Local Obits for Sat. Jan 31st, 2009
Dawson
Forsyth
A native of South Florida, retired Miami Beach Fire Chief Braniard Dorris passed away at the age of 68 on January 31st in Cumming of Alzheimerâ
Habersham
INTHAVA SITHIDETH, age 60, of Demorest, GA, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 following an extended illness. Mrs. Sithideth was born July 6, 1948 in Laos to the late Toon and Chantha ...
Hall
Billie Cantrell Morgan, age 75, of Flowery Branch, GA. formerly of Lilburn died January 31, 2009. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday February 3, 2009 at Bill Head Funeral Ho ...
Mr. Carlton Butler, age 58, of Murrayville, GA died Saturday January 31, 2009 at the Northside Forsyth Hospital in Cumming, GA.Mr. Butler was a native and lifelong resident of Lump ...
Patsy May Rider, age 62, East Ridge Road, Gainesville, Ga. passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at her residence following a sudden illness. Memorial services are scheduled for 3 ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mr. Henry Walter Rucki, age 83, of Jefferson, who passed away on January 31, 2009. He was born on July 8, 1925, in New York, NY, a son to ...
Stephens
William Irvin Wade, age 70 of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2008, at his residence following an extended illness. Born in Habersham County on February 11, 1938, he was ...
White
Mr. Marion William (Duck) McDougald age 84 of Cleveland passed away Saturday January 31, 2009 at Northeast Ga Medical Center Lanier Park Campus following an extended illness. Mr. M ...
Marion William McDougald age 84 of Cleveland died Saturday January 31, 2009 at Lanier Park Hospital following an extended illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Barret ...
William Carl Paskins, 57, of Cleveland, GA wasBorn in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri; he died on Saturday morning, January 31, 2009.He served as a medic in ...
Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
According to a statement from his daughter, Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died
Mincey Marble founder, marble innovator dies at 86
Kenneth Mincey, who founded Gainesville-based Mincey Marble cast marble company, passed away at the age of 86 Friday.
Jo Ann Adams, Gainesville's first female pharmacist, dies at 93
When Jo Ann Trapnell Adams graduated from the University of Georgia School of Pharmacy, she was just 20 years old.
Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76
Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. dies at 67
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers
Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award winner in history, has died
Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95
Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the political thriller “All the President’s Men,” has died