Local Obits for Thu. Feb 24th, 2011
Forsyth
Brian Christopher Parks (SUPERMAN), age 20, after a courageous battle with cancer stepped into the holy gates of heaven Thursday, February 24, 2011. Brian is the beloved son of And ...
Habersham
Funeral services for Margaret Arrowood, age 80, of Clarkesville will be held at 4:00 PM, Friday, February 25, 2011 from the Hillside Memorial Chapel. Dr. Kenneth Franklin will off ...
Hall
Margaret Crane Beasley, age 66, of Alpharetta, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011. She was a member of The Metropolitan Church of God, The Front Porch. Mrs. Beasley was recent ...
Graveside Services are scheduled for 11:00a.m. Friday February 25 in Memorial Park Cemetery for Mrs. Pauline Reynolds Jackson, age 76 of Gainesville. The Rev. Lenair Tatum will off ...
Philip Daniel Watta, age 71, of Gainesville, GA passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Landmark Regional Hospital, Athens, GA following a brief illness.Funeral Mass will be he ...
Reverend Robert Hayes Foy, 87, of Gainesville, Georgia passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his residence following a short illness.The family will receive friends Friday, F ...
Jackson
Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Mrs.Elaine Daniel Potts , age 77, of Center, who passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Mrs. Potts was born in Jackson County, a ...
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