Local Obits for Thu. Jul 12th, 2012
Forsyth
Mr. Elmer Winder Eubanks, age 98 of Cumming, Georgia formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Oaks at Scenic View Nursing Home.Born in Cincinnati, ...
Thomas Olin "Tod" Dozier, 56, of Cumming, GA died on July 12, 2012. Born in Atlanta, GA he was the son of the late John Dozier and Bonnie Dozier of Cumming, GA. Thomas w ...
Gwinnett
Charles Robert "Charlie" Turnblom, age 57 of Dacula, GA died Thursday, July, 12, 2012. Mr. Turnblom has been cremated and a Memorial Service will be held Saturday, July 1 ...
Habersham
John H. McLean, age 95, of Cornelia, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012, following an extended illness. Mr. McLean was born on September 11, 1916, in Manila, Philippin ...
Hall
Dorthy Jean Moon 63 of Lula, GA passed away Thursday July 12, 2012. Arrangements will be announced later.Professional Services Entrusted to Wimberly & Jackson Funeral Home.
George Allen Moser, Jr., age 87 of Oakwood, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Memorial services are s ...
John Dempsey Dunagan, age 86 of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday Morning, July 12, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness. ...
Verdell G. Howard, age 88 of Chicopee, passed away on Thursday Evening, July 12, 2012 at Bell Minor Nursing Home following an extended illness. Funeral services are ...
Jackson
Mr. Ed Tolbert, age 66, of Nicholson, GA died Thursday, July 12, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Tolbert was born in Commerce to the late Joe Ed and Woodie Jackson Tolbert. He was a m ...
Mary Ellen Heaton Edwards, age 71, of Braselton passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012. Ellen worked with Relay for Life in Jackson County and loved her children. She is survived by ...
Nevada sheriff: Radio show host Art Bell dead at 72
Art Bell, a radio host best known for a paranormal-themed nightly show syndicated on hundreds of stations in the 1990s, including WDUN, has died at his home in southern Nevada, authorities said Saturday.
Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director, dies at 86
Milos Forman, a refuge from Czechoslovakia whose American movies "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus" won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, has died.
Jackson County Chief Magistrate Judge dies after battle with cancer
The Chief Magistrate Judge of Jackson County has died following a battle with cancer.
Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died
Jim Lancaster, former Hall County Fire Battalion Chief, dies at age 70
Jim Lancaster, a former Battalion Chief for Hall County Fire Services, died Thursday.
VIDEO: Legendary voice of Red Elephants, Gainesville icon Walt Snelling left us with incredible memories
Walt Snelling was woven into the very fabric of Gainesville High athletics, as much a part of Big Red as The Rock, City Park or any number of the illustrious athletes and committed coaches to have graced the playing field.
Linda Brown, central figure in school segregation case, dies
As a girl in Kansas, Linda Brown's father tried to enroll her in an all-white school in Topeka. A 1954 decision by the US Supreme Court followed, striking down racial segregation in schools and cementing Linda Brown's place in history. She died Sunday.