Local Obits for Mon. May 4th, 2009
Dawson
James Almon Weatherford Jr. was Born May 26, 1959 in Dallas, TX and went to Heaven to be with his Savior on May 2, 2009. Jim was raised in Alabama and graduated from Glenwood High ...
Joe M. Walker, 66, of Dawsonville died Monday May 4, 2009 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a short illness.Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he had lived in Dawson C ...
Forsyth
John Walter McCracken, age 53, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009 of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.He was a beloved father, husband, son, coworker, and friend that wi ...
Hall
Mr. Jack Curtis Dean, age 68 of Gainesville, Georgia passed away Monday, May 4, 2009 after a sudden illness. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, May 7, 2009 at ...
Jimmy Dale Barton, Jr., age 29 of Oakwood passed away on Monday, May 4th. Service will be 2pm on Friday, May 8th in the Ward's Funeral Home Chapel. Ward's Funeral Home, 7 ...
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