Local Obits for Wed. Oct 12th, 2011
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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 ...
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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 ...
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.
Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died
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.
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' has died
Betty Lynn, who was best known as Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died at the age of 95
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...
Jane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92
Jane Powell, who starred in Hollywood golden age musicals, has died
Michael Constantine of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' dies at 94
Michael Constantine, an Emmy Award-winning character actor who reached worldwide fame playing the Windex bottle-toting father of the bride in the 2002 film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” has died
