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 ...
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.
