Dalton Obituaries

Feb 26, 2025

Mr. Samuel "Floyd" Jenkins Sr., age 98, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at Gordon Health and Rehab, surrounded by his loving family. Born on November 18, 1926, he was the son of the late Sylvester Commodore Jenkins and Iva Ann Silvers Jenkins. Samuel was preceded in death by his wife Lillian May Pratt...

Feb 25, 2025

Mrs. Martha Laraine Thompson, age 77, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life on Tuesday evening, February 25, 2025, at Hamilton Medical Center. She was born March 6, 1947 in Dalton, Georgia.

Laraine was preceded in death by her husband Tommy Odell Thompson, both parents, H.W. Day and Martha Lucille Callahan Burns Day, brother William "Bill" Cecil Burns,...

Feb 23, 2025

Mr. James Tyler Smith, age 32, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, departed this life on Sunday morning, February 23, 2025, at Hamilton Medical Center. He was born November 21, 1992, in West Plains Missouri. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Robert and Roberta Parnell, Joann Smith and daughter Delaine Smith.

He is survived by his parents...

Feb 20, 2025

Mr. John Thomas Erwin Sr., age 68, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life on Thursday evening, February 20, 2025, at CHI Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 29, 1956 in Elcentro, California a son of the Oscar and Marie Bigham Erwin. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents, Reverend Ellard and Clara...

Feb 20, 2025

Mr. Robert Ray Lowery, age 81, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 19, 1943 in Dalton, Georgia a son of the late George and Mamie Shelton Lowery. He was also preceded in death by his siblings, Frank Lowery, Edith Lowery Garrett, Florance...

Feb 19, 2025

Mrs. Florence Eller Defore Miller, age 77, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life on Wednesday evening, February 19, 2025, at Hamilton Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1947 in Dalton, Georgia a daughter of the late Erwin George and Frances Parker Defore. She was also preceded in death by her brothers George Sonny Defore, Leroy Andrew Defore, father-in-law...

Feb 16, 2025

Mrs. Dolly Mae Newmans, age 87, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at her home surrounded by his loving family. She was born October 22, 1937 in Valdosta, Georgia a daughter of the late Turner and Elizabeth Garrison Rigdon. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Godfrey, brothers Charles Rigdon, Curtis...

Feb 16, 2025

Mr. James "Jimmy" William Hartness Sr., age 83, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life on Sunday evening, February 16, 2025, at Hamilton Medical Center. He was born July 31, 1941 in Cleveland, Tennessee, a son of the late Charles Doc and Anita Carr Hartness. He was also preceded in death by his wife Eva Joyce Haynes Hartness, son James...

Feb 15, 2025

Mr. Gene Bishop, age 88, of Dalton, Georgia, peacefully departed this life on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at his home, surrounded by his loving family.

Born on September 3, 1936, in Murray County, Georgia, Gene was a man of deep devotion—to his family, his faith, and the memory of his beloved wife, Flora Mae Ralston Bishop, who...

Feb 14, 2025

Mrs. Connie Leola Duckett, age 64, of Crandall, Georgia, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Friday afternoon, February 14, 2025, at Advent Health Gordon in Calhoun, Georgia.

Born on March 29, 1960, in Dalton, Georgia, Connie was the beloved eldest of six siblings. She was a woman whose heart overflowed with love, especially for...

Feb 13, 2025

Mrs. Elizabeth Roper, age 84, of Calhoun GA, passed away Thursday evening February 13, 2025, at Gordon Health Care. She was born August 30, 1940 in Panama City, Florida a daughter of the late Norman Glenn and Glenn Adams Raines Williams. She was also preceded in death by her husband Tom Roper, sons Bradley Ford, Timothy Ford, sister Julianne...

Feb 10, 2025

Mrs. Frances "Tuffy" Luffman Baggett, age 89, of Chatsworth, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Monday afternoon, February 10, 2025, at Gordon Health Care in Calhoun, Georgia.

Born on June 2, 1935, in Murray County, Georgia, Frances was the beloved daughter of the late Oscar Jefferson and Pearl Mae Springfield Luffman. She was also preceded in death by...

Feb 7, 2025

Mr. Roger Lewis "Bay" Braswell, age 59, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, departed this life at Hospice Care Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on January 7, 2025.

Bay was born on October 4, 1965, in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to the late Earnest Carl and Catherine Florence Braswell. A 1983 graduate of Chattanooga Valley High School in Flintstone, Georgia, Bay carried...

Feb 7, 2025

Although his early years are shrouded in mystery, Buck's last 7 years were full of joy and love and romps and walks and soft sofas and hugs galore. Protector of children and faithful companion, no dog was ever more appreciated, more loved, and more missed. RIP, sweet boy.

Feb 3, 2025

Mrs. Betty Jean Wilson Campbell, age 90, of Calhoun, Georgia, departed this life Monday February 3, 2025, at the Advent Gordon Hospital. She was born August 17, 1934, in Pickens County, Georgia, a daughter of the late James Victor and Josie Bell Chastain Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her husband Joe Lee Campbell, daughter Martha Ann...

Feb 3, 2025

Mrs. Audrey Nell Potts Woods, age 78, of Cartersville, Georgia, peacefully passed away on Monday, February 3, 2025, at the home of her brother, Tony Potts, in Waleska, Georgia, surrounded by her loving family.

Born on November 9, 1946, in Rome, Georgia, Audrey was the eldest of seven children born to the late Lee Mack "Joe" Potts...

Feb 3, 2025

Audrey J. Henderson was born on July 4, 1956. She was the fourth of five children. Audrey as she was lovingly called was a daughter, sister, aunt, mother, friend and most importantly a grandmother and great-grandmother.

Audrey was baptized into Christ at an early age at the Alton Park Church of Christ, in Chattanooga, TN. She loved...

Feb 3, 2025

Mrs. Wanda Janette Morgan, age 81, of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life on Monday, February 3, 2025 at her home. She was born December 22, 1943, a daughter of the late Milton James Brownlee and Zora Thompson Cochran. She was also preceded in death by her husband Charles "Bill" Morgan, daughter Tammy Wheat.

She is survived by...

Jan 31, 2025

Mr. Isam Eugene Townsend, age 93, of Macon, Georgia, departed this life Friday evening January 31, 2025 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 18, 1931 in Ranger, GA, a son of the late Isam Mathew and Esther Roberts Townsend. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict....

Jan 30, 2025

Mrs. Millie Ann Williams Reeves, age 70, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, transitioned peacefully on Thursday, January 30, 2025, surrounded by her children. Millie was born on March 11, 1954, to the late James Williams of St. Louis, Missouri and Johnnie Mae Williams of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She departed this life leaving behind a legacy of love for her family and friends,...