Local Obits for Thu. Jan 14th, 2010
Forsyth
Mrs. Betty Ann Chumley, age 73, of Jasper passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Guy and Leo Collett. Survivors include her husband, Ed ...
Mr. Franklin D. Payne, age 62, a native and life-long resident of Forsyth County passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010 at his residence. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Jo ...
Mr. John Dallas Hall, age 93, a life-long resident of Forsyth County, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010. He was a life-long member and Deacon of Sharon Baptist Church. He was ...
Gwinnett
Heather Yvette DeWitt, age 34, of Lawrenceville, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at her residence following a sudden illness.Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, Ja ...
Habersham
Floyd Charles Stancil, age 60, of Cornelia and formerly of Lakemont, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. Born in ...
Mary Andrews Parker, age 82, of the Lamar Christian Church Community, Baldwin, died, Thursday, January 14, 2010 at her residence.Mrs. Parker was born on October 26, 1927 in Banks C ...
Jackson
Mr. Albert Garland Anderson, age 77, of Commerce, died Thursday, January 14, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Anderson was born in Paris, TN to the late Walter Richard and Opal Darden A ...
Lumpkin
Ruenell Fowler Whelchel, 93, of Dahlonega died Thursday January 14, 2010 at BJC Medical Center following a period of declining health.Born February 20, 1916 in Lumpkin County to th ...
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.