Dalton Obituaries

May 8, 2023

Mrs. Paula Joann "Gee Gee" Dugger, age 69, of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life Monday May 8, 2023, at Chatsworth Health Care Center. Paula was born December 16, 1953, in Ionia, Michigan, a daughter of the late Donald McKinley and Betty Elaine Meisling Fuller. She was also preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Harvey Merklinger and...

May 7, 2023

Mr. Eddie Beavers, age 53, of Calhoun, Georgia, departed this life Sunday, May 7, 2023, at AdventHealth Gordon in Calhoun, Georgia. He was born January 23, 1970 in Cartersville, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his father Edward Lee Beavers Sr., mother Amanda Marcelle Heath Hopkins.

May 3, 2023

Miss Mariana Mendiola, age 16, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Tuesday evening May 3, 2023, at Childrens Hospital at Erlanger in Chattanooga Tennessee.

Mariana was born May 17, 2006, in Dalton, Georgia. Mariana was a sophomore at Coahulla Creek High School. Mariana loved soccer, her cats, her shih tzu dogs,...

May 2, 2023

Mr. Wendell Wayne Gibson, age 69, of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life Tuesday evening at his home surrounded by his family. Wendell was born July 17, 1953 in Dalton, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his father Virgil Lee Gibson, mother Mary Lucille Mullins Gibson, brother Terry Gibson, wife Debbie Gibson, brother-in-law Leroy Mulkey. Wendell...

Apr 28, 2023

Mrs. Nancy Ellen Taylor Cox, age 56, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, departed this life Friday, April 28, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born September 4, 1966 in Vinncennes, Indiana a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Taylor. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Peggy Taylor Lindsey.

Apr 27, 2023

Ms. Annette Rosie Hardin, age 82, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Thursday morning April 27, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born March 10, 1941, in Rome, Georgia, a daughter of the late Alvin and Annie Mae Corbin. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Johnson Hardin, brothers,...

Apr 25, 2023

Mrs. Cheryl Trentham, age 64, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Thursday afternoon, April 25, 2024, at the local hospital.

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Apr 23, 2023

Mr. Daniel Tyler Nichols , age 26, of Pickens County, Georgia, departed this life Sunday, April 23, 2023.

Tyler was born January 3, 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lloyd Matthews and Albert Childers.

He is...

Apr 22, 2023

Mr. Nankin Jonatan Zelaya-Almendares, age 24, of Calhoun, Georgia, departed this life Saturday morning, April 22, 2023, in Cartersville, Georgia, as the results of an automobile accident.

Jonatan was born June 17, 1998, in Manto, Olancho, Honduras. He was...

Apr 22, 2023

Little De'Shan Martez "Tiny Tim" Lindsey, age 3 years, 7 months and 25 days old, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, departed life Saturday morning, April 22, 2023, as the result of a drowning accident.

De'Shan was born August 28, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his grandfather,...

Apr 20, 2023

Ms. Rita Yvonne Hayes, age 67, of Ranger, Georgia, departed this life Thursday, April 20, 2023, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 18, 1955, in Cleveland, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Charles and Hazel Fouts Hayes. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Johnny Pike.

Apr 18, 2023

Mr. James Luther Dills, age 71, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, departed this life Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the CHI Memorial Hospital of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was born June 16, 1951 in Dalton, GA, a son of the late Hubert Theodore and Hattie Irene Higgins Dills. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Charlotte Lynn Lyles Dills,...

Apr 14, 2023

Mrs. Rebecca Lynn George, age 50, of Calhoun, Georgia, departed this life Friday afternoon, April 14, 2023 at  the Advent Health Redmond. She was born September 17, 1972 in Dalton, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Baldridge, mother Sandra Lee Staton Harris, brother Luke Baldridge.

She is survived by her husband of 28...

Apr 12, 2023

Mrs. Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Cloer, age 81, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, April 12, 2023 at  her home surrounded by her family.

Bobbie was born August 15, 1941, in Benton, Tennessee. Bobbie was a stay-at-home Mom until her daughters all started school and then she worked at Aladdin Mills for over thirty –six-years. Bobbie...

Apr 11, 2023

Mrs. Betty Palmer, age 81 of Dalton, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born June 27, 1941, in El Dorado, Arkansas, a daughter of the late Johnny Wells and Annie Lou Douglas McDow.  She was also preceded in death by...

Apr 10, 2023

Mrs. Irene Aaron Wheat Harris, age 77 of Rossville, Georgia, and formerly of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Monday, April 10, 2023, surrounded by her loving family.  Irene was born July 14, 1945, in Blue Ridge, Georgia.  She was preceded in death father and stepmother, Emory M. and Sarah Aaron, her mother and stepfather, Cecil and Jack Joyce; her...

Apr 9, 2023

Mrs. Sheila Elaine Thurman Gray, age 54, of Calhoun, GA, departed this life Sunday, April 9, 2023 at the Advent Health Redmond. She was born May 6, 1968 in Calhoun, GA. She was preceded in death by her father, James Jim Thurman, husband Phillip Gray, sister Tammy Thurman.

She is survived by her mother, Margaret Thurman; brother...

Apr 8, 2023

Mr. Charles Jayroe Cole, age 74 of Dalton, Georgia, went home to be with his Lord Saturday, April 8, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.

Charles was born March 4, 1949, in Anderson, South Carolina, a son of the late Harold and Inez Matthews Cole.  He was also preceded in death by a special cousin, Geneva Richards...

Apr 7, 2023

Mrs. Alice Faye Motley, age 72 of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Friday April 7, 2023, at the local hospital. She was born December 16, 1950, in Cleveland, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Walter and Elvie Swaggerty Randolph. She was also preceded in death by her brothers and sisters-in-law, Ernest and Ruby Randolph, James and Shirley Randolph, Robert...

Apr 4, 2023

Mrs. Lori Jean Jones, age 58 of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life Tuesday April 4, 2023 at her residence. She was born September 29, 1964 in Chattanooga, TN, a daughter of the late Robert Everett and Frances Wilodean Liles Belew.

She is survived by her husband, Todd Jones of the residence; son and daughter-in-law, Brandon and Misty...