Local Obits for Mon. Oct 3rd, 2011
Habersham
Frederick J. Waugh, Jr., age 97, of Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011, at the Habersham County Medical Center following a sudden illness.Mr. Waugh was b ...
Helen Myers McDuffie, age 92, of Baldwin, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 3, 2011, at the Oaks at Scenic View Nursing Home following an extended illness.M ...
Hall
Charles David Armour, age 75, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, peacefully on October 3, 2011, after an extended illness. Son of the late Hance and Beulah Lea ...
Charles Farmer, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Funeral arrangements to be announced later by Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Clarence E. Lewis, age 88 of Gainesville, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011 at his residence following an extended illness.Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, October ...
Mrs. Grace Godfrey Smith, 95 of Gainesville died Monday October 3, 2011 at the Bell-Minor Nursing Home following an extended illness.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thu ...
Homer Lee Emmett, age 70 of Gainesville passed away Monday October 3, 2011. Ward's Funeral Home of Gainesville.
John Martin, age 60 of Gainesville, Ga died Sunday, Oct 2, 2011. Arrangements to be announced by Wimberly & Jackson, Gainesville, 770-536-3251
Myrtle Ward Hewell, age 96 of Gillsville, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011 following an extended illness.Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 2: ...
Jackson
Mr. Thomas Waller, age 76, of Jefferson passed away Monday, October 3, 2011. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home, 35 First Street, Hoschton, GA, 30548, 706-654-0966, www.lawsonfu ...
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.
