brenda Faye Hubbard Hensley Dukes. He was a member of Soul's Harvest Church of Calhoun and was formerly employed by Constantine Carpet Mill....
Richard Lee Dean
Dec 27, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010 Richard Lee Dean, age 72, of Calhoun. Died Monday morning December 27th in Gordon Hospital. Richard was born March 28, 1938 in Gordon County. Son of the late John Clayton and Lucille Baggett Dean. He was a member of the Reeves Baptist Church and was a truck driver with Shaw Industries for more than 30 years...
Ralph Snyder
Dec 25, 2010
Dr. Ralph W. Snyder, 86, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away December 25 at A.G. Rhodes Rehabilitation facility in Atlanta following a brief illness. Dr. Snyder, brother of former Calhoun resident Edna Snyder Langford, was born in Davenport, Iowa on April 11, 1924. He spent most of his early years in Ponca City, Oklahoma where he graduated from high school in...
William Gordon "Bill" Robertson
Dec 19, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010 Mr. William Gordon "Bill" Robertson, age 93 of Calhoun died at 3:18 AM Sunday, December 19 in Wellstar-Kennestone Hospital. Bill was born, December 25, 1916 in Gordon County, son of the late Thomas Gordon Robertson and Dane Jackson Robertson. He also was preceded in death by a son, William Gordon Robertson, Jr., two brothers, Tom and...
Joshua Dean Lawson
Dec 19, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010 Joshua Dean Lawson, age 22, of Calhoun. Died Sunday evening December 19th at his residence. Joshua was born October 15, 1988 in Gordon County. Son of Sam Lawson and Diane Brown Ford. He attended Gordon Central High School and was employed by Interstate Tire Company. Survivors include his mother, Diane Brown Ford and her husband Frankie...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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