ALBERT RALPH CALAWAY, AGE 91, OF GAYLESVILLE, AL, PASSED AWAY TUESDAY AUGUST 11, 2015, AT HIS RESIDENCE.
MR CALAWAY WAS BORN DECEMBER 15, 1923, IN CASSANDRA, GA, THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM NATHANIEL AND LILLIE BELL WILSON CALAWAY. HE WAS RETIRED FROM MOHAWK. HE WAS A MEMBER OF BARRETTS CHAPEL CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESS CHURCH, WHERE HE SERVED AS DEACON FOR OVER 65 YEARS. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE U.S. NAVY. MR.
CALAWAY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, JOHN CALAWAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, GLENDA SUE CALAWAY, SONS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, MICHEAL CALAWAY, RICKEY CALAWAY; GRANDCHILDREN, KAYLA INMAN AND KEN INMAN; SISTER, BERTHA REYNOLDS; AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 3:00 P. M. EST ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2015 AT BARRETTTS CHAPEL CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESS CHURCH WITH REV. EVERETT BURTON, BRO. BILLY SAXON, AND REV. OSCAR WILLIAMS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT NEEDMORE CEMETERY.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS ARE MICHEAL CALAWAY, RICKEY CALAWAY, DEKOTA HIGGINS, JOHN DOW VAN PELT, JIM VAN PELT, AND BUBBA BURTON.
HONORARY PALLBEARER IS DOUG HARDIN.
CALAWAY WILL BE IN STATE AND THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 1:00 PM EST UNTIL THE SERVICE HOUR ON FRIDAY, AT THE CHURCH.
MASON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
