Local Obits for Wed. Oct 12th, 2011
Hall
Ann Elizabeth Dale Sargent, age 64 of Gainesville, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at Vista Care Hospice of Emory Midtown, Atlanta following an extended illness.Funeral s ...
Billie N. Kesley, age 59, of Buford, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011. She was a member of Free Chapel Church in Gainesville. She loved her kids and grandkids. She was prec ...
Sara Lee Lipscomb Davidson, 90, of Gainesville, Georgia, died on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Bell Minor Home following an extended illness.Funeral services are scheduled for ...
Little & Davenport Funeral Home announces the death of Troy Jones, 56, who passed away October 12, 2011.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 15, 2011 at ...
Jackson
Beth Ann Cupit-Spurgeon, age 26 of Commerce went to heaven from non-suffered injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on highway 78 in Wilkes county on 22 August 2011. Born in ...
Mr. Charles Edward Geary, age 58 of Commerce died Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. Geary was born in Kentucky to the late, Charles Henry and Marth ...
Mr. James Howard David, Jr., age 49, of Maysville, GA died Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mr. David was born in Jackson County to Verner Sue Lord D ...
Racheo Matt Lacey, 83, of Commerce passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at his residence. Rev. Lacey was born May 5, 1928, in Commerce, Georgia, to the late Oddis and Salli ...
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...
Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99
Actor Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died
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.
