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Milah Kate Porter

Milah Kate Porter

May 27, 2021

Little Milah Kate Porter infant daughter of Joshua Leonard and Haley Forester Porter of Chatsworth, GA, went to be with Jesus on Thursday May 27, 2021 at the Erlanger Hospital. She is also survived by her twin sister, Makenna Porter, sister, Adleigh Porter; grandparents, Kenny and Catrina Forester of Dalton, GA.

Graveside service will be held Friday...

Beulah "Beth" Pratt

Beulah "Beth" Pratt

May 27, 2021

Mrs. Beulah "Beth" Pratt, age 79, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Thursday Evening, May 27, 2021, at her home. She was born January 9, 1942 in Dalton, GA, a daughter of the late Johnny J. and Johnnie Lee Sledge Miller. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Reverend David Pratt, sons, Donald Wayne Mullins, Jerry Lamar...

Hoyt Keener

Hoyt Keener

May 26, 2021

Mr. Hoyt Keener, age 93, of Fairmount, Georgia, departed this life Wednesday morning, May 26, 2021 at his home.  Hoyt was born April 10, 1928 in Gilmer County, Georgia, (Round Top) a son of the late Charlie Clifford and Rosie White Keener.  He was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Betty Lou Johnson Keener whom he married...

Timothy Dwayne Ketchem

Timothy Dwayne Ketchem

May 26, 2021

Mr. Timothy "Tim" Dwayne Ketchem, age 41, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at Hamilton Medical Center. He was born April 12, 1980 in Dalton, GA. He was preceded in death by his father, Dwayne Ketchem, grandmother, Lois Cole, grandfather, Joe F. Ketchem.

He is survived by his husband, Will Schmerge of the...

Michael Hamilton Thomason

Michael Hamilton Thomason

May 26, 2021

Mr. Michael Hamilton Thomason, age 71, of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at his residence. He was born October 13, 1949 in Chatsworth, GA a son of the late LB and Althea Sanford Thomason. He proudly served his country in the United States Army.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Brian...

Douglas Mcarthur Wright

Douglas Mcarthur Wright

May 25, 2021

Mr. Douglas McArthur "Mac" Wright, age 70, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at the local hospital. He was born May 24, 1951 in Dalton, GA. He was preceded in death his father Sydney Wright, mother and step father, Doris and Glen Varner, brother, Rual Wright. He proudly served his country in the United States...

Virginia Jo Hill

Virginia Jo Hill

May 25, 2021

Mrs. Virginia Hill, age 88 of Chattanooga, TN, departed this life, Tuesday May 25, 2021 at her home with her family at her side as she peacefully transition to her Lord Jesus Christ. Virginia was born March 11, 1933 in Atlanta, GA, the daughter of the late Allen and Rosa Westbrooks Couch. She was also preceded in death by...

Wayne Leroy Page

Wayne Leroy Page

May 24, 2021

Mr. Wayne Leroy Page, age 74, of Dalton, GA, departed this life Monday morning, May 24, 2021, at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was born November 19, 1946 in Ellijay, GA, a son of the late Arvil and Frances Page. He was also preceded in death by his son Kelly Page. He proudly served in the United...

Lowell Allen Underwood

Lowell Allen Underwood

May 23, 2021

Mr. Lowell Allen Underwood, age 75, of Resaca, GA, departed this life Sunday, May 23, 2021, at Kindred Hospice of Chattanooga. He was born January 8, 1946 in Dalton, GA, a son of the late Jim and Tildia Jones Underwood. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Diana Lynn "Lucy" Edwards, grandson, Colby Rich, five sisters and...

Helen Jernigan Phillips Turner

Helen Jernigan Phillips Turner

May 22, 2021

Mrs. Helen Jernigan Phillips Turner, age 97, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Saturday evening, May 22, 2021, at Ridgewood Manor in Dalton, Georgia.

She was born March 10, 1924 in Dalton, GA a daughter of the late Letcher Calhoun and Maude Elizabeth Ellis Jernigan. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, James Phillips and...

Harlan Evans

Harlan Evans

May 21, 2021

Mr. Barron Harlan Evans, age 88, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Friday morning, May 21, 2021 at the Advent Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, Georgia.

Harlan was born July 13, 1932, in Dalton, Georgia, a son of the late Jasper LaFayette and Bertha Croy Evans, Sr.  He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of...

Coy Edward "Bill" Kendrick

Coy Edward "Bill" Kendrick

May 19, 2021

Mr. Coy Edward "Bill" Kendrick, age 80 of Crandall, Georgia, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, May 19, 2021 at his home.

Bill was born July 2, 1940 in Crandall, Georgia, a son of the late Homer William and Dellie Hullender Kendrick.  He was retired from Carpeton Carpet in Eton, Georgia.

He was also preceded in...

Danny Lively

Danny Lively

May 19, 2021

Mr. Danny Lively, age 64 of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at his home. He was born September 10, 1956 in Oliver Springs, TN a son of the later Robert Elmer and Rema Lively. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Rema Ann Lively, Sherry Elliott, son, Joseph Pangle. He retired from the...

Dustin Patrick Jenkins

Dustin Patrick Jenkins

May 19, 2021

Mr. Dustin Patrick Jenkins age 27, of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life Wednesday May 19, 2021 in Athens, GA. He was born August 1, 1993 in Chattanooga, TN. He was preceded in death by his, grandmother, Karen Jenkins, grandfathers, Bill Parris, Calvin Phillips.

He is survived by his parents, Christine and Matt Larsen of Chatsworth, GA, Jerry...

O.B. Barnes

O.B. Barnes

May 18, 2021

Mr. Onis Buford "O.B." Barnes, age 87, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at his home. He was born March 15, 1934 in Ellijay, GA, a son of the late Cammie Isaac and Lear Creek Barnes. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Reba Barnes, sons, Don Barnes, Dan Barnes, Mike Barnes, brothers,...

Ruby Baggett

Ruby Baggett

May 17, 2021

Mrs. Ruby Baggett, age 85, of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life Monday morning, May 17, 2021 at the Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was born December 19, 1935 in Jackson, AL a daughter of the late John and Mamie Odessa Montieth. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Jay Hamrick, John Baggett, son, Bobby Hamrick, four...

Randal Bigham

Randal Bigham

May 17, 2021

Mr. Randal Bigham, age 83, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, passed away Monday morning, May 17, 2021 at 2:20 a.m. at Emory Decatur Hospital in Decatur, Georgia.

Mr. Bigham was born on 25 June 1937 in Polk County, Tennessee, a son of the late Reverend Ellard Bigham and Clara Pack Bigham.  He was also preceded in death by...

Gerald David Barton

Gerald David Barton

May 17, 2021

Mr. Gerald David Barton, age 62, of Chatsworth, Georgia, departed this life Monday afternoon, May 17, 2021 at the local hospital in Dalton, Georgia. He was born June 26, 1958 in Dalton, GA, a son of the late James Doyle "Bill" and Dorothy Sumner Barton. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents, Theodore and Clara Barton, Solomon...

Robert Hartley

Robert Hartley

May 16, 2021

Mr. Robert Hartley, age 74, of Calhoun, Georgia, departed this life Sunday, May 16, 2021 at Gordon Advent Health in Calhoun. He was born May 23, 1946 in Dalton, GA, a son of the late William and Salley Lewallen Hartley. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Linda Franks Hartley, son, Robert James Hartley, grandson, Justin Cain,...

Shirley Bramblett

Shirley Bramblett

May 16, 2021

Mrs. Shirley Vineyard Bramblett, age 77, of Resaca, Georgia, departed this life Sunday afternoon at her home.

She was born January 15, 1944 in Chatsworth, Georgia, a daughter of the Henry and Jewel Bell Brown Vineyard. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Luther Floyd Bramblett, son, Wayne Floyd Bramblett, daughter, Lisa Bramblett, brothers, Johnny...

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