Local Obits for Fri. Sep 17th, 2010
Dawson
Richard L. Cooksey, 69, of Dawsonville died Friday September 17, 2010 at his residence following a period of declining health.Born April 4, 1941 in Ashland, KY to the late James Er ...
Forsyth
Burma Gibson, age 84, of Burma Road, Cumming, passed away Friday, September 17, 2010. Mrs. Gibson was a member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church of Forsyth County. She was preceded ...
Martha Ann Smith, 66, of Cumming, GA died on September 16, 2010 at Embracing Hospice House. Born in Rome, GA she was the daughter of the late Lindsey and Mattie Wacaster. She was ...
Roger Phillip Estler, 74, a Dover, NJ native, recently passed away at his home in Cumming, GA. The son of the late Howard and Mary Estler, he was also predeceased by his brothers, ...
Travis Bartley Carroll, age 39, of Alpharetta, GA., passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Mr. Carroll was a member of First Christian Church of Cumming, Georgia. Survivors i ...
Hall
Funeral services for, James Edward Prince age 76, of Gainesville, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 21,2010 in Strickland Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held Monday ...
Mr. James Ray Richards, age 71 of Milton, GA, passed away on Friday, September 17, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents, M. J. and Roberta Richards; sister, Margie Drummon ...
John Nathan Harrison, age 79, of Gainesville, passed away September 17, 2010, surrounded by his loved ones. J.N. resided in Hall County, Ga. He was a graduate of Riverbend High Sch ...
White
David Alvin Ash, age 51 formerly of Cleveland, passed away Friday, September 17, 2010 at Biloxi Regional Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced la ...
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