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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...

William. E Liles

William. E Liles

Oct 30, 2010

November 1, 2010 Mr. William "Billy" Liles, age 67 of Calhoun, died Saturday October 30th. in Calhoun Health Care Center following several months of declining health. Billy was born in Anniston , Alabama on April 27, 1943 son of the late James Alva and Myrtle Reed Liles. He was a retired truck driver and was on the Baptist Faith. Survivors...

Ann David Hopper

Ann David Hopper

Oct 29, 2010

October 29, 2010 Mrs. Ann David Hopper, age 86, of the Ranger Community, died Friday October 29, 2010 in Gordon Health Care. Ann was born on December 5, 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama. She was the daughter of the late Dillwood and Annie Pittman Tinsley. Ann was a graduate of Calhoun High School class of 1941 and the Georgia State College...

John L. Reese

John L. Reese

Oct 27, 2010

October 28, 2010 Mr. John Leon Reese Jr. of Calhoun, Died October 27, 2010. John was born on October 10, 1925 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, son of the late Norma Watson and John Leon Reese Sr. He graduated from Hewitt High School in Trussville, Alabama, and Auburn University School of Forestry. He served in the United States Navy aboard...

"Lance" Clarence David Deal

"Lance" Clarence David Deal

Oct 26, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Mr. Clarence David "Lance" Deal age 51 of Rydal, Ga. died Tuesday October 26th. in the Atlanta Veterans Hospital. Lance was born in Ft. Benning, Ga. in Oct. 13, 1959 son of the late Charles Edward and Willie Douglas Brooks Deal. He was a Nurse Anesthetist in St. Simons, Ga. and had lived here for a...

John Daniel Morris

John Daniel Morris

Oct 25, 2010

October 26, 2010 John D. Morris, age 53 of Fairmount died at 3:33 PM, Monday, October 25 at his residence. John was born in Atlanta, August 11, 1957, son of the late James Edward Morris, Sr. and Dorothy May McGuyrt, and made his home in Fairmount for ten years. He worked in purchasing and sales at the Chatsworth Auto and...

Garland C. Foster

Garland C. Foster

Oct 24, 2010

October 25, 2010 Garland C. Foster, age 80 of Fairmount died at 9:15 AM, Sunday, October 24 in Cartersville Medical Center. Garland was born in Gordon County, July 14, 1930, son of the late Charlie Foster and Ina Dean Foster. Also, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Lee Findley Foster July 28, 2008, an infant son, David...

Beatrice Reynolds

Beatrice Reynolds

Oct 15, 2010

October 20, 2010 Mrs. Beatrice Reynolds age 92 of Oceanside California and formerly of Fairmount, died Friday Oct. 15th in Oceanside. Beatrice was born in Bartow County on Sept. 10, 1918 daughter of the late William and Ella Hight Buttrum. She had spent most of her life in Fairmount before moving to Oceanside 10 years ago. She attended the South...

Retired SGM James "Jim" Franklin Purkey

Retired SGM James "Jim" Franklin Purkey

Oct 7, 2010

October 8, 2010 Retired Army SGM James Franklin "Jim" Purkey, age 74, of Calhoun. Died Thursday evening October 7th at his residence. Jim was born April 2, 1936 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Son of the late J.B. and Anabelle Lytle Purkey. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War serving in the United States Army for 26 years...

William "Bill" Harley Knight

William "Bill" Harley Knight

Oct 5, 2010

October 6, 2010 Mr. William (Bill) Harley Knight Jr., age 80, of Mount Alto Road, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010, following a long, courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Knight was born December 14, 1929, in Gordon County, GA. He was the son of the late Harley Knight and Agnes Holsomback Knight. After his graduation from Rome High School, he...

Jerlene Goss McArthur

Jerlene Goss McArthur

Oct 3, 2010

October 4, 2010 Mrs.Jerlene Goss McArthur, age 70 of Calhoun, died Sunday October 3, 2010 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born in Fannin County, Ga. on Dec. 8, 1939 daughter of the late James William and Ethel Long Goss. She was retired from Coronet Carpet and in addition to her parents was preceded in death by...

Edith Louise Rewis

Edith Louise Rewis

Oct 2, 2010

Memorial services will be conducted at a later date.

Michael Thomas Llop

Michael Thomas Llop

Sep 30, 2010

October 1, 2010 Michael Thomas Llop, Sr., 47, of Yarborough Mill in Fairmount, peacefully passed away Thursday, September 30th, 2010 after a year long battle with cancer. Michael was born in Atlanta on May 20th, 1963. He is survived by his devoted wife, Karen, the love of his life and his stronghold; and, his two devoted children, Michael Thomas and...

Paul Howard

Paul Howard

Sep 28, 2010

September 29, 2010 Mr. Paul Howard Ray age 85 of Cartersville, died Tuesday evening in the Cartersville Medical Center following an extended illness/. Paul was born in Floyd County on March 12, 1925 son of the late Paul Lester and Annie Maude Williamson Ray. He attended Plainview Baptist Church..Mr. Ray was a veteran of WWII and the Korean wars serving...