Local Obits for Sun. Nov 1st, 2009
Forsyth
Mrs. Barbara Jean Turner, age 70 and a life long resident of Forsyth County passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009. She was a member of Haw Creek Baptist Church and a dedicated mot ...
Mrs. Pearl Florence Chastain, age 91 of Cumming, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009. Mrs. Chastain was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Dawsonville for over 70 years ...
Mrs. Ruth Lipscomb Wallace, age 90 of Cumming, GA passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009. She was a member of Coal Mountain Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husban ...
Hall
Mrs. Nellie Jane Davis, age 98, of Gainesville Mill Community died Sunday November 1, 2009 at a private nursing home following an extended illness.Funeral Services will be held at ...
Asa Downs, 34, of Oakwood died Sunday November 1, 2009 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness.Born May 2, 1975 in Jacksonville, Florida, he had lived in Oak ...
Mr. William (Al) Alfred Sosebee, Jr. of Flowery Branch, Georgia, passed away Sunday, November 01, 2009 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Funeral services are schedule ...
Willie Ree Shockley, 81, of Lula passed away Sunday November 1, 2009 at The Oaks of Sawnee View Nursing Home following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday ...
Jackson
Ivie Funeral Home announces services for Leonard Lee Purdy, Jr., 62, of Commerce who dies early Sunday morning at BJC Hospital. Born in Fayetteville, NC, he was the son of the late ...
Lumpkin
Mr. Edward Garrett Dunson Sr., age 71, of Dahlonega, GA died Sunday Nov. 1, 2009 at the Northeast Georgia medical Center in Gainesville, GA following an extended illness.Mr. Dunson ...
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
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer