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Mary Fuller Blankenship

Mary Fuller Blankenship

Apr 15, 2015

Mary Fuller Blankenship, age 97 of the Plainville Community, passed away on Wednesday, April 15 at Winthrop Manor. Mary was born on December 1, 1917 in Gordon County to the late Dolph Ingle Fuller and Maude Fouts. She was a member of the Plainville United Methodist Church and prior to her retirement was a teacher at Plainville Elementary School and...

Jeannie Roark

Jeannie Roark

Apr 13, 2015

Jeannie Roark, age 75, of Calhoun, passed away Monday morning April 13th at her residence following a brief illness. Jeannie was born August 8, 1939 in Imlay City, Michigan, daughter of the late John Bailie and Vernice Witt Bailie. She was a CPA and owner-proprietor of the Calhoun Bowling Center. Jeannie was herself an avid bowler and supporter of the...

William Henry "Bill" Lovvorn

William Henry "Bill" Lovvorn

Apr 11, 2015

William Henry “Bill” Lovvorn, Jr., 62, of Asbury Park, NJ, formerly of Albany, GA, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at home. Bill was born in Calhoun, GA the son of the late William H. Lovvorn Sr. and Marjorie Dobbs Lovvorn. After graduating high school, he attended Georgia State University and graduated from the University of Central Florida where...

Margarett Jeanette West

Margarett Jeanette West

Apr 9, 2015

Margarett Jeanette West, age 83 of Plainville, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015. Jeanette was born on February 15, 1932 in Calhoun to the late Willie B. “Pedro” Owens and Fannie Clyde Stone. She was a member of the Pleasant Grove (RYO) Baptist Church and was retired from GA Tufters. Jeanette was a loving mother and house wife. In...

Lucius Gilreath

Lucius Gilreath

Apr 6, 2015

Lucius Gilreath, age 86 of the Sonoraville Community, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2015 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Lucius was born on February 26, 1929 in Bartow County to the late Hugh L. Gilreath and Nina Perry Gilreath. He was a member of the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and was a veteran of the United States Army....

Gladys Reeves

Gladys Reeves

Apr 4, 2015

Gladys Reeves, age 93 of Calhoun, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Gladys was born on April 30, 1921 in Wells County, CO to the late Posey Brown and Beulah Campbell Brown. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church and was formerly employed by Echota Cotton Mills and later Crown Craft. In addition to...

Jose Hurtiz

Jose Hurtiz

Apr 4, 2015

Mr. Jose Hurtiz, age 47, of Calhoun, passed away Saturday afternoon April 4th in Redmond Regional Hospital. Mr. Hurtiz was born December 12, 1967 in Mexico and was employed at the time of his death with Mill Works Mfg.. He was a member of the St Clements Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted Monday April 6th at...

Peggy Sue McDougle

Peggy Sue McDougle

Apr 3, 2015

Peggy Sue McDougle, age 77 of the Union Grove Community, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2015 at Calhoun Health Care. Peggy was born on April 17, 1937 in Gordon County to the late Judson S. Smith and Mary Lay Smith. She was a member of the River View Drive Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Ronald (Ron)  Purdy

Ronald (Ron) Purdy

Mar 28, 2015

Ronald Hughes Purdy, age 76 of Calhoun, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at his residence. Ron was born on April 8, 1938 in Abbington, PA to James H. and Florine Summerfield Purdy. He was raised in Yardley, PA with three brothers, Jimmy, Bob and Barry and one sister, Lynn. He graduated from Pennsbury High School. He attended the...

Wayne Branton

Wayne Branton

Mar 24, 2015

Dell LaWane “Wayne” Branton, 77, went to be with the Lord suddenly in his home on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Born on February 27, 1938 to the late Deward Gaston Branton and Thelma Bowman. He was raised by his grandparents, Tom and Ola Branton in Rome, Georgia. He moved to Calhoun in 1967, which became his true home in “God’s...

Betty Jo Fuller

Betty Jo Fuller

Mar 18, 2015

Betty Jo Fuller, age 86 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Gordon Hospital. Betty was born on May 1, 1928 in Bartow County, daughter of the late Newt House and Floy Boston. She was a member of the Belmont Baptist Church and was an executive secretary for Lawtex Industries. In addition to her parents, she was...

Randy Harold Sloan

Randy Harold Sloan

Mar 16, 2015

Randy Harold Sloan, age 60 of Resaca, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2015 at his sister’s residence in Dalton. He was born on May 13, 1954 in Whitfield County, GA to Melba Gazaway Sloan and the late Reed Harold Sloan. He was a member of the Resaca Church of Christ. In addition to his father, he was preceded in...

Billy Wayne Williams

Billy Wayne Williams

Mar 13, 2015

Billy Wayne Williams, age 61 of Calhoun, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2015 in Floyd Medical Center. Billy was born on November 27, 1953 in Chattooga, GA to the late Dennis Fain “Preacher” Williams and Betty Mae Bagley Williams. He was a great entertainer and loved all music, and was a self taught master guitarist from the age of...

Ophelia Edwards Langley

Ophelia Edwards Langley

Mar 13, 2015

Ophelia Edwards Langley, age 81 of Calhoun, entered into her eternal peace on Friday, March 13, 2015 at Redmond Regional Center. Ophelia was born on October 15, 1933 in Floyd County to the late Thomas and Hattie Hazelwood Edwards. She was a member of the Plainville Church of God Prophecy and was dedicated to instilling the love of God in...

Jimmie Lou Avedisian

Jimmie Lou Avedisian

Mar 13, 2015

Jimmie Lou Avedisian, age 72, of Calhoun, passed away Friday March 13th at her residence. Jimmie Lou was born in Smyrna, Georgia December 31, 1942, daughter of the late Alvin Wright and Jimmie Nell Dean Wright. She was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and a member of the WM Association. Jimmie Lou was a member of the...

Anna Lee Little

Anna Lee Little

Mar 12, 2015

Anna Lee Little, age 88 of Calhoun, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Gordon Hospital. Anna was born on March 2, 1927 in Stevenson, AL to the late Charles Gamble and Sallie Arnold Gamble. She was a member of Calhoun First Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert P....

Marie Cook

Marie Cook

Mar 10, 2015

Marie Cook, age 97 of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 10, 2015 in Gordon Health Care. Marie was born on January 27, 1918 in Cherokee County, daughter of the late A.J. Land and Ollie Duck Cook; she was a homemaker and member of the Northside Church of Christ. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Marvin Eugene Parker

Marvin Eugene Parker

Mar 8, 2015

Marvin E. (Gene) Parker, age 79, of Dalton and formerly of Resaca, passed away Sunday March 8th in the Hamilton Medical Center. Gene was born May 17, 1935 in Resaca, son of the late William Virgil (Cap) Parker and Jessie C. Brackett Parker. He was a long time member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Resaca. After returning from...

Leonard William Howard

Leonard William Howard

Mar 7, 2015

Leonard William Howard, age 67 of Calhoun died Saturday, March 7 in the US Veterans Administration Hospital near Decatur. Leonard was born, September 15, 1947 in Cartersville, son of Nadine Massey Talbert and the late James William Howard. He was a member of the American Legion and the Loyal Order of the Moose, and a Veteran of the Vietnam War,...

Gene Henry Cole

Gene Henry Cole

Mar 3, 2015

Gene Henry Cole, age 65 of Adairsville, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at his residence after several months of declining illness. Gene was born on September 1, 1949 in Atlanta, GA to the late William H. Cole and Hester Mullinax Cole. Gene was a faithful member and deacon of Sonoraville Baptist Church. Gene was retired from Atlantic Steel...