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Gail Shadburn

Gail Shadburn

Nov 15, 2016

Gail Shadburn, age 74 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Calhoun Health Care. Gail was born on September 7, 1942 in Gordon County to the late Durham W. Richards, Sr. and Essie Lee Jones Richards. She attended Blackwood Springs Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Craig Shadburn and his wife Jennifer; two brothers, Butch...

Destiny Ruby Jean Turner

Destiny Ruby Jean Turner

Nov 13, 2016

Destiny Ruby Jean Turner, age 10 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. Destiny was born on October 1, 2006 in Whitfield County, daughter of Hank Turner and Charlotte Bunn Turner. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, James Ledford. She attended West Union Baptist Church. Destiny loved life, was...

Frankie Nell Holsomback

Frankie Nell Holsomback

Nov 6, 2016

Frankie Nell Holsomback, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016 in Floyd Medical Center. Frankie was born on March 29, 1928 in Nelson, Georgia, daughter of the late Doll Rooney and Lucy Belle Cochran Rooney. She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and was retired from the Calhoun City Schools were she had...

Johnny Earl  Parks

Johnny Earl Parks

Nov 4, 2016

Johnny Earl Parks, age 68 of Sugar Valley, passed away Friday, November 4, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Johnny was born on April 26, 1948 to the late Georgia Callahan. In addition to his mother, he is preceded in death by his wife, Melinda Carver Parks. Johnny was of the Baptist faith and has resided in Gordon County for 35 years....

Mable Hopper Hunt

Mable Hopper Hunt

Nov 3, 2016

Mable Hopper Hunt, age 77 of Plainville, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Mable was born on May 27, 1939 to the late Thomas Claude and Martha Goswick Hopper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Edwin Sharon McEntyre; and second husband, Howard Douglas Hunt and a sister in...

Lillian Blackstock Baker

Lillian Blackstock Baker

Nov 2, 2016

Lillian Blackstock Baker, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at her residence. Lillian was born on May 26, 1932 in Gordon County, GA to the late Marvin Lee Blackstock and Maude Lillian Gallman Blackstock. She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church, and briefly served as a deputy sheriff under her husband, Pat Baker, who...

Wilborn Robert "Bobby"  Galloway

Wilborn Robert "Bobby" Galloway

Oct 28, 2016

Wilborn Robert “Bobby” Galloway, age 68 of Ranger, GA, passed away on Friday October 28th at Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome. “Bobby” was born on February 7, 1948 in Pickens, South Carolina to U.G. Galloway and Seldia Jane Holland. He was a member of Corner Church of Plainville and Fellowship Baptist Church of Plainville. “Bobby” served in Vietnam with...

Michael Ledell Mincey

Michael Ledell Mincey

Oct 27, 2016

Michael Ledell Mincey, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Michael was born on August 5, 1955 in Cartersville, GA to the late J.C. Mincey and Frances Wilkey Mincey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Jason Colston. He was a member of Blackwood Springs Baptist Church....

Deborah Gilmore

Deborah Gilmore

Oct 24, 2016

Deborah Gilmore, age 63 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016 at Gordon Hospital. Deborah was born on March 19, 1953 in Beckley, West Virginia to the late John McGrady and Madeline Bowman McGrady. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Gilmore. She was a resident of Gordon County for the...

Tony Lamar Edwards

Tony Lamar Edwards

Oct 20, 2016

Tony Lamar Edwards passed away October 20, 2016 at Floyd Medical Center. Tony was born on September 6, 1956 in Chatsworth, GA. He was a truck driver for 35 years, and his last job was at Gateway Transportation for 17 years. Tony graduated from Calhoun High School in 1975. He was a minister of the United Christian Church, and was...

Susan  Gazaway Robertson

Susan Gazaway Robertson

Oct 19, 2016

Susan Gazaway Robertson, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Rome, GA on October 11, 1940, daughter of the late Leonard DeWitt Fuller and Ruth Ledford Kinsey. She attended West GA College for several years, until marrying John A. Gazaway. Following marriage she resided in Ankara, Turkey where Mr....

Stephen Lamar Sanders

Stephen Lamar Sanders

Oct 19, 2016

Stephen Lamar Sanders, age 53 of Cullman, AL and formerly of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday October 19th at UAB Medical Center in Birmingham. Stephen was born on May 30, 1963 in Floyd County to Mildred Delay Sanders and the late Walter Don Sanders, Sr. He was a member of Belmont Baptist Church. In addition to his father, he was...

Howard R Franklin

Howard R Franklin

Oct 15, 2016

Howard R. “Poppa” Franklin, age 75, of the Nance Springs Community, died at 7:02 AM Saturday, October 15, 2016. Howard was born in Chattanooga on July 24, 1941. A son of the late Howard J Franklin and Doris Self Franklin Moore. Also, he was preceded in death by his stepfather Roy B Moore, brother Robert Franklin, stepmother Minnie Franklin. He...

Edith  Witherow Burns

Edith Witherow Burns

Oct 15, 2016

Edith Witherow Burns, age 91, of Calhoun passed away at 7AM on October 15, 2016 at Gordon Healthcare. Edith was born on December 7, 1924 to the late Fate Witherow and Frances Rogers Witherow in St. Clair County, Alabama. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Hoyt Jackson Burns Sr, seven brothers and...

Anthony Ray Bramlett

Anthony Ray Bramlett

Oct 14, 2016

Sergeant Deputy Sheriff Anthony Ray Bramlett, age 42 of Calhoun, passed away at 6PM on Friday, October 14, 2016. Sergeant Bramlett was born on December 21, 1973 to James Bramlett and Meletha Grogan Moss. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, uncles and infant brother, Joshua. He was an avid participant at the Alabama Bass Trail Tournament and hunter...

Margaret  Ann Shivers

Margaret Ann Shivers

Oct 10, 2016

Margaret Ann Shivers, age 91 of Kissimmee, Florida and formerly of Calhoun, GA, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016. Margaret was born on August 28, 1925 to the late Robert Fred Offutt and Rosie Lee Stone Offutt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Millard Owen Shivers; and brother, Ralph Offutt. Margaret was...

Ann Stephens Hall

Ann Stephens Hall

Oct 9, 2016

Ann Stephens Hall, age 76 of Resaca died at 12:51 PM, Sunday, October 9 in Tranquility of Dalton. Ann was born, May 1, 1940 in Augusta, daughter of Claude Stephens and Dell Dooley Stephens. Also, she was preceded in death by five brothers, Murel, Clyde, Don, Lamar, and Jimmy Stephens; foster parents, E.W. “Fat” Chitwood and his wife, Lilla Young...

Glo Gay Hobgood

Glo Gay Hobgood

Oct 6, 2016

“Glo” Gay Hobgood, age 86 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Gordon Health Care. Glo was born on October 25, 1929 in Gulfport, Mississippi to the late John Champlin Gay and Jennie Tucker Gay. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Keith Hobgood. Glo was a member of...

Amelia Pina Ruiz

Amelia Pina Ruiz

Oct 2, 2016

Amelia Pina Ruiz, age 78 of Calhoun, passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2016 at Floyd Medical Center. Amelia was born on April 1, 1938 in Mexico to the late Jose Pina Ramirez and Consuelo Ruiz. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eduardo Monroy Ramirez. She was a member of St. Clements Catholic...

Ralph Dale Owen

Ralph Dale Owen

Oct 2, 2016

Ralph Dale Owen, age 67 of Calhoun died at 12:50 PM, Sunday, October 2 at his residence. Dale was born, April 5, 1949 in Whitfield County, a son of the late Jester Jim Owen and Lizzie Mae Greeson Owen. Also, he was preceded in death by an infant sister, Ruth Ellen Owen. Dale lived in Cleveland, Tennessee for 33 years...