Obituaries
Calhoun, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Calhoun, GA, Gordon County & Surrounding Areas
Jack Harry Holcomb
Nov 8, 2009
Mr. Jack Harry Holcomb, age 68 of LaFayette, GA, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2009 following a brief illness. He was born in Walker County on June 4, 1941, son of the late Mack and Dorothy Holland Holcomb. During his lifetime, Mr. Holcomb was employed by the Piggly Wiggly in Calhoun as a Market Manager. Survivors include a son, Jeff...
Malvin Harlston Hughey
Nov 8, 2009
Mr. Malvin Hughey, age 73 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2009 at Calhoun Health Care following an extended illness. He was born in Gordon County on November 6, 1936, son of the late M. Pressley Page and Addie Hughey. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Malvin Hughey, Jr. in 1964....

Ethel Eva Kidd
Nov 7, 2009
Mrs. Ethel Eva Kidd, age 71 of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2009. She was born in Newark, Ohio on January 9, 1938, daughter of the late John and Roberta Hoffer Ryan. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, James Neal Kidd. Survivors include three sons, John Kidd and...

Mattie Silvers Dodd
Nov 6, 2009
Mrs. Mattie S. Dodd, age 96 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, November 6, 2009 following a brief illness. Mrs. Dodd was born on February 28, 1913 in Gordon County, daughter of the late John H. Silvers and Vista Carver Silvers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Mac Dodd, and by sisters, Ruby Silvers...
Lawrence Silvers
Nov 5, 2009
Mr. Lawrence Silvers, age 57 of Ranger, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009. He was born in Gordon County on January 30, 1952, son of the late C.L. and Bessie Parker Silvers. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Ford Silvers. Lawrence was self-employed in the drywall business, and was Pastor of the...
Janice Lynn Davis
Nov 2, 2009
Mrs. Janice Lynn Davis, age 51 of Dalton, passed away suddenly Monday, November 2, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Gordon County on July 29, 1958, daughter of the late Buddy and Mabel Suddeth Bridges. Before becoming disabled, Mrs. Davis was employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse with several hospitals and nursing homes. Survivors include her husband, Randy...

Betty Lou Davis
Nov 1, 2009
Ms. Betty Lou Davis, age 74 of Chattanooga, formerly of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009. Ms. Davis was born in Gordon County on April 29, 1935, daughter of the late William Clyde and Ruby Parker Davis. She was a member of the College Street Church of God. She was also preceded in death by two infant sisters. Survivors...
Patsy Silvers
Oct 30, 2009
Mrs. Patsy Silvers, age 59 of Calhoun, passed away Friday, October 30, 2009 at Gordon Hospital following an extended illness. She was born in Gordon County on March 26, 1950. Mrs. Silvers was preceded in death by a son, Gregory Pass in 2008. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Sugar Valley. Survivors include her husband of...

Madelyn Blalock
Oct 30, 2009
Madelyn "Madge" Boswell Blalock of Plainville passed away October 30, 2009, at age 92. She was the wife of the late Lloyd Groover Blalock of Plainville. The Blalocks had been married for 58 years at the time of Mr. Blalock's death in 2002. She is survived by daughters Melba Nicholson and Paula Blalock; a son, Rodney Blalock; sons-in-law, Gerald Nicholson...

Benjamin Franklin Anderson
Oct 26, 2009
Mr. Benjamin Franklin Anderson, age 79 of Mountain City, Tennessee and formerly of Gordon County, passed away Monday, October 26, 2009 at Gordon Hospital following four years of declining health. He was born on March 18, 1931 in the Oakman Community of Gordon County, son of the late James and Nancy Bell Anderson, and was a disabled veteran of the...
Rayburn Mcdougle
Oct 25, 2009
Mr. Rayburn McDougle, age 66 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2009 at Cartersville Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Gordon County on August 15, 1943, son of the late George and Beulah Queen McDougle. During his lifetime, Rayburn had worked in the textile industry, and was presently owner-operator of McDougle Furniture and Appliance. He...
Carolyn Lindsey
Oct 23, 2009
Mrs. Carolyn Lindsey, age 60 of Calhoun, departed this Earth and went to her maker on Friday, October 23, 2009 at her residence, following a short illness while surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Lindsey was born on February 7, 1949 in Trion, Georgia, daughter of the late James Wesley Bryant and Ulene Carter Bryant. During her lifetime, she was...
Winston David Evans
Oct 21, 2009
Sgt. Winston David Evans, age 67 of Resaca, passed away Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at Murray County Hospital. He was born on April 10th, 1942 in Gordon County, son of Wilma Goodnight Evans and the late Asa David Evans. In addition to his father, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Jean Langley Evans, a daughter, Sabrina...

Lavanda Parker
Oct 21, 2009
Mrs. Lavanda Parker, age 59 of Resaca, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Red Bank, Tennessee on October 25, 1949, daughter of the late Benjamin Lloyd Stafford and Vera Cochran Stafford. Mrs. Parker was employed in the textile industry before becoming disabled, and was a member of the Ranger Baptist Church. In addition...

Kathleen Rutherford
Oct 19, 2009
Mrs. Mary Kathleen (Kitty) Rutherford, age 89 of Calhoun, passed away Monday, October 19, 2009 at Gordon Hospital. Mrs. Rutherford was born on June 29, 1920, one of eight children born to Elbert Zephaniah and Annie Cleo Culberson Martin of Clay County, Alabama. She was an active member of the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she...
Fain Jordan Jr
Oct 15, 2009
Bro. Fain H. Jordan, Jr., age 64 of Calhoun, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2009. He was born in Bartow County on September 3, 1945, to Fain Jordan, Sr. and Zonnie Jarrett Jordan. Bro. Jordan was a well known evangelist in the Gordon County area for many years, and was a member of the Concord Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include...
Eugene Silvers
Oct 10, 2009
Mr. Eugene Silvers, age 65 of Resaca, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Gordon Hospital. He was born on July 6, 1944 in Murray County, son of the late Arthur and Lula Priest Silvers. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Dora Fountain Silvers; a son and daughter, four brothers, one...

Gladys Bush
Oct 9, 2009
Mrs. Gladys Gertrude Thomas Bush, age 87 of Calhoun, Georgia, passed away Friday, October 9, 2009 at her residence. She was born on December 15, 1921 in Rochester, New York, daughter of the late Edward J. Thomas and Gertrude McManus Thomas. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Bush, a son, Clyde...
Villa Mae Waters
Oct 8, 2009
Mrs. Villa Mae Waters, age 66 of Crandall, GA, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2009. She was born in Gordon County on August 20, 1943, daughter of the late John and Inez Turner Hughes. During her lifetime, Mrs. Waters was employed in the textile industry with Daltex. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her...
Inez Williams Stewart
Oct 7, 2009
Mrs. Inez Williams Stewart, age 91 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2009 following several months of declining health. She was born in Gordon County on November 29, 1917, daughter of the late Frank and Belle Bunch Williams. Mrs. Williams was retired from Georgia Tufters, and was a member of the Oothcalooga Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...