Local Obits for Sun. Mar 1st, 2009
Forsyth
Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Whipple, age 36 of Cumming passed away at Embracing Hospice in Cumming, Saturday, February 28, 2009. A Memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Mar ...
Hall
Angelo John Simone of Brooklyn New York passed away Sunday, March 1st, 2009. He was preceded in death by his mother, Anna Marie Cozzolino and his father, Demetrio Simone both immig ...
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Ruben "Israel" Lipscomb, age 71 of Gillsville, GA died Sunday, March 1, 2009. Visitation will be Friday, March 6, 20009 from 6-7pm at the Pleasant Hill United Methodist C ...
William H. (Bill) Chastain, age 83 of Waverly Way, Gainesville, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009 peacefully at his residence following an extended illness.Funeral services are sch ...
Jackson
Mr. Tommy Newton Johnson, age 59, of Jefferson who passed away on March 1, 2009. He was born on December 17, 1949 in Dekalb County, a son to Mary Ann Camp Johnson of Jefferson and ...
Lumpkin
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mrs. Gail Joanna Foley, age 72 of Dahlonega. Mrs. Foley passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009 at her residence following an e ...
Mr. William Lee Townley, age 76, of Dahlonega, GA died Sunday March 1, 2009 at the Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega following a sudden illness.Mr. Townley was born in Dawso ...
White
Alexander Funeral Home of Cleveland announces the death of Mr. Charles T. Osborn Jr., age 77 of Cleveland. Mr. Osborn passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009 at his residence following a ...
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