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Xavier CastroXavier Castro

1950 - 2025

Mr. Xavier Castro, age 74, of Dalton, Georgia, passed peacefully into eternal rest on Tuesday afternoon, July 8, 2025, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Born in Zacatecas, Mexico on August 25, 1950, Xavier was the beloved son of the late Jose Castro and Altagracia Talmentes Castro. He was...

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Lois Rebecca McCall Dodson MeyerLois Rebecca McCall Dodson Meyer

1927 - 2025

Lois Meyer, age 97, was greeted by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 16, 2025. Lois, known affectionately by all her grandchildren and great grandchildren as "Mema," lived a full and rewarding life. Born to Judson Carl and Mary Louise ("Mollie") Lyday McCall in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, soon after her...

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John McMillianJohn William McMillian

1940 - 2025

John William McMillian

"The end of a matter is better than its beginning." Ecclesiastes 7:8 was a favorite verse of John William McMillian who went to live in eternal paradise with his Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, July 14, 2025, at the age of 84. John led a life of accomplishments that he often said only the...

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Emily Earle ParhamEmily Earle Parham

1938 - 2025

Emily Earle Parham, 86, passed away peacefully in Dalton, Georgia on June 8, 2025. Emily Earle was born in LaGrange, Georgia and raised in nearby Hogansville. She was the daughter of Jesse Sherwood Jones and Clifford Wilkinson Jones.
While attending first grade in 1945, Emily Earle met her future husband Charles...

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Estelle SmithEstelle Saylors Smith

1936 - 2025

Mrs. Estelle (Essie) Saylors Smith of Dalton, Ga., formerly of Warner Robins, GA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday July 16, 2025.
She was born on November 5th,1936 in Murray County, GA, one of three daughters of the late Dock Saylors and Inez Saylors.
She was preceded in death by son Philip B. Smith of Warner...

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Lisha WrightLisha Wright

1965 - 2025

Lisha Wright, 60, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
She was preceded in death by her beloved mother, Joy Duggan.
Lisha is survived by her devoted children and their spouses, Mary Arden Roberts (Alex) and Henderson Wright (Meagan); her cherished grandchildren, Scarlett, Caroline, and Alex Roberts, and...

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