Local Obits for Sun. Oct 11th, 2009
Habersham
Gordon Odell Hicks, age 78, of Nashville, TN, and formerly of Demorest, GA, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009. Mr. Hicks was born on July 23, 1931 in Demorest, ...
Kathi Anne Mearns McCutcheon, age 52 of Clarkesville, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2009.Born in Westchester, PA, on August 18, 1957, she was the daughter of Frank and Marjorie K ...
Nina Lorena Perry Caudell, age 86, of Cornelia, GA, died Sunday, October 11, 2009. Ms. Caudell was born on March 8, 1923 in Robertson Fort, TN to the late Robert S. ...
Funeral services for Thomas Russell Wood, age 82, of The Batesville Community, Clarkesville, will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 2:00 PM from the Providence Baptist Churc ...
Hall
Memorial Park Funeral Home announces the death of Mr. Robert Ken Woo, age 72, of Goddards Ford Road, Gainesville.
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs. Annie Lou Serpa, age 78, of Athens, who passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Mrs. Serpa, born in Greene County, was a Marine Cor ...
Lumpkin
Mr. Edward Norrell, age 49, of Dahlonega, GA died Sunday October 11, 2009 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Edward was born in Lumpkin County, GA Feb. 29, ...
White
Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mrs. Dawn Elizabeth Stringer, age 47, of Cleveland, who passed away Monday, October 11, 2009 from Northeast Georgia Medical ...
Dawn Stringer age 47 of Cleveland passed away Sunday October 11, 2009 at Northeast Ga Medical Center. Arrangements to be announced by Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland.
Champion driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at gas station
Bobby East, a three-time USAC national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gas station. He was 37.
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.
