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Donald "Butch" Dixon
Aug 6, 2009
Thomas Funeral Home 535 Red Bud Road Calhoun, Georgia 30701 706-629-2832 Mr. Donald E. “Butch” Dixon, age 63, of the Rydal community. Died Thursday evening August 6th in the Emory University Hospital. Donald was born in Gordon County June 22,1946. Son of the late Donald Hue and Lillie Bell Garrett Dixon. He was a computer engineer with One Source Computer...

Glinda Sutton
Aug 3, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009 Mrs. Glinda Sutton age 60 of 136 Rustic View Drive, Chatsworth, Ga, died Monday morning August 3rd. at her residence. Glinda was born in Gordon County March 21, 1949 daughter of the late Roy F. and Opal Alline Withrow Choate. She had resided in Chatsworth for the past 25 years, was a member of the Oostanaula...

Joseph "Joe" Edward Kilpatrick
Jul 31, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009 Mr. Joe Kilpatrick, age 89, of Sugar Valley. Died Friday afternoon July 31st in the Specialty Hospital of Floyd Medical Center. Joe was born November 2, 1919 in Farmington, Georgia. Son of the late Charlie and Florence Greenway Kilpatrick. He was employed as a Quality Control Engineer with Lockheed Aircraft for 34 years prior to his...

Frank "Popsie" Walraven
Jul 27, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Mr.Emmett Franklin (Frank) “Popsie”_ Walraven, age 77 of Calhoun, died Monday, July 27th. at 4:00 P.M. at his residence after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Gordon County on June 22, 1932, the son of the late Emmett and Ida Brown Walraven. He was a lifelong resident of Gordon County and was an...

Sammy Joe Barnette
Jul 27, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009 Sammy Joe Barnette, age 63, of Gordon County. Died Monday July 27th at Saint Luke Hospital in Kansas City, MO. following a sudden attack. Sammy Joe was born in Gordon County April 11, 1946. Son of the late William Clifford and Ruby Jo Rickett Barnette. He was employed at the time of his death by Textile...

Robert L. Kinman
Jul 25, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009 Mr. Robert L. “Bob” Kinman, age 84 of Resaca died Saturday, July 25 at his residence. Robert was born, May 31, 1925 in Gordon County, son of the late Robert B. Kinman and Fannie Mae Robbins Kinman. He was a retired employee of the Whitfield County Road Department; a member of the Resaca Masonic Lodge #...

Marcilene Whitaker
Jul 24, 2009
July 24, 2009 Miss Marcilene “Marcie” Whitaker, age 57 of Calhoun, Georgia died at 12:40 PM, Friday, in Gordon Hospital of Calhoun. Marcie was born, March 4, 1952 in Hazel Park, Michigan, daughter of the late Morris S. Whitaker and Nell Humphrey Whitaker. She had lived in Calhoun since 1989 and had been employed by Marketing Alliance of Calhoun. She...

Wiley Joseph Moore
Jul 23, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009 Mr. Wiley Joseph Moore, age 74 and lifetime resident of Gordon County passed away July 22, 2009. He was the son of the late Ernest and Kathleen Moore and was preceded in death by his sister Margaret Moore Burdette and a brother Toby Moore. Mr. Moore was a retired brick mason and was a retired employee...

Margie Louise Davis
Jul 23, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009 Mrs. Margie L. Davis, age 84 of Calhoun died at 4:00 AM, July 23 at her residence following an extended illness. Margie was born in Gordon County, July 14, 1925, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Grady Taylor. Her husband, Ford Davis, a sister Evelyn Honea and a brother Grady Taylor, Jr. also preceded...

Weston "Ebb" Wright
Jul 18, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Mr. Weston Everett “Ebb” Wright, age 94 of Calhoun died at 6:55 P.M. Saturday, July 18 in Cartersville Heights Nursing Home. Ebb was born, July 16, 1915 a son of the late Weston Andrew ”W.A.” Wright and Cora Franklin Wright, and lived most of his life in Gordon County. He was a veteran of WW II,...

Doug Cronan
Jul 17, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009 Doug Cronan, age 50 of Ranger died at 9:26 PM Friday July 17. Doug was born, December 2, 1957 in Pickens County, son of John Newman Cronan and the late Barbara Jo Mullinax Cronan. Also, he was preceded in death by a brother, Melvin “Buff” Cronan in 1997. He was formerly employed at Allied Universal of...

Martha Nance Chitwood
Jul 15, 2009
Mrs. Martha Nance Chitwood, age 95, of Resaca. Died Tuesday morning July 15th at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Martha was born at Nance’s Spring in Whitfield County, February 22, 1914. Daughter of the late Robert Charles and Bertie Stroud Nance. She was a homemaker and member of the Resaca Church of Christ. Her husband, Thurman Chitwood preceded...

Glenda Hyde Smith
Jul 12, 2009
Mrs. Glenda Hyde Smith, age 69, of Resaca passed away Sunday July 12, 2009 in Heartland Hospice of Cartersville following an extended illness. Glenda was born in Gordon County December 23, 1939. Daughter of the late Albert Hyde and Loneita Kendrick Hyde. She was an alumna of Calhoun High School, Class of 1958. Prior to her retirement from General Telephone...

Byron R. Hefner
Jul 11, 2009
Mr. Byron Rudolph Hefner, age 84 of Calhoun died at 9:55 PM, Saturday, July 11 at his residence. Rudolph was December 2, 1924 in Sugar Valley, a son of the late Thaddeus Edgar Hefner and Daisy Holsomback Hefner. Also, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Tom, Frank A., and Glen Hefner; five sisters, Herlene Crider, Nancy Marceniak, Doris...

Ret. MSGT. Julian Dudley Fuller
Jul 10, 2009
Retired MSGT Julian Dudley “Buck” Fuller, age 83, of Calhoun. Died Friday morning July 10th in Gordon Hospital. Buck was born in Gordon County, December 25, 1925. Son of the late Dennis Mims and Velma Meadows Fuller. Most of his life was spent in defense of his country serving in the United States Air Force. He was a member of...

Estelle Roberts
Jul 10, 2009
Estelle Roberts died Friday July 10th. Estelle was born in Calhoun on July 30th, the youngest of ten children born to William and Elizabeth Silvers. She was preceded in death by her brothers Ira, Roy, Lincoln, Paul, Gordon, and Melvin (Slim) Silvers and three sisters, Lola Silvers, Lela Fortner, and Della Scoggins. Her daughter Debbie Roberts Gent and two grandbabies,...

Charles Andrew Cornwell,Jr.
Jul 9, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009 Dr. Charles Andrew Cornwell, age 68, of Calhoun. Died Thursday evening July 9th at his residence. Dr. Cornwell was born in Gordon County, August 14, 1940. Son of the late Charlie Andrew and Pearl Frady Cornwell. He was a well-known and respected minister who had pastored many churches in North Georgia including Oostanaula Baptist Church, Meadowdale...

Jimmy "PaPa" Martin
Jul 8, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Jimmy “PaPa Jim” Martin, age 61, of Fairmount. Died Wednesday morning July 8th in Heartland Hospice of Cartersville. PaPa Jim was born in Gwinnett County June 29, 1948. Son of the late Bond D. and Vera Bedingfield Martin. He was a member of the First Apostolic Ministries of Calhoun and was a self-employed welder who loved...

William Scott Walters
Jul 7, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 Mr. Scott Walters, age 92, of Calhoun passed away early Tuesday morning in Calhoun Health Care. Scott was born in Chattooga County Ga. on January 18, 1917. Son of the late Ira and Sallie Mills Walters. He was employed by the West Point Company of Lindale and was a farmer at heart. He was a veteran...

William "Billy" Shaw
Jul 5, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009 Mr. William “Billy” Shaw, age 78, of Cartersville and formerly of Calhoun. Died Sunday afternoon July 5th in the Specialty Hospital of Floyd Medical Center. Billy was born in Gordon County, November 17, 1930. Son of the late George and Sudie Holsomback Shaw. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the United States Army. Billy...
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