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Samuel "Sammy" M. Black

Samuel "Sammy" M. Black

Jul 22, 2014

Samuel "Sammy" M. Black, Jr. age 69 of Sugar Valley, passed away July 22, 2014 at his residence following a courageous 10 month battle with cancer. Sam was born on January 23, 1945 in Gordon County to the late Sam Black Sr. and Ruby Bob Walraven Black. He was a member of the Sugar Valley Baptist Church. He is survived...

Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West

Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West

Jul 20, 2014

Benjamin Harrison (Harry) West passed away Monday, July 14, 2014, at the age of 72. Harry was born in Calhoun, Georgia. He married Jane Munday of Doraville, Georgia, in 1962, and lived, worked and raised his family in Atlanta for 50 years. Harry is survived by his wife Jane, son Jeff, daughter Susan Johnson (Robert), and grandchildren Caroline and Josh...

Kenneth Ray Proctor

Kenneth Ray Proctor

Jul 20, 2014

Kenneth Ray Proctor, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away on July 20, 2014 at his residence after a year of declining health. Kenneth was born on July 27, 1942 in Wilson County, NC. He was the son of the late Preston Proctor and May Bell Proctor. Ken received his Bachelor’s Degree from East Carolina University and a Master’s Degree in...

Teresa Lynn Fuller

Teresa Lynn Fuller

Jul 16, 2014

Teresa Lynn Fuller, age 48, of Calhoun passed away Wednesday July 16th in Gordon Hospital. Teresa was born July 29, 1965 in Gordon County. Daughter of Mary Nell Floyd West and the late Billy M. West. She was a Homemaker and lifelong resident of Gordon County. Besides her father she was preceded in death by her son, D.J. Fuller and...

Dorothy Shelor Pierce

Dorothy Shelor Pierce

Jul 14, 2014

Mrs. Dorothy Shelor Pierce, age 89 of Smyrna and former resident of Gordon County died Monday July 14. Mrs. Pierce was the daughter of the late Ethel Sloan Shelor and Clarence Bruce Shelor, both pioneer Gordon County families. Also, she was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Richard Campbell Pierce. She was an alumna of the Toccoa...

Jacky Smith

Jacky Smith

Jul 10, 2014

Jacky Smith age 54 of Resaca, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Jacky was born on October 3, 1959 in Gordon County to Helen Woody Watson and the late Leo Jack Smith. He was formerly employed by Cross Plains Textile. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Marvin Lynn Smith,...

Yvonne Gussie Fuquea

Yvonne Gussie Fuquea

Jul 7, 2014

Yvonne Gussie Smith Fuquea, age 77 of Calhoun, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2014 in Gordon Hospital. Yvonne was born on July 28, 1936 in Gordon County. She was the daughter of the late Hope Smith and Ruby Parks Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles “Cannonball” Fuquea; two grandsons, Brandon...

Ingeborg B. Martin

Ingeborg B. Martin

Jul 6, 2014

Ingeborg B. Martin, 76, of Calhoun, died on Sunday, July 06, 2014 at home. Born in Bad Aibling, Germany, on November 2, 1937, she was the daughter of Joseph and Elisabeth (Eigner) Bichl. She married Worth B. Martin in Bad Aibling, West Germany on September 6, 1956. After coming to the United States, Inge and her husband lived briefly in...

Charles W. Walraven

Charles W. Walraven

Jul 4, 2014

Charles W. Walraven, age 77, of Calhoun, passed away Friday July 4th at his residence. Charles was born October 6, 1936 in Gordon County, son of the late Emmett F. Walraven, Sr. and Ida Brown Walraven. Prior to his retirement he was employed by Siemens Corporation in Electrical Equipment Sales. Charles was a member of the St Clement’s Catholic Church...

John  "Shag" Worley

John "Shag" Worley

Jul 1, 2014

John “Shag” Worley, age 65 of Sugar Valley, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at his residence. Shag was born on April 10, 1949 in Whitfield County, son of Martha Lee Worley and the late Bascomb Worley. Besides his mother he is survived by his wife, Nancy Worley of Sugar Valley; two daughters; Laura Lynn Jordon and her husband...

Marian King

Marian King

Jun 26, 2014

Marian King, age 84 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Morning Pointe Assisted Living. She was born in Atlanta on March 4th, 1930 to the late Franklin Denman and Eula Sadler Denman. She was a member of Belmont Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School. She was the Author of the three part series, “It happened...

George Michael Graham

George Michael Graham

Jun 26, 2014

George Michael Graham, age 63 of Sugar Valley, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Floyd Medical Center. George was born on August 26, 1950 in Lawrence County. He was the son of the late George R. Graham and Francis A. Barber Graham. He was formerly employed by Textile Rubber & Chemicals for over twenty four and a half...

Retired M/Sgt. Armando C. "Max" Marchionda

Retired M/Sgt. Armando C. "Max" Marchionda

Jun 25, 2014

Mr. Armando C. “Max” Marchionda, age 94 of Calhoun, passed away on June 25, 2014 at Gordon Hospital. He was born June 14, 1920 in Koppel, PA, son of the late Joseph G. and Amelia Marchionda. He was veteran of WWII serving twenty-eight years in the United States Air Force. After his retirement from the Air Force, he worked for...

Ann Walters

Ann Walters

Jun 25, 2014

Ann Walters, age 58 of Calhoun, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Morning Pointe Assisted Living. Ann was born on October 6, 1955 in Cobb County to Paul Edward Gentry, Sr. and Nellie Allawane Sparks Gentry. She was a very active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Calhoun, where she served on several committees. She was the...

Pauline Peek

Pauline Peek

Jun 24, 2014

Mrs. Pauline Hodges Peek, of Calhoun, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in Marietta, Georgia after several months of declining health. The family will received friends from 1-3 PM Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Parlor of Thomas Funeral Home followed by a service at 3:00 PM in the Chapel and interment at Chandler Cemetery. Pauline Hodges Peek was...

Martha J. Holcomb

Martha J. Holcomb

Jun 23, 2014

Martha Holcomb, age 77 of Sugar Valley, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in Hamilton Medical Center of Dalton. Martha was born on January 4, 1937 in Liberty, SC to the late Joel Norman Young and Eugenia Farr Young. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her twin sister, Mary Young. She is survived by...

Trammell Winston Hobgood

Trammell Winston Hobgood

Jun 22, 2014

Trammell Winston Hobgood, Jr., 66, died of cancer on June 22, 2014 in Vero Beach, Florida. Winston was born on August 19, 1947 to the late Trammell and Helen Beamer Hobgood of Calhoun, GA. He was a 1965 graduate of Calhoun High School. He earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of West Georgia before moving to Alaska...

Gerald Eugene McCarver

Gerald Eugene McCarver

Jun 10, 2014

Gerald Eugene McCarver, 81, passed away June 10, 2014 at Emeritus at Big Creek Assisted Living in Roswell, GA, after living with dementia for a number of years. Gerald was born in Gadsden, AL, and served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was a graduate of Jacksonville State University. He had lived in Calhoun, GA, since 1969 where...

Dennis F. "Preacher" Williams

Dennis F. "Preacher" Williams

Jun 6, 2014

Mr. D.F. “Preacher” Williams, age 84 of Calhoun died Friday evening in Redmond Regional Medical Center with his wife of 66 years, Betty, at his side. He was born November 13, 1929 in Gordon County, son of the late Dennis F. Williams, Sr. and the former Etta Willene Roe. Also, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Sue Bill...

Ruenell Griffin Agee

Ruenell Griffin Agee

Jun 4, 2014

Ruenell Griffin Agee, 80, passed away on June 4, 2014 at her home in Calhoun following an extended illness. Mrs. Agee was born in Lumberton, North Carolina on November 29, 1933. She was the daughter of the late Reverend James D. Griffin and the late Elma B. (Cornelison) Griffin. She was preceded in death by two brothers, James D. Griffin,...

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