Local Obits for Thu. May 14th, 2009
Forsyth
Mr. William (Bill) Oswald, age 78 of Cumming, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009. He was born in Atlanta and attended Georgia Teachers College and Jacksonville University on basket ...
Habersham
David Paul Moore, age 52, of Atlanta, GA, died Thursday, May 14, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Moore was born on May 15, 1956 in Berkley, California. Survivors include: his parents: ...
Sally Campbell Armour Seay, age 57, of Cornelia, Georgia, died Thursday, May 14, 2009 at the Habersham County Medical Center. Mrs. Seay was born on March 8, 1952 in Doug ...
Hall
Audrey Marie Arterburn, age 76 of Old Hamilton Place, Gainesville passed away at Bell Minor Nursing Home, Thursday, May 14, 2009 following an extended illness.Ms. Arterburn was bor ...
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday May 17, 2009 in Little & Davenport Funeral Home Chapel for Mr. Bob Carlisle Wayne, 83 of Flowery Branch.The Rev. Paul Wade wil ...
Memorial Park South Funeral Home of Flowery Branch announces the death of Mrs. Brennie Wilson Alexander, age 83, of Oakwood who passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Mrs. Alexander ...
Jackson
Mrs. Louise Ash Maddox, age 86, of Pendergrass, who passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2009. Mrs. Maddox, born in Hall County, was a daughter of the late, Henry Ash and the late, No ...
Lumpkin
Banister Funeral Home of Dalonega announces the death of Mrs. Candice Elizabeth Westberry Moore, age 36, of Gainesville who died Sunday, May 10, 2009 at the Northeast Georgia Medic ...
Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega announces the death of Mr. J.C. Chastain, age 57, of Murrayville who died Monday, May 11, 2009 at the Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega fo ...
Mrs. Mary Evelyn Walker, age 85, of Dahlonega, Ga. died Thursday May 14, 2009 at her residence.Mrs. Walker was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. She was a homemaker and a memb ...
Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86
Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation germinated stories of black struggles that grew into universal stories of grace and beauty, has died
1st black Georgia senator elected post-Reconstruction dies
A former Georgia state senator who was the first black lawmaker elected to the upper chamber after Reconstruction has died
'Maude' co-star, character actor Bill Macy dies at 97
Bill Macy, foil to Bea Arthur's feminist wife in '70s sitcom 'Maude,' dies at 97
Retired, longtime Gainesville school official dies
A retired, longtime Gainesville school official, former Asst. Supt. Otis Ellenberg, has died.
Rep. Elijah Cummings was a sharecropper's son, took on Trump
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings has died to complications from longstanding health challenges, his office said. He was 68.
Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile drummer, dies at 80
Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile and propulsive drummer, dies at 80
Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies
Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died at 84.
Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86
