Marie Calhoun Davis

Mrs. Marie Calhoun Davis, age 80, of Dahlonega, GA died November 10, 2010.

Mrs. Calhoun lived most of her life in Lumpkin County. She was retired from General Motors and was a member of Siloam Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. She was an active member of the Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee Indians.

She was the daughter of the late Roy J. Calhoun and Lila May Davis Calhoun and was also preceded in death by her brother, Roy Dan Calhoun and son-in-law, Harry Ephgrave.

Survivors include her daughter, Frances Ephgrave, The Woodlands, TX; Sons, Tony Gilleland, Gainesville, GA, and Terry Gilleland, Dahlonega, GA; grandchildren, Karen and Fred Coker, Leah Gilleland, Daniel Gilleland; great-grandchildren, Zachary Ephgrave, David Coker, Ryan Coker, and Justin Coker; uncle and aunt, Sam and Bonnell Davis; cousins, Nelson Davis, Vera and Mike Pierce, Ryan and Marisa Pierce, Brent and Stasia Pierce, Adam Pierce, Kate Fitts, Clayton Pierce, Summer Pierce, and Lexi Pierce, Jack and Laurie Davis and family, Marie Davis and family. Numerous other relatives also survive.

Funeral services for Mrs. Davis are scheduled for 11 AM Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 at the Banister Funeral Home Chapel in Dahlonega. Rev. J.R. Fields and Rev. Tony Allison will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Davis Family Cemetery in Lumpkin County.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday starting at 11 AM.

Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega is in charge of the arrangements