Local Obits for Sat. Oct 10th, 2009
Forsyth
Mrs. Dorothy Green Brannon, age 92 and a life long resident of Forsyth County, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009. She was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church and was pr ...
Mrs. Lou "Lulu" Beason, age 90 of Cumming, GA passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009. She was born in Pocahontas, AK; a small town girl, one of three sisters and liked ...
Mrs. Vivian Elizabeth Pruitt, age 52 of Cumming, GA passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009. A Funeral Service will be held Monday, October 12, 2009 at 2:00 pm in the Ingram F ...
Habersham
Evelyn Rebecca Hames Barron, age 82 of Clarkesville, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009, following an extended illness. Born in Habersham County on November 04, 1926, she was t ...
Hall
Larry Lamar Watson, age 52, of Gainesville, Ga died Friday, October 9, 2009. He is survived by his wife Rosemary Watson, his mother Wessie Dale Watson 2 daughters, 1 son, 2 sister ...
Kittie Ruth Roberts, age 92 of Timberidge Road, Gainesville, Georgia passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at her residence following an extended illnes ...
Jackson
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Daisy Lou Shubert, 84, of Maysville, who passed away early Saturday morning at her residence after an extended illness. Born in Banks Count ...
Gena Renae Jackson Scott, age 42 of Braselton, Georgia passed away on Friday, October 9, 2009 in Jackson County following an automobile accident. Funeral ser ...
Lumpkin
Debra Dru Mitchell Heaton, age 42, of Dahlonega, GA joined her heavenly family on October 9, 2009.Debbie was born October 29, 1966 in Warner Robins, GA. She graduated from McEacher ...
Rabun
Linda L. Watson, 61, of Rabun Gap, passed away October 10, 2009 at North East Georgia Medical Center. Linda was born in Macon County, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Lake ...
Towns
Mr. Glenn Thomas (Tommy) Hamby, age 76 of Cumming, GA passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Sue Hamby. He was of the Baptist faith. ...
White
Arlena Harbin, age 92, passed away on Saturday October 10, 2009 at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough, NC. Prior to moving to NC Mrs. Harbin had been a resident of Clevelan ...
Mrs. Ella Maud Reid, age 84, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday October 10, 2009 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.Mrs. Reid was born in Alabama and ...
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Fred Edward Hooper, age 74 of Cleveland. Mr. Hooper passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Northeast Georgia Medic ...
Mrs. Nettie Lou Dixon, age 88, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Habersham County Medical Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Dixon was born on May 3, ...
Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95
O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners...
Gainesville businessman James Simpson dies at 77, truck parade to be held in his honor
Gainesville businessman James Simpson, the force behind Simpson Trucking & Grading, Inc. in Gainesville, will be remembered in a funeral service Friday, Dec. 17 at Hopewell Baptist Church.
Georgia Racing Hall of Famer Bud Lunsford passes away
Legendary Georgia racer and hall of famer Bud Lunsford of Gainesville passed away on Monday at the age of 86. Lunsford, a member of both the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame...
Frank Williams, founder of Formula One team, dies at 79
Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport’s history.
Prince, poultry pioneer, dies at 93
Jack Prince of Gainesville, the man who invented the chicken deboning machine, has died at the age of 93.
Former NASCAR driver Townley killed in shooting in Athens
A former NASCAR driver was killed Saturday in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a woman, investigators said. John Wes Townley, 31, died in the shooting in a neighborhood...
Former Hall County School Superintendent Doug Winters dies at 82
Dr. Douglas Harry Winters, a former superintendent for the Hall County School District, died Wednesday, Aug. 11 at the age of 82.
Former CDC official from Gainesville dies at age 69
Gainesville native Dr. Thomas Weston Hodge III, the former Director of Immunogenetics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, died July 31 in St. Simon's Island, Ga.