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Leo Smith
Jun 13, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010 Mt. Jack Leo Smith of Calhoun went home to be with the Lord on Sunday June 13, 2010 in Gordon Hospital. Leo was born in Gordon County on April 15, 1932 son of the late Horace Greeson Smith and Sybil Fuquea Smith and had spent his entire life here. In addition to his parents he was...

Julia Villarreal
Jun 11, 2010
Julia Villarreal age 68 of Calhoun, died Friday June 11, 2010 at her residence. Private Memorial Services will be conducted at a later date.

Velma Ruth Hales
Jun 9, 2010
Mrs. Velma Ruth Hales, age 81, of Calhoun. Died Wednesday afternoon June 9th in Lafayette Health Care following an extended illness. Mrs. Hales was born in Pickens County, February 3, 1929. Daughter of the late Edgar B. and Carrie Allen Silvers. She was homemaker and member of the Ball Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Wayne Willard
Jun 7, 2010
Mr. Gary Wayne Willard age 44 of Resaca, Ga. died Monday June 7th. 2010 from injuries received in a terrorist attack on his compound in Kandahar Afghanistan. Wayne was born in Rockwood Tennessee on Aug. 13, 1965 son of Gerald Willard and the late Brenda Cook Willard. The early part of his life he resided in Rockwood Tn., but had...

Blankenship Barton
Jun 3, 2010
Geneva Blankenship Barton, age 88, of the Sonoraville Community died at 6:22 PM Thursday June 3 at her residence. Geneva was born in Gordon County, January 28, 1922, daughter of the late Howard Lenvel Blankenship and Gussie Jo Bowles Blankenship. She was a Gordon County native but had lived from 1948 to 1983 in Atlanta. She was a member of...

Helen Mozella Cochran
May 31, 2010
Mrs. Helen M. Cochran, age 90 of Calhoun died at 5:53 PM, Monday, May 31 in Gordon Hospital following an extended illness. Helen was born in Bartow county June 13, 1919, daughter of the late Howard W. Johnson and Thelma Brock Johnson. She was preceded in death by her husband, George V. Cochran November 4, 2000 and a brother, Hugh...

Ronald (Ron) Gary Ralston
May 25, 2010
Mr. Ronald "Ron" Gary Ralston, age 57, went home to be with the Lord on May 25th. , at his residence following several years of declining health with cancer. He was surrounded by his friends and family. He was a native of Gordon County, born in Fairmount on August 3, 1952 to the late R. Marshall and Maude Patterson Ralston....

Barbara Weddle
May 23, 2010
Mrs. Barbara Hill Weddle 75 of Calhoun, died Sunday May 23rd in Gordon Hospital. Following several months of decling health. She was born in Jasper Alabama on August 24, 1934 daughter of the late Henry Harding Hill and Willie Bell Higginbotham Hill. She was a home maker and a member of the 1st Baptist Church. She is survived by her...

Ronald Frank Farris
May 20, 2010
Mr. Ronald Frank Farris age 38 of Calhoun, died Thursday May 20th. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ronald was born in Gilmer County on April 24, 1972 son of Ronnie Farris who survives him and Deborah Blalock Farris who preceded him in death in 1986. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents; Celestia and Frank Farris. He was employed...

Helen Richards
May 17, 2010
Ms. Helen Richards 63 of 1809 Everett Springs Rd., Calhoun, died Monday May 17th. at her residence following a brief illness. Helen was born in Pickens County on Sept. 16, 1946 daughter of the late Willie and Peggy Massingill Richards. She was an L.P.N.since 1967 and was employed by Calhoun Health Care. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Staci Lynne Holsomback-Carroll
May 17, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Staci Lynne Holsomback-Carroll, age 38, of Fairmount. Died Monday morning May 17th in Emory University Hospital. Staci was born in Floyd County March 24, 1972. Daughter of John F. Holsomback, Jr. and Linda Crowe Holsomback. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fairmount and was a 1990 graduate of Gordon Central High School....

D.L. Floyd
May 16, 2010
. D. L. (Dagma Leake) Floyd, Jr., age 86, of Atlanta and formerly of Gordon County. Died Sunday May 16th at the Dekalb Medical Center. D.L. was born July 16, 1923 in Floyd County, son of the late Dagma Leake Floyd, Sr. and Naomi Marie Barton Floyd. He graduated from the University of Georgia and did his graduate studies at...

Bethel Lee Nichols
May 14, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010 Mr. Bethel Lee Nichols, age 73, of Calhoun. Died Friday afternoon May 14, 2010 in Gordon Hospital. Lee was born April 14, 1937 in Fort Payne, Alabama. Son of the late J.D. and Melissa Ann Nichols. Prior to his retirement he was employed as a truck driver with Carolina Freight. Lee was a Veteran of the...

Porter Black
May 12, 2010
Mr. Porter Black age 82 died peacefully on May 12, 2010 at Morning Pointe Assisted Living in Calhoun. Mr. Black was born in Oakman, Ga. on June 8, 1928 son of the late Paul B. and Leola Holbert Black, was a native and lifelong resident of Gordon County. He enlisted and served as a Staff Sergeant in the US Army...

William "Shorty" Harvey Caldwell
May 11, 2010
Mr. William Harvey Caldwell ( Shorty), age 45 of Aragon died Tuesday, May 11 in the Polk Medical Center of Cedartown following an unexpected illness. Shorty was born November 26, 1964, in Floyd County, son of William Daniel Caldwell and Edna Hall Caldwell both of Kingston. He was worked in materials control with Trinity Rail and was of the Holiness...

Mary Ann Hammond
May 9, 2010
Mrs. Mary Ann Hammond age 81 of Calhoun died Sunday evening in Gordon Hospital following several month of declining health. Mrs. Hammond was born in Gordon County on Feb. 24, 1929 daughter of the late Charles and Esther Greeson Ray and was a life long resident. She was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and was retired from...

Ervin Lamar Mercer
May 4, 2010
Wednesday, May 05, 2010 Mr. Ervin Lamar Mercer age 81 of Calhoun, died Tuesday May 4th. in Kennestone hospital following several weeks of declining health. Mr. Mercer was born in Paulding County on May 19, 1928 son of the late Clelan Ervin and Ruth Brown Mercer. He had made his home in Calhoun since 1976 was a member of the...

Ellen Berry
May 4, 2010
Mrs. Ellen Macie Berry age 75 of Sugar Valley, died Tuesday evening following several months of declining health. Mrs. Berry was born in Pelzer Township, S.C, on December 29, 1934 daughter of the late Paul K. and Eula Mae Collins Mullinax and lived in Gordon county since 1996. She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ and was...

Melissa Carol Beeler
Apr 26, 2010
Melissa Beaty Beeler age 43 of 321 Chad St., Calhoun, died Monday April 26th. in the Gordon Hospital. Melissa was born in Gastonia North Carolina on July 1, 1966 daughter of Roy and Georgia Lineberger Beaty and had been a resident of Calhoun for the past 9 years. She was a member of the Calhoun First Baptist Church and was...
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