Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Evelyn Watson Chastain
Sep 26, 2018
Obituary Evelyn Watson Chastain, 78, of Calhoun, died Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at her home, following several months of declining health. She was born in Pickens County, GA on March 15, 1940, daughter of the late Lester and Beulah Young Watson. Survivors include her son, Dale Edward Woody; her daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy West, Shannon and Lamar Pritchett, and Debbie...
Carolyn Christine Brown
Sep 25, 2018
Obituary Carolyn Christine "Pat" Mathis Brown, 66, of Rome died on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Floyd Medical Center following several months of declining health. Pat was born in Calhoun on January 24, 1952. She was the daughter of the late William Wiley Mathis and Hazel Reed Raines. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers,...
Rickey Lynn Dockrey
Sep 23, 2018
Obituary Rickey Lynn Dockrey, 62, of Calhoun, died Sunday, September 23, 2018 at his home following several years of declining health. He was born in Atlanta, GA on July 17, 1956, son of the late Charlie and Sarah Dee Dockrey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Dustin Bailey Dockrey; and a sister, Tracy...
Bobby Mcentire
Sep 23, 2018
Obituary Bobby McEntire, 71, of Calhoun died at his home on Sunday, September 23, 2018, following several years of declining health. Bobby was born in Bartow County on November 16, 1946. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mammie Jo Bowman; his brothers, Tommy Wilkey and Billy Wilkey. Bobby worked for many years at Trend Mills and at Fafnir...
Viola Hasty
Sep 23, 2018
Obituary Viola Hasty, 80, of Adairsville, GA, died Sunday, September 23, 2018 at her home, following twelve years of declining health. She was born in Marshall County, AL on April 25, 1938, daughter of the late Noel and Lular Belle Corbin Christian. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Arie Christian and his wife Francis...
James Parm
Sep 19, 2018
Obituary James Parm, 77, of Sugar Valley, GA, died Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Gordon Health Care. He was born in Polk County, TN on April 25, 1941, son of the late Kimsey and Rhoda May Payne Parm. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Willard, Clarence, R.C., Newell, and Royston Parm; and sisters, Betty...
Steve Bryant
Sep 19, 2018
Obituary Steve Bryant, 58, of Calhoun died Wednesday, September 19, 2018. He was born in Calhoun, GA on September 18, 1960, son of the late Ernest Lionel (Butch) Bryant and Carolyn Baker Bryant. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandparents Carl and Ruth Baker; his mother-in-law, June Rogers; an uncle, Charles Jack Baker; and...
James 'Tub' Norrell
Sep 17, 2018
Obituary James "Tub" Norrell, 76, of Sugar Valley died at Gordon Hospital on Monday, September 17, 2018. Tub was born in Calhoun on July 17, 1942. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hannibal Norrell and Eva Ingle Norrell. For more than thirty-eight years, he worked at World (Later Mohawk) Carpet. Tub was a member of Hill City Baptist...
Dorothy Roye
Sep 12, 2018
Obituary Dorothy 'Dot' Roye passed from earth to heaven early Wednesday morning, September 12, 2018. Dot was 91 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents, James T. Garrett and Mary Garrett, her husband of sixty-eight years, Tom Roye Jr., her brothers Thomas, Paul and Frank Garrett, and several sisters and brothers-in-law. Dot married Tom in 1947, and...
Larry Petty
Sep 10, 2018
Obituary Larry L. Petty, 66, of the Sonoraville Community, died at his home on Monday September 10, 2018, following several months of declining health. Larry was born in Resaca on April 26, 1952. He was the son of the late Otis H. and Bessie Bradley Petty. Larry was a member of Belmont Baptist Church. He was head of maintenance for...
L.E. Parks
Sep 6, 2018
Obituary Mr. L.E. Parks, 65, of Plainville, GA, died Thursday, September 6, 2018 at Erlanger Medical Center. He was born in Gordon County on December 16, 1952, son of the late David Parks and the late Bonnie Wilkey Shepherd. L.E. was a well-known jack-of-all-trades. He was a member of the Plainville Church of God of Prophecy. Survivors include his daughter,...
Ronald Brantley
Sep 5, 2018
Obituary Ronald Brantley, 79, of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at his home. He was born in Toombs County on August 10, 1939, son of the late Willard and Katie Brantley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Marsha Jean Brantley; and brothers, Gene Brantley, Samuel Brantley, and Bouncer Brantley. Ronald was...
Gene Callaway
Sep 3, 2018
Obituary Gene Callaway, 63, of Dalton, GA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, September 3, 2018. He was born in Gordon County on December 12, 1954, son of the late P.R. and Virginia Adams Callaway. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Carol Ann Callaway. Gene worked for many years at World...
Minnie Lynn Jeanette Parker
Sep 3, 2018
Obituary Infant Minnie Lynn Jeanette Parker, the three-month-old daughter of Jenifer Jane Myers and Mitchell Keith Parker, died at home on Monday, September 3, 2018. Along with her parents, she is survived by her sister, Destiny Lynn Parker; her grandfather, Claude Parker Jr.; her Godmother, Tina Patton; her aunts, Linda Kay Myers, Donna Myers, Helena Myers, Betty Fields, and Brenda...
Bonnie Talley
Sep 2, 2018
Obituary Bonnie Lee Baugh Talley, 80, of Calhoun died at her home on Sunday, September 2, 2018, following several months of declining health. Bonnie was born in Gordon County on December 24, 1937. She was the daughter of the late James Quillian and Bonnie Lucille Baugh; her brother, Donald Baugh, also preceded her in death. For twenty-seven years, Bonnie was...
Lydia Ann Wright
Sep 2, 2018
Obituary Infant Lydia Ann Wright, of Calhoun, died Sunday, September 2, 2018 at Floyd Hospital. Survivors include her parents, Bradley and Stephanie Wright; her brother, Elliot Michael Wright; grandparents, Mark and Judy Nance, Patricia and Michael Wright, and Manda and Bruce Cudd; uncles and aunts, Eric Townsend and Christa Talley, James and Heather Kilpatrick, Tiffany Nance, Dann and Kayla Wright,...
Kenneth Wable
Aug 31, 2018
Obituary Kenneth Wable, 73 of Calhoun passed away Friday, August 31, 2018 at Pruitt Health Nursing Home in Lafayette. He never met anyone he couldnt make laugh. Through his many services to the community over the years, as well as the many people he helped, to the many business ventures he always went after, and the close family of truck...
Edna Louise Fitzsimmons
Aug 31, 2018
Obituary Edna Louise Fitzsimmons, 65, of Resaca, GA, died Friday, August 31, 2018 at Gordon Hospital following 8 years of declining health. She was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on September 15, 1952, daughter of the late Harry M. Strader and Ida Conley Hintz. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Paul G. and Elena Palmer, Jr., and Joseph M. and...
Frances Marie Beck
Aug 29, 2018
Obituary Frances Marie Beck, 77, of Calhoun, died at Redmond Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 following a sudden illness. Marie was born in Dahlonega, Georgia on October 5, 1940. She was the daughter of the late Claude and Annie Seabolt Lingerfelt. Her husband, Lamar Beck, preceded her in death in 2014; she was also preceded in death...
Hugh Massingill
Aug 29, 2018
Obituary Marion Hugh Massingill, 75, of Resaca, GA died Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at his home, following several years of declining health. He was born in Whitfield County on August 24, 1943, son of the late Clarence and Scottie Massingill. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Massingill; and a sister, Dorothy Vaughan....
