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Sandra Nation

Sandra Nation

Dec 19, 2019

Sandra Kay Nation, age 72 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at her residence. Sandra was born on March 13, 1947 in Calhoun to the late Claude Rex Smith and Martha Marie Wofford Smith. She was a member of Resaca Assembly of God and was retired from Mannington Mills. In addition to her parents she is preceded...

Walter M. Mixon

Walter M. Mixon

Dec 16, 2019

MSGT Walter M. Mixon, United States Air Force Retired, age 83 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, December 16, 2019 at his residence. Walter was born on October 30, 1936 in Beaufort County, NC., son of the late Milan Roy Mixon and Mary Lewis Mixon. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and was retired after serving 22 years...

Phillip Ray Ramsey

Phillip Ray Ramsey

Dec 14, 2019

SFC Phillip Ray Ramsey, US Army Retired, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at his residence. Phillip was born on February 2, 1943 in Lexington, VA to the late Morris W. Ramsey and Anne A. Ramsey. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Plainville, GA. Phillip was retired from the United Stated Army...

Margaret Brown Coulter

Margaret Brown Coulter

Dec 11, 2019

Margaret Brown Coulter, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Cartersville Medical Center. Margaret was born on September 26, 1943 to the late Carl W. “Buddy” Brown and Bertha Marie Brown. In addition to her parents, Margaret was also preceded in death by: her husband, Benjamin “Benny” Coulter; infant son, Michael Coulter; and brother, Larry...

Karen Elaine Herring

Karen Elaine Herring

Dec 10, 2019

Mrs. Karen Elaine Herring, age 71, of Ranger, passed away Tuesday December 10th in Advent Health Gordon. Karen was born January 23, 1948 in Bartow County, daughter of the late Murphy L. Cornwell and Luzine Davis Cornwell. She was a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Doyle Herring, Jr of Ranger, daughters, Kacee...

Rev. Jimmy A. Holman

Rev. Jimmy A. Holman

Dec 9, 2019

Rev. Jimmy A. Holman, age 83 of Adairsville, GA, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019 at his residence. Jimmy was born on April 5, 1936 in Phenix City, AL. He was the fourth of five children born to Julious Aubrey Holman and Flossie Floree Symer Holman. In addition to his parents, Jimmy was also preceded in death by: brother,...

Elizabeth B. Tatum

Elizabeth B. Tatum

Dec 8, 2019

Elizabeth B. Tatum, age 77 of Ranger, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at her residence. Elizabeth was born on December 8, 1942 in Calhoun, GA to the late C.L. Silvers and Bessie Parker Silvers. In addition to her parents, Elizabeth was also preceded in death by: her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ralph and Annie Tatum; son, Marshall Tatum; two...

Lois Thomas Ray

Lois Thomas Ray

Dec 7, 2019

Lois Thomas Ray, age 85 of Cartersville, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at her residence after a long illness with cancer. Lois was born on June 17, 1934 in Gordon County to the late Martin Cecil Thomas and Nellie Vaughan Thomas. In addition to her parents, Lois was also preceded in death by: her husband, Paul Howard Ray;...

Emogene Cline Corbin

Emogene Cline Corbin

Dec 3, 2019

Emogene Corbin, age 86 of Marietta, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at her residence. Emogene was born on June 7, 1933 in Bartow County, GA to the late Walter O. Cline and Sudie Erwin Cline. In addition to her parents, Emogene was also preceded in death by two sisters, Vieva Cline Byars and Marie Cline Hobbs. Emogene...

H. Eugene "Gene" Wilson

H. Eugene "Gene" Wilson

Nov 29, 2019

Mr. H. Eugene “Gene” Wilson, age 84 of Fairmount, passed away on Friday, November 29th at his residence. Gene was born on October 12, 1935 in Fairmount, Ga to the late William Sollie Wilson and Nellie White Wilson. He had served in the United States Army and was a member of the Ryo/Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. He was a former...

Traver Loyd Shirley

Traver Loyd Shirley

Nov 29, 2019

Tarver Loyd Shirley, 93, longtime resident of Smyrna, Georgia, and formerly of Calhoun, passed away surrounded by family November 29, 2019. Tarver was born February 6, 1926, to William Asbury Shirley and Sallie Lola Blalock in Ranger, GA. Tarver was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 65 years, Bobbie Malone Shirley, his parents, and siblings, Annie Mae, Ruby,...

Larry Brown

Larry Brown

Nov 25, 2019

Larry Brown, age 78 of Calhoun, GA, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019 at AdventHealth Gordon. Larry was born on December 29, 1940 in Gordon County to the late Carl W. “Buddy” Brown and Bertha Marie Brown. He was a member of Calhoun First Baptist Church. Larry was an avid Calhoun Yellow Jacket and Georgia Tech football fan. He...

Norma Lee Mincey

Norma Lee Mincey

Nov 24, 2019

Norma Lee Mincey, age 95 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at Assured Hospice Care in Cartersville, GA. Norma was born on January 22, 1924 in Floyd County to the late Norman Albert Carter and Myrtle Thurman Carter. In addition to her parents, Norma was also preceded in death by: her husband, Randolph Mincey; all of her...

Jerry A. Stephens

Jerry A. Stephens

Nov 21, 2019

Jerry A. Stephens, age 53 of Ranger, GA, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at AdventHealth Gordon. Jerry was born on September 19, 1966 in Whitfield County, GA to Mogia Marie Muse Graham and the late Jerry Gene Stephens. In addition to his father, Jerry was also preceded in death by: his sister, Gina Marie Copeland; and nephew, Dustin...

William (Will) Pridgen

William (Will) Pridgen

Nov 21, 2019

William (Will) Pridgen, age 34, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at his home in Atlanta, GA, following an almost five-year battle with brain cancer. Will was born on March 21, 1985 in Calhoun, GA and was a 2003 graduate of Calhoun High School, where he was the first Stinger mascot from 2002 until 2003. He then graduated from...

George Russell Pass

George Russell Pass

Nov 21, 2019

George Russell Pass, age 62 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Floyd Medical Center following a brief illness. Russell was born on July 30, 1957 in Gordon County, GA to Betty Jo French Pass and the late George Vance Pass. In addition to his father, Russell was also preceded in death by: his son, Jordan Russell...

Eileen  Elsie Bohannon

Eileen Elsie Bohannon

Nov 12, 2019

Eileen Schultz Bohannon, age 89 of the Oostanaula Community died Tuesday, November 12 at her residence. Eileen was born, February 9, 1930 in Chicago, a daughter of the late Arthur Fred Schultz and Elizabeth Viole Crownwall Schultz. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Lee Bohannon in 2006 and a son Scott Bohannon in 1989. Eileen had...

Jack Winslow Sloan

Jack Winslow Sloan

Nov 11, 2019

Jack Winslow Sloan, JR, age 90 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2019 at his residence. Jack was born on July 26, 1929 in Clemson, SC to the late Jack Winslow Sloan, SR and Annie Brock Sloan. In addition to his parents, Jack was also preceded in death by his wife, Anna Carolyn Parks Sloan. Jack was a...

E.W. (Buck) Prather

E.W. (Buck) Prather

Nov 10, 2019

E. W. (Buck) Prather, age 90, died Monday, November 11, in Redmond Regional Medical Center of Rome after an illness of several days. He was born in Gordon County on November 6,1929 to Charlie & Opal Clark Prather who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Oweta Prather Phipps and a brother, Jimmy Prather....

Clemmie Floyd Wright

Clemmie Floyd Wright

Nov 8, 2019

Clemmie Floyd Wright, age 94 of Plainville, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 at Hamilton Medical Center. Clemmie was born on April 9, 1925 in Gordon County, GA to the late Robert Ray Floyd and Molly Scott Floyd. In addition to her parents, Clemmie was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack D. Wright; siblings, Mildred Floyd, Jerry...

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